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Penguins crash Lightning’s party, beat defending champs in opener
TAMPA, Fla. — Tuesday was nearly perfect for Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper. His team raised its latest banner recognizing the Stanley Cup championship from last season. And Amalie Arena was packed from the ice to the rafters, an occurrence that morphed into a rarity all over North America...
Freeman home run sends Braves to NLCS with 5-4 win over BrewersVideo
ATLANTA — Freddie Freeman hit a tiebreaking home run off Milwaukee closer Josh Hader with two outs in the eighth inning and the Atlanta Braves advanced to the NL Championship Series for the second year in a row, finishing off the Brewers 5-4 on Tuesday night. The Braves won the...
Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz: Fans booed on some Penn State injuries because they ‘smelled a rat’
Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said Tuesday he believed fans of the Hawkeyes booed some Penn State players when they stayed down after a play in Saturday’s game because “they smelled a rat, I guess.” Four defensive players for the Nittany Lions — safety Jaquan Brisker, tackle D’Von Ellies, safety Jonathan...
Reports: Cardinals LB Chandler Jones tests positive for covid-19Video
TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona Cardinals linebacker Chandler Jones was put on NFL’s reserve/covid-19 list Tuesday because of a positive test, according to a person with knowledge of the result. The person spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the move has not been officially announced. The development...
Buccaneers remove Jon Gruden from franchise’s Ring of HonorVideo
TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have removed Super Bowl-winning coach Jon Gruden from the team’s Ring of Honor at Raymond James Stadium. Gruden, who resigned as coach of the Las Vegas Raiders after the discovery of emails he sent containing racist, homophobic and misogynistic comments, led the Bucs...
Jeff Capel preaches togetherness in his 4th season at Pitt
After five players left Pitt’s basketball program at the end of last season, Jeff Capel’s theme for his 2021-22 team is togetherness. And he told a story Tuesday at ACC media days in Charlotte, N.C., that embodied what he wants to see from his team. It was early in Capel’s...
Altuve, Astros going back to ALCS after topping White SoxVideo
CHICAGO — It was Jose Altuve, Carlos Correa and Alex Bregman again. Led by their October-tested stars, the Houston Astros are going back to the AL Championship Series for the fifth straight year. Altuve hit a three-run homer, scored four times and stole a base, and Houston eliminated the Chicago...
All hands on deck as Steelers try to replace JuJu Smith-Schuster
When Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Cameron Sutton missed Sunday’s game, replacing him wasn’t a one-man job. In some form or fashion, James Pierre, Arthur Maulet, Tre Norwood, Karl Joseph, Miles Killebrew and even linebacker Robert Spillane — as coach Mike Tomlin would say — “threw their hand into the pile” to...
Mark Whipple builds relationships with his players, productive offense for Pitt
He enjoys the victories, of course, and the calls that work and those times when a Pitt player is standing in the end zone, holding the football aloft. But for Mark Whipple, the best of times might be in his office – day or night — when Pitt’s quarterbacks voluntarily...
Michigan school concerned about sportsmanship after new soccer record
KINGSLEY, Mich. — A school board in northern Michigan plans to send a protest over sportsmanship as a result of a soccer player’s 16-goal record-setting game against a winless team. The backlash over Kevin Hubbell’s performance continued Monday night at a meeting of the Kingsley board. Members didn’t take a...
Ravens’ Lamar Jackson takes game to new levelVideo
BALTIMORE — Every time the Baltimore Ravens show a new flaw or lose another player to injury, it seems as if Lamar Jackson starts playing even better. Jackson has been just what the Ravens needed so far this season, never more so than Monday night against Indianapolis, when he threw...
Mark Davis’ ‘dream’ hire of Jon Gruden turns into Raiders nightmareVideo
When Jon Gruden returned to the Raiders in 2018, he was greeted with a pep rally news conference, owner Mark Davis calling it a “dream come true” and the “biggest day of his life.” There was much less pomp and circumstance surrounding the coach’s rapid departure, with Davis sending out...
Steelers notes: Devin Bush, Cameron Sutton, James Washington could play this week
As he is wont to do, Mike Tomlin was short on specifics regarding the list of injuries afflicting the Pittsburgh Steelers. But Tomlin didn’t rule out three starters from playing Sunday night against the Seattle Seahawks. Of inside linebacker Devin Bush, cornerback Cameron Sutton and wide receiver James Washington —...
