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Perhaps Jeff Capel’s most difficult task this season will surface Tuesday afternoon in Brooklyn, N.Y., when Pitt opens the 2022 ACC Tournament against Boston College. Tipoff is 2 p.m. on the ACC Network. Pitt’s coach must find a way extract a few more determined efforts from his players, who are...

Brittney Griner’s wife, Cherelle, has thanked everyone for their support of the WNBA star, who was arrested last month in Russia. Brittney Griner was detained at a Moscow airport when Russian authorities said a search of her luggage revealed vape cartridges. They were identified as containing oil derived from cannabis,...

A veteran of 14 seasons, Pittsburgh Penguins forward Brian Boyle is well-versed on most things as it pertains to an existence in the NHL. There are two axioms in particularly that ring true to him. First, job security is hard to come by. Second, defense can land you some steady...

The Penguins activated reserve goaltender Louis Domingue from injured reserve and assigned him to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) on Monday. Domingue had been rehabilitating a right foot injury since being struck by a puck during an optional morning skate on Jan. 20. This season, Domingue has appeared...

ATLANTA — Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Calvin Ridley has been suspended for the 2022 season for betting on NFL games in 2021. The suspension announced by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday is for activity that took place while Ridley was away from the team addressing mental health concerns. The...

CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Browns have placed a franchise tag for next season on tight end David Njoku, preventing him from hitting the free agent market. Njoku was one of the few bright spots last season for the Browns, who went 8-9 and missed the playoffs amid massive expectations. The...

NEW YORK — The Atlantic Coast Conference returns to Brooklyn this week, not quite the college basketball powerhouse it has historically been. The ACC Tournament starts Tuesday at Barclays Center, with just two teams ranked in the latest AP Top 25. No. 7 Duke is the top seed heading into...

Even if he hasn’t played for the Pittsburgh Penguins since 2018, Carl Hagelin still holds a prominent place in the franchise’s history. And that notion hasn’t been diluted one bit amongst his former teammates in Pittsburgh despite him having been a member of the rival Washington Capitals since 2019. So...

Derek Orndorff has become known for his highlight catches in center field. The grad student baseball player at Liberty has made ESPN SportsCenter’s Top Plays three times in less than a year. He even grabbed the show’s No. 1 highlight on Feb. 19 with a diving snag on the warning...

March Madness is coming to both IUP and Cal (Pa.). Times two. The Vulcans and Crimson Hawks men’s and women’s teams each made their respective NCAA Division II tournament brackets. The IUP men (29-2) are a No. 1 seed in the Atlantic region after winning the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference...

A primetime opener against a team coached by former Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Todd Haley highlights the schedule for the Pittsburgh Maulers’ inaugural season in the re-launched USFL. The Maulers will play Haley’s Tampa Bay Bandits in an 8 p.m. kickoff April 17, the final game of the opening weekend...

Hockey Hall of Fame member Angela James opened what could become a widening rift between North America’s top two women’s professional hockey organizations on the eve of joining the new ownership group of the Premier Hockey Federation’s Toronto Six. Days before the PHF officially announced the sale on Monday, James...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Wake Forest’s Alondes Williams and coach Steve Forbes have earned the top individual honors from the Atlantic Coast Conference. The league announced Williams as its player of the year and Forbes as its top coach on Monday. The Demon Deacons were picked 13th in the preseason but...

There it was, seemingly jumping off the page. Nestled among the names of a majority of players hailing from Rutgers’ home state of New Jersey (25) and neighboring New York (eight), was the reference to former Seton Hill and Latrobe pitcher Jared Kollar on the Big Ten school’s baseball roster...

Through performances at their respective conference tournaments, Pitt and Penn State combined to qualify 15 wrestlers for the NCAA championships to be held later this month. Nine Nittany Lions and six Panthers assured themselves participation in the event March 17-19, in Detroit. Among Pitt’s six qualifiers from this past weekend’s...

Pitt softball coach Jodi Hermanek wants freshman Haylie Brunson to sing the national anthem before one of the team’s games this season. “I’ve yet to see this hidden talent that I’ve heard is pretty awesome,” Hermanek said. For now, though, the coach is more than happy to watch Brunson’s more...

Matt Frey finally connected with the lineup at Michigan, then connected for his first home run in Blue and Maize. Frey, a grad student from Franklin Regional, launched his first homer, a three-run blast in the ninth inning of a wild, 20-13 victory over Florida Atlantic. He was 2 for...

Instead of indulging fanboy erotica over what big-name quarterback the Steelers might get but won’t, pay attention to who the Steelers could get and should. Free-agent center Ryan Jensen comes to mind. He won a Super Bowl with Tampa Bay two seasons ago. He made his first Pro Bowl this...

When it comes to the NHL’s looming trade deadline (March 21), the Penguins find themselves in a familiar position. Do they trade this summer’s first-round draft choice in order to acquire a top-flight player to help this year’s team? Since 2013, the Penguins have only drafted in the first round...

Monday’s “First Call” gives us a battle for a free agent offensive lineman that may include the Steelers and two other AFC North rivals. We have the latest on Aaron Rodgers’ situation and Saquon Barkley’s status. Plus, a busy night of results atop the NHL’s Eastern Conference. Center of attention...

If this weekend’s ProFootballTalk report about Aaron Rodgers is true, then the Steelers are exactly where they should be in the process. Granted, that is a massive “if,” but let’s start at that point. PFT ran a story over the weekend, citing anonymous sources that “Rodgers has specific deals lined...