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Pirates pitcher Trevor Williams and wife, Jackie, welcome baby boy
Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Trevor Williams and his wife, Jackie, welcomed a new addition to their family Tuesday, baby boy Jude Michael. He will be the brother to Isaac and JoJo. The family will have two toddlers in the house as JoJo was born and adopted by the family last year....
Super Steelers defensive coach George Perles dies at 85
The coordinator for one of the greatest defenses in NFL history, George Perles, died Tuesday. Perles was 85 and living in East Lansing, Mich., when he died from complications of Parkinson’s Disease. Perles served on Chuck Noll’s Pittsburgh Steelers staff for 11 years, the greatest decadelong span in team history....
Penguins put forward Joseph Blandisi on waivers
The Penguins on Wednesday placed forward Joseph Blandisi on waivers. In 21 games this season, Blandisi has five points (two goals, three assists). He was a healthy scratch for Tuesday’s 4-3 win at the Vegas Golden Knights. Including the preseason, Blandisi has been placed on waivers three times this season....
Mark Madden: Kris Letang has been mostly brilliant for Penguins this season
Kris Letang is an elite defenseman. He finished sixth in the balloting for the NHL’s Norris Trophy (top defenseman) last season. Letang’s numbers for 2019-20 are strong: 10 goals, 18 assists and plus-7 in 35 games. His fancy stats are good, too: The Penguins have controlled the puck 54.9% of...
Steelers free-agent-to-be Tyler Matakevich hopes value earns him new contract
Tyler Matakevich was at his locker the day after the Pittsburgh Steelers’ season ended last week. About a quarter of the team was gathered within a few feet of him whooping it up around a finger-soccer game set up on a pool table, and Matakevich scanned the group reflectively. “All...
Ex-Franklin Regional star Nick Novak scores 55 in debut for semi-pro team
Nick Novak is back in the states with a new house, a baby on the way and a basketball motor that won’t slow down. The former Franklin Regional star, who has been around the globe and back playing professionally for the last seven years, is playing this season for the...
Patriots QB Tom Brady thanks fans, says still has more to prove
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady apparently is not retiring. Not that many thought he was going to walk away from the game, especially after finishing the season with a pick-6 in a loss to the Tennessee Titans in a Wild Card game Saturday night. Brady in a post Wednesday...
VideoChart: Winningest NFL head coaches in Super Bowl eraVideo
Who are the winningest NFL head coaches in the Super Bowl era? Are Steelers coaches Bill Cowher and Mike Tomlin on the list? Here’s a VideoChart of the coaches with the most regular-season wins from 1966 to 2020. Want to see more animated stats? Check out all of...
First Call: Golden Knights’ Marc-Andre Fleury blames himself for loss; Penguins trade targets heat upVideo
Wednesday’s “First Call” features an unhappy Marc-Andre Fleury after losing to his old Penguins teammates. Two Penguins’ trade targets net goals. Bob Huggins gets fined. And the Pitt hoops team may be catching North Carolina at the right time. At least Roy Williams seems to think so. No Flower power...
Pitt rewards Jeff Capel with contract extension through 2026-27
Pitt on Wednesday made an impressive commitment to basketball coach Jeff Capel, announcing a two-year contract extension that carries him through the 2026-27 season. Capel, who was hired to replace Kevin Stallings after the 2017-18 season, took a Pitt team that was 8-24 and winless in the ACC and led...
Tim Benz: Duquesne looks to stay hot in ‘first’ road game of seasonVideo
The Duquesne men’s basketball team hasn’t played a true road game all season. Then again, they haven’t played a true home game all season either, have they? The first of those two things will change Wednesday night. The other won’t change until next season. Duquesne (12-2) visits St. Joseph’s (3-11)...
How Titans defeated Patriots and can they beat Ravens, too?
The last time we caught up with old friend Jon Burton (formerly of WTAE-TV) on the “Breakfast With Benz” podcast, it was mid-August. The Pittsburgh Steelers were getting ready to face the Tennessee Titans in Week 3 of the preseason, and Burton was covering it for News Channel 5 in...
Tim Benz: There’s no perfect NFL overtime fix. So stop complaining.Video
Another round of NFL postseason games. Another round of overtime results. Another round of whining from people who think the tiebreaking system is unfair. In other words, whining from New Orleans. Or people who bet on New Orleans. OK, maybe Buffalo, too. This is becoming an annual event, much like...
