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No. 14 WVU beats Missouri 74-51 in Big 12/SEC ChallengeVideo
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — No. 14 West Virginia’s inside dominance turned a close game into a rout and moved coach Bob Huggins another notch higher on the all-time wins list. Jermaine Haley had 15 points and nine rebounds, Miles McBride scored 15 points and West Virginia broke open a close game...
Penguins not only team taking advantage of dual goaltenders
Tristan Jarry’s participation in the All-Star Game event this weekend was no small undertaking when you weigh it against the context of the history of the Pittsburgh Penguins franchise. After all, he’s only the third goaltender in franchise history to be selected for the event. Michel Dion (1982) and Marc-Andre...
Former Pirates 1st-round pick Will Craig drops 25 pounds in effort to improve defenseVideo
In an effort to prove he could travel all around the field, Will Craig bypassed doing any traveling around the world. “We were going to plan a trip to somewhere in the Caribbean (over the offseason), but it was right in middle of my (losing-weight) process, so I said ‘I...
Duquesne men’s basketball falls victim to standout trio on road
AMHERST, Mass. — Freshman Tre Mitchell tossed in 25 points, Preston Santos and Samba Diallo posted double-doubles and Massachusetts upset Duquesne, 73-64, on Saturday. Duquesne trailed for most of the second half, but the Dukes used a Marcus Weathers layup to pull within 49-46 with 8 minutes remaining. But Diallo...
Outdoors notices for Jan. 26, 2020
Outdoors Notices RIFLE LEAGUES • In the Allegheny Valley Rifle League on Jan. 17, Murrysville (4-7) defeated Butler (6-5), 1,164-1,153, and Fort Hand (6-5) beat Clymer (6-5), 1,164-1,162, in the A-team standings. In the B-team division, Murrysville (4.5-6.5) defeated Butler (6-5), 1,153-1,080, and Clymer (10-1) beat Fort Hand (1.5-9.5), 1,150-1,080....
Pitt loses at Syracuse, dropping 6th straight to Orange
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — When the game was on the line, Marek Dolezaj stood tall for Syracuse. The slender 6-foot-10 native of Slovakia had 17 points and seven rebounds, Buddy Boeheim added 21 points, and the Orange held off Pitt, 69-61, on Saturday. The Orange won despite off nights for two...
Super Bowl back in Miami for 11th time after 10-year hiatus
MIAMI — It’s appropriate the Super Bowl to end droughts is Miami-bound. The Kansas City Chiefs are playing in the game for the first time in 50 years against the San Francisco 49ers, who have a chance to win their first NFL title in 25 years. And the game is...
A-K Valley football teams happy with WPIAL realignment
The WPIAL has released its newest football alignments for the next two years. Before releasing the updated alignments, which will affect a few teams throughout the Alle-Kiski Valley, the WPIAL presented football coaches and athletic directors throughout the district with two options. One option was presented as a regionalization approach,...
Shots from stands, women’s 3-on-3 highlight NHL skills eventVideo
ST. LOUIS — Shooting pucks from the stands and some of the best women’s hockey players in the world going back and forth in a 3-on-3 game stole the show at the NHL All-Star Skills Competition. The two new events spiced up the skills competition by showcasing the kind of...
Sign-stealing whistleblower Mike Fiers wants to focus on upcoming seasonVideo
OAKLAND, Calif. — Oakland Athletics pitcher Mike Fiers didn’t have any more to say regarding his role as a whistleblower. Fiers declined Friday to answer questions about revealing the sign-stealing scam that has engulfed Major League Baseball, instead saying he simply wanted to focus on the future. He spoke a...
Minor league report: Cassels leads Penguins past Checkers
Forward Cole Cassels had two goals and three assists for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 5-4 road win against the Charlotte Checkers in the Bojangles’ Coliseum in Charlotte, N.C. on Friday. Defenseman David Warsofsky netted two goals and two assists for the Penguins (21-16-3-4) while forward Andrew Agozzino added two...
Signing day draws near for Jeannette grad Robert Kennedy
Decision time is nearing for Robert Kennedy, but the former Jeannette football star is not tipping his hand. Kennedy, a standout safety at Lackawanna College, has plenty of Division I scholarship offers to mull over, which was his goal when he opted for the junior college route in 2018. Now,...
Oregon’s Justin Herbert, other top quarterbacks on display at Senior BowlVideo
MOBILE, Ala. — Jalen Hurts and Shea Patterson started for Power 5 programs, Justin Herbert passed for 10,000-plus yards for another and Jordan Love became a highly rated prospect without playing for one. The Senior Bowl quarterbacks followed different paths to potential NFL careers, but they started this week on...
