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Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins sign ex-Canadiens prospect Samuel Houde
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have signed forward Samuel Houde to a one-year American Hockey League (AHL) contract for the 2021-22 season. Houde, 21, completed a five-year career at the junior level with the Chicoutimi Sagueneens of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). During the 2020-21 season, Houde served as Chicoutimi’s...
Mark Madden: Behavior of select NBA fans is deplorable
Fans are trickling back into the stands at American sporting events, and it’s not all good. That applies particularly at NBA games. Ja Morant’s parents were bombarded with racist language when Morant’s Memphis team played at Utah. Washington’s Russell Westbrook had popcorn dumped on him at Philadelphia. Atlanta’s Trae Young...
Casey Cizikas’ OT goal lifts Islanders past Bruins in Game 2
BOSTON — Casey Cizikas saw the open ice ahead. And he knew the Boston defense would be coming on quickly. “I knew that D-man was going to be tracking me hard,” Cizikas said Monday night after his breakaway goal with 14:48 gone in overtime gave the Islanders a 4-3 victory...
End of recruiting pause has football programs catching up
Minnesota’s P.J. Fleck spoke for many coaches nationwide last December when he noted he still hadn’t shaken the hands of about half the prospects who were about to sign with his program. Those days finally are coming to an end. The NCAA has lifted the recruiting dead period that has...
First Call: Steelers GM Kevin Colbert resigns from RMU board as backlash continues over hockey cuts; NFL’s new European plan
In Tuesday’s “First Call,” the decision to cut Robert Morris’ hockey teams may have soured a relationship with the Steelers general manager. We celebrate a Penguins anniversary. A superb ending in the NCAA men’s lacrosse final. And how the Steelers may expand their brand in Europe. Checking out On Monday,...
Madden ‘Tuesday’: Barry Trotz’s critique of Penguins’ top line was harsh, but ‘also true’
After the New York Islanders eliminated the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round of the East Division playoffs, they advanced to play the Boston Bruins. When asked to compare the Bruins’ top line of David Pastrnak, Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron to Sidney Crosby’s line with Jake Guentzel and Bryan...
Bill Cowher discusses his new book, personal loss, Mike Tomlin and Bill Belichick, and drafting Ben Roethlisberger
Former Steelers coach Bill Cowher is releasing a new book on June 1 entitled “Heart and Steel” (Atria). It is co-written by Point Park graduate, New York Times bestselling author and Boston sports personality Michael Holley. The memoir starts with Cowher’s life as a child growing up in Crafton and...
Pirates ready for return of Ke’Bryan Hayes to be a big boost to their sagging season
The proximity from where the Pittsburgh Pirates were starting their road trip to where Ke’Bryan Hayes was finishing his allowed for the rookie third baseman to join the major league club Monday. With the Indianapolis Indians finishing a six-game series at Omaha, the Pirates had Hayes accompany them for their...
This Date in Sports History: June 1
1925 — Lou Gehrig bats for Pee Wee Wanninger in the eighth inning and replaces Wally Pipp at first base to start his streak of 2,130 consecutive games. 1946 — Assault, ridden by Warren Merhtens, wins the Belmont Stakes to become the seventh horse to capture the Triple Crown. 1968...
Seneca Valley assistant could be Pine-Richland’s next coach, source says
Steve Campos, an assistant football coach at Seneca Valley, is expected to be the recommended candidate to fill the vacant head coach job at Pine-Richland, according to a source. The school board has called a special meeting for Wednesday to replace ousted coach Eric Kasperowicz. According to the source, when...
Chad Kuhl solid in return to mound but Royals run their way to a win
When Chad Kuhl returned to the major league mound, Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton wanted to see the right-hander attack hitters and show fastball command. Kuhl struggled with both in the second inning, when he hit the first batter he faced and gave up a pair of RBI hits, but...
Price has 29 saves as Canadiens top Maple Leafs, 3-1, in Game 7Video
TORONTO (AP) — Carey Price made 29 saves, and the Montreal Canadiens advanced to the second round by beating the Toronto Maple Leafs, 3-1, in Game 7 on Monday night. Brendan Gallagher, Corey Perry and Tyler Toffoli scored for the Canadiens, who stormed back from a 3-1 deficit for the...
