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Purdue’s Zach Edey unanimous AP All-American; Penn State’s Jalen Pickett on 2nd teamVideo
Purdue’s Zach Edey and Indiana’s Trayce Jackson-Davis have given the Big Ten Conference a third straight year with multiple first-team Associated Press All-America picks, while Kansas had a second straight first-teamer in Jalen Wilson. The 7-foot-4, 305-pound Edey appeared on all 58 ballots as a first-team selection from AP Top...
Pirates send down 8, including Endy Rodriguez, Mike Burrows
The Pirates trimmed eight players from their spring training roster Tuesday, including top prospects Endy Rodriguez and Mike Burrows. Rodriguez, Burrows, relief pitcher Colin Selby, infielder Jared Triolo and outfielder Ryan Vilade were assigned to Triple-A Indianapolis. Righties Wei-Chieh Huang and Nate Webb and lefty Caleb Smith were sent to...
Defensive lineman Larry Ogunjobi agrees to 3-year deal to return to Steelers
Larry Ogunjobi is getting the big contract this offseason that he thought he had secured in 2022. Ogunjobi on Tuesday agreed to return to the Pittsburgh Steelers on a three-year deal worth a reported $28.75 million. Ogunjobi, a 28-year-old defensive tackle, spent last season with the Steelers after agreeing to...
You can win your March Madness office pool by following these easy tips. No, really, you can
There’s a trope that gets trotted out this time of year that goes something like this: Why am I laboring over my March Madness office pool picks when it’s probably going to be won by a receptionist who makes her selections based on whose uniform is prettier or whose mascot...
Reports: Raiders, Jakobi Meyers agree on 3-year, $33M dealVideo
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The Las Vegas Raiders and wide receiver Jakobi Meyers agreed on a $33 million, three-year deal, according to multiple reports. The deal, which can’t be announced until Wednesday, reportedly includes $21 million in guaranteed money. Meyers made the Patriots roster as an undrafted free agent in 2019...
Franklin Regional grad Spencer Lee chases historic 4th NCAA wrestling title for IowaVideo
IOWA CITY, Iowa — History is the light at the end of Iowa wrestler Spencer Lee’s tunnel vision. The 125-pounder from Franklin Regional has a chance to win his fourth national title this weekend at the NCAA championships in Tulsa, Okla., and join an exclusive club with names he can...
Hurricanes’ Andrei Svechnikov out for season with torn ACLVideo
RALEIGH, N.C. — Carolina Hurricanes forward Andrei Svechnikov is out for the remainder of the regular season and the playoffs because of a torn ligament in his right knee, a significant blow for a Stanley Cup contender. The team announced Svechnikov would undergo reconstruction surgery on his anterior cruciate ligament...
Women’s NCAA tournament preview: Picks to win each region, first-round best bets
By ZOE COLLINS RATH | Home Field Sports Many women’s teams playing in the NCAA tournament had the week off to rest and now the bracket has been set for the Big Dance. Games start Wednesday, with the round of 64 tipping off Friday. There are already odds in the...
Reports: Raiders set to trade TE Darren Waller to GiantsVideo
HENDERSON, Nev. — Tight end Darren Waller is being traded to the New York Giants, who will send the Las Vegas Raiders a 2023 third-round draft pick, according to multiple reports Tuesday. The Giants will send the Raiders their No. 100 overall selection, which was acquired from the Kansas City...
Split-squad Pirates battle back to tie Twins, lose to Orioles despite 9th inning rally
After a day off, the Pittsburgh Pirates used a split squad to play two games Tuesday afternoon. That meant splitting the coaching staff for the Grapefruit League games. Where manager Derek Shelton’s team took a 7-6 loss to the Baltimore Orioles at LECOM Park in Bradenton, Fla., bench coach Don...
Pitt’s Heather Lyke named finalist for SBJ’s Athletic Director of the Year
DAYTON, Ohio — Pitt’s across-the-board success in athletics has gained Heather Lyke national recognition. Lyke, who has been Pitt’s athletic director since 2017, was named a finalist for the Sports Business Journal Athletic Director of the Year award. Pitt finished the fall portion of the academic year ranked sixth in...
Penguins defenseman P.O Joseph returns to lineup
Playing the Montreal Canadiens will always be special to P.O Joseph. As a native of Laval, Quebec, a suburb of Montreal, the novelty of competing against the team he grew up rooting for will always be present for him. But for the moment, just playing is a big enough novelty...
