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Chiefs keep leaning on Jerick McKinnon, other unsung playersVideo
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jerick McKinnon probably shouldn’t have been surprised to spend all season buried on the Chiefs depth chart. The journeyman running back had been passed over plenty of times before. Start with those early years in Minnesota, when he backed up Adrian Peterson. An injury to the...
Foot feels fine as Derrick Henry preps for Titans’ playoff returnVideo
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Derrick Henry, the man who literally ran the Tennessee Titans to the AFC championship game two years ago, is ready to play again. The 2020 AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year says his surgically repaired right foot, fixed with a steel plate, feels no different than...
Penguins are close to fully healthy lineup for 1st time this season
There are far worse places to be marooned than Southern California in January. Such as Western Pennsylvania in January. Zach Aston-Reese experienced the former last week. After testing positive for covid-19 on Dec. 11, Aston-Reese and fellow Pittsburgh Penguins forward Danton Heinen were placed into the NHL’s protocols for the...
Browns’ Baker Mayfield has surgery, starts road to ‘true self’
CLEVELAND — Baker Mayfield has shifted into comeback mode. The Cleveland Browns quarterback had successful surgery Wednesday to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder, an injury that affected his play, led to a disappointing season and raised doubts about his future. Mayfield posted a video on social media...
Freshman pitcher bowls 300 game for WCCC
To have success as a pitcher, the key is throwing strikes. The same can be said of a bowler. Throwing strikes is the key to winning games. Westmoreland County Community College freshman Chaz Lankey, who pitches for the baseball team in the spring, was throwing strikes recently at Main Bowling...
Penguins won’t face former goaltender Matt Murray on Thursday
Matt Murray’s return to Pittsburgh will have to wait. At least as far him being on the ice in a game is concerned. The Ottawa Senators goaltender, who led the Penguins to their two most recent Stanley Cup titles in 2016 and ’17, will not be in net for Thursday’s...
Naomi Osaka, Ash Barty advance toward Australian Open showdown
MELBOURNE, Australia — For the first set, Naomi Osaka’s rediscovered love of the game meant it was anything but fun for Madison Brengle in the second round of the Australian Open. The defending champion conceded only four points in the first four games Wednesday and rifled forehand winners seemingly at...
NHL reschedules games, season set to end on time April 29
The NHL on Wednesday revealed new dates for 98 games postponed for coronavirus-related reasons, keeping the end of the regular season on schedule for April 29. The changes include moving 23 other games around and 95 games — including nine of the Penguins’ — filling the Feb. 7-22 gap that...
Bruce Arians fined $50,000 by NFL for slapping helmet of Bucs safety Andrew AdamsVideo
TAMPA, Fla. — Bucs coach Bruce Arians has been fined $50,000 by the National Football League for slapping the helmet of safety Andrew Adams during Sunday’s 31-15 win over the Eagles in an NFC wild-card playoff game. Arians said he was trying to prevent Adams from getting a penalty for...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Bryan Butler named women’s soccer coach at Saint Vincent
He used to play against the Bearcats in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference, but now Bryan Butler will coach against his alma mater, Geneva, in the fall. Butler is the new women’s soccer coach at Saint Vincent. He has a number of coaching stops on his resume, the most recent one...
9 Penguins games rescheduled
Nine of the Penguins’ games have been rescheduled. The changes are part of a league-wide reshuffling of the overall schedule that was pockmarked by a number of postponements over the past three months because of issues related to covid-19. Five of the Penguins’ games were previously postponed because of matters...
Pirates GM: No plans to hire another coach to replace Glenn Sherlock on Derek Shelton’s staff
The Pittsburgh Pirates lost a member of Derek Shelton’s coaching staff when Glenn Sherlock left to become Buck Showalter’s bench coach with the New York Mets, but general manager Ben Cherington doesn’t expect to add another coach to replace Sherlock. Cherington said Wednesday afternoon that between third-base coach Mike Rabelo,...
Mason Rudolph, Dwayne Haskins vow to be good fits for Matt Canada’s Steelers offense
Matt Canada, by all indications, will have a second season in which to deploy his offense as coordinator for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The man who currently has the best chance to be entrusted putting Canada’s vision into action has pledged to be a more captive audience than his predecessor. “I’m...
