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Mitch Keller aims to be Pirates’ starter on Opening Day: ‘I always want to be the guy’
BRADENTON, Fla. — When Mitch Keller personally delivered season tickets to a Pittsburgh Pirates fan late last month, she expressed hope that he would be the starting pitcher for the home opener on April 7. Keller kindly corrected her by saying he really wanted to pitch March 30 in Cincinnati....
Tim Benz: Tristan Jarry fixed a lot of problems for the Penguins, until he created a few himself
For the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday night, simply getting Tristan Jarry back in goal seemed to cure a lot of the ills that had been plaguing them of late. Until he caught the germs. On Monday night, the Penguins’ top netminder played his first game since Jan. 22 against the...
Tim Benz: For Pitt basketball — seize upcoming chances to win and play ‘blame game’ later
For fans of the Pitt Panthers basketball team, complaining about the poll voters has proven fruitless. Blaming flawed computer-ranking models — or at least flawed interpretations of them — is doing no good. Jeff Capel’s attempt to take a jab at the ACC Network for weak promotion on Monday was...
First Call: 1 Steeler free agent sounds inclined to stay; Penguins’ FSG ownership discusses future of other investments
At least one Pittsburgh Steelers free agent sure sounds like a guy who wants to stay in Black and Gold. The Florida Panthers and New York Islanders are making waves in the Eastern Conference wild-card race. Meanwhile, the Boston Bruins continue to dominate atop the NHL standings. And the Penguins...
West Virginia beats Oklahoma State 85-67 to end 3-game skidVideo
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Erik Stevenson scored 23 points, Tre Mitchell added a season-high 22 and West Virginia rolled to an 85-67 victory over Oklahoma State on Monday night. Stevenson made 5 of 6 shots from 3-point range and grabbed five rebounds for the Mountaineers (16-10, 5-10 Big 12), who snapped...
Penguins maintain belief in being a playoff team despite another ugly loss
When things have gone bad for the Pittsburgh Penguins over the past decade and change, Evgeni Malkin has usually been there to serve as the franchise’s prime meridian. Usually through his actions but certainly with his words as well. The superstar forward doesn’t speak after each and every game. But...
Corey Seager’s 2nd spring with Texas already ‘world of difference’Video
Within hours after Corey Seager was introduced by the Rangers with his $325 million, 10-year contract in December 2021, a lockout prevented him from contacting Texas for more than three months. After a late and rushed spring training, the Rangers never had a winning record while skidding to a 94-loss...
Dan Woike: NBA has a problem: The All-Star Game is not much of a game
SALT LAKE CITY — The NBA might have itself a problem. Sunday night, after a woefully boring All-Star Game devoid of defense in any real shape or form, league officials kept landing on a word to describe what had transpired earlier in the night. “Embarrassing.” All-Star weekend, one of the...
Yankees’ Aaron Judge: ‘You never know’ if 62 homers are possible againVideo
TAMPA, Fla. — Aaron Judge flashed a big smile when asked if he could repeat his accomplishments of last year, when he hit an American League-record 62 home runs for the New York Yankees. “You never know,” he said after the Yankees’ first full-squad workout Monday. “I don’t really like...
Former NBA, NFL team owner, businessman Red McCombs diesVideo
A former owner of two NBA teams, an NFL franchise and longtime Texas businessman, Billy Joe “Red” McCombs has died at his home in San Antonio, according to a statement from his family Monday. McCombs was 95 and preceded in death by his wife, Charline, in 2019. “The entire McCombs...
MLB teams searching for advantages with new rulesVideo
PHOENIX — It’s a brand-new day in the major leagues — potentially an even brighter one for base-stealers like Trea Turner and Ronald Acuna Jr., and most definitely a change of pace for veteran aces like Gerrit Cole or Yu Darvish. The bases are bigger, and the pickoff rules are...
MLS opens 28th season, build up to World Cup starts nowVideo
The push toward the World Cup in 2026 begins now for Major League Soccer. The league, entering its 28th season, has a new team, St. Louis City SC, and a new media deal with Apple TV. This season also will feature an expanded Leagues Cup, which will involve all of...
Down year for ACC? Pitt’s Jeff Capel doesn’t understand perception
After shepherding Pitt through practice, watching video of his opponents and talking with players, recruits and staff pretty much all day, Jeff Capel still can’t get enough basketball. When the day’s work is done, he may tune into the ACC Network and Big Ten Network to keep up on what’s...
