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Tim Benz: If Kyle Dubas keeps talking about the ‘standard’ for the Penguins, Mike Tomlin may start asking questions
During his season-opening press conference, Penguins general manager Kyle Dubas spoke openly about spending much of his first 16 months on the job learning about the city of Pittsburgh and his team’s fanbase. “After being here for a year, there are people who have lived here for their whole lives....
Mike Tomlin has no ‘outlying issue’ with the effort of Steelers WR George Pickens
Mike Tomlin was aware — and not pleased — that George Pickens grabbed a Dallas Cowboys player by the facemask and sent him to the ground in the aftermath of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ last-second 20-17 loss Sunday night. He did not know about the expletive that was written on Pickens’...
Penguins-Red Wings game rescheduled for later start
Thursday’s game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings at Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena has been rescheduled for start time a little after 8 p.m. The contest originally was slated to begin shortly after 7 p.m. The NHL announced the rescheduling Tuesday. This change was prompted by Game 4...
Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry knows what matters
Tristan Jarry knows a little bit about what Joel Blomqvist is going through at the moment. Once upon a time, Jarry was the intriguing goaltending prospect who arrived in Pittsburgh to back up an incumbent starter who had fallen on hard times and out of favor with the locals. That...
Injured Penguins forward Bryan Rust skates in final practice before season opener
There’s no changing the fact that forward Bryan Rust and goalie Alex Nedeljkovic won’t be available to the Pittsburgh Penguins for the immediate future. But Tuesday’s practice in Cranberry, the Penguins’ final mandatory team session ahead of Wednesday’s season-opening visit from the New York Rangers at PPG Paints Arena, offered...
Penn State safety Zakee Wheatley shows growth, speed ahead of trip to Southern Cal
In a perfect world, USC’s offense would have to worry about Penn safety Kevin Winston Jr. in Saturday afternoon’s Big Ten showdown at the LA Memorial Coliseum. But Winston, a top NFL prospect, is dealing with a significant injury and is out indefinitely. In his absence, fourth-year safety Zakee Wheatley...
Russell Wilson’s return to practice adds intrigue to Steelers’ quarterback positionVideo
For the first time since aggravating a calf injury before the season opener, Russell Wilson is scheduled to be a full practice participant for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The result of that work could determine what role the 35-year-old quarterback plays this weekend when the Steelers face the Las Vegas Raiders...
Hurricane Milton forces NHL’s Lightning, other sports teams to alter game plans
The NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning have left Florida ahead of Hurricane Milton to practice the rest of the week in the Raleigh area for their season opener at the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night. Milton, currently a Category 4 hurricane, is projected to make landfall in the Tampa Bay area...
Bill introduced to award 1980 ‘Miracle On Ice’ U.S. hockey team with Congressional Gold Medals
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday to award Congressional Gold Medals to the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” Olympic hockey team that defeated the heavily favored Soviet Union in Lake Placid, New York, at a period of high tension during the Cold...
Jets fire coach Robert Saleh after a 2-3 start to the season, AP source says
The New York Jets have fired coach Robert Saleh after the team’s 2-3 start in his fourth season, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press. Saleh was 20-36 as coach of the Jets, who are trying to snap the NFL’s longest active playoff drought at 13 seasons....
Mark Madden: Penguins might sneak into the playoffs, but don’t expect much more
The Pittsburgh Penguins will either just miss or just make the playoffs, just like the last two seasons. They will go an eighth straight year without winning a playoff series. That’s what happens when you keep bringing back basically the same team and same approach. The Penguins have slowed but...
Rochester football player Carter Mason recovering in hospital after in-game head injury, brain bleed
Terri Mason was home watching a livestream of the Rochester football game when she realized something was wrong. “No. 8 didn’t come back on that field,” said Mason, who was looking for her son, Carter, a senior running back. “Next thing you know, they said a Rochester player went down....
Mike McCarthy says Mike Tomlin’s use of last timeout helped Dallas change its call to the right game-winning play
After the Steelers lost to the Dallas Cowboys (20-17) Sunday night, I wrote that I disagreed with Mike Tomlin’s decision to use his last timeout prior to the Cowboys’ fourth-down snap at the goal line with 26 seconds remaining. The play resulted in a game-winning touchdown pass for the Cowboys....
First Call: Ex-Steeler calls out George Pickens; Davante Adams update; Sidney Crosby ‘not an option’ to leave Pittsburgh
Tuesday’s “First Call” has a stern message for George Pickens from a former Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl champion. We also have an update on the chaos swirling around the Raiders as they prepare to host the Steelers on Sunday. Sidney Crosby discusses his long-term future in Pittsburgh. And some highlight...
Won’t change tactics? Won’t play the kids? Penguins coach Mike Sullivan pushes back at critics’ ‘narratives’
During his time as a defenseman with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Mike Matheson had a way with words. Especially when it came to those who had a way with words. Like his coach at that time, Mike Sullivan. “The first thing I noticed about him is just the way he speaks,”...
Rosters, opportunities grow with school sports co-ops
Jocelyn Spinelli was the only girl from St. Joseph High School in Harrison who ran cross country last year. Each meet, the 15-year-old would wear a soccer uniform loaned to her by the school and run as an independent. Her father was her coach. The school doesn’t have an official...
Patrick Mahomes, JuJu Smith-Schuster light up Saints in Chiefs win
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes threw for 331 yards, including 130 to JuJu Smith-Schuster on seven catches, and the Chiefs overcame more red-zone woes Monday to beat the New Orleans Saints, 26-13, on a big night for Kansas City’s professional sports teams. Just as the Chiefs were moving to...
Salvador Perez’s homer sparks Royals in series-tying win over Yankees
NEW YORK — Salvador Perez homered leading off the fourth inning to spark a four-run rally against Carlos Rodón, and the Kansas City Royals beat the New York Yankees, 4-2, on Monday night to even their AL Division Series at one game apiece. Four relievers held New York in check...
Kerry Carpenter belts homer in 9th to help Tigers even series with Guardians
CLEVELAND — Kerry Carpenter hit a three-run homer off Cleveland’s All-Star closer Emmanuel Clase in the ninth inning, and the Detroit Tigers stunned the Guardians, 3-0, in Game 2 on Monday to even their AL Division Series at one game apiece. Carpenter connected for a 423-foot shot with two outs...
Pierce not ready to name Raiders’ starting QB as questions swirlVideo
HENDERSON, Nev. — If Raiders coach Antonio Pierce changes quarterbacks, he likely