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Focus is key for No. 4 Duke, UNC in Coach K’s home finaleVideo
DURHAM, N.C. — Retiring Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski knows the focus for Saturday’s latest North Carolina-Duke rivalry game will be on his last sideline appearance at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Beyond the emotions sure to flow, he wants to see his fourth-ranked Blue Devils maintain the momentum they have...
Rodney Gallagher’s free throws in final second of double OT lift Laurel Highlands past New Castle in WPIAL Class 5A final
Same arena. Same prize. There was a little less time on the clock when Rodney Gallagher walked to the foul line this year, but he made sure the outcome was also exactly the same. The Laurel Highlands junior stirred memories of his freshman heroics by drawing a foul with three-tenths...
Penguins lose ground to Hurricanes in overtime loss
A lot of the success the Penguins have enjoyed in 2021-22 has been predicated on discipline. To be specific, they don’t take a lot of penalties. In fact, they entered Friday with an average of 6:48 penalty minutes per game, the lowest such figure in the NHL. They maintained that...
NCAA football rules committee recommends targeting appealVideo
Players ejected for targeting in the second half of a college football game could be eligible to play the following game after an appeal through the conference office, if a recommendation handed down Friday by the NCAA rules committee is approved. After four days of meetings in Indianapolis, the committee...
AP: Bills grant wide receiver Cole Beasley permission to seek tradeVideo
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills granted veteran receiver Cole Beasley permission to seek a trade, a person familiar with the discussions confirmed to the Associated Press on Friday. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the Bills were not going to formally announce the news. NFL.com first...
Predictably, minor skirmish breaks out between 2 Pitt teammates on 1st day of padded practice
Pitt players donned their big-boy pads Friday for the first time since the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl on Dec. 30, and three elements surfaced, according to coach Pat Narduzzi. Intensity. Enthusiasm. A fight. Friendly fire is nothing new to football practices, and Narduzzi was not upset by it. Nonetheless, he declined...
Locked-out MLB players start $1M fund for workers impacted by work stoppageVideo
NEW YORK — Locked-out Major League Baseball players are starting a $1 million fund to support workers impacted by canceled games. The players’ association said Friday the fund will be administered by the union and the AFL-CIO. It will be distributed to stadium workers and others caused financial hardship by...
Hovland with 2-shot lead at Bay Hill as McIlroy falters lateVideo
ORLANDO, Fla. — Viktor Hovland had the lowest round of the day with a 6-under-par 66 and is off to another great start at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. This time, he has a good idea what to expect on the weekend at Bay Hill. Rory McIlroy got a sneak preview....
‘What’s up, Junk?’ For longtime Pitt coach, recruiter Bob Junko, it’s time to retire
For Bob Junko, the best moments of his 54 years as a football coach and administrator weren’t the Missouri Valley Conference and ACC championships he helped bring to Tulsa and Pitt, respectively. They weren’t his role in recruiting future Pro Football Hall of Famers Steve Largent (to Tulsa) and Jason...
Steelers neurosurgeon Dr. Joseph Maroon recognized with research award
Dr. Joseph Maroon can add a prestigious research award to a résumé that includes 38 years as a neurosurgeon for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Maroon was given the Arthur C. Rettig Award for Academic Excellence, it was announced Friday, in recognition of research he presented at the NFL Physicians Society meeting...
Mason Rudolph expects Steelers offense to change in 2022 to better suit his styleVideo
The Pittsburgh Steelers’ offense will feature more under-center, play-action and downfield passing in Year 2 under coordinator Matt Canada, quarterback Mason Rudolph said on a national radio show Friday. “There were some concepts that Ben (Roethlisberger) had ran and Ben had been comfortable with for 10 years,” Rudolph said of...
Once shunned by Pitt, New Kensington’s Skyy Moore wouldn’t mind returning home to play for Steelers
Skyy Moore is aware of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ history of plucking smallish wide receivers from the Mid-American Conference and developing them into stars. He wouldn’t mind following in the footsteps of Antonio Brown and Diontae Johnson. And he has the skill set to make that a possibility in the NFL...
RCR heads into Las Vegas confident a victory is within reach
LAS VEGAS — Tyler Reddick led 51 laps in NASCAR’s season-opening exhibition, and when a mechanical problem knocked him out of the race he climbed into the stands to high-five fans. Austin Dillon, meanwhile, went on to finish third and salvage the day for Richard Childress Racing. But the race...