Empty Thoughts: Penguins 4, Golden Knights 3
Observations from the Penguins’ 4-3 win against the Golden Knights: Jim Rutherford knows he can’t replace Jake Guentzel. He said that precisely on Monday. But he can fill in the gaps, particularly on the left wing, the position Guentzel topped on the organizations’ depth chart before his right shoulder injury...
All-Star Tristan Jarry, Penguins hold off Golden KnightsVideo
LAS VEGAS — The Pittsburgh Penguins had a season-low 16 shots on goal against the Vegas Golden Knights, and that was enough to get a victory. Dominik Kahun had a goal and an assist, Tristan Jarry made 32 saves and Pittsburgh opened a three-game road trip by beating the Golden...
Pitt-Greensburg sinks 20 3-pointers in home victory
Pitt-Greensburg became U-P-3 on Tuesday night. The men’s basketball team made a school-record 20 3-pointers in a 103-80 victory over visiting Penn College at Chambers Hall. Sophomore guard Jojo France connected connected on 6 of 12 3s, while junior guard Matt Johnson was 4-for-7 from deep. Both players had 18...
Rutgers tops No. 20 Penn State behind Ron Harper Jr.Video
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Rutgers’ season of expectations is off to a historic start in conference play. Ron Harper Jr. had 22 points to help Rutgers beat No. 20 Penn State, 72-61, on Tuesday night as the Scarlet Knights are 3-1 for the first time as member of the Big Ten....
Westmoreland campus clippings: Breakout game for La Roche’s Cole
La Roche’s Jenna Cole had been waiting for a breakout game this season. It finally happened over the weekend. The senior forward out of Norwin put up a season-best 20 points and grabbed eight rebounds to power the Redhawks (6-4, 6-0) AMCC) to a 61-57 victory over D’Youville. Cole is...
Penguins’ Tristan Jarry, Kris Letang selected for All-Star Game event
Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry and defenseman Kris Letang were selected for the NHL’s All-Star Game exhibition later this month in St. Louis. Each player will be a part of the Metropolitan Division squad. Jarry, 24, was selected for the first time in his career. He will replace injured Columbus Blue...
IUP, Cal U (Pa.) women’s basketball teams move in national Division II rankings
The Indiana University of Pennsylvania women’s basketball team moved up three spots to No. 8 in the latest Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Division II Top 25 poll released Tuesday afternoon, while Cal U slipped six spots to No. 15. The poll is the first released since Dec. 17 because of...
Could victory against North Carolina launch Pitt to greater heights?
Six years ago in Pitt’s first ACC Tournament game, the Panthers ventured deep onto the conference footprint and defeated North Carolina, 80-75, in Greensboro Coliseum. Jamie Dixon’s team repeated the victory a year later, 89-76, at Petersen Events Center. Enjoy the memory, Pitt fans. North Carolina has won the past...
Steelers sign former Pitt running back Darrin HallVideo
For the third time in the past 10 weeks, former Pitt star Darrin Hall signed a contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers. A 1,000-yard rusher for the Panthers in 2018, Hall signed a reserve/future deal Tuesday. Hall twice over the second half of this past season had short stints on the...
Pitt volleyball setter Maddie Soboleski transfers to South AlabamaVideo
Pitt redshirt freshman setter Maddie Soboleski, who last season ranked second in assists for the ACC women’s volleyball champion Panthers, has transferred to South Alabama. Soboleski, an Edinboro native, announced the move Tuesday on her Instagram account, and the transfer was confirmed by the Pitt athletic department. She recorded 140...
Duquesne’s Keith Dambrot seeks improved long-range shootingVideo
Keith Dambrot can diagram plays, teach players the proper way to a beat a ball screen and implore them to play better defense and hit the boards harder. In short, do all those things coaches do while trying to build a winning team. But Duquesne’s coach also knows those backboards...
Pirates name former Tigers minor-league manager Mike Rabelo assistant hitting coach
The Pittsburgh Pirates made the final appointment to their coaching staff Tuesday when general manager Ben Cherington named Mike Rabelo assistant hitting coach. Rabelo, 39, was a manager in the Detroit Tigers’ farm system for six seasons, most recently with the Double-A Erie SeaWolves in 2019. He led the SeaWolves...
