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This date in sports history: Feb. 4Video
1861 — The Philadelphia Athletics beat Charter Oak, 36-27, in a baseball game played on frozen Litchfield Pond in Brooklyn, N.Y., with the players wearing ice skates. 1924 — The first Winter Olympics close in Chamonix, France. Sixteen countries competed in 17 events from seven sports. 1932 — The Winter...
Steve Sarkisian puts finishing touches on Texas class near top of Big 12Video
Tom Herman started the 2021 Texas recruiting class. Steve Sarkisian is finishing it up, and the new Longhorns coach still can sign a few more players. Sarkisian inherited a group of 19 signees recruited by Herman before the coaching change in January, then Wednesday added a group of four more...
Pitt knocks off No. 16 Virginia Tech, stops 3-game losing streak
Two years later, Au’Diese Toney still feels the pain. Worse, he sensed more coming after Pitt lost three games in row. So, with the memory of the 13-game losing streak of 2019 too real and still on his mind, the junior forward called together teammates and friends Justin Champagnie and...
National champion Alabama secures ‘championship-winning’ classVideo
Alabama continues recruiting at a level that should strengthen the reigning national champion’s status as college football’s premier program. If anything, coach Nick Saban’s ability to land the nation’s top prospects grows stronger with each passing year. The recruiting class Alabama finalized Wednesday has the highest rating in the history...
Powerhouse Clemson leads way again in ACC recruiting rankingsVideo
Clemson’s most recent berth in the College Football Playoff arguably was its least successful, but a 49-28 semifinal loss to Ohio State didn’t appear to damage the Tigers’ appeal to recruits. Six consecutive appearances in the game’s final four, with national championships in 2016 and ‘18, are difficult to overlook....
Ex-Steelers coach Bill Cowher: Credit goes to Andy Reid, Bruce AriansVideo
Bill Cowher would love nothing more than to see the Pittsburgh Steelers return to the Super Bowl. Still, Sunday’s matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers is a close second. Cowher spent three seasons in Kansas City as defensive coordinator before becoming a Hall of Fame coach...
Bucs’ Tom Brady has denied 27 QBs in unparalleled playoff successVideo
When a baby-faced Tom Brady made his first trip to the Super Bowl 19 years ago, Kurt Warner served up the main headline at media day by revealing he wanted to be remembered as the first quarterback to win five Super Bowls. That was one more than Terry Bradshaw and...
Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes the rare quarterback with no weaknessVideo
When it comes to judging the best quarterbacks, they all seem to have at least one deficiency. Whether it’s pocket passers such as Tom Brady and Peyton Manning who might not be adept at scrambling, or deadeye accurate ones such as Drew Brees and Joe Montana who might lack elite...
Penguins defenseman John Marino added to NHL’s covid-19 protocol list
Penguins defenseman John Marino was added to the NHL’s list of players unavailable to play or practice because of the league’s covid-19 protocol. Marino’s name was added to the list Wednesday. The Penguins, as scheduled, did not practice. The inclusion of Marino’s name on the list does not necessarily indicate...
Giants’ Saquon Barkley says knee doing well, won’t set return dateVideo
Saquon Barkley says his surgically repaired knee is doing well, though the New York Giants star running back won’t set a target date for his return. Barkley, the Penn State product who was named 2018 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, tore his right ACL in Week 2 and missed...
Maryland hopes top-20 recruiting class brings improvement in Big TenVideo
The Maryland athletic department slogan is “Fear The Turtle.” In seven seasons in the Big Ten, its football team has scared no one. That might be about to change judging by the recruiting work done by coach Mike Locksley and his staff. Locksley signed four four-star prospects in December and...
Emotions finally in check, Antonio Brown seeks super ending that eluded him with Steelers
The Immaculate Extension continues to live on for Antonio Brown in Tampa Bay. No, not the lean-over-the-goal-line touchdown that won a division championship for the Pittsburgh Steelers on Christmas 2016, perhaps the defining moment of Brown’s nine-year tenure wearing black-and-gold. The extension the 32-year-old Brown is experiencing these days pertains...
