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Syracuse beats Indiana to win its 1st men's soccer title 
CARY, N.C. — Syracuse goalkeeper Russell Shealy stopped two shots in an eight-round shootout and Amferny Sinclair scored the game-winner as No. 3 seed Syracuse beat 13th-seeded Indiana 7-6 in a shootout on Monday night to win the NCAA College Cup championship for the first time in program history. It...
Evgeni Malkin scores late as Penguins edge Stars in patient, defensive win
The Dallas Stars aren’t the best team in the NHL. Heck, they might not even be the best team in the Central Division. But they might be the league’s most dangerous outfit. That’s to say, if you’re not careful, they can damage your netminder’s save percentage as evidenced by the...
Cardinals' Kyler Murray hurts knee vs. Patriots, carted off field 
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray was carted off the field during the team’s first offensive drive after a knee injury Monday night in Arizona’s game against the New England Patriots. The fourth-year quarterback was flushed out of the pocket on the third play of the game and ran...
Analysis: Ravens' J.K. Dobbins, Gus Edwards flash abilities against Steelers 
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens were down to their No. 3 option at quarterback — but for the first time in almost two years, they also had both J.K. Dobbins and Gus Edwards available. Good timing. Dobbins ran for 120 yards, and Edwards rushed for 66 as the...
Analysis: Penalties, play calls doom Browns as season slips away 
CLEVELAND — Deshaun Watson’s lengthy suspension shaped this season for the Browns, and it has taken on a familiar form: ugly, disappointing, irreparable. A penalty-filled 23-10 loss in Cincinnati essentially extinguished any chance Cleveland had of putting together a late playoff push, triggering another December tradition in Northeast Ohio: fans...
Sean Murphy to Braves, William Contreras to Brewers in 3-team trade 
ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves acquired catcher Sean Murphy from the Oakland Athletics as part of a three-team deal Monday that also sent All-Star catcher William Contreras to the Milwaukee Brewers. Oakland acquired catcher Manny Piña and pitching prospects Kyle Muller, Freddy Tarnok and Royber Salinas from Atlanta and outfield...
Defense getting notice as Bengals earn 5th straight win
CINCINNATI — After the Cincinnati Bengals’ fifth straight win Sunday, quarterback Joe Burrow and coach Zac Taylor couldn’t stop raving about the defense. And rightly so. The unit has been overshadowed all season by the do-anything-to-win heroics of Burrow and his offense. The Cincinnati defense held the Browns to 10...
Pitt volleyball's Final Four trip touches all the bases
Aside from the obvious – bragging rights from coast to coast, a grand feeling of achievement and a chance to play for a national championship— Pitt women’s volleyball’s second consecutive Final Four appearance comes with one more important benefit: The opportunity to reach one of the most elusive goals in...
U.S. almost sent Gio Reyna home from World Cup for lack of hustle 
NEW YORK — American midfielder Gio Reyna almost was sent home from the World Cup because of a lack of hustle in training, for which he later apologized. U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter revealed the team’s concerns about a player when he spoke last week at the HOW Institute for Society’s...
Panthers, prepping for Steelers, control playoff destiny with 4 games left 
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Panthers interim head coach Steve Wilks’ stock is on the rise. Behind Wilks’ belief in smashmouth football and solid, opportunistic defense, Carolina has won three of its last four games and now controls its playoff destiny. If the Panthers (5-8) win out, they’ll be NFC South champions....
Belle Vernon sees no 'racial intent' by football players in controversial social media video
The Belle Vernon football players involved in a controversial social media video weren’t trying to racially taunt anyone, said the school’s top administrator, but they will face consequences for including a racial slur. The TikTok video, which used an audio file popular in the app, was filmed on the team...
Steelers notes: Steelers in danger of 2nd losing home season since 1970
Blame Acrisure? Over a span of 53 seasons while playing in venues named Three Rivers Stadium and Heinz Field, the Pittsburgh Steelers only once had a losing record in home games. That was 1999, the second-to-last season played at Three Rivers. During 21 seasons playing a stone’s throw down the...
Mason Rudolph 'ready to rock' if Kenny Pickett can't play for Steelers because of concussion
It will be bittersweet for Mason Rudolph if he is active Sunday for the first time this season when the Pittsburgh Steelers face the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium. It would mean the fifth-year quarterback would be one step closer to seeing his first game action since the...
