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Mickey Guyton slows it down, ‘The Rock’ turns it up at Super Bowl
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — “Quickie Mickey” slowed it down for the Super Bowl. Mickey Guyton, who told the Associated Press this week that she’d earned the nickname for singing “The Star Spangled Banner” in a tight 1 minute, 30 seconds, sang it in about 1:50 on Sunday before the Los Angeles...
U.S. looks to build off Erin Jackson’s historic speedskating gold
BEIJING — The U.S. speedskating team had been waiting for someone, anyone, to win an Olympic medal. The sport that has delivered more medals than any other for the U.S. in the history of the Winter Games has been in a deep freeze. Erin Jackson provided a welcome thaw with...
Penguins defenseman Chad Ruhwedel sets career high for games
While forward Sidney Crosby’s ongoing pursuit of his 500th career goal has drawn the most attention of just about anyone with a vested interest in the Pittsburgh Penguins, one of his teammates reached a much less heralded milestone during Sunday’s 4-2 road win against the New Jersey Devils at the...
Forward Brian Boyle leads Penguins to 3rd consecutive win
Brian Boyle’s time with the New Jersey Devils was profound. Not necessarily for anything he did on the ice. But for simply being on the ice. In 2017, the staunch defensive forward was stricken with chronic myeloid leukemia, a form of cancer, but played through his ailment before it went...
Kahliel Spear scores 27 points to lead Robert Morris past Youngstown State
Robert Morris finally found a way to win a close basketball game Sunday after falling short in nine of its first 10 single-digit decisions. Kahliel Spear scored a career-high 27 points, and the Colonials rode their hot second-half shooting to rally from a 10-point deficit and beat Youngstown State, 73-68,...
Super Bowl matchup: Veteran Rams versus upstart Bengals
Across both Super Bowl rosters, there is a great divide. The Rams are the team loaded with veterans and the Bengals are the new kids on the block. Los Angeles has the star power, which figures with Hollywood next door. Cincinnati has a bunch of relative no names outside of...
Gateway graduate Jordan Edwards finds scoring touch at High Point
Jordan Edwards Jordan Edwards has made a scoring impact as of late for the High Point women’s basketball team in NCAA Division I. The 5-foot-7 senior guard and Gateway graduate scored a season-high 14 points last Wednesday in a 65-57 victory over Radford which put the Panthers at 11-11 overall...
Payton Willis, Eric Curry help Minnesota beat Penn State, snap skid
MINNEAPOLIS — Sixth-year senior Eric Curry scored a career-high 22 points, Payton Willis scored 13 of his 18 in the second half and Minnesota beat Penn State, 76-70, on Saturday night to snap a five-game losing streak. Willis made 3 of 4 from 3-point range and finished with 10 assists...
No slip this time: Jackson wins Olympic speedskating gold
BEIJING — Erin Jackson has become the first Black woman to win a speedskating medal at the Winter Olympics. A gold one, at that. Jackson won the 500 meters Sunday with a time of 37.04 seconds, giving the American speedskating program its first medal of the Beijing Games and first...
When John Hugley, Ithiel Horton are functioning properly, Pitt is a different team
The mind wanders, wondering what if … • Ithiel Horton had played the entire season for Pitt? • His arrest never happened, and he was able to employ his long- and mid-range marksmanship in those five games that were lost by five or fewer points? Would 10-16 — Pitt’s current...
Reliving Ben Roethlisberger’s Super Bowl XLIII game-winning drive, the most memorable in team history
The Steelers’ last Super Bowl win was 13 years ago in Tampa Bay, Fla. They beat the Arizona Cardinals, 27-23, in Super Bowl XLIII for the franchise’s sixth Vince Lombardi Trophy. It couldn’t have happened without quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, who retired from the NFL after the Steelers finished their 2021...
Ben Roethlisberger’s career highlights span more than 2 decades
1997-2000 Benjamin Todd Roethlisberger stars in three sports at Findlay High School in his native northwest Ohio hometown. He did not start at quarterback until his senior season, after the head coach’s son had graduated. 2000-03 In part because of his limited high school game exposure, big-time college programs bypass...
