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Steelers, Kraft Heinz in talks over naming rights for North Shore stadium
The Pittsburgh Steelers are in talks with Kraft Heinz Co. over possibly extending the longstanding naming rights for the team’s North Shore stadium. The stadium has been named Heinz Field since it opened 21 years ago, the result of a 20-year, $57 million naming rights deal that was extended by...
Pitt’s 9-year commitment to Pat Narduzzi offers him the opportunity to leave historic legacy
If we’ve read Pat Narduzzi correctly over the past seven years, three months and two days, he is not looking beyond Monday’s coaches meetings in advance of Tuesday’s practice. But all of a sudden, the year 2030 has become a talking point around Pitt football. That’s because Pitt on Monday...
After 4 seasons at Notre Dame, Hempfield grad Morgan Ryan back home to help Seton Hill softballVideo
Morgan Ryan and Jenna Osikowicz started playing softball together as young girls. They continued through travel ball, Little League and at Hempfield, where they helped to make the Spartans one of the best teams in the state. Now, the pair is finishing their playing days together. Ryan, after spending four...
KIski Area grad Billy Perroz takes advantage of opportunity at Saint Vincent
A “severely sprained wrist” turned into the biggest break of Billy Perroz’s baseball career. The Kiski Area graduate was a student-athlete last semester at IUP when the injury happened. He missed the fall season, and Perroz said the decision was made to cut him from the Crimson Hawks’ roster. Perroz...
Pirates have 3-way competition for backup catcher, a role that takes on importance in April
BRADENTON, Fla. — It was a diversion by Derek Shelton, a way for the Pittsburgh Pirates manager to avoid a question about a secondary position battle that could come to the forefront early this season. What do you need from a backup catcher? “We haven’t even talked about carrying a...
Tim Benz: Robert Morris trio goes from losing their hockey home to a national championship
For former Robert Morris women’s hockey coach Paul Colontino, the emotions were easy to sort out. It was natural for him to back Ohio State in their 3-2 NCAA championship game win over Minnesota-Duluth on Mar. 20. “You couldn’t be cheering harder. You’re excited and elated for them to have...
Steelers’ Mike Tomlin tells reporters he wants ‘action’ on minority hiring, prefers traditional OT
Mike Tomlin isn’t willing to express “confidence” minority hiring will increase in the NFL, and he’s stumping to avoid drastic change to the league’s overtime rules. While taking his turn of availability for NFL reporters at the league’s annual meetings in Palm Beach, Fla., Tomlin on Monday morning touched on...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Penn-Trafford grad Tyler Horvat ready to build on All-American season
Gradually, Washington & Jefferson junior baseball player Tyler Horvat (Penn-Trafford) is getting back into a rhythm, but a slight setback has him well behind of last year’s torrid pace. A nagging groin injury caused him to miss the first 10 games of the season. “We didn’t want to rush things...
Final Four has a blue tint with power programs
Coach K’s final chapter will have a distinctly blue tint. Two weeks of upsets and underdogs in the books, the Final Four is down to four blue blood programs: Kansas, Duke, North Carolina and Villanova. Kansas faces Villanova, then it’s Duke-Carolina for the first time in the NCAA Tournament in...
Pitt signs Pat Narduzzi to new contract through 2030
Rewarding him for the stability, success and respect he has brought to the football program, Pitt gave Pat Narduzzi the ultimate vote of confidence Monday, finalizing a new contract for its ACC championship-winning coach that is scheduled to run through the 2030 season. Financial details were not available, but USA...
First Call: Liberty’s coach thinks Steelers will take Malik Willis if available; Mike Tomlin, Kevin Colbert say QBs still on table in draft
Monday’s “First Call” checks in on Mason Rudolph’s state of mind as the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback position remains up for grabs. One college coach thinks his quarterback could be Pittsburgh bound. Marc-Andre Fleury’s debut in Minnesota was a success. And there was no rest on Sunday for the NHL’s Eastern...
Madden Monday on Evgeni Malkin: ‘This is the best Geno we have seen in quite a while’
Halfway through March, it was shaping up as a forgettable month for Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin. On March 16, Malkin was riding a six-game pointless streak and had just one goal and two assists in the seven games to start the month. But now, Malkin is in the midst...
