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Robert Morris goalie’s work with veterans groups helps to earn coveted hockey nomination
For years, every game day at Clearview Arena, we had the same routine. About 90 minutes before faceoff, my broadcast partner Mike Prisuta and I would head down from the broadcast deck and make our way to ice level and go through the team entrance. On the way to the...
First Call: Former NFL GM’s spot-on quotes about Ben Roethlisberger; ’70s Steelers on HBCU list
For Wednesday’s “First Call,” we take a look at Doug Whaley’s comments about Ben Roethlisberger’s future with the Steelers. There are Steelers aplenty on an all-time historically Black colleges and universities list. Bruce Boudreau may want to get back into coaching. A former Penguin is getting back in gear. And...
Tim Benz: Will America ever allow itself to have another ‘Miracle’?
On Feb. 22, 2022, I’m going to start a new sports tradition at my house. On 2/22/22, I’m going to play the movie “Miracle” on a loop. Kinda like “A Christmas Story” on Christmas Day. Corny as it may sound, I try to watch that movie on the anniversary of...
Healthy Chad Kuhl ready to solidify spot in Pirates’ starting rotation
After building up his surgically repaired right arm by pitching piggyback to start the season, Chad Kuhl found a familiar feeling after throwing 78 pitches over five innings last August at Cincinnati. “I woke up the next day, and I was really, really sore,” Kuhl said on a video conference...
Empty Thoughts: Penguins 3, Capitals 2 (OT)Video
Observations from the Penguins’ 3-2 overtime win against the Capitals: First things first, there was no update on Penguins forward Jason Zucker following the game. At 10:03 of the third period, he rushed to the right point of the defensive zone to defend a wrister by Capitals defenseman Nick Jensen....
Taz Sherman, Derek Culver lead West Virginia over TCU
FORT WORTH, Texas — Taz Sherman scored 23 points, Derek Culver had 18 points and 14 rebounds and No. 10 West Virginia continued its solid play on the road with a 74-66 victory over TCU on Tuesday night. Miles McBride added 11 points for the Mountaineers (16-6, 9-4 Big 12)....
Kasperi Kapanen leads Penguins past Capitals in OT; Jason Zucker injured
After Kasperi Kapanen was demoted to the fourth line then benched for a good portion of the Penguins’ previous game on Saturday, coach Mike Sullivan did not want to get into the particulars that led to Kapanen’s limited deployment. “(Kapanen) and I had a conversation,” Sullivan said on Monday, “and...
Report: Agent confirms that Ben Roethlisberger will be back with Steelers for 2021 season
It looks like Ben Roethlisberger will be sticking around with the Pittsburgh Steelers for another season. Agent Ryan Tollner told NFL Network on Tuesday that the Steelers want his client to return for an 18th season. Roethlisberger, who turns 39 in March, is signed through the 2021 season, but the...
In seeding basketball brackets, WPIAL asks: What have you done lately?
When it came time to seed the basketball playoff brackets, the WPIAL asked: What have you done lately? Teams that finished hot were rewarded. That made North Allegheny coach Dan DeRose wonder why his section played 12 games this winter if only the last four actually mattered. His Tigers clinched...
No. 10 West Virginia to play 3 makeup games next weekVideo
IRVING, Texas — The Big 12 has scheduled a dozen makeup games next week in the break the conference left open for such games before the start of postseason tournament play. No. 2 Baylor, No. 7 Oklahoma, No. 10 West Virginia, No. 14 Texas and No. 18 Texas Tech all...
NHL announces schedule change for Penguins
On Tuesday, the NHL announced 24 changes to its overall schedule. One involves the Penguins. Per the league’s release, a home contest against the Philadelphia Flyers, originally scheduled for April 13, is now scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday, March 6. That alteration will create a three-game series against the Flyers...
AT&T SportsNet to carry 5 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins games
AT&T SportsNet is scheduled to carry five upcoming games for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, American Hockey League affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins, in the upcoming weeks. All five games will be home contests. The first game will come on Wednesday against the rival Hershey Bears. The schedule: Feb. 24 — vs....
