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Minor league report: Nailers lose to OilersVideo
Goaltender Francois Brassard made 19 saves on 21 shots for the Wheeling Nailers in a 3-2 home loss to the Tulsa Oilers at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling, W.Va. on Friday. Forwards Lawton Courtnall and Cody Sylvester scored goals for Wheeling (3-8-3). Highlights: The Nailers’ next game is at home against...
Penn State holds off cold-shooting Maryland for Big Ten winVideo
UNIVERSITY PARK — Izaiah Brockington had 13 points, John Harrar added nine points and 12 rebounds, and Penn State beat Maryland, 55-50, on Friday night. Jamari Wheeler added 11 points for the Nittany Lions (7-8, 4-7 Big Ten), including a pair of free throws that capped the scoring with 23...
Robert Morris’ skid hits 7 after OT loss to Youngstown State
It went down to the wire Friday night for a pair of familiar opponents facing one another for the first time in a Horizon League game. Robert Morris and Youngstown State met for the 21st time in men’s basketball after 20 matchups came in nonconference play before Robert Morris decided...
53-year-old Steve Stricker stroke back in Phoenix Open
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Steve Stricker is having too much fun at the Waste Management Phoenix Open to stress over a messy finish Friday. Trying to become the oldest winner in PGA Tour history, the 53-year-old U.S. Ryder Cup captain shot a 5-under-par 66 to get within a stroke of leader...
Column: Arctic city throws hat in ring for Summer Olympics
Erkki Parkkinen just had come in from a lovely February day in Salla. The temperature climbed all the way to minus-10 degrees Celsius — roughly 14 degrees Fahrenheit. After a sluggish start to snow season, there’s now plenty of white stuff for skiing and other winter activities. “I was with...
Chiefs coach Britt Reid in car crash injuring 2 young kids
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid, son of head coach Andy Reid, was involved in a multi-vehicle crash late Thursday that injured two young children near the team’s training complex adjacent to Arrowhead Stadium. According to Kansas City, Mo., police, the crash occurred about 9...
Bucs’ Antonio Brown listed as questionable for Super BowlVideo
TAMPA, Fla. — The Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers will head into the Super Bowl on Sunday relatively healthy. The Chiefs ruled out left tackle Eric Fisher because of a torn Achilles tendon and linebacker Willie Gay Jr. with knee and ankle injuries, but neither of them was...
Saint Vincent women, men expect to compete despite roster turnover
Saint Vincent returns the Presidents’ Athletic Conference player of the year in women’s basketball this season, hoping to make another run at the NCAA Division III PAC championship, but the Bearcats must overcome the loss of their leading scorer in the process. They get started on a modified schedule at...
The Penguins get ‘back to basics’ with their power playVideo
It wasn’t really a guarantee or a vow. If anything, it was just a confirmation of the obvious. When the Pittsburgh Penguins found out a pair of home games this week against the New Jersey Devils would be postponed because of covid-19 concerns with the Devils, they planned to take...
Super Bowl 55: Viewer’s guide for Sunday’s Bucs-Chiefs matchupVideo
Sunday’s Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers marks the biggest day of sports broadcasting for networks. Here are some things to know about the CBS coverage as well as Super Bowl-related programming on other networks: Super 21 for CBS This marks the 21st Super Bowl...
Robert Morris to join ASUN in men’s lacrosse
Robert Morris men’s lacrosse will join the ASUN conference for the 2021-22 season, the school announced Friday. The Colonials will compete along with Air Force, Bellarmine, Cleveland State, Detroit Mercy and Utah in the league formerly known as the Atlantic Sun. Because it has six members, the conference will receive...
Up-and-down Pitt gets first-place Virginia next
If coach Jeff Capel was inclined to list all the significant ups and downs that have occurred to his team, it might sound like Pitt (9-5, 5-4 ACC) had played a full season. Of course, he has no time for such nonsense, so here’s a quick look: • An almost...
