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Support for Brittney Griner at WNBA draft as Rhyne Howard goes to Atlanta
NEW YORK — Moments before Rhyne Howard went to Atlanta with the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft, Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said the league is working very hard to help bring Brittney Griner back to the United States. Griner, one of the league’s biggest stars, has been detained in...
Robert Morris volleyball player Emily Devlin becomes 2nd local athlete to get extended look from WWE
Another local college athlete is getting a shot to make it big in pro wrestling. Robert Morris volleyball player and Seneca Valley High School graduate Emily Devlin is heading to Orlando in June for a 60-day extended tryout at the WWE performance training center. Devlin is set to graduate from...
Tim Benz: Evgeni Malkin’s suspension gives Penguins time to experiment with Rickard Rakell on Sidney Crosby’s wing
During Sunday’s 3-2 win over the Nashville Predators, Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby and recently acquired Rickard Rakell were only on the ice together for two minutes, seven seconds. But they sure made the most of that time together. All three of the Penguins goals were scored with those two...
First Call: ESPN’s Adam Schefter apologizes for Dwayne Haskins tweet; Brett Michaels lobbying Steelers for specific QB in draft
Adam Schefter is apologizing for his reporting on the death of Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins. Odds are out on T.J. Watt’s perceived chances of repeating as NFL Defensive Player of the Year. A celebrity Pittsburgher is lobbying for a specific quarterback to land with the Steelers. And a busy...
Here’s what you need to know if you’re attending the Bucs home opener
Getting things started in true ’Burgh fashion for the Pittsburgh Pirates’ opening day will be two of the city’s own celebrities named Joe. Recording artist Joe Grushecky will sing the national anthem and actor Joe Manganiello, a Mt. Lebanon native who attended Carnegie Mellon University, will throw out the ceremonial...
Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin suspended 4 games for cross checkVideo
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin was suspended four games by the NHL on Monday night for cross checking Nashville Predators defenseman Mark Borowiecki in the mouth Sunday. After the second period of a 3-2 home win by the Penguins, Malkin and Borowiecki became engaged in a physical confrontation near the...
Penguins assign forwards Anthony Angello, Radim Zohorna to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Penguins have assigned reserve forwards Anthony Angello and Radim Zohorna to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. Each transaction was made on Monday. Both players have been healthy scratches in recent games. Angello has appeared in four NHL games this season with no points and two penalty minutes. In...
Column: IndyCar rich in drama as Indianapolis 500 looms
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Through just three races, the IndyCar Series already is building enough dynamic storylines to be worthy of its own Netflix program. Speculation has been mounting that IndyCar, just like NASCAR and any motorsports series with a finger on the pulse of pop culture, is trying to...
A year after being traded to the Penguins, Jeff Carter still embraces his challenge
Kasperi Kapanen was despondent. On March 15, in a 4-1 road loss for the Penguins, Kapanen had a wonderful opportunity to pull his team back into the contest in the third period. Trailing by two goals, Kapanen was sprung on a breakaway but was stoned by goaltender Juuse Saros. A...
Formerly a prized Yankees prospect, Miguel Yajure looks for new life with Pirates
The eventual winners in the two trades the Pittsburgh Pirates made with the New York Yankees in 2021 won’t be determined for several years. Will Hoy Park or Diego Castillo — acquired in July for relief pitcher Clay Holmes — one day turn into valuable infielders who could help the...
Alexander Bublik cuts short Stan Wawrinka’s return to tour after injuryVideo
MONACO — Alexander Bublik cut short Stan Wawrinka’s return to the tour, defeating the Swiss 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 in the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Monday in his first singles in 13 months. Wawrinka started off confidently against the Kazakh, winning the first set with ease. He...
Scottie Scheffler a Masters champion and never saw it coming
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Scottie Scheffler wanted to be a professional golfer for so long he wore trousers to lessons at Royal Oaks in Dallas and even at junior tournaments, no matter how stifling the Texas heat. He just never imagined how he would look in a green jacket. Winning the...
