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AP sources: Cowboys, WR Michael Gallup agree on $62.5M, 5-year dealVideo
The Dallas Cowboys agreed on a long-term contract with receiver Michael Gallup a day after agreeing to trade Amari Cooper to Cleveland. Gallup is returning on a $62.5 million, five-year contract, two people with knowledge of the agreement said Sunday. The people spoke to the Associated Press on condition of...
Picking the bracket: Big Ten resurgence, but title goes WestVideo
Last season’s NCAA Tournament ultimately unfolded in familiar fashion. Upsets early — hi, Oral Roberts! — before the powerhouses eventually took over. By the time the championship game rolled around, undefeated Gonzaga and twice-beaten Baylor — two No. 1 seeds — were playing for the title. The lesson, then, is...
A closer look at the NCAA Tournament teams coming to Pittsburgh
All games Friday No. 7 Ohio State Tip time: 12:15 p.m. vs. Loyola Chicago Record: 19-11 Coach: Chris Holtmann Leading scorer: E.J. Liddell (19.6) How they got here: A 71-66 victory against Duke on Nov. 30 helped lead Ohio State to a 9-2 start, but the Buckeyes have lost four...
Anirban Lahiri ahead by shot as Players moves closer to conclusionVideo
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Anirban Lahiri showed up at the TPC Sawgrass in darkness Sunday morning wearing four layers of clothes — with a fifth layer just in case — to cope with near freezing temperatures he never experienced growing up in Bangalore, India. He walked off the course...
South Carolina top overall seed in Women’s NCAA TournamentVideo
As expected, South Carolina earned the No. 1 overall seed in the Women’s NCAA Tournament on Sunday night. This year’s bracket expanded to 68 teams for the first time to match the men’s field with the play-in games on Wednesday and Thursday. The Gamecocks, who top the Greensboro Region, will...
Chase Briscoe races to 1st NASCAR Cup win, pulls away late in PhoenixVideo
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Chase Briscoe jumped out of his car and was obviously emotional, kneeling by his No. 14 for a few seconds before a couple of voice cracks during his postrace TV interview. The 27-year-old Briscoe took his lumps last season as a NASCAR Cup Series rookie. Now, he...
Gonzaga gets top nod for NCAA Tournament; Arizona, Kansas, Baylor nextVideo
From the familiar names at the top of the bracket — Gonzaga, Kansas, Baylor — to the well-worn debates all across it — why did Coach K get shipped out West? did somebody do Dayton wrong? — this version of Selection Sunday felt as comfortable as a well-worn Air Jordan....
Tom Brady says he’s returning to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for his 23rd NFL season
TAMPA, Fla. — Tom Brady’s retirement lasted 40 days. Brady said Sunday he is returning to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for his 23rd NFL season. The seven-time Super Bowl champion announced his decision on Twitter and Instagram, saying he has “unfinished business.” The news stole the spotlight from the NCAA’s...
Villanova returns to Pittsburgh for NCAA Tournament
Villanova coach Jay Wright was a frequent visitor to Pittsburgh when Pitt was a member of the Big East. Since then, someone in the NCAA office apparently decided that if the first- and second-round games of the NCAA Tournament come to Pittsburgh, Wright’s Wildcats must be included. Villanova will be...
No. 18 Houston wins American Athletic Conference title over MemphisVideo
FORT WORTH, Texas — Fabian White Jr. scored 20 points, fellow big man Josh Carlton had 18 and 18th-ranked Houston beat Memphis, 71-53, in the American Athletic Conference championship game Sunday. A day after White played less than three minutes in the Cougars’ semifinal win because of back tightness, the...
Penguins defenseman Marcus Pettersson a rare healthy scratch
Defenseman Marcus Pettersson experienced a first in his Penguins career on Sunday. A healthy scratch. The veteran defenseman did not play in the Penguins’ 4-2 home win against the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday. He was replaced on the left side of the second pairing by Brian Dumoulin. In the context...
No. 24 Iowa closes out No. 9 Purdue for Big Ten titleVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — Keegan Murray had 19 points and 11 rebounds as No. 24 Iowa beat No. 9 Purdue, 75-66, to win its first Big Ten Tournament championship since 2006 and earn the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament on Sunday. The sixth-seeded Hawkeyes (26-9) became the fourth team in...
NFL free agency outlook: Joe Schobert contract hangs over ILB position for Steelers
In a season when the defense slipped to No. 20 in the NFL in points and No. 24 in yards allowed, no position on that side of the ball for the Pittsburgh Steelers was scrutinized more than inside linebacker. Devin Bush didn’t show the burst or aggressiveness required for the...
