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What you need to know about NFL free agency and the reduced salary cap
Cut, cut, hike! The NFL’s 2021 business year begins Wednesday, and the marketplace will be filled with high-profile free agents as teams have to shed costs in the wake of a bizarre season of fake crowd noise and cardboard fans. Whereas a year ago everyone was focused on where Tom...
Robert Morris among 8 teams in NCAA women’s ice hockey championships in Erie
Erie Insurance Arena will be the host site for the NCAA Women’s Ice Hockey Championships this week. The tournament will begin with four quarterfinal games on Monday and Tuesday. The Frozen Four semifinals will follow on Thursday, and the finals will be played Saturday. 1. Northeastern Huskies (20-1-1) 4th appearance,...
Here are 5 storylines to watch as Penn State football begins spring practice
Monday is set to be the beginning of one of the more unique spring practice periods since James Franklin took over as Penn State’s head football coach in 2014. It will be the first time the program has held a spring practice since 2019, after last year’s practices were canceled...
Minor league report: Penguins shut out by CrunchVideo
Goaltender Emil Larmi made 19 saves on 22 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins who were shut out by the Syracuse Crunch, 3-0, at the Upstate Medical University Arena in Syracuse, N.Y. on Saturday. It was the first time Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (5-3-2-1) had been shut out this season. Highlights: The Penguins’ next...
Georgia Tech beats No. 15 Florida State for 1st ACC title since 1993Video
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Michael Devoe scored 20 points and Georgia Tech shot 52% after halftime to beat No. 15 Florida State, 80-75, in Saturday night’s ACC Tournament championship game. League player of the year Moses Wright added 15 points and eight rebounds for the fourth-seeded Yellow Jackets (17-8), who won...
Penguins shut out Sabres, extend winning streak to 5 games
By any measure — be it by record, eye test or even a graduated cylinder — the Buffalo Sabres are the worst team in the NHL. They’ve held that designation a handful of times over the past decade, having not qualified for the postseason since 2011. That said, they know...
No. 13 Texas beats No. 12 Oklahoma St for first Big 12 titleVideo
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Matt Coleman scored a career-high 30 points, Jericho Simms added a career-best 21 and No. 13 Texas was poised at the foul line down the stretch in beating No. 12 Oklahoma State, 91-86, on Saturday night to give the Longhorns their first Big 12 Tournament title....
Patrick Ewing, Georgetown take Big East, NCAA bid with stunning routVideo
NEW YORK — Patrick Ewing is taking Georgetown back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2015 after the eighth-seeded Hoyas completed a surprising run to a Big East championship Saturday night with a stunning 73-48 rout of No. 17 Creighton. On the 49th anniversary of the day...
Rick Pitino back in the NCAA Tournament with MAAC champion IonaVideo
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Rick Pitino ended an Iona team photo, a championship trophy as the centerpiece, by pointing toward a ladder and telling the Gaels to clip the nets. He knows the way. From coaching perennial powers to exile to the New York suburbs, Pitino has navigated a vagabond...
Marvin Hagler, middleweight boxing great, dies at 66
Marvin Hagler, the middleweight boxing great whose title reign and career ended with a split-decision loss to “Sugar” Ray Leonard in 1987, died Saturday. He was 66. Wife Kay G. Hagler confirmed the death on Facebook on the verified Marvelous Marvin Hagler Fan Club page. “I am sorry to make...
Call of the wild: Great outdoors is great escape in pandemicVideo
For those venturing off the beaten path, be advised — it’s a little crowded out there. By nature’s standards, anyway, as the great outdoors has become the great escape. Hiking trails, parks and other open spaces were packed in 2020 with a cooped-up population searching for fresh air during the...
Penguins forward Colton Sceviour presses on after a disjointed week
Last week didn’t start ideally for Pittsburgh Penguins fourth-line forward Colton Sceviour as he still was stuck on the NHL’s list of absences related to covid-19 protocol after landing on it the previous weekend. Then he had a pretty awful case of the Mondays when he was placed on waivers....
Lee Westwood leads at TPC, gets another shot at Bryson DeChambeauVideo
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Lee Westwood gets another shot at winning The Players Championship and another crack at Bryson DeChambeau. Westwood made a 25-foot birdie putt on the island-green 17th hole, and he closed out a 4-under-par 68 with a 5-footer for par to extend his bogey-free streak at...
