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It wasn’t quite as dramatic as that time the Ewing brothers were trapped in an elevator, but Brock McGinn had the misfortune of being stuck in a confined space within Dallas over the past week. After the team had traveled to Dallas for the second leg of its ongoing six-game...

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas has been waiting all season for David McCormack to give the No. 9 Jayhawks a consistent force inside. It’s been waiting for Jalen Wilson to finally shake off a season-long slump, too. Ochai Agbaji? Well, he’s been just fine. McCormack had 19 points and 15 rebounds...

The NCAA transfer portal swung in Pitt’s direction Saturday when former Notre Dame outside linebacker Shayne Simon committed to the Panthers and coach Pat Narduzzi. All Praise to the Most High ???????? #H2P pic.twitter.com/dRLIohlD53— Shayne Simon (@SimonShayne) January 15, 2022 Simon, 6-foot-3, 233 pounds, joins the program two days after...

The mystifying transfer portal’s impact on college sports was on full display at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse on Saturday as Duquesne and Dayton brought their overhauled basketball lineups to the court for a renewal of a long and storied series. Dayton is ranked dead-last among 358 Division I teams in KenPom.com’s...

The Pittsburgh Steelers made it official Saturday that two of their highest-profile players will be available for Sunday’s postseason opener. Running back Najee Harris was upgraded to assured to play from a questionable designation given to him during Friday’s league-mandated injury report. Less than two hours later Saturday afternoon, wide...

The likeliest way for the Steelers to beat Kansas City in Sunday’s wild-card playoff game is for the Chiefs to play horribly while the Steelers get lucky. That’s not very likely. If you’re looking for a more precise route — but one that’s even less probable — the Steelers must...

Ben Roethlisberger is aware his words may ring hollow when he tells his younger Pittsburgh Steelers teammates not to count on playing in the postseason every year. “You never really know if you’re going to get a chance to get back,” Roethlisberger said this week as he prepared for the...

Athletes will need to be vaccinated — or face a long quarantine — take tests daily and wear masks when not competing or training. Clapping is OK to cheer on teammates, not chanting. Anyone who tests positive for covid-19 will be sent into isolation and unable to compete until cleared...

Usually, when someone from the Pittsburgh region has success in the business or entertainment world, that person or company often relocates to New York City or Los Angeles. But for Fox Chapel graduate Frank Smith, the reverse is true. Smith recently moved his entertainment operation — consisting mainly of sports...

The Pirates signed two of MLB Pipeline’s top 12 international prospects Saturday, adding a pair of 16-year-old Dominicans: outfielder Tony Blanco and shortstop Yordany De Los Santos. Jesse Sanchez of MLB.com reported that the Pirates signed Blanco for $900,000 and De Los Santos for $1.2 million. The Pirates have a...

1. Something special As a double-digit underdog, conventional wisdom suggests one of the best routes for a Pittsburgh Steelers upset of the Kansas City Chiefs in Sunday’s AFC wild-card playoff game is via an advantage on special teams. Judging by the caliber of the Chiefs’ special-teams unit, though, don’t bet...

HONOLULU — Todd Graham resigned as the University of Hawaii’s football coach Friday, stepping down amid controversy after completing the second-year of a five-year contract. Graham resigned a week after former players and some parents testified before a state legislative hearing, criticizing the coach’s management style and relationships with players....

Former tennis star Chris Evert says she was diagnosed with an early stage of ovarian cancer. The 67-year-old Evert revealed the illness in a story posted Friday on ESPN.com; she is an on-air announcer for ESPN. She learned of the cancer last month and began chemotherapy treatments this week. “I’ve...

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The nation’s longest-tenured FBS head coach plans to stick around a lot longer as the University of Iowa on Friday announced it was extending Kirk Ferentz’s contract through the 2029 season. Iowa athletic officials announced the four-year extension that followed a 10-4 record in 2021. It...

And then there was one. David Culley didn’t even last a calendar year with the Houston Texans, as dysfunctional an NFL team as there is. Culley spent 43 years as an assistant in college and pros, but his tenure as a head coach ended after just 17 games. With his...

Anyone with children knows it’s not easy to walk the line between work and family. Imagine walking it as Jeff Capel — husband, father of three and Pitt basketball coach. In the midst of a difficult season, Capel talked extensively about that tricky maneuver earlier this week on 93.7 FM....

A little more than 24 hours in advance of a 4 p.m. Saturday deadline for activating JuJu Smith-Schuster to the roster in time for a playoff game Sunday, Pittsburgh Steelers teammates were eager to let it be known they were unwilling to unveil any inside information about if Smith-Schuster could...

Who said Heinz Field had seen the last of the Pittsburgh Steelers for the 2021 season? Two-and-a-half weeks after the Steelers’ regular-season home finale and longer than that since it’d been determined they had no chance of hosting a playoff game, the Steelers were back at their home stadium Friday....

The Pittsburgh Steelers have a relatively clean bill of health headed into the postseason. Outside of a questionable designation given to running back Najee Harris, all other players on the 53-man roster were deemed as able to play on the injury report Friday. Of those who had missed practice time...

Though it made him sore for a couple days, the platelet-rich plasma shot Najee Harris received helped heal his injured right elbow. Can it also play a role in injecting some life into the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offense? The Steelers have a formidable opponent for Sunday’s AFC wild-card playoff game in...