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It’s all coronavirus talk in sports. Nothing else. The NBA is done. For now. Many think the NHL and college basketball will soon follow. In Thursday’s “First Call,” we look at how Rudy Gobert’s diagnosis brought down the NBA. What may become of the NFL Draft. And how one college...

The Atlantic 10 followed the lead of the NCAA and the country’s major basketball conferences Wednesday night, announcing that the rest of its men’s basketball tournament will be played in an empty Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Starting with Thursday’s games, attendance will be limited to teams, network television employees, working...

Before he embarked on his own tournament journey, Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot congratulated Robert Morris for winning the Northeast Conference and earning a berth in the upcoming NCAA Tournament. “They did a terrific job,” Dambrot said Wednesday before leaving with his team for the Atlantic 10 Tournament in Brooklyn, N.Y....

Wednesday’s “First Call” features a new gig for Gronk. Is NFL overtime changing again? Gerrit Cole basks in Yankees stardom. The Penguins get some help in the Metro Division. Gronk to wrestling? The Steelers need a tight end. Well, there is a pretty good one from Woodland Hills that’s getting...

Junior forward Marcus Weathers became the first Duquesne player in nine years named to an All-Atlantic 10 first or second team when he was selected Tuesday to the conference’s second team. The most recent Dukes player so honored was Damian Saunders in 2011. It’s an especially prestigious honor for Weathers...

Monday’s “First Call” looks at Mike Sullivan’s characterization of his struggling Penguins. Also, Le’Veon Bell’s return to Pittsburgh, Robert Morris hockey stays alive, and a positive spin for Duquesne hoops. Aw. And Barry Bonds is sad. Bad connection? Uh oh. The last time we heard about something being “disconnected” in...

Duquesne earned a No. 6 seed, received a bye into the second round of the Atlantic 10 Tournament and will play the George Washington/Fordham winner at 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Duquesne (21-9, 11-7) split two games against No. 11 George Washington (12-19, 6-12). The Dukes...

The final stop of the season the Duquesne Dukes call their Tour of Pittsburgh was at the only home venue that didn’t require them to go through a tunnel or cross a bridge. Just Forbes and Fifth avenues. A seasonlong renovation of UPMC Chuck Cooper Fieldhouse, which will replace Palumbo...

The Duquesne Dukes finish their regular season Friday night at PPG Paints Arena. Richmond is in town. There is a lot on the line. The Spiders take the court in second place of the Atlantic 10. The Dukes are in a three-way tie for fourth with St. Bonaventure and Saint...

The NFL’s Watt brothers start off Wednesday’s “First Call.” Why wouldn’t they? They are everywhere else. Also, we check out what happened in the rest of the Eastern Conference while the Penguins finally got back on the winning track. An NHL player gets a skate to the face. Duquesne owns...

RICHMOND, Va. — Tavian Dunn-Martin had 23 points as Duquesne defeated VCU, 80-77, in overtime on Tuesday night. Marcus Weathers had 16 points and nine rebounds for Duquesne (21-8, 11-6 Atlantic 10 Conference). Michael Hughes added 14 points and eight rebounds. Sincere Carry had seven assists and six rebounds. Baylee...

When Duquesne visits VCU on Tuesday night in its next-to-last regular-season game, the Dukes likely will be playing in front of a packed house at Siegel Center in Richmond, Va. That’s not such a big deal in college basketball, except in this case, it would mark the 151st consecutive sellout...

A strange idea was floating around Duquesne on Monday. Some people on campus were talking about March Madness. Madness on the Bluff? Who would have thought the Dukes, picked to finish eighth in the Atlantic 10, would be challenging for first- and second-round byes next week in the A-10 Tournament?...

After Duquesne’s 81-78 victory Saturday night against George Mason, coach Keith Dambrot might have walked off the court feeling like he just robbed a bank. And maybe he walked a little faster, too, before someone realized the numbers didn’t add up and George Mason should have won. Let’s count the...

Playing on the road in college basketball can be difficult under normal circumstances, but Duquesne’s thrilling 81-78 overtime victory at St. Bonaventure on Wednesday nearly was derailed by – of all things — an orange balloon. Duquesne held a lead for more than 32 minutes in the game, but St....

SAINT BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Sincere Carry had 18 points and 11 assists to lift Duquesne to an 81-77 overtime win over St. Bonaventure on Wednesday night. Michael Hughes had 18 points, three assists and three blocks for Duquesne (19-8, 9-6 Atlantic 10). Lamar Norman Jr. added 14 points. Baylee Steele...