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Pittsburgh Riverhounds turn focus to season opener
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds have completed the preseason and are gearing up for the United Soccer League Championship regular-season opener against the Tampa Bay Rowdies on Saturday at Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg, Fla. The match, set for 7:30 p.m., will be televised on Pittsburgh’s CW. The Riverhounds suffered a...
Challenge for Steelers is figuring out how to replace Antonio Brown’s productionVideo
How do you replace a perennial All-Pro who accounted for 28.5 percent of a team’s receptions, 32.4 percent of receiving yardage and 36.4 percent of touchdown catches over a record-setting six-year stretch? That’s the question the Pittsburgh Steelers are left to ponder now that they have a deal in place...
Wrestlers with local ties qualify for NCAA championships in Pittsburgh
Wrestlers with local ties who during their conference tournaments this weekend earned automatic berths for the NCAA wrestling championships that begin March 21 at Pittsburgh’s PPG Paints Arena: Wrestler, college (local high school), weight class, how qualified Noah Adams, West Virginia, 197, Big 12 fifth place Brady Berge, Penn State,...
Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: Steelers are done with Antonio Brown, for better or worse
Antonio Brown got what he wanted – a new team and a new contract – and the Pittsburgh Steelers got rid of a headache that had become a migraine for one of the NFL’s flagship franchises. The Steelers will trade the four-time All-Pro and seven-time Pro Bowl wide receiver to...
Penguins, Blue Jackets end up where they started after home-and-home series
COLUMBUS, Ohio – There was plenty of sound and fury contained in a home-and-home series between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Columbus Blue Jackets that concluded Saturday night. There was the great Blue Jackets goaltending debate. Columbus coach John Tortorella all but admitted that Sergei Bobrovsky has a Penguins problem when...
No. 3 UNC tops No. 4 Duke to earn share of ACC title
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Third-ranked North Carolina handled every push fourth-ranked Duke could manage, both in building a big lead and then hanging onto what was left of its edge in the final minutes. When it was over, the Tar Heels were ready to cut down nets, too. Freshman Coby...
Antonio Brown will be traded to Oakland Raiders, gets new contract
Antonio Brown will be trading the black and gold for the black and silver in 2019. The 30-year-old wide receiver, who requested the Pittsburgh Steelers to trade him last month, unveiled a Twitter post Sunday morning showing him photoshopped in an Oakland Raiders uniform. He also posted a video on...
With Antonio Brown headed out, Steelers’ JuJu Smith-Schuster tweets he’s ready
Are you ready for a Pittsburgh Steelers team without Antonio Brown? Apparently No.2-in-line-to-be-No.1 wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster is. On Sunday, just hours after news broke that Brown is headed to the Oakland Raiders in a trade for draft picks with the Steelers, the exuberant Smith-Schuster tweeted, “I’m Ready” with a...
Chris Archer throws three scoreless innings, but Yankees beat Pirates
Chris Archer had another strong start for the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday, allowing only a pair of singles while striking out four batters with no walks in three innings against the New York Yankees. The Yankees won 6-5 in Grapefriut League action. Archer struck out Greg Bird with two runners...
IUP captures PSAC women’s basketball championship
For the second time in three years, the Indiana University of Pennsylvania women’s basketball team is the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference champion. The Crimson Hawks topped Kutztown 72-57 in the tournament title game Sunday afternoon at Kutztown University. Kutztown, the top seed from the PSAC East, led 22-9 after the...
Penguins to stick with Matt Murray in goal against Bruins
Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Matt Murray is officially moving into workhorse territory. Murray will make his eighth straight start when the Penguins play host to the Boston Bruins on Sunday night, coach Mike Sullivan announced a few hours before the puck dropped. Casey DeSmith, who hasn’t started since Feb. 21, will...
Pennsylvania fishing license fees and an olive branch
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commissioners are trying to meet anglers and state lawmakers halfway. Or, well, at least 30 percent of the way. Commission executive director Tim Schaeffer recently delivered his agency’s annual report to members of the House of Representatives game and fisheries committee. Much of his commentary –...
Greensburg Salem graduate Chris Eddins wins second NCAA Division II wrestling title
Chris Eddins never won a PIAA wrestling championship at Greensburg Salem. But the Pitt-Johnstown junior added his second NCAA Division II national title Saturday by defeating Tiffin’s Trey Grine, 7-2, in the 149-pound finals. Eddins (23-0) opened the two-day tournament in Cleveland with a pin and followed with three consecutive...
