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5 positions that bear watching for Steelers as free agency winds down, draft talk intensifies
As NFL free agency nears the end of its second week, it’s a good time to analyze what the Pittsburgh Steelers did — and, more importantly, didn’t do — to improve the roster. That correlates with the draft, which is a month away, and where the organization might allocate its...
Penguins no strangers when it comes to playing overseas
On Tuesday, the NHL announced the Pittsburgh Penguins and Nashville Predators would be playing a pair of games in Sweden next season. The contests will take place Nov. 14 and 16 at the Avicii Arena in Stockholm. This will mark the second time the Penguins have played games in Sweden...
3 Periods: Clock is ticking for the Penguins to sign 2 prospects
March has been a busy month for the Pittsburgh Penguins when it’s come to signing prospects. Things kicked off March 3 when the Penguins signed 20-year-old defenseman Finn Harding, chosen by the club in the seventh round (No. 223 overall) of the 2024 NHL Draft, to a three-year entry-level contract...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Has Tristan Jarry saved his future in Pittsburgh?
When goalie Tristan Jarry cleared waivers and got sent to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League in mid-January, his Pittsburgh Penguins tenure seemed over. Perhaps his NHL career, too. But since being recalled to Pittsburgh three weeks ago, Jarry has rallied. Jarry has done so under very little pressure, true....
North Allegheny senior brings home synchronized skating gold
At the U.S. Figure Skating Eastern Championships in Hershey on Jan. 24, the Steel City Blades Open Juvenile (Blue) synchronized skating team was chosen to go first among the 23 competing teams. As nervous as the team felt just being in the championships, the thought of having to perform their...
Penguins assign defenseman Sebastian Aho to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Pittsburgh Penguins assigned defenseman Sebastian Aho to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) on Saturday. Recalled to the NHL club March 11 under emergency roster conditions, Aho (5-foot-10, 176 pounds) had been shuffled between the NHL and AHL rosters repeatedly in paper transactions before Saturday’s assignment. A healthy...
Pirates hearing Matt Hague crystal clear, as new hitting coach attempts to speak their language
Matt Hague had headphones on from the home dugout at LECOM Park and was talking with the SportsNet Pittsburgh broadcast crew when the Pittsburgh Pirates’ new hitting coach addressed the nature of his job. “We’re therapists sometimes, trying to be their hitting bilinguist sometimes,” said Hague, 40, who played professionally...
Minor league report: Penguins blasted by BruinsVideo
Forward Sam Poulin had a goal and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, who were routed by the Providence Bruins, 10-2, at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Friday. Goaltender Filip Larsson started the contest and absorbed the loss after he stopped 18 of 25 shots he faced. His record...
Penn State nears 4th straight national title as all 10 wrestlers earn All-American honors
PHILADELPHIA — Penn State is closing in on its fourth straight Division I men’s wrestling championship and its 12th in 14 years under coach Cael Sanderson. All 10 Penn State wrestlers earned All-American status Friday. The Nittany Lions join Minnesota’s 2001 squad as the only teams to have that many...
George Foreman, the glowering heavyweight who became a lovable champion, dies at 76
George Foreman, the fearsome heavyweight who lost the “Rumble in the Jungle” to Muhammad Ali before his inspiring second act as a 45-year-old champion and a successful businessman, died Friday night. He was 76. Foreman’s family announced his death on social media, not saying how or where he died. “A...
Jacob Bridgeman leads Valspar; Viktor Hovland among those 1 back
PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Viktor Hovland is searching for his swing and found himself in contention Friday at the Valspar Championship, where Jacob Bridgeman has a one-shot lead and a host of others were right behind going into the weekend at Innisbrook. Bridgeman was among several players atop the leaderboard...
Alex Nedeljkovic strong in net as Penguins turn back Blue Jackets
Mike Sullivan wants to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets each and every time he encounters them. After all, he coaches the Pittsburgh Penguins and they are Metropolitan Division rivals. But like just about anyone with a soul, Sullivan harbors veneration for the Blue Jackets in how they’ve mustered up enough...
