Sports category, Page 344
Quinn Ewers declares for NFL Draft; Arch Manning era begins at Texas
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas junior quarterback Quinn Ewers declared for the NFL Draft on Wednesday, ending a Longhorns career in which he led the program to a Big 12 championship and twice to the College Football Playoff but was not always embraced by a fan base eagerly waiting for Arch...
Urban Meyer joins Nick Saban in College Football HOF’s Class of 2025; former Steelers QB Terry Hanratty, WVU’s Steve Slaton also elected
Urban Meyer will join Nick Saban in the 2025 College Football Hall of Fame class, and Michael Vick and Michael Strahan are among the former players who will be inducted. The National Football Foundation announced Saban’s selection last week and the rest of the 18-player, four-coach class on Wednesday. Saban...
Penguins press on without goaltender Tristan Jarry
The Pittsburgh Penguins opened practice Wednesday in Cranberry in a different fashion. They talked. To be clear, only Mike Sullivan spoke as his players gathered around him near the home bench at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex. Sullivan explained why they had only one NHL goaltender on the ice. Tristan Jarry...
March Madness will pay women’s teams under a new structure approved by NCAA
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Women’s basketball teams finally will be paid for playing games in the NCAA Tournament each March just like the men have for years under a plan approved Wednesday at the NCAA convention. The unanimous vote by NCAA membership was the final step toward a pay structure for...
Browns name Tommy Rees offensive coordinator
CLEVELAND — Tommy Rees went from being a ball boy for the Browns to running their offense. Cleveland coach Kevin Stefanski hired Rees as his offensive coordinator Wednesday, promoting him after firing Ken Dorsey following a season in which the Browns went 3-14 and averaged a league-low 15.2 points. Rees...
Pirates acquire righty reliever Brett de Geus from Toronto
The Pittsburgh Pirates acquired right-handed pitcher Brett de Geus from the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday afternoon in exchange for cash considerations. De Geus, 27, was designated for assignment by Toronto on Friday. A veteran of 60 MLB games, de Geus owns a 3-4 career record and 7.48 ERA over...
Browns sued by city over possible move from Cleveland to proposed domed stadium in suburbs
CLEVELAND — Cleveland’s fight to keep the Browns from moving from downtown and into a proposed dome in the suburbs has taken yet another legal turn. The city has filed a lawsuit to stop the NFL team from leaving Cleveland’s lakefront when its stadium lease expires after the 2028 season....
Pirates sign pair of shortstops ranked in top 20 to headline international class
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed a pair of shortstops from the Dominican Republic who are both ranked in Baseball America’s top 20 international prospects to seven-figure deals Wednesday. Headlining the Pirates’ international class is Johan De Los Santos, who signed for $2.25 million, and Darrell Morel, who signed for $1,778,600. The...
Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith interviews with Bears for head coach job
Days after wrapping up his first season as offensive coordinator of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Arthur Smith interviewed for the vacant Chicago Bears head coach job on Wednesday. The Bears announced the interview. It had been previously reported that Chicago was interested in Smith to replace Matt Eberflus, who was fired...
Penguins place goaltender Tristan Jarry on waivers
Following the first game of the second half of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ season, Tristan Jarry had a simple purpose in mind. “Just keep being better,” Jarry said in the aftermath of a 4-3 shootout loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Jan. 7 at home. “We, obviously, need points. That...
Tiger Woods makes indoor golf debut and finds humor in blowout loss, noting ‘how bad pros can be’
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Tiger Woods was the sixth and final player to emerge from the tunnel and onto the field of play for his TGL debut on Tuesday night. No one announced his name. Wasn’t necessary. Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger” blared and that was more than enough...
‘Still not over it’: 30 years later, some Steelers can’t forget the ’94-’95 AFC Championship GameVideo
Former San Diego Chargers coach Bobby Ross just turned 88 years old last month. He also just went through knee replacement surgery. That didn’t stop him from sharing his memories of Jan. 15, 1995. “So, how can I help you?” Ross said on the other end of the phone. “What...
