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Pitt falls at Boston College in twice-delayed game
The message directed toward Pitt’s team Sunday afternoon was clear: No excuses. Play for each other. There’s no time to feel sorry for yourself. But when a storm that dumped 2 feet of snow on Boston mixes with the relentless effects of the covid-19 pandemic, the situation can be difficult...
While NFL plays title games, world waits on Tom Brady retirement decision 
TAMPA, Fla. — While the NFL conference championship games went on without Tom Brady for only the second time in 11 years, the world waits for the greatest quarterback of all time to make his future plans official. An announcement is expected soon and a person close to Brady told...
Bengals erase 18-point deficit, advance to Super Bowl after win in Kansas City 
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Evan McPherson kicked a 31-yard field goal with 9 minutes, 22 seconds left in overtime after Joe Burrow kept his cool while leading a furious second-half comeback to get the Cincinnati Bengals to the Super Bowl for the first time in 33 years with a...
Chicago Bears hire Steel Valley grad Luke Getsy as offensive coordinator 
LAKE FOREST, Ill. — The Chicago Bears hired Luke Getsy as offensive coordinator Sunday, raiding the staff of rival Green Bay to find the assistant they feel is best suited to install a successful scheme for Justin Fields. Getsy, a Steel Valley graduate and former Pitt quarterback, spent the past...
Penguins forward Danton Heinen a late scratch against Kings
Penguins forward Danton Heinen was a late scratch for Sunday’s 4-3 home loss to the Los Angeles Kings at PPG Paints Arena on Sunday. After the game, Penguins coach Mike Sullivan indicated Heinen suffered an undisclosed injury during warmups. He was scheduled to open the contest on the right wing...
Alex Highsmith vows continued improvement for Steelers in ‘22
Over the course of four years in college, Alex Highsmith went from walk-on to among the best at his position in the country. What can he do over a similar timeframe in the NFL? “I just don’t want to get complacent,” the Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker said. “That’s the last...
Point Park's Michelle Burns finds balance, success on and off basketball court
Point Park fifth-year point guard Michelle Burns continues to climb the program’s scoring ranks, which might seem like hard work to some. Not to Burns. Crunching numbers in an office, now that is work to the Hempfield alum. Burns, who recently topped the 1,700-point mark for her career to move...
Penguins' losing streak reaches 3 games after falling to Kings
The Pittsburgh Penguins haven’t had trouble scoring goals during their ongoing three-game losing streak. At least not a certain group of them. The ones that skate on the top line or the top power-play unit? They’re doing fine. The other members of the roster? They’ve offered as much offense as...
Report: Pitt hires former Rutgers assistant Tiquan Underwood to coach wide receivers
Pitt has hired Tiquan Underwood to be its next wide receivers coach, according to ESPN college football reporter Pete Thamel. Underwood, 34, brings to the team eight seasons of experience playing the position in the NFL and CFL and four years coaching. He spent the past two seasons as the...
Penguins recall 3 from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton to taxi squad
The Penguins recalled forwards Kasper Bjorkqvist and Michael Chaput and defenseman P.O Joseph from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) and assigned them to their taxi squad on Sunday. Bjorkqvist made his NHL debut earlier this season and has appeared in six NHL games and scored one goal while...
Penguins to start goaltender Tristan Jarry against Kings
The Penguins are slated to start goaltender Tristan Jarry for Sunday’s home game against the Los Angeles Kings at PPG Paints Arena. In 35 games this season, Jarry has has a 23-7-5 record, a 2.11 goals against average, a .926 save percentage and three shutouts. During a 6-2 road loss...
Gateway grad Olivia Miller helping to lead Pitt gymnastics in final year of competition
Olivia Miller knew Pitt was it during her sophomore year at Gateway High School. The standout gymnast made her mark at the club level for Gymkhana in Plum before joining the Panthers program for her freshman season in 2019. Now in her fourth and final year of competition with Pitt,...
Nadal wins Australian Open for record 21st major title
MELBOURNE, Australia — Rafael Nadal got to 21 first, breaking the men’s record for most Grand Slam singles titles and doing it the hard way by coming back from two sets down to beat Daniil Medvedev in an almost 5 1/2-hour Australian Open final. Nadal was broken when serving for...
