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Former Penguins defenseman Jack Johnson signs with Rangers
Former Penguins defenseman Jack Johnson has signed with the New York Rangers. Per The Athletic, Johnston agreed to a one-year deal worth $1.15 million. On Monday, the Penguins bought out the final three years of a five-year contract they signed Johnson to in 2018. Johnson, who had a salary cap...
Penguins re-sign forward Evan Rodrigues to 1-year deal
Evan Rodrigues’ time with the Pittsburgh Penguins was brief. His time away from them was even shorter. On Friday, the Penguins re-signed the versatile forward to a one-year contract with a salary cap hit of $700,000. Initially acquired in a trade with the Buffalo Sabres on Feb. 24, Rodrigues (5-foot-11,...
T.J. Watt returns to Steelers practice, will play Sunday vs. Eagles
Crisis averted for the Pittsburgh Steelers. T.J. Watt, one of the NFL’s best defensive players, returned to practice Friday after missing Thursday’s session because of a knee injury. “I feel great,” Watt said during a video conference call with media Friday afternoon. “Practiced well today. I was flying around, and...
Jets covid-19 tests come back negative; Titans had no positive tests Friday
All New York Jets players and coaches tested negative for covid-19, and Sunday’s game against Arizona will be played on time. The Jets posted a statement on social media Friday night, hours after their training facility was closed because of a presumptive positive coronavirus test for one player. “This evening,...
Masked Pitt Panthers hit the road for Boston and a test of resiliency
The Boston hotel where Pitt will stay Friday night in advance of its game against Boston College is off-limits to outsiders. Coach Pat Narduzzi already has warned his team about the perils of travel during a pandemic. “I told them everybody up there’s got it. So, just stay away from...
Whitey Ford, 91, pitcher who epitomized mighty Yankees, dies
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. — Whitey Ford, the street-smart New Yorker who had the best winning percentage of any pitcher in the 20th century and helped the Yankees become baseball’s perennial champions in the 1950s and ’60s, has died. He was 91. A family member told The Associated Press on Friday...
Duquesne plans Thanksgiving trip to Louisville bubble for 5-game basketball event
Duquesne signed a commitment letter to travel Louisville over the Thanksgiving holiday, live in a bubble for about 10 days and play five nonconference basketball games. The multiteam event, known as an MTE, can begin Nov. 25, the first day the NCAA allows teams to start their seasons. “It’s probably...
Pitt, Boston College are opponents Saturday, but fighting the same battles
On Saturday, the Pitt and Boston College football teams will be opponents. Most of the rest of the year, though, these two teams fight many of the same battles. They are city schools in pro sports towns, trying to reestablish the national pulse they had in the 1980s. Doing the...
Mark Madden: It’s time for Titans’ season to end as NFL forges on
The Tennessee Titans have wrecked their season. The Titans defied an NFL mandate and had two unauthorized practices. Their coach, Mike Vrabel, lost institutional control. As of this writing, 23 players and staff members have tested positive for covid-19. Last week’s home game against the Pittsburgh Steelers was postponed. Sunday’s...
Steelers broadcaster Tunch Ilkin announces he has ALSVideo
Longtime Pittsburgh Steelers broadcaster and former player Tunch Ilkin has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Ilkin announced in a video released via his church. Known often as Lou Gehrig’s disease, ALS is a degenerative disorder that gradually takes away the brain’s power to control the muscles. According to webmd.com,...
MLB-best Dodgers to 14th NLCS after 12-3 win to sweep Padres
ARLINGTON, Texas — Justin Turner and the Los Angeles Dodgers have completed the first step of what they hope is a long stay in the Lone Star State. Turner put the Dodgers ahead with a record-breaking hit in a big inning fueled by a nice stop-gone-bad by Fernando Tatis Jr.,...
Eagles’ Javon Hargrave looking for chance to finally sack Steelers’ Ben Roethlisberger
His Philadelphia Eagles teammates were looking for inside information from Javon Hargrave on how to sack Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. Who better to go to for advice? After all, during his four seasons with the Steelers, Hargrave regularly lined up across from Roethlisberger in practice. Hargrave didn’t mean to...
First Call: Tight ends will be big in Steelers vs. Eagles. Cole vs. Glasnow in Game 5.
Friday’s “First Call” looks at a key matchup in Sunday’s Steelers-Eagles game. The Steelers defensive front gets some high first-quarter grades. Robert Morris hockey has found a special story and a special skater. And the Duquesne Dukes may be part of an Atlantic 10 renaissance. Tale of the tight ends...
