to slash jobs or cut costs in other ways, with officials pointing to funding reductions mainly from the United States and warning that vital relief programs will be severely affected as a result.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The moment when Troy Fautanu’s rookie season came to a painful halt is seared into his brain.Asked to relive it on Wednesday after a rainy organized team activity, the
offensive tackle lifted his massive right hand and pointed toward one of the far end zones in the fields tucked behind the club’s practice facility.It was a Friday in late September. The 20th overall pick in the 2024 draft was coming off the first start of his career in Week 2 against Denver, fully healed from a sprained left knee that forced him to miss most of the preseason. Fautanu trotted onto the practice field with the rest of the offense for a series of 2-point conversion drills called “seven shots.”Fautanu backpedaled to set up in pass protection when his right knee “got caught up in the ground weird.” The rest of his 6-foot-4, 317-pound frame kept moving. His leg did not. The result? A tear in the ligament designed to keep the knee stable. Season-ending surgery soon followed, with lingering doubts about whether he could make it back not far behind.
“There were a lot of nights where you can’t really see the light on the other side of the tunnel,” Fautanu said.It wasn’t just the daunting physical rehab, but the emotional toll that came along with it. He knew as a first-round pick, that his job was to get on the field as quickly as possible. Now that was gone. He had already bought tickets for his family to come watch him play. Now they would hop on planes to watch him stand on the sidelines in sweats instead of on the field in his No. 76 uniform.
For a player of Polynesian descent who counts Steelers Hall of Famer Troy Polamalu
, and who had never really been hurt before and now found himself recovering a couple of thousand miles from home.Santana’s homer in the seventh came on a 0-1 pitch and rattled Zeferjahn after he retired Ramírez and Kyle Manzardo to begin the inning.
The Angels have homered in 14 straight road games to match a club record as they look for their first series win in Cleveland since 2013.RHP Jack Von Kochanowicz (3-6, 5.07 ERA) starts Sunday’s rubber game for the Angels against Guardians RHP Gavin Williams (4-3, 4.27).
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Capitals said Thursday that no decision has been made onafter an email was sent to season-ticket holders calling next season his last.