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PSU, Pitt LBs named to list

The Penn State and Pitt football programs each had a player selected for the Butkus Award Watch List for the upcoming season on Thursday. Penn State is represented by senior linebacker Kooper Ebel while Pitt’s Braylan Lovelace made the list. Ebel, a 6-foot-4, 233-pound senior, transferred in from Iowa State this season. He has played in 34 games in his career with 27 starts, where he had 77 tackles, 38 solo, last season and eight tackles for loss. Lovelace started all 13 games for Pitt last season. He totaled 80 tackles, 5.5 for loss and two interceptions, one returned for a ...

Curve LOB numbers leading to more losses

The Altoona Curve continued on a slide this homestand after a 4-2 loss to the Akron RubberDucks on Thursday evening in front of 3,527 fans. After going 0 for 10 with runners in scoring position on Wednesday evening in a 4-3 loss, the Curve followed it up with another 0 for 10 night with ...

Three’s a crowd

Anthony Colbert of Mike’s Court drives to the basket against Brandon Rabish (middle) of Imperial Ventures/Summit Country Club Wednesday night at Lakemont Park during Summer League Basketball Division I action. See story here.

McCarthy, Heidenreich begin Steelers’ trek Thursday night

PITTSBURGH — 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 April ...

Pirates’ struggles continue

MIAMI — Griffin Conine and Heriberto Hernandez homered and Janson Junk worked six solid inning as the Miami Marlins extended their winning streak to four games with an 8-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night. Junk (6-7) allowed two runs, one earned, on four hits and a walk in ...

Chances wasted in Curve defeat

A late-inning rally fell 90 feet short for the Altoona Curve as they lost 4-3 to the Akron RubberDucks Thursday night. There were 3,153 fans on hand to see the rally at PNG Field and see the Curve strand Oneil Cruz at third base as the tying run. Cruz reached on an error, stole second ...