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North Allegheny grad Tuman handles pressure of big role with Penn State volleyball
Canyon Tuman easily could have pursued football in college. Blessed with size (6-foot-6, 225 pounds) and athleticism — not unlike his father, Jerame, who played tight end with the Pittsburgh Steelers for 10 seasons — the North Allegheny grad fit the mold. But Tuman also has the bloodlines for volleyball....
Mark Madden: Penguins’ current play features encouraging signs
It’s easy to overreact to the Penguins’ good play. Every team’s season has ups and downs. The Penguins have looked excellent winning six of their last seven. They were horrific losing nine of 10 from Oct. 30-Nov. 19. But the current uptick definitely features encouraging signs. Goaltending is key, as...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Seton Hill lacrosse player drafted
Seton Hill is sending another lacrosse player to the pros. Senior long-stick midfielder Brett Craig was picked by the Atlanta Blaze in the fifth round of the Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft. He was the 39th overall pick but the first from a Division II program. The reigning Great Midwest...
Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood share lead at Players ChampionshipVideo
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Rory McIlroy was nearly as good at the end as Tommy Fleetwood was at the start Friday in The Players Championship. McIlroy hit a 4-iron to 10 feet for eagle, ran in a 20-foot birdie putt on the island-green 17th and then made a bold...
Camping when campfires are prohibited
They’re as dramatic as they are rare. Lightning strikes are magnificent in an otherworldly, catastrophic way. They’re all power and speed and destructiveness. Some even cause wildfires. But, in that regard at least, they’re far outdone by the mundane, the ordinary, the common. Or, the all too common. Lightning and...
Musky fishing tips from a Hall of Famer
It seems like a simple recipe, really. Joe Bucher — longtime host of “Fishing with Joe Bucher” and a 2002 Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame inductee — believes there are just three ingredients to consistently catching big muskies. They are knowledge, skill and effort. “It’s isn’t luck,” said the...
Bucknell wrestler Drew Phipps of Norwin set for NCAA championship debut
Falling tantalizingly shy of qualifying for the NCAA wrestling championships last season pushed Drew Phipps to make sure it wasn’t going to happen again. A Norwin graduate, Phipps is having his best collegiate season as a junior for Bucknell. A 197-pounder, Phipps carried a 14-match winning streak into last weekend’s...
Chiefs’ Tyreek Hill linked to domestic battery case
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — The Chiefs are investigating an incident in which star receiver Tyreek Hill was involved in a domestic battery episode in suburban Kansas City earlier this week. The team said in a statement to the Associated Press it was aware of a police report filed Thursday by...
Calls for former Steeler Lynn Swann to leave USC amid college admissions scandal
Pittsburgh Steelers great Lynn Swann is facing calls to resign as the University of Southern California’s athletic director in the wake of the national college admissions scandal that has entangled four USC athletic department employees. The employees — Swann not among them — are accused of accepting $2 million in...
Pitt will open 2019-20 ACC schedule Nov. 6 against Florida State at the Pete
The ACC’s move from an 18- to a 20-game conference schedule means games that matter most occur sooner next season, and that includes Pitt’s 2019-2020 opener Nov. 6 against Florida State at Petersen Events Center. The date is nearly two months earlier than the opening to the 2019 conference schedule...
Bryan Rust nears return, but where does he fit in Penguins’ lineup?Video
Only 11 regular-season games separate the Pittsburgh Penguins from the urgent, pressurized grind of the postseason, but for now these are hopeful — if busy — times for one of the NHL’s hottest teams. Especially for Bryan Rust (lower body), who joined Kris Letang (upper body) as injured Penguins who...
Feds: Penn State should not be permitted to trademark ‘Happy Valley’
Penn State officials are decidedly unhappy after the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office declined a request to trademark the “Happy Valley” nickname for university merchandise. “Happy Valley” is a longtime nickname for the State College area. However, it was that precise geographical association that factored into the office’s decision to...
Cleveland Browns’ Kareem Hunt suspended 8 games after video shows him kicking woman
CLEVELAND – The NFL suspended Browns running back Kareem Hunt for eight games after a video showed him kicking a woman and his involvement in a fight at a resort. The league on Friday cited a violation of its personal conduct policy “for physical altercations at his residence in Cleveland...