This date in sports history: Oct. 9Video
1943 — Bob Hoernschemeyer throws six touchdown passes, an NCAA record for a freshman, as Indiana beats Nebraska, 54-13. 1965 — The United States wins the Ryder Cup, 19½-12½, at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. Arnold Palmer clinches the title, beating Peter Butler 2-up. It’s the 13th...
This day in sports history: Oct. 8Video
1933 — Cliff Battles of the Boston Redskins becomes the first NFL player to gain more than 200 yards rushing with 215 yards in a 21-20 win over the New York Giants. 1949 — Walt Pastuszak has five of Brown’s 11 interceptions in a 46-0 rout of Rhode Island. 1950...
Tim Benz: Steelers-Eagles should be a tale of the trenches
Analysis of Sunday’s Pittsburgh Steelers game against the Philadelphia Eagles comes down to two specific things. Check that. The analysis isn’t even that complicated. Simply put, the Steelers should win. Period. And they should cover the seven-point spread bouncing around most gambling outlets. But how easily the Steelers win —...
Browns look to further validate start against tough Colts
CLEVELAND — Baker Mayfield knows all about the Browns’ tortured history over the past two decades. It’s been jammed down his throat. Almost from the moment he was drafted with the No. 1 overall pick in 2018, Mayfield’s been told about the expansion-era horror stories of botched drafts, devastating injuries,...
Tom Brady loses to Nick Foles again, loses track of downs as Bears beat Bucs
CHICAGO — Tom Brady fell to Nick Foles again and appeared to lose count of downs on his final play, and the Chicago Bears beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20-19 on Thursday night after Cairo Santos kicked a 38-yard field goal with 1:17 remaining. DeAndre Houston-Carson broke up Brady’s fourth-down...
Yankees beat Rays, force Game 5 in ALDSVideo
SAN DIEGO — Luke Voit and Gleyber Torres hit impressive home runs, Jordan Montgomery and three relievers combined on a three-hitter and the New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays, 5-1, Thursday night to force a deciding fifth game in their AL Division Series. The Yankees bounced back from...
LeBron James, Lakers win away from closing out Heat in NBA FinalsVideo
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The trophy ceremony plans are getting finalized. Boxes are being shipped out of the NBA bubble in advance of the looming shutdown. Hotel rooms, sometime in the next few days, will be filled again by regular people looking for their long-awaited Disney fix. For LeBron...
Carlos Correa powers Astros past A’s to clinch spot in ALCSVideo
LOS ANGELES — Carlos Correa hit a go-ahead, three-run homer after Michael Brantley’s two-run shot in the fourth inning, helping the Houston Astros beat the Oakland Athletics, 11-6, on Thursday to clinch their home-run heavy AL Division Series in four games. Correa drove in five as the Astros — October...
AP source: Bills-Titans, Broncos-Patriots rescheduled by NFLVideo
NASHVILLE — The Bills-Titans game has been moved from Sunday to Tuesday night as long as Tennessee has no more positive tests for covid-19 in the interim, a person with direct knowledge of the switch tells The Associated Press. The NFL also is rescheduling Sunday’s Broncos-Patriots game from Sunday to...
Penguins re-sign forward Sam Lafferty to two-year deal
The Penguins have re-signed forward Sam Lafferty to a two-year contract with a salary cap hit of $750,000. A native of Hollidaysburg, Lafferty was scheduled to become a restricted free agent on Friday. He just completed a two-year entry-level contract with had a salary cap hit of $767,500. Lafferty, 25,...
Kyle Wright leads Braves to sweep of Marlins, trip to NLCSVideo
HOUSTON — Rookie Kyle Wright dazzled for six innings in his postseason debut, and the Atlanta Braves rode their superb pitching to beat the Miami Marlins, 7-0, on Thursday for a three-game sweep and their first trip to the NL Championship Series since 2001. Atlanta had lost eight straight Division...
Sofia Kenin, 21, will face unseeded Iga Swiatek, 19, in French Open finalVideo
PARIS — Sofia Kenin entered 2020 with an 11-11 record in Grand Slam action. She never had made the quarterfinals at any clay-court tournament until this trip to Roland Garros — and lost her only tuneup match on the surface 6-0, 6-0 last month. Iga Swiatek is just 19. She...
