Sports category, Page 420
Mark Madden: Pirates will cash in on Paul Skenes; he will get his cash elsewhere
Some say the Pittsburgh Pirates are the worst organization in big-time sports. Given their priorities, they’re a lot closer to being one of the best. That’s what the dorks who protest and rent billboards don’t get: There’s no mining shame and embarrassment from an owner and franchise that don’t care...
First Call: NFL reviewing George Pickens’ scrum in Cleveland; thoughts on Russell Wilson staying in PittsburghVideo
Monday’s “First Call” has some potential fallout from the end of Thursday’s Steelers-Browns game. There’s some forecasting about the future of Pittsburgh’s quarterback position. We preview the “Monday Night Football” game and its implications for the Steelers. And the Duquesne basketball team continues its tournament in the Cayman Islands. League...
Tim Benz: Penguins’ weekend on center stage shows how bad things have gotten
In the not-too-distant past, a pre-Thanksgiving mini-bye for the Steelers would’ve been the perfect time for many Pittsburgh sports fans to shelve their NFL obsessions and take in a little Penguins hockey for a few days. Not only were the Steelers off this past weekend because of their Thursday night...
Madden Monday: ‘We’ll know instantly’ if Steelers’ loss to Browns will result in long-term damages
In the days since the Pittsburgh Steelers (8-3) fell to the Cleveland Browns (3-8) on Thursday night, many Steelers fans have had the same concern. Was that just one bad night? Or was that a harbinger of things to come? Was that the 2024 version of losing to Washington after...
Pitt struggled to handle Wisconsin’s John Tonje, but Jeff Capel said Panthers learned ‘great lesson’ in defeat
The consolation game went into triple overtime and the shot clock wasn’t working at the outset. So, the start of the Greenbrier Tipoff championship game in White Sulpher Springs, W.Va., was delayed 75 minutes. Then, while Pitt was attempting to deal with No. 19 Wisconsin in its most difficult test...
No. 5 UCLA women’s basketball team ends No. 1 South Carolina’s 43-game winning streakVideo
LOS ANGELES — Top-ranked South Carolina felt something it hasn’t known in over 2 1/2 years. The sting of defeat after being thoroughly dominated in a 77-62 women’s basketball loss to No. 5 UCLA on Sunday. Gone was the overall 43-game winning streak. Done was the run of 33 consecutive...
Duquesne men lose again, this time in Cayman Islands
Duquesne’s season-opening streak without a victory in men’s basketball under first-year coach Dru Joyce III reached five Sunday with a 71-60 loss to South Dakota State in the first of three games in three days for the Dukes at the Cayman Islands Classic in George Town, Grand Cayman. Oscar Cluff’s...
Pitt suffers 1st loss, falling to undefeated No. 19 Wisconsin in Greenbrier Tipoff
Two undefeated teams met Sunday night in the championship game of the Greenbrier Tipoff in White Sulpher Springs, W.Va., and No. 19 Wisconsin’s late surge was enough to hand Pitt (6-1) its first loss of the season 81-75. Pitt played almost the entire game without guard Damian Dunn, who suffered...
Maverick McNealy birdies last hole to finally win on PGA Tour
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Maverick McNealy has learned in his five years on the PGA Tour that trying to win a tournament is “designed to make you feel as uncomfortable as you possibly can.” Standing in the 18th fairway Sunday in the RSM Classic, part of a four-way tie...
Alabama, Mississippi out of top 10 in AP poll; Penn State remains No. 4Video
Alabama and Mississippi tumbled out of the top 10 of the Associated Press Top 25 poll Sunday, and Miami and SMU moved in following a chaotic weekend in the SEC and across college football in general. Oregon is No. 1 for the sixth straight week and Ohio State, Texas and...
NFL Week 12: late-game rally derailed by a missed extra point and Cowboys stun CommandersVideo
LANDOVER, Md. — Austin Seibert missed his second extra point of the game with 21 seconds left after Jayden Daniels and Terry McLaurin connected on an 86-yard touchdown, Juanyeh Thomas returned the ensuing onside kick attempt for a touchdown and the Dallas Cowboys pulled out a 34-26 victory Sunday that...
Tulsa fires coach Kevin Wilson a day after blowout loss to South Florida
TULSA, Okla. — Tulsa fired football coach Kevin Wilson on Sunday and will elevate wide receivers coach Ryan Switzer on an interim basis for the remainder of the season. The Golden Hurricane lost to South Florida 63-30 on Saturday, dropping their record to 3-8. The school’s decision concludes Wilson’s two-year...
