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Tim Benz: Travis Hunter’s ‘2-way player’ opinion makes sense but misses bigger picture
Maybe we finally found something Travis Hunter can’t do: talk baseball. The college football star recently won the Heisman Trophy as a two-way player. He excelled as a cornerback and wide receiver at Colorado. Now he is about to become a first-round draft choice, and many are wondering if he...
West Virginia wins at Utah to hand loss to former coach
SALT LAKE CITY — Javon Small scored 18 points to help West Virginia beat its former coach Josh Eilert and Utah 71-69 on Tuesday night. Small hit a 3-pointer and Eduardo Andre followed with an alley-oop dunk to spark a 14-6 surge to give West Virginia a 70-64 lead with...
Robert Morris men to host Wright State in Horizon League quarterfinals
The Robert Morris men’s basketball team Tuesday night learned who its quarterfinal-round opponent will be in the Horizon League Tournament. The top-seeded Colonials (23-8) will play host to No. 8 Wright State (15-17) at 8 p.m. Thursday in the second game of a doubleheader at UPMC Events Center. In the...
Minor league report: Penguins fall to Senators
Goaltender Filip Larsson made 24 saves on 27 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-1 loss to the Belleville Senators at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday. The result dropped Larsson’s record to 9-5-3. Forward Atley Calvert scored the lone goal for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (29-15-7-1). Highlights: Penguins defenseman Sebastian...
Losing streak reaches 3 as Penguins fall to Avalanche
The Pittsburgh Penguins lost. Again. This time, they were defeated by the powerful Colorado Avalanche, 4-1, at Ball Arena in Denver on Tuesday. It was their third consecutive loss and their eighth loss in their past 10 games (2-6-2). But members of the team expressed satisfaction with how they lost...
Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin stays unpredictable as he approaches career goals recordVideo
ARLINGTON, Va. — Wayne Gretzky was so able to control hockey games from behind the net that the area became known as “Gretzky’s office,” as he put up more assists than anyone else in NHL history has points. Alex Ovechkin has scored so many goals with his patented one-timer from...
Duquesne men cool off, lose to VCU at home
The league’s top team was facing the defending Atlantic 10 champs. Virginia Commonwealth had revenge on its mind. But for a time Tuesday night, it was Duquesne that was looking like the better team, the fresher team, the hungrier team. “Early in the game, we were very disruptive,” Duquesne coach...
Only 2 NFL players get franchise tag as Vikings let Sam Darnold hit marketVideo
Dallas signed defensive tackle Osa Odighizuwa before the franchise tag deadline Tuesday, and Minnesota declined to give the tag to quarterback Sam Darnold, clearing the way for him to hit the open market next week. Only two players were given the tag for 2025 before Tuesday’s deadline, with Cincinnati receiver...
Pitt’s Khadija Faye named 1st-team All-ACC in women’s basketball
Graduate student Khadija Faye’s name will stand among the most decorated Pitt women’s basketball players of all-time after she was named Tuesday first-team All-ACC. Faye, a 6-foot-4 center, joins Liatu King (2024) and Brianna Kiesel (2015) as the only Pitt women named first-team All-ACC in basketball. Previously, six players —...
Golf’s standard is getting higher. Scores should be getting lower
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Cognizant Classic once had a reputation for some of the toughest scoring conditions on the PGA Tour because only one number for the score was required next to the winner’s name. During a 16-year stretch from when it first went to PGA National in 2007, only...
Duquesne’s Megan McConnell named A-10 defensive player of year
Duquesne senior Megan McConnell on Tuesday was named the Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year in women’s basketball. The Chartiers Valley product and a sister of Indiana Pacers guard T.J. McConnell also earned a place on the all-conference first team, defensive team and academic team. “We celebrate Meg and...
Steelers’ search for running back depth leads them to deep draft class at NFL Combine
Defensive line remains the cream of the NFL Draft crop, but a position on the offensive side is gaining steam after the conclusion of the scouting combine. Running backs did nothing to hurt their collective draft stock after testing took place over the weekend at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis....
Control issues plague Andrew Heaney, bullpen in Pirates’ blowout loss to Red Sox
Left-hander Andrew Heaney, who signed a one-year, $5.25 million contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates in late February, is the club’s biggest free agent acquisition of the offseason. The 33-year-old made his spring training debut Tuesday against the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday at LECOM Park in Bradenton, Fla., and struggled...
