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Team LeBron wins NBA All-Star Game
ATLANTA — Even in the strangest NBA All-Star Game of them all, LeBron James was still the perfect captain. Team LeBron showed off its high-flying and long-range skills during a dominating run to close out the first half, setting up a 170-150 romp over Team Durant in the league’s 70th...
Pitt reprimands Jeff Capel for ‘double standard’ remarks about officiating
Pitt coach Jeff Capel’s remarks about how his team’s games have been officiated this season drew a public reprimand Sunday from his employers at Pitt. School officials said Capel violated the ACC Sportsmanship Principle when he said a “double standard” exists for his team. “There’s a double standard with us,...
Penguins beat Rangers, but lose Jared McCann
Playing his first game in over a week, Penguins goaltender Casey DeSmith led his team to a 5-1 victory against the New York Rangers on Sunday at PPG Paints Arena. Making 23 saves, DeSmith was more than competent with the task at hand. At the same time, he wasn’t particularly...
Lundy’s 31 points help Penn State stun Maryland
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Seth Lundy scored 31 points, one away from his career high, and Penn State rallied to stun Maryland, 66-61, on Sunday night. Lundy made 11 of Penn State’s 19 field goals. Lundy entered Sunday’s contest having scored 30 total points in the last seven games. Eric...
AP source: Blake Griffin agrees to deal with Nets
NEW YORK — Blake Griffin is joining the collection of stars in Brooklyn. The six-time All-Star agreed to sign with the Nets, a person with knowledge of the details said Sunday. Griffin became a free agent Friday when he completed a buyout agreement with the Detroit Pistons. He cleared waivers...
Penn State wrestlers finish a distant 2nd in Big Ten championshipsVideo
Second place is all in how you look at it, and you can be sure that Penn State wrestling coach Cael Sanderson will look and look again at the Nittany Lions’ finish at the Big Ten Wrestling Champions on Sunday. Iowa won its second straight conference title on Sunday, distancing...
Kyle Larson celebrates return with 1st NASCAR win since suspensionVideo
LAS VEGAS — Kyle Larson is back in NASCAR and back in victory lane. On Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Larson raced to his first NASCAR victory since he was reinstated from a nearly yearlong suspension. He ran just the first four races last season, then lost his job...
Bryson DeChambeau makes big putts to outlast Lee Westwood at Bay HillVideo
ORLANDO, Fla. — The long ball helped Bryson DeChambeau outlast Lee Westwood on Sunday to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational, only the key shots were as much with his putter as his driver. DeChambeau holed a 40-foot birdie putt on the front nine and a 50-foot par putt early on...
Pirates’ Miguel Yajure, acquired in Jameson Taillon trade, aims high
Just 22 years old and with a mere 64 professional games at any level to his credit, Miguel Yajure isn’t afraid to shoot high in his first season with the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. “I always have really, really (lofty) goals (in addition to modest) ones,” the young right-hander said during...
Indians’ Jose Ramirez, Franmil Reyes isolated after covid-19 violations
CLEVELAND — For the third time in less than a year, the Cleveland Indians are having to isolate players because they broke covid-19 protocols. Third baseman Jose Ramirez and slugger Franmil Reyes are being kept away from their teammates at spring training in Arizona after they reported to the team...
Pirates rout Orioles, surpass win total from last spring training
Derek Shelton started to chuckle before a question was finished being asked about his team’s Grapefruit League record . “The spring training record does not matter,” Shelton said after the Pittsburgh Pirates improved to 4-3-1 with a 13-1 victory against the visiting Baltimore Orioles on Sunday. “But it is nice...
Duquesne beats Sacred Heart in spring football season debut for bothVideo
Ohio transfer Joe Mischler threw for two touchdowns and ran for another score as Duquesne began its spring season with a 30-27 victory over Sacred Heart on Sunday. Duquesne went ahead 27-12 with 1 minute, 3 seconds left in the third on Mischler’s 12-yard pass to Garrett Owens. SHU’s Marquez...
4 WPIAL players withdraw from Big 33 Football Classic
Four WPIAL football players picked for the Big 33 Football Classic won’t take part because of college obligations, organizers for the high school all-star game announced. Peters Township teammates Donovan McMillon and Corban Hondru were both replaced on Pennsylvania’s roster, along with Elizabeth Forward’s Chase Whatton and Canon-McMillan’s Connor McMahon....
