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Last-second basket lifts Duquesne past Longwood in WNIT 1st roundVideo
Jerni Kiaku’s one-footed jump shot with less than one second remaining lifted the Duquesne women’s basketball team to a 70-68 victory over Longwood in the opening round of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament on Thursday night at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse. Kiaku pump faked at the top of the key and...
Keith Mitchell settles for 5-way tie for Valspar Championship lead
PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Keith Mitchell thrived in a tough wind on a tough Copperhead course at Innisbrook on Thursday until he dropped two shots late in his round and had to settle for a 4-under-par 67 and a five-way share of the lead in the Valspar Championship. The gusts...
Robert Morris looks to add to highlight-filled season vs. Alabama in NCAA Tournament
Robert Morris’ rotation is tight. On most occasions, it goes just seven players deep. The pride of this particular team, however, extends much further. “Again,” Robert Morris coach Andy Toole began, about to repeat the team’s unofficial slogan, “all year long, we’ve had a group of guys that have been...
Breaking down No. 2 Alabama vs. No. 15 Robert Morris
No. 2. Alabama vs. No. 15 Robert Morris 12:40 p.m. Friday, Rocket Arena, Cleveland TV: truTV Winner plays: Winner of No. 7 Saint Mary’s (28-5)/No. 10 Vanderbilt (20-12) on Sunday in second round Series history: Alabama leads 1-0 Alabama (25-8) Coach: Nate Oats How they got here: Alabama earned an...
Slowing Alabama All-American Mark Sears a top priority for Robert Morris
Andy Toole remembers Mark Sears. The Alabama All-American was a freshman five years ago at Ohio University who stood out to the Robert Morris coach during a scrimmage between the teams. “We were like, man, this guy is pretty good,” Toole said Thursday. “(Now), obviously, he’s at Alabama.” One of...
NCAA Tournament roundup: Creighton tops Louisville for 5th straight opening-round winVideo
Jamiya Neal scored a career-high 29 points and had 12 rebounds, Steven Ashworth connected from well beyond the arc on the way to 22 points, and ninth-seeded Creighton beat No. 8 seed Louisville, 89-75, on Thursday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Coach Greg McDermott’s Bluejays (25-10) won...
Andy Toole emphasizes importance of mid-majors, low-majors in NCAA Tournament
As his team was preparing to play in the NCAA Tournament on Friday, Robert Morris coach Andy Toole wanted you to believe there’s value in the little guys. So, please, he implored, don’t minimize them at any cost. “One of the reasons that people watch this tournament is because of...
Jeannette grad Ciara Gregory heads to NCAA Tournament with Kentucky
Ciara Gregory didn’t make the NCAA Tournament when she played at Charlotte. She will make her second appearance in the Big Dance as a coach. The all-time leading girls scorer at Jeannette is a first-year assistant at Kentucky, which opens the tournament noon Friday against Liberty in the Spokane Region....
Steelers bring back corner, special teams player James Pierre on 1-year contract
James Pierre keeps finding his way back to the Pittsburgh Steelers. The veteran cornerback re-signed with the team Thursday when he agreed to a one-year contract. Pierre, 28, appeared in 15 games last season with the Steelers, re-joining them after he was released by the Washington Commanders in training camp....
Former NFL, Michigan assistant coach Matt Weiss charged with hacking for athlete’s intimate photos
DETROIT — Former NFL and University of Michigan assistant football coach Matt Weiss hacked into the computer accounts of thousands of college athletes seeking intimate photos and videos, according to an indictment filed Thursday. Weiss, who worked for the Baltimore Ravens before joining the University of Michigan in 2021, was...
Expectations remain high for floundering Penguins penalty kill
Over their recent four-game winning streak, which tied a season-best but ended Tuesday, the Pittsburgh Penguins stacked together victories in spite of their penalty kill. Once a stronger element of the team’s game, of late it’s been a liability, with the Penguins sporting a 65% kill rate (15 of 23)...
Former Cy Young Award winner Jake Peavy returns to Padres as special assistant to CEO
SAN DIEGO — Jake Peavy, the 2007 NL Cy Young Award winner and member of the San Diego Padres Hall of Fame, has joined the team as special assistant to CEO Erik Greupner. Greupner said Thursday the three-time All-Star will assist multiple departments and serve as a team ambassador. “I’m...
