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Trip to Yankee Stadium highlights Pitt’s tough 2023 schedule
Seven months from kickoff, Pitt’s 2023 schedule already is shaping up as a challenge from start to finish — with 11 Power 5 opponents. After playing four Power 5 opponents in September, Pitt will visit foreign soil for four of its final six games. Overall, Pitt will play eight of...
Chiefs survive Bengals, get 2 weeks to heal for Super BowlVideo
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes certainly deserved a game ball from Sunday night’s AFC title game, when the All-Pro quarterback dashed off on his sprained right ankle in the waning seconds to help set up the winning field goal. Travis Kelce probably did, too. With the Chiefs missing three...
Eagles’ Super Bowl-bound Hurts still trying to quiet hatersVideo
PHILADELPHIA — Nick Sirianni and his kids made snow angels in the confetti on the Linc turf. Jalen Hurts puffed on a cigar alone at his locker and scrolled through the congratulatory texts on his phone. Out in the Philly streets, delirious fans refused to let grease slow them down...
Jerry DiPaola: Why I slipped Pitt into my AP college basketball poll ballot
At the top, the voting was easy. All 62 voters in the Associated Press poll made Purdue (21-1) the No. 1 team in college basketball this week. At the bottom, not so much. What team would slip just under the wire and claim that 25th and final spot? Some of...
Robert Morris’ Kahliel Spear named Horizon League Player of the Week
Kahliel Spear averaged 27.5 points and 7.5 rebounds in a pair of home victories last week, and the Robert Morris fifth-year forward was rewarded for his effort Monday. Spear was named the Horizon League Player of the Week after helping the Colonials to their third straight win. He also averaged...
South Carolina tops women’s AP Top 25; Ohio State tumbles
It was a rough week for Ohio State, which lost all three of its games and tumbled down the AP Top 25 as a result. The previously unbeaten Buckeyes fell from second to 10th in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll released Monday after losing to Iowa and Indiana, two...
Via big plays, eye-popping catches, George Pickens delivered during rookie season for Steelers
By the nature of how quickly George Pickens showed he could be a playmaker in the NFL, it was fitting that he produced the Pittsburgh Steelers’ longest touchdown of the season in what was the final game as a rookie. After that win, during which he had a 31-yard score...
Pitt football will return to the Bronx this season to play Syracuse at Yankee Stadium
Pitt is going back to the Bronx, N.Y., to meet Syracuse at Yankee Stadium and commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the first college football game played at the original “House That Ruth Built.” The game will be played between the long-time rivals Nov. 11. “We look forward to celebrating this...
Derry grad John Kerr makes most of regular playing time with Penn State men’s volleyballVideo
On the volleyball court, John Kerr always was an effective blocker. His 6-foot-7 frame combined with his long reach and jumping ability — he can touch 11 feet, 8 inches — made him a natural at that skill. Penn State coach Mark Pavlik knew it. During Kerr’s freshman season, the...
Knoch grad Maddie Boyer putting up big numbers as freshman for Penn State Behrend women’s basketballVideo
In the seventh game of the season, the Penn State Behrend women’s basketball team stared down a 13-point deficit at Oberlin with the second-half clock ticking under 5 minutes. Coach Christine VanHook called timeout as she saw her team’s chances slipping away. When players huddled, freshman Maddie Boyer spoke up....
Westmoreland campus clippings: Seton Hill baseball tabbed preseason No. 1 in PSAC West
Elevated expectations for Seton Hill baseball: What else is new? The perennially-contending Griffins were picked to finish first in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference West Division for the third straight season. Seton Hill finished 33-19-1 last season and went 2-2 in the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional. Three players, senior...
Purdue a unanimous No. 1 in AP Top 25; Vols up to No. 2
Purdue became this season’s first unanimous No. 1 team in the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll Monday after wins over Michigan and Michigan State last week as chaos ensued behind the Boilermakers among other ranked teams. More than half of Top 25 teams lost, including second-ranked Alabama, which...
Hall of Famer Bobby Hull, the Golden Jet, dies at age 84
CHICAGO — When Bobby Hull got the puck, he was tough to stop. He had blazing speed, a hard slap shot and tons of confidence. Long before today’s biggest stars took the ice, “The Golden Jet” put on quite a show. Hull, a Hall of Fame winger and two-time NHL...
