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U.S. women’s soccer team to play Summer Series in Texas ahead of Olympics
The U.S. women’s national team will play Portugal, Jamaica and Nigeria during a five-match Summer Series next month in Texas. U.S. coach Vlatko Andonovski will use the matches as a final evaluation before he names an 18-player Olympic roster. The United States also plans to play two as-yet unannounced Tokyo...
NFL sets offseason schedule, still plans mandatory minicampsVideo
NEW YORK — The NFL has set its schedule for offseason workouts and still plans to have mandatory in-person minicamps, something the players’ union has opposed. The league released the schedule through mid-June, with all 32 teams listing required-attendance minicamps next month. NFLPA president JC Tretter, a center for the...
Slugger Albert Pujols designated for assignment by Angels
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Albert Pujols was cut by the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday, abruptly ending the 41-year-old superstar slugger’s decade with his second major league team. The Angels surprisingly announced the move to designate Pujols for assignment one day after he wasn’t in the lineup for the slumping club’s...
NHL fines New York Rangers $250,000 for ‘demeaning’ public comments about player safety head George Parros
The New York Rangers in less than 72 hours lost their best player to injury, fired their president and general manager, and will likely see another player suspended. They are also out a quarter-million dollars in the latest chaotic chapter for the storied franchise. The NHL fined the Rangers an...
Steelers’ Justin Layne reaches plea deal to resolve Ohio gun charge
WILLOUGHBY HILLS, Ohio — Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Justin Layne reached a plea deal to resolve charges stemming from a traffic stop in Ohio last month where authorities said they found a loaded gun in his car. Layne, 23, was arrested on a fourth-degree felony charge of improper handling of a...
Kentucky adds former Pitt star Orlando Antigua to coaching staff
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky has added former Illinois assistants Orlando Antigua and Ron Coleman to the coaching staff. Antigua, who served five years with the Wildcats before becoming head coach at South Florida for 2½ seasons, will be an associate coach while Coleman will be an assistant. In his previous...
Penguins to start goaltender Tristan Jarry against Sabres
The Penguins are scheduled to start goaltender Tristan Jarry for Thursday’s home game against the Buffalo Sabres at PPG Paints Arena. Jarry’s status was announced by coach Mike Sullivan via video conference. In 38 games this season, Jarry has a 24-9-3 record along with a 2.71 goals against average, a...
Part of rebuilt roster, ex-TCU forward Kevin Easley verbally commits to Duquesne
After losing guards Tavian Dunn-Martin and Jett Roesing to the NCAA transfer portal this week, Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot received a verbal commitment from 6-foot-7 forward Kevin Easley Jr., who played last season at TCU after transferring from Chattanooga. During his redshirt sophomore season at TCU, he averaged 4.5 points...
Washington County hunter bags turkey in 49 states to fulfill U.S. Super Slam
A Pennsylvania hunter has completed one of the most challenging goals in turkey hunting. Travis Thompson of Bulger, Washington County — formerly of Davidsville, Somerset County — has harvested a mature gobbler in 49 states. The accomplishment is what the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) calls the U.S. Super Slam....
More deer hunting opportunities will lower spread of CWD in Pennsylvania
To reduce the spread of chronic wasting disease in deer, the number of deer in an infected area must be reduced. That’s one of the takeaways Wednesday from the first of five virtual meetings to discuss the fatal disease in deer and elk. The National Deer Association, in conjunction with...
Penn State men’s basketball transfer finds new home in Big 12
STATE COLLEGE — Former Penn State men’s basketball guard Izaiah Brockington has appeared to find a new permanent home after his second entry into the transfer portal. Brockington announced he’s transferring to Iowa State in a social media post Wednesday. The Philadelphia native’s announcement caps an interesting offseason. Brockington was...
Pirates’ Hunter Owen enjoys making MLB debut after ‘crazy cool experience’ in year awayVideo
When Hunter Owen accompanied the Pittsburgh Pirates on their road trip on the taxi squad, he knew being added to the major league roster was a possibility but considered it a remote one. So far-fetched that when told Derek Shelton wanted to talk with him, Owen figured that it was...
