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Latrobe Legion’s Bush gets call to state hall of fame
Longtime Latrobe manager Jason Bush is going into the Pennsylvania American Legion Baseball Hall of Fame. Bush, set to begin his 21st season with the Jethawks (15 as manager), has 316 wins and has won Region 7 and District 31 championships. He has guided Latrobe to the playoffs 14 times....
Kevin Gorman: Penguins have a dozen reasons to win another Stanley Cup
The Pittsburgh Penguins start these Stanley Cup playoffs with a dozen players who have hoisted the Cup in celebration of a championship at least once. Whether they can win another could depend largely upon the postseason play of the dozen Penguins who have never experienced that elation. “You have the...
Penguins work on power play during final practice before playoff opener
The Pittsburgh Penguins spent a good portion of their final practice before the start of the playoffs working on the power play. The team does power-play drills at the end of most practices, but usually, they are limited to offensive-zone play. On this occasion, the Penguins also worked on bringing...
Cavaliers’ arena renamed Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers have changed dramatically and so has their downtown home. Quickens Loans Arena is no more. The team will no longer play at “The Q,” but inside Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, which is undergoing a $185 million renovation funded by the city and team. The Cavaliers, who have...
Buccaneers, Chiefs to play Steelers at Heinz Field in preseason
Last summer, the Pittsburgh Steelers opened the preseason with two road games, then concluded the schedule with back-to-back games at Heinz Field. The opposite will be true in 2019. The NFL released the preseason schedule Tuesday, and the Steelers will open with home games against the Tampa Buccaneers on Friday,...
LSU TE Foster Moreau, Texas DE Charles Omenihu visit with Steelers
With the Pittsburgh Steelers already having conducted more than two-thirds of their allotted predraft visits, they honed in Tuesday on tight end and defensive end prospects. The Steelers had visits from LSU tight end Foster Moreau and Texas defensive end Charles Omenihu. That brings the total of players brought to...
Pirates’ Chris Archer, Reds’ Yasiel Puig suspended for roles in brawl
Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Chris Archer could miss his next scheduled start after he was suspended five games and fined an undisclosed amount of money by Major League Baseball for throwing behind Derek Dietrich of the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday. Pirates pitcher Chris Archer and Reds outfielder Yasiel Puig, as well...
Penguins’ Brian Dumoulin, Zach Aston-Reese practice fully, leaving lineup questions
Brian Dumoulin and Zach Aston-Reese again practiced fully and without restriction for the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday, but coach Mike Sullivan stopped short of declaring each will play in the team’s playoff opener Wednesday. “Their status hasn’t changed,” Sullivan said after practice at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex. “They’re making progress.”...
Penguins recall No. 3 goalie Tristan Jarry on eve of playoff opener
The Pittsburgh Penguins added a third goalie to their roster on the eve of their playoff opener, recalling Tristan Jarry from AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Tuesday. Jarry, 23, was passed by Casey DeSmith over the past year as the top NHL backup to Matt Murray. He appeared in n 47 AHL...
Marilynn Smith, Hall of Famer and LPGA founder, dies at 89
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Marilynn Smith, one of the 13 founders of the LPGA Tour whose 21 victories, two majors and endless support of her tour led to her induction into the World Golf Hall of Fame, died Tuesday. She was 89. She died in Goodyear, Arizona, surrounded by family...
Le’Veon Bell shares positive text from Steelers’ James Conner
After this weekend’s spat between a former Pittsburgh Steelers player and the guy looking to fill his shoes, two other players in those same roles shared some different emotions. Le’Veon Bell, the New York Jets new running back, who skipped the entire season last year rather than sign the franchise...
Podcast: Can Penguins crack Islanders’ top-ranked defense, goaltending?
In Tuesday’s Sided.co podcast, we get a preview of the Islanders from News 12 Long Island Sports Director Kevin Maher. The Penguins open in New York for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs on Wednesday. Among the questions we try to answer: • Can the Penguins crack New York’s...
First call: Shannon Sharpe flip-flops on Antonio Brown; new Steeler says ‘screw the Patriots’
In “First Call” Tuesday, calling out Shannon Sharpe for his Antonio Brown double talk. A new Steeler comes into Pittsburgh with Patriots hate in his heart. And Chris Davis sets the 0-fer mark. Now that’s a 180 If NFL coaches knew Shannon Sharpe could backpedal like this, he might have...
