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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...
Robert Morris’ Amarion Dickerson shines in front of hometown crowd
CLEVELAND — As Amarion Dickerson slowly walked onto the podium inside a Rocket Arena interview room, he wore a towel, as he often does, loosely on his head. His eyes appeared swollen, and he struggled to contain his emotions. So, too, was the case for a pair of his Robert...
College summer league baseball team to call Highlands High School field home
The former Butler BlueSox, a summer league team for college baseball players, is moving to Natrona Heights after many years at Pullman Park. The team has a new home — the ballfield at Highlands High School — and soon a new nickname that’s still to be determined, said Mike McNabb,...
Penguins assign forward Matt Nieto to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Pittsburgh Penguins assigned forward Matt Nieto to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) on Friday. Recalled to the NHL club on March 11 under emergency roster conditions, Nieto had been shuffled between the NHL and AHL rosters repeatedly in paper transactions before Friday’s assignment. The 2024-25 campaign has...
Penguins goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic scheduled to start against Blue Jackets
Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic is scheduled to start Friday’s home game against the Columbus Blue Jackets at PPG Paints Arena. Coach Mike Sullivan announced Nedeljkovic’s status during an optional morning skate in Cranberry. Nedeljkovic has not played since a 4-0 road loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on March...
Dick’s buys 1-of-a-kind Paul Skenes baseball card for $1.1 million, will display it at Ross Park store
Dick’s Sporting Goods purchased a one-of-a-kind Paul Skenes baseball card for $1.11 million in a two-week auction and will display it at the company’s Ross Park House of Sport location. There were 64 bids on Skenes’ debut patch card, which is autographed and contains a patch that was on the...
Penn State goes 20-0, Mt. Lebanon’s Stout brothers square off on 1st day of NCAA wrestling
Three-time defending national champion Penn State went 20-0 and a pair of brothers from Mt. Lebanon stole the show on the first day of the NCAA wrestling championships Thursday in Philadelphia. The undefeated day for the Nittany Lions included the 100th career victory for 174-pounder Carter Starocci, an 18-2 technical...
Mark Madden: Steelers QB drama has plenty of subplots, no leading man
Aside from waiting for Aaron Rodgers to make up his mind as he indulges his endless narcissism, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ quarterback debacle has some interesting sidebars. Why would Mason Rudolph come back to Pittsburgh? Rudolph had a queasy six years with the Steelers before spending last season with the Tennessee Titans....
Pirates reliever Peter Strzelecki embraces underdog role, chance to compete in bullpen
Before Peter Strzelecki met his Pittsburgh Pirates teammates, one All-Star closer contacted another on his behalf. Devin Williams put in a good word for the right-handed reliever with David Bednar, helping to ease the transition to another new team. For a pitcher who has bounced from Milwaukee to Arizona to...
On Sports: Najee Harris sounds off on Steelers; Alabama forward questionable vs. RMUVideo
Friday’s “On Sports” examines comments made by former Pittsburgh Steelers tailback Najee Harris — now a member of the Los Angeles Chargers — that were far from complimentary. Plus, the No. 2-seeded Alabama Crimson Tide are at risk of being without one of their key players ahead of Friday’s NCAA...
No. 11 seed Drake holds on after blowing big lead, stuns MissouriVideo
WICHITA, Kan. — Bennett Stirtz scored 21 points, and No. 11 seed Drake, a team relying heavily on Division II transfers, held on after blowing most of a 15-point lead to beat sixth-seeded Missouri 67-57 on Thursday night in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Tavion Banks added 15...
