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Tag deadline passes, Steelers’ Le’Veon Bell officially becomes free agent
Le’Veon Bell officially became a free agent Tuesday when, as promised, the Pittsburgh Steelers did not apply the transition tag to the 27-year-old running back. Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert said Feb. 20 that the organization would not apply the transition or more costly franchise tag to Bell, who held...
Pitt wrestler Micky Phillippi gets top seed at 133 pounds in ACC Tournament
Pitt redshirt freshman Micky Phillippi (Derry) will be the No. 1 seed at 133 pounds at the ACC Wrestling Championship on Saturday in Blacksburg, Va. Phillippi follows former Pitt wrestler Dom Forys, who also held the top seed at 133 in 2017 and 2018. Ranked No. 5 in the nation...
Division I Eastern Wrestling League to merge with MAC next season
The Mid-American Conference made a major move to continue to enhance its wrestling presence, announcing Tuesday that the seven teams from the Eastern Wrestling League will be joining for the 2019-20 season. This will give the MAC the second-largest wrestling conference in the country behind the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Conference,...
No increase in price of Steelers season tickets for 2019 season
The Pittsburgh Steelers started sending out invoices to season-ticket holders Tuesday, and the organization is holding the line on ticket prices for the 2019 season. A team spokesman confirmed that season-ticket holders will see no increase in the price of their tickets this year. The Steelers typically raise season-ticket prices...
Duquesne’s Sincere Carry will decide when it’s time to return from knee surgery, coach saysVideo
Keith Dambrot said Tuesday he would be “shocked” if Duquesne point guard Sincere Carry doesn’t recover from Feb. 26 arthroscopic knee surgery in time to play in the Atlantic 10 Tournament next week. But the Dukes coach would rather be shocked than put Carry into a game too soon and...
Pat McAfee pushing for job on ‘Monday Night Football’
Pat McAfee believes he knows the perfect replacement for Jason Witten in ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” announcing booth: Pat McAfee. The Plum and West Virginia graduate and former All-Pro punter for the Indianapolis Colts started a social media campaign to become the next analyst for “Monday Night Football,” the long-running...
Chris Archer, Adam Frazier shine in spring debuts as Pirates beat Orioles
It was a good day for spring debuts for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Chris Archer got out of a first-inning jam and didn’t allow a hit while striking out the four of the seven batters he faced in two scoreless innings, and Adam Frazier got the scoring started with an RBI...
Bryan Reynolds hopes to show Pirates he’s an all-around player
A year ago, Bryan Reynolds arrived at spring training for the Pittsburgh Pirates as the unknown minor league outfielder who was part of the return in the trade for the team’s most popular player. Reynolds had a hard time describing the feeling after coming to the Pirates along with reliever...
Woodson, Dawson to assist in Steelers annual men’s fantasy camp
A chance to rub elbows with Pittsburgh Steelers alumni, including Pro Football Hall of Famers Rod Woodson and Dermontti Dawson, is part of the team’s 17th annual men’s fantasy camp experience this spring. The three-day event will be held May 31-June 2 at Saint Vincent College in Unity Township, near...
Penguins defenseman Brian Dumoulin makes return from concussionVideo
Brian Dumoulin was back in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ lineup for a game against the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night, making his return from a concussion that kept him sidelined for nine days. Dumoulin suffered the concussion when his head slammed into the glass after a hit from Philadelphia Flyers winger...
First call: Peter King predicts Antonio Brown, the walrus, going to Raiders
In Tuesday’s “First Call,” a noted Steelers foe is about to become a free agent at inside linebacker. An amazing failed NHL goal. Antonio Brown is “The Walrus.” And he may become a Raider. That’s optimistic In Monday’s “Football Morning in America” post, Peter King writes this about Antonio Brown:...
Professional wrestler King Kong Bundy dies at 61
GLASSBORO, N.J. — Professional wrestler King Kong Bundy has died at age 61. Promoter and longtime friend David Herro says Bundy died on Monday. Herro posted on Facebook : “Today we lost a Legend and a man I consider family.” The cause of death and other details were not disclosed....