Mark Madden: Penguins goaltending went from NHL’s best 1-2 punch to shambles
The Penguins’ goaltending situation is in shambles. That’s ironic considering the current GM was a goalie and his predecessor was, too. When the Penguins won their second straight Stanley Cup in 2017, their goaltending was the NHL’s best 1-2 punch. They had Matt Murray, who had played the biggest part...
Super Bowl 57: Chiefs, Eagles meet for title in Arizona
Patrick Mahomes finally got the best of Joe Burrow. All he needed was a little shove. Harrison Butker made a 45-yard field goal with 3 seconds left — after Cincinnati’s Joseph Ossai was flagged for a 15-yard penalty for shoving Mahomes after he was out of bounds — and the...
Bengals’ Joseph Ossai laments late hit in AFC title game loss to Chiefs
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Joseph Ossai stood in front of his cleaned-out locker inside Arrowhead Stadium, while Bengals teammate B.J. Hill stood by for support, and lamented a mistake Sunday night that could easily haunt the defensive end for the rest of his career. The Kansas City Chiefs were driving...
Patrick Mahomes, Jalen Hurts set for historic Super Bowl matchup
PHILADELPHIA — Black quarterbacks have come a long way in the NFL since Fritz Pollard became the first to play in the league in 1923, and Doug Williams was the first to start and win a Super Bowl following the 1987 season. Now, Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts will be...
Tim Benz: Derek Shelton not worried about Bryan Reynolds’ trade request — nor should he be
As much hand-wringing as there is over the trade request of Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Bryan Reynolds, it could prove to be somewhat of a benefit. For everybody involved. Well, for the short term, anyway. If Reynolds truly wants out of Pittsburgh, the most effective way to do that is to...
Madden Monday: ‘Last 2 Pens general managers have been goalies, and the goaltending is in shambles’
As the Pittsburgh Penguins hit their break before the NHL All-Star Game, they have done so by losing three of four games. Their most recent defeat was a 6-4 decision at home against the hapless San Jose Sharks, who have just 15 wins on the season. But during this week’s...
First Call: Pittsburgh products impact AFC, NFC title games; Steelers fans mock Mayor Gainey’s tweet congratulating Eagles
In Monday’s “First Call,” we learn of a linebacker the Pittsburgh Steelers are watching in advance of the NFL Draft. Brian Flores has been passed over for a job on an NFC coaching staff. There was a Pittsburgh imprint on the AFC and NFC Championship games. Adam “Pacman” Jones recalls...
Chiefs top Bengals on closing-seconds kick for AFC title
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes scrambled for a first down on his badly sprained right ankle, then was shoved late out of bounds by Joseph Ossai, giving Harrison Butker a chance to kick a 45-yard field goal with 3 seconds remaining and give the Kansas City Chiefs a 23-20...
Max Homa comes from 5 back to win Farmers Open by 2 strokes
SAN DIEGO — Max Homa did what his beloved Los Angeles Dodgers couldn’t do in October — win in San Diego. The L.A.-area native came from five shots off the lead to win the Farmers Insurance Open by two strokes over Keegan Bradley on Saturday at Torrey Pines, where Jon...
AP source: Dolphins hire Vic Fangio as defensive coordinator
The Miami Dolphins reached a deal with former Denver Broncos coach Vic Fangio to become their defensive coordinator, a person familiar with the hire told the Associated Press on Sunday. The person spoke to The AP on condition of anonymity because the deal has not been finalized. Fangio, who had...
Free agent Josh Harrison, Phillies reach 1-year deal
PHILADELPHIA — Free agent infielder Josh Harrison and the Philadelphia Phillies reached agreement on a one-year deal, his MSM Sports agency announced Sunday. The 35-year-old former Pittsburgh Pirates stalwart batted .272 with seven home runs and 27 RBIs in 119 games for the Chicago White Sox last season. He played...
Eagles soar into Super Bowl, rout 49ers for NFC title
PHILADELPHIA — Jalen Hurts had one of Philadelphia’s four rushing touchdowns and the Eagles soared into the Super Bowl, forcing both of San Francisco’s quarterbacks out of the game with injuries and beating the wounded 49ers, 31-7, in the NFC championship game Sunday. The Eagles, who won the Super Bowl...
