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Westmoreland college notebook: Hempfield grad Mackenna Orie finds fit at Arizona
College athletes say it all the time. Their school didn’t “fit,” so they bolted for another one that did. Or, at least that is the idea. That was the case with Mackenna Orie, the former Hempfield standout thrower who announced recently she is leaving one Division I track and field...
Dwayne Haskins aiming for No. 2 QB job in 2021, to be ‘future franchise QB’ thereafterVideo
Less than eight months after being released by Washington, 6 ½ months after signing with the Pittsburgh Steelers and two weeks into his first training camp with them, Dwayne Haskins is setting the bar high. Haskins was polite and understated during his first media session of camp Tuesday, but he...
NCAA gender equity review recommends combined Final Four
A law firm hired to investigate gender equity concerns at NCAA championship events released a blistering report Tuesday that recommended holding the men’s and women’s Final Fours at the same site and offering financial incentives to schools to improve their women’s basketball programs. The review by Kaplan Hecker & Fink...
Pac-12, Big 12 commissioners consider alliances
The commissioners of the Pac-12 and Big 12 met Tuesday to discuss how the conferences might benefit from working together or maybe even merging. Two people with knowledge of the meeting said Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby and George Kliavkoff from the Pac-12 were discussing the potential for strategic planning...
Trailblazer Bill Nunn made his mark on Steelers during Hall of Fame career
The Pro Football Hall of Fame counts 33 players from historically Black colleges and universities among its membership. It’s a safe bet Bill Nunn personally scouted or conducted film study on nearly every one of them. What is known is Nunn was responsible for bringing three of those Hall of...
Art Rooney II on attempts to sign T.J. Watt: ‘Both sides want to get something done’
Art Rooney II is hoping the Pittsburgh Steelers can sign outside linebacker T.J. Watt to a contract before the start of the season. He also isn’t ruling out signing quarterback Ben Roethlisberger to another deal after it. Rooney talked about the future of the team’s two most important players Tuesday...
Steelers sign RB Tony Brooks-James, release former PSU player Jarvis Miller
The Pittsburgh Steelers added another running back to their camp mix, signing former Oregon runner Tony Brooks-James on Tuesday. Brooks-James had bounced around the NFL since going undrafted in 2019, and three of his four career regular-season appearances were with the Steelers. Brooks-James had eight rushes for 7 yards and...
Back to normal, Duquesne picked tied for 2nd in NEC preseason poll
After an unprecedented, but successful, spring season, Duquesne was picked to finish in a tie for second with Central Connecticut in the Northeast Conference preseason coaches’ poll released Tuesday. The Dukes received two first-place votes while preseason favorite and defending champion Sacred Heart appeared on four of the seven ballots....
QB Dwayne Haskins to finish first half when Steelers open preseason in Hall of Fame Game
Mason Rudolph will start at quarterback Thursday when the Pittsburgh Steelers open the preseason against the Dallas Cowboys in the Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio, but former first-round draft pick Dwayne Haskins will close out the first half in his debut with his new team. Coach Mike Tomlin...
Penguins re-sign restricted free agent forward Radim ZohornaVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins re-signed restricted free agent forward Radim Zohorna to a two-year contract with a salary cap hit of $750,000, the league minimum. Per a release from the team, the contract is a two-way deal for the 2021-22 season and one-way for the 2022-23 campaign. As a rookie in...
Tamyra Mensah-Stock 1st first Black U.S. woman wrestler to win gold
CHIBA, Japan — As Tamyra Mensah-Stock celebrated winning her Olympic gold medal, she hoped her victory would encourage Black girls in the United States to consider wrestling. When she defeated Nigeria’s Blessing Oborududu, 4-1, in the women’s 68-kilogram freestyle wrestling final Tuesday, she became the first American Black woman to...
Craig Wolfley to join Steelers radio booth, Max Starks to serve as sideline analyst
Two-time Super Bowl-winning offensive lineman Max Starks was added to the Pittsburgh Steelers radio broadcast team, and Craig Wolfley will move to the booth alongside longtime play-by-play man Bill Hillgrove. iHeartMedia made the announcement in a release Tuesday, two days before the Steelers’ 2021 preseason opener in the Hall of...
