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Big Ten releases updated January schedule for Penn State men’s basketball
The Penn State men’s basketball team currently is scheduled to visit Purdue in Big Ten Conference play Sunday afternoon. Now, the Nittany Lions know when they will play previously postponed conference home games against Rutgers and Wisconsin. The conference Wednesday announced an updated January schedule for Penn State, which also...
Bears to keep Matt Nagy, GM Ryan Pace at least 1 more season
CHICAGO — Chairman George McCaskey insisted the Chicago Bears have the right culture to become a winning franchise. So the team is sticking with general manager Ryan Pace and coach Matt Nagy for at least another season. What helped convince him to stay the course rather than make sweeping changes?...
Browns, Chiefs bear unmistakable thumbprint of ex-GM John DorseyVideo
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It doesn’t take Andy Reid long when he pops on film of the Cleveland Browns for the coach of the Kansas City Chiefs to see the unmistakable thumbprint of former general manager John Dorsey in their style and personnel. Probably because Reid still sees it on...
Olympian Klete Keller charged with taking part in U.S. Capitol riot
Five-time Olympic swimming medalist Klete Keller was charged Wednesday with participating in a deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol after video emerged that appeared to show him among those storming the building last week. An FBI complaint, citing screenshots from the video, asked that a warrant be issued charging Keller...
Browns get top CB Denzel Ward back from covid-19 list
Cleveland Browns rookie coach Kevin Stefanski said he’s on track to return to the team Thursday for playoff preparations after missing Sunday’s wild-card win in Pittsburgh with covid-19. He’ll get a few of his best players back, too. Stefanski jokingly called himself “probable” when asked if he’ll return as the...
WPIAL ‘publicly censures’ Woodland Hills basketball coach Matt Furjanic for tweet
Woodland Hills boys basketball coach Matt Furjanic tweets mostly about presidential politics to his 436 Twitter followers, but the WPIAL found one of his other posts more controversial. The WPIAL board decided Wednesday that Furjanic should be publicly admonished for using social media to question a technical foul called against...
Penguins place 3 players on injured reserve before opener
The Pittsburgh Penguins placed three players on injured reserve prior to the start of the season. Forwards Zach Aston-Reese, Sam Miletic and defenseman Zach Trotman will open the campaign on injured reserve. Aston-Reese still is recovering from surgery on his left shoulder in August. Based on the time frame of...
James Harden headed to Nets in 4-team blockbuster trade
HOUSTON — The Brooklyn Nets agreed to acquire three-time scoring champion James Harden from the Houston Rockets, a deal that reunites him with Kevin Durant and gives him the move that he has sought for weeks, said a person with knowledge of the situation. Harden is going to the Nets...
Penguins notebook: Team socially distances practice squad, goaltenders
On Tuesday, the Pittsburgh Penguins practiced in their Cranberry facility. As has been customary under coach Mike Sullivan, it was staged at a furious pace. No wasted motion or minutes. Seemingly every action on the ice had a purpose. Earlier that morning, the newly formed taxi squad did the same...
After 2nd 2-week pause, Robert Morris resumes season at Illinois-Chicago
After Robert Morris opened its season Dec. 5 with a victory against Point Park, the Colonials’ next two games were canceled. Back in business Dec. 18, Robert Morris lost nonconference games to Bowling Green and Marshall before surpassing the century mark the day after Christmas in its first Horizon League...
AP sources: Eagles won’t be penalized for QB decisions
PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Eagles won’t be penalized after the NFL looked into the way the team handled its quarterback decisions in the final regular-season game against Washington, two people familiar with the decision told the Associated Press on Wednesday. Both people spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity...
AP report: MLB suspends political donations after invasion of U.S. CapitolVideo
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball is suspending all political contributions in the wake of last week’s invasion of the U.S. Capitol by a mob loyal to President Donald Trump, joining a wave of major corporations rethinking their efforts to lobby Washington. “In light of the unprecedented events last week...
John Harbaugh, Ravens happily travel road to success in playoffsVideo
Home-field advantage in the playoffs is overrated for Ravens coach John Harbaugh, who has found the road to success in the postseason usually involves packing his bags and getting the heck out of Baltimore. Last week’s 20-13 victory in Tennessee was Harbaugh’s eighth on the road in the playoffs, the...