Tim Benz: Pirates’ loss to Cubs a comedy and tragedy
I’m not sure if it was more comedy or tragedy. But I know one thing about the Pirates’ loss to the Cubs Monday afternoon. I sure don’t want to see a sequel. Chicago whipped the Pirates, 10-0, in the Cubs’ home opener. Perhaps better said, the Pirates stumbled off a...
Tim Benz: Penguins’ Jake Guentzel goes from question to constant in exactly 1 year
At this time last year, Jake Guentzel wasn’t a constant. He was a question. A big one. A year ago to this day, I wrote about how crucial it was for Guentzel to snap out of a massive slump and start scoring again to give the Penguins any hope in...
Virginia tops Texas Tech in overtime to win NCAA championship
MINNEAPOLIS — It was an easy question to ask, even if the answer was tough to absorb. “Why?” It dogged Virginia for a year and three weeks — following the Cavaliers through sweat-soaked practices, hostile arenas up and down the East Coast, on talk radio and pundit-driven TV, and in...
Pirates minor league report: April 8, 2019
Pirates INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 1-3) was idle. The Indians have yet to name a probable starting pitcher for Tuesday’s series opener against Toledo (Tigers). Next: Tuesday at Toledo, 6:35 p.m. ALTOONA (Double-A, 5-0) won 6-3 over Erie (Tigers) to remain undefeated. RHP Pedro Vasquez (1-0, 1.50) picked up the win after...
Von Miller calls Browns WR Odell Beckham Jr. ‘The new LeBron’Video
A month after the stunning trade that sent Odell Beckham Jr. from the New York Giants to the Cleveland Browns, the wide receiver’s reaction is still a hot topic of conversation. “He was hurt,” Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller, a friend of Beckham’s, told the NFL Network (via Pro Football...
Chris Davis sets record by going hitless in 47 straight at-bats
BALTIMORE — Chris Davis set the major league record for the longest hitless streak by a position player, going 0 for 47 during an unproductive run that began last year. Baltimore’s highly paid first baseman was retired in his first three trips to the plate Monday night against Oakland, leaving...
Respect between Penguins’ Mike Sullivan, Islanders’ Barry Trotz to be tested
A look at a key matchup in the first-round playoff series between the Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Islanders. Even as they’ve squared off in each of the past four postseasons, coaches Mike Sullivan and Barry Trotz have routinely professed respect for each other. We’ll see how well that holds...
Mark Madden: Sidney Crosby won’t let Penguins lose to Islanders
When Jake Guentzel scored late against the New York Rangers in the Penguins’ regular-season finale Saturday, it scrounged a loser point and matched the Penguins against the New York Islanders instead of Washington in the playoffs’ first round. That seemed like a good thing. Washington is the defending Stanley Cup...
Steve Hummer: All these years later, Masters experience hard to explainVideo
AUGUSTA, Ga. On Monday at the Masters, early morning before the clouds take over, the pines throw long shadows over a green dewy carpet. The first wave of patrons make the slow, happy walk in from the acres of parking for which rich men have leveled homes to provide. It...
When playoffs begin, Penguins defenseman Jack Johnson ups his game
When the Pittsburgh Penguins began preparations for a first-round playoff series against the New York Islanders with a practice Monday morning in Cranberry, Jack Johnson was alongside Kris Letang on the team’s top defense pair. Why did coach Mike Sullivan put Johnson in such a prominent spot? A conservative explanation...
Pirates’ winning streak snapped in blowout loss in Cubs’ home openerVideo
First, Brad Brach escaped a tough situation. Then Brandon Kintzler, Randy Rosario and Pedro Strop finished the job. Chicago’s beleaguered bullpen stepped up after Jon Lester departed with left hamstring tightness, leading the Cubs over the Pittsburgh Pirates, 10-0, in their home opener Monday. “That will build their confidence. They...
Virginia high school point guard commits to Duquesne
Duquesne received a second player for its Class of 2019 recruiting class when Evan Buckley of Stone Bridge (Va.) High School announced his verbal commitment on Twitter. pic.twitter.com/jWOGcpeSML— Evan Buckley (@evbuck10) April 8, 2019 A 6-foot point guard, Buckley broke Stone Bridge’s career scoring and assist records and was voted...
