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PSU, Pitt LBs named to list

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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 ...

Marauders boys golf team opens season with tourney title

Boys golf

Bishop Guilfoyle Academy’s boys golf team opened the season by winning its own Park Hills Invitational on Thursday with a 10-under best-ball round of 60 at Park Hills Golf Course. Grant Okonak, who finished third individually with a 2-over par score of 72, Carter Boland, Aidan Sheehan and ...

NFL QB Daniels unhappy with LSU over his jersey

National Sports

BATON ROUGE, La. — A representative for Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels has told LSU it can no longer use the 2023 Heisman Trophy winner’s name, image and likeness. ESPN got a copy of the letter that was sent to LSU athletic director Verge Ausberry and said Daniels’ ...

Ashcraft tosses gem for Pirates to end skid

Local Sports

MIAMI — Braxton Ashcraft threw a complete-game three-hitter, Rafael Flores had a pair of three-run homers and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Miami Marlins 13-1 on Thursday. Jared Triolo and Jacob Gonzalez also went deep for the Pirates, who snapped a three-game skid. Pittsburgh’s Jake ...

Penn State position series: Offensive line

Football News

Following is a preseason series on Penn State’s position groups and a key player to watch from each: POSITION: Offensive line Player to watch: Malachi Goodman (No. 78) Class: Redshirt freshman Height/weight: 6-foot-6, 330 pounds Career to this point: Redshirted in his true freshman ...

Allar puts up numbers for Steelers in preseason win

Local Sports

PITTSBURGH — Rookie Drew Allar threw for a pair of touchdowns and ran for another during an impressive debut as the Pittsburgh Steelers surged past the Green Bay Packers 28-9 in the preseason opener on Thursday night. Allar, a third-round pick from Penn State, was 10 of 13 for 154 yards, ...