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Central Michigan quarterback seriously injured in off campus shooting
CHICAGO — An off-campus shooting left two Central Michigan University students, including quarterback John Keller, hospitalized Sunday for gunshot wounds. Officers with the Isabella County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday to an apartment complex near the Mount Pleasant campus for reports of a shooting. A fight...
Penguins to start goaltender Tristan Jarry against Bruins
The Pittsburgh Penguins are scheduled to start goaltender Tristan Jarry for Sunday’s home game against the Boston Bruins at PPG Paints Arena. Jarry’s status was announced by coach Mike Sullivan via video conference. In 32 games this season, Jarry has a 20-8-3 record, a 2.79 goals-against average and .908 save...
After long journey, Quaker Valley grad Ethan Moore settling into new home at Murray State
Over the past two years, former Quaker Valley standout Ethan Moore has been on a journey that’s taken him from Western Pennsylvania to Kent State and now to Oklahoma, where he’s on the baseball diamond at Murray State College. In 39 games at his new school, Moore has hit .299,...
Penn State’s Micah Parsons represents head of inside linebacker draft class
When the NFL Draft kicks off Thursday night, it could evoke memories from two years ago in terms of the inside linebacker class. In 2019, Devin White and Devin Bush were the clear top two players at the position heading into the draft, and the process played out in predictable...
Plenty of familiar faces give Pitt’s defense running start into 2021 season
Assuming the injured players heal over the summer — and Pat Narduzzi seemed confident they will — Pitt can almost repopulate its 2021 defense with some of the unit’s best players from a year ago. And that group doesn’t include at least five players who may assume more significant roles...
Empty Thoughts: Penguins 4, Devils 2Video
Observations from the Penguins’ 4-2 win against the Devils: Jeff Carter scored a goal on three shots in Saturday’s victory. That last figure is pretty on-brand for Carter. Ever since the NHL relaunched following the 2004-05 lockout with an emphasis on rules designed to promote offense, Carter has the third-most...
Minor league report: Penguins’ losing streak reaches four
Goaltender Alex D’Orio made 24 saves on 26 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 3-1 road loss to the rival Hershey Bears at the Giant Center in Hershey on Saturday. Forward Drew O’Connor scored the lone goal for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (7-11-3-2), which has lost four consecutive games. Highlights: The Penguins’...
Penske’s NASCAR drivers aim to avoid Daytona repeat at TalladegaVideo
TALLADEGA, Ala. — Roger Penske doesn’t want a repeat of the Daytona 500, when teammates Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski took each other out racing for the win on the final lap. The owner of Team Penske convened his drivers for a Zoom session ahead of Sunday’s Geico 500 at...
Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel pairing surges to Zurich Classic 3rd-round leadVideo
AVONDALE, La. — Former British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen got away with an unremarkable first 11 holes Saturday at the Zurich Classic before lifting his team atop the leaderboard with a finishing flourish. Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel birdied six of their final eight holes at a windy TPC Louisiana to...
Jeb Burton break drought, wins 1st Xfinity Series race at TalladegaVideo
TALLADEGA, Ala. — The rain came at a good time for Jeb Burton, helping him end a years-long personal winless stretch that had left him at times doubting his future in racing. Burton got his first NASCAR Xfinity Series victory Saturday when heavy rain halted the action with 23 laps...
Penguins notes: Defenseman Cody Ceci keeps producing
To little surprise, All-Star Kris Letang has been the Pittsburgh Penguins’ most prolific defenseman this season with 39 points (seven goals, 32 assists) in 47 games. Their second-most productive blue-liner might be a bit surprising, particularly to those in Toronto. Cody Ceci. During Saturday’s 4-2 home win against the New...
UEFA president Ceferin details crushing the Super League rebellionVideo
LONDON — A moment that prepared Aleksander Ceferin for the stresses and tensions running European football came three decades ago, in a far graver moment for the continent. The law graduate was relaxing at his family home in Slovenia on June 25, 1991, sitting on the terrace with his parents,...
Positive signs abound during Pitt’s spring game, but can they last into the season?
The big questions that need to be answered after Pitt’s Blue Gold game Saturday at Heinz Field are these: What did all the positive signs mean? • Can they be sustainable through the summer, into training camp and during the season when the games count? • What about the improved...
