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Robert Morris gets 15 seed, will face Alabama in NCAA Tournament at Cleveland
Robert Morris has made this trip before. Just not for the NCAA Tournament. Now, the Colonials are about to. The Horizon League men’s basketball champions received a No. 15 seed Sunday and will face No. 2 seed Alabama at 12:40 p.m. Friday on truTV in an East Region first-round game...
Tre Donaldson helps No. 22 Michigan rally to beat No. 18 Wisconsin for Big Ten titleVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — Tre Donaldson and Vladislav Goldin each scored 11 points, and No. 22 Michigan closed Saturday’s Big Ten Tournament championship game on an 11-2 run to beat No. 18 Wisconsin, 59-53, and claim its first tourney crown since 2018. Donaldson also had eight assists one day after driving the...
Ravens, QB Cooper Rush agree to 2-year deal to be Lamar Jackson’s backup
BALTIMORE — Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has a new backup. Cooper Rush has agreed to a two-year, $6.2 million deal worth up to $12.2 million with Baltimore, a source with direct knowledge of the deal confirmed to The Baltimore Sun. Rush spent his first seven seasons in the NFL with...
Pirates taking chance that sidewinder Justin Lawrence can become a bullpen success story
Justin Lawrence has an unorthodox delivery, unique metrics on his primary pitches and the back of a baseball card that even he admits isn’t pretty. What the right-handed reliever does have is a pair of perfect innings for the Pittsburgh Pirates since they claimed him off waivers from the Colorado...
Max Shulga scores 18, VCU holds off George Mason to claim Atlantic 10 title, NCAA berth
WASHINGTON — Max Shulga scored 18 points and Joe Bamisile sealed the win with two free throws with a half-second left as Virginia Commonwealth held off George Mason 66-63 to win the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament championship Sunday. VCU led by eight at the break, 36-28, but George Mason got...
No. 4 Florida beats No. 8 Tennessee for 1st SEC Tournament title since 2014Video
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Walter Clayton Jr. scored 22 points, and fourth-ranked Florida won its fifth SEC Tournament title and first since 2014 Sunday, beating the No. 8 Tennessee Volunteers, 86-77. The Gators (30-4) lost in this game a year ago. This time, they made sure to finish their 12th appearance...
After battling injuries, Joshua Palacios singles, scores in return as Pirates top Yankees
A season of battling injuries tested the perpetually positive personality of Joshua Palacios, so the Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder took it as a lesson that put things into perspective. And caused him to develop an alter ego. After meeting with Pirates mental performance coordinator Andy Bass, Palacios worked with Todd Herman...
John Poulakidas’ 5 3s help carry Yale to Ivy League title
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — John Poulakidas knocked down five 3-pointers in the second half as regular-season champion Yale added the Ivy League Tournament championship with a 90-84 win over Cornell on Sunday to earn a berth in the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in the last five seasons. The senior...
Dodgers’ Mookie Betts struggling with illness; status for Opening Day in doubt
TOKYO — Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts is still struggling to recover from an illness, with manager Dave Roberts pessimistic the eight-time All-Star will be ready for Opening Day against the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday in Japan. Betts was able to go through a light workout Sunday but became...
Pine-Richland students bring home gold with Steel City Blades synchronized skating
One shot. The Steel City Blades Open Juvenile (Blue) synchronized skating team had one opportunity to impress the judges with their 2 minute, 40 second routine at the U.S. Figure Skating Eastern Championships at Hershey on Jan. 24. Like a classroom filled with students nervous to see who would be...
Wightman family continues to make impact for Thiel women’s lacrosse
Thiel junior Hayden Wightman wasn’t sure she was even going to attend college. If Wightman did go, she wasn’t sure she wanted to follow the family tradition of playing lacrosse. While Wightman was in high school at Shaler Area, she didn’t play any varsity sports. But once her dad took...
For Penguins defense prospects, it’s ‘ATO season’
On Tuesday, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins traded defenseman Nikolai Knyzhov to the Grand Rapids Griffins for future considerations. In his first season with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Knyzhov was hardly spectacular, but he offered a steading presence to a blue line that was constantly in flux because of injuries or call-ups. So, why was...
