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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — IndyCar turned laps at Richmond Raceway for the first time in a decade during a Tuesday tire test that gave the series’ most recent two champions a look at both the Virginia track and new cockpit protection.
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — It’s not necessarily a make-or-break moment for Syracuse, but when longtime rival Pittsburgh visits on Friday night there will be plenty at stake for the Orange.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin’s expression and the circumstances surrounding it summed up the plight of his injury-ravaged team perfectly.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA said Wednesday that the overall graduation rate for college athletes hit a record high of 89%.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers will have to dig their way out of an early season hole without defensive end Stephon Tuitt.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan linebacker Josh Uche recalls being excited when he saw the second half of this season’s schedule.
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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Penn State has beaten its first five opponents by nearly 40 points per game.
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Iowa State’s smothering defense from a year ago is still hauntingly fresh in the memories of West Virginia players. So, too, is Cyclones quarterback Brock Purdy bouncing through the Mountaineers with relative ease.
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Miami used its backup quarterback and a kicker whose name was a mystery to some of his own teammates.
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CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Philip Rivers will be making his 214th straight start when the Los Angeles Chargers host the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday night.
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SUZUKA, Japan (AP) — Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton knows a win at this weekend’s typhoon-threatened Japanese Grand Prix will go a long way in sealing a sixth Formula One championship.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Chip Ganassi Racing will field a third IndyCar next season for Marcus Ericsson, a former Formula One driver who just completed his first year in the American open-wheel series.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — The bold-faced names on the Pittsburgh Steelers defense kept repeating the phrase “ball awareness” over and over during the offseason, as if they could somehow speak the goal of creating more turnovers into existence.
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Purdue quarterback Jack Plummer took another hard sack then dragged himself to his feet. He tried to shake the pain out of his right arm before taking a slow walk to his team’s locker room.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ben Roethlisberger’s right arm is in a cast while he recovers from right elbow surgery.
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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — No team in Duke’s division has been harder on the Blue Devils than Pittsburgh.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Chase Elliott crashed head-on into a wall and still recovered to win a pivotal race. That wasn’t even the most exciting thing to happen in NASCAR last week.
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Scott Dixon and Will Power both declared IndyCar’s new aeroscreen “ready to race” during the first extensive test session for the cockpit protection that will debut next season.
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OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Baltimore coach John Harbaugh shared a message that was passed along to young Ravens about the rival Pittsburgh Steelers.
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ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany would just as soon leave the paychecks to the pros. The conference’s coaches and players have different takes.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jaylen Samuels felt as if he’d jumped into a time machine.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — About 1,500 instances of decades-old sexual misconduct by a now-deceased Ohio State team doctor were reported last year and this year, the university disclosed Tuesday.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jameson Taillon didn’t throw a pitch after May 1. Felipe Vázquez headed to his second All-Star Game in July. By September, he was in jail . Clint Hurdle, who spearheaded a renaissance earlier in the decade, went into the last day of a lost season talking enthusiastically ab…
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Different quarterback. Same result.
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The Purdue Boilermakers got a double dose of bad news Monday.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — The familiar faces that fueled the hostility between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals are gone.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Nick Vannett slipped ever so briefly. And who could blame him really? It’s been a whirlwind couple of days for the newest Pittsburgh Steelers tight end.
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Maryland first-year coach Mike Locksley has no desire to look into the past before leading the Terrapins into Friday night’s matchup with No. 12 Penn State.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Tech coach Josh Pastner still has the support of his athletic director even after the Yellow Jackets basketball team was slapped with NCAA sanctions Thursday, including a ban on postseason play for upcoming season.
Late on Wednesday evening, internet and email services became unavailable at the Bedford Gazette and the Thursday edition went to press.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — The freefalling Chicago Cubs committed five errors, including two in a seven-run seventh inning, and moved to the brink of elimination with a 9-2 defeat to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night that extended their losing streak to seven.
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The University of Kansas wasted little time issuing a forceful response to the NCAA after it received a notice of allegations that leveled serious accusations against its storied men’s basketball program and its Hall of Fame coach.
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Jordan Binnington still doesn’t look nervous.
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Antonio Brown says he is finished with the NFL.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Two straight losses to open the year, a season-ending injury to the franchise quarterback, and a West Coast trip to face an undefeated team all add up to many people writing off the Pittsburgh Steelers before the end of September.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Josh Heupel calls the growing groundswell of support for 15th-ranked UCF “outside noise.” The coach stressed he can’t control it and orders his players to tune it out even as the weeks pass, the blowouts pile up and the national profile for the current Group of Five darling…
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Antonio Brown was released by the New England Patriots on Friday after a second woman accused him of sexual misconduct — the third team in seven months to tire of the off-field behavior that has overshadowed his accomplishments as one of the NFL’s most prolific recei…
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MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) — Josef Newgarden, clad head-to-toe in solid black, was the last championship contender to arrive at an IndyCar event already underway. He climbed the stairs, saw challenger Alexander Rossi bogged down in interviews and spread his arms wide as he made his entrance.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mason Rudolph could have gone the hat and clipboard route, the typical gear of choice for most NFL backup quarterbacks. The inner pragmatist in him would have none of it.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Seattle Mariners are on their way to finishing at the bottom of the AL West, but they plan to do more than merely play out the string over the final two weeks.
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No. 15 UCF (3-0) at Pittsburgh (1-2), Saturday at 3:30 p.m. EDT (ESPN2).
STATE COLLEGE — Penn State has so many offensive weapons, so many young receivers, so many talented backs, that maybe, Pat Freiermuth gets overlooked.
Micah Parsons said it first, and that figures.
Pittsburgh Steelers’ linebacker Bud Dupree, 48, jumps while trying to defend a pass during a training camp practice in Latrobe last month.
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Trace McSorley looks to pass against the Green Bay Packers during the first half of a NFL football preseason game, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, in Baltimore.
Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Kevin Newman, left, throws to first base after forcing out New York Mets’ Pete Alonso, right, during the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, July 28, 2019, in New York. Robinson Cano was safe at first base on the play.
Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle sits in the dugout before a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals in Pittsburgh, Thursday, July 25, 2019. The Cardinals won 6-3.
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) — The outcome was never in doubt to just about everyone but Shane Lowry.