Mavs star Kyrie Irving suffers torn ACL and is out for the season
Dallas Mavericks star Kyrie Irving has a torn ACL in his left knee and will miss the rest of the season, a person with knowledge of the injury told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Irving was injured in the first quarter of Dallas’ 122-98 loss to the Sacramento Kings on...
Ex-Penn State safety Jaylen Reed receives high praise for NFL Combine performance
Jaylen Reed appeared to surprise himself when he ran a solid 4.49-second 40-yard dash on Friday at the NFL Combine. Well, he’s apparently not the only one who came away impressed. Around the NFL’s Nick Shook declared Reed an All-Combine Defensive Team standout from his on-field workouts at Lucas Oil...
Eagles make Barkley highest-paid running back with 2-year, $41.2M dealVideo
Saquon Barkley will become the highest-paid running back in NFL history after his record-setting season helped the Philadelphia Eagles win the Super Bowl. The Eagles are giving Barkley a two-year contract extension worth $41.2 million with $36 million guaranteed, according to multiple reports Tuesday. Barkley’s new deal includes $15 million...
Reports: Jets releasing WR Davante Adams as new regime continues roster overhaulVideo
Davante Adams’ reunion with Aaron Rodgers lasted just 11 games with the New York Jets. The team is releasing the veteran wide receiver ahead of the start of the NFL’s new league year next week, according to multiple reports Tuesday. The move, which was expected, will save the Jets $29.9...
LeBron James to become first to score 50,000 combined points in NBA regular season and playoffs
LOS ANGELES — LeBron James will soon become the first player in NBA history to score 50,000 combined points in the regular season and postseason. If James suits up Tuesday night, he’ll need just one point to set the mark during the Los Angeles Lakers’ game against the New Orleans...
ACC, Clemson, Florida State approve settlement to end legal fight, change revenue-distribution model
The Atlantic Coast Conference, Clemson and Florida State are ready to move forward together after legal fights that threatened the stability of the league. Each approved a settlement Tuesday to end the crossfire of lawsuits between the member schools and the ACC, signing off on a deal that changes the...
Katherine Legge to be the 1st woman in 7 years to compete in NASCAR Cup Series race
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Katherine Legge will become the first woman in a NASCAR Cup Series race since Danica Patrick in 2018 when the veteran makes her debut Sunday at Phoenix Raceway. Legge will drive the No. 78 Chevrolet for Live Fast Motorsports. She becomes the first woman since Patrick made...
First Call: Darius Slay, Mike Hilton may be among available CBs; ex-Steelers DB coach lands NFC job
Tuesday’s “First Call” has details about a future free-agent cornerback from Philadelphia that may be of interest to the Pittsburgh Steelers. A former Steelers cornerback is in the news as well. An ex-Steelers assistant coach lands a job in the NFC South. We look at the Penguins’ next opponent, and...
Healthy Ji Hwan Bae shows signs of getting more comfortable in center field for Pirates
BRADENTON, Fla. — When the Detroit Tigers’ Bligh Madris barreled the ball, Ji Hwan Bae didn’t realize the deep fly would require him to chase it so far into center field that he ended up against the wall. Bae used his elite sprint speed to track and catch it, surprising...
Tim Benz: Erik Karlsson is finally playing some defense. Too bad it’s about his no-movement clause
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Erik Karlsson seems to have no urgency when it comes to waiving his no-movement clause. “I have full say on whether anything happens or not,” Karlsson said when asked about that notion Sunday. “I have not been asked, and until I do get asked — whenever that...
After passing 1 tough test, Duquesne faces another in Atlantic 10 leader VCU
The Duquesne men’s basketball team just roasted the best defensive team in the Atlantic 10 on Saturday afternoon. Three nights later, they are tasked with doing the same thing again. Virginia Commonwealth University comes to UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse at 7 p.m. Tuesday atop the A-10 with a 24-5 record overall...
Season isn’t over, but what happens in 2025-26 when Pitt must replace 3 veterans?
Pitt coach Jeff Capel isn’t looking past N.C. State, the Panthers’ next opponent Wednesday night in Raleigh, N.C., and he hopes his players are at the moment setting aside their offseason plans. But in the back of his mind, Capel knows there is plenty of work to do after the...
