Israeli athletes receiving threats in Paris over Gaza
Olympics, Sports
August 8, 2024
PARIS (AP) — Israel’s Olympic team said some athletes have received threats as they compete in Paris amid larger tensions over Palestinian deaths during the war in Gaza and the threat of a wider regio...
Plumlee embraces any role – quarterback or punt returns
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI Trib Total Media 
August 8, 2024
While a rumor about Justin Fields returning kickoffs dominated the Pittsburgh Steelers social-media news cycle for a time this spring, when training camp opened, it wasn’t Fields back for kickoffs but...
Bears’ Owens proud of wife Simone Biles
NFL, Sports
August 8, 2024
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens returned from Paris full of pride in what his wife, Simone Biles, accomplished and showing off her Olympic pin. Owens is back practicing at...
Browns’ Watson sitting out preseason opener
NFL, Sports
August 8, 2024
CLEVELAND (AP) — Deshaun Watson might be ready to play. The Browns aren’t ready to let him. Watson will sit out Cleveland’s exhibition opener on Saturday against the Green Bay Packers as the team cont...
Raiders QB competition tight entering preseason opener
NFL, Sports
TRAINING CAMP ROUNDUP
August 8, 2024
By the Associated Press Raiders coach Antonio Pierce hopes to finally take a major step forward Saturday in picking the starting quarterback when Las Vegas opens its preseason at Minnesota. Pierce sai...
As Paris winds down, Los Angeles gearing up
Olympics, Sports
August 8, 2024
PARIS (AP) — From the City of Love to the City of Angels, planning for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics is well underway and organizers are paying close attention to what’s worked, and what hasn’t, so fa...
Setter Poulter recovers to lead U.S. into semifinals
Olympics, Sports
August 8, 2024
PARIS (AP) — Moments before match point of the Olympic quarterfinals, Jordyn Poulter punched herself in the outer thigh. It wasn’t a motivational tactic — she’s plenty good at getting herself fired up...
‘Old guys’ setting the gold standard for skateboarding
Olympics, Sports
August 8, 2024
PARIS (AP) — It didn’t matter to 51-year-old Andy Macdonald that he was among the lower-ranked finishers in the men’s park skateboarding competition at the Paris Olympics. He still considers himself a...
Fields will get the start preseason opener, will play ‘couple’ or series
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER Trib Total Media 
August 8, 2024
The NFL’s reduction from four to three preseason games in 2021 naturally led to reduced playing time for veteran players. For Russell Wilson, that meant getting zero snaps in the 2021-22 preseasons, h...
Offensive line imposes their will on defensive unit
Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI Trib Total Media 
August 8, 2024
Be it the influence of new coordinator Arthur Smith, the culmination of two full years of the Omar Khan-Andy Weidl regime or just where the pendulum is swinging with these Pittsburgh Steelers, it’s be...
Sports
August 8, 2024
2013 • The Mon Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce successfully defended their claim to the “Chamber Pot” trophy by defeating the Greater Rostraver Chamber of Commerce, 22-14, in a softball contest. T...
Sports
August 8, 2024
BVA softball hosting youth softball clinic The Belle Vernon Area High School softball coaching staff will hold a free fast-pitch softball clinic for all BVA players in grades 1-6 on Aug. 21 and 28 fro...
Fautanu gets 1st-team reps at right tackle
Sports
By By JOE RUTTER Trib Total Media 
August 7, 2024
What transpired Tuesday could be a watershed moment in Troy Fautanu’s first NFL training camp. Or it could mean little in the grand scheme of his development. Fautanu wasn’t trying to read anything in...
Pittsburgh, Sports
STEELERS INSIDE THE ROPES
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI Trib Total Media 
August 7, 2024
Ben Roethlisberger once left Saint Vincent College proud of himself for accomplishing his self-dictated goal for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 2017 training camp. “Didn’t throw an interception all camp,” B...
Olympics, Sports
August 7, 2024
PARIS (AP) — As she processed winning an Olympic gold medal, American wrestler Amit Elor still felt like that little girl just starting out in the sport. Perhaps it’s because she’s not so far removed ...
Bucs’ Shelton gets taste of intensity at Steelers practice
Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
August 7, 2024
Pirates GM Ben Cherington and skipper Derek Shelton were guests of Mike Tomlin Tuesday. Derek Shelton got his first taste of a Pittsburgh Steelers training camp at Saint Vincent College on Tuesday, an...
Hamlin free of second thoughts from scary experience
NFL, Sports
August 7, 2024
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Damar Hamlin flashed a wide grin and waved hello while zipping by on a scooter, before accelerating to make a sharp, effortless turn up a hill toward the Buffalo Bills dorm room...
Colts’ Taylor ready to return to form after rocky years
NFL, Sports
August 7, 2024
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts running back Jonathan Taylor looks like his old self at training camp. He’s happy, healthy and focused — a stark contrast from the guy who arrived last summer wi...
NFL, Sports
August 7, 2024
BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Cleveland’s defense took an unexpected hit on Monday at training camp. End Za’Darius Smith was driven off the field in a cart after injuring his left knee during practice — the late...
Broncos’ Uwazurike reinstated, hoping to make an impact
NFL, Sports
August 7, 2024
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Denver Broncos defensive end Eyioma Uwazurike ran onto the practice field Monday shortly after the NFL reinstated him following a year’s suspension for violating the league’s g...