Seton Hill freshman pitching duo dominant from the start
You might call it unique that Seton Hill has two freshman pitchers who have been mowing down opposing lineups in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. Or maybe unusual is the right word to describe the upsurge from the first-year arms. Griffins coach Jessica Strong is going another direction. “Lucky,” she...
Real Madrid president: Super League clubs ‘can’t leave’ planVideo
MADRID — Real Madrid’s president insists all 12 clubs that signed up for the ill-fated Super League are bound by contract to launching the controversial breakaway of Europe’s elite soccer teams. In an interview with Spanish sports daily AS on Saturday, Madrid president Florentino Pérez said the clubs can’t back...
Trevor Cahill throws 6 strong innings, as Pirates beat Twins
Nothing about the Trevor Cahill-Michael Perez battery should have given the Pittsburgh Pirates high hopes, given the right-hander twice had allowed seven runs and the catcher had one hit all season. Instead, Cahill made it as easy as 1-2-3 and Perez went 3 for 3 with three RBIs to lead...
Bryan Rust reaches 20-goal mark as Penguins defeat Devils
There was a time when Bryan Rust wanted nothing to do with 20 goals. Not the idea. The discussion. On the occasions Rust got up around 17 or 18 goals in earlier stages of his career, a reporter might ask the versatile Pittsburgh Penguins winger if potentially reaching the 20-goal...
Todd Frazier ‘humbled’ by promotion to Pirates, hopes to bring veteran presence, pop to lineup
When the Pittsburgh Pirates released Todd Frazier at the end of spring training, it wasn’t so much stunning to as it was humbling for the 10-year veteran and two-time All-Star infielder. Instead of joining another team, he made alternate plans. The 35-year-old Frazier signed a minor league contract with the...
Pitt’s Izzy Abanikanda, John Petrishen named Conway Award winners as most improved players in spring drills
Two players pushing starters for playing time were named the most improved players during Pitt’s spring drills. Running back Izzy Abanikanda and senior outside linebacker John Petrishen (Lower Burrell/Central Catholic) were chosen on both sides of the ball by coach Pat Narduzzi and his staff. The announcement was made Saturday...
Hampton product Bischke roams to Oklahoma juco
Former Hampton infielder Tyler Bischke took the long way to end up “in the middle of nowhere.” After playing an abbreviated season at Division I Kent State, the 2019 Hampton graduate has found a new home following a transfer to Murray State, a tiny junior college in Southeastern Oklahoma. Bischke...
Penguins to start goaltender Casey DeSmith against Devils
The Penguins are scheduled to start goaltender Casey DeSmith for Saturday’s home game against the New Jersey Devils at PPG Paints Arena. His status was annouced via a statement from the team. In 18 games this season, DeSmith has a 10-6-0 record along with a 2.44 goals against average, a...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Steelers’ need to improve transcends NFL Draft
The NFL Draft begins Thursday. Good. It’s so tiresome to discuss. Get it over with. “Experts” pretend the draft is an exact science. But it’s a crapshoot. The Steelers have the 24th pick in the first round. If the Steelers want to help their team now, take a running back....
Outside linebacker class carries plenty of question marks heading into NFL Draft
Given that their biggest free agent loss was at outside linebacker, it’s not a matter of if the Pittsburgh Steelers will select a pass rusher in the NFL Draft. It’s how soon and, possibly, how many. As the draft approaches, outside linebacker arguably is the least fortified position on the...
25 years later: Penguins beat Capitals in 4-overtime playoff nail-biterVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins played in, at the time, the third-longest NHL playoff game 25 years ago today. Well, technically, the game started on April 24, 1996, but it actually ended at 2:15 a.m. April 25. Petr Nedved scored with 44.6 seconds left in the fourth overtime period to give the...
This Date in Sports History: April 24
1945 — Albert B. “Happy” Chandler, junior Senator from Kentucky, is elected baseball commissioner by a unanimous vote of the major league club owners. Chandler is elected to a seven-year term and succeeds Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who died in November 1944. 1963 — Bob Cousy ends his 13-year career by...
