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Connor McDavid’s 4-point night leads Oilers past Penguins
With a meeting of Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid providing combined star power worthy of Galileo’s gaze, Wednesday’s matchup of the Penguins and Edmonton Oilers was broadcast to a national audience on TNT. Or, at least as large of a national audience that a contest beginning at 10:17 p.m. on...
Miami subdues Penn State in Big Ten/ACC Challenge
UNIVERSITY PARK — Sam Waardenburg scored 14 points and Kameron McGusty, Charlie Moore and Isaiah Wong each scored 12 and Miami beat Penn State 63-58 in a Big Ten/ACC Challenge game Wednesday night. Jaheam Cornwall made two foul shots to reduce Penn State’s deficit to 60-58 with 1:31 remaining. McGusty...
College Football Playoff expansion talks inch forward, no agreement in sightVideo
DALLAS — The latest meeting on expanding the College Football Playoff wrapped up without a resolution Wednesday as the people involved agreed to keep talking. CFP executive director Bill Hancock said there remains a strong consensus among the management committee, comprised of the 10 major college football conference commissioners and...
NHL stars Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid laud one another
Wednesday’s game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Edmonton Oilers in the Rogers Centre in Edmonton was the eighth meeting between forwards Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid, arguably, the greatest players of the 21st century. The self-effacing Crosby rarely likes to discuss his place in the hierarchy of the sport,...
Source: Marcus Freeman to be Notre Dame’s next head coach
Notre Dame is working on a deal to promote defensive coordinator Marcus Freeman to head coach to replace Brian Kelly, a person with knowledge of the situation told the Associated Press on Wednesday night. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because nothing had been finalized, though the first piece...
Duquesne stumbles late, loses to Bowling Green
For 13 seasons, Keith Dambrot’s basketball teams at Akron were fed a steady diet of Mid-American Conference opponents, among them Bowling Green — indeed, no stranger to Duquesne’s fifth-year coach. On Wednesday night, Bowling Green was Duquesne’s opposition at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse, where Dambrot was facing his first MAC opponent...
Point Park, Carlow set for women’s NAIA ‘City Game’
Point Park and Carlow have been watching the schedule with eager eyes as a unique matchup approached. Finally, it is here. The women’s basketball teams will face off Thursday night in the NAIA “City Game” at Duquesne’s new UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse. Tip is set for 5:30 p.m. One team will...
Pirates GM Ben Cherington on trading Jacob Stallings: ‘It’s not supposed to be easy’
When the Miami Marlins approached the Pittsburgh Pirates about dealing for Jacob Stallings at the trade deadline, Ben Cherington resisted the temptation to part with the eventual NL Gold Glove catcher. That the Marlins remained “continuously persistent” after the season made the Pirates general manager reflect and reconsider his position,...
Manager Tom Vaeth, Wild Things agree to 4-year extension
The Washington Wild Things announced Wednesday that manager Tom Vaeth has agreed to a four-year extension through the 2025 campaign. In his first season this past summer, Vaeth led the Wild things to their seventh division championship and fourth trip to the Frontier League Championship Series. “I’m very pleased to...
1983 AL Cy Young Award winner LaMarr Hoyt dies at 66
CHICAGO — LaMarr Hoyt, who won the 1983 AL Cy Young Award with the Chicago White Sox, has died. He was 66. The White Sox announced his death on Wednesday. The team said he died Monday in his hometown of Columbia, S.C., following a lengthy illness. Hoyt went 98-68 with...
Women’s tennis tour suspends China events over Peng concerns
In the strongest public stand against China taken by a sports body, the head of the women’s professional tennis tour announced Wednesday that all WTA tournaments there would be suspended because of concerns about the safety of Peng Shuai, a Grand Slam doubles champion who accused a former government official...
CB Joe Haden misses another practice as Steelers prepare to face Ravens
If Joe Haden is going to return to the Pittsburgh Steelers lineup after a two-game absence, he’s going to have to make up for lost time in practice this week. Haden did not practice Wednesday as the Steelers began on-field preparations for their game Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens at...
‘Very loud’ Mike Tomlin puts players in pads as Steelers prepare to face 1st-place Ravens
Mike Tomlin realized his message on the importance of last week’s AFC North game at Cincinnati didn’t exactly register with his Pittsburgh Steelers players. The numbers on the scoreboard — Bengals 41, Steelers 10 — provided ample evidence. “But I am unfazed by that,” Tomlin said Tuesday. “I am. I’m...