3 Periods: Have the Penguins taken strides in any areas this season?
If the Pittsburgh Penguins miss the playoffs for the third consecutive season in roughly a month, an unfortunate sense of irony will persist, seeing as the club has taken significant strides in a number of departments that directly contributed to the postseason skid starting in the first place. Defensive deficiencies...
New-look 3rd line finding early success for PenguinsVideo
Connor Dewar did not arrive in Pittsburgh with the strongest reputation for scoring goals. In fairness, the 25-year-old showed some modest scoring touch during parts of two campaigns with the Minnesota Wild at the start of his career, but when the Toronto Maple Leafs traded him to the Penguins on...
Riverhounds shut down in road loss to San Antonio
The second game of the season was a dud for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds. Jorge Hernandez and Luke Haakenson scored and the Riverhounds mustered six shots, just one of which was on goal, during a 2-0 road loss at San Antonio FC on Saturday night. In the 54th minute, Riverhounds goalkeeper...
Minor league report: Nailers conquered by KometsVideo
Goaltender Jaxon Castor made 28 saves on 32 shots for the Wheeling Nailers in a 5-4 loss to the Fort Wayne Komets at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling, W.Va. on Saturday. The result dropped Castor’s record to 5-5-1. Forwards Jordan Martel, Logan Pietila and Matthew Querica all scored goals for Wheeling...
Proctor, Knueppel carry No. 1 Duke past No. 13 Louisville 73-62 for 2nd ACC title in 3 yearsVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tyrese Proctor scored 19 points on six 3-pointers, Kon Knueppel added 18 points and No. 1 Duke defeated 13th-ranked Louisville, 73-62, on Saturday night to clinch its second ACC Tournament championship in three seasons under Jon Scheyer. It was Duke’s 23rd ACC title overall — the most...
Alex Ovechkin scores 887th goal to move within 8 of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s recordVideo
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Alex Ovechkin shook off a rough start to this three-game California swing by scoring his 887th career goal Saturday against the San Jose Sharks to move within eight of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record. Ovechkin had failed to score a goal in the first two games...
No. 6 St. John’s beats Creighton 82-66 for 1st Big East Tournament crown in 25 yearsVideo
NEW YORK — RJ Luis Jr. scored all but two of his 29 points after halftime, and No. 6 St. John’s made 14 straight shots from the field in the second half to beat Creighton, 82-66, on Saturday night for its first Big East Tournament title in 25 years. Zuby...
J.J. Spaun takes the lead at The Players Championship on windy day that wrecked roundsVideo
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — J.J. Spaun only had to look at the video boards around the TPC Sawgrass to appreciate the chaos going around him Saturday in The Players Championship. Will Zalatoris was tied for the lead, and then his name was gone after an astonishing stretch of 9-over-par...
Christopher Bell wants another congrats text from Jimmie Johnson
LAS VEGAS — Christopher Bell sometimes can’t believe seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson even knows Bell exists. And when Bell’s phone lights up with a new text message from the Hall of Famer, he can’t stop himself from freaking out a little bit. But the texts have come three weeks...
Jae’Lyn Withers’ lane violation adds improbable twist to UNC’s failed comeback against No. 1 Duke in ACCs
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jae’Lyn Withers stood in a hallway of the Spectrum Center, his left arm resting around the shoulders of North Carolina coach Hubert Davis. He was surrounded by reporters, all wanting to know a simple question. How did it happen? It was roughly an hour after the Tar...
Las Vegan Noah Gragson handles ‘smooth’ transition to new Cup Series team
LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas native Noah Gragson is driving for his third team in his third season in the NASCAR Cup Series. Gragson is in his first season racing for Front Row Motorsports. His car number and race shop are different, but not everything is entirely new for Gragson....
Clemson ‘disappointed’ after team locked out of locker room at halftime of ACC semifinal
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The 10th-ranked Clemson Tigers trailed No. 13 Louisville, 33-28, at halftime of Friday night’s semifinal game at the ACC Tournament and were in need of some in-game adjustments. So it didn’t help when the Tigers found themselves locked out of their locker room at halftime. Clemson players...
Penguins’ winning streak grows to 4 after beating Devils
With just over a month remaining in the regular season, the Pittsburgh Penguins haven’t been formally eliminated from postseason contention just yet. That said, the arithmetic required to figure out how they can play meaningful games this spring would require a doctorate in combinatorics and a device manufactured by Texas...
