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Texas, Providence among teams improving their NCAA Tournament hopesVideo
Providence and Texas are headed into March with wins, momentum and improving resumes for the NCAA Tournament. The Friars and Longhorns have spent significant stretches looking little like a team that would earn a bid. But each has won four straight games, the last coming Saturday on the road against...
Gregory Polanco homers, Pirates win 2nd consecutive Grapefruit League game
Gregory Polanco homered and reached base three times, and the Pittsburgh Pirates won for the second consecutive day in Grapefruit League play, 13-9 against the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday at LECOM Park. Limited to 64 games of any type — majors or minor league rehab, regular season or spring...
John Steigerwald: Penguins’ rough stretch no reason to panicVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins stink right now. The Washington Capitals might be worse. You’ve probably noticed how things have been going for the Penguins lately. They lost their sixth in a row Saturday night, 5-0 to San Jose, in a game they might as well have been playing in their bare...
Penguins prospect Sam Miletic stepping up in 2nd pro seasonVideo
WILKES-BARRE — Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins forward Sam Miletic took a large step this season toward making a name for himself when he was selected to participate in January’s AHL All-Star Classic. He was a member of an Atlantic Division squad that won the tournament in Ontario, Calif. Any recognition garnered from...
Kevin Gorman: Development of No. 1 pick Quinn Priester paramount for PiratesVideo
With broad shoulders and a lean, muscular physique, Quinn Priester looked the part while mingling with the major league pitchers in the Pirate City clubhouse. Only nine months ago, Priester was getting ready to graduate from Cary-Grove High School in suburban Chicago. Now, the Pittsburgh Pirates first-round draft pick is...
PIAA announces boys basketball sites, times for 1st-round games
The PIAA announced sites and times for first-round playoff basketball games. Here’s a list of games involving WPIAL and City League boys teams. Class 6A Saturday’s games 7-1 Butler (20-4) VS. 3-5 Central Dauphin (22-6) at North Allegheny, 2:30 p.m. 7-2 Mt. Lebanon (18-7) vs. 3-4 Cedar Crest (23-5) at...
Empty Thoughts: Sharks 5, Penguins 0
Observations from the Penguins’ 5-0 loss to the Sharks: First things first, there was no update on Penguins forward Dominik Simon. He left the game at 11:59 of the third after he got tangled up with Sharks defenseman Radim Simek and fell awkwardly. Simon to the dressing room after a...
Punchless Penguins’ losing streak hits 6, longest in 8 years
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Sidney Crosby takes full responsibility for the Pittsburgh Penguins’ current rut. Evander Kane had a goal and an assist, Martin Jones made 30 saves in his 24th career shutout and the San Jose Sharks sent the Penguins to their first six-game losing streak in eight years...
Speed remains name of game on final day of NFL CombineVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — College football’s top players turned the NFL’s annual scouting combine into speed week. Running back Jonathan Taylor promised to run the 40-yard dash in under 4.4 seconds. He did. Receiver Henry Ruggs III came, literally, a few ticks away from matching the fastest time recorded in the event’s...
Butler tops Mt. Lebanon for WPIAL Class 6A title, team’s 1st since 1991
Ethan Morton waited four years for this celebration, but he had tears in his eyes knowing that his coach and his hometown had waited far longer. “It’s even better than I’d imagined,” said Morton, who had 20 points, 14 rebounds and five assists Saturday night as No. 1 seed Butler...
Minor league report: Penguins drop fourth straight
Goaltender Casey DeSmith made 23 saves for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 5-1 road loss to the rival Hershey Bears at the Giant Center in Hershey on Saturday. Defenseman David Warsofsky scored the lone goal for the Penguins (27-24-3-5) who have lost four consecutive games. Highlights: The Penguins’ next game...
Duquesne beats George Mason, reaches historic 20th victory
After Duquesne’s 81-78 victory Saturday night against George Mason, coach Keith Dambrot might have walked off the court feeling like he just robbed a bank. And maybe he walked a little faster, too, before someone realized the numbers didn’t add up and George Mason should have won. Let’s count the...
Pirates finally get first spring training winVideo
It took nine games, but the Pittsburgh Pirates finally got new manager Derek Shelton his first victory of spring training. That it came against the Minnesota Twins only made it sweeter for Shelton, who spent the previous two seasons as their bench coach. Jose Osuna’s RBI double in the sixth...