Duquesne introduces new athletic mascot
Duquesne will have a new Duquesne Duke mascot to greet athletes and fans when it moves the athletic department into UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse this year. The university’s athletic department introduced the mascot on its Twitter account. Behind the design. @changeupinc • #GoDukes pic.twitter.com/NQ95L0KN8N— Duquesne Athletics (@GoDuquesne) January 13, 2021 The...
Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: Pirates GM Ben Cherington’s minor moves shake up status quo
While watching the Pittsburgh Steelers get blown out by the Cleveland Browns, I commented to my cousin that Sunday night would have been a better time for the Pirates to trade Josh Bell than Christmas Eve. His response: Wait, the Pirates traded Josh Bell? So maybe Ben Cherington’s timing worked,...
Mark Madden: Loyalty to Mike Tomlin leaves Steelers going nowhere
Philadelphia fired coach Doug Pederson. He and the Eagles won the Super Bowl three years ago. Mike Tomlin, meanwhile, has a job for life in Pittsburgh. Tomlin has presided over late-season collapses in each of the last three years: The Steelers went from 7-2-1 to 9-6-1 and no playoffs in...
Bianca Smith, with Sewickley roots, makes history as 1st Black woman to coach pro-level baseball
The first Black woman to coach on a professional baseball team has roots in Sewickley, and her favorite baseball team growing up was the Pittsburgh Pirates. Bianca Smith, 29, was hired Jan. 4 by the Boston Red Sox. Her role is stationed in Fort Myers, Fla., to work as a...
Steelers’ Kevin Colbert to the Lions? Mike Tomlin talked to him and knows nothing of it
Kevin Colbert has made it known that at this point of his life, he prefers to work on a year-to-year basis as general manager of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Coach Mike Tomlin said he has no reason to believe this is the year Colbert’s two-decade tenure with the Steelers ends. “I’ve...
Penguins A to Z: Jason Zucker shows he’s a good fit anywhereVideo
As the NHL prepares for a new season scheduled to start in mid-January, the Tribune-Review will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 48 individuals under NHL contract with the organization, from mid-level prospect Niclas Almari to high-profile trade acquisition Jason Zucker. Jason Zucker Position: Left winger...
Steelers’ Mike Tomlin expects changes heading into 2021 seasonVideo
With another early playoff exit fresh in his mind, Mike Tomlin offered a succinct assessment Wednesday when asked whether he is “all in” for the 2021 season, which would be his 15th as the Pittsburgh Steelers head coach. “You bet.” The question is, who will be along for the ride...
Penguins A to Z: Size isn’t everything for Radim ZohornaVideo
As the NHL prepares for a new season scheduled to start in mid-January, the Tribune-Review will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 48 individuals under NHL contract with the organization, from mid-level prospect Niclas Almari to high-profile trade acquisition Jason Zucker. Radim Zohorna Position: Left winger...
To cancel or not?: IOC, Japan press ahead with Tokyo Games
TOKYO — Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared a state of emergency last week for Tokyo and surrounding areas. Amid the surging virus, he again promised the postponed Tokyo Olympics would be “safe and secure” and tried to disconnect the state of emergency from the fate of the games. But opposition...
First Call: Steelers-Browns record TV ratings, Aaron Donald news, gamblers buying Penguins chances
The Steelers-Browns wild-card game set some record TV ratings. Penn Hills product Aaron Donald is trying to be ready for Sunday’s playoff game in Green Bay despite a painful injury. Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford is giving a hard sell on an offseason acquisition. And the gambling community is starting...
Tim Benz: ‘Browns is the Browns’? Nope. Sorry, JuJu. Try ‘Steelers is the Steelers.’
Say what you will about Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster and his “the Browns is the Browns” quote. You may think that line was destructive bulletin board material before a playoff game. Or you may consider it a fleeting quote that didn’t even rise to the level of tepid trash...
Browns ‘clap back’ at JuJu Smith-Schuster and Chase Claypool. Why wouldn’t they?
The Browns are “clapping back” at Steelers receivers JuJu Smith-Schuster and Chase Claypool. Can you blame ‘em? Cleveland clubbed the Steelers 48-37 on Sunday night for its first playoff win since 1994. So Smith-Schuster’s pregame “the Browns is the Browns” line looks dumb. And Claypool’s TikTok video Monday saying that...
