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Offseason youth movement brings new energy as Riverhounds get set for opener
Pittsburgh Riverhounds coach Bob Lilley felt there were times when his team needed an extra gear last season, but they couldn’t find it. The consequence was some inconsistent stretches in a season that ended in the USL Championship Eastern Conference quarterfinals with a loss in penalties to Louisville City. So,...
Mark Madden: Breaking the bank for Lamar Jackson doesn’t make sense
It’s comical that every ex-player in the football media is throwing a fit because quarterback Lamar Jackson isn’t getting what he wants, namely fully guaranteed mega-bucks. NFL teams have plenty of legit reasons to not want Jackson at the price he’s looking for. • Jackson is just 26 but plays...
3 takeaways: New York’s Anders Lee, Brock Nelson continue to own PenguinsVideo
Three takeaways from the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 4-3 overtime loss to New York Thursday night at PPG Paints Arena: A pair of Penguins killers Few players across the National Hockey League have been more troublesome for the Penguins this season than New York’s Anders Lee and Brock Nelson. Lee scored a...
Tim Benz: Repeated blown leads against the Islanders could prove fatal for Penguins
If you really want, you can try to rationalize away the Pittsburgh Penguins’ disastrous results against the New York Islanders this season. You can try to convince yourself that if both teams qualify as the Eastern Conference wild cards, there’s not much difference between being seventh or eighth anyway. That...
First Call: Pitt star lands with Steelers in mock draft; ex-Steeler DB still high on Jordan Addison
A former Pittsburgh Steeler is sticking up for a former Pitt Panther after a rough NFL Combine. Another former Panther is slated to the Steelers in CBS’ latest mock draft. Aaron Donald will remain with the Los Angeles Rams. And there was a big time interconference showdown in the NHL...
Prospects Mike Burrows, Quinn Priester share goal of finishing season pitching for the Pirates
Mike Burrows and Quinn Priester arrived at spring training with similar resumes — right-handed pitchers drafted out of high school and ranked among the Pittsburgh Pirates’ top 10 prospects — and the same end goal. If they have to start the season as teammates in the minor leagues, they want...
Panthers acquire No. 1 overall pick from Bears
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers are on the clock. The Panthers have traded up to acquire the No. 1 overall pick in the draft from the Chicago Bears in exchange for Carolina’s No. 9 and No. 61 overall picks in 2023, a first-round pick in 2024, a second-round pick...
Penguins collapse in another loss to Islanders
In the first half-century of the rivalry between the teams, there’s never been a deficit of heartbreak for the Pittsburgh Penguins against the New York Islanders. There has been a comeback from a three-game deficit in a best-of-seven playoff series in 1972, a bitterly narrow defeat in a best-of-five first-round...
Penn State advances in Big Ten Tournament with 3rd win over Illini this seasonVideo
CHICAGO — Andrew Funk hit five of his six 3-pointers and scored 17 of his 20 points in the second half as Penn State defeated Illinois, 79-76, in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday. Camren Wynter scored 18 points, and Seth Lundy had 17 points and...
Chad Ramey leads, Rory McIlroy stumbles at The Players Championship
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Chad Ramey managed to avoid stress and bogeys Thursday in The Players Championship for an 8-under-par 64, making him an unlikely leader on a TPC Sawgrass course that rarely fails to deliver a surprise. Ramey had a one-shot lead over two-time major champion Collin Morikawa...
Patrick Ewing fired by Georgetown after going 13-50 last 2 seasonsVideo
WASHINGTON — Before coaching his first game at Georgetown — indeed, his first game as a head coach at any level of basketball — Patrick Ewing acknowledged that his tenure would be judged on one basis: his record. “People could call me ‘the greatest Hoya ever,’ but as you know,...
Steelers, as expected, left out of NFL awarding of compensatory draft picks
The Pittsburgh Steelers learned Thursday, as expected, they won’t be making any extra picks in next month’s draft. The NFL announced the addition of 37 draft choices for the April 27-29 event in Kansas City, and the Steelers weren’t one of the 16 teams that made the cut. Thirty of...
