Bob Cupp

Christopher Bell passed Kyle Larson with 18 laps to go and held on to win the “Chase” opening Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina Sunday night. Ty Gibbs, Bell’s Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, finished second, and Tyler Reddick, a five-time winner this season, was third. Chase playoff drivers accounted for nine of the top 10.

Former Penn State running back Matt Suhey has passed away at the age of 68. Suhey played 10 seasons with the Chicago Bears after being a second-round selection in the 1980 NFL draft. He was part of the Bears Super Bowl winning team in 1985. That was the team that went 15-1 in the regular season, then beat New England 46-10 in the Super Bowl.

The Pittsburgh Steelers open their regular season this Sunday at Acrisure Stadium when they host the Atlanta Falcons. Kick-off is 1pm.

The Pittsburgh Pirates open a six-game road trip to Chicago tonight, with the first of three games with the White Sox. First pitch is 7:40pm. WISR pre-game begins at 7:15pm.

The Pittsburgh Pirates open a six-game road trip to Chicago tonight, with the first of three games with the White Sox. First pitch is 7:40pm. WISR pre-game begins at 7:15pm. […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers open their regular season this Sunday at Acrisure Stadium when they host the Atlanta Falcons. Kick-off is 1pm. On Monday, the Falcons announced former Miami quarterback Tua […]

The NFL season-opening game is tonight when the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks host the New England Patriots in a rematch of the NFL title game played back in February. Kick-off is 8:20pm. The game will be televised on NBC. The Seahawks are 3-1/2 point favorites.

The Slippery Rock University football team has jumped five spots to #13 this week in the latest American Football Coaches Association weekly poll. The Rock will visit East Stroudsburg this Saturday night. IUP is #14 this week followed by Minnesota Duluth, who Slippery Rock beat in double overtime in their season opener. East Stroudsburg is among teams receiving votes in the poll.

Boys Soccer: –Allderdice-2 Butler-1 Jackson Stewart scored the lone Golden Tornado goal on an assist by Jude Perhacs. –Armstrong-4 Freeport-2. –Mars-4 Knoch-0. –Karns City and West Shamokin booted to a 0-0 tie.

The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago White Sox 9-3 last night in their opening game of a three-game series. The Bucs took an early lead with a five-run first inning by sending 10 batters to the plate and starting pitcher Bubba Chandler retired the first 12 White Sox batters.