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Penguins recall goaltender Filip Lindberg from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Penguins have recalled goaltender Filip Lindberg from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL). Lindberg was summoned to the NHL roster because starter Tristan Jarry is sidelined with an undisclosed illness and will serve as the backup to Casey DeSmith for Monday’s road preseason game against the Detroit Red...
Pirates recall righty reliever Nick Mears to boost bullpen, option rookie Luis Ortiz
Nick Mears underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow before the season, so he spent the majority of the summer working his way back to pitching again. The Pittsburgh Pirates rewarded Mears by recalling the right-handed reliever to boost the bullpen for the final three games against the St. Louis...
Penn State football fans say expanded alcohol sales add to ‘good football, good environment’
UNIVERSITY PARK — Alcohol was available to all fans 21 and older at Beaver Stadium during the game this weekend between Penn State and Northwestern. It came after the Penn State board of trustees approved the expanded sale of alcohol in the stadium on Sept. 23 and picked the matchup...
Abuse in women’s pro soccer league was systemic, report saysVideo
An independent investigation into the scandals that erupted in the National Women’s Soccer League last season found emotional abuse and sexual misconduct were systemic in the sport, impacting multiple teams, coaches and players, according to a report released Monday. “Abuse in the NWSL is rooted in a deeper culture in...
Steelers notes: Zach Gentry has unique tie to careers of both Ben Roethlisberger, Kenny Pickett
Zach Gentry already was the answer to an obscure trivia question involving the Pittsburgh Steelers. He earned a similar distinction again Sunday, and his two niches in Steelers’ lore relate significantly to each other. A fourth-year tight end, Gentry was the recipient of the final pass thrown by longtime franchise...
Column: ‘We need to fix it’ safety concerns dogging NASCARVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR’s beleaguered new car somehow made it out of Talladega Superspeedway in the cleanest race yet of this year’s playoffs. It did little to quell the safety concerns surrounding the Next Gen car that debuted this season. The first four playoff races were a disastrous mess of...
Penguins lose forward Radim Zohorna to Flames through waivers
Radim Zohorna began Monday as the Pittsburgh Penguins’ third-line center. He will end the day as a member of the Calgary Flames. The power forward was claimed by the Flames a day after the Penguins placed him on waivers. This transaction brings Zohorna’s intriguing but ultimately unfulfilled tenure with the...
Pitt’s 5 worst losses of the Pat Narduzzi era
The Pitt football team has won an ACC championship and made six bowl appearances since Pat Narduzzi was hired as the program’s head coach in December 2014. But the Panthers also have experienced some crushing losses in his nine seasons, including Saturday’s 21-17 loss to Wake Forest. Here’s a look...
Russian court sets Brittney Griner appeal date
MOSCOW — A Russian court on Monday set Oct. 25 as the date for American basketball star Brittney Griner’s appeal against her nine-year prison sentence for drug possession. Griner, an eight-time all-star center with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was convicted Aug. 4 after police...
A more mature Josh Archibald returns to the Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ offseason had a pretty obvious theme. It was all about bringing back a group that has won Stanley Cup titles. That was the focus of management when it re-signed Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang and Bryan Rust. And Josh Archibald. Okay … maybe not him. But Archibald was...
Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry to miss preseason game against Red Wings
Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry will not play in Monday’s preseason road game against the Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena due to an illness. Penguins coach Mike Sullivan announced Jarry’s status following a morning skate at the team’s facility in Cranberry. Backup Casey DeSmith is scheduled to start in...
Bryan Reynolds voted Pirates MVP, Mitch Keller top pitcher by BBWAA Pittsburgh chapter
Derek Shelton hasn’t been shy about calling Bryan Reynolds the Pittsburgh Pirates’ best player, and the offensive numbers back the manager up. So does the Baseball Writers Association of America. Reynolds won the Roberto Clemente Award as team Most Valuable Player for the second consecutive season, receiving 24 of 27...
Mark Madden: It will get worse for Steelers before it gets better
Here’s some real talk about the Pittsburgh Steelers, who are 1-3 on their way to 1-7 going into the bye week (2-6 at best): • Kenny Pickett erred horribly in his NFL debut. His second interception did as much as anything to lose the game. Pickett must throw that ball...