Public school criticism of state basketball playoffs ‘sour grapes,’ says PIAA director
Traditional public schools won only two of the 12 state basketball titles celebrated this weekend in Hershey, the fewest since the PIAA expanded the sport to six classifications in 2016. The 10 others were won by private and charter schools, leading some public school coaches to question the fairness of...
Minor league report: Nailers dropped by KometsVideo
Forward Justin Almeida had a goal and an assist for the Wheeling Nailers in a 7-3 road loss to the Fort Wayne Komets at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Ind. on Sunday. Goaltender Brody Claeys made six saves on 10 shots to record the loss for Wheeling...
A reunion with Bryan Rust has helped spark Evgeni Malkin’s offenseVideo
Bryan Rust knows better. His eight-year tenure with the Pittsburgh Penguins has validated one tried and true axiom: The lines never are permanent. That wasn’t the case when he debuted as a scrappy fourth-liner trying to prove himself as an NHL-er in 2014. And that hasn’t changed now that he’s...
Christian Pulisic has hat trick in 5-1 win, U.S. on brink of World CupVideo
ORLANDO, Fla. — Christian Pulisic scored his first international hat trick, leading the United States to the brink of returning to the World Cup with a 5-1 rout of Panama on Sunday night. Pulisic converted two penalty kicks during a four-goal burst in the first half that also saw Paul...
Penguins offer support to Evgeni Malkin, family in Russia
Evgeni Malkin didn’t have anything to say Sunday. The hat trick and assist he recorded in the Penguins’ 11-2 rout of the Detroit Red Wings at PPG Paints Arena spoke volumes. But Malkin was not available for comment after the game. He hasn’t spoken with media for the better part...
Duke-Carolina, Kansas-Nova set for epic Final Four showdownsVideo
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski refused to let his players ponder the possibility of facing North Carolina for the first time in the NCAA Tournament after the Blue Devils had punched their Final Four ticket with a win over Arkansas. They have no choice but to think about it now. The...
Ross Chastain bangs Trackhouse Racing into 1st victory lane
AUSTIN, Texas — Ross Chastain bumped and banged his way around the final overtime lap at Circuit of the Americas on Sunday for his first career Cup win and upstart NASCAR team Trackhouse Racing’s first trip to victory lane. Trackhouse is owned by former NASCAR driver Justin Marks and entertainer...
Evgeni Malkin returns to lead Penguins to historic rout of Red Wings
Coming off one of their worst defeats of the season, the Penguins suggested they would offer one of their best efforts of the season on Sunday. They ended up offering one of the best offensive performances in franchise history. Claiming an 11-2 win in a vivisection of the Detroit Red...
North Carolina crushes Saint Peter’s; Duke next in Final Four
PHILADELPHIA — America’s favorite underdog, Saint Peter’s, shouldn’t feel all that bad. North Carolina has crushed lots of dreams over the decades. The Tar Heels ended all hope of a March Madness miracle in the early going Sunday, getting 20 points and 22 rebounds from Armando Bacot in a wire-to-wire...
Hook em! Scottie Scheffler wins Match Play and goes to No. 1Video
AUSTIN, Texas — Scottie Scheffler is the hottest player in golf and now has the ranking to prove it. Six weeks after his first PGA Tour victory, Scheffler won the Dell Technologies Match Play for his third title in his last five starts, this one enough to move him to...
Villanova’s Justin Moore has torn Achilles tendon
VILLANOVA — Villanova guard and second-leading scorer Justin Moore will undergo surgery this week for a torn Achilles tendon, a brutal blow for the Wildcats ahead of their Final Four game with Kansas. Moore was a second-team All-Big East selection this season. The 6-foot-4 guard averaged 34.4 minutes, 14.8 points...
NFL owners not likely to make as much news as free agency
PALM BEACH, Fla. — There’s virtually no chance NFL owners will be competing during their meetings this week with the stream of big news made by trades and in free agency thus far this year. Nor are they likely to try. The headlines generated by the movement of star players...
Penguins assign forward Kasper Bjorkqvist to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
With forward Evgeni Malkin healthy enough to play in Sunday’s home game against the Detroit Red Wings, the Penguins assigned rookie forward Kasper Bjorkqvist to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL). Recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Saturday under emergency conditions, Bjorkqvist participated in warmups prior to Sunday’s game at PPG...