First Call: JuJu Smith-Schuster’s admission about free agency; Marc-Andre Fleury now 3rd all-time in wins; Rangers-Caps brawl
In Thursday’s “First Call,” Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster opens up about free agency. Steelers rookies are getting rated for upcoming fantasy football drafts. The Washington Capitals and New York Rangers lived down to expectations Wednesday night. And former Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury jumps another notch on that all-time NHL...
Tim Benz: Penguins host Sabres, Wexford’s Michael Houser. And it’s a story the NHL needs right now
Wexford’s Michael Houser will make his return to Pittsburgh as a Buffalo Sabres goalie for a set of games against the Penguins Thursday night and Saturday afternoon. If any league could use a story like this at this time, it’s the NHL. After a week that put the ugly side...
U mad, bro?: Steelers fans are fired up about Steelers draft. ‘More linemen! Why take a running back? And … a punter?’
The NFL Draft has Pittsburgh Steelers fans in a tizzy. Why did the team take a running back in the first round? Should they have taken more linemen earlier in the draft? Was their judgment clouded by some Steelers who stayed in free agency? And, good God, what was with...
Marc-Andre Fleury moves into 3rd place on all-time wins list
When Alex Pietrangelo scored at 1:53 of overtime Wednesday night, giving the Vegas Golden Knights a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild, goalie Marc-Andre Fleury moved up a notch on the NHL’s all-time wins list. Fleury made 26 saves and took over sole possession of the No. 3 spot past...
T.J. Oshie has hat trick, 6 fights break out in Caps-Rangers rematch
NEW YORK — T.J. Oshie had a hat trick, Vitek Vanecek made 19 saves and the Washington Capitals beat the depleted New York Rangers 4-2 in a fight-filled game Wednesday night. Oshie beat Alexandar Georgiev 12 seconds into the middle period with a shot from the right circle with Rangers...
Pirates farm report for May 5, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 1-1) lost 8-3 to Iowa (Cubs). After LF Dustin Fowler tied the game, 3-3, with a solo homer in the top of the eighth inning, reliever Nick Mears gave up five runs on two hits and three walks in the bottom half. Starter Beau Sulser lasted 2⅔ innings...
3-error game by third baseman Erik Gonzalez proves costly as Padres beat Pirates
Erik Gonzalez had been the best glove on the Pittsburgh Pirates this season — save perhaps Ke’Bryan Hayes, the player he has replaced at third base — before Wednesday night’s game at San Diego. After not committing an error all season, Gonzalez had three in a dozen chances against the...
Minor league report: Anthony Angello, Josh Currie lead Penguins past DevilsVideo
Forwards Anthony Angello and Josh Currie each had two goals and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 6-3 home win against the Binghamton Devils at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday. Defensemen P.O Joseph and Cam Lee each recorded two assists for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (11-11-4-2) while forward Jody...
Bills GM Brandon Beane would consider cutting unvaccinated playerVideo
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane theoretically would consider cutting an unvaccinated player if it meant the team being able to lift NFL covid-19 protocols restricting in-person team meetings. “Yeah, I would,” Beane told the team-sponsored ” One Bills Live” broadcast Wednesday. “You guys saw it in...
Carnegie Mellon seminar to tackle the sweet science of sports analytics
About two decades ago, even the most hardcore baseball fans never had heard of OPS. At that point in time, the concept of an NBA team scoring more points on field goals behind the 3-point line than in front of it? Folly. Back in the olden days of the early...
Golf super league resurfaces as McIlroy puts stock in legacyVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Rory McIlroy returned to the site of his first PGA Tour victory and made it clear Wednesday that he is more interested in creating his place in history than chasing Saudi-backed money in a proposed super league. Justin Thomas wasn’t far behind in that line of thinking....
Westmoreland campus clippings: Westminster’s Caterino scores national honor
Westminster junior Tyler Caterino (Monessen) was named the United Soccer Coaches Division III Men’s Soccer Player of the Week. Caterino notched the first hat trick of his career as the Titans defeated Saint Vincent, 4-0, to secure the No. 4 seed in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference playoffs. Caterino helped Westminster...
New York Rangers abruptly dump team president, GMVideo
The New York Rangers abruptly fired president John Davidson and general manager Jeff Gorton on Wednesday with three games left in the season. Chris Drury was named president and GM. He previously served as associate GM under Davidson and Gorton. The stunning move came less than 24 hours after the...
