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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...
Westminster rallies past Washington & Jefferson in PAC championship game
Moon grad Cole Konieczka threw a pair of fourth-quarter touchdown passes to lead Westminster to a 27-20 victory over Washington & Jefferson in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference championship game Friday night. Konieczka completed 12-of-24 passes for 198 yards. Defensive lineman Brayden Thimons, a Highlands grad, had a big night on...
Minor league report: Nailers fall in Derek Army’s debut as coachVideo
Goaltender Shane Starrett made 31 saves on 36 shots for the Wheeling Nailers in a 5-2 road loss to the Fort Wayne Komets at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Ind. on Friday. The defeat came in Derek Army’s debut as the Nailers’ interim head coach. Defensemen Matt...
Duquesne freshman Chad Baker decides to transfer
Freshman Chad Baker wasn’t Duquesne’s best player during the 2020-2021 season, but he flashed impressive shooting ability that offered hope for the Dukes’ future. Duquesne won’t get an opportunity to benefit from Baker’s potential, however, after the 6-foot-7 forward from the Dominican Republic informed coach Keith Dambrot that he intends...
Jacob Stallings breaks up J.A. Happ’s no-hit bid in 8th, but Twins blank Pirates
For seven innings, J.A. Happ no-hit the Pittsburgh Pirates, the deepest the Minnesota Twins 38-year-old left-hander had gone in a game without allowing a hit. As Happ’s pitch count inched toward the century mark, Twins manager Rocco Baldelli had Tyler Duffey start warming up in the bullpen. With one out...
Browns enter draft with Super Bowl expectations, needs on ‘D’
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Browns are hosting the NFL Draft this year. Usually, they’re headlining it. After finally ending their nearly two-decades-old postseason drought last season, winning their first playoff game since 1994 — over the dreaded archrival Pittsburgh Steelers — and establishing themselves as one of the NFL’s rising...
Finau-Champ, Hovland-Ventura share 2nd-round lead at Zurich
AVONDALE, La. — Tony Finau and Cameron Champ shot a 4-under-par 68 in alternate-shot play Friday for a share of the Zurich Classic lead with the Norwegian duo of Viktor Hovland and Kris Ventura. “I know we’re having a good time with this format up to this point,” Finau said...
Ravens look to boost passing attack through NFL DraftVideo
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta doesn’t appreciate the criticism surrounding the team’s wide receivers. Baltimore ranked last in the NFL averaging 171.2 yards passing per game and had the fewest pass attempts with 406 last season. That’s partly because the running game was so proficient behind...
Harrison Burton, 20, set for NASCAR Cup Series debut at Talladega
TALLADEGA, Ala. — Jeff Burton the former NASCAR driver sees some benefits to his son making his Cup Series debut at Talladega Superspeedway. Jeff Burton the father is more anxious about it. “As mom and dad, it’s going to be a little nerve-racking,” Jeff Burton said. “Obviously Talladega is a...
Greensburg’s Mark Goetz, WVU looking to make noise at Big 12 golf championship
The Big 12 golf championship begins Monday at Prairie Dunes Country Club in Hutchinson, Kan., and West Virginia senior Mark Goetz is ready to roll. The Greensburg native and Kiski School graduate is coming off his first collegiate victory and a career-low 65. Goetz won the Mountaineer Invitational at the...
Chiefs acquire Ravens star OT Orlando Brown for draft picksVideo
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Just about everyone knew the Kansas City Chiefs were going to address their offensive line through the NFL Draft. Nobody quite expected them to do it a week before it even started. The Chiefs plugged the biggest hole remaining on their AFC champion roster Friday when...
A-K Valley campus clippings: Burrell grad Alaina York finds success at Robert Morris
The Robert Morris softball team was 22-14 overall and 17-11 in Horizon League play heading into a conference doubleheader Saturday against Youngstown State. Senior center fielder Alaina York (Burrell) has been a key component. Starting all 36 games through Friday, York is batting .300 with 12 RBIs, five doubles and...
