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Chicago Bears hire Ryan Poles as general managerVideo
CHICAGO — Ryan Poles made the Chicago Bears this time. Poles was hired as Chicago’s general manager Tuesday, almost 15 years after he signed with the team as an undrafted free agent and then failed to make the final roster. Poles spent the previous 13 seasons in the Chiefs’ front...
NFL divisional round averages record 38.2 million viewersVideo
NEW YORK — The four NFL divisional round playoff games had the highest average viewers on record with 38.2 million tuning in on television and digital platforms. Every game over the weekend came down to the final play. Besides it being the highest average for the divisional round since Nielsen...
Flyers’ Yandle sets Iron Man mark in 965th straight gameVideo
NEW YORK — Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Keith Yandle broke the NHL record by playing in his 965th consecutive game. The 35-year-old Yandle passed the previous mark set by Doug Jarvis, who played 964 straight games over his entire career from Oct. 8, 1975, to Oct. 10, 1987. Yandle started his...
San Diego’s finest: Jon Rahm back at friendly Torrey PinesVideo
SAN DIEGO — Billy Casper and Mickey Wright were undeniable homegrown greats. Phil Mickelson is clearly San Diego’s most accomplished and beloved golfer of the modern era, and Tiger Woods has racked up a slew of memorable wins at Torrey Pines in his home state. Jon Rahm is a Spaniard...
Penguins forward Jason Zucker undergoes core muscle surgery
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jason Zucker underwent surgery to repair a core muscle injury Tuesday and will remain sidelined indefinitely. His status was announced by the team Tuesday. A more definite time frame for recovery is expected to be revealed in the upcoming days. Zucker has missed 10 of the past...
All 8 USFL teams to play in Birmingham for first seasonVideo
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The newly re-formed USFL will play every game in the same city during its inaugural season. The eight-team professional football league owned by Fox Sports will debut April 16 with the Birmingham Stallions against the New Jersey Generals. All the games will be in Birmingham, Ala. The...
Nadal fends off Shapovalov, advances to semis in Australia; home favorite Barty on to women’s semisVideo
MELBOURNE, Australia — With another Australian Open semifinal spot secured after a four-hour, five-set victory, Rafael Nadal looked toward his support team in Rod Laver Arena and nodded his head. It was like he was just confirming the plan: Five wins down, two to go in his bid for a...
Pirates make changes to medical staff, as AHN appoints 3 new doctors to provide team care
The Pittsburgh Pirates are making changes to their medical staff, as team physician Dr. Edward Snell is leaving after 22 years to become Allegheny Health Network’s sports performance medical director. Under the guidance of Pirates medical director Dr. Patrick DeMeo, a newly appointed three-man team of AHN doctors will partner...
AP source: Coach Sean Payton resigns from New Orleans Saints
NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton, whose 15-year tenure with the club included its only Super Bowl championship and also a one-season suspension stemming from the NFL’s bounty investigation, intends to retire from coaching. A person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Tuesday that...
34 years later: Pitt’s Jerome Lane’s backboard-shattering dunkVideo
Editor’s note: Tuesday marks the 34th anniversary of Jerome Lane’s monster dunk, one of the most famous plays in Pitt basketball history. Here’s columnist Kevin Gorman’s memories of it on the 25th anniversary. The story was originally posted on Jan. 25, 2013. As inevitable as watching Jerome Lane elevate for...
Steelers’ Najee Harris, Pressley Harvin III named to PFWA all-rookie team
Running back Najee Harris and punter Pressley Harvin III were two representatives of the Pittsburgh Steelers to earn spots on the NFL all-rookie team as announced Tuesday by the Pro Football Writers Association. Harris, the team’s first-round pick, finished fourth in the NFL with 1,200 rushing yards, and he also...
Frontier League announces tiebreaker changes for 2022 season
The Frontier League will return to the base paths to break ties in the 2022 season. The league announced Monday that it will do away with its Home Run Derby tiebreaker it used last season and implement a sudden-death inning. The sudden-death option would come into play after one extra...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Seton Hill pitchers earn preseason honors
A pair of Seton Hill senior relief pitchers received preseason plaudits from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. Nash Bryan was named to the first team, and Caiden Wood was an honorable mention selection. Bryan led the PSAC with seven saves in 17 appearances and closed five postseason games. He...
