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Steelers sign offensive linemen Maurkice Pouncey, Ramon Foster to contracts
Ensuring the core of their offensive line will remain intact a little while longer, the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday signed center Maurkice Pouncey to a three-year contract and guard Ramon Foster to a two-year deal. Pouncey had one year left on his contract, and Foster was set to become an...
Cole Tucker hits walk-off homer as Pirates beat Orioles
Cole Tucker hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth — his second of the game and the team’s fifth — to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday in Bradenton, Fla. Erik Gonzalez and Adam Frazier hit home runs...
‘Arrow’ pointing up for former Central Valley star WR Robert Foster
Unlike a year ago, Robert Foster has some clarity about his NFL future. Foster, the former Central Valley star wide receiver, emerged as one of the unlikely success stories in the NFL last season, and the Buffalo Bills are hoping he can build on his progress in 2019. Last week...
Injured Penguins defenseman Kris Letang misses Thursday’s skate due to illnessVideo
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang responded well after returning to practice this week, but he didn’t skate Thursday morning due to illness, coach Mike Sullivan said. Letang has been out since Feb. 23 with an upper-body injury. He skated with teammates Tuesday and Wednesday in a red, no-contact jersey. The...
Penguins, Blue Jackets heading in different directions since trade deadline
As good as a trade-deadline acquisition looks on paper, he still has to fit into his new team’s lineup. That’s a lesson the Pittsburgh Penguins and Columbus Blue Jackets are on opposite sides of coming into their key Metropolitan Division matchup Tuesday night. Ballyhooed pick-ups Matt Duchene, Ryan Dzingel, Adam...
Blue Jackets sit top goalie Sergei Bobrovsky for crucial game against Penguins
Facing one of the teams the Columbus Blue Jackets are battling with for a playoff spot in a tight Eastern Conference race in one of the biggest games of the year, John Tortorella is starting his backup goalie and telling his players to relax and have fun. Joonas Korpisalo, not...
2 Duquesne seniors receive Atlantic 10 basketball accolades
Duquesne seniors Chassidy Omogrosso and Kadri-Ann Lass, who have led the Dukes into the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 Tournament, were honored Thursday as the conference released its women’s basketball postseason honors. Omogrosso, a Blackhawk graduate, was named to the A-10 second team. Lass, a native of Estonia, was selected...
In response to expanded gambling, MLB wants notice of lineups before stadium announcements
NEW YORK — Major leagues teams this season must notify the commissioner’s office of their starting lineups before they are announced at stadiums. The decision Thursday comes in response to the Supreme Court ruling that has led to more widespread legal gambling. Through last season, clubs announced lineups as they...
International tennis players find home, success in PSAC
Athina Tsagkaraki called her first couple of months at Mercyhurst “maybe the worst time” of her life. More than 5,000 miles from her home on Crete, she was adapting to a new environment and a new culture while trying to balance academics with playing collegiate tennis. She wasn’t alone. Four...
Former Steelers DB Russell Stuvaints signs with Pittsburgh indoor team
The Burgh Defenders, who will open their first season in the American Arena League on March 23, signed McKeesport native and former Pittsburgh Steelers defensive back Russell Stuvaints, majority owner and coach Tjuan Benafactor announced Thursday. Stuvaints, 38, played three seasons for the Steelers, including four games in 2005 when...
Pirates pitcher Aaron Slegers counting on another career changeup with new pitch
If anyone understands the arc from unusual angles and how the spin of a baseball can provide a career changeup, it’s Aaron Slegers. After a 7-inch growth spurt before his senior year of high school, Slegers changed his career arc from self-described “super-fringy” baseball player to major-college star to major...
Marc-Andre Fleury nearly gets into goalie fightVideo
The “Fleury! Fleury! Fleury!” chants were going strong in Vegas Wednesday night for former Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury. No, not because of a good save. And, no, he didn’t finally get that empty-net goal he has been endlessly searching to score. He almost got engaged in a goalie fight! There...
U mad, bro? The all-Antonio Brown edition
In this week’s “U mad, bro?”, it’s all Antonio angst! Well, except for the weekly mandatory swat at Mike Tomlin, of course. Gerry in Florida sent me an email responding to our poll about whether people in Pittsburgh hated Le’Veon Bell or Antonio Brown more. For the record, Brown won...