Pitt's Calijah Kancey, Izzy Abanikanda, Penn State's Joey Porter Jr. named AP All-Americans
Pitt defensive tackle Calijah Kancey was named Monday to the Associated Press All-America first team, his third such honor since the end of the regular season. Pitt running back Israel Abanikanda, who leads the nation in total touchdowns (21) and average per-game scoring (11.6), was named to the AP third...
South Carolina tops women's AP Top 25, Kansas cracks poll
Kansas has cracked The Associated Press women’s basketball poll for the first time in nearly 10 years after a huge win while South Carolina remained the unanimous No. 1 team. The 22nd-ranked Jayhawks routed then 12th-ranked Arizona by 27 points on the road to break into the AP Top 25...
Purdue moves to No. 1 in AP Top 25, Alabama cracks top 5
Purdue picked up wins over West Virginia, No. 15 Gonzaga and No. 12 Duke in consecutive weeks to win the Phil Knight Legacy tournament earlier in the season. Wins over Hofstra and Nebraska last week, combined with a loss by Houston, were enough to move the Boilermakers to No. 1...
Texas suspends basketball coach Chris Beard over family violence charge
AUSTIN, Texas — Chris Beard, who coached Texas Tech to the 2019 NCAA championship game and was hired away by Texas with expectations he’d elevate his alma mater to the same elite level, was arrested early Monday on a felony family violence charge after a woman told police he strangled...
Penguins defenseman Jeff Petry sidelined due to suspected left arm injury 
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Jeff Petry will miss Monday’s home game against the Dallas Stars because of an undisclosed injury. Per coach Mike Sullivan, Petry is being evaluated for an “upper-body” injury. Petry appeared to injure the left arm portion of his upper body during Saturday’s 3-1 home win against the...
5 things we learned: Steelers running game became an afterthought following Kenny Pickett's early exit
Five things we learned from Ravens 16, Steelers 14: 1. One-dimensional offense After having five consecutive games with at least 100 yards rushing, the Steelers totaled just 65 on the ground against the Ravens. That is the second-lowest total of the season. The fewest rushing yards came in Week 5...
Mark Madden: Go ahead and blame Mitch Trubisky for loss, but Steelers have many warts
When Kenny Pickett relieved Mitch Trubisky in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Week 4 home loss to the New York Jets, Pickett threw three interceptions. That was OK. The kid has a lot to learn. Be patient. When Trubisky relieved Pickett and served up three picks in Sunday’s home defeat vs. Baltimore,...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Saint Vincent's Shemar Bennett hits scoring milestone
He scored the first nine points of the game for Saint Vincent and delivered a one-handed dunk. But the basket Shemar Bennett will remember most from a recent victory is the one that put him in the Bearcats’ record book. The 6-foot-6 grad student forward scored on a layup through...
Young roster, new coach to challenge Pitt-Greensburg women’s basketball team 
After a season in which it advanced to the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference title game, the Pitt-Greensburg women’s basketball team is hoping to make another run at the top this winter. With a new coach, Darien Lantz, and a young roster, the task won’t be easy. The 2021-22 Bobcats went...
Steelers vs. Ravens: What they're saying in Baltimore after win
The Baltimore Ravens came into Acrisure Stadium Sunday and ran right over their heated rival. After four consecutive losses to the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Ravens righted the ship with third-string quarterback Anthony Brown and a punishing running game. Final score: 16-14. Steelers backup quarterback Mitch Trubisky made it much easier...
Madden Monday: Just blaming Mitch Trubisky for Steelers' loss is the easy way out
The lowest of low-hanging fruit is available for Steelers analysis in the wake of the team’s 16-14 loss to the Baltimore Ravens Sunday. Backup quarterback Mitch Trubisky entered the game for an injured Kenny Pickett and threw three interceptions. End of story. But if you do that, it would be...
First Call: Ravens Pro Bowler admits being exposed by Steelers; John Harbaugh hypes up late drive; Jaromir Jagr's latest exploits
Despite a loss, the Steelers’ wide receivers are forcing a Ravens Pro Bowler to do some introspection. Baltimore coach John Harbaugh is gushing about his team’s game-sealing drive at Acrisure Stadium. The Steelers are already underdogs for Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers. The Penguins have a stiff test at...


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