NFL greats Russ Grimm, Ty Law, Olympian Spencer Lee headline 2025 WPIAL Hall of Fame class
It’s no surprise that Southmoreland’s Russ Grimm was a good high school football player, but the position he played might astound some. Enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame as one of the NFL’s greatest offensive linemen, Grimm played running back as a junior and was the quarterback his...
Mark Madden: Signing Justin Fields among many obvious decisions for Steelers; others aren’t so easy
Lots of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offseason decisions will be easy and obvious. Justin Fields will be the starting quarterback in 2025. Fields can be had for $15 million per season or less, maybe on a two-year deal. He’s 25, has lots of athletic ability, very low football IQ but is...
Penguins presence still felt as Jaromir Jagr plays last season in Czech Republic
A few Jaromir Jagr Penguins jerseys were in the crowd during a December game of the Kladno Knights, the team he owns and still plays for, in the Czech Republic, according to an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer. The news outlet sent a reporter to Europe last month to watch...
Tim Benz: Mike Tomlin’s answers about George Pickens raise more questions
During Tuesday’s season-ending press conference, I asked Steelers coach Mike Tomlin if it was a priority for the franchise to get wide receiver George Pickens a contract extension in the offseason. He didn’t say, “Yes.” Instead he said: “We haven’t had any conversations about pecking orders or priorities regarding any...
Duquesne rallies around football player Adrian Ramirez after California wildfires destroy his family home
Adrian Ramirez likes nothing more than living in the Duquesne Towers and playing defensive end for the Dukes’ football team. No wonder he was eager to get on an airplane last week and return to Duquesne’s campus and resume the life of a student-athlete. But on the way home from...
‘Half the season is gone’: Evgeni Malkin insists Penguins don’t lack sense of urgency amid skid
In the first period of Tuesday’s 4-2 loss to the Seattle Kraken, a frustrated Evgeni Malkin slammed his stick into the offensive-zone glass after failing to bury a rebound past Joey Daccord. Malkin, who returned to action for the Pittsburgh Penguins after a four-game absence because of injury, shot the...
Home of Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin burglarized
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin was the target of a burglary over the weekend. Few details of the crime have been publicly released. Late Tuesday night, the team issued a statement regarding the ordeal. “Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin’s home was burglarized this past weekend. Details of the situation will not...
Skidding Penguins finish homestand with another loss, as Kraken score 3 times in 3rd period
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ 4-2 loss against the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday at PPG Paints Arena was a fitting conclusion to a dreadful five-game homestand that saw them go 1-3-1. This sequence of games on their own rink commanded considerable gravity. Especially since they are about to embark on what could...
Lions reach new pinnacle after finally finding right leaders
ALLEN PARK, Mich. — Sheila Ford Hamp stepped up to support general manager Brad Holmes and coach Dan Campbell when the Detroit Lions were 4-18-1 under their leadership. Back then, there were doubts Detroit got it right. In Hamp’s first year as team owner, she gave Holmes his first chance...
Hempfield boys basketball coach placed on administrative leave, game postponed
The Norwin at Hempfield boys basketball game was postponed Tuesday night but not because of winter weather. Hempfield called off the game as it looks into a complaint against Spartans head coach Bill Swan, who has been placed on administrative leave. Mark Holtzman, superintendent at Hempfield, said the school board...
Duquesne men continue to search for winning formula on road
Soon after Dru Joyce III began his first season as men’s basketball coach at Duquesne, the losses began to pile up. Everywhere the Dukes played. But gradually, they’ve begun to master their home-court surroundings, winning four consecutive times and five of their past six outings at cozy UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse....
Commanders move quickly from revelry to focus on next game
ASHBURN, Va. — Jayden Daniels has not seen any of the fervor around the Washington area since the Commanders delivered the franchise’s first playoff win in 19 years because the stellar rookie quarterback works hard to keep stuff like that out of his head. “I kind of stay in my...
Broncos QB Bo Nix already thinking about his next steps with rookie season in booksVideo
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — In 1983, the Denver Broncos went on the road to Seattle and lost a wild-card playoff game 31-7. There was a rookie quarterback named John Elway who played that day. Things worked out pretty well for the future Hall of Famer and two-time Super Bowl winner. Bo...
