Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn is joining with movie producer Thomas Tull in an attempt to buy the San Diego Padres. Gwynn said Monday that it's too early to say what his role will be, beyond offering advice and insight, while stressing that he's still the coach at his alma ...
Former West Virginia football coach Bill Stewart, who was hailed as Rich Rodriguez's successor but wound up leaving the school in a messy split, died Monday of what athletic department officials said was an apparent heart attack. He was 59. Stewart's family notified the university and said Stewart had been ...
Maybe Davey Johnson should hold all his team meetings on days Stephen Strasburg is pitching. The Washington Nationals' manager called a brief meeting to give his mildly slumping club a confidence boost and Strasburg responded with another brilliant performance to lift the Nationals to a 4-2 victory over the Pirates ...
MARSHALL COUNTY, W.Va.-- One flood-prone area that made it through Tuesday's heavy rains was the John Marshall High track and football fields. And NEWS9 is learning that a project is underway to put an end to the flood-troubled fields. With much-needed improvements, the football field will soon be able ...
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has graduated from Miami University in southwest Ohio, about nine years after leaving for the NFL. The university says the 30-year-old Roethlisberger (RAWTH'-lihs-bur-gur) received his bachelor's degree in education and joined nearly 600 students during Sunday's commencement at the campus in Oxford. His wife, parents ...
A 911 call from the home of Junior Seau released Friday captures the voice of a woman who is horrified to find the former NFL linebacker in a spare bedroom with a gunshot wound to the chest. "My God, my boyfriend shot himself! Oh my God!" the eight-minute call begins. ...
A man who resigned as the Heinz Field public address announcer for the Pittsburgh Steelers last month now wants to retire as athletic director of a nearby school district where officials are conducting an internal review of finances. Randy Cosgrove has not responded to requests for comment since his suspension ...
Hoping to close the book on bounties, the NFL suspended New Orleans Saints defensive captain Jonathan Vilma without pay for all of next season Wednesday and gave shorter bans to three other players for their leading roles in the team's cash-for-hits system that knocked key opponents out of games from ...
New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma was suspended without pay for the entire 2012 season by the NFL, one of four players punished Wednesday for participating in the team's cash-for-hits bounty system. Defensive lineman Anthony Hargrove, now with the Green Bay Packers, was suspended for the first half of the ...
How appropriate for a quarterback-driven league that the top two picks on Thursday night will be passers expected to turn around franchises. Only one other quarterback is likely to go in the first round, when NFL teams will devour space-eating defensive linemen, pass rushers and wide receivers. The league's offseason ...
It’s been two months since Steubenville Big Red student Lee West died in a fire in his home, and on Saturday, more than 1,000 people came out to remember West, and also watch some Pittsburgh Steelers, like Louis Lipps, Charlie Batch and Ryan Mundy, try their hand at basketball. This ...
Hines Ward officially announced his retirement from professional football on Tuesday. Through tears, Ward said the city of Pittsburgh and Steelers organization has meant the world to him. "Without the support over the past 14 years this game wouldn't be the same to me. It wouldn't be as fun for ...
PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- One month after he was injured in a crash, 15-year-old Justin Cummings is still encountering the fight of his life, but he said it's a fight he isn't going to lose. The Indian Creek sophomore spoke to NEWS9 at UPMC Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh, where he continues ...
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ohio -- Despite the snowy conditions on Friday, the executive chef for the Pittsburgh Steelers Corey Hayes came to speak to the students. Hayes talked about his background and described what it's like to cook for a football team. Students also got to ask questions about his career. ...
GAME MVP I Bart Starr, QB, Green Bay II Bart Starr, QB, Green Bay III Joe Namath, QB, New York IV Len Dawson, QB, Kansas City V Chuck Howley, LB, Dallas VI Roger Staubach, QB, Dallas VII Jake Scott, S, Miami VIII Larry Csonka, FB, Miami IX Franco Harris, RB, ...
BUTLER COUNTY, Pa. -- Pittsburgh Steelers running backs coach Kirby Wilson has been hospitalized after suffering burns to his arms and legs in a house fire early Friday morning. Authorities said the fire broke out about 3 a.m. in Wilson's Jameson Way home in Seven Fields, Butler County. ...
This month, we’re so busy with the holidays, it’s hard to even find time to cook! But let’s try to go green and plan easy dinners. The crock pot might already be your friend, but it and microwaves are the two ‘greenest’ ways to prepare a meal. Let’s look at ...
Ben Roethlisberger threw 95 yards to Mike Wallace for the longest pass play in Steelers history and Pittsburgh went on to hand the Arizona Cardinals their fifth consecutive loss, 32-20 on Sunday. Roethlisberger, 26 of 39 for 361 yards, also had TD passes of 12 yards to Heath Miller ...
A game between Steubenville Big Red and the Massillon Tigers is already a pretty big deal. This year's contest will feature something extra: the Nike Pro Combat Uniform, designed with local input. Ohio State, West Virginia, Pitt and Maryland have all worn the modern-style uniform, which captures the unique character ...
Ben Roethlisberger's sprained left foot is just fine thanks. And so, apparently, are the defending AFC champions. The quarterback tied a team record by throwing for five touchdowns, including two to Hines Ward, and the Pittsburgh Steelers rolled past the Tennessee Titans 38-17 on Sunday. Other than a slight limp ...