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Allegheny Valley YMCA sets records at district championships
The Allegheny Valley YMCA wasn’t just well-represented at the district championship. The team made waves in the meet with record-breaking performances. Brody Petrak, 12, headlined the Allegheny Valley YMCA as he captured the 200-yard breaststroke title in the 11- and 12-year old division March 10-12 at the Pennsylvania YMCA West...
AP sources: Notre Dame closing deal with Penn State’s Micah Shrewsberry
Notre Dame is finalizing a deal to make Penn State’s Micah Shrewsberry its new men’s basketball coach, two people with direct knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The people spoke on condition of anonymity because contract details were still being completed and needed school approval. Shrewsberry,...
Following winless campaign, Robert Morris seeks rebound this fall with conference crossover
Having gone winless (0-11) last season, the Robert Morris Colonials are eyeing a rebound in 2023 in their sixth season under coach Bernard Clark. This fall will mark a new chapter for the Colonials football program, as it is the first year of a joint association between the Big South...
Early games against West Virginia, Coastal Carolina highlight Duquesne’s 2023 football schedule
Duquesne announced its 11-game 2023 football slate this week and, as has been the case in the immediate past, early-season matchups with Football Bowl Subdivision opponents loom. The Dukes will travel to Morgantown for a showdown with West Virginia on Sept. 9, followed by another away game at Coastal Carolina...
Steelers’ Kenny Pickett would be 5th-best QB in this year’s draft class, says ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr.
Kenny Pickett was the first — and only — quarterback taken in the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft when the Pittsburgh Steelers grabbed him with the No. 20 pick. Had Pickett been part of this year’s deeper crop of quarterbacks, he still would fall in line as a...
UAB-Vandy value in NIT, Warriors-Mavericks total: Best bets for March 22
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...
Transfer portal provided boost for most March Madness teams
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State coach Tom Izzo is not a big fan of the transfer portal, lamenting that it gives young athletes an easy out instead of an opportunity to overcome challenges. “I’ll say until the day I die, I do not see anything good for the players...
Penn State OC Mike Yurcich assesses QBs Drew Allar, Beau Pribula, Jaxon Smolik in spring camp
STATE COLLEGE — The last time Mike Yurcich met with reporters was in the postgame locker room at the Rose Bowl. Penn State’s offensive coordinator, all smiles after the win, spent time on Jan. 2 breaking down Sean Clifford’s final game. Things have changed quite a bit since. Days before...
After player input, MLB allows some pitch clock delays
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball has clarified its new rules to allow umpires to delay the start of the pitch clock after big swings in which a hitter loses footing or when a pitcher covers first base, third or home, in addition to other clarifications announced Wednesday. The commissioner’s...
Once again, peers vote Sidney Crosby NHL’s ‘most complete player’
It has been nine years since Sidney Crosby was voted the NHL’s MVP in balloting by the NHLPA. But even if union membership doesn’t believe Crosby is any longer their brethren’s most valuable, it keeps on singling him out as its most complete. Crosby, for the fourth consecutive year, was...
Women’s NCAA tournament Sweet 16 and Elite Eight betting preview, see who is favored
BY ZOE COLLINS RATH | Home Field Sports After the first two rounds in the women’s NCAA tournament, there have been some changes in the national championship futures market. South Carolina is an even heavier favorite, now priced at -200 at FanDuel Sportsbook. Two No. 1 seeds were bounced over...
NCAA Sweet 16 odds preview: UCLA, Gonzaga, UConn give West Region three title contenders
BY ZACH EWING | Home Field Sports Three of the four men’s NCAA tournament regions have clear favorites as March Madness rounds into Sweet 16 weekend — top seeds Alabama and Houston are odds-on favorites in the South and Midwest, respectively, while Tennessee is close to that in the East....
Perseverance pays off for Penguins defenseman Taylor Fedun
Taylor Fedun smiled through the pain. And to be certain, the pain wasn’t related to a losing streak or the prospect of missing the playoffs. It was literal pain. From the stitches on the right side of his upper lip. On Monday morning, after he was recalled from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton...
