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Damar Hamlin jersey sales soaring, raising money for his charity
A message on the Petersen Events Center video board during Tuesday night’s Pitt-Virginia basketball game summed up the way Damar Hamlin’s alma mater feels about him. “Damar, we love you. We are praying for you. Pittsburgh’s always had your back. And now it’s obvious the entire country has your back,...
Steelers balance return to football normalcy while Damar Hamlin injury weighs on players’ minds
Cameron Heyward was at Cincinnati’s Paycor Stadium five years ago when Ryan Shazier’s NFL career ended with a spinal cord injury that left the Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker temporarily paralyzed. Heyward and his teammates — a handful remain on the roster from that 2017 season — had to regroup and return...
Kevin Dotson among host of starters who sit out Steelers practice with injury
Left guard Kevin Dotson joined six other starters who sat out Wednesday’s Pittsburgh Steelers practice, according to the league-mandated status report. Dotson’s shoulder injury was not previously acknowledged by coach Mike Tomlin, but apparently it was suffered during Sunday night’s win at the Baltimore Ravens. Aside from slot cornerback Arthur...
Mark Madden: With Bengals-Bills postponed, pushing back NFL playoffs seems to be best option
As most said sincerely but a few said by way of disclaimer, everything else was utterly insignificant compared to Damar Hamlin clinging to his life in the wake of the Buffalo Bills safety collapsing during “Monday Night Football.” But that doesn’t mean everything else was utterly insignificant. That game’s result...
Kenny Pickett named Steelers’ rookie of the year, Mason Cole honored for media cooperation
The top draft pick became the top rookie, once again. Kenny Pickett on Wednesday was honored with the Joe Greene Great Performance Award, making it five consecutive years the Pittsburgh Steelers’ first draft pick is named team rookie of the year. The award is chosen via balloting by the Pittsburgh...
Right mix of transfers has Pitt men’s basketball pointed in upward direction
When Jeff Capel assembled his roster in what is a pivotal season for him at Pitt, he couldn’t have known how the first half of the season would evolve. Like the singularly focused coach that he is, he put his head down, went to work and ignored the outside noise....
Recently acquired veteran CB William Jackson III cleared to practice for Steelers
Four days before the regular season ends, William Jackson III finally is taking part in his first game-week practice with Pittsburgh Steelers. Jackson remains on the injured reserve list because of a back injury, but his return to practice opens a 21-day window during which he can be activated to...
Steelers CB Levi Wallace thinking of ‘really good dude,’ former Bills teammate Damar Hamlin
Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Levi Wallace spent one of his four seasons with the Buffalo Bills occupying the same position room as Damar Hamlin. That was in 2021 when Hamlin was a sixth-round draft pick out of Pitt. Wallace was in his final season in Buffalo, but in Hamlin he saw...
Nelly Cummings’ brother, Brandin, becomes 1st from class of ’24 to commit to Pitt
Within hours, Pitt coach Jeff Capel received two doses of good news from one family when Lincoln Park junior guard Brandin Cummings said he plans to enroll after his 2024 graduation. 1000% committed! ???????? #H2P @Pitt_MBB pic.twitter.com/WNyhcYp97Y— Brandin Cummings (@ambition___3) January 4, 2023 Cummings (6-foot-3, 170 pounds) is rated a...
‘I just took off’: The story behind Penn State RB Nick Singleton’s memorable Rose Bowl run
PASADENA, Calif. — All Nick Singleton saw was green grass ahead. “I just took off,” Singleton said before cracking a smile. It was as simple as that for Penn State’s star true freshman to change the course of the 109th Rose Bowl. Singleton, who dazzled all season long with his...
3 NFL teams look for rare trip from 2-6 start to playoffs
Falling into a 2-6 hole near the midpoint of a season is usually a recipe to look to the future for NFL teams, with only two teams ever climbing out of that hole to reach the postseason. Headed into Week 18 of this season, three teams that lost six of...
Family rep: Hamlin’s recovery moving in positive direction
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Damar Hamlin’s recovery is moving in “a positive direction” two days after the Buffalo Bills safety collapsed and went into cardiac arrest during a game against Cincinnati, the player’s marketing representative said Wednesday. “We all remain optimistic,” Jordon Rooney, a family spokesman who described himself as...