Injured Duquesne closes regular season with 78-67 loss to Dayton
With his young Duquesne team beaten down by injuries and facing adversity at the most crucial time of the year, Keith Dambrot is looking for answers. “I guess I better go to church more often or something,” he said. Duquesne concluded the regular season Saturday night, losing 78-67 to Dayton...
West Virginia drops regular-season finale at Oklahoma State
STILLWATER, Okla. — Lindy Waters scored 19 points to lead Oklahoma State to an 85-77 victory over West Virginia on Saturday. Waters was one of five players to score in double figures as OSU pushed its record to 12-19 on the season and 5-13 in the Big 12. Yor Anei...
Kevin Gorman: Pitt’s Jared Wilson-Frame puts punctuation on final game at PeteVideo
Jeff Capel wanted Pitt to punctuate its ACC regular-season finale by stopping its 13-game losing streak, and the first-year coach likened it to putting a period at the end of a paragraph. For Jared Wilson-Frame, it was an exclamation point. The Pitt senior got to walk off the floor at...
7-time NASCAR champ Jimmie Johnson looks to heat up in desert
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Jimmie Johnson is fighting a cold. It’s the kind of debilitating, in-your-throat cold that makes it painful to swallow, much less go for a run. The seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion tried on a cool morning in the desert but quickly bailed, putting off the resumption of...
Penguins sign high-scoring draft pick Justin Almeida
The Pittsburgh Penguins got a draft pick under contract Saturday, signing 2018 fifth-rounder Justin Almeida to a three-year entry level contract that kicks in next season. A 5-foot-11, 165-pound center, the 20-year-old Almeida is having an outstanding season for the Moose Jaw Warriors, ranking fourth in the Western Hockey League...
Robert Morris loses to Fairleigh Dickinson in Northeast Conference semifinals
TEANECK, N.J. — Darnell Edge scored 20 points as Fairleigh Dickinson narrowly beat Robert Morris, 66-62, in the semifinals of the Northeast Conference Tournament on Saturday. Jahlil Jenkins had 18 points for Fairleigh Dickinson (19-13). Brandon Powell added 11 points. Mike Holloway Jr. had 10 points and eight rebounds for...
Pirates pitchers shelled in 10-1 loss to Twins
Pittsburgh Pirates pitching couldn’t solve the Minnesota Twins’ hitters Saturday in a 10-1 loss in Bradenton, Fla. Starter Clay Holmes allowed three hits and three runs — two earned — in three innings, and reliever Keone Kela had a horrific inning in the fifth, giving up four hits and four...
Outdoors notices for March 10, 2019
NOTICES Outdoors RIFLE/TRAP LEAGUES • In the Allegheny Valley Rifle League on March 1, Clymer (11-6) beat Butler (14-3), 1,168-1,164, and Murrysville (7-10) defeated Fort Hand (2015), 1,164-1,115, in the A-team standings. In the B-team division, Clymer (14-3) beat Butler (14-3), 1,157-1,141, and Murrysville (4.5-12.5) beat Fort Hand (1.5-15.5), 1,123-1,080....
Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: Pitt snaps losing streak by beating Notre Dame in home finale
Pitt needed a victory against Notre Dame on Saturday at Petersen Events Center, not just because it was the final home game for three seniors. The Panthers needed a big win so they wouldn’t be the biggest losers. A loss would have secured back-to-back 20-loss seasons for the first time...
Freshman Trey McGowens snaps slump; Pitt beats Notre Dame to end skid
Jeff Capel had several reasons to smile Saturday. The final score, obviously, felt good for Pitt’s first-year coach. Pitt stopped a 13-game, nearly two-month losing streak with a 56-53 victory against Notre Dame at Petersen Events Center, escaping last place in the ACC. Now, the Panthers (13-18, 3-15) enter the...
For Penguins, schedule gets no easier after back-to-back set with Columbus
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A physical home-and-home series with the Columbus Blue Jackets that will wrap up Saturday night is just the beginning of the most difficult stretch of schedule the Pittsburgh Penguins will deal with in the last quarter of the season. On Sunday night, they’ll play the tail end...
Penguins aim to use shot blocking as a tool, not a crutch, down the stretch
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Columbus Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella had no problem pinpointing the one area of the game that gave his team the most trouble in a 3-0 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night. Shot blocking. The Penguins held a 24-12 advantage in blocked shots in the...