Tight end class likely to have Steelers callingVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — As the Pittsburgh Steelers await ratification of the collective bargaining agreement and the salary-cap figure for the 2020 season, no position on the roster could be affected more by the outcome than tight end. Vance McDonald has started the past three seasons, but he had a career-low 7.2...
Galen Rupp wins U.S. Olympic marathon trials againVideo
ATLANTA — Galen Rupp, Aliphine Tuliamuk and America’s other top distance runners have claimed their spots on the U.S. Olympic marathon team. That’s only half the battle. Now they have to wait to see if the Tokyo Games will be held. Rupp reclaimed his status as the nation’s top distance...
Hometown track to honor NASCAR’s Jimmie JohnsonVideo
FONTANA, Calif. — So many of Jimmie Johnson’s best racing memories occurred on this weathered California asphalt about 100 miles north of his hometown. The seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion is hoping to add one more incredible memory in his final start at Fontana. Johnson is the king of Auto...
No. 20 West Virginia continues late-season swoon with loss to OklahomaVideo
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Kristian Doolittle scored 19 points two days after undergoing surgery to repair a broken nose, and Oklahoma boosted its NCAA Tournament hopes with a 73-62 victory Saturday over No. 20 West Virginia. Oklahoma (18-11, 8-8 Big 12) built a 21-point lead in the second half and cruised...
Norwin’s Phipps, North Hills’ Hillegas reach WPIAL wrestling finals, eye elite group
Norwin senior Kurtis Phipps and North Hills senior Sam Hillegas are one victory away from reaching an elite group. But to join the four-time champion club, they must get through two tough wrestlers from WPIAL Class AAA team champion Waynesburg. Phipps (35-1) was seeded third after dropping an overtime decision...
Washington (Pa.) native Riley Barber hopes to stick with PenguinsVideo
WILKES-BARRE — It wasn’t exactly a new experience for Riley Barber. Scoring goals at Mohegan Sun Arena is something he has done with some regularity since becoming a professional in 2015. He just did it for the rival Hershey Bears. On Wednesday, he did it for the first time as...
Report: Tony Romo to get $17M per season in new CBS deal
Tony Romo is getting paid and getting paid big, allegedly. According to the New York Post, the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback agreed to a new deal with CBS and will make about $17 million per season to call NFL games on the network. The big money broadcasting deal has been...
Outdoor extras: Life span of hiking boots, more outdoor newsVideo
Tip of week What size line is the right one for your spinning reel? You can find the answer on the reel itself. It identifies the size line it can handle, say 4- to 8-pound test, as well as how much line it accommodates. Abide by those numbers. Spinning reels...
Chartiers Valley defends WPIAL title, wins 55th consecutive game
Chartiers Valley girls basketball coach Tim McConnell said he told his younger sister, Trinity coach Kathy McConnell-Miller, that the only good thing about facing each other in a WPIAL final was that a McConnell was guaranteed to win. While he loves his sister dearly, he was glad that it was...
Outdoors notices for March 1, 2020
Outdoors Notices RIFLE LEAGUES • In the Allegheny Valley Rifle League on Feb. 21, Murrysville (9-7) defeated Clymer (6-9), 1,169-1,157, and Fort Hand (7-8) beat Butler (9-7), 1,169-1,162, in the A-team standings. In the B-team division, Murrysville (9.5-6.5) defeated Clymer (12-3), 1,149-1,133, and Fort Hand (3.5-11.5) beat Butler (6-10), 1,134-1,093....
Robert Morris tops St. Francis (Pa.), secures No. 1 seed for NEC Tournament
Robert Morris is No. 1. The Colonials, having already extended the Northeast Conference’s longest active streak for consecutive NEC Tournament appearances, went a step further, securing the No. 1 seed by holding off St. Francis (Pa.), 78-68, on Saturday at UPMC Events Center and sending the Red Flash into the...
Pitt drops 6th straight in loss to N.C. State
RALEIGH, N.C. — Facing the prospect of a loss that would severely damage its NCAA Tournament hopes, N.C. State tightened up its defense late and got a big scoring boost from reserve forward Jericole Hellems to bounce back for a 77-73 win over Pitt on Saturday. Coach Kevin Keatts admitted...