First Call: Steelers have ‘1% chance’ to win Super Bowl; Chase Claypool’s bold prediction; Fleury’s nudge to join Blackhawks
Tuesday’s “First Call” shows us that one national outlet isn’t painting a pretty picture for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Super Bowl chances. Coronavirus is getting in the way of the Steelers’ takeover of Canton for the Pro Football Hall of Fame inductions this weekend. Marc-Andre Fleury looks strange in red. Adam...
Mike Sullivan on coaching Team USA, facing Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, belief in Penguins goalies and revamping the bottom 6
Mike Sullivan rattled off the names as if he was reciting his current Penguins roster. However, it was a roster from 41 years ago. And it wasn’t the Penguins. “Mike Eruzione. Jim Craig. Jack O’Callahan. David Silk,” Sullivan said. “Those were the four guys from BU (Boston University) where I...
Tim Benz: Despite crowded depth chart, off-the-radar receivers drawing praise at Steelers training camp
If there is one position where the Steelers have depth — and it really may be just one position — it’s wide receiver. Well, when those receivers hold onto the ball anyway. The 2020 issue of drops aside, the Steelers can boast four wide receivers who seem to have at...
Simone Biles sticks landing in balance beam, wins Olympic bronze
TOKYO — Simone Biles isn’t going home with a fistful of gold medals. A mental block — one brought on by exhaustion or stress or something the American gymnastics star still can’t quite grasp — that forced her to pull out of four Olympic finals saw to that. Yet standing...
Kevin Durant leads U.S. past Spain into Olympic semifinals
SAITAMA, Japan — Back and forth they went, the reigning Olympic champions from the U.S. on one side, the reigning Basketball World Cup champions from Spain on the other. The difference: The Americans had Kevin Durant. He’s never gone to the Olympics and not won gold — and clearly, doesn’t...
Yankees ace Gerrit Cole tests positive for covid-19
NEW YORK — Yankees ace Gerrit Cole has tested positive for covid-19 and will not make his scheduled start Tuesday, the latest virus setback for the team. New York manager Aaron Boone made the announcement after Monday night’s 7-1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles. He said he was told of...
This date in sports history: Aug. 3Video
1852 — The first intercollegiate rowing race is held on Lake Winnipesaukee, N.H., where Harvard beats Yale by four lengths on the 2-mile course. 1949 — The NBA is formed by the merger of the National Basketball League and the Basketball Association of America. 1955 — Scott Frost, driven by...
A look back at Pittsburgh sports in a year of covid restrictions
People have long turned to sports as a break from the challenges and responsibilities that fill their days. But for many, the sporting life is a career, a path to an education or a lifelong passion. Every athlete has his or her own unique motivation for working to excel as...
Bryse Wilson impresses in debut, but Brewers belt Pirates bullpen in 6-2 victory
The Pittsburgh Pirates’ three-game series in Milwaukee means little in the National League Central standings, with the Brewers in first place by 7½ games. But it matters to the Pirates who are using three starting pitchers — Bryse Wilson on Monday night, Max Kranick on Tuesday and Steven Brault on...
T.J. McConnell stays with Pacers as point guards headline NBA free agent signings
Point guards were the immediate focus when the NBA’s free agency window opened Monday night, with Kyle Lowry headed to the Miami Heat, Lonzo Ball on his way to the Chicago Bulls while Chris Paul and Mike Conley landed lucrative deals to remain with their current teams. The Indiana Pacers,...
Steelers Hall of Fame RB Jerome Bettis announces he has tested positive for covid
Three days after Troy Polamalu announced a covid diagnosis, former teammate and Hall of Fame running back Jerome Bettis said he also has tested positive. On his Twitter account Monday, Bettis wrote that he has mild symptoms and is isolating at home. Bettis said he has been vaccinated. Part 1:...
Allman’s Joy: Discus thrower waits out rain for gold medalVideo
TOKYO — The path to Valarie Allman’s gold medal — the first for the U.S. track and field team at Olympic Stadium — started with, of all things, a plate of spaghetti. That promise of pasta from her high school team was enough to lure her into the discus and...
Steelers ‘discovering’ if fullback Derek Watt can play bigger role on offense
For all of the money the Pittsburgh Steelers spent on fullback Derek Watt in free agency, they didn’t get much return on their investment in 2020. Then again, the Steelers didn’t exactly give Watt a chance to live up to his three-year, $9.75 million contract in his first year with...