Breaking down what could be biggest week of Penguins season
It’s our weekly Sided.co hockey podcast with Brian Metzer of the Penguins Radio Network. He joins me to talk about a crucial week for the Pens. It features four Eastern Conference games. The first of those contests is Tuesday against the Panthers. It’s definitely the least daunting task of the...
Steelers’ Antonio Brown joins Cameo. Hilarity ensues.
For a guy who recently claimed he doesn’t need football or its money, Antonio Brown sure seems to be selling out. Brown has linked up with Cameo.com. That’s a place where people can buy a personalized greeting from a celebrity. It is recorded and sent to a friend or a...
Tim Benz: Too late for Penguins’ Sidney Crosby to make MVP push?
Is Sidney Crosby making a late push to get into the MVP conversation? It was a topic on the KDKA Sports Showdown Sunday. It came up on Mark Madden’s show on 105.9 the X Monday. “The Athletic” mentioned it after Crosby’s four-point performance in Montreal. And it was featured on...
Disciplined approach leads Penguins’ Matt Cullen to brink of 1,500th NHL game
It would be impossible for Pittsburgh Penguins center Matt Cullen to still be playing at the sport’s highest level past his 42nd birthday without discipline. Discipline in the kitchen and the gym keeps him in the kind of physical condition that players half his age aspire to. Discipline on the...
Injured Penguins defenseman Kris Letang doesn’t regret sticking up for teammate
Given the chance to do it all over again, Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang doesn’t know what he could do differently. Letang was injured during the outdoor game in Philadelphia on Feb. 23, coming to the defense of teammate Brian Dumoulin after he was given a concussion by a Wayne...
Hampton graduate Ramsey dazzles at OAC championships
Before the Ohio Athletic Conference Championships, John Carroll’s Matt Ramsey gathered the men’s swimming team together. After a long process that started in the offseason, it was time to get the results. “I said ‘guys, let’s not think about any outcome. Just smile, have fun, trust ourselves and what we’ve...
NCAA announces allocation list for wrestling nationals
The NCAA Division I Wrestling Championship is less than three weeks away the allocations for each league were recently released. Pitt is hosting to the 2019 tournament March 21-23 at PPG Paints Arena. There will be two sessions each day as 330 college wrestlers will come to the city looking...
Campus clippings: Freeport grad Kelley named PAC Pitcher of the Week
The Presidents’ Athletic Conference honored Jess Kelley for her pitching Monday, but she also did plenty of damage at the plate. Kelley, a senior at Thiel and Freeport graduate, was named PAC Pitcher of the Week after earning the victory in Saturday’s season-opening 11-6 win over Elizabethtown. She allowed six...
Seton Hill women continue surge, beat UPJ in PSAC Tournament
Momentum is an intangible yet palpable thing in basketball. But it can go for miles. Need proof? Look no further than the Seton Hill women’s team. After leaving a trail of upsets on the end of their regular-season schedule, the Griffins carried their late-year surge into the PSAC Tournament. The...
Mark Madden: Islanders fans booing John Tavares is perfectly understandable
Last Thursday, John Tavares played at the New York Islanders’ home rink (one of them) as a member of the visiting team for the first time. Tavares had 621 points over nine years as an Islander. But he only played in 24 playoff games and won just one postseason series....
Westmoreland campus clippings: Saint Vincent’s Davis makes splash
Saint Vincent senior swimmer Jacob Davis again will compete on a national stage. Davis earned a spot in the NCAA Division III Championships set for March 20-23 in Greensboro, N.C. He qualified in three events: the 100- and 50-yard freestyles and the 100-yard breaststroke. His time of 44.16 seconds in...
Airing of grievances uplifting for Duquesne women
Dan Burt knew it was time to act. His players concurred. The Duquesne women’s basketball team, which was named the preseason favorite to win the Atlantic 10 with a veteran, tournament-tested group, reached January with an unremarkable 6-7 nonconference record. “November and December were tough on us,” said Burt, who...
Tiger Woods withdraws from Arnold Palmer Invitational because of neck injury
Tiger Woods is withdrawing from the Arnold Palmer Invitational due to a neck injury, delivering a big blow to the Orlando tournament that surged in popularity when he played last year. Woods announced his decision Monday afternoon in two posts on his Twitter account. “Unfortunately due to a neck strain...
