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Wheeling Nailers won’t renew coach’s contract
The Wheeling Nailers have decided to part ways with coach Mike Bavis. The Penguins’ ECHL affiliate announced Monday it will not renew the contract of Bavis, who coached the team for the past two seasons. The Nailers went 55-61-15 under Bavis. They missed the playoffs last season and were in...
Freshman guards Ashton Miller, Evan Buckley leaving Duquesne
Two freshman guards are leaving the Duquesne basketball program. Ashton Miller, the cousin of director of player development Ashton Gibbs, has entered the NCAA transfer portal while Evan Buckley is leaving and has no plans to play elsewhere, a team spokesman said. While playing in 23 of 30 games this...
Eric Reid calls NFL CBA invalid, wants probe over ‘major’ post-vote changesVideo
Free agent safety Eric Reid wants the NFL’s new collective bargaining agreement invalidated over language added following ratification of the pact earlier this month. He is calling for an investigation and a re-vote. In a letter to the NFLPA on Monday, Reid’s lawyers said language posted on the players association’s...
Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners will hold virtual meetingVideo
The Pennsylvania Game Commission announced the Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners meeting in April will be held online in an effort to abide by state guidelines created to combat the spread of covid-19. The online meeting is scheduled to begin April 6 at 8:30 a.m. Much of that portion of...
All-Decade Team a dicey proposition, other than a few starsVideo
All-Decade teams are a dicey proposition. Some all-time greats never made such a team because of, basically, bad timing. Maybe they broke into the NFL in mid-decade, such as Curtis Martin in 1995 or Fred Dean 20 years earlier. Both are Hall of Famers without ever making an All-Decade squad....
Pirates preventing Jameson Taillon from pitching in 2020
A pitcher who has already had all too much of his baseball career affected by injury and health, Jameson Taillon acknowledges that he’s allowed the fierce competitor inside of him to lobby to return to a major-league mound in 2020. “Yeah, I’d be lying if I said that I hadn’t...
Pirates’ Jameson Taillon against neutral-site World SeriesVideo
During a conference call with Pittsburgh media Monday afternoon, Jameson Taillon repeatedly asserted players were open to a myriad of possibilities aimed at salvaging as much of the 2020 MLB season as possible. “Players,” the Pittsburgh Pirates union representative said, “will visit just about anything.” There is one thing, though,...
Iowa’s Spencer Lee wins Hodge Trophy, college wrestling’s Heisman
In a nearly unanimous vote, Iowa’s Spencer Lee was announced Monday as the winner of the Dan Hodge Trophy, college wrestling’s version of the Heisman Trophy. Lee, a junior from Franklin Regional, received 52 of 57 first-place votes. Lee went 18-0 and was the top seed at 125 pounds for...
Steelers announce 3 signings, including former Pitt DE Dewayne Hendrix
Defensive end Dewayne Hendrix, a two-year starter at Pitt, was one of three XFL players that the Pittsburgh Steelers signed to contracts Monday. Along with Hendrix, safety Tyree Kinnel and linebacker/long snapper Christian Kuntz of Chartiers Valley and Duquesne were added to the Steelers’ offseason roster. The Steelers have signed...
Steelers lag well behind Ravens in odds to win AFC North
The Baltimore Ravens remain a heavy favorite to win the AFC North this season — assuming it is played at all — but the Pittsburgh Steelers are by far the No. 2 choice. According to odds released on FoxBet.com, the reigning division champions are a 3-to-5 pick to win the...
Mark Madden: Will Antonio Brown play another NFL snap?
Tampa Bay coach Bruce Arians, ex of this parish, issued a hard “no” on the possibility of Antonio Brown playing for his team: “I just know him, and it’s not a fit in our locker room.” Arians’ most damning words: “I just know him.” After what’s transpired since Brown left...
Penguins moments part of fan-voted tournament as best of NHL seasonVideo
The combination of a new sort of March Madness and the current trend of re-living past sporting events has resulted in an online “tournament” of the best games of the NHL season. The league’s social media platforms are encouraging fans to vote on 64 “moments” from its 2019-20 games —...
Tokyo Olympics rescheduled for July 23-Aug. 8 in 2021Video
TOKYO — The Tokyo Olympics will open next year in the same time slot scheduled for this year’s games. Tokyo organizers said Monday the opening ceremony will take place on July 23, 2021 — almost exactly one year after the games were due to start this year. “The schedule for...