Pirates acquire former heralded pitching prospect Duane Underwood Jr. from Cubs
Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington continued to add arms to the organizational pitching pool by trading for former heralded pitching prospect Duane Underwood Jr. from the Chicago Cubs on Sunday. The 26-year-old Underwood three times was listed among the Cubs’ top 10 prospects by MLB.com, peaking at No. 4...
Former Steelers player says his 9-month-old son stable after surgery
Former Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Ryan Switzer says his 9-month-old son Christian is stable and out of surgery to control bleeding. Christian is finally out of surgery. The GI specialist found several sites of bleeding. He took samples that were sent off to biopsy to see what could be causing it,...
Take 5: Pitt players know Jeff Capel has their backs
In the aftermath of Jeff Capel’s impassioned remarks on ACC officiating after the Clemson game — one reader didn’t think rant was an appropriate designation — Pitt stayed in the Carolinas and headed straight to Greensboro, N.C., for the ACC Tournament. It’s not a rant. It’s time to say something....
Penguins to start Casey DeSmith against Rangers
The Pittsburgh Penguins are expected to start goaltender Casey DeSmith for Sunday’s home game against the New York Rangers at PPG Paints Arena. In seven games this season, DeSmith has a 4-2-0 record along with a 2.73 goals-against average and a .893 save percentage. At 6-foot and 181 pounds, DeSmith...
Empty Thoughts: Penguins 4, Flyers 3Video
Observations from the Penguins’ 4-3 win against the Flyers: A son of Boston, Mike Sullivan grew up as a fan of the Red Sox. So he can appreciate one of the tried and true cliches of that sport in the value of winning two of three against an opponent in...
This date in sports history: March 7Video
1921 — Cy Denneny of the Ottawa Senators scores six goals in a 12-5 victory over the Hamilton Tigers. 1951 — Ezzard Charles wins a unanimous 15-round decision over Jersey Joe Walcott to retain the world heavyweight title in Detroit. 1954 — The Minneapolis Lakers and Milwaukee Hawks experiment with...
Minor league report: Bellerive, Gruden lead Penguins past DevilsVideo
Forwards Jordy Bellerive and Jonathan Gruden each had a goal and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 6-3 comeback road win against the Binghamton Devils at the RWJ Barnabas Health Hockey House in Newark, N.J. on Saturday. The Penguins (5-2-1-1) scored six unanswered goals to orchestrate the comeback....
Washington’s Tom Wilson suspended 7 games for hit
BOSTON — Boston Bruins defenseman Brandon Carlo was released from the hospital Saturday after spending the night following a head hit from Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson. Later Saturday, Wilson was suspended for seven games by the NHL without pay after an Zoom hearing to discuss the incident. Wilson is...
Penguins notebook: Brian Dumoulin, Evan Rodrigues return to lineupVideo
The Penguins welcomed back defenseman Brian Dumoulin and Evan Rodrigues to their lineup for Saturday’s 4-3 win against the Philadelphia Flyers at PPG Paints Arena. Each player was activated from injured reserve, having been sidelined since late January because of undisclosed ailments. Dumoulin returned to his primary role on the...
NBA All-Star 2021: The game no one seemed to want is moving aheadVideo
ATLANTA — It’s the NBA All-Star Game almost no one seemed to want. Certainly not the players, who scoffed at the notion of playing an exhibition game in the midst of a pandemic. The city of Atlanta, picked as a replacement for original host Indianapolis, didn’t seem so thrilled with...
Silver: NBA may return to normal in ’21-22, virus permittingVideo
The NBA is expecting arenas to be filled again next season and a return to its normal calendar, commissioner Adam Silver said Saturday, while cautioning again every plan is contingent on continued progress in the ongoing fight against the coronavirus. There are no plans for the league to travel overseas...
Larson instantly comfortable in car, with new team after NASCAR suspensionVideo
LAS VEGAS — Kyle Larson was out of NASCAR long enough to wonder if he still would feel comfortable in a Cup car. He raced in nearly 100 events last year, just not in 3,400-pound stock cars. Would it feel the same as he remembered? Had his familiarity with the...
