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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...
Eugenio Chacarra out of LIV Golf, losing prime years in cautionary tale
HONOLULU — One of the complaints Eugenio Chacarra had about LIV Golf concerned money, of all things. Chacarra left Oklahoma State in 2022 to join the Saudi-funded league, the brightest of the young players on a roster of mostly aging veterans. He won in his fifth start, and there were...
Deion Sanders, Jason Witten floated as Cowboys coach options
Deion Sanders and Jason Witten are two of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones’ former — and favorite — players, and both have been floated as potential replacements for coach Mike McCarthy. Jones and McCarthy agreed Monday to part ways after five seasons together. McCarthy was on an expiring contract and...
Ohio State has slowly paced itself on offense all the way to national title gameVideo
Ohio State has been purposely pacing itself on offense all season, huddling more and trying to limit the number of snaps in each game of what the Buckeyes hoped and anticipated would be a long run. “I know it sounds crazy, the huddle, it’s almost like going back in time,”...
Saint Vincent hires Casey Goff as new football coach
Saint Vincent canvassed the country, searching far and wide for the best candidate to take over its football program. Coaches with NFL, Big Ten and NCAA Division II experience were considered, officials said. But at the end of the day, SVC was won over by a guy who got his...
Canadiens’ Emil Heineman out 3-4 weeks after getting hit by car in Salt Lake CityVideo
Montreal Canadiens player Emil Heineman is expected to miss three to four weeks after being hit by a car while walking in downtown Salt Lake City a day before playing at the Utah Hockey Club. The team announced Tuesday that the 23-year-old Swedish forward was out with an upper-body injury...
Penguins activate Evgeni Malkin from injured reserve, reassign Jesse Puljujarvi to AHL
The Pittsburgh Penguins activated forward Evgeni Malkin from injured reserve Tuesday night ahead of their home game vs. the Seattle Kraken. Malkin, who participated fully during the morning skate Tuesday, assumed his usual spot as second-line center during line rushes and was in line to return after an absence of...
Report: Penn State starting WR Omari Evans to enter transfer portal
The dominoes are set to fall quickly in Penn State’s wide receiver room after another disappointing season. The Nittany Lions have added two transfers for 2025 in USC’s Kyron Hudson and Troy’s Devonte Ross. Now, one starter from 2024 is on his way out. Junior receiver Omari Evans plans to...
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin says future at quarterback will require ‘major discussions’
Mike Tomlin acknowledged the obvious: The Pittsburgh Steelers enter the offseason without a quarterback under contract and a need for “major discussions” about what to do at the most prominent position. In his season-ending news conference Tuesday afternoon at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex, Tomlin sidestepped questions about what the Steelers...
Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes watched playoffs while awaiting his child’s birthVideo
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes had his mind on the playoffs even as he was awaiting the arrival of his third child. The Chiefs quarterback said Tuesday that his wife, Brittany, let him watch some of the wild-card games Sunday while they were waiting for her to give birth....
Steelers sign quarterback who once kept them out of playoffs to reserve/futures contract
As they head into the offseason with all three of their quarterbacks on the 53-man roster set to hit free agency, the Pittsburgh Steelers made a contingency plan for the 2025 season. Skylar Thompson, who had limited playing experience with the Miami Dolphins this past season, was one of 17...
Houston Texans cut ties with former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver
The Houston Texans have cut former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Diontae Johnson. The Texans claimed Johnson off waivers after the Baltimore Ravens released him in Week 16. The Ravens cut Johnson after he refused to go into the team’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles. He was upset by his role...
Gael Monfils outduels fellow Frenchman in Australian Open 1st-round match for the agesVideo
MELBOURNE, Australia — The pragmatic pro in Gael Monfils would like to have finished off his first-round win in straight sets against up-and-coming fellow Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard at the Australian Open. The entertainer’s instinct in him got a lot of value out of clinching it in five. In a...