When Harbaugh brothers meet Monday, Archie Manning can relateVideo
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Archie Manning can empathize with what Jack Harbaugh will be going through again Monday night. For the first time in 11 years, the 85-year-old patriarch of the Harbaugh family has to be a neutral observer with Jim’s Los Angeles Chargers hosting John’s Baltimore Ravens in the...
Rico Carty, who won the 1970 NL batting title with the Atlanta Braves, has died
Rico Carty, who won the 1970 NL batting title when he hit a major league-best .366 for the Atlanta Braves, has died. He was 85. Major League Baseball, the players’ association and the Braves paid tribute to Carty on social media on Sunday. No further details on Carty’s death were...
Analysis: Eli Holstein’s head, ankle injuries only part of the issues plaguing Pitt
The air was electric inside Acrisure Stadium during Pitt’s prime-time victory against Syracuse precisely one month ago. Larry Fitzgerald was in the house among nearly 50,000 fans, Pitt returned three interceptions for touchdowns, went into halftime with a 31-0 lead and eventually crafted its first 7-0 start in 42 years....
Steelers to face AFC North foes under spotlight as ‘Hard Knocks’ cameras capture division race
The Pittsburgh Steelers are the only team in the AFC North that had never been featured on “Hard Knocks,” so their loss to the Cleveland Browns on Thursday night served as a proper introduction to the behind-the-scenes spectacle captured on camera by HBO and NFL Films. Blowing a late lead...
Fish photos hazardous to their health? Tips for safer catch and release
Pick a social media platform and a fishing-related hashtag, say #patroutfishing on Instagram. It’ll turn up thousands upon thousands of posts. Anglers have long posed for photos with their latest and biggest catches, but the phenomenon of being able to pull out a smartphone and share your achievement globally is...
Rafael Nadal’s retirement ceremony was based on what he wanted, tennis official says
MALAGA, Spain — Rafael Nadal’s relatively low-key retirement ceremony at the Davis Cup was defended by the head of the International Tennis Federation on Sunday as being dictated by the 22-time Grand Slam champion’s wishes. “Rafa is an amazing player and has a legacy of tennis that he will leave...
St. Louis Blues fire Drew Bannister and hire Jim Montgomery as coach
The St. Louis Blues have fired coach Drew Bannister and hired Jim Montgomery as his replacement just five days after the 2022 Jack Adams Award winner was let go by the Boston Bruins. Blues president and general manager Doug Armstrong announced the stunning change Sunday. He is expected to address...
From Drew Allar to Tyler Warren, the story behind Penn State’s game-winning play at Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS — James Franklin had a decision to make, one that could damage or enhance Penn State’s dreams of reaching the College Football Playoff and competing for a national title. Penn State, leading Minnesota by one point with 29 seconds left in regulation, faced a fourth-and-1 at the Golden Gophers’...
Penguins rookie defenseman Owen Pickering earns promotion to top pairing
Ryan Shea probably could say he knows Pittsburgh Penguins rookie defenseman Owen Pickering better than most in the club’s locker room. Pickering, 20, was promoted to the NHL just over a week ago, and through his first three games, had paired with Shea. Naturally, Pickering and Shea have conversed quite...
Minor league report: Nailers, Sergei Murashov conquer KometsVideo
Goaltender Sergei Murashov made a season-high 48 saves on 52 shots for the Wheeling Nailers in a 6-4 road win against the Forth Wayne Komets at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Ind., on Saturday. Murashov improved his ECHL record to 6-2-0 as Wheeling (9-3-1-0) extended a...
Pine-Richland defense shines en route to 9th WPIAL championship
Jay Timmons pointed to a corner of Acrisure Stadium where he watched games as a kid, remembering back to when his father played linebacker for the Steelers. So, yes, he knows a little about defense. “I’ve been dreaming of playing on this field for so long,” said Timmons, a Pine-Richland...
Utah spoils Sidney Crosby’s milestone night as Penguins suffer 8th loss in past 10 games
Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic didn’t have to ruminate a great deal when asked how to describe his team last week. “Inconsistent is probably a good word, a good way to describe it,” Nedeljkovic said in Cranberry on Wednesday. “Game to game, period to period, sometimes even shift to shift....
Penguins’ Sidney Crosby scores 600th career goal in 2nd period vs. UtahVideo
Both symbolically, as one of the most important figures in Pittsburgh Penguins franchise history, and statistically, as arguably the most gifted all-around player of his generation, Sidney Crosby walks on the same ground as Mario Lemieux. With his 600th career goal Saturday against Utah Hockey Club at PPG Paints Arena,...