Mitch Keller finishes spring training with strong start, but Red Sox rally in 8th to beat Pirates
Mitch Keller put a punctuation mark on a strong spring training in his final start, striking out five of the 10 batters he faced in three scoreless innings against the Boston Red Sox on Friday. The Pittsburgh Pirates also got a fourth consecutive scoreless appearances from left-hander Caleb Ferguson, a...
Penguins welcome Butler County native Marc Fogel to game
During Friday’s game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Columbus Blue Jackets, Marc Fogel, a former teacher from Oakmont who spent more than three years in a Russian prison, was recognized on the video board. The presentation took place at the midpoint of the first period. Fogel wore a No. 71...
Capitals are 1st to clinch a playoff spot after being last in last year
WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals became the first NHL team to clinch a playoff spot this season, doing so after winning in their 69th game and getting the help they needed elsewhere around the league. They are the only team since the playoffs expanded to 16 teams...
NCAA Tournament roundup: Favored No. 12 seed Colorado St. beats short-handed MemphisVideo
Kyan Evans made a career-high six 3-pointers and scored 23 points to lead No. 12 seed Colorado State past fifth-seeded Memphis, 78-70, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday. Nique Clifford, the Mountain West Tournament MVP, had his quietest scoring night in a month, finishing with 14...
Tobacco Road is front and center of March Madness
DURHAM, N.C. — Oregon women’s basketball coach Kelly Graves was excited when he saw his team was headed to Duke to play in the NCAA Tournament. The Ducks had success there when they played in the 2017 NCAA Tournament, advancing also as a 10 seed. But more importantly, it meant...
Riverhounds enter home opener seeking 1st win
The start of the Pittsburgh Riverhounds season has delivered a mixed bag of results. Two weeks ago, the Riverhounds controlled play on the road, needing an Augi Williams second-half goal to register a 1-1 tie against North Carolina. Then they lost 2-0 at San Antonio last Saturday in a lackluster...
Pitcher Julio Urías suspended through the All-Star break under domestic violence policy
NEW YORK — Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías was suspended through the All-Star break by Major League Baseball on Friday under its domestic violence policy with the players’ association. Urías had pleaded no contest last May to one count of misdemeanor domestic battery. The penalty was the second...
Cleveland crowd embraces Robert Morris in thrilling 1st round battle with Alabama
CLEVELAND — Robert Morris led for just 30 seconds of its 90-81 loss against No. 2 Alabama in the NCAA Tournament on Friday afternoon, but the Colonials grabbed the attention of the college basketball world for two hours during a thrilling East Region first-round matchup. That was especially the case...
3 former WPIAL standouts sign with Pittsburgh Riveters
Less than two months out from the start of their inaugural season, the Pittsburgh Riveters added three more players, including two with Westmoreland County roots, to bring the pre-professional team’s roster to 21. Pittsburgh will play in the USL W League with its opener set for May 16 against the...
Mt. Lebanon’s Stout brothers make NCAA history by facing off in PhillyVideo
It was a historic night at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships on Thursday during Day 1 of the competition. It was appropriate that Philadelphia, which is known as the “City of Brotherly Love,” was the site of the first “Battle of Brothers” at the Wells Fargo Center. While brothers...
‘Get out and get a new owner’: Ken Rosenthal calls for Bob Nutting to sell the Pirates
Pittsburgh Pirates fans have been begging chairman Bob Nutting to sell the team, going so far as to buy billboards around town and shouting it in protest at PiratesFest in January. Now, a prominent national baseball voice is calling for Nutting to sell the Pirates. Ken Rosenthal, a senior writer...
Robert Morris rally falls short in 90-81 loss to No. 2 Alabama in NCAA Tournament
CLEVELAND — Sensing something historic, the Rocket Arena crowd got behind Robert Morris with all its vocal ferocity Friday afternoon, roaring with approval and anticipation while the 15th-seeded Colonials exchanged blow after blow with No. 2 Alabama. In the end, however, Alabama came after Robert Morris with superior athleticism and...
Aaron Rodgers visits with Steelers at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex
Aaron Rodgers checked out his potential new employer Friday. The 41-year-old quarterback and four-time NFL MVP visited the Pittsburgh Steelers for several hours at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex, a source confirmed to TribLive. The Steelers made Rodgers a contract offer when free agency began 10 days ago, and they have...