NCAA Sweet 16 odds preview: Missing top two seeds, chaotic East Region has surprise favorite
BY SHANE JACKSON | Home Field Sports Contributor Heading into the second weekend of the 2023 NCAA men’s basketball tournament, no region has been as unpredictable as the East. Both the No. 1 seed (Purdue) and No. 2 seed (Marquette) were bounced in the opening weekend. A pair of blue-blood...
Mark Madden: Fantasy camp brings back memories of Mario Lemieux’s 5-goal greatness
The Mario Lemieux Fantasy Hockey Camp wrapped up Wednesday. Once again, Lemieux’s team won the four-team competition. That’s happened every year since the camp debuted in 2012. But that’s because Lemieux plays for all the teams at least once. The founder of the feast works overtime. The camp is an...
Tim Benz: Sting of Ottawa loss provides perspective as Penguins face Stanley Cup champs in Colorado
As the Pittsburgh Penguins prepare to play Wednesday night’s game against the Colorado Avalanche, they’ll do so with Monday’s loss to the Ottawa Senators hanging over their heads. Unfortunately for the Pens, that checkmark in the loss column isn’t going anywhere, no matter how much the club feels like it...
What you need to know as Pa.’s trout season opener approaches
It may take place on April Fool’s Day this year, but it’s certainly no joke. Each year, thousands upon thousands of anglers across Pennsylvania eagerly look forward to the opening day of trout season. It’s a cherished time of the year when people get together with family and friends to...
World Baseball Classic interest keeps growing despite injury risks
MIAMI — Shohei Ohtani’s strikeout of Mike Trout, Trea Turner’s go-ahead, eighth-inning grand slam against Venezuela, Japan’s walk-off semifinal win and Mexico’s comeback from a four-run deficit against Puerto Rico will be replayed over and over. Edwin Díaz’s season-ending knee injury and Jose Altuve’s broken finger will be discussed all...
First Call: Ben Roethlisberger shares odd Super Bowl XLV injury, take on JuJu Smith-Schuster to New EnglandVideo
As if Ben Roethlisberger didn’t make enough news with his appearance on 105.9 The X on Tuesday, his latest “Footbahlin’” podcast made a lot more. The former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback discusses an odd injury that almost kept him out of Super Bowl XLV, JuJu Smith-Schuster’s fit in New England, and...
Ben Roethlisberger reveals talks with 49ers about NFL return, thoughts on Kenny Pickett
During a radio interview Tuesday afternoon, former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger revealed that he had conversations with the San Francisco 49ers about coming out of retirement for at least a portion of the 2022 season. While speaking with TribLIVE’s Mark Madden during his afternoon show on 105.9 The X,...
Pirates counting on healthier, happier version of Wil Crowe to be ‘right in the middle’ of bullpen
Wil Crowe wanted to get back to being the pitcher he was at the start of last season instead of the one who finished it on the injured list. His offseason motivation came as much from a Halloween photo as it did stepping on the scale. By early October, the...
Japan shuts down Team USA bats to claim 3rd World Baseball Classic championshipVideo
MIAMI — Team USA manager Mark DeRosa felt confident in his team’s lineup no matter who would throw for Japan on Tuesday night. “It’s crazy deep and crazy good,” DeRosa said. It turns out so was Japan’s pitching staff. Japan used seven pitchers, starting with Shota Imanaga and finishing with...
March Madness allows Tennessee to showcase SEC’s rugged styleVideo
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee coach Rick Barnes once took a team to watch a rugby match in Australia and loved what he saw. Despite what Florida Atlantic coach Dusty May says, that sport isn’t the Tennessee coach’s guide for the rugged style his Volunteers bring to the basketball court. “I...
Deputies: Suspended Alabama player drove 141 mph to evade traffic stopVideo
BONIFAY, Fla. — Suspended Alabama freshman defensive back Tony Mitchell drove over 141 mph while trying to evade deputies before his arrest on drug charges in the Florida Panhandle last week, authorities said. Mitchell and another man, who was a passenger in Mitchell’s car, were arrested Wednesday and charged with...
MLB plans to announce rules tweaks on pitch clock before Opening DayVideo
MIAMI — MLB’s new pitch clock is going to undergo some timing adjustments before it is turned on for games that count. Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred called the changes “significant” but also described them as “clarifications” based on input from players. The alterations are likely to be announced Wednesday, eight...
