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First Call: Mike Tomlin makes Steelers Hall of Fame pitches; Ravens release vets; Matt Murray’s start
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is making a late push for some Hall of Fame candidates. The NFL Combine is dialing back because of the pandemic. And a Steelers rival is leaving Baltimore. Plus, we check in on former Penguins goalie Matt Murray. All that in Tuesday’s “First Call.” Lending his...
Derek Schooley has a familiar plan to stop injury bug from derailing RMU hockey’s hot start
The sage wisdom of a “Tomlinism” knows no boundaries. They are translatable from sport to sport. Even Robert Morris men’s hockey coach Derek Schooley is borrowing a verbal pearl from the Steelers head coach. The Colonials resume play after a nine-day layoff Tuesday night. And the break came at the...
Tim Benz: NFL head coach hiring trend should be a reminder to Steelers about Mike Tomlin
Relax. This won’t be the 5,000th post you have read over the last three years about whether the Steelers should keep Mike Tomlin as the head coach or fire him after a third straight late-season collapse. That debate has become Republican or Democrat. Heavy metal or country. Beach or mountains....
This date in sports history: Jan. 19
1937 — Nap Lajoie, Tris Speaker and Cy Young are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in the second year of voting. 1952 — The Professional Golfers Association approves the participation of blacks in golf tournaments. 1972 — Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers becomes the youngest player...
Sam Lafferty is still ‘real valuable player’ for Penguins
Sam Lafferty already secured a place in Pittsburgh Penguins history last season when he became on of the relatively few natives of Western Pennsylvania to play for the franchise. On Monday, the Hollidaysburg native claimed another piece of history, albeit not one worthy of celebration. The 25-year-old versatile forward also...
Sam Mewis’ hat trick leads U.S. women past Colombia 4-0Video
ORLANDO, Fla. — Samantha Mewis scored three goals and her big sister Kristie Mewis added another to give the United States a 4-0 exhibition victory over short-handed Colombia on Monday. The U.S. extended its unbeaten streak to 33 matches. The defending World Cup champions have a 49-game undefeated streak on...
NFL says no in-person workouts for scouting combineVideo
The NFL will not allow in-person workouts for the scouting combine because of health and safety precautions of covid-19. The league informed teams Monday any workouts will take place on the individual pro days on college campuses. Interviews of prospects and psychological testing and assessments will be done virtually. “We...
Browns believe right coach, right QB in place for sustained successVideo
CLEVELAND — On their wild ride of an unforgettable, almost unimaginable 2020 season when Zoom calls, masks and contact tracing were daily fixtures, the Cleveland Browns discovered two things that point to a bright future for an awakened franchise. They’ve got the right coach and the right quarterback. After years...
63! Chartiers Valley girls break state basketball win streak recordVideo
Silver balloons hung in Chartiers Valley’s locker room after Monday’s girls basketball game, with some spelling out “yay!” and others “63.” Those balloons were the only hint the team had just made history. Chartiers Valley extended its unmatched winning streak to 63 games with a 91-39 victory over Gateway, breaking...
Confident Buccaneers defense finds its form at right timeVideo
TAMPA, Fla. — Tom Brady’s quest for a seventh Super Bowl ring continues, thanks to a young defense that has regained its swagger when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers needed it most. The Bucs (13-5) advanced to the NFC championship game for the first time in 18 years, with Brady outplaying...
Pirates send Joe Musgrove to Padres for 4 prospects, receive Mets catcher in 3-team deal
The Pittsburgh Pirates continued to dismantle baseball’s worst team, trading Opening Day starter Joe Musgrove to the San Diego Padres on Monday in a three-team deal that returned five players. The Pirates, who finished an MLB-worst 19-41 last season, will receive center fielder Hudson Head and pitchers David Bednar, Omar...
Pitt’s Jeff Capel doesn’t need national rankings to tell him playing Duke is special
If anyone thinks beating Duke has lost some of its prestige, let Jeff Capel tell you about the 1994-1995 Blue Devils. “I was on the last (Duke) team that didn’t make the (NCAA) Tournament,” he said. “And even though we were 2-14 — we stunk — people still stormed the...
