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Gateway grad Kromka racking up awards for Pitt-Johnstown basketball
John Paul Kromka made a splash last year as a freshman with the Pitt-Johnstown men’s basketball team. The Gateway graduate led the team in rebounds per game (7.7) and total blocks (76) and finished second in scoring (14.9 ppg.), total assists (80) and free-throw percentage (80.3 percent). His play helped...
Cowboys’ Travis Frederick retires, cites play after nerve disorderVideo
Dallas Cowboys center Travis Frederick is retiring from the NFL at 29, the 2016 All-Pro saying he “could no longer perform at my highest level” after returning from a neurological disorder that sidelined him for a season. Frederick made the announcement on Twitter on Monday, a surprising development for a...
North Allegheny grads take home top college hoops honors
North Allegheny graduates Taylor Lake and Brynn Serbin earned top honors in women’s college basketball conferences. Lake, a Chicago senior, was named University Athletic Association Player of the Year and first-team all-UAA. Lake, a 5-foot-10 forward, finished the season averaging 14.1 points and 5.8 rebounds a game. She led the...
Penn State WR KJ Hamler does best to prepare for NFL DraftVideo
Among the initiatives taken by the NFL at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic was eliminating in-house visits by draft prospects. That decision, coupled by most college programs canceling their pro day workouts because of the outbreak, has limited the opportunities for players to impress scouts and coaches heading into...
Blue and yellow again: LA Rams unveil logos, color schemeVideo
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Rams unveiled a brand-new logo and some familiar new colors ahead of a milestone season. The Rams’ primary colors are royal blue and yellow again after the franchise’s rebranding announcement, which was made Monday with rather less fanfare than the team originally hoped because...
Coronavirus halts construction of Duquesne’s UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse
Dave Harper remains optimistic UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse will open in time for Duquesne’s winter sports season, but he also knows grim reality in the form of the covid-19 pandemic might intervene. Duquesne’s athletic director said Monday that construction stopped Friday on the $45 million makeover of the former A.J. Palumbo...
Patriots release all-time leading scorer Stephen GostkowskiVideo
BOSTON — The New England Patriots said goodbye Monday to another longtime staple of their two-decade run of championships, releasing kicker and franchise leading scorer Stephen Gostkowski. The three-time Super Bowl champion has spent his entire 14-year career in New England. Drafted in 2006, Gostkowski long ago passed Adam Vinatieri...
Pitt product Dion Lewis agrees to terms with GiantsVideo
The New York Giants reached agreements on one-year contracts with running back Dion Lewis (Pitt) and wide receiver Corey Coleman. Lewis spent the past two seasons with the Tennessee Titans. He was released earlier this month in a salary-cap move. Playing behind Derrick Henry, he carried 54 times for 209...
All signs point to Tokyo Olympics being postponedVideo
IOC members, national Olympic committees and athletes all were racing toward the same conclusion Monday: The Tokyo Olympics are not going to take place this summer. Craig Reedie, a longtime member of the International Olympic Committee, told the Associated Press everyone can see where things are headed, with the coronavirus...
Super Steelers assistant, Butler native Woody Widenhofer dies
Butler native Woody Widenhofer, a defensive assistant for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ four Super Bowl-winning teams of the 1970s, died Sunday. Widenhofer was 77 and living in Colorado Springs when he suffered a pair of strokes over the weekend, according to the Nashville Tennessean. Widenhofer spent 11 seasons on the Steelers’...
PIAA extends postponement of spring sports, winter championships
There’s still hope for high school sports to be held this spring. In response to Gov. Tom Wolf’s directive that all schools in Pennsylvania remain closed for at least two more weeks, PIAA officials have extended the postponement of the possible restart of the winter basketball and swimming championships and...
Steelers donate $100,000 to United Way for coronavirus relief
The Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday announced a $100,000 donation to the local United Way chapter that has established a formal arrangement to assist the Allegheny County Health Department. The money will assist families impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Steelers, through the United Way Emergency Basic Needs Fund....
