PITTSBURGH — Paul Skenes struck out eight in six shutout innings, Bryan Reynolds and Henry Davis homered and the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Cincinnati Reds 7-0 on Thursday night. Skenes (7-8) allowed seven hits, the highest mark of his career, and remained undefeated against Cincinnati ...
PITTSBURGH — Ke’Bryan Hayes said he thought he might be in Pittsburgh to stay before the Pirates traded him July 30 to NL Central rival Cincinnati. He returned to Pittsburgh on Thursday for the first time since he was dealt, with the Pirates opening a four-game series against the ...
LATROBE, Pa. — Aaron Rodgers’ debut in Pittsburgh will have to wait. Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said the team’s new quarterback and most of its other high-profile starters won’t play when the club opens the preseason in Jacksonville on Saturday. T.J. Watt, Cam Heyward, Jonnu ...
West Virginia is seven practices in and wrapped up its second practice in full pads Thursday. Since the team was in full pads, Rich Rodriguez wanted to do more scrimmaging, but he couldn’t because of his lack of running backs. “I wanted to do a little bit more scrimmaging today,” ...
West Virginia offensive line coach Jack Bicknell Jr. left his Thursday press conference using the wall to support himself to get off the raised surface and leave the meeting room. “I’m an old man,” Bicknell joked. “Come on, old man,” safeties coach Gabe Franklin said. Bicknell ...
MORGANTOWN — One of the unique aspects of having Rich Rodriguez back as West Virginia’s football coach is the heavy emphasis upon catch phrases to encapsulate what he is trying to accomplish with his program. Playing with a “hard edge” has emerged as the catch phrase that the public ...