Minor league report: P.O Joseph scores again as Penguins snap losing streakVideo
Defenseman P.O Joseph scored the game-winning goal for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 3-2 road win against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms at the PPL Center in Allentown on Saturday. In his past seven games, Joseph has scored five goals. Defenseman Taylor Fedun and forward Nathan Legare also scored goals for...
Ryder aces wild 16th, Theegala holds onto Phoenix Open leadVideo
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Sam Ryder brought down the house with a hole-in-one on the stadium 16th hole Saturday in the WM Phoenix Open, where newcomer Sahith Theegala topped a leaderboard as crowded as the course. Ryder’s wedge shot on the 124-yard hole landed just right and short, bounced a couple...
Duquesne drops 9th straight game, losing at home to Fordham
File this one away in the stinker category — as in someone had to win. Fordham took the honors, despite playing without its leading scorer. Duquesne continued to reel, falling for the ninth time in a row. “I’m not used to this. It’s super hard,” Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot said...
Superstition led to Ben Roethlisberger’s agent watching 2005 AFC title game from home
Leigh Steinberg, the inspiration for cinematic sports agent Jerry Maguire, has shown dozens of clients the money in his four decades representing professional athletes. His NFL clientele consists of 62 first-round draft picks, including eight No. 1 overall selections. He has represented 12 Pro Football Hall of Fame players, and...
Ben Roethlisberger capped a storybook career as a surefire Hall of Famer; what’s next is anyone’s guess
As he stood at a podium, located in a tiny room inside the bowels of Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium, Ben Roethlisberger was reflecting on what would be the final loss of his 18-year career with the Pittsburgh Steelers when he was asked about his future. What’s next? What’s next for...
Keep it clean, and the Lombardi Trophy could be yoursVideo
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Stay clean. Avoid the critical mistakes. That’s a mantra both the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams should have adopted as they head to Sunday’s Super Bowl. Limit the turnovers and costly penalties. Don’t waste timeouts, particularly in the second half. Get physical rather than fancy. Being...
Villeneuve tries to add Daytona 500 to his storied careerVideo
Jacques Villeneuve tried 14 years ago to run the Daytona 500 to add to his storied racing resume. He failed to make the field and moved on with his career. Now he is returning to Daytona International Speedway to give it another shot. The Canadian will attempt to qualify for...
West Virginia men smacked by Oklahoma State
STILLWATER, Okla. — Moussa Cisse finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds, and Avery Anderson III scored 18 to power Oklahoma State to an 81-58 romp over West Virginia on Saturday. Cisse sank 8 of 12 shots from the floor for the Cowboys (12-12, 5-7 Big 12) on the way...
Russian figure skater Valieva to learn her fate in doping case MondayVideo
BEIJING — Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva will find out Monday if she can compete at the Olympics in the women’s competition, which starts a day later. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Saturday the expedited hearing on Valieva’s doping case will be held Sunday night in Beijing, with...
Pitt survives close call to halt 12-game skid against N.C. State
Conventional thinking might indicate Pitt’s 71-69 victory Saturday against N.C. State would give the team hope. Hope the Panthers can resurrect over the final three weeks what has been a troubling season. Hope the mistakes that made the game closer than it needed to be will disappear. Hope that the...
Knee injury sidelines Penguins assistant coach Todd Reirden
Injuries and illness have pockmarked the Penguins roster of players all season. The coaching staff hasn’t escaped that misfortune either. Assistant coach Todd Reirden, who oversees the team’s defensemen as well as the power play, will be sidelined indefinitely after suffering a knee injury during the All-Star break. The ailment...
Overlooked Tyler Boyd, Tee Higgins complete Bengals WR trio entering Super BowlVideo
LOS ANGELES — Ja’Marr Chase gets most of the attention at receiver for Cincinnati with his big-play ability helping the Bengals reach the Super Bowl. The addition of Chase this season wouldn’t have been nearly as consequential for the Bengals if not for the standout play from the two returning...
Scant progress in MLB talks, spring training likely delayedVideo
NEW YORK — The final blow has been dealt to an on-time start to spring training, with MLB making a new offer Saturday that the players’ association received as only scant progress in the drawn-out labor talks. On the 73rd day of a lockout that has become the second-longest work...