Penguins assign forward Sam Lafferty to taxi squad
With forward Kasperi Kapanen on the verge of making his season debut, the Penguins made a handful of corresponding roster moves Monday. • Forward Sam Lafferty was moved from the NHL roster to the taxi squad. Lafferty, 25, has played in all three of the Penguins’ games this season and...
Hempfield grad Burns sets Point Park 3-pointer mark but wants to be known as all-around player
With a dart from the right wing, Michelle Burns watched 3-pointer No. 202 of her college career splash through the net. She might have been smiling, but nobody could tell because the Point Park senior guard was wearing a face mask — a sign of the times. Her teammates’ mouths...
Penguins assign Sam Lafferty to taxi squad, recall Kevin CzuczmanVideo
With forward Kasperi Kapanen on the verge of making his season debut, the Penguins made a handful of corresponding roster moves. • Forward Sam Lafferty was moved from the NHL roster to the taxi squad. Lafferty, 25, has played in all three of the Penguins’ games this season and has...
NASCAR legend Tony Stewart balances personal bliss, professional angstVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tony Stewart is angry — what else is new? — and wants the record set straight regarding recent business decisions. He also is in love — wait, who? Smoke? — and five months away from his 50th birthday finds himself happier in his personal life than ever...
Tennessee fires football coach Jeremy Pruitt, 9 others for ‘serious’ NCAA issuesVideo
The Tennessee football program is starting over again, this time after coach Jeremy Pruitt and nine others were fired Monday for cause when an internal investigation found what the university chancellor called “serious violations of NCAA rules.” Chancellor Donde Plowman said Pruitt was responsible for overseeing the program. Tennessee has...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Basketball is on at Saint Vincent, other PAC schools
There will be basketball at Saint Vincent College this season after all. The sport is coming back in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference with a shared chorus among the 10 schools: better late than never. The NCAA Division III league, which postponed winter sports months ago when the covid-19 pandemic bum-rushed...
Winger Kasperi Kapanen finally joins Penguins
When the Penguins selected Kasperi Kapanen in the first round of the 2014 draft, the young Finn was still 17, a month away from turning 18. Even if he grew up in North America, following his father, former NHL forward Sami Kapanen, around the continent, he still felt like a...
After rare losing season, Penn State’s James Franklin makes plans for 2021
Penn State’s 2020 football season — and the days that followed — were marked by change, personnel upheaval and something that is rarely experienced by the Nittany Lions and difficult for coaches, players and fans to accept: A losing record. For the first time since 2004, Penn State (4-5) lost...
Former WPIAL stars Alex Kirilloff, Austin Hendrick on Baseball America’s prospect list
A pair of former WPIAL stars are ranked in Baseball America’s top 100 prospects, including one who cracked the top 20 for the first time. Plum’s Alex Kirilloff is ranked the No. 18 overall prospect and No. 1 in the Minnesota Twins organization by Baseball America. The 6-foot-2, 215-pound outfielder...
Once a pillar of strength and continuity, Steelers’ offensive line could be due for makeover
Ben Roethlisberger helplessly waving his arm at the sailing ball and chasing it down 20 yards into his own end zone serves as the defining moment of the 2020 Pittsburgh Steelers’ playoff “run.” But Maurkice Pouncey’s overshot first snap of the wild-card game against the Cleveland Browns also provides a...
Unfiltered: Tim Benz and Mark Madden talk Steelers, NFL playoffs, PenguinsVideo
Tim Benz and Mark Madden return for this week’s edition of “Unfiltered” on TribLive’s Facebook page to discuss everything happening in Pittsburgh sports. The guys open up show discussing where wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster could end up next year if he doesn’t return to the Steelers. Madden thinks Smith-Schuster would...
WVU men’s basketball game at Baylor rescheduled for Feb. 18
The West Virginia men’s basketball team received some good news from the Big 12 Conference on Monday as a game postponed because of covid issues has been rescheduled. The Mountaineers’ matchup with Baylor, originally scheduled for Jan. 12, now will be at 5 p.m. Feb. 18, in Waco, Texas. The...
Duke falls out of AP Top 25; Gonzaga, Baylor remain 1-2
Gonzaga and Baylor maintained their grip on the top two spots in The Associated Press men’s basketball poll Monday. If third-ranked Villanova ever plays a game, perhaps it will make a run a them. The Bulldogs again racked up all but the two first-place votes that went to the Bears,...
