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Point Park’s Michelle Burns finds balance, success on and off basketball court
Point Park fifth-year point guard Michelle Burns continues to climb the program’s scoring ranks, which might seem like hard work to some. Not to Burns. Crunching numbers in an office, now that is work to the Hempfield alum. Burns, who recently topped the 1,700-point mark for her career to move...
Penguins’ losing streak reaches 3 games after falling to Kings
The Pittsburgh Penguins haven’t had trouble scoring goals during their ongoing three-game losing streak. At least not a certain group of them. The ones that skate on the top line or the top power-play unit? They’re doing fine. The other members of the roster? They’ve offered as much offense as...
Report: Pitt hires former Rutgers assistant Tiquan Underwood to coach wide receivers
Pitt has hired Tiquan Underwood to be its next wide receivers coach, according to ESPN college football reporter Pete Thamel. Underwood, 34, brings to the team eight seasons of experience playing the position in the NFL and CFL and four years coaching. He spent the past two seasons as the...
Penguins recall 3 from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton to taxi squad
The Penguins recalled forwards Kasper Bjorkqvist and Michael Chaput and defenseman P.O Joseph from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) and assigned them to their taxi squad on Sunday. Bjorkqvist made his NHL debut earlier this season and has appeared in six NHL games and scored one goal while...
Penguins to start goaltender Tristan Jarry against Kings
The Penguins are slated to start goaltender Tristan Jarry for Sunday’s home game against the Los Angeles Kings at PPG Paints Arena. In 35 games this season, Jarry has has a 23-7-5 record, a 2.11 goals against average, a .926 save percentage and three shutouts. During a 6-2 road loss...
Gateway grad Olivia Miller helping to lead Pitt gymnastics in final year of competition
Olivia Miller knew Pitt was it during her sophomore year at Gateway High School. The standout gymnast made her mark at the club level for Gymkhana in Plum before joining the Panthers program for her freshman season in 2019. Now in her fourth and final year of competition with Pitt,...
Nadal wins Australian Open for record 21st major title
MELBOURNE, Australia — Rafael Nadal got to 21 first, breaking the men’s record for most Grand Slam singles titles and doing it the hard way by coming back from two sets down to beat Daniil Medvedev in an almost 5 1/2-hour Australian Open final. Nadal was broken when serving for...
Luke List wins Farmers Open playoff for 1st PGA Tour victoryVideo
SAN DIEGO — Luke List knew he had a long wait coming after he finished his impressive final round eight groups ahead of the other leaders, so he fetched a cookie to occupy his 3-year-old daughter when he settled down to watch from the Torrey Pines dining room with his...
Robert Morris men rack up another Horizon League win
In a season of few victories, Robert Morris finally has won back-to-back games for the first time. Michael Green III scored 21 points, Enoch Cheeks notched a double-double of 11 points and 10 rebounds and the Colonials held off Green Bay, 62-60, on Saturday night at UPMC Events Center. It...
Bengals alums reflect on 1988 ‘shuffle’ to Super Bowl
CINCINNATI — C.J. Uzomah caught a touchdown pass in the Bengals’ wild-card playoff win and broke into the “Ickey Shuffle,” an end-zone celebration dance so famous there’s a whole Wikipedia page devoted to it. Uzomah was paying homage to Ickey Woods, who starred as a rookie running back for the...
Vikings reportedly speak with Jim Harbaugh about head coach vacancyVideo
MINNEAPOLIS — Jim Harbaugh might be taking a step toward returning to the NFL. Harbaugh and the Minnesota Vikings had exploratory conversations about the team’s coaching vacancy Saturday, a person with knowledge of the process told the Associated Press. The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the team...
49ers-Rams rivalry leads to NFC title game matchup
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay arrived in California five years ago, a pair of hot-shot young coaches with a shared history and similar offenses taking over struggling franchises. Shanahan took the San Francisco 49ers to the Super Bowl his third season, and he has them a...
All-Star Penguins forward Jake Guentzel has room to improve
Chemistry is a difficult thing to define in hockey. It’s certainly not like chemistry in … well … science, where specifics like atomic numbers and covalent bonds can make up a compound. Trying to explain why certain wingers and specific centers fit with each other is much more nebulous. On...