After spectacular September debut, Pirates rookie Ke’Bryan Hayes still has ‘a lot to prove’
With a spectacular September followed by an offseason that saw the Pittsburgh Pirates trade their biggest names, Ke’Bryan Hayes went from the club’s top prospect to the future of the franchise. That’s a role the 24-year-old third baseman is eager to embrace. After winning NL rookie of the month honors,...
Freshman Mike Bekelja gives Duquesne the defense it needs
When Keith Dambrot looked back at Duquesne’s loss to Richmond, he knew the truth. Richmond is the third-highest scoring team in the Atlantic 10 (76.1 points per game). So, it wasn’t outrageously out of line that the Spiders scored 79 in a seven-point home victory last Saturday. It was the...
Financial concerns drive A-10 tourney changes, but Dukes’ Keith Dambrot understands
Most Atlantic 10 teams will play far fewer conference games this season than the original schedule called for at the outset of the season. A-10 officials decided last week to start the conference tournament a week earlier (March 3) to provide some cushion before the NCAA Tournament if there are...
Steelers’ Mike Tomlin discusses NFL minority coach hiring in HBO segment
Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is cooling on the idea of speaking at “diversity workshops” in his profession, and he’s also growing weary in regards to repeated attempts by the NFL to encourage more minority hiring among its head coaches. Asked, in a colorful way, on a new episode of...
Tiger Woods hospitalized after serious rollover crash in Southern California
LOS ANGELES — Golf star Tiger Woods was in the hospital Tuesday after a serious rollover crash near Rancho Palos Verdes, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. Woods was the sole occupant of a Genesis GV80 SUV that was traveling north on Hawthorne Boulevard at Blackhorse Road when he...
Pirates open ticket sales to public on Wednesday for home spring training games
After allowing season ticket holders first shot at buying tickets to spring training games in Bradenton, Fla., the Pittsburgh Pirates are opening sales to the public on Wednesday. Fans interested in attending a Grapefruit League game at LECOM Park can buy tickets in pods of two or four starting at...
Better puck tracking has led to better results for Tristan JarryVideo
Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry will enjoy something of a personal triumph Tuesday when he starts his fifth consecutive game, leading his team against the Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena, as scheduled. It will be the first time this season Jarry had strung that many starts together. And given how...
Winning record in sight for Duquesne, but Keith Dambrot wants more
Duquesne has been a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference for 44 years. So long ago that Keith Dambrot was barely out of high school, and he needed only 62 cents to put a gallon of gas in his car. Duquesne has had only seven winning conference seasons in all...
Pat Narduzzi family makes 6-figure gift to support Pitt football
Pat Narduzzi is putting his money to work where he works. The third-longest tenured Pitt coach in more than 50 years, Narduzzi and his wife, Donna, have made a significant donation to his football program — a six-figure financial gift to the University of Pittsburgh’s Football Championship Fund. The fund...
Trib HSSN to unveil WPIAL basketball playoff pairings tonight
The largest field in the history of the WPIAL basketball playoffs provided quite a challenge for the district’s basketball committee members. Tonight on the TribLive High School Sports Network, 235 high school basketball teams will learn their path to the championships. The traditional WPIAL basketball pairings meeting that typically draws...
Forget Sidney Crosby’s 1,001st game. Why game 1,589 matters. And what it means for his future.
I’m looking forward to Sidney Crosby’s 1,169th game as the Penguins play in Washington Tuesday night. Wait. What? I’m sure you’re wondering how I came up with that number, seeing as how we just witnessed Crosby’s 1,000th game Saturday against the New York Islanders. I just happen to think that...
First Call: Tyler Glasnow on difference between Pirates and Rays; no love for Bud Dupree; another Fleury shutout
Tuesday’s “First Call” wonders why the NFL Network is overlooking Steelers pass rusher Bud Dupree. Tyler Glasnow dishes on the difference between the Pirates and the Tampa Bay Rays. We check in on the Eastern Division standings. Marc-Andre Fleury pitches another shutout. And we recall the “Miracle on Ice.” Tampa...
Tim Benz: Steelers projected to trade up for QB Mac Jones. The prediction is meaningless. The conversation isn’t.
This week’s CBSSports.com mock draft has the Steelers making a big trade up the board to nab Alabama quarterback Mac Jones. Why not, right? He piloted the Alabama Crimson Tide to the 2020 College Football Playoff championship. And if Ben Roethlisberger is cut, the Steelers will be looking for their...