First call: Le’Veon Bell to Kansas City? Duquesne player scores 40 … and loses?
Kansas City, here he comes! Le’Veon Bell to the Chiefs? That’s how we start Thursday’s “First Call.” It also features a fantastic Duquesne game, major Metropolitan Division machinations and how Kyler Murray may have faked his height measurement at the combine. How do you do that exactly? Asking for a...
Tim Benz: Build a Kevin Colbert statue if he gets a 1st-rounder for Antonio Brown
If Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert really ends up with a first-round draft choice for disgruntled wide receiver Antonio Brown, that will make me sad. I’ve always liked Colbert. So I’d hate to see him wind up in prison on a grand-larceny charge. That’s what would be warranted if Colbert...
Mets great Tom Seaver diagnosed with dementia at 74
NEW YORK — Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver, the star of the Miracle Mets 1969 World Series championship team, has been diagnosed with dementia at age 74. His family made the announcement Thursday through the Hall and said Seaver has retired from public life and will continue to work...
LeBron James passes Michael Jordan for 4th in career scoring
LOS ANGELES — LeBron James moved past Michael Jordan into fourth place on the NBA’s career scoring list Wednesday night. The Los Angeles Lakers superstar scored his 32,293rd point on a driving layup in the second quarter against the Denver Nuggets, getting fouled in the act and hitting the ensuing...
Kansas’ historic streak in Big 12 comes to end
Devonte Graham called up his former teammates at Kansas a couple of weeks ago, offering them encouragement in the midst of a rough season and gently reminding them about “the streak.” The one Graham helped keep alive for four seasons. The one that stretched back 14 years. The one that...
IUP women limit Seton Hill’s perimeter shooting in PSAC quarterfinal victory
For a time, it looked as though Seton Hill’s improbable, late-season run in women’s basketball might continue Wednesday night. Then No. 14 IUP’s offense started to click midway through the third quarter. Carolyn Appleby scored 28 points and Brittany Robinson scored 16, including the 1,000th of her college career, and...
Former Pitt kicker Chris Blewitt joins Bears
Chris Blewitt, who is Pitt’s all-time leader in kicking points with 363, signed a free-agent contract with the Chicago Bears on Wednesday. He will compete for the job vacated when the Bears released Cody Parkey, who missed eight attempts last season, including a 43-yarder that bounced off the left upright...
Jermaine Haley’s career game powers West Virginia past Iowa State
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Jermaine Haley scored a career-high 28 points as West Virginia pulled off an upset of Iowa State, 90-75, on Wednesday night. Derek Culver picked up his eighth double-double this season with 15 points and 11 rebounds. Lamont West added 12 points and 12 rebounds. Jordan McCabe finished...
Former Latrobe wrestler Smith tries to remain confident as NCAAs approach
It’s not that Ethan Smith lacks confidence in his abilities, or even that the Ohio State 174-pound wrestler intentionally is trying to keep a modest and unassuming mindset as a freshman. But when Smith, a former standout at Latrobe, demurs from making boastful goals for the NCAA championships in Pittsburgh...
Rory McIlroy defends title at Bay hill with Augusta on his mind
ORLANDO, Fla. — Rory McIlroy has few complaints about the state of his game, only the results. That doesn’t bother him, either. At least not yet. Behind him are 12 months since his last victory in the Arnold Palmer Invitational, a title he defends this week against a typically strong...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Penn State’s Holmberg set for NCAA indoor championships
Penn State’s Maddie Holmberg was named U.S Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Field Athlete of the Year in the Mid-Atlantic Region. She will compete in the NCAA indoor championships this week in Birmingham, Ala. Holmberg, a senior and a Hempfield graduate, took seventh in the pentathlon last...
Burrell grads Falleroni, Greenwald chasing dreams at NCAA Division II wrestling tournament
Corey Falleroni and Damon Greenwald responded differently to the pomp and circumstance of the NCAA Division II wrestling championships when they competed there for the first time in March 2018. The bright lights of the tournament affected Greenwald a bit. Falleroni said the stage didn’t bother him at all, but...