One year later, NASCAR reflects on covid-changed sportVideo
AVONDALE, Ariz. — The big story at Phoenix Raceway one year ago was the remarkable recovery of veteran driver Ryan Newman, who strolled around the infield sipping a soft drink just weeks after a horrific crash in the Daytona 500 had everyone fearing the worst. It was an entertaining race...
Nobody comes for free in NFL free agency that begins MondayVideo
The term in use these days is “legal tampering.” Doesn’t seem sensible, and some might call it the “cheating period” instead. Regardless, on Monday, two days before the NFL’s 2021 business year begins, the 32 teams and agents for the players will be making deals. Lots of deals, even if...
Adam Frazier stays hot, Pirates hit 3 home runs in spring loss to Yankees
Adam Frazier is eager to put a rare “off” season behind him. So far this spring, he appears well on his way. A three-hit outing during a 7-5 loss at the New York Yankees on Saturday bumped Frazier’s average up to .667 through four games after a delayed start to...
No. 9 Ohio State edges No. 4 Michigan in Big Ten semifinalsVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — Duane Washington Jr. scored 24 points, E.J. Liddell added 18 and No. 9 Ohio State fended off a frantic finish from No. 4 Michigan for a 68-67 victory Saturday and a chance to play for the Big Ten Tournament title. The Buckeyes (21-8) will play their fourth game...
Hartford wins America East, advances to 1st NCAA TournamentVideo
HARTFORD, Conn. — Austin Williams scored 20 points with eight rebounds and three steals, and Hartford earned an automatic bid to its first NCAA Tournament, beating UMass Lowell, 64-50, on Saturday in the America East championship. Fourth-seeded Hartford was in the title game for the second straight season after last...
Robert Morris postpones Big South game against Charleston Southern
Robert Morris will have a bit of a longer break between games. The Colonials’ scheduled game against Charleston Southern on March 20 has been postponed because of positive tests within the RMU program and related safety concerns, according to a news release from RMU athletics. Earlier this week, Robert Morris...
Penguins to start goaltender Casey DeSmith against Sabres
The Penguins are scheduled to start backup goaltender Casey DeSmith for Saturday’s road game against the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center. In eight games this season, DeSmith has a 5-2-0 record along with a 2.52 goals against average and a .901 save percentage. DeSmith has played in two career games...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Tom Brady’s contract shows why salary cap is a sham
Tom Brady reconfigured his contract to ignite the latest barrage of “Tom Brady makes less so his team can win more” propaganda. Like most propaganda, it’s primarily fiction. Brady’s wife is supermodel Gisele Bundchen. She has earned more than a half-billion dollars. Brady has earned $263 million playing football. When...
How to watch Saturday’s WPIAL basketball championships on Trib HSSN
Four more WPIAL basketball championship games will be played tonight at a pair of high school gymnasiums, and a quartet of teams will be rewarded for persevering during an unprecedented 2020-21 season. Teams endured covid-19 protocols and shutdowns that provided a bigger challenge than any on-court opponent. They continued to...
Pitt baseball rallies to defeat No. 7 Georgia Tech
Pitt won its fourth game in less than two weeks against a nationally ranked top-10 opponent, toppling No. 7 Georgia Tech on Friday night in an 11-9 come-from-behind victory. Pitt completed a three-game sweep of No. 9 Florida State on Feb. 28. The Panthers (8-3, 5-2 ACC) scored all 11...
Empty Thoughts: Penguins 3, Sabres 0Video
Observations from the Penguins’ 3-0 win against the Sabres: When he reached the 20-goal mark for the first time in his career last season, Bryan Rust could barely stifle a smile. He achieved that plateau during a 2-1 road win on Jan. 17, 2020 against the Detroit Red Wings, his...
South Park’s Joey Fischer 1 of 5 WPIAL wrestlers to win Class AA state titles
HERSHEY — South Park senior Joey Fischer can now look down on his opponents. No disrespect, but when you win a PIAA Class AA title, you get to stand atop of the podium to receive your medal. Fischer became the third individual from South Park to win a state title...
