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Second signing day still offers intrigue to Pitt, Penn State, WVU fans
The NCAA’s decision to split national signing day into two windows nearly two months apart has had a profound effect on coaches, prospects and fans. Most players in the Class of 2019 signed in December, largely to avoid protracted periods of uncertainty for everyone involved. But if the volume (as...
Ex-Penn State assistant Jerry Sandusky gets new sentencing, loses request for new trial
HARRISBURG — Jerry Sandusky lost a bid for a new trial Tuesday but a Pennsylvania appeals court ordered him to be re-sentenced for a 45-count child molestation conviction. The former Penn State assistant football coach was sentenced in 2012 to 30 to 60 years, but a Superior Court panel said...
Steelers hire former NFL lineman Adrian Klemm as assistant line coach
Shaun Sarrett will get some help coaching the Pittsburgh Steelers offensive line. Sarrett, promoted from an offensive assistant when veteran offensive line coach Mike Munchak joined the Denver Broncos, will be aided by Adrian Klemm, who was hired Tuesday to serve as the team’s assistant offensive line coach. Klemm, a...
Pirates gear headed to Bradenton for spring trainingVideo
It wasn’t only the balmy temperatures that made it feel a little like spring this morning. Pittsburgh Pirates clubhouse staff and workers from Recker Transfer began around 7 a.m. at PNC Park loading equipment and other items onto a truck bound for Bradenton, Fla., for the start of spring training....
Steelers’ Antonio Brown involved in domestic dispute, not arrested
Antonio Brown is back in the news again for all of the wrong reasons. The star Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver, already the subject of trade rumors because of his behavior at the end of the season, was investigated for domestic misconduct against a woman in a January domestic dispute, according...
Penguins’ Bryan Rust adapting to life without fellow Notre Dame grad Riley Sheahan
Pittsburgh Penguins winger Bryan Rust hasn’t noticed teammates giving him the cold shoulder in the locker room or avoiding sitting next to him on the team bus, but it would be easy to see why they might. Rust’s closest friends have been finding their way off the roster as of...
Steelers could face Patriots in 2019 NFL season opening game
In recent years, the Super Bowl winning team has hosted the following season’s opening game on a Thursday night, usually in a marque matchup, before a full slate of games kicks off on Sunday. So after the New England Patriots again hosted the Lombardi Trophy by defeating the Los Angeles...
Penguins hope to avoid Eastern Conference playoff pile-upVideo
Drivers who have designs on winning the Daytona 500 in a couple of weeks will have to do one thing before they think about taking the checkered flag: They’ll have to stay out of the multi-car pile-up that invariably occurs at some point on NASCAR’s biggest tracks. That’s the spot...
Once again, Pirates’ Opening Day outfield will change
The Pittsburgh Pirates have used 18 Opening Day outfield alignments over the 19 seasons since the turn of the century. An injury will force them to make it 19 combinations in 20 years. With Gregory Polanco expected to miss the first one to two months of the season as he...
First Call: Penguins don’t need wingers, Flyers heat up, Super not super
In today`s "First Call," Jim Rutherford may not be in the market for any wings at the trade deadline. The Flyers are heating up. Super Bowl ratings weren`t super. GMJR on hold Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford was on 105.9 The X on Monday. He said that acquiring a...
Tim Benz: ESPN predicts Le’Veon Bell to Houston, Antonio Brown to San Fran, Cleveland wins the North
Here`s a little light-hearted reading I`m sure every Pittsburgh Steelers fan will enjoy . ESPN.com`s Dan Graziano made 10 predictions for the 2019 NFL season, within hours of the 2018 season ending. Here are three of them that will catch the eyes of Steelers fans. • Le`Veon Bell will wind...
Tim Benz: Tim Benz and Brian Metzer discuss Penguins-Hurricanes matchup, Brassard trade
Tonight the Pittsburgh Penguins host the Carolina Hurricanes at PPG Paints Arena. Brian Metzer joins us from the Penguins Radio Network to preview the matchup. It`s his weekly Sided.co hockey appearance. We also examine the positives and negatives of the Derick Brassard trade. How good can Nick Bjugstad and Jared...
