September 24, 2022 3:48 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Pitt football coach Pat Narduzzi will face his alma mater when the 24th-ranked Panthers host Rhode Island on Saturday. Narduzzi played linebacker for the Rams in the late 1980s and later served as an assistant coach for the program. Narduzzi says he knew he wanted to be a coach in college. He jokes that he was one of the few players who had a film projector in his dorm room to go over game tape. Pitt is 2-1 after a decisive road win last week at Western Michigan. The Rams are also 2-1 after a loss to Delaware a week ago.
September 23, 2022 3:51 am
CLEVELAND (AP) — Mitch Trubisky promised he’d be more aggressive and was, testing Cleveland’s secondary with some long throws and moving Pittsburgh’s offense effectively in the first half. Now he’s got to put a complete game together. Trubisky showed some signs of breaking out of an early season funk before bogging down after halftime as the Steelers lost 29-17 to the Cleveland Browns on Thursday night. For 30 minutes, Trubisky looked good. He moved well in the pocket, stretched the field with some deep balls and had the Steelers (1-2) leading by a point at half and looking to hand the Browns (2-1) their second loss in four days However, Pittsburgh managed just 54 yards on its first three possessions in the second half. “We’re getting there, just not where it needs to be,” said Trubisky, who finished 20 of 32 for 207 yards. “We didn’t hit on the plays we needed to in the second half. Scoring three points in the second half isn’t going to do it for us.” Trubisky didn’t make any major mistakes, showed some nice mobility on rollouts, most of them to the right and away from Browns star defensive end Myles Garrett, and ran for a score in the first half to put the Steelers ahead 14-13. He was good, just not good enough to win.
September 23, 2022 3:51 am
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) – J.T. Daniels threw for 203 yards and a touchdown to lead West Virginia to a 33-10 win over Virginia Tech. CJ Donaldson rushed for 106 yards and West Virginia (2-2) got a strong performance from its defense to win its second straight game after losing the first two. The Mountaineers, who beat Virginia Tech for the second consecutive season, scored on five straight possessions spanning the first and second half. Daniels’ 24-yard touchdown pass to Sam James with 11 seconds left in the first half gave the Mountaineers a 13-7 lead, and they never trailed again.
September 23, 2022 3:54 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Rookie Hayden Wesneski had an immaculate inning in his second major league start to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 3-2 victory over the skidding Pittsburgh Pirates. Wesneski (2-1) gave up two runs and five hits in 6 1/3 innings while striking out six and walking two in sending Pittsburgh to its seventh straight loss. It was his fourth appearance in the majors. Acquired from the New York Yankees at the trade deadline, Wesneski had an immaculate inning in the fifth when he struck out the side on nine pitches. The Cubs have a three-game winning streak.
September 22, 2022 3:46 am
NEW YORK (AP) – Aaron Judge disappointed fans by staying stuck at 60 homers but doubled twice and scored on Oswaldo Cabrera’s first-inning grand slam that started the New York Yankees to a 14-2 rout of the Pittsburgh Pirates. A day after hitting home run No. 60 to spark a stunning five-run, ninth-inning rally capped by Giancarlo Stanton’s game-ending slam, Judge doubled on the first pitch to him in the first and fifth innings. Judge leads the AL in average, home runs and RBIs, in position to become the first Triple Crown winner in a decade. Cabrera and Gleyber Torres (pictured) had five RBIs each.
September 22, 2022 3:48 am
MILWAUKEE (AP) – The New York Mets set a major league record with 106 hit batters this season when Mark Canha was plunked twice and Luis Guillorme once in a 6-0 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. New York has been hit one more time than the 2021 Cincinnati Reds. Canha was hit near the hip in the third and the ribs in the fifth. He has been hit a big league-high 24 times this year and tied Seattle’s Ty France for last year’s high with 27.
September 22, 2022 3:50 am
LONDON (AP) – Roger Federer says in an interview with The Associated Press that he thinks impossible to compare the careers of top players such as him, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. Federer is preparing to retire at age 41. He has 20 Grand Slam titles, which was the record until it was surpassed this year by Nadal, who is now at 22, and Djokovic, at 21. Federer says the debate over which of the so-called Big Three is the greatest of all-time is a “fun debate” but also “silly.” Federer says he will keep tabs on Nadal and Djokovic as they pursue more major championships and that he hopes they will go far.
September 21, 2022 3:47 am
NEW YORK (AP) – Aaron Judge hit his 60th home run and Giancarlo Stanton followed minutes later with a game-ending grand slam, completing the New York Yankees’ stunning five-run, ninth-inning rally to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-8. Judge moved within one of Roger Maris’ American League record when he turned on a sinker from right-hander Wil Crowe and drove it 430 feet into the left-field bleachers, pulling New York within 8-5. Judge matched the 60 home runs Babe Ruth hit for the 1927 Yankees to set a big league record that stood for 34 years.
September 21, 2022 3:49 am
DENVER (AP) – The Colorado Avalanche are making Nathan MacKinnon the highest-paid player in the NHL’s salary cap era. The 27-year-old signed an eight-year contract that is worth $100.8 million, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the team did not announce terms of the contract. His new $12.6 million salary cap hit that goes into effect at the start of the 2023-24 season surpasses Connor McDavid’s $12.5 million as the highest in the league.
September 21, 2022 3:50 am
LONDON (AP) – Roger Federer’s farewell news conference will come before what he has said will be the last competitive tennis event of his career. Federer will meet with the media Wednesday to discuss walking away from the game at age 41 after 20 Grand Slam titles. Federer is in London and has been practicing at the arena that will host the indoor hard-court matches for the Laver Cup. The event founded by his management team begins Friday with the fifth edition of its Team Europe vs. Team World format. The main rivals whose careers overlapped with Federer’s also are participating: Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray.