Afterthought as it is, Pro Bowl has rich historyVideo
With James Lofton’s rookie season off to a strong start in 1978, another member of the Green Bay Packers casually tossed some praise his way in the locker room one day in early December. Keep up the production, his pal said, and he might find himself in the Pro Bowl....
Kevin Gorman: Trading Starling Marte might force the Pirates to finally use the R-wordVideo
The Pittsburgh Pirates touted their unveiling of new road jerseys at PiratesFest on Friday at PNC Park as “rewriting the script,” which is one way to use an R-word without using the R-word. Refresh. Recalibrate. Rewrite. Anything but rebuild. The Pirates have a new management team attempting to create a...
Pirates OF Gregory Polanco at ‘100%’ physical health in return from shoulder injuryVideo
Ben Cherington tapped the knuckles of his clenched hand onto a table not once but twice Friday as he was discussing the status of Pittsburgh Pirates starting right fielder Gregory Polanco. The first time Cherington knocked on wood was when he declared Polanco “at 100% right now from a basic...
Pirates’ Derek Shelton gushes about pitcher Chris Archer
In his 59-day reign as Pittsburgh Pirates manager, Derek Shelton ate a Primanti’s sandwich with Joe Musgrove. (Musgrove bought.) Shelton spent some time discussing Broadway songs with pitcher Steven Brault. (“I don’t really know any,” Shelton said.) At the end of a 21-minute chat with reporters Friday, Shelton said he...
Hempfield grad Maddie Holmberg sets season high, wins pentathlon in New York
Hempfield grad Maddie Holmberg continues to do amazing things on the track. A Penn State senior and two-time first-team NCAA All-American turned in her best performance of the season, scoring 4,171 points in winning the pentathlon at the Dr. Sander Invitational in New York City. Competing in five events, the...
GM Ben Cherington: Pirates expect to add another catcher before spring training
Ben Cherington acknowledged Friday the Pittsburgh Pirates went into the offseason knowing it needed to add catchers. Even after signing two with major league experience, Cherington said he isn’t done. “We are continuing to look for more catching,” the Pirates general manager said while speaking to reporters Friday at PNC...
Mt. Lebanon’s Don Kelly’s job safe with Pirates, despite ties to AstrosVideo
Don Kelly’s status with the Pittsburgh Pirates was not impacted by his ties to the Houston Astros, Pirates general manager Ben Cherington said Friday. Kelly, a former Mt. Lebanon and Point Park standout, was named the Pirates’ bench coach Dec. 7, five weeks prior to MLB commissioner Rob Manfred disciplining...
Pitt football coach Pat Narduzzi in midst of hectic offseason
If you think the life of a college football coach slows down when the shoulder pads are packed away, you haven’t had to keep up with Pat Narduzzi this month. Pitt’s coach has been busy since a 34-30 victory against Eastern Michigan on Dec. 26 in the Quick Lane Bowl....
LSU rewards Ed Orgeron with 6-year, $42 million contract extensionVideo
BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU coach Ed Orgeron agreed to a contract extension worth more than $7 million annually that runs through the 2026 season, the university announced Friday. The six-year agreement comes on the heels of the Tigers’ 15-0 national championship season that concluded earlier this month with a...
How former Hempfield wrestler Jarod Verkleeren found success at Penn State in spite of Type 1 diabetes
Penn State wrestler Jarod Verkleeren won’t motion to the crowd to make noise. He doesn’t flex after a victory. And you won’t often find him yelling into the stands — all for good reason. The 149-pound wrestler was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of 4. If Verkleeren...
3-on-3 overtime in NHL has evolved over past 5 seasonsVideo
ST. LOUIS — Victor Hedman fondly recalls the NHL’s first 3-on-3 overtime because it was madness. “It was probably a minute and a half of just breakaways,” the Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman said. “Jason Garrison scored the goal — beat the D-man (and scored) five-hole.” Trading breakaways and playing at...
Pitt freshman Justin Champagnie could be key in disrupting Syracuse zone
The Pitt men’s basketball team faces a tough task. The Panthers (13-6, 4-4 ACC) play at Syracuse on Saturday for a matchup with the notoriously zone-heavy Orange (12-7, 5-3). In years past, Pitt has struggles for an answer for the extended 2-3 zone that has stifled so many teams. The...
