Duquesne’s Tarence Guinyard earns first-team Atlantic 10 honors
Duquesne senior guard Tarence Guinyard has earned another first-team honor. Guinyard on Wednesday was named to the all-Atlantic 10 Conference first team, the first Dukes player to accomplish the feat since Damian Saunders in 2010, a span of 16 seasons. The award comes a year after Guinyard earned first-team honors...
Penguins’ struggles continue with shootouts
The Pittsburgh Penguins lost to the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday, 5-4, in a shootout at the Lenovo Center in Raleigh, N.C. The result dropped their record in shootouts to 1-10 this season, by far the worst such mark in franchise history since the NHL introduced the shootout in 2005. Here...
Minor league report: Nailers shut out by Royals
Goaltender Taylor Gauthier made 31 saves on 32 shots for the Wheeling Nailers in a 1-0 loss to the Reading Royals at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling, W.Va., on Wednesday. The result dropped Gauthier’s record to 12-7-5. Wheeling (34-16-3-3) has been shut out four times this season. Highlights: The Nailers’ next...
St. Bonaventure cruises past La Salle in Atlantic 10 Tournament opener
St. Bonaventure was one of the lowest-scoring men’s basketball teams in the Atlantic 10 during the regular season. That changed once March Madness began Wednesday. Sparked by a starting five that all scored in double-figures, the No. 13-seeded Bonnies rolled to a 99-80 victory over No. 12 La Salle in...
Blackhawk’s Archie Miller hopes Rhode Island has a long stay in his hometown for the A-10 Tournament
Archie Miller has one goal when it comes to visiting his hometown of Pittsburgh. Someday. “I’ll be honest with you, I’d love to come back one time and never have to coach,” Miller said. Just not this time. This time, the Beaver Falls native wants to coach as many games...
Star edge rusher Trey Hendrickson heading to Baltimore on 4-year, $112 million deal, AP source says
Four-time Pro Bowl edge rusher Trey Hendrickson has agreed on a four-year, $112 million contract with the Baltimore Ravens, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the contract can’t be finalized until the...
Joe Starkey: Did Team USA manager Mark DeRosa just make the biggest coaching blunder in sports history?
Part of me relates to Mark DeRosa, the MLB Network host who doubles as manager of Team USA at the World Baseball Classic. I’m a travel sports parent, you see, and the tournament brackets always leave me far beyond befuddled. I’ve been at softball or volleyball tournaments with my daughter,...
Hard-hitting Penguins defenseman Connor Clifton finally finding steady work
As far as “ironman” streaks go, 10 consecutive games isn’t all that impressive. If anything, it’s probably more accurate to identify that figure with a more brittle metal such as tungsten. But that tabulation — accrued between Jan. 31 and March 7 — represented a season high for Connor Clifton....
First Call: GM calls out Baltimore ‘bull’ in Maxx Crosby mess; Browns snag potential Steelers OL target
Wednesday’s “First Call” has lots of negative reaction toward the Baltimore Ravens for their role in rejecting the Maxx Crosby trade. The Penguins’ failure to take two points is costly. A potential Steelers’ object of interest along the offensive line is gone. And Pitt hopes to go 2 for 2...
Seton Hill women march into NCAA Tournament with ‘full head of steam’
An at-large bid to the NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Tournament is an invitation. There is nothing automatic about it, and it is not promised to any team. That is why Seton Hill coach Maeve Gallagher wants her players to know they did indeed earn a spot in the national...
Mark Madden: Pirates will honor Andrew McCutchen, whether he deserves it or not
Some characterize Andrew McCutchen’s departure to Texas as “sad.” Nah. Not from the Pittsburgh Pirates’ point of view, anyway. The Pirates didn’t want their clubhouse to be a museum. They moved on from a player who is old and past significant usefulness. A nostalgia act. An extra pierogi. It’s sad...
Dominic Fletcher discovers rhythm at plate, hopes to find a place in outfield with Pirates
BRADENTON, Fla. – Dominic Fletcher wanted nothing more than to pick up where he left off at the plate last season, only to have trouble finding the rhythm in his swing at the start of spring training. After going 1 for 11 in his first five Grapefruit League games, Fletcher...
Report: Steelers adding veteran safety Darnell Savage
The Pittsburgh Steelers are adding a veteran safety who entered the NFL as a first-round draft pick seven years ago. Darnell Savage, who played for three different teams last season, has agreed to a one-year contract with the Steelers, according to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. Savage started 82 of 85...