Vegas’ Ryan Reaves suspended 2 games for hit vs. Avalanche
DENVER — Vegas forward Ryan Reaves was suspended two games by the NHL on Monday for his roughing and unsportsmanlike conduct on Colorado’s Ryan Graves during the Golden Knights’ 7-1 loss in Game 1 of their second-round series Sunday. The NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced earlier in the day...
Serena says dealing with media scrutiny made her strongerVideo
Serena Williams says she can identify with anxiety regarding news conference scrutiny and has experienced it frequently after matches. “Many of them I’ve been into where I’ve been — very difficult to walk in in those moments,” she said. “But, you know, it made me stronger.” Williams made her comments...
Arkansas top seed in NCAA Tournament after dominant SEC run
OMAHA, Neb. — Arkansas was rewarded Monday for its dominant run through the Southeastern Conference, landing the No. 1 national seed in the NCAA baseball tournament. The Razorbacks (46-10) won all 10 of their SEC series and wrapped up their first conference tournament championship on Sunday. After losing three straight...
Golf notebook: WVU’s Goetz named to All-Region team
West Virginia senior Mark Goetz was named to the Division I PING All-Midwest Region Team, announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America. Goetz is the second player in school history named to the PING All-Midwest Region Team. Matthew Sharpstene earned the same honor in 2019. The Greensburg native and...
Pitt basketball adds Stony Brook graduate transfer forward Mouhamadou Gueye
Jeff Capel continued rebuilding his roster Monday, adding a fifth new player when he received a verbal commitment from 6-foot-9 Stony Brook graduate transfer Mouhamadou Gueye. The addition of Gueye gives the Panthers some help in the paint for 6-9 John Hugley, who was recently reinstated from a suspension after...
NASCAR returns to sense of normalcy at CharlotteVideo
CONCORD, N.C. — Practice, qualifying, happy fans and a Hendrick Motorsports driver winning at Charlotte Motor Speedway: It doesn’t get much more normal than that in NASCAR. “It just feels like we’re back,” car owner Rick Hendrick said Sunday night after his newest driver, Kyle Larson, won the Coca-Cola 600...
Virginia edges Maryland to repeat as NCAA lacrosse champVideo
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — Matt Moore and Connor Shellenberger scored four goals apiece and goalie Alex Rode made a huge save in the final seconds, and Virginia held off previously unbeaten Maryland 17-16 Monday to win its second straight NCAA men’s lacrosse championship. The Cavaliers (14-4) won their seventh national...
Westmoreland Campus Clippings: More accolades for Seton Hill’s Pellis
Tommy Pellis could land with a major league organization with the draft looming. The Seton Hill grad student outfielder will have plenty of awards on his resume for the scouts. Pellis’ latest honor in an All-American nod from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. His career season earned him a...
4-time Slam champion Naomi Osaka pulls out of French Open
Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open on Monday and wrote on Twitter that she would be taking a break from competition, a dramatic turn of events for a four-time Grand Slam champion who said she has “suffered long bouts of depression.” Osaka’s agent, Stuart Duguid, confirmed in an email...
Osaka: ‘Best thing’ for French Open would be her withdrawal
Naomi Osaka wrote on Twitter on Monday that “the best thing for the tournament” would be if she withdrew from the French Open, a dramatic turn of events for the four-time Grand Slam champion and former No. 1-ranked player. A spokeswoman for the tournament said the French Open was not...
Pitt baseball left out of NCAA Tournament field
Mike Bell embraced his team’s success this season, but he also wanted to address head-on its biggest disappointment. “Collectively and quietly,” he said Monday when Pitt’s baseball team was not included in the NCAA Tournament’s field of 64. So, minutes before the selection show appeared on ESPN2, he met with...
Ex-Penguins goaltending prospect Emil Larmi signs in Finland
Less than a week following their disappointing loss in the first round of the playoffs, a change has been made to the Penguins’ goaltending. Former prospect Emil Larmi has signed a two-year contract with the Lahden Pelicans of Finland’s Liiga. The team announced Larmi’s signing with a release. A native...
Penguins deadline acquisition Jeff Carter expected to be vital cog
Over the decade’s worth of NHL trade deadline-day deals between 2010-20, the Pittsburgh Penguins twice added former All-Stars, twice reunited with old friends and even twice added future Hall of Famers. But over that time span they never added a player who made an impact like Jeff Carter did after...
