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Deshaun Watson reports to Browns for 1st offseason program
CLEVELAND — Deshaun Watson walked through snow on the way to his first day of work with the Cleveland Browns. Baker Mayfield was nowhere in sight. Watson reported to Cleveland’s offseason program Tuesday to restart his career with the Browns, who mortgaged their short-term future by acquiring the controversial quarterback...
Penguins reserve goaltender Louis Domingue vows to be ready when called upon, again
Louis Domingue made an immediate impression on Bryan Rust. Even across the gulf of two time zones. In his only appearance in net for the Penguins this season, Domingue was stout in leading the Penguins to a hard-fought 2-1 overtime road win against the San Jose Sharks on Jan. 15....
Junior college guard Quincy McGriff becomes 5th prospect to commit to Duquesne since season’s end
Losing players who disappear into the NCAA transfer portal sets up many obstacles for coaches, but Duquesne’s Keith Dambrot went up by one Tuesday. Quincy McGriff, a second-team junior-college All-American guard, said Tuesday night he will enroll this year. He is the fifth player added to the Duquesne roster since...
Penguins’ power play mired in 1-for-20 slump
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2-1 road loss to the Boston Bruins on Saturday was one of the team’s flattest performances of the season from an offensive perspective. The Penguins were limited to 24 shots, tied for their fifth-lowest total of the season (with the low-water mark of 21 coming in a...
Despite free-agent moves, Steelers could target interior offensive lineman in NFL Draft
When the Pittsburgh Steelers went on an uncharacteristic spending spree in free agency, they added a new center and guard to an offensive line that underperformed in 2021. The running game, despite the addition of first-round back Najee Harris, still ranked No. 29 in the league. And Ben Roethlisberger, in...
Duquesne will add 3 women’s sports over next 2 years
Duquesne University will add three women’s sports over the next two years — triathlon, golf and acrobatics and tumbling — raising the school’s total sport count to 20 and the number of student-athletes on campus to more than 500. Athletic director Dave Harper said the additions are expected to attract...
Penguins to wear Highmark patch on home black jerseys starting next season
The Pittsburgh Penguins will add a sponsor patch to their home black game jerseys starting next season, the team announced Tuesday. The Penguins and Highmark announced a multi-year agreement that will feature the Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield patch on the upper right chest area of the jerseys. Highmark will...
Former Penn State staff member David Corley named Steelers assistant QB coach
With two relatively young quarterbacks on the roster and a third potentially joining them in the NFL Draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers hired David Corley as assistant quarterbacks coach. The announcement was made Tuesday. Corley, 42, was the running backs coach at Richmond in 2021 and spent the 2018 season as...
Tristan Jarry’s injury suddenly increases importance of Penguins’ playoff seeding
For months, my opinion on the state of the Pittsburgh Penguins has remained consistent. Given how clearcut the postseason hierarchy has been in the Eastern Conference, it’s been easy to conclude which teams would make the playoffs and which teams would be left out of the mix. The only question...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Hempfield grad Jenna Uncapher shines in heptathlon at Clarion
Clarion senior Jenna Uncapher was running all over the place at her latest track and field meet. And jumping. Uncapher, a Hempfield graduate, scored a career-best 4,247 points to finish fifth in the heptathlon at the Mondschein Multi meet at Kutztown. The mark is third all time at Clarion. She...
DH Daniel Vogelbach embracing non-traditional look as leadoff hitter for Pirates
Daniel Vogelbach didn’t treat his return trip to Milwaukee as a homecoming, even though he spent the past two seasons playing for the Brewers. To him, it’s just another series he wants to win. That it coincided with the one-year anniversary of his two-home run game against the Pittsburgh Pirates...
Tim Benz: After watching the Maulers’ 1st game, the new USFL has some things going for it … and at least 1 huge challenge
The newly rebooted USFL has some things going for it. But it’s got a few major hurdles to overcome if it wants to buck the trend of failure that other startup professional football leagues (not named the NFL) have endured. Including its 1980s predecessor with the same name. A good...
First Call: Is Diontae Johnson’s contract keeping him away from workouts? Tampa Bay mocks Maulers’ chicken salad saga
In Tuesday’s “First Call,” Diontae Johnson seems displeased about a tweet from a Pittsburgh radio personality. Another free agent receiver from Johnson’s draft class may be of interest to the Steelers. Sidney Crosby reached out to a former Team Canada teammate after his comeback. And Todd Haley couldn’t let the...