D’Angelo Russell prop, Nuggets-Raptors money line play: March 14 best bets
By SPENCER URQUHART | Home Field Sports Each day, one of our experts will offer up a best bet (or two or three) that mobile sportsbooks are offering. It might be a traditional spread bet, a player prop or one of the various odds boosts that books offer. Here are...
Pitt Take 5: Win or lose, Panthers can celebrate this season, look to the future and the return of Will Jeffress
DAYTON, Ohio — No matter what happens to Pitt on Tuesday night against Mississippi State, the season should not be judged by one 40-minute period of basketball. A loss would be Pitt’s fifth in the final eight games of the season, probably tied to each one of the following reasons:...
Steelers agree to contract with free-agent guard Nate Herbig, bring back Damontae Kazee
For the second consecutive free-agent period, the Pittsburgh Steelers made it a priority to beef up the interior of their offensive line. Then, they retained a versatile member of their secondary. Twelve months after signing veterans who became their starting right guard and center, the Steelers agreed to terms with...
2023 NCAA Tournament South Region preview: Alabama favored, but don’t sleep on Virginia
BY SPENCER URQUHART | Home Field Sports The 2023 NCAA men’s basketball tournament will begin with the South Region, which is headlined by No. 1 overall seed Alabama. Alabama has put together their best men’s basketball season in recent memory as they look to secure their first national championship, and...
NCAA tournament Midwest Region preview: Can anyone stop top seed Houston?
By SHANE JACKSON | Home Field Sports contributor You have probably been told to pick upsets early in your NCAA tournament bracket before settling for chalk in the later rounds. That is especially true in the Midwest Region this year, which will have its Sweet 16 and Elite Eight take...
Injury sidelines Penguins defenseman Dmitry Kulikov on ‘week-to-week’ basis
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Dmitry Kulikov will be sidelined on a week-to-week basis because of an undisclosed injury. His status was announced by Penguins coach Mike Sullivan following a morning skate at PPG Paints Arena in advance of Tuesday’s game against the Montreal Canadiens. Kulikov was injured during the second period...
Pitt center John Hugley IV to enter transfer portal
On the day of Pitt’s first NCAA Tournament game since 2016, a player once thought to be key in the team’s potential reemergence opted to part ways with the program. Junior center John Hugley IV announced Tuesday morning he is entering the transfer portal. “ … It is with careful...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Franklin Regional grad Spencer Lee aims for 4th NCAA title
Nobody has beaten Spencer Lee this season. The redshirt senior is 17-0 and has dominated his opponents, while extending his winning streak to 55. Five more wins and he will have a fourth NCAA title. The Franklin Regional grad is the No. 1 seed at 125 pounds for the NCAA...
7-time NASCAR champ Johnson adds COTA, Coca-Cola 600 to sked
Jimmie Johnson is adding Coke and COTA to his NASCAR schedule. The seven-time NASCAR champion said Tuesday he will drive the No. 84 Chevrolet in the March 26 race at the Circuit of the Americas and the May 28 Coca-Cola 600 as part of his limited race lineup this season....
Michael Henn returns to March Madness with Penn State
Growing up in Washington, Michael Henn fell in love with basketball — the family sport. That love took him to UC Davis, California Baptist, Portland, Denver and, finally, Penn State. It kept him going through bone spurs, and it carried him all the way back to the NCAA Tournament. At...
Tim Benz: Steelers waiting on ILB market despite manageable deals across the NFL
While most Pittsburgh Steelers fans have their eyes on what the franchise is doing in free agency at cornerback, I’m more interested in what they are going to do at inside linebacker. On Day 1 of the legal tampering period, the Steelers decided to let cornerback Cameron Sutton go to...
‘Fosbury Flop’ high jumper Dick Fosbury dies at 76
Dick Fosbury, the lanky leaper who revamped the technical discipline of high jump and won an Olympic gold medal with his “Fosbury Flop,” has died. He was 76. Fosbury died Sunday after a recurrence with lymphoma, according to his publicist, Ray Schulte. Before Fosbury, many high jumpers cleared their heights...
Jay Wright on Pitt’s turnaround; Penn State’s NCAA tough opener; West Virginia’s showdown with Maryland
This will be the most exciting week of college basketball in Western Pennsylvania in a long time. Pitt, Penn State and West Virginia have all qualified for the NCAA Tournament in the same year for the first time since 2011. The action gets going Tuesday night as Pitt takes on...