For teenager Termarr Johnson, veterans like Rich Hill, 42, are best teachers at Pirates camp
BRADENTON, Fla. — Rich Hill is the graybeard of the Pittsburgh Pirates, a 42-year-old left-hander pitching for the 12th team in his 18-year major-league career. Monday’s first full-squad workout at Pirate City marked Hill’s 19th big-league spring training, an achievement he has learned to appreciate. “What matters the most to...
Islanders’ Mat Barzal out indefinitely with lower-body injuryVideo
New York Islanders center Mat Barzal is out indefinitely with a lower-body injury, the team announced Monday, a major blow to its playoff pursuit. He was injured on a hit from Boston’s Craig Smith early in a 6-2 loss on Saturday. Barzal appeared to take a knee-on-knee hit and left...
Jenna Fryer: Stenhouse Jr. and JTG get breakout Daytona 500 winVideo
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — One victory in 28 years was all tiny JTG Daugherty Racing had to show for the time, sweat and money — so much money — the team had poured into trying to build a winning NASCAR organization. The team owned by Tad and Jodi Geschickter, as...
Houston back at No. 1 as Northwestern makes AP Top 25 debutVideo
Houston returned to No. 1 in the AP men’s college basketball poll on Monday for the third time this season, while Northwestern and Texas A&M barged into the rankings after each had a pair of impressive wins last week. The Cougars, riding a seven-game winning streak, jumped over Alabama and...
Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry expected to return against Islanders
Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry is scheduled to return to the lineup and start Monday’s home game against the New York Islanders at PPG Paints Arena. Coach Mike Sullivan announced Jarry’s status following a morning skate Monday. Currently designated to injured reserve, Jarry has not played since Jan. 22 due...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Latrobe grad Jacob King earns 3rd career win at Allegheny
As the only senior from Allegheny to make the trip to Cleveland, Jacob King showed his young teammates how it’s done. King, a Latrobe graduate, earned his third career victory, and first in the weight toss, at the Ed Finnigan Greater Cleveland Colleges Invite at Case Western Reserve. King’s winning...
Tiger Woods sightings are rare as he enters semiretirement
LOS ANGELES — The vantage point was as good as any at Riviera for a clear view of Tiger Woods, and considering how little he plays, Tiger sightings are rare these days. The man positioned himself behind a stationary TV camera in a tower behind the 12th green as Woods...
Mark Madden: Don’t blame the core 3 or their cap hits for Penguins’ struggles
The Pittsburgh Penguins are, at best, a first-round playoff loser. That’s their ceiling, and they might not reach that. There’s lots of blame to go around, but none should fall on this past offseason’s retention of Kris Letang and Evgeni Malkin, thus preserving the core three along with Sidney Crosby....
Plum native Emily Coughlin growing into key player for young Pitt women’s lacrosse teamVideo
Emily Coughlin always will have a place in Pitt women’s lacrosse history. Three years ago, when coach Emily Boissonneault started to build the program from scratch, she made the Plum native her first WPIAL recruit. But Coughlin wants to be more than a footnote in the team media guide. She...
Norwin grad Mara Polczynski hopes to lead Grove City women’s basketball to top of PACVideo
There usually isn’t a whole lot that can add further zest to a Grove City-Westminster sporting event. Separated by only 15 miles of Route 208, the Division III schools are natural rivals. But Irwin’s Andrew Polczynski found another angle in the schools’ women’s basketball matchups last season. It was easy...
Tatum scores All-Star record 55, Team Giannis wins 184-175
SALT LAKE CITY — Jayson Tatum put on a record-setting show, and made Giannis Antetokounmpo look like a genius. Tatum scored an All-Star Game-record 55 points on his way to winning MVP honors, and Team Giannis ended LeBron James’ hold on All-Star captain supremacy by beating Team LeBron 184-175 in...
Madden Monday: ‘If it was totally up to me, I would trade (Jason) Zucker and (Brian) Dumoulin. I would be a seller’
The Pittsburgh Penguins have lost the first two games in their critical three-pack of contests against Metropolitan Division rivals. They dropped a 5-4 decision to the New York Islanders on Friday. They fell 5-2 at home to the New Jersey Devils on Saturday. Game 3 of that batch is Monday...