Pitt’s Kenny Pickett ready to play after bout with flu
The words “Kenny Pickett has the flu” rank up there with “Ben has a sore elbow” in terms of creating panic among area football fans. But Pickett assured reporters Wednesday that his bout with the flu was temporary and he will be “good to go” Saturday when Pitt meets Wake...
MLB lockout begins as collective bargaining agreement expires
IRVING, Texas — Major League Baseball plunged into its first work stoppage in a quarter-century when the sport’s collective bargaining agreement expired Wednesday night and owners immediately locked out players in a move that threatens spring training and opening day. The strategy, management’s equivalent of a strike under federal labor...
WVU releases 2022 football schedule, including renewal of the Backyard Brawl with Pitt
Only days after the end of the regular season, West Virginia is already planning for 2022. WVU athletic director Shane Lyons announced Wednesday six home dates, plus the renewal of the Backyard Brawl with Pitt, on the 2022 football schedule. The season opens Sept. 3 at Heinz Field with the...
Mark Madden: The Steelers have a culture problem, and this group can’t fix it
Rocky Bleier said it best: “The Steelers suck.” If you want to debate, you’d be arguing with a four-time Super Bowl champion and decorated Vietnam war veteran. Bleier earned the right to opine. Ex-Steeler Ryan Clark described the current Steelers thusly on ESPN: “We want to make videos, we want...
Steelers activate WR Ray-Ray McCloud off covid list, place reserve OL Joe Haeg on it
The Pittsburgh Steelers activated receiver Ray-Ray McCloud off the NFL’s covid-19 list Wednesday but added reserve offensive lineman Joe Haeg to it. McCloud spent eight days on the covid list, missing this past Sunday’s loss at the Cincinnati Bengals. In recent games, McCloud was serving as a No. 3 WR...
Ben Roethlisberger: Dan Rooney the inspiration for Steelers’ no-music locker room policy
With his 40th birthday three months away and a potential retirement coming sooner than that, Ben Roethlisberger concedes a generational gap between himself and some of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ younger players. “I’ve just kind of relented,” Roethlisberger said, “and (decided) I’ll stop being the grumpy guy.” The future Hall of...
Pitt will welcome West Virginia, Penn State to PNC Park for games in 2022
Pitt baseball at PNC Park is becoming an annual tradition. For the third consecutive season, the Panthers will serve as hosts at the home of the Pittsburgh Pirates for games against West Virginia and Penn State. The WVU game is April 19; Penn State arrives May 17. “A special thanks...
Penguins dip into the 1990s for latest 3rd jerseyVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins announced yet another “third” jersey for home games Wednesday. It is a replica of a jersey the team wore for road games in the early- to mid-1990s with “Pittsburgh” spelled diagonally across the chest. Unlike the original, this jersey will have the team’s current “skating” Penguins on...
AFC has record 12 teams at .500 or better through Week 12
The NFL has never quite seen a conference like this year’s AFC. Heading into December, only four teams in the conference have losing records, with the 12 teams at .500 or better the most for a conference through 12 weeks since the merger. There have been three seasons when 11...
Robert Morris, Green Bay start Horizon play
Robert Morris (0-5, 0-0) vs. Green Bay (1-5, 0-0) Resch Center, Green Bay, Wis.; 8 p.m. Thursday BOTTOM LINE: Robert Morris and Green Bay meet in the first conference game of the season for both teams. In conference play last season, Robert Morris finished with three wins and 12 losses,...
Pirates A to Z: Cole Tucker finally found his groove at the plate, now must find a position
During the offseason, the Tribune-Review will offer Pirates A to Z: An alphabetical player-by-player look at the 40-man roster, from outfielder Anthony Alford to pitcher Miguel Yajure. Player: Cole Tucker Position: Shortstop/second base/outfield Throws: Right Bats: Switch Age: 25 Height: 6-foot-3 Weight: 205 pounds 2021 MLB statistics: Tucker batted .222/.298/.342...
Pitt’s Kenny Pickett named ACC Player of the Year
Pitt quarterback Kenny Pickett, who hit the historic aerial milestones of 4,000 yards and 40 touchdowns this season, was named ACC Player of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year by landslide votes. Pickett received 52 of 64 first-place votes for Player of the Year in balloting by a...