Penguins coach Mike Sullivan disputes NHL over hit that injured forward Teddy BluegerVideo
In most cases, Penguins coach Mike Sullivan is usually hesitant to discuss any matters involving supplemental discipline decisions by the NHL. Tuesday was not one of those cases. Sullivan vented frustration a day after the team announced defensive center Teddy Blueger would be sidelined six to eight weeks following surgery...
U.S. names 223 to Olympic team; 4 athletes are 5-timers
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The 223-person U.S. Olympic roster revealed Monday includes four athletes making their fifth trip to the Games: Shaun White and Lindsey Jacobellis in snowboarding, Katie Uhlaender in skeleton and John Shuster in curling. There are 114 men, 108 women and one athlete who identifies as...
Tim Benz: Penguins living in the comfort of a hot streak — regardless of how it is happening
At the halfway point of the season, if you are a Penguins fan, you have to be saying, “Why ask why?” Follow that advice. Because what if you get an answer you don’t appreciate? You know, like, the truth. As in, this charmed life can’t last forever. Or can it?...
First Call: The favorite to land Aaron Rodgers; Steelers defensive coordinator plans; Keith Butler on Stephon Tuitt
Tuesday’s “First Call” looks at the odds of Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers coming to play for the Pittsburgh Steelers. We search for an update on defensive lineman Stephon Tuitt. Another defensive coordinator candidate is interviewing with the Steelers for Keith Butler’s old job. A look at Pitt versus...
Riverhounds sign veteran midfielder Angelo Kelly-Rosales
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds announced Monday they have signed veteran midfielder Angelo Kelly-Rosales to a one-year deal, pending the approval of both the United Soccer League and the U.S. Soccer Federation. The contract also includes a team option for 2023. Kelly-Rosales, 28, spent the past four seasons with the Charleston Battery....
With heavy hearts, OLSH ties WPIAL record for longest winning streakVideo
As Our Lady of the Sacred Heart made WPIAL history Monday night, the boys basketball team wasn’t focused on what it was playing for, but rather who. Jake DiMichele scored 31 points, Dawson Summers had a triple-double and the Chargers tied for the longest winning streak in WPIAL history —...
David Ortiz voted into Baseball Hall of Fame; Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens left out againVideo
Baseball turned a blind eye, and Hall of Fame voters a deaf ear. Despite a cacophony of calls for Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, arguably the greatest hitter and pitcher of their generation, to earn enshrinement into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, both came up short of receiving the...
Minor league report: Alex D’Orio leads Penguins past MonstersVideo
Goaltender Alex D’Orio made 31 saves on 32 shots and led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 5-1 home win against the Cleveland Monsters at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Monday. Forward Felix Robert had a goal and an assist for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (14-16-1-3), which has won three consecutive games while...
Grading the Penguins at the midway point of 2021-22
For the most part, Mike Sullivan likes what the 2021-22 edition of the Pittsburgh Penguins are through 41 games — the midway point — of their season. They entered Monday in second place in the Metropolitan Division with a 26-10-5 record (57 points). Much of that has been buoyed by...
ESPN’s Dick Vitale says he won’t call games for rest of season
BRISTOL, Conn. — Dick Vitale announced Monday that he will not be appearing on ESPN for the remainder of the college basketball season because of ongoing treatment for precancerous dysplasia on his vocal cords. Vitale first announced in late December that he needed to take a break to rest his...
Joe Burrow takes hits, Bengals take wins in playoffs
CINCINNATI — Joe Burrow took another beating against the top-seeded Tennessee Titans in the divisional round of the playoffs Saturday. However, he still managed to push and will the Cincinnati Bengals to within one game of the Super Bowl. Now Burrow is faced with the task of outdueling Kansas City...
Seton Hill basketball player Weeks spends days teaching
It’s game day at Seton Hill. Kelly Weeks, awake since 5:15 a.m., already has taught five full periods at Hempfield Area High School when lunchtime rolls around. She puts down her sandwich long enough to watch some game film and catch up on her own studies. At 2:45 p.m., school...