Penguins’ Zach Aston-Reese ‘trying to be better than last year’
The Pittsburgh Penguins could get a trio of players back in their lineup for Saturday’s road game against the New York Islanders. Two of them, defensemen Kris Letang and Mike Matheson, have missed two and eight games, respectively, because of undisclosed injuries. The third has waited much, much longer to...
Bronx Boosters: Yankee Stadium becomes mass vaccination site
NEW YORK — Yankee Stadium was opened as a covid-19 mass vaccination site Friday by officials trying to boost inoculation rates in surrounding Bronx neighborhoods hard hit by the pandemic. The megasite is being restricted to residents of the New York City borough with the highest percentage of positive coronavirus...
Nickelodeon to have big presence in CBS Super Bowl coverage
There might eventually be a kids-focused broadcast of the Super Bowl. It won’t be happening this year. Nickelodeon will still have a noticeable presence during Sunday’s coverage on CBS. Following the success of Nick’s presentation of an NFL playoff contest last month, CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus said there were...
College sports struggling to keep up with covid-19 variantsVideo
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Playing college sports during the pandemic potentially has become more problematic as more contagious variants of the coronavirus start to show up across the U.S., including one that prompted Michigan to shut down its athletics department for two weeks. It was not clear this week how...
NL Cy Young winner Trevor Bauer joins World Series champion Dodgers
LOS ANGELES — Trevor Bauer is coming home to pitch for the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers. The reigning NL Cy Young Award winner announced his decision on Friday in a two-minute video posted to his Twitter account that ended with him saying, “And I can’t wait Dodger fans.”...
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins’ season opener postponed
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins’ season-opener has been postponed. Because of covid-19 protocols impacting the opponent, the Binghamton Devils, the game has been moved from Saturday to 5 p.m. Monday. The contest will still be held at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre. The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have not played a regular season game...
Penn State football gets blistered on Twitter for Super Bowl tweet
The offseason is proving to be every bit as brutal for the Penn State football program as the 2020 season was. Only this time, instead of an 0-5 start and a 4-5 finish, this pain is self-inflicted — by the program’s own Twitter account. The official Penn State football Twitter...
Big Ten alters Penn State football schedule for 2021
The Penn State football team learned its 2021 schedule Friday … for the second time. Big Ten officials made adjustments to the original schedule, which was released after the completion of the 2020 season. The Big Ten needed to accommodate six games that adjusted locations as a result of changes...
After positive covid test, Duquesne postpones game Sunday vs. VCU
Keith Dambrot had every reason to feel sorry for himself and his team Friday when Duquesne postponed its game Sunday against VCU after a player tested positive for the coronavirus. It’s the second time this season a game was called off due to covid-19 complications, and more may follow. Five...
Chiefs welcome back Central Catholic’s Stefen Wisniewski for Super Bowl run after brief time with Steelers
When Kansas City Chiefs center Austin Reiter learned during his Super Bowl media conference call that a Pittsburgh reporter wanted to ask a question, he anticipated the subject. And he was more than happy to talk about Stefen Wisniewski and what his return has meant to the team’s decimated offensive...
Harrison native to keep streak alive of attending every Super Bowl
Harrison native Tom Henschel will make a short, 15-minute drive from his home to Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium on Sunday to continue a remarkably long streak. Henschel, 79, has attended all 54 Super Bowl games. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, attendance at this year’s Super Bowl, the 55th, will be...
Penn State football names new TE coach; Terry Smith gets new title
Penn State has named Ty Howle its new tight ends coach, the program announced Friday morning. Howle, who served as an offensive analyst for the Nittany Lions last season and was a four-year letterwinner as an offensive lineman with the program from 2009-13, will take over the position for recently...
Peyton Manning, Charles Woodson top Pro Football Hall of Fame candidates
More than two decades ago, Charles Woodson beat out Peyton Manning for a prestigious college award. Something called the Heisman Trophy. On Saturday, they likely will share an even more impressive football honor: entry into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Manning and Woodson, two of the most dominant players...
