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After decades of all gold seats, Art Rooney II says Acrisure Stadium’s touch of black add subtle new look

PHOENIX — No, that’s not your eyes playing tricks on you. There are, indeed, new seats getting installed at Acrisure Stadium. And among them are, indeed, specks of black. After a quarter century of a “sea of gold,” the stadium’s newest seating facelift has added some color diversity to its...
Penguins erupt for 8 goals in win over Islanders as Sidney Crosby rejoins lineup

The Pittsburgh Penguins needed their best for a vital Metropolitan Division confrontation with the New York Islanders on Monday. And they got their best back in the lineup as forward Sidney Crosby rejoined his teammates after missing a game due to an undisclosed injury. His return buoyed his team to...
Eyes of Texas on women’s Final Four again after Longhorns beat Michigan in regional final

FORT WORTH, Texas — Madison Booker had 19 points and seven rebounds, fifth-year senior guard Rori Harmon had 13 assists and Texas is going to the women’s Final Four for the second year in a row after a 77-41 rout over Michigan in the Fort Worth Regional 3 championship game...
Despite quality start by Braxton Ashcraft, Reds hold Pirates scoreless to win

The Pittsburgh Pirates couldn’t score through the first eight innings against the Cincinnati Reds, so their only hope came down to trying to manufacture a run against a pitcher seeking his first save. Filling in for Emilio Pagan, who had pitched the previous two games, Connor Phillips walked Marcell Ozuna...
The NBA’s stretch run has arrived. Here’s a look at what’s happening

The NBA stretch run has arrived. Going into Monday, there were only 111 games left in the season • or put another way, 91% of the regular season had been played. The postseason (not playoff) teams are set: Milwaukee, Chicago, Washington, Brooklyn and Indiana have all been eliminated from the...
Riverhounds look to march on in U.S. Open cup as they host 4th-division side

Creating early-season momentum with a pair of home wins last week, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds have set themselves up with a chance to advance into the next round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. On Tuesday, they host fourth-division Virginia Dream FC, which is based in Falls Church, Va., and...
Steelers notes: Broderick Jones injury update, options at left guard

PHOENIX — Some four months after suffering a neck injury that ended his 2025 season, Pittsburgh Steelers left tackle Broderick Jones is still on the mend as the team is on the cusp of embarking on its voluntary offseason program. “He’s starting to do more and more,” general manager Omar...
The Steelers hold 12 picks in 7-round NFL draft. Can they use them all? Will they?

PHOENIX — As things stand now, the Pittsburgh Steelers hold 12 selections in the seven-round NFL Draft they are set to host next month. Is it tenable to add 12 drafted rookies to the roster? “That’s a great question,” coach Mike McCarthy said Monday from the site of the NFL...
Steelers open to drafting a quarterback — even if Aaron Rodgers returns

PHOENIX — Via one means or another, the Pittsburgh Steelers are making their rounds through the incoming draft class of quarterbacks. One by one, be it at the combine or pro days or via official visits to their South Side facility, Steelers coaches and management are performing their due diligence...
Freshman Koa Peat helps carry Arizona into the Final Four of March Madness

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Koa Peat has been a winner throughout his basketball career. He won four state titles in high school in Arizona and became the first player to win four international gold medals at the junior level. So when Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd was trying to entice Peat...
Mike McCarthy: Aaron Rodgers ‘really engaged’ with what’s going on with Steelers

PHOENIX — Long regarded as one of the preeminent offensive minds in the NFL and as a head coach who prefers to call his own plays, Mike McCarthy takes more care than most in the sport’s most important position. “Everything we do on offense,” McCarthy said Monday, “is built around...
Penn State’s Marcus Neal, a leader in the safety room, on the Lions’ CBs: ‘You got some dogs’

STATE COLLEGE — Few members of the Penn State football program know the potential of the Nittany Lions’ safety room better than Marcus Neal Jr. A junior safety who played for Matt Campbell at Iowa State last season, the 6-foot-1, 218-pound Neal was a force against the run and the...
Masters field all but set for Augusta National

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Players eligible to compete in the 90th Masters, to be played April 9-12. Players listed only in the first category for which they are eligible (a-amateur). Tiger Woods has not said whether he intends to play. One spot remains if the Texas Open winner is not already...
Penguins recall forward Avery Hayes from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton

The Pittsburgh Penguins recalled rookie forward Avery Hayes from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Monday morning. It marks the second time within a week that Hayes has been summoned to the NHL roster. He was recalled on Thursday but was a healthy scratch that night during a 4-3...
Mark Madden: Tiger Woods’ latest crash exposes America’s double standard

The current Tiger Woods situation has turned America into a sociological experiment. Woods got popped for his second DUI. Rolled his car. Could have killed somebody. It’s his fourth major car accident. Yet a vast fraction of the population passionately leaps to his defense. “He has a problem.” “Show some...
March Madness: Here’s a storyline to watch about each of the Final Four teams in the men’s field

Arizona, Michigan and Duke had looked like a clear top tier in college basketball as conference play began. All three spent time atop the AP Top 25 and went on to claim a No. 1 seed in March Madness. Yet only the Wildcats and Wolverines have reached the sport’s biggest...

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