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Cardinals’ all-out recruiting pitch brings J.J. Watt to the desertVideo
TEMPE, Ariz. — J.J. Watt didn’t lack for suitors when deciding where to continue his football career. The three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year said there were four or five teams seriously in the hunt. But the more he looked at his options, the more the Arizona Cardinals made...
Daytona 500 winner Michael McDowell rolls into Vegas on hot streakVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Michael McDowell was rolling along at Homestead-Miami Speedway when he saw another driver signal for a car to pass. When McDowell came upon the same driver, he wasn’t given the same courtesy. “I literally saw a driver wave another driver by, and then race me for the...
Wisconsin bills seek to ban transgender athletes
MADISON, Wis. — Transgender athletes would be banned from participating in girls and women’s sports in Wisconsin from kindergarten through college under bills introduced Tuesday by Republican lawmakers, proposals that come as more than a dozen other states consider similar measures. The Wisconsin proposal faces an almost certain veto from...
Big Ten confirms winning percentage to determine titleVideo
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The Big Ten confirmed Tuesday its regular-season basketball championship will be determined based on winning percentage. Michigan, at 13-1 in conference play, is the current leader on the men’s side. Second-place Illinois, which is 14-4, played at Michigan on Tuesday night. The clarification from a league...
Braves’ Freddie Freeman celebrates his new baby ‘twins with a twist’Video
Freddie Freeman found a way to top the double honors of winning the NL MVP and Hank Aaron Award. The Atlanta Braves first baseman’s bigger thrill is having two new baby boys. He describes his babies, Brandon and Maximus Turner, as his “twins with a twist.” The twist is they...
Penguins recall forwards Josh Currie, Drew O’Connor
The Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday recalled forwards Josh Currie and Drew O’Connor from their taxi squad. Additionally, defenseman P.O Joseph was assigned from the NHL roster to the taxi squad, and forward Frederick Gaudreau was recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League to the taxi squad. These transactions were...
Westmoreland Campus Clippings: Hempfield’s Orie sisters continue dominance
Shattering throwing records are nothing new to Hempfield’s Orie sisters. They’ve had spots on the Spartans’ big leaderboard. Now they’re breaking marks together at the collegiate level. DePaul sophomore Mackenna Orie broke a school record in the shot put in the program’s first competition since March at the Big East...
‘Emotional wreck’: Star departures hit Houston sports fans
HOUSTON — Five-year-old Sawyer Brown was inconsolable. Her father, Chris Brown, had told her James Harden wouldn’t be with the Houston Rockets anymore after being traded to Brooklyn. “I want James Harden to be on the Texas team,” she said, tears filling her eyes, in a video he shared on...
Franklin Regional grad Spencer Lee, Iowa wrestlers try to defend Big Ten title after long layoff
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Running outdoors when the temperature was below zero wasn’t optimal, but it was the only way Iowa wrestlers could stay in shape during their 10-day pause because of positive covid-19 tests in the program. “When you’re doing that, you think, ‘I don’t know how many sports...
Collin Morikawa charts on course despite Tiger Woods comparisonsVideo
BRADENTON, Fla. — The red shirt for Collin Morikawa to wear Sunday at the Workday Championship never arrived in time. The comparisons with Tiger Woods keep coming up in other ways. When Morikawa turned pro in 2019 after graduating from Cal, he began his PGA Tour career by making the...
Indians manager Terry Francona: Team didn’t cover up for former pitching coachVideo
CLEVELAND — Indians manager Terry Francona said no one in the Cleveland organization “covered up” for former pitching coach Mickey Callaway, who is under investigation by Major League Baseball following allegations of sexual harassment. In a story Tuesday, The Athletic reported 12 current and former Indians employees have come forward...
Todd Frazier hits 2nd home run as Pirates lose Grapefruit League home opener to Tigers
Todd Frazier continued his bid to make the Pittsburgh Pirates as a nonroster invitee to spring training, hitting his second home run in three Grapefruit League games. Frazier’s shot to left field off Erasmo Ramirez in the fourth inning was the Pirates’ only run in a 6-1 five-inning loss to...