West Virginia’s rally comes up short vs. Arkansas in SEC/Big 12 ChallengeVideo
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Pitt transfer Au’Diese Toney scored 19 points, and Arkansas never trailed to win its sixth straight, beating West Virginia in an SEC/Big 12 Challenge game, 77-68, on Saturday. Arkansas is 4-4 in the challenge series, going 4-0 at home and 0-4 on the road. The Razorbacks are...
Duquesne men suffer 5th straight loss, falling at home to Saint Louis
Hushed, composed and humble, Keith Dambrot met his detractors head-on. It was as good a time as any for Duquesne’s fifth-year men’s basketball coach to reflect on the past and wonder what might be down the road. Dambrot, in the aftermath of a blowout loss at home, was searching for...
Tom Brady’s career achievements
It’s been an incredible career for quarterback Tom Brady, there’s certainly no denying that. Here are some highlights and stats from one of the longest and most productive NFL careers of all time. Super Bowl appearances 10: Super Bowl 36, Super Bowl 38, Super Bowl 39, Super Bowl 42, Super...
AP sources: Despite reports, Tom Brady hasn’t made up mind
TAMPA, Fla. — Only Tom Brady could turn a retirement decision into must-see drama. Despite reports that he is retiring, Brady has told the Tampa Bay Buccaneers he hasn’t made up his mind, two people familiar with the details told The Associated Press. It’s unknown when he’ll make an announcement,...
Acquired off scrap heap, Montravius Adams showed he might deserve to remain a Steeler
The day after the final game on his current contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers, defensive end Montravius Adams wore an Auburn t-shirt to the Steelers’ facility. To hear Adams tell it, it could have been a shirt of Mom’s favorite home-cooked meal, or of his grandma’s house instead of his...
Mark Madden Hot Take: Are Steelers good enough to justify Mike Tomlin’s in-house hires?
The Steelers’ coaching staff under Mike Tomlin used to be dotted with name assistants like Bruce Arians, Dick LeBeau and Mike Munchak. Now it’s populated by comparative no-names at picayune salaries. It’s the lowest-paid coaching staff in the NFL. The offensive coordinator’s job went from Arians to Todd Haley to...
Fox Chapel grad Lazzara earns All-American honors at Case Western Reserve
Greta Lazzara has had her share and trials and tribulations during her college years at Case Western Reserve University. But things came together for the Fox Chapel Area High School graduate during her senior soccer season. Lazzara was named a Division III, third-team All-American as she helped lead Case to...
Rams’ Aaron Donald: ‘Only thing I am lacking is being a champion.’
LOS ANGELES — Aaron Donald is firmly in conversations about the top pass rushers in NFL history. The Los Angeles Rams’ superstar defensive tackle knows that he is on another list that he would like to remove himself from — great players who haven’t won a championship. As the Rams...
Cameroon blames stadium deaths on ‘massive’ influx of fans
YAOUNDE, Cameroon — Cameroon authorities have blamed a deadly stadium crush at the African Cup of Nations tournament on a “massive” influx of ticketless fans who arrived late to a game involving the host team and tried to force their way in to avoid security checks and covid-19 screening. In...
Barty wins drought-breaking Australian Open women’s title
MELBOURNE, Australia — Ash Barty will no longer need to overthink the 1970s when she prepares for the Australian Open. The top-ranked Barty recovered from 5-1 down in the second set to beat Danielle Collins 6-3, 7-6 (2) in the final on Saturday night, ending a 44-year drought for Australians...
Minor league report: Penguins, Alex D’Orio shut out MonstersVideo
Goaltender Alex D’Orio made 18 saves and recorded his first shutout of the season for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-0 road win against the Cleveland Monsters at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland on Friday. Forwards Anthony Angello, Jonathan Gruden, Sam Poulin and defenseman Taylor Fedun each scored goals for...
Minor league report: P.O Joseph, Nathan Legare lead Penguins past Monsters
Defenseman P.O Joseph and forward Nathan Legare each had a goal and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 5-2 road win against the Cleveland Monsters at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland on Saturday. Goaltender Alex D’Orio made 31 saves on 33 shots for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (16-17-1-3) while forwards Jordy...