Pirates claim left-handed reliever Aaron Fletcher off waivers from MarinersVideo
The Pittsburgh Pirates claimed left-handed reliever Aaron Fletcher off waivers from the Seattle Mariners on Sunday, bringing their roster to the 40-man maximum. Fletcher, 26, was 0-0 with a 12.38 ERA and 2.75 WHIP, nine strikeouts and no walks in eight innings the past two seasons with Seattle. The 6-foot,...
Richmond steals NCAA bid, beats top-seeded Davidson in A-10 Tournament title gameVideo
WASHINGTON — Jacob Gilyard scored 26 points, Tyler Burton had 16 points and 12 rebounds and No. 6 seed Richmond beat top-seeded Davidson, 64-62, on Sunday to clinch the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament and an NCAA Tournament berth for the first time in 11 years. Richmond (23-12) was playing in...
No. 9 Tennessee tops Texas A&M for SEC tourney titleVideo
TAMPA, Fla. — Santiago Vescovi scored 17 points, and Josiah-Jordan James had 16 points and 10 rebounds to help ninth-ranked Tennessee beat Texas A&M, 65-50, on Sunday to claim its first men’s SEC Tournament title in 43 years. The second-seeded Volunteers (26-7) never trailed, rattling off the first 14 points...
Twins get pitching vet Sonny Gray from Reds for 1st-rounder Chase Petty
The Minnesota Twins took their first significant step toward restocking their starting pitching, acquiring right-hander Sonny Gray in a trade on Sunday with the Cincinnati Reds. The Reds included minor league right-hander Francis Peguero in the deal for Twins pitching prospect Chase Petty, who was their first-round draft pick last...
Penguins get 1st win against Hurricanes this season
Like everyone, the Penguins lost an hour of sleep Sunday. But for the first time in 2021-22, they didn’t lose to the Carolina Hurricanes. Sunday’s 4-2 home win at PPG Paints Arena was the Penguins’ first triumph against the Hurricanes in the third and final meeting between the two Metropolitan...
Yale edges Princeton to win Ivy League TournamentVideo
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Azar Swain scored 23 points, and Yale held on for a 66-64 victory over Princeton to win the Ivy League Tournament on Sunday. The Bulldogs will play in the NCAA Tournament for the sixth time. Yale last went to the NCAAs in 2019 and was to be...
Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: Pirates have more questions than answers to start spring training
After a 101-loss season followed by a 99-day lockout, the Pittsburgh Pirates start a condensed spring training Monday in Bradenton, Fla., with more questions than answers. They traded Gold Glove catcher Jacob Stallings to Miami, parted ways with starting pitchers Steven Brault and Chad Kuhl and first baseman Colin Moran...
Penguins to start goaltender Tristan Jarry against Hurricanes
The Penguins are slated to start goaltender Tristan Jarry in Sunday’s home game against the Carolina Hurricanes at PPG Paints Arena. In 46 games this season, Jarry has a 28-12-6 record, a 2.33 goals against average, a .921 save percentage and four shutouts. Jarry has played the Hurricanes in one...
Minor league report: Sam Poulin’s hat trick leads Penguins past RocketVideo
A hat trick by forward Sam Poulin led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 6-2 home win against the Laval Rocket at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Forward Felix Robert had a goal and an assist for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (24-23-4-4) which snapped a four-game losing streak while forward Anthony Angello...
Newest Riverhound makes history in season-opening win at Memphis
Dane Kelly’s debut with the Pittsburgh Riverhounds couldn’t have gone much better. Kelly, the USL Championship’s all-time leading scorer who signed with the Riverhounds in January, became the first player in league history to score 100 career goals in a 3-0 season-opening victory over Memphis 901 FC on Saturday night....
Kansas beats Texas Tech in Big 12 final, makes case for No. 1 seedVideo
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Ochai Agbaji was a lightly regarded three-star prospect when he left his home in Kansas City, Mo., four long years ago to play big-time college basketball just down the road at Kansas. Agbaji returned home this weekend as the Big 12’s player of the year, then...
Villanova tops Creighton to win Big East titleVideo
NEW YORK — Collin Gillespie nailed consecutive 3-pointers late in the game that put No. 8 Villanova ahead for good, and the Wildcats beat Creighton, 54-48, to win the Big East Tournament championship Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. Gillespie missed this tournament and the NCAAs last season with a...