Pitt announces signing of hard-nosed guard Jamarius Burton
The Panthers made it official Friday when they announced the transfer of Texas Tech guard Jamarius Burton, who averaged 4.3 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists this past season for the Red Raiders. Burton announced his commitment to the program Tuesday, marking the second transfer Jeff Capel has brought in...
Division titles largely have eluded Penguins, Sidney Crosby — but it’s within reach this year
When measured against his contemporaries, Sidney Crosby, more often than not, has the edge. But there is one area that the likes of Ryan Getzlaf and Patrice Bergeron and the Sedin twins can snag some bragging rights over Crosby. The same team-based metric in which Alex Ovechkin reigns supreme. All...
Pitt All-Americans Kayla Lund, Chinaza Ndee returning for 2021 volleyball season
The Pitt women’s volleyball team received big news Friday as senior All-Americans Kayla Lund and Chinaza Ndee announced they were electing to return for the 2021-22 season. Lund and Chinaza will use their extra season of eligibility that was granted by the NCAA after the coronavirus pandemic impacted this past...
Arsenal fans protest against owner for Super League debacle
LONDON — Several hundred Arsenal fans protested outside Emirates Stadium before the English Premier League match against Everton on Friday to call for owner Stan Kroenke to leave the club for joining the Super League. Fans gathered on the stadium’s concourse more than two hours before kickoff, banging metal screens...
Rodolfo Castro’s remarkable rise from Class A to majors a pleasant surprise for Pirates
Rodolfo Castro received the phone message from Indianapolis Indians manager Brian Esposito that he was being called up from the alternate training site to join the Pittsburgh Pirates’ taxi squad in Detroit. When Castro arrived at the Comerica Park clubhouse, he was called into the manager’s office, where Derek Shelton...
Evgeni Malkin returns to Penguins’ practice, albeit in ‘no-contact’ jersey
Geno was back on the PPG Paints Arena ice Friday. Evgeni Malkin participated in the Pittsburgh Penguins practice session at their home rink, the first time he has joined teammates for a full session since suffering a suspected right knee injury during a game March 16. Malkin remains on long-term...
Browns exercise QB Baker Mayfield’s 5th-year option
CLEVELAND — The Browns exercised the fifth-year option on quarterback Baker Mayfield’s rookie contract on Friday, an expected move after his strong 2020 season. The team did the same with top cornerback Denzel Ward’s contract. Mayfield had 30 touchdown passes last season and led the Browns to their first playoff...
Therapy bunny at San Francisco ballpark brings smiles, is instant hit
SAN FRANCISCO — A handsome, golden-colored therapy bunny named Alex came to the ballpark and stole the hearts of San Francisco Giants fans Thursday night, attending the series opener against Miami with owners Kei Kato and Josh Row. Sporting a dark bow tie with orange crabs to represent the Giants’...
Women’s Champions League title up for grabs with Lyon gone
Now that seven-time champion Lyon is gone, the remaining four clubs in the Women’s Champions League have a chance to win the title for the first time. None of the semifinalists have ever won Europe’s premier club competition and they know a golden opportunity awaits when the first-leg matches kick...
Steelers cornerback Justin Layne charged with traffic, firearm violations in Ohio
Police in Ohio arrested Steelers cornerback Justin Layne on Friday morning for alleged traffic and firearms violations, court records show. Ohio court records show Layne, 23, was charged Friday by Willoughby police with driving with a suspended license, speeding, and transporting a loaded firearm, which is a fourth-degree felony. Records...
Mark Madden: When healthy, the Penguins could actually roll 4 good lines
Here’s a popular talk-show question: When the Pittsburgh Penguins are 100% healthy, what would their lines be? Here’s a popular Penguins fan fantasy: that the team will ever be 100% healthy. That’s not the nature of hockey and certainly not the nature of the Penguins. Their defense was ravaged by...
Pa.’s spring turkey hunt: Here’s what you need to know
It’s almost turkey-hunting time in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania’s spring turkey season kicks off Saturday with a one-day youth hunt open to junior license holders and mentored hunters under 16 years old. Then on May 1, the statewide spring gobbler season opens and runs until May 31. It is Pennsylvania’s only springtime...