LSU ‘walking double-double’ Aneesah Morrow is closing out her prolific career in March Madness
BATON ROUGE, La. — When Aneesah Morrow, LSU’s prolific forward, is around her family, she’ll sometimes be teased about her prodigious appetite. “She can probably outeat my sons,” Morrow’s mother, Nafeesah, said with a laugh this week as she also recalled telling LSU’s basketball staff, “you won’t have a problem...
Kirsty Coventry elected IOC president and is first woman, first African to lead global Olympic body
COSTA NAVARINO, Greece — Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday and became the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job in world sports. “It is a signal that we are truly global,” the Zimbabwe sports minister and two-time Olympic swimming...
Injured Penguins forward Tommy Novak resumes skating
Injured Pittsburgh Penguins forward Tommy Novak skated prior to a practice session in Cranberry on Friday. It was his first time on the ice since suffering an undisclosed ailment March 9, according to coach Mike Sullivan. Acquired in a trade with the Nashville Predators on March 5, Novak has missed...
Freshman star Cooper Flagg is ready to go for No. 1 seed Duke in NCAA’s East Region bracket
RALEIGH, N.C. — Duke freshman star Cooper Flagg says he’s good to go after spraining his left ankle last week, just in time for March Madness. The top-seeded Blue Devils said Flagg will be active for Friday’s first-round game against Mount St. Mary’s in the NCAA Tournament’s East Region. Meanwhile,...
A star on the rise, Greensburg CC grad Bailey Kuhns follows her heart to Robert Morris
When Mercyhurst announced a “leadership change” in cutting ties with women’s basketball coach Brooklyn Kohlheim four days after the season ended, junior forward Bailey Kuhns scrambled to reset her future. She didn’t have to go anywhere, but with Kohlheim gone, things would surely be different in the looming offseason and...
Harness driver’s death at The Meadows sends shock waves through horse racing community
An experienced harness racer was killed this week in a large accident at The Meadows racetrack in Washington County in what a racing representative said was a rare occurrence. The harness racing community on Thursday mourned the death of Ohio native Hunter Myers, 27, who was severely injured Wednesday afternoon...
NBA champ Celtics sold for record $6.1 billion to group led by private equity mogul Bill Chisholm
BOSTON — Private equity mogul William Chisholm agreed to buy the Boston Celtics on Thursday in a deal that values the NBA’s reigning champions and the most-decorated franchise in league history at a minimum of $6.1 billion — the largest price ever for American professional sports team. If the deal...
Skipping this year’s March Madness brackets? It’s not just you
WASHINGTON — In East Lansing, Michigan, college sports often dominate conversations — especially in March, when everyone seems to be filling out their NCAA brackets. Jessica Caruss would know; she has lived in the area for most of her life. She loves sports, and she’s a Michigan State fan, but...
For ‘locked in’ Robert Morris vs. Alabama, the goal is to play like they’ve practiced
When coaches want to get more out of their players in between games they may implore them to practice like they play. For Robert Morris heading into their massive first-round NCAA Tournament challenge against No. 2 seed Alabama, head coach Andy Toole wants them to play like they’ve practiced. “We’ve...
First Call: ‘Ongoing dialogue’ between Steelers and Aaron Rodgers; team interested in college QBs
Thursday’s “First Call” has the latest spin on the Aaron Rodgers saga from a Pittsburgh perspective. There’s news about some potential college quarterbacks in the draft, as well. The Steelers are lobbying for some changes to free agency. And we have career updates regarding a pair of former Steelers. One...
Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: Jared Jones could have ripple effect on Pirates’ final roster decisions
Ben Cherington has been resolute in repeatedly saying the Pittsburgh Pirates didn’t have a formula to follow to prevent rookie right-handers Jared Jones and Paul Skenes from injury last season, other than to carefully monitor their pitch and innings counts and days of rest. The Pirates general manager drew praise...
U mad, bro?: Steelers fans want more heat on ownership and more optimism about QBs
What did I learn from “U mad, bro?” this week? Hmm. Well, let’s see. I learned that I am too hard on the Pittsburgh Steelers, but I’m not hard enough on the owner. I learned that Steelers fans are somewhere between irrational optimism and hopeless depression. And I learned that...
March Madness: Xavier rallies to beat Texas 86-80 in First FourVideo
DAYTON, Ohio — Marcus Foster scored 22 points and Zach Freemantle added 15 while overcoming foul trouble as Xavier rallied past Texas, 86-80, in the First Four on Wednesday night. The Musketeers (22-11) erased a 13-point deficit in their biggest comeback win this season and advanced to play No. 6...