Tim Benz: Hines Ward is right – Steelers are now the Bengals, must become the Patriots
Last week I made this statement about the Pittsburgh Steelers. That thought was met with predictable fan response from Steelers Nation. • "You`re just "spitting hot takes!" • Fake news! • You`re short! You never played in the NFL! What do you know? That last...
Saint Vincent to play doubleheader at Pirates’ spring training site
Pitchers and catchers will report — along with the rest of the Saint Vincent baseball team. Saint Vincent will head south next month to open the season, but with a bonus. The Bearcats will play a doubleheader at LECOM Park in Bradenton, Fla., the spring training home of the Pittsburgh...
Familiar feeling as Patriots fans gather for Super Bowl parade
BOSTON — With cheers of “We want seven!” and “Next year, right here!” hundreds of thousands of jubilant fans jammed downtown Boston on Tuesday for a parade celebrating the New England Patriots’ sixth Super Bowl title. A party atmosphere enveloped the city on the unseasonably mild day. Red, white and...
Maple Leafs sign Matthews to 5-year extension
TORONTO — Auston Matthews, one of the NHL’s great young talents, signed a five-year contract extension with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday at an annual average salary of $11.6 million. The 21-year-old center was making the maximum $925,000 a year under his three-year rookie deal. He was eligible to...
West Virginia sets Big 12 record for fewest field goals in loss
LUBBOCK, Texas — Brandone Francis scored a season-high 16 points, and No. 18 Texas Tech overwhelmed cold-shooting West Virginia, 81-50, on Monday night. The Red Raiders (18-5, 6-4 Big 12), who lost four of their previous five Big 12 games, took control with a 13-0 run midway through the first...
Last-place Penn State gets 1st Big Ten win of season at Northwestern
EVANSTON, Ill. — Lamar Stevens scored 18 points, and Penn State beat Northwestern, 59-52, to snap an eight-game losing streak on Monday night. The Nittany Lions (8-14, 1-10 Big Ten) picked up their first conference win and stopped their longest skid since a 14-game streak during the 2012-13 season. They...
Pitt, Wake Forest desperate for win in ACC
No one needs to tell Jeff Capel that Wake Forest is having trouble making shots. In preparation for his game against the Demon Deacons on Tuesday in Winston-Salem, N.C., Pitt’s coach watched video of his opponent’s two most recent losses: 64-37 at Clemson on Sunday and 82-54 to Louisville four...
Mark Madden: Teddy Blueger belongs on Penguins, not in minors
The NFL has no offseason. Maybe that’s why the Super Bowl drew its lowest TV rating in a decade: The citizens are tiring of football, or weary of New England winning, or maybe America just hates Maroon 5. But everybody loves refreshing sports notes. • When the Penguins get healthy,...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Seton Hill baseball picked to win PSAC
Its field has been covered in snow lately, but the Seton Hill baseball team already is thinking about the upcoming season — and the expectations that will come with it. The Griffins again are the preseason favorite in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. After back-to-back conference titles, Seton Hill was...
A-K Valley campus clippings: Double-doubles for Zezza, Lawhorne
A pair of Plum alums saw double-double on Saturday. Washington and Jefferson sophomore Maria Lawhorne and St. Francis (Pa.) senior Courtney Zezza both reached double figures in points and rebounds in their teams’ respective games over the weekend. Lawhorne achieved her first college double-double, scoring 20 points and pulling down...
Pitt-Johnstown Hall of Fame to induct Carrie Ferguson, Isaac Greeley
Carrie Ferguson was a standout basketball at Greensburg Salem in the late 1980s, and Isaac Greeley is an assistant wrestling coach at Burrell. They will be two of the five members of the 2019 Hall of Fame class at Pitt-Johnstown. The others to be honored April 6 are Matt Lushko...
Super Bowl reaches 100.7 million viewers, the least-watched title game in a decade
PASADENA, Calif. — The New England Patriots’ competitive but action-starved Super Bowl victory over the Los Angeles Rams was seen by 100.7 million people on television and streaming services, the smallest audience for football’s annual spectacle in a decade. A boycott by disgruntled New Orleans Saints fans, a campaign by...
Pirates bring back Francisco Liriano on a minor-league deal
Francisco Liriano, who had the best season of his 13-year career with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2013, returned to the team Monday. At least, he’ll be with the Pirates at spring training in Bradenton, Fla., trying to win a spot in the starting rotation or bullpen. He signed a minor-league...