Pitt will travel to No. 14 Virginia as replacement for postponed game with Florida State
Pitt no longer has an open date Saturday after the ACC announced several schedule changes Wednesday afternoon. The Panthers will play at No. 14 Virginia for a 4 p.m. tip-off, a replacement for the Florida State game that was postponed because of covid-19 complications. The game will be televised on...
Family: Keyontae Johnson’s collapse unrelated to covid-19Video
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida forward Keyontae Johnson’s collapse during a game nearly two months ago was not related to a positive covid-19 test, his family said Wednesday. University of Florida Health physicians consulted with other local and national experts who reviewed the relevant imaging and testing related to this case,...
DeChambeau flattered by role in golf’s rule-change proposalsVideo
Bryson DeChambeau has been pushing the limits of golf with his quest for increased distance off the tee. So the game’s “mad scientist” is flattered rule-makers are proposing changes to regulations in an effort to control how far big hitters like him can launch a golf ball. “I think I...
With top 25 class locked up, Pitt introduces transfers on 2nd official signing day
The first Wednesday in February used to be a big day at Pitt and everywhere else across college football. The fax machine whirled, spitting out national letters of intent. Coaches from Walt Harris to Todd Graham to Pat Narduzzi stalked the halls outside their office, seemingly attached to their phones...
Steelers 2021 offseason positional outlook: Safeties
Editor’s note: This is Part 11 of a 12-part series breaking down the Pittsburgh Steelers at each position in the offseason. All salary cap information courtesy spotrac.com or overthecap.com: Starting safety is one position where the Pittsburgh Steelers don’t need much improvement. They do, however, have a couple of options...
Penn State football lands another 4-star commit
Davon Townley Jr., a defensive lineman from North Community High School in Minneapolis, Minn., has joined the 2021 Penn State football recruiting class. Townley Jr., who signed Wednesday morning to kick off the start of the national letter of intent regular signing period for Division I and II football, is...
Madden 21 picks Chiefs to beat Buccaneers in Super BowlVideo
The winner of Super Bowl LV is…. The Kansas City Chiefs, according to this year’s Madden simulation. The EA Sports franchise simulated the Super Bowl 55 matchup between the Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Madden 21. The result was a 37-27 final with the Chiefs winning their second straight...
Steelers in bottom half of NFL in betting odds for winning next year’s Super Bowl
This year’s Super Bowl has yet to be played. But that doesn’t mean sports books aren’t already taking bets on next year’s game. And Pittsburgh Steelers fans might not like where their team has been initially slotted into the NFL hierarchy. Ranked from most likely to least likely to win...
Dick’s Sporting Goods sues Baseball Reference over GameChanger trademark infringement
A Dick’s Sporting Goods subsidiary is suing the company that operates the popular Baseball Reference website, alleging trademark infringement. GameChanger, which is owned by Dick’s, is a software application for youth baseball and softball. The app provides statistics tracking, as well as the ability to live stream games. According to...
Mark Madden: Don’t expect Sidney Crosby to finish his career in Canada
A bunch of Canadian media used their platform to try to wish Sidney Crosby to a Canadian team, speculating that the Penguins and Crosby may (this got said with great gravitas) talk about his future this coming offseason, and what would be Crosby’s likely destination? That “speculation” (read: made-up drivel)...
Super Bowl LV prop bets: Wager on nuptials, nostrils and more
Tom Brady is 43 years old. He will play in his 10th Super Bowl on Sunday when his Tampa Bay Buccaneers face Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. Both of those facts are sure to be mentioned during CBS’ broadcast of the big game. But which one will be...
Most NHL teams using 2 goalies to get through pandemic play
Most NHL teams are keeping two goaltenders busy, trying to keep them fresh as the frequency of games picks up with the league shooting to squeeze 56 games into less than four months. Montreal, Boston, Carolina, Florida and Vegas are off to strong starts while essentially alternating starts between their...
First Call: Best Super Bowl play ‘debate’; Steelers O-line supporting new hire
We may have a Steelers-Patriots Super Bowl dust up thanks to our friends “across the pond.” Steelers offensive linemen current and past are running to the defense of new offensive line coach Adrian Klemm. At least one big name quarterback is staying put. And the “cannons won’t thunder” in Tampa...