Stunned by Italy, U.S. could be bounced from World Baseball Classic
Kyle Teel, Sam Antonacci and Jac Caglianone homered as Italy built a big lead and held on to stun the United States, 8-6, on Tuesday night in the World Baseball Classic. The U.S. is done with pool play at Houston’s Daikin Park and needs the Italians to beat Mexico on...
In Michael Pittman Jr., Steelers getting physical receiver who gives off ‘Hines Ward vibes’Video
The Pittsburgh Steelers just picked up Michael Pittman Jr. from Indianapolis in a trade that reportedly involved nothing but late-round draft choices. Then the franchise gave him a three-year, $59 million contract. A year ago, Pittman caught 80 passes, including seven touchdowns. However, he only averaged 9.8 yards per reception,...
Penn State men eliminated by Northwestern in Big Ten Tournament
CHICAGO — Nick Martinelli scored 24 points, Jayden Reid added 14 and Northwestern defeated Penn State, 76-66, in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament on Tuesday. Fifteenth-seeded Northwestern led 34-32 at halftime and the Wildcats’ biggest lead of the second half was seven points before they went on...
Heat’s Adebayo scores 83 points, 2nd only to Wilt Chamberlain in NBA history
MIAMI — It’s Wilt, then Bam. Bam Adebayo had a night for all time Tuesday, with a point total second to only Wilt Chamberlain in the NBA record books. Adebayo scored 83 points, setting league marks for free throws made and attempted in a game for the Miami Heat in...
Former RMU coach Mark Schmidt, back for A-10 Tournament, could be set for farewell game with St. Bonaventure
Mark Schmidt is back where he started. He’s back where his head coaching career began. Back in Western Pennsylvania. When the former Robert Morris coach leads No. 13 St. Bonaventure against No. 12 La Salle on Wednesday morning in the opening game of the Atlantic 10 Tournament at PPG Paints...
Penguins stage furious rally, but shootout struggles continue in loss at Carolina
Things were quite different for the Pittsburgh Penguins back in 2018. Mike Sullivan was the coach. Jim Rutherford was the general manager. Matt Murray was the goaltender. Ben Kindel was 11 years old. And they knew what it was like to win a game in the Tarheel State. On Tuesday,...
Utah Valley will play in WAC tournaments after settling $1 million dispute over school’s exit fee
LAS VEGAS — Utah Valley and the Western Athletic Conference have cleared up their $1 million dispute that threatened to leave the Wolverines out of the league’s men’s and women’s basketball tournaments. Utah Valley plans to leave the WAC for the Big West Conference at the end of this school...
Robert Morris falls short of NCAA return, but latest run shows its ability to adapt
Who’s coming? Who’s going? Who knows? For now, at least one thing appears certain in the Robert Morris men’s basketball camp: Anything can happen. When the Colonials entered the season with a brand-new lineup after the transfer of all five starters from their first Horizon League Tournament championship team, nobody...
Ravens nix trade for Raiders’ Maxx Crosby after star pass rusher fails physical
The blockbuster trade sending star pass rusher Maxx Crosby to the Baltimore Ravens is off — and the fallout from that reversal could have a ripple effect throughout the NFL on the eve of the new league year. The Las Vegas Raiders said Tuesday night that Baltimore backed out of...
Steelers, defensive captain Cameron Heyward agree to extension through 2027
There will be no “hold in” this summer for Cameron Heyward, who has agreed to a contract that will help push him further up the Pittsburgh Steelers’ record books. Heyward and the Steelers on Tuesday came to an agreement on a restructured contract that runs through 2027, keeping the franchise’s...
Cal Raleigh says there’s no beef with Seattle teammate Randy Arozarena after WBC handshake snub
HOUSTON — Cal Raleigh insisted Tuesday he has no beef with Randy Arozarena even though his Seattle teammate lashed out with a vulgar rant after Raleigh left him hanging for a handshake at the World Baseball Classic. The kerfuffle went viral when Arozarena, a two-time All-Star outfielder playing for Mexico,...
No. 1 Duke loses Caleb Foster to broken foot; Patrick Ngongba II out for ACC tourney
Top-ranked Duke has lost starting point guard Caleb Foster to a broken right foot that will keep him out for an extended period, while starting big man Patrick Ngongba II won’t play in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament while dealing with his own foot issue. Foster was hurt in the...
