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Coach K’s final farewell to Cameron Indoor spoiled by rival North CarolinaVideo
DURHAM, N.C. — North Carolina spoiled the emotional home finale of retiring Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski, beating fourth-ranked rival Duke, 94-81, on Saturday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The day that was all about the coach who has 1,196 career victories and five NCAA championships abruptly turned into a...
Rick Hendrick squashes potential feud between Kyle Larson, Chase ElliottVideo
LAS VEGAS — Rick Hendrick spoke and his drivers heard the boss loud and clear. Hendrick intervened on a competition matter for the first time since Kyle Larson joined the team when he squashed any potential beef between his stars after their run-in last week in California. Larson, the reigning...
Many factors contribute to Pitt basketball’s fall from NCAA contender to bottom of ACC
Noise used to sweep Petersen Events Center like a tidal wave. So did great teams and iconic players. Focus was difficult for opponents while the home team fed off the atmosphere. Conversations with the person in the next seat were nearly impossible. The noise was so pervasive, even the screens...
West Virginia beats TCU in regular-season finale to snap 7-game losing streakVideo
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Taz Sherman scored 21 points, and West Virginia’s veterans came through to beat TCU, 70-64, on the Mountaineers’ senior day to snap a seven-game losing streak Saturday. West Virginia coach Bob Huggins said his frustrations over watching his team make the same mistakes boiled over Thursday while...
Steelers’ Kevin Colbert has one last chance to select tackle in 1st round of NFL Draft
With his time as Pittsburgh Steelers general manager winding down, Kevin Colbert has one last chance to fill a missing piece on his first-round draft pick resume. In the 22 drafts he has run, Colbert has submitted a card in the first round 21 times, with 2020 being the exception....
Pitt loses to Notre Dame, stretches streak to 4 in advance of ACC Tournament
Pitt’s three most recent opponents have shot the basketball at a 56.8% success rate — 160 shots, 91 makes. The past three defeats to Miami, No. 4 Duke and Notre Dame — part of a four-game losing streak the Panthers will drag into the ACC Tournament on Tuesday — occurred...
Duquesne’s comeback bid vs. La Salle falls short, losing streak reaches 16
And now, Duquesne Nation turns its attention to the Atlantic 10 men’s basketball tournament. Will it be “one-and-done” for the hapless Dukes after they dropped their 16th consecutive game in their regular-season finale Saturday? Or can they extend their season, as freshman guard Primo Spears wondered after his career-high 34...
Penguins’ Mark Friedman on agitating opponents: ‘I kind of love doing it’
Mark Friedman doesn’t mask it. Shoot, he might as well launch a sophisticated marketing campaign for it. His penchant for agitating the opposition? It’s not an accident. “Yeah, I kind of love doing it,” Friedman said to media in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday. “I like getting underneath guys’ skin and...
MLB talks resume Sunday; Max Scherzer says players favor playoff ‘ghost win’ formatVideo
NEW YORK — Max Scherzer favors a radical reworking of the playoffs, one that would have the higher seed in the first round of a 14-team postseason start off a best-of-five series with a 1-0 lead. Major League Baseball and locked-out players, who resume talks Sunday, both would expand the...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Plenty of reasons for Steelers to avoid trading for Aaron Rodgers
Aaron Rodgers isn’t just NFL MVP. He’s the de facto boss of the football media. Rodgers’ horse manure gets spread wherever he wants. He also has his bully pulpit on Pat McAfee’s radio show. The latest “news” about Rodgers says Green Bay has trades in place with the Steelers, Denver...
WNBA’s Brittney Griner arrested in Russia on drug charges
WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner was arrested last month at a Moscow airport after Russian authorities said a search of her luggage revealed vape cartridges. The Russian Customs Service said Saturday that the cartridges were identified as containing oil derived from cannabis, which could carry a maximum penalty of 10 years...
Minor league report: Penguins edged by IslandersVideo
Despite two goals by forward Felix Robert, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins were beaten by the Bridgeport Islanders, 5-4, at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Conn. on Friday. Forward Michael Chaput recorded three assists for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (23-22-2-4) while goaltender Tommy Nappier made 15 saves on 20 shots in the defeat. Highlights: The...
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...