Duquesne’s success in Atlantic 10 Tournament likely tied to defense
After coaches review video with players until their eyes hurt, there are no secrets at the end of a basketball season. Even this year, with covid-19 protocols limiting Duquesne to 16 games (approximately half a season), coach Keith Dambrot expects no surprises when his No. 9-seeded team meets No. 8...
Penguins captain Sidney Crosby to be placed on covid-19 list
It’s been 360 days since Pittsburgh Penguins fans were last able to watch a game in person at PPG Paints Arena because of the covid-19 pandemic. They’ll have to wait for a few more, at least, to see the team’s captain for similar reasons. Sidney Crosby will not play in...
30 years after Penguins-Whalers trade: John Cullen, Grant Jennings on trading places, awkward meetings, rental evictions
Thursday night, at 9:15 p.m., Penguins fans will probably be gritting their teeth through the latter stages of yet another excruciatingly close Eastern Division game against the Flyers. They should take a moment. Pause the game on the DVR, and look out toward Hartford, Connecticut. Then, with a raised glass,...
First Call: Diontae Johnson’s admission about drops; 17-game NFL season plans; gamblers bailing on Penguins
Tuesday’s “First Call” has an interesting admission from Steelers wide receiver Diontae Johnson. We also get a peek at what a 17-game NFL schedule may look like. People may be overrating J.J. Watt’s impact on the Cardinals. Gamblers have faith in Ke’Bryan Hayes but are losing trust in the Penguins....
Tim Benz: 3 things Penguins need to fix against Flyers
A limited number of Penguins fans will be allowed into PPG Paints Arena Tuesday night just in time to see a three-game set against the hated Philadelphia Flyers. It’s a crucial series given the current state of the clustered Eastern Division standings. The cross-state rivals will begin play jockeying for...
Anthony Alford returns from season-ending injury to flash power for Pirates
It was a bittersweet reunion for Anthony Alford and the Toronto Blue Jays, the organization that drafted and developed him, then discarded him last summer by designating him for assignment. When Alford came to bat against Robbie Ray on Monday in Dunedin, Fla., it was as a designated hitter in...
This date in sports history: March 2Video
1918 — Joe Malone is held scoreless in the Montreal Canadiens’ 5-3 season-ending loss to the Toronto Arenas, but finishes the first NHL season with a league-high 44 goals in 22 games. The 44 goals remains an NHL record that stands until 1944-45 when Maurice Richard scores 50 goals in...
Duquesne will play Richmond in 1st A-10 Tournament game Thursday
After a wait of two years, Duquesne (8-8, 7-7) will play its first game in the Atlantic 10 Tournament at 11 a.m. Thursday as the No. 9 seed against No. 8 Richmond. The game will be played at the Siegel Center in Richmond, Va., home venue of No. 2 seed...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Ligonier Valley grad makes nationals in high jump, pentathlon
Senior Olivia Miller will again compete on a national stage for the Carlow women’s track and field team. Miller, a Ligonier Valley graduate and multi-event athlete, qualified to compete in the high jump and pentathlon at the NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championship held Wednesday through Friday at Dakota State...
NIT moving entire tournament to Texas for 2021Video
DALLAS — The NIT is moving the 2021 event to Texas, taking the semifinals and championship game out of New York’s Madison Square Garden for the first time in the 83-year history of college basketball’s oldest postseason tournament. The pandemic also is reducing the field to 16 teams from the...
Oldest to youngest: Pitt’s Terrell Brown, William Jeffress have chance to step up
During the final two games of the regular season — plus, whatever magic can get conjured up in the ACC Tournament — Pitt will be relying on a new cast. Among them are the oldest player on the team (senior Terrell Brown, age 22) and the youngest (freshman William Jeffress,...
Collectors can take bite out of Jack Lambert mementos, including empty teeth holder
“Teeth not included.” That is the final line in the description for Lot. No. 590 of the Lelands Spring Classic collection, and it pertains to perhaps the most unusual item the famed auction house ever has put on the block. It is the container that once held Jack Lambert’s teeth....
What’s different with the net-front role on the Penguins’ power play?
Patric Hornqvist is back where he belongs. He’s jabbing, hacking, slashing and generally vexing any goaltender with a considerable lack of social distance as a net-front presence on the top power-play unit. The only difference this year is he is performing that task with a better suntan. Now a member...