Lakers fire title-winning coach Frank Vogel after 3 seasonsVideo
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers fired Frank Vogel on Monday, choosing their championship-winning head coach to take the first fall for one of the most disappointing seasons in NBA history. Los Angeles wildly underachieved this season, finishing 33-49 and missing the 10-team Western Conference playoffs in a humiliating...
Forecast for Pirates’ home opener calls for near-perfect weather
Opening day weather for the Pirates has largely been hit-and-miss over the last decade or so. More often than not, the high temperature hasn’t reached 60 degrees. But Tuesday’s forecast calls for mostly sunny skies and temperatures near 70 for the game between the Pirates and the Chicago Cubs at...
Pirates-Cardinals series finale rained out
The four-game series finale between the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium was called off Monday due to rain. It will be made up as part of a split doubleheader June 14 in St. Louis. The game would have been the Pirates’ first regular-season look at starting...
Former Ohio State teammates ‘hurting’ after death of Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins
Dwayne Haskins was still on the mind of Ryan Day when the Ohio State football coach conducted a news conference Monday morning. Day opened his media session by paying tribute to Haskins, the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback who was killed Saturday morning when he was struck by a dump truck on...
Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin to have disciplinary hearing with NHLVideo
Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin is scheduled to have a disciplinary hearing with the NHL’s Department of Player Safety on Monday evening in regards to a cross check he delivered to the face of Nashville Predators defenseman Mark Borowiecki on Sunday. The league announced the hearing via Twitter on Monday morning....
Penn-Trafford grad Emma Nedley toughing out senior softball season at Penn
The pain is constant. On the field. Off the field. Driving in her car. Major knee surgery awaits Penn softball player Emma Nedley next month, but don’t expect the Penn-Trafford graduate to sit out many games the rest of the season. The pandemic already robbed Nedley of most of her...
Kiski Area grad Moyer settles in to more prominent role with Fairmont State softball teamVideo
Courtney Moyer remembers the moment vividly. She was sitting in the Fairmont State dugout, watching as her team took on Notre Dame College last season. The next thing she knew, Courtney Worcester, the Falcons’ standout senior shortstop, was coming off the field with an injury. As if seeing one of...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Penn-Trafford grad Anthony Sherwin makes big impact at Bucknell
Sophomore Anthony Sherwin has become a fixture in the Bucknell baseball lineup. The shortstop out of Penn-Trafford started 30 games as a freshman, and is the leading hitter this season for the Bison. Sherwin was hitting .362 with .954 and .486 on-base and slugging percentages, respectively. He had a team-best...
For Scottie Scheffler, a new world awaits as the Masters champion
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Scottie Scheffler just wanted dinner. The best option, he decided, would be for him and his wife Meredith to grab some takeout and head back to their rented home so he could rest up before the final round of the Masters. Small problem. On the way home,...
Mark Madden: Evgeni Malkin heads list of disappointing Penguins with playoffs looming
If you’re talking about the Pittsburgh Penguins, you can currently count on one man and one man only. That’s the captain. Sidney Crosby willed his team to victory over visiting Nashville on Sunday with two goals and an assist, netting the winner in overtime. Evgeni Malkin, meanwhile, is mostly a...
Duquesne secures commitments from former VCU guard, Slovakian forward
Keith Dambrot took the first major steps in rebuilding Duquesne’s men’s basketball team, securing commitments from two players Monday. Tre Clark, who played two years in the Atlantic 10 at VCU before spending last season at Northwest Florida State College, and 6-foot-8 forward Matus Hronsky of Slovakia verbally committed to...
Tim Benz: Another ‘gotta have it’ game for Penguins goes the right way this time
In the Pittsburgh Penguins’ latest “gotta have it” game, they actually got it. They didn’t get it Thursday against the New York Rangers when it felt like the Penguins had to secure a win against an opponent most hockey observers in Pittsburgh have long assumed they would face in the...
Madden Monday: There is no Penguins goalie debate, and Evgeni Malkin should not be suspended
Lately, the Pittsburgh Penguins have been struggling to string together wins. With only three victories in their last 10 games, two of the wins have been with Casey DeSmith in net. Tristan Jarry, meanwhile, has lost five starts in a row and six of seven, and he hasn’t beaten a...