Tim Benz and Mark Madden discuss Bruce Arians swatting away Antonio Brown, NHL playoff prospects
In this week’s “Madden Monday,” Mark Madden and I bask in the only activity that is allowed to go on in the sports world these days: the NFL offseason. And thank goodness for that. So we examine the Stefen Wisniewski signing as well as Bruce Arians snubbing Antonio Brown in...
Tim Benz: J.J. Watt ‘envious’ of brothers Derek, T.J. playing together with Steelers
On the hockey front, the Pittsburgh Penguins managed to get themselves only one of the four NHL Staal brothers. That worked out OK, though. Now, the Pittsburgh Steelers have two Watt brothers. The club recently signed Derek Watt, a fullback formerly with the Los Angeles Chargers. He’ll join All-Pro linebacker...
First Call: Antonio Brown rips another NFL star, Steelers rise in offseason power rankings, Ravens sign familiar name
Here’s the covid-19 shut-in response we’ve all been waiting for from former Steelers receiver Antonio Brown. Plus, the Steelers are on the rise when it comes to NFL offseason rankings. A former Steeler is wallowing in days gone by. And “Tiger vs. Phil: Part II” may give us a little...
Tim Benz: Two ways that a new CBA rule may help the Steelers
An element of the new NFL collective bargaining agreement should benefit the Pittsburgh Steelers. Well, it’s going to benefit every NFL team. But based on the Steelers’ current roster construction, recent offseason moves and potential plans for the draft, it may help them more than most. At least in 2020....
Former Washington football coach Jim Lambright dies at 77Video
SEATTLE — Former Washington football coach Jim Lambright died at age 77, the school announced Sunday. Lambright spent nearly four decades associated with the Washington program as a player, assistant coach and head coach. “I’m deeply saddened by the news of Coach Lambright’s passing. Coach Lambright is synonymous with Husky...
West Virginia cancels spring game
After the Big 12 extended its suspension of all team activities from Sunday to May 31, West Virginia canceled its Gold-Blue spring football game, which had been scheduled for April 18 at Milan Puskar Stadium. “It’s disappointing for our players and fans that the Gold-Blue Spring Game is canceled. The...
Two Chicago Cubs employees test positive for covid-19Video
CHICAGO — Two Chicago Cubs employees who attended an annual training session at Wrigley Field on March 8 have tested positive for the covid-19 virus. One was hospitalized, and the other was recovering at home, spokesman Julian Green said Sunday. Green also said there was “nothing definitive” indicating the session...
How is Penn State football continuing to recruit amid coronavirus pandemic?Video
Penn State landed its third verbal commitment in the Class of 2021 on Thursday when four-star offensive lineman Landon Tengwall picked the Lions over Notre Dame. It was the latest sign recruiting is continuing across the college football landscape, even if universities have moved classes online while spring practices have...
Stephon Marbury wants to send NYC 10 million surgical masks in the next monthVideo
It was 4 a.m. in Beijing when former Knicks player and Coney Island native Stephon Marbury got on the phone with the Daily News. He didn’t want to talk about basketball. He wanted to talk about how he could help the U.S., and particularly his beloved native New York, battle...
Timmy Hill wins NASCAR iRacing event at virtual Texas Motor SpeedwayVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead sang the national anthem from a remote location. Troy Aikman, borrowing Matthew McConaughey’s trademark phrase “Alright, alright, alright,” commanded drivers to start their, uh, simulators. NASCAR’s new normal resumed Sunday with another virtual event, the second in an iRacing series thrown...
Signs suggest summer dates in 2021 for Tokyo OlympicsVideo
TOKYO — Tokyo Olympic organizers seem to be leaning away from starting the rescheduled games in spring 2021. More and more signs point toward the summer of 2021. Organizing committee president Yoshiro Mori suggested there would be no major change from 2020. “The games are meant to be in summer,...
Tech boom, MLB programs helping women find jobs in baseballVideo
MESA, Ariz. — Rachel Folden figured something out early on during her first spring training with the Chicago Cubs — long before the coronavirus pandemic wiped out team activities. None of the players care much that one of their coaches is a woman. As for the girls she encounters, they...
