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Steelers coach McCarthy downplays No. 1 draft pick’s injury

From Steelers.com LATROBE — You could call it the first injury scare of Steelers training camp 2026, but it sounds as if first-round pick Max Iheanachor won’t be out for long. Iheanachor, the 21st overall pick, left practice early Thursday with what appeared to be an upper-body injury. ...

Yankees have plenty of problems in the Bronx

NEW YORK — Some lights atop Yankee Stadium briefly went dark a couple of times in the first inning in a game from earlier this week. A full-blown power outage might have been more fitting. Missing a trio of injured sluggers in the middle of their fizzling lineup, the New York Yankees were ...

The boys of cardboard summer

Once upon a time in America, baseball cards weren’t collectibles or “investments.” They were currency, the hard cash of a boy’s childhood. Before anyone ever carried a wallet, you could feel rich just by stuffing your pockets with cardboard. A pocket full of baseball cards was a ...

Cape Cod fishermen catch tropical shark

Nate Rouette and his brother Nelson went shark fishing on Cape Cod hoping for an exciting catch, but were shocked by what they reeled in — a tropical species of shark with a reputation for eating everything it can swallow. The brothers, longtime sport fishermen who live in Massachusetts, ...

Record heat hurting routine fishing

LIVINGSTON, Mont. — Trout need cool water to survive, but record heat this summer has driven water temperatures to lethal levels for fish. Wildlife officials are banning fishing during certain hours on rivers and streams across the U.S. West, following an exceptionally dry winter and amid ...

Plastic worms prove deadly for summertime fishing

The plastic worm ranks among the deadliest and most versatile lures any angler can cast for bass. Patent records reveal that as early as the 1860s artificial worms were made from the rubber compounds available in that era, but those crude imitations never really caught on. The development of ...