NCAA finds ‘severe’ recruiting violations at Georgia Tech
ATLANTA — The NCAA has informed Georgia Tech it has found serious recruiting violations committed by former assistant men’s basketball coach Darryl LaBarrie and a former friend of coach Josh Pastner. The school released the notice of allegations from the NCAA on Friday. Of the three allegations, the NCAA says...
Dick Groat’s hunch about Jeff Capel comes true for Pitt
When Duke visited the Petersen Events Center last year to play Pitt, Jeff Capel couldn’t wait to get there. Then a Duke assistant and now the head coach at Pitt, Capel carried with him a bag of Duke gear he wanted to give to Dick Groat, one of the greatest...
Tim Benz: How the new AFC North might look
We begin our “Friday Football Footnotes” with a preemptive statement: What you are about to read is a projection, not a prediction. What you are about to read is an initial reaction to the early days of free agency, not a declaration of who is going to win the AFC...
How Le’Veon Bell, Antonio Brown moves will impact fantasy football
It’s time we get to what really matters when it comes to the departures of Le’Veon Bell and Antonio Brown. Your fantasy team. Obviously there will be major implications at the top of 2019 fantasy drafts with those two joining new clubs. Dynasty and keeper leagues will definitely feel the...
Patric Hornqvist heating up as Penguins mount late-season charge
BUFFALO, N.Y. – In the waning moments of Tuesday’s win over the Washington Capitals, Pittsburgh Penguins winger Patric Hornqvist came to the conclusion that this just might not be his year when it comes to scoring goals. Forty-eight hours later, after scoring a second-period power-play goal that helped his team...
Former Steelers RB Le’Veon Bell feels ‘amazing’ about joining Jets
NEW YORK — Le’Veon Bell is leaving all the number crunching to the critics. The star running back said he slept soundly after finally making his long-awaited decision on where to restart his NFL career, agreeing to a four-year, $52.5 million deal from the New York Jets early Wednesday morning...
West Virginia knocks off No. 7 Texas Tech, reaches 12 tourney semifinals
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Emmitt Mathews scored a career-high 28 points as 10th-seeded West Virginia upset No. 7 Texas Tech, 79-74, in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament on Thursday night. West Virginia (14-19) advances to the semifinals, against either No. 17 Kansas or Texas, on Friday night. Jarrett...
Penn State ousted from Big Ten Tournament by Minnesota in overtime
CHICAGO — Amir Coffey scored 10 of his 22 points in the final minute, and Minnesota rallied for a 77-72 overtime victory over Penn State in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday night. Coffey put the Golden Gophers (20-12) on top for good 69-66 when he...
Penguins’ Casey DeSmith answers call with shutout of SabresVideo
BUFFALO, N.Y. — While the Pittsburgh Penguins have been putting together a late-season surge the last few weeks, winning five of six games coming into Thursday night, they had a 6-foot-4 insurance policy standing behind them. Goalie Matt Murray had made nine consecutive starts and was playing some of his...
Duquesne falls to Saint Joseph’s in A-10 Tournament
NEW YORK — Charlie Brown Jr. scored 28 points as 10th-seeded St. Joseph’s defeated seventh-seeded Duquesne, 92-86, in the second round of the Atlantic 10 Tournament on Thursday. Eric Williams Jr. led the Dukes (19-13) with 23 points. Lamar Norman Jr. added 18, and Marcus Weathers finished with 17. Jared...
Tommy Fleetwood, Keegan Bradley tied for lead at Players Championship
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — A big finish for Tommy Fleetwood and a fast start for Keegan Bradley led each to a 7-under-par 65 on Thursday for a share of the lead in the opening round of The Players Championship. Fleetwood kept a clean card in the March wind, kept...
Phil Mickelson ‘shocked’ college company he used caught in scheme
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Phil Mickelson said he might be “more shocked than anyone” to learn a college consulting company he has used the last three years has been accused of orchestrating a massive bribery scheme. He said he never contributed to William “Rick” Singer’s foundation tied to his...
