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Unfiltered: Tim Benz and Mark Madden discuss the Olympics, Super Bowl, SteelersVideo
This week’s edition of “Unfiltered” with Mark Madden and Tim Benz features Super Bowl talk, questions about the Steelers, the Penguins coming out of the All-Star break and the start of the Winter Olympics. About Olympic hockey, Madden says he “doesn’t care at all.” Benz and Madden discuss how all...
Florida enters AP women’s hoops poll; South Carolina No. 1
Florida coach Kelly Rae Finley has the Gators playing their best basketball in years, with wins over four ranked teams in their past five games. Buoyed by that success, the Gators jumped into The Associated Press women’s basketball poll at No. 19 on Monday, the team’s first ranking since 2016....
Auburn, Gonzaga stay 1-2 in AP Top 25; Texas Tech up to 9th
Auburn remained No. 1 in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll for the third straight week, while Texas Tech cracked the top 10 and Murray State joined the rankings for the first time in nearly seven years. Bruce Pearl’s Tigers earned 48 of 61 first-place votes to stay ahead...
Pine-Richland hires Penn Hills’ Jon LeDonne as football coach
As a parent with three kids in the district, Jon LeDonne already wore a number of hats around Pine-Richland. Scorekeeper for middle school basketball. Coach for a fourth-grade girls team. Scorers’ table duty at youth wrestling matches. “I see him at every event,” athletic director Joe Gironda said. “You’d think...
Pat Narduzzi, Pitt ‘close’ on contract extension, according to AD Heather Lyke
Pitt athletic director Heather Lyke said she has made “lots of progress” toward a contract extension for football coach Pat Narduzzi, who is signed through the 2024 season. “We, hopefully, will have an announcement shortly. We’re close,” she said. Narduzzi was hired in December 2014, as a first-time head coach...
Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin enters NHL’s protocols for covid-19
Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin has been placed into the NHL’s protocols for covid-19. This is the first time this season he has entered the protocols. After recovering from offseason surgery to his right knee, Malkin made his season debut Jan. 11. In 12 games, he has 13 points (five goals,...
Pitt AD Heather Lyke expresses ‘a lot of confidence’ in Jeff Capel
Pitt athletic director Heather Lyke expressed confidence Monday morning that men’s basketball coach Jeff Capel can reverse the team’s fortunes. “I wish we had better news there. It’s tough rebuilding it,” she told a small gathering of reporters at Highmark Stadium. Lyke was there to address the women’s lacrosse team...
Mark Madden: A Steelers mock draft that certainly addresses the quarterback position
Forget Mel Kiper Jr. and Todd McShay. It’s time for the Mark Madden mock draft. It’s Pittsburgh Steelers only. Who cares about the other teams? I did over 15 minutes of research (nearly 20) and drilled down deep on the Steelers’ needs. Really, it was easy. The Steelers’ draft conducts...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Latrobe grad Bryce Butler shines at West Liberty
Mountain East Conference Player of the Week Bryce Butler continues to round out his game at West Liberty. The 6-foot-5 sophomore guard had one of his best all-around games as the Division II No. 5-ranked Hilltoppers won for the 15th time in 16 games by holding back West Virginia State,...
Peng Shuai emerges at Olympics, gives controlled interview
BEIJING — Nothing to see here, move on. That was the message that Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai delivered Monday in a controlled interview in Beijing that touched on sexual assault allegations she made against a former high-ranking member of China’s ruling Communist Party. Her answers — delivered in front...
Southmoreland grad Jaden Datz finds long-awaited success with W&J wrestling
He could’ve been impatient. Instead, Jaden Datz showed discipline. For the former Southmoreland High School multi-sport star, who is the top winner this season for the Washington & Jefferson College wrestling team, his patience has paid off after he endured a long period of heartache and sweat. A senior, Datz...
Now healthy, Burrell grad AJ Corrado off to strong start for Brown wrestling
AJ Corrado spent the first few months of his college career at Brown recovering from a torn labrum, so needless to say he was eager to get on the mat. In total, he spent six months rehabbing with trainers prior to getting back into the wrestling room, but that patience...
