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Harper, Machado, Kimbrel, Keuchel on market as camps open

Bryce Harper, Manny Machado, Craig Kimbrel and Dallas Keuchel won’t be around when the bat and ball bags are opened at spring training throughout Florida and Arizona this week. They are among the dozens of free agents still looking for jobs, joined by Mike Moustakas, Marwin Gonzalez, Carlos Gonzalez and...
Pirates add outfield depth by signing Melky Cabrera to minor-league deal

The Pittsburgh Pirates are adding outfield depth by signing 14-year veteran Melky Cabrera to a minor-league contract with an invitation to spring training, as first reported on Sunday by The Athletic. Cabrera, 34, is a switch hitter who slashed .280/.335/.420 with six home runs and 39 RBI last season with...
Could Penguins’ Sidney Crosby challenge other Mario Lemieux marks?

For decades, Mario Lemieux’s name stood atop most every significant statistical list in the Pittsburgh Penguins record book. On Saturday night, Sidney Crosby finally elbowed his way in there. Crosby played his 916th career game as the Penguins lost 5-4 to the Tampa Bay Lightning, breaking Lemieux’s record of 915....
Pitt OC Mark Whipple has done it all, but quarterbacks are his specialtyVideo

If necessary, Mark Whipple can perform almost any task on a football field. You need chalk lines drawn on the field before a game? He’s done that as a small-college coach. How about something a little more challenging, such as winning a national championship? Did that at UMass in 1998....
Quarterback gets rocked in first highlight of new AAF league

Alliance of American Football league kicked off Saturday night — yes, there’s another football league — and they produced their first highlight of the season. The play came early in the first quarter when San Diego Fleet quarterback Mike Bercovici was blown up by San Antonio Commanders linebacker Shaan Washington....
Pitt’s Pickett stops by Freeport to see basketball player’s comeback from spinal disorder

Freeport eighth-grader Drew Furer developed a friendship with Kenny Pickett as he spent time at Children’s Hospital recovering from a spinal cord disorder last spring, and the Pitt quarterback made sure he was there for Furer’s comeback. Pickett dropped by Freeport’s Junior Jacket Classic junior high basketball tournament Saturday to...
Donnie Collins: For college football, battle is between ideals and realities

Big-time players leaving a big-time college football teams turned out to be a big story around the nation. Happy Valley proved to be no exception. Name after name entered the transfer portal — 18 of them in all, as it turned out — and Penn State fans reacted as one...
Waynesburg’s Jake Evans sets NCAA wrestling wins record

Jake Evans did more than just win his fourth Presidents’ Athletic Conference wrestling championship — he made some NCAA history in the process. Evans, a senior heavyweight and Elizabeth Forward graduate, set the new NCAA all-divisions win record when he pinned Washington and Jefferson’s Jake Walker in the championship final...
Steve Spurrier returns to sideline, wins AAF opener

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Head Ball Coach is back, lighting up the scoreboard and selling the Alliance of American Football. And fans — at least those in Orlando, Florida, who showed up in the rain for Steve Spurrier’s debut in the new league Saturday night — are eager to buy....
Penguins’ Garrett Wilson finally nets first NHL goal

TAMPA, Fla. – Nearly five years after making his NHL debut, Pittsburgh Penguins winger Garrett Wilson has finally scored a goal. Wilson finished off a two-on-one break with Teddy Blueger in the first period of Saturday night’s 5-4 Penguins loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning. It was the 60th game...
Pitt wrestlers upset No. 8 N.C. State, 18-16

The Pitt wrestling team continued building momentum for the postseason, upsetting N.C. State, the No. 8 team in the nation, 18-16, Sunday in Raleigh, N.C. It was Pitt’s first victory against N.C. State since the teams first met in 2014 and the Panthers’ first in Raleigh. Pitt improves to 11-3...
West Virginia no match for improving Texas

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Texas proved Saturday night that they might be heating up at the right time. Courtney Ramey tied a career-high with 19 points as the Longhorns beat West Virginia, 75-53. Texas (14-10, 6-5 Big 12) dominated just about every facet of the game to pick up its third...
Central Connecticut State wins at Robert Morris

Tyler Kohl had 23 points as Central Connecticut State beat Robert Morris, 77-68, on Saturday. Kohl also had seven turnovers and five assists. Joe Hugley had 15 points and seven rebounds for Central Connecticut (11-14, 5-7 Northeast Conference). Ian Krishnan added 14 points and Deion Bute had 11 points and...
Penguins’ grip on playoff spot loosens with loss at Tampa BayVideo

TAMPA, Fla. — After they played another wild, physical, barnburner Saturday night, there’s no doubt a playoff matchup between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Tampa Bay Lightning would be a treat. Only problem is, there’s no guarantee the Penguins are going to get to the playoffs. Tyler Johnson broke a third-period...
Paul Casey takes 3-shot lead into final round at Pebble Beach

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Paul Casey was far away from all the antics and quietly put together another solid round Saturday for a 5-under-par 67 that gave him a three-shot lead over Phil Mickelson going into the final day of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Casey had four birdies over...
Inconsistency could keep Penguins from early postseason clinching

Coming into Saturday’s games, the teams in second through ninth place in the Eastern Conference were separated by seven points. At least one good team will be sitting at home disappointed when the playoffs start. Given their inconsistency, it’s reasonable to expect the Pittsburgh Penguins will be fighting for their...

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