Dale Earnhardt Jr. matches his father as NASCAR Hall of Famer
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. recognized early he would never be a seven-time NASCAR champion like his dad. It was unrealistic to believe he would match the late Dale Earnhardt on the track. The Intimidator was tough as nails, didn’t tolerate any nonsense and built a winning resume that...
Riverhounds sign former Pitt player Robby Dambrot, son of Duquesne basketball coach
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds signed defender Robby Dambrot to a one-year contract Wednesday, securing a player who logged more than 2,000 minutes last year for divisional opponent Loudoun United FC. Dambrot, the son of Duquesne men’s basketball coach Keith Dambrot, spent the past three seasons with Loudoun. Dambrot (6-foot-2) began his...
Mason Rudolph ready for ‘real possibility’ of being Steelers starting QB in 2022
It will be a different dynamic inside the locker room this spring when Mason Rudolph returns for his fifth season with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He no longer will have the presence — and abilities — of the franchise’s most prolific quarterback impeding his chance at earning a starting job. “It’s...
Penguins forward Drew O’Connor sidelined on a week-to-week basis
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Drew O’Connor will be sidelined on a “week-to-week” basis, coach Mike Sullivan said. On Monday, the Penguins placed the rookie on long-term injured reserve retroactive to Jan. 15 because of an undisclosed ailment. Sullivan provided an unspecified time frame for O’Connor on Wednesday. O’Connor has appeared in...
University of Michigan reaches $490M settlement over sexual abuse
The University of Michigan has agreed to a $490 million settlement with more than 1,000 people who say they were sexually assaulted by a former sports doctor during his nearly four-decade career at the school, the university and those involved in the settlement announced Wednesday. The university said 1,050 people...
With 6 players ranked in Baseball America’s top 100 prospects, Pirates tied for tops in MLB
Baseball America ranks six Pittsburgh Pirates among its top 100 prospects in 2022, tied with the Arizona Diamondbacks for the most among MLB teams. The Pirates have one prospect in Baseball America’s top 20 in shortstop Oneil Cruz (No. 14) and three in the top 50, with Cruz, catcher Henry...
Penguins poised for more points as they skate back into the spotlight on home ice
A week ago, I told you the annual “Steelers pass the Pittsburgh sports baton to the Penguins” column was ready to go. Then the Jacksonville Jaguars and a kicker on the Las Vegas Raiders had something to say about that. Now, though, it’s time for Western Pa. fans to tunnel...
Tim Benz: For Mike Tomlin, the Steelers are about to become his team even more than they have been in the past
As Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin conducted his season-ending press conference, one thing struck me beyond all else. Now more than ever, this franchise is squarely on Tomlin’s shoulders. When Tomlin arrived in Pittsburgh, Ben Roethlisberger had already been the starting quarterback for three years, played in two AFC...
First Call: Steelers dangled as potential landing spot for Kirk Cousins; Minkah Fitzpatrick on K.C. gadget play touchdowns
In Wednesday’s “First Call,” Pittsburgh Steelers safety Minkah Fitzpatrick gives his opinions on T.J. Watt, Teryl Austin and those trick plays by the Kansas City Chiefs. We also have various thoughts on how the Steelers may attack their need at quarterback. Jerome Bettis is backing a worthy endeavor. And a...
NHL to stop covid testing for asymptomatic players after All-Star break
The NHL will stop testing asymptomatic players, coaches and staff who are fully vaccinated following the All-Star break in early February, saying coronavirus cases continue to decline across the league. The league and Players’ Association announced the protocol changes Tuesday. The current policy will remain in place until the All-Star...
Minor league report: Penguins fall to PhantomsVideo
Forward Jordy Bellerive scored the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins’ lone goal in a 3-1 home loss to the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday. Goaltender Alex D’Orio made 21 saves on 23 shots for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (11-16-1-3). Highlights: The Penguins’ next game is a home contest...
Jaguars’ Lerentee McCray arrested, charged with eluding police in high-speed chase
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Lerentee McCray made an obscene hand gesture at a police officer, fled a would-be traffic stop and then reached speeds of 100 mph and crossed three lanes of traffic during an ensuing chase, authorities said Tuesday. McCray, 31, was arrested early Sunday, booked...