Doug Ferguson: Cantlay taking plenty of time to soak up 5 big weeksVideo
LAS VEGAS — Patrick Cantlay had that magic wand of a putter in his hands on the 16th green at Whistling Straits without having to use it. Shane Lowry conceded the match, Cantlay handed the club to his caddie and, before long, he was celebrating a Ryder Cup victory. That...
Campus clippings: UPG women’s tennis team repeats as regular-season conference champ
Regular season champions for the second straight season. That was the title bestowed on the Pitt-Greensburg women’s tennis team after an 8-1 win over Penn State Altoona capped a 6-0 run through AMCC play and improved the Bobcats to 8-2. The doubles teams of Cathryn Rossi and sophomore Isabella Lane;...
Gamal Marballie re-opens recruiting now that he is healthy
Coming out of high school, Gamal Marballie had small-college interest for football, but he seemed to disappear from the recruiting landscape. That is because he did. Marballie, a two-sport standout at Yough who also was a 1,000-point scorer in basketball, took a year off to rehab a knee injury he...
Steelers’ Mike Tomlin ‘saddened’ by situation involving mentor Jon Gruden’s resignation
Speaking to media about 16 hours after Jon Gruden resigned as coach of the Las Vegas Raiders, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said he was “saddened” by the circumstances that involved language Gruden used in emails sent several years ago. Tomlin was defensive backs coach under Gruden for four seasons...
Braves’ Jorge Soler sidelined after testing positive for covid-19
ATLANTA — Braves right fielder Jorge Soler was pulled from the lineup for Tuesday’s Game 4 of the NL Division Series against Milwaukee after testing positive for covid-19. Outfielder Cristian Pache took Soler’s spot on the roster, Major League Baseball announced. Soler was replaced at the top of the order...
Steelers sign former 2nd-round pick WR Anthony Miller to practice squad
To boost a wide receivers corps dealing with the loss of JuJu Smith-Schuster, the Pittsburgh Steelers on Tuesday signed former Chicago Bears second-round pick Anthony Miller to their practice squad. Miller, 27, had 134 catches for 1,564 yards and 11 touchdowns over his first three NFL seasons but caught only...
Current captains of every NHL team for 2023-24 season
Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby remains the longest-tenured captain in the NHL heading into the 2023-24 season, having earned the “C” in May 2007. Crosby’s run is followed by Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (2010) and Colorado Avalanche left wing Gabriel Landeskog (2012). Boston Bruins left wing Brad Marchand,...
Dream picks longtime WNBA player, West Mifflin grad Tanisha Wright as new coach
ATLANTA — The Atlanta Dream hired longtime WNBA player Tanisha Wright, a West Mifflin and Penn State graduate, as its new head coach on Tuesday, looking to bring stability to a team that struggled under two interim coaches this past season. The 37-year-old Wright played 14 seasons with the Seattle...
Penguins defenseman Mike Matheson sidelined for season opener
TAMPA, Fla. — Penguins defenseman Mike Matheson will miss his team’s season-opening game against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday because of an undisclosed ailment. Coach Mike Sullivan labeled Matheson as “day to day.” The left-handed defenseman has been dealing with an ailment since leaving practice in Cranberry early on...
Mike Tomlin: Multiple WRs needed to fill shoes with JuJu Smith-Schuster headed to IRVideo
It takes a village of wide receivers to compensate for the loss of JuJu Smith-Schuster to shoulder surgery, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday. Tomlin confirmed Smith-Schuster will have a procedure performed on his right shoulder Wednesday and will be placed on injured reserve. How the Steelers compensate for...
Nets won’t play Kyrie Irving until he meets vaccine requirementVideo
NEW YORK — Kyrie Irving can keep refusing to get the covid-19 vaccine. He just won’t play for the Brooklyn Nets until he does. The Nets announced Tuesday that Irving would not play or practice with them until he could be a full participant, ending the idea that he would...
Tim Benz: 2 Penguins that must fill the net while stars are sidelined
With Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin sidelined to start the 2021-22 season, points will have to come from somewhere for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Who the Pens lean on to generate that offense — and how they do it — are key points of discussion. After all, Bryan Rust can only...