Trade talk overshadows marginal class of QBs in free agency
An underwhelming free agent class for quarterbacks is overshadowed by the possibility of multiple big names changing teams, most notably Aaron Rodgers. From the potential move of Rodgers out of Green Bay to the likely departure of San Francisco’s Jimmy Garoppolo despite the 49ers reaching another NFC championship game with...
Judge approves fix to stem race bias in NFL concussion deal
PHILADELPHIA — Black retired football players who were denied payments for dementia in the NFL’s $1 billion concussion settlement can seek to be retested or have their claims rescored to eliminate racial bias in the testing and payout formula, under a revised plan finalized Friday. Outrage over the use of...
Penn State’s Jahan Dotson turns in solid outing in combine drills, testing
Over the next four days, the eight Penn State representatives are slated to work out at the 2022 NFL Combine in Indianapolis, which provides them the chance to put concrete measurements next to their names during the pre-draft process. Former Lions wide receiver Jahan Dotson was the first one up...
Mark Madden: Acquiring Canucks forward J.T. Miller would provide boost for Penguins
The Penguins have little cap space (just $3 million) and not much trade capital. But the Penguins could use a boost before the March 21 NHL trade deadline. There’s always a deal to be made. That was Jim Rutherford’s attitude when he was Penguins GM. He’s in charge at Vancouver...
First Call: Antonio Brown’s latest music venture; an offensive lineman that seems to have the Steelers’ interest before draft
Friday’s “First Call” features the latest adventure for former Pittsburgh Steelers All-Pro Antonio Brown. Another Steelers Pro Bowler, Cameron Heyward, talks about the prospect of his team drafting a quarterback. One offensive lineman sure seems to be drawing the attention of the franchise. And we look at the Carolina Hurricanes...
Season’s final games will offer additional insight into present, future of Pitt program
The calendar, finally, has turned to March, and the madness that has been Pitt’s season soon will end. But the remaining games — starting Saturday at Notre Dame and continuing Tuesday with Pitt’s ACC Tournament opener — are not meaningless. Keeping watch over the game will be TV cameras, announcers,...
5 specifics to love about the Penguins’ big-picture romp through Tampa BayVideo
Before their trip to Tampa Bay, there was a lot of talk about whether or not the Pittsburgh Penguins were about to face a “measuring stick” run of games over the next few weeks. If that’s true, the Penguins measured up quite nicely in their first test. Certainly, they measured...
Tim Benz: Feeling nostalgic about college basketball after a rough year for the sport in Western Pa.
Nostalgia can be a wonderful thing in sports. Just look at the way Pittsburgh recently basked in the memories of Ben Roethlisberger’s career as he faded into retirement in January. We are also just getting back from our extended trip in the “way back machine” to relive Sidney Crosby’s journey...
Robert Morris sees season end with loss to Cleveland State in Horizon quarterfinals
Defending champion Cleveland State followed the script against Robert Morris in the Horizon League Tournament men’s basketball quarterfinals Thursday, capping a night of victories for the higher-seeded teams. Torrey Patton scored 25 points to lead the top-seeded Vikings into the semifinals with an 83-67 victory over the Colonials at Wolstein...
Evgeni Malkin drives Penguins to dominant win against Lightning
February is the shortest month of the year. And the Pittsburgh Penguins probably don’t mind that. Throughout that span of 28 days, they had a 6-3-1 record but were outscored 28-27. It was the only month this season in which they were in the red in terms of goal differential....
Penn State’s upset bid falls short against No. 20 IllinoisVideo
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Da’Monte Williams made four 3-pointers on his way to a season-high 14 points, helping No. 20 Illinois hold off Penn State, 60-55, on Thursday night. The victory keeps the Illini (21-8, 14-5 Big Ten) in contention for a share of the conference title if they beat Iowa...
Capitals to visit Hurricanes in 2023 outdoor game in RaleighVideo
WASHINGTON — The Washington Capitals will be the Carolina Hurricanes’ opponent in the NHL’s outdoor Stadium Series game next season. The game is scheduled to take place Feb. 18, 2023, at N.C. State’s Carter-Finley Stadium across the parking lot from the Hurricanes’ home arena in Raleigh, N.C. The league announced...
