By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Shohei Ohtani is more the Sultan of Squat than a modern day Babe Ruth when the Los Angeles Dodgers star plays in Philadelphia. He's yet to hit any of his 250 homers in Philly. He's batting .250 lifetime in Citizens Bank Park with just ...
Pittsburgh Penguins Last season: 34-36-12, missed playoffs. COACH: Dan Muse (first-time NHL head coach), hired June 4. SEASON OPENER: Oct. 7 at the New York Rangers. DEPARTURES: Coach Mike Sullivan, G Alex Nedeljkovic. ADDITIONS: Muse, F Anthony Mantha, D Caleb Jones, G Arturs ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin isn't much on aesthetics. The Pittsburgh Steelers coach knows his team hasn't played particularly well over the first month of the season. The offense remains a work in progress behind Aaron Rodgers, who has played steadily if not spectacularly. The defense is ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Don Kelly feels like he spent his first couple of months as the interim manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates drinking from a fire hose. At some point after the All-Star break, the pace of the job started to slow down. And a season that was on the verge of careening out of ...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Dillon Thieneman intercepted Drew Allar's pass in the second overtime and No. 6 Oregon outlasted No. 3 Penn State 30-24 on Saturday night. Jamari Johnson ran for a touchdown in overtime, Dierre Hill Jr. caught a touchdown pass, Jordan Davison ran for another score ...
DUBLIN (AP) — Even though he's relatively new to the Pittsburgh Steelers, Aaron Rodgers fully understands the Rooney family's connections to the Emerald Isle. They didn't want to disappoint Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings in Ireland's first regular-season NFL game. Kenneth Gainwell did ...
ATLANTA (AP) — Ronald Acuña Jr. hit a two-run home run in the first inning and the Atlanta Braves ended their season with a 4-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday. Chris Sale (7-5) allowed one run on four hits with nine strikeouts and five walks in 5 2/3 innings after coming on in ...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles don't need a tush push when the fake is even more effective. Saquon Barkley scored on a fake tush push, Jalen Hurts threw one of his two touchdown passes on another variation of the play, and another special-teams score helped the Eagles beat the ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Trea Turner won his second career NL batting title, Kyle Schwarber led the league with 56 homes and 132 RBIs and Nick Castellanos capped Philadelphia's 96-win season with a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning as the Phillies beat the Minnesota Twins 2-1 on Sunday. Turner and ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Noelvi Marté robbed Bryan Reynolds of a tying home run in the ninth inning, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 Thursday to remain one game behind the New York Mets for the final NL wild card. Nick Lodolo tied his career high with 12 strikeouts before ...
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Joel Embiid and Paul George talked in vague generalities about when they can return for the 76ers from injuries that cost the All-Stars chunks of last season — and possibly the start of this one. The one thing that is certain, Philadelphia will be in serious trouble ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Aaron Nola took a perfect game into the sixth inning, moved into second on Philadelphia's career strikeout list and proved he could have some postseason value for the NL East champion Phillies in a 3-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night. Nola (5-10) allowd ...
ATLANTA (AP) — Spencer Horwitz went 3 for 3 with two homers and four RBIs, Tommy Pham added a two-run shot and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Atlanta Braves 9-3 on Friday night. Nick Gonzales, Bryan Reynolds, Nick Yorke and Henry Davis each had two of Pittsburgh's 14 hits. Matt Olson and ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Edmundo Sosa hit three of Philadelphia's team-record eight home runs, Kyle Schwarber had two to pad his National League lead and the Phillies wrapped up a first-round bye with an 11-1 victory over the Miami Marlins on Wednesday night. Assured one of the top two seeds in ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Spencer Horwitz hit an run-scoring double in the 11th inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat Cincinnati 4-3 on Wednesday night, preventing the Reds from gaining ground in the race for an NL wild card. The Reds entered Wednesday's action tied with Arizona, one game behind ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes isn't a big numbers guy, yet he does maintain high standards for himself. The 23-year-old right-hander allowed four hits and struck out seven in six innings in his final scheduled start of the season on Wednesday night. While he didn't ...
By The Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — José Ramírez drove in a run with a swinging bunt when Cleveland rallied in a strange sixth inning against Detroit ace Tarik Skubal, and the Guardians beat the Tigers 5-2 on Tuesday night to move into a tie for first place in the AL ...
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer When Mike Sullivan's time in Pittsburgh came to an end after nearly a decade behind the bench produced two Stanley Cup championships, he became the most-sought after coach on the market. With plenty of vacancies around the NHL, Sullivan had his pick of ...
By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Four Associated Press Top 25 matchups headline the Week 5 college football schedule, and at least a half-dozen other games involving ranked teams are equally intriguing. The only meeting of top-10 teams happens Saturday night when No. 3 Oregon ...
The NFL fined the Philadelphia Eagles $75,000 because team official Dom DiSandro used his cellphone in a prohibited area during a preseason game on Aug. 22, two people with knowledge of the punishment told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Both people, who spoke to the AP on condition of ...