Pitt gets verbal commitment from Imhotep sophomore defensive tackle Jahsear Whittington
Defensive tackle Jahsear Whittington of Imhotep Charter School in Philadelphia has two years of high school football ahead of him, but he made up his mind early and verbally committed to Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi on Monday. 4444% Committed ????????????????????????#H2P pic.twitter.com/13RHyJXolY— 4⭐️ Jahsear whittington (@jahwhitt) April 19, 2022 Only a...
Pirates homer twice off Corbin Burnes but 4-run 2nd inning boosts Brewers to win
The Pittsburgh Pirates knew they couldn’t count on Corbin Burnes to make many mistakes, given that the Milwaukee Brewers right-hander won the NL Cy Young Award last season. For five innings, Burnes was nearly untouchable. The Brewers took advantage of the Pirates’ mistakes in a four-run second inning and survived...
One batter too long: Brewers slam Pirates after Derek Shelton sticks with starter Zach Thompson in 4th inning
The way the game of baseball is played and managed in 2021, starting pitchers don’t often work beyond the fifth or sixth inning. But all Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton was trying to do Monday night at American Family Field in Milwaukee was get Zach Thompson through the fourth. It...
Pittsburgh Maulers shut down by Tampa Bay in opener
One game in, the second incarnation of the USFL’s Pittsburgh Maulers didn’t look any better than the first. Jordan Ta’amu threw for 185 yards and a touchdown and the Tampa Bay Bandits handled the Maulers, 17-3, Monday night at Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Ala. Tampa Bay’s head coach is former...
Browns speak to NFL on ‘tanking’ claims made by former coachVideo
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Browns have spoken to an NFL investigator looking into claims by former coach Hue Jackson, who said the team intentionally lost games — tanked — in the 2016 and 2017 seasons. Jackson, now coaching at Grambling State, was fired by Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam...
Ukrainian runners show national pride at Boston MarathonVideo
BOSTON — As he faced the hills and headwinds in the Boston Marathon, Dmytro Molchanov couldn’t stop thinking of friends and family back home in Ukraine. “When it was really tough, I tried not to give up and tried pushing, kind of fight with myself the way Ukrainians are fighting...
Duke big man Mark Williams entering NBA DraftVideo
Big man Mark Williams is the first of Duke’s multiple NBA prospects to say he’s leaving to enter the draft. The 7-foot-1, 242-pound sophomore announced his decision in a social media video Monday evening. “Playing in the NBA has always been a dream of mine, just like how (attending) Duke...
Kraken add Marshawn Lynch, Macklemore as minority ownersVideo
SEATTLE — The expansion Seattle Kraken are adding some additional star power to their ownership group. The Kraken announced Monday that Grammy winner Macklemore and former NFL running back Marshawn Lynch are joining the minority investor group. The two are taking small stakes in the franchise but bringing big ideas...
Pitt gets commitment from former Ole Miss power forward Blake Hinson
Jeff Capel added a second piece in his quest to rebuild Pitt’s basketball program Monday when 6-foot-7 forward Blake Hinson made a verbal commitment to the Panthers. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Blake Hinson (@b2_smooth) Hinson, who lives in Deltona, Fla., hasn’t played since the 2019-20...
Pittsburgh Maulers, released running back in dispute over lunch menu incident
Before their first game kicked off, the USFL’s Pittsburgh Maulers found themselves in the headlines – for a truly unusual reason. In a two-minute clip from United By Football, a Fox documentary about the return of the spring football league, Maulers running back De’Veon Smith is shown being cut by...
Column: Bristol on dirt was messy, unusual entertainmentVideo
BRISTOL, Tenn. — Credit must be given to NASCAR for at long last shaking up the status quo and trying new things, no matter how outlandish the idea. Progressive thinking is how the Cup Series wound up back at dirt-covered Bristol Motor Speedway for a second consecutive year, this time...
Commanders send letter to FTC denying financial improprietyVideo
WASHINGTON — The NFL’s Washington Commanders denied several allegations of financial impropriety in a letter sent Monday to the U.S Federal Trade Commission. The 19-page letter including testimony, emails and other documents came as a response to the U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee asking the FTC to look into...