Ex-Olympians Christa Harmotto, Lauryn Williams feel for athletes, IOC amid uncertainty of ’20 Games
Christa (Harmotto) Dietzen was looking forward to an exciting summer. She and her husband, Derek, are expecting their first child in early July, and she had visions of sitting by the TV, holding her son and cheering on Team USA in the Tokyo Olympics. But concerns over the spread of...
Report: 2020 Tokyo Olympics postponed because of covid-19 pandemicVideo
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be postponed as a result of the global coronavirus outbreak, according to a senior member of the International Olympic Committee. IOC member Dick Pound confirmed the news Monday to USA Today. “On the basis of the information the IOC has, postponement has been decided,” Pound...
July 1 established as betting-line choice for MLB’s season open
Officially, the 2020 Major League Baseball season has been postponed by only two weeks. Functionally, it’s going to be much longer than that before regular-season games are played – if at all. And with no games to take wagers on as the nation shuts down out of concern for coronavirus,...
Source: Redskins acquire QB Kyle Allen from PanthersVideo
WASHINGTON — The Washington Redskins have traded for a quarterback coach Ron Rivera is plenty familiar with. Just not that one. Washington on Monday acquired Kyle Allen from the Carolina Panthers, according to a person with knowledge of the move. The person spoke to the Associated Press on condition of...
South Carolina’s Dawn Staley named AP women’s coach of the yearVideo
Dawn Staley helped guide South Carolina to No. 1 and has earned coach of the year honors from the Associated Press for the first time. The veteran Gamecocks coach received 20 votes from the national media panel that selects the Top 25 poll each week. “It’s a great feeling. It’s...
Reports: Panthers agree to terms with XFL standout QB P.J. WalkerVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A person familiar with the situation said the Panthers agreed to terms on contracts with former XFL quarterback P.J. Walker of the Houston Roughnecks and former Las Vegas Raiders linebacker Tahir Whitehead. The person spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity Monday because the moves...
Former Tom Brady backup Brian Hoyer agrees to deal with PatriotsVideo
BOSTON — Brian Hoyer is returning to the New England Patriots for a third time. The veteran quarterback has agreed to a one-year deal worth $1.05 million. Hoyer was released by Indianapolis on Saturday. In Hoyer, the Patriots add a veteran quarterback who is familiar with their system. It is...
Penn State finishes 8th in final college hockey poll
The Penn State hockey team will never know how the most promising season in program history would have turned out on the ice. The Big Ten and NCAA tournaments have, of course, been canceled. On paper, though, the Nittany Lions finished as the eighth-best team in the country. Penn State...
Oregon star Sabrina Ionescu is AP women’s player of the yearVideo
Sabrina Ionescu capped off a unprecedented college career by entering an exclusive club. Oregon’s star guard was a unanimous choice Monday as the Associated Press women’s basketball player of the year, receiving all 30 votes from the national media panel that selects the Top 25 each week during the season....
UEFA formally postpones Champions League final amid shutdownVideo
NYON, Switzerland — UEFA formally postponed the Champions League final Monday — an inevitable move with European soccer in total shutdown and four Round of 16 games yet to be completed. The final was scheduled for May 30 in Istanbul before the spreading coronavirus pandemic forced the four remaining second-leg...
Penn State’s Lamar Stevens, WVU’s Oscar Tshiebwe honored by NABC
Four players — one each from Penn State, West Virginia, Duquesne and Robert Morris — were named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division I all-district teams. Penn State’s Lamar Stevens and West Virginia’s Oscar Tshiebwe were named first team District 7 and 8, respectively. Duquesne’s Marcus Weathers and...
Mark Madden: Would signing Jameis Winston really help the Steelers?Video
A lot of people want Jameis Winston to be the Pittsburgh Steelers’ backup quarterback. None of those people runs the Steelers. ESPN talking heads Dan Orlovsky and Marcus Spears lead the campaign, joined by Chris Simms at NBC Sports. Winston would benefit learning under Mike Tomlin and watching Ben Roethlisberger,...
NHL: Length of 2020-21 season won’t be impacted regardless of how late this season goes
The 2020-21 NHL season will not be shortened, even in the event the currently paused season extends deep into the summer, the league said Monday. During an update posted in Q&A format on its official website, the NHL answered a hypothetical question about the effects on next season that a...
