BOLD Sports: Episode 48

Published: Aug. 24, 2018, noon

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Matt and Steve are talking about this week in sports updates, including:

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  • The Riverhounds had a Nil-Nil draw with the Charlotte Independence.
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  • Goaltending and defense kept the Riverhounds in the game.
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  • Good news, there are no real lowlights but there weren\'t a lot of highlights to speak of.
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  • The Riverhounds took on the Tampa Bay Rowdies.
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  • Brandt Sneaker won the PGA Wyndham Championship with a -21 for the tournament.
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  • Brandt started the PGA Wyndham Championship with that magical 59.
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  • He started with a bogey and finishing with a 20 ft birdie on hole 18 for 11 under par in round one.
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  • This week the PGA Tour heads to Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus NJ for the Northern Trust Open.
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  • All the big names are in for the Northern Trust Open as it is a FedEx Cup Playoff tournament.
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  • Sister Mary Jo is a curveball sleeper.
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  • Big Al hits dingers.
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  • WPIAL Football starts.
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  • Cutch put on waivers.
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  • Pirates dropped 2 of 4 to the Cubs and 2 to the Braves.
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  • Pirates offense has come to a halt it seems like, and the defense has opened up some hole.
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  • It\'s time to bring up some guys in the minors and see what they have.
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  • The Boston Red Sox had a bit of skid, but are still 8.5 games ahead of the Yankees in the AL East.
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  • The Indians are 13 games up in the AL Central.
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  • The A\\u2019s and Astros are tied in the AL West.
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  • In the NL, the Braves are 1.5 games up in the Phillies in the east.
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  • The Cubs are 2.5 games up on the Brewers.
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  • The Diamondbacks are .5 games up on the Rockies.
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  • NCAA Football starts.
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  • NCAA Football has already seen lots of warm up games, with very few actual competitive match ups.
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  • Pitt\'s Kenny Pickett is named starter for the season in his Sophomore year.
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  • WVU Football QB, Will Grier, has already been named as a first team All-American.
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  • Kenny Pickett is a Heisman hopeful for this season.
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  • PSU QB, Trace McSorley, was named second team All-American.
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  • McSorley could also be in the Heisman hunt.
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  • In Steelers news, Ben will play week 3 of pre-season.
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  • It looks as though the Steelers will be playing AB and all starters for at least the 1st quarter for pre-season games.
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  • The 3rd pre-season game is the one that is used as real game prep and game plan analysis.
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  • Please don\'t get hurt!
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