Penguins assign forward Alex Nylander to Wilkes-Barre/ScrantonVideo
Forward Alex Nylander’s first recall to the Pittsburgh Penguins’ NHL roster was a brief excursion. On Thursday, the Penguins assigned Nylander to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. This transaction comes two days after he was recalled to the NHL level and made his debut with the NHL club. During...
West Virginia falls to Kansas in Big 12 quarterfinalsVideo
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Playing without ailing coach Bill Self on the sideline, third-ranked Kansas turned to big offensive performances from Jalen Wilson and Dajuan Harris Jr. along with some stingy defense to pull away from West Virginia, 75-61, on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament. Wilson...
Phillies’ Bryce Harper says he could return by All-Star break
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Philadelphia Phillies slugger Bryce Harper joined his teammates at spring training and hasn’t ruled out being back by the All-Star break following Tommy John surgery. “Things can change either way,” the two-time National League MVP Harper said Thursday. “I could be after, I could be before. But...
Duke crushes Pitt in ACC Tournament quarterfinal
Jeff Capel’s hand has been on the heartbeat of his team all season. He knew how his players would react to success and failure, and they seldom disappointed or surprised him. For a two-hour period Thursday in Greensboro (N.C.) Coliseum, Pitt was not that team Capel had been guiding and...
Jets agree on deal with Ravens to acquire S Chuck Clark
The New York Jets are acquiring veteran safety Chuck Clark from the Baltimore Ravens, according to a person with knowledge of the trade. New York agreed Thursday to send a seventh-round draft pick in 2024 to Baltimore, the person told the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because teams can’t...
Defensive lapses plague Pirates as Tigers use 5-run 7th inning to roll to win
The Detroit Tigers took advantage of defensive lapses by the Pittsburgh Pirates, including a botched rundown, and answered a three-run sixth inning with one that put their Grapefruit League game away. The Tigers batted around the order in a five-run seventh to roll to a 10-7 win Thursday afternoon at...
Are Penguins defensemen Dmitry Kulikov and Jan Rutta a ‘shutdown pair?’Video
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Dmitry Kulikov is still trying to find his way around his new surroundings. Even to a granular level. On Thursday, after an optional morning skate at PPG Paints Arena, he took off his elbow pads and began to stack them on the shelf of a locker stall...
2023 World Baseball Classic odds preview: Will the United States defend its title?
BY GABE HENDERSON | Home Field Sports The 2023 World Baseball Classic is already underway as America’s Pastime returns to the big stage for the first time in six years. Pool A and Pool B have been busy battling it out over the last few days with Pools C and...
Free agency primer: After 2022 spending spree, can Steelers add more pieces on OL?
After unexpectedly starting two rookies and turning over all but one starter from the previous season’s offensive line, the Pittsburgh Steelers plunged into free agency last March as they continued to retool their front five. The Steelers were more active than any offseason in franchise history, and the evidence was...
Grove City pitcher from Pine-Richland throws perfect game in Florida
Nick Guidas was up bright and early in Davenport, Fla., never knowing he was going to have a perfect day. The Grove City baseball pitcher tossed a perfect game Thursday morning as the Wolverines blanked Illinois College, 6-0, at Northeast Regional Park. Guidas, a junior from Pine-Richland, retired 27 batters...
Can LSU keep unlikely run going in SEC Tournament? Best bets for March 9
BY JIM DERRY | 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...
2023 fantasy baseball outfield rankings: Can Ronald Acuna return to No. 1 status?
By SPENCER URQUHART | Home Field Sports The Home Field Sports fantasy baseball rankings series continues with outfielders, a position that’s loaded at the top, but not quite as deep as usual. Even the top-tier outfielders have some question marks, but the bottom line is that half of the 1st...
Pitt wrestler Nino Bonaccorsi seeded No. 1 at 197 pounds for NCAA Wrestling Championships
Pitt wrestler Nino Bonaccorsi is seeded No. 1 in the NCAA Wrestling Championships’ 197-pound division, leading a team of six Panthers who will compete, starting March 16, in Tulsa, Okla. Bonaccorsi, a Bethel Park graduate who compiled a 16-0 record this season, is Pitt’s first top seed since coach Keith...