Luke List wins Farmers Open playoff for 1st PGA Tour victory 
SAN DIEGO — Luke List knew he had a long wait coming after he finished his impressive final round eight groups ahead of the other leaders, so he fetched a cookie to occupy his 3-year-old daughter when he settled down to watch from the Torrey Pines dining room with his...
Robert Morris men rack up another Horizon League win
In a season of few victories, Robert Morris finally has won back-to-back games for the first time. Michael Green III scored 21 points, Enoch Cheeks notched a double-double of 11 points and 10 rebounds and the Colonials held off Green Bay, 62-60, on Saturday night at UPMC Events Center. It...
Bengals alums reflect on 1988 'shuffle' to Super Bowl
CINCINNATI — C.J. Uzomah caught a touchdown pass in the Bengals’ wild-card playoff win and broke into the “Ickey Shuffle,” an end-zone celebration dance so famous there’s a whole Wikipedia page devoted to it. Uzomah was paying homage to Ickey Woods, who starred as a rookie running back for the...
Vikings reportedly speak with Jim Harbaugh about head coach vacancy 
MINNEAPOLIS — Jim Harbaugh might be taking a step toward returning to the NFL. Harbaugh and the Minnesota Vikings had exploratory conversations about the team’s coaching vacancy Saturday, a person with knowledge of the process told the Associated Press. The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the team...
49ers-Rams rivalry leads to NFC title game matchup
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay arrived in California five years ago, a pair of hot-shot young coaches with a shared history and similar offenses taking over struggling franchises. Shanahan took the San Francisco 49ers to the Super Bowl his third season, and he has them a...
All-Star Penguins forward Jake Guentzel has room to improve
Chemistry is a difficult thing to define in hockey. It’s certainly not like chemistry in … well … science, where specifics like atomic numbers and covalent bonds can make up a compound. Trying to explain why certain wingers and specific centers fit with each other is much more nebulous. On...
West Virginia's rally comes up short vs. Arkansas in SEC/Big 12 Challenge 
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Pitt transfer Au’Diese Toney scored 19 points, and Arkansas never trailed to win its sixth straight, beating West Virginia in an SEC/Big 12 Challenge game, 77-68, on Saturday. Arkansas is 4-4 in the challenge series, going 4-0 at home and 0-4 on the road. The Razorbacks are...
Duquesne men suffer 5th straight loss, falling at home to Saint Louis
Hushed, composed and humble, Keith Dambrot met his detractors head-on. It was as good a time as any for Duquesne’s fifth-year men’s basketball coach to reflect on the past and wonder what might be down the road. Dambrot, in the aftermath of a blowout loss at home, was searching for...
Tom Brady's career achievements
It’s been an incredible career for quarterback Tom Brady, there’s certainly no denying that. Here are some highlights and stats from one of the longest and most productive NFL careers of all time. Super Bowl appearances 10: Super Bowl 36, Super Bowl 38, Super Bowl 39, Super Bowl 42, Super...
AP sources: Despite reports, Tom Brady hasn't made up mind
TAMPA, Fla. — Only Tom Brady could turn a retirement decision into must-see drama. Despite reports that he is retiring, Brady has told the Tampa Bay Buccaneers he hasn’t made up his mind, two people familiar with the details told The Associated Press. It’s unknown when he’ll make an announcement,...
Acquired off scrap heap, Montravius Adams showed he might deserve to remain a Steeler
The day after the final game on his current contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers, defensive end Montravius Adams wore an Auburn t-shirt to the Steelers’ facility. To hear Adams tell it, it could have been a shirt of Mom’s favorite home-cooked meal, or of his grandma’s house instead of his...
Mark Madden Hot Take: Are Steelers good enough to justify Mike Tomlin's in-house hires?
The Steelers’ coaching staff under Mike Tomlin used to be dotted with name assistants like Bruce Arians, Dick LeBeau and Mike Munchak. Now it’s populated by comparative no-names at picayune salaries. It’s the lowest-paid coaching staff in the NFL. The offensive coordinator’s job went from Arians to Todd Haley to...


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