DETROIT (AP) — Keider Montero pitched three-hit ball into the seventh inning and the Detroit Tigers blanked the Cleveland Guardians 3-0 on Thursday despite failing to record a strikeout. The Tigers became the first team to blank an opponent without a strikeout since Rick Porcello did it to ...
MORGANTOWN — Through almost two weeks of camp, slot receiver D.J. Epps has separated himself from the rest of the pack as a leader. But Epps wasn’t always the leader of the room. At Troy, he started at rock bottom and walked on to the Trojans. He redshirted his first season and played in just one game in Year 2. It was a slow grind for Epps. In Year 3, Epps finally caught his first pass and played in six games. That was his only catch of the season. He kept working. “I really had to earn everything I have, and I eventually got on the field these last couple years, and I just ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The vibes for Mike McCarthy and Eli Heidenreich over the last few months have been immaculate. How could they not be? The chance for McCarthy to lead his hometown team brought the first-year Pittsburgh Steelers coach to tears when he was hired in January. The image last ...
BIG RED PREVIEW EVENT TONIGHT STEUBENVILLE — The annual Steubenville Big Red football preview night is taking place tonight at Harding Stadium. Tickets are $5 for adults, including those with season tickers and staff, and students get in for free. The event starts with the Big Red freshmen team scrimmaging against GlenOak at 4:45 p.m.. That will be followed by a Harding Middle School inter-squad scrimmage at 5 p.m. The meet the team festivities take place at 5:45 p.m. an the Big Red varsity squad will scrimmage GlenOak at 6 p.m. CENTRAL'S OPENING OPPONENT ...
DETROIT (AP) — Jo Adell homered and Angel Martínez had three hits as the Cleveland Guardians defeated the Detroit Tigers 6-4 on Wednesday night to snap a three-game skid. The Guardians (59-62) are 7-1 against the Tigers this season and have won 12 of the past 14 meetings between the AL ...
MORGANTOWN — In less than a week, students will be back on West Virginia’s campus. The new school year starts. That goes for the football team as well. Instead of just football being the focus, in a week, they’ll have to juggle assignments and classes as well. Rich Rodriguez had just a week and a half of his players' full attention, which is a lot less than in years past. “I can't remember a time of not even having two weeks of practice, of camp, and that's it, and school starts,” Rodriguez said. “But that's the way the calendar falls this year. There is a sense of ...