Tim Benz: Bills sideline reporter shares account of moments before field was cleared after Damar Hamlin’s collapse
In the wake of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin’s (Pitt/Pittsburgh Central Catholic) cardiac arrest on “Monday Night Football,” football fans are still waiting to hear from those involved about how the events were handled by the NFL. Thus far, Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals players and coaches haven’t commented. The...
First Call: Fellow former Pitt player comes through for Damar Hamlin; huge day for Metro Division rivals
Wednesday’s “First Call” features a first-hand account of how a fellow Pitt Panthers alum aided Damar Hamlin’s mother in her time of need. An ESPN analyst had a very odd take on what happened to Hamlin Monday night. The Duquesne men’s basketball team looks to build on its conference home...
Pitt comes alive in 2nd half to beat No. 11 Virginia for 5th straight win
After Pitt’s second Top 25 victory in five days (and what preceded it over the previous four seasons), perhaps Jeff Capel wanted to jump up and touch the rim, high-five the Oakland Zoo and run triumphantly from the court. If that’s what he was thinking after Pitt’s fifth victory in...
Report: Panthers owner David Tepper, Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh discuss coaching jobVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper has talked to Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh about the team’s head coaching position, according to a person familiar with the situation. The person characterized the meeting as a conversation, not an interview. The person spoke to the Associated Press on condition...
Pitt, Central Catholic communities rally in support of ‘role model’ Damar Hamlin
Other than Damar Hamlin’s quick reaction to a completed pass, there was nothing special about his tackle of Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins. A legal, textbook tackle that looked like any other. Hamlin has 91 of them this season, second among Buffalo Bills defenders. “I’m sure Damar has made...
NFL has medical personnel prepared for emergency situation such as Damar Hamlin cardiac arrest
There was no shortage of medical personnel on hand Monday night when Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed after going into cardiac arrest in the first quarter of a game against the Cincinnati Bengals at Paycor Stadium. Hamlin, a McKees Rocks native who attended Central Catholic and Pitt before entering...
Georgia’s 2-TE set uncertain for national title game vs. TCUVideo
ATLANTA — A big part of Georgia’s offense — big in every way — could be hampered in the national championship game against TCU. Georgia’s two-tight end formation is uncertain because of an ankle injury suffered by Darnell Washington in Saturday night’s College Football Playoff semifinal win over Ohio State....
Ronaldo rejected offers elsewhere for top salary Saudi dealVideo
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Cristiano Ronaldo was presented as the superstar new signing of Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr on Tuesday, with the team’s president saying the Portugal great deserves to be the highest paid player on the planet. Ronaldo said he turned down “many clubs” around the world to...
‘I visualized a touchdown’: Penn State’s KeAndre Lambert-Smith on his Rose Bowl record-breaker
PASADENA, Calif. — In the buildup to the Rose Bowl, KeAndre Lambert-Smith and Harrison “Trey” Wallace III workshopped touchdown celebrations at Penn State’s hotel. And on Monday night, Lambert-Smith got to show off what he decided on. No, Lambert-Smith wasn’t actually hurt when he held his hamstring in the end...
Pele buried at cemetery in Brazilian city he made famousVideo
SANTOS, Brazil — Brazil said a final farewell to Pele on Tuesday, burying the legend who unified the bitterly divided country. Newly inaugurated President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva paid his respects at Vila Belmiro, the stadium where Pelé played for most of his career. Pelé was laid to rest...
Experts: Next 24 hours critical in Damar Hamlin’s recovery
Experts say the next 24 hours will be critical in the recovery of Damar Hamlin, the Buffalo Bills safety and McKees Rocks native who suffered cardiac arrest during a “Monday Night Football” game at Cincinnati. “It’s hard to say exactly what’s going on. But at this point, they are maintaining...
Ken Block, champion pro rally driver and social media icon, dies at 55
LOS ANGELES — Most of Ken Block’s social media messages to his nearly 2 million YouTube subscribers and half a million Twitter followers touted the “Go Fast Risk Every Thang” mantra that enabled him to become the world’s most famous rally car racer and ambassador for the sport. But his...
U.S. men’s coach Gregg Berhalter admits kicking future wife in 1991
NEW YORK — The U.S. Soccer Federation revealed Tuesday it is investigating men’s national team coach Gregg Berhalter for a 1991 confrontation in which he kicked the woman who later became his wife. The federation said it learned of the allegation on Dec. 11 and hired the law firm Alston...