5 things we learned: Steelers offense shows more consistency staying on field in loss to Jets
Five things we learned from Jets 24, Steelers 20: 1. Time after time For the first time this season, the Steelers held the edge in time of possession. It was the slightest of edges — a 2 second advantage — but an edge nonetheless. Of course, giving the defense more...
Injury setback, memory of best friend spurs Jeannette grad Robert Kennedy to new heights for Old Dominion footballVideo
The reminder is always there for Robert Kennedy. It’s there multiple times a day. On his phone’s wallpaper, Kennedy has a picture of his best friend, Tre Cunningham. Cunningham was killed in a motorcycle accident in summer 2020, and the photo is a reminder of the friendship the former Jeannette...
After 2 years with no game action, DiNunzio-Biss emerging for IUP defenseVideo
Every football player in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference was in the same boat in 2020: no game action after the season was canceled because of the pandemic. Then there was IUP’s Drew DiNunzio-Biss. DiNunzio-Biss came to IUP in 2019 after starring at Kiski Area and spent that season as...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Saint Vincent golfers win host tournament
Saint Vincent may have been a gracious host, but that didn’t stop the Bearcats from winning their own golf tournament. The SVC men claimed the title as four individuals finished inside the top five and the team finished with 323 strokes to top Grove City by 16. Junior Brevin Urso...
Even at 5-0, Penn State sees things to improve during bye week
Don’t call it a week off. James Franklin wants that to be known. There’s a difference, he said, between a bye week and a vacation. In other words, Penn State’s coach doesn’t believe his team has earned the latter just yet. So as Penn State approaches its lone bye week...
Steelers vs. Jets: What they’re saying in New York after win
Surrounded by amped-up Kenny Pickett fans, opposing quarterback Zach Wilson was undaunted. The Pittsburgh Steelers home crowd spent the afternoon chanting “Ken-ny, Ken-ny.” Wilson snagged the glory away from Pickett and his hyped fans. The New York Jets quarterback marched his team down the field for a game-winning drive that...
Mahomes throws for 3 TDs, Chiefs overwhelm Buccaneers 41-31
TAMPA, Fla. — Patrick Mahomes had all the answers for solving Tampa Bay’s stingy defense, winning his latest matchup against Tom Brady in the stadium where the seven-time Super Bowl winner dealt him one of his most disappointing losses. Mahomes threw for 249 yards and three touchdowns, including an electrifying...
First Call: JuJu Smith-Schuster’s eye-catching quote about Steelers; Diontae Johnson says 2022 a ‘rebuilding year’
We have some very revealing quotes about the Pittsburgh Steelers from JuJu Smith-Schuster, Minkah Fitzpatrick and Diontae Johnson. Plus, a former Pitt Panthers football coach has been fired. All that in Monday’s “First Call.” So what are you trying to say, JuJu? Melissa Stark of NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” had...
Madden Monday: Steelers ‘have to stay with (Kenny) Pickett now’
In a perfect world, the Pittsburgh Steelers would’ve inserted Kenny Pickett into a more advantageous situation than he found himself Sunday. He wouldn’t have been put into a game with the team at 1-2, trailing at halftime, staring at a four-game slog of a schedule against teams that are currently...
Chase Elliott advances in NASCAR playoffs with Talladega victoryVideo
TALLADEGA, Ala. — As the stars of NASCAR raged over safety concerns with the new car, rumors swirled the drivers would organize some sort of protest at one of the most dangerous tracks on the circuit. Perhaps they’d outright boycott Talladega Superspeedway. Or maybe they’d send their message to NASCAR...
Wisconsin fires Paul Chryst; names defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard interim coach
Wisconsin fired head coach Paul Chryst on Sunday after a 2-3 start to his eighth season leading the school where he played, in the city where he grew up. The surprising move comes a day after Wisconsin lost at home 34-10 to Illinois and former Badgers coach Bret Bielema. “This...
Airing of Grievances: Defensive demise, ill-timed interceptions undermine Kenny Pickett’s Steelers debut in loss to Jets
There was plenty of bluster, hoopla and emotional peaks during the debut game for Pittsburgh Steelers rookie quarterback Kenny Pickett on Sunday at Acrisure Stadium. In the end, however, all it amounted to was a home loss to the stinkin’ New York Jets — for just the second time in...