Seton Hill’s Hunter Martin gets jump on competition
The first time Hunter Martin tested positive for covid-19 in September, the Seton Hill junior track and field standout lost his sense of taste and smell, and he struggled getting through a simple workout. The second time Martin tested positive, which happened about a month ago, the Belle Vernon graduate...
Lock Haven wrestler, Kiski Area grad Isaac Reid inspires, succeeds
With a small spot of blood visible through a bandage wrapped around his head, a grateful Isaac Reid bowed toward the center of the mat as his Lock Haven wrestling teammates and coaches — and a jam-packed Thomas Fieldhouse — erupted into a wild celebration. Reid then causally, or maybe...
Miserable day on slopes for American stars Mikaela Shiffrin, Red Gerard
BEIJING — It was a miserable day on the mountains outside Beijing for American stars Mikaela Shiffrin and Red Gerard. Shiffrin’s opening race in the Beijing Olympics ended quickly with a rare mistake and a rare DNF — Did Not Finish. Favored to defend her gold medal in the giant...
Canada, ROC women mask up on Olympic ice amid covid concerns
BEIJING — It’s hard enough facing a deep and talented hockey powerhouse such as Canada in normal circumstances. Try doing it wearing a mask, Russian forward Alexandra Vafina joked. “Against Canada with the mask on? It was an experience,” she said following a 6-1 loss in a Group A preliminary...
Pittsburgh ranked as top city for football fans
For those who bleed Black and Gold, the idea that Pittsburgh is the best city for football fans is just about the least shocking notion ever. But WalletHub, a personal financial website, went ahead and just made it official — again. For the fourth year in a row, Pittsburgh stood...
Madden Monday: Opinion on Steelers QB situation unchanged after Senior Bowl hype over Kenny Pickett, Malik Willis
On his 105.9 The X radio show, TribLIVE columnist Mark Madden has made his stance on the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback debate very clear. He thinks the conversation about the organization potentially acquiring a big-name veteran quarterback or landing a top-flight first-round rookie in the draft is pure fantasy. “I just...
First Call: Odd-couple highlights for T.J. Watt, Jake Guentzel; Steelers listed atop ‘best fits’ for Jimmy Garoppolo
The Pittsburgh Steelers are listed as a leading landing spot for a high-profile quarterback that could be on the move. Chase Claypool is floated as a potential NFL trade chip. A pair of former Penguins are hearing similar chatter about their names in the NHL. And some strange scoring connections...
Saints’ Alvin Kamara arrested on battery charge in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS — New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara was arrested on a battery charge Sunday in Las Vegas after being accused of injuring someone at a nightclub on the eve of the Pro Bowl. After playing and making four catches for 23 yards for the NFC in the...
USA Luge’s men’s program looks to the future after OlympicsVideo
BEIJING — USA Luge’s Chris Mazdzer had X-rays on his aching right foot a few days ago, and the results were as expected. It’s still broken. With that, it became official: The U.S. men’s luge team was never fully healthy at any point this season. There were no medals for...
Defending Olympic champ Mikaela Shiffrin out of giant slalomVideo
BEIJING — Defending Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin missed a gate early in the first run of the giant slalom at the Beijing Games on Monday and was disqualified from the event. Coming around a left-turn gate, she lost control, slid and fell on her side. The 26-year-old Shiffrin still could...
NASCAR scores win with successful exhibition race inside LA ColiseumVideo
LOS ANGELES — Joey Logano won the exhibition Busch Light Clash on a temporary quarter-mile track built inside Memorial Coliseum for a made-for-TV spectacular intended to hype NASCAR’s upcoming season. NASCAR moved the Clash to Los Angeles from Daytona International Speedway, its only home since its 1979 inception, as part...
Super Bowl/Olympics Sunday about to become routine for NBCVideo
Super Sunday has morphed into Super Gold Sunday for NBC. Next Sunday’s matchup between the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals will mark the first time a Super Bowl and Winter Olympics are taking place at the same time. CBS was scheduled to have this year’s game, but in 2019...
Minor league report: Josh Maniscalco leads Nailers to overtime win
Penguins defensive prospect Josh Maniscalco had two goals, including one in overtime, and an assist for the Wheeling Nailers in a 5-4 home win against the Cincinnati Cyclones at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling, W.Va. on Sunday. Forwards Tim Doherty, Sean Josling and Patrick Watling each contributed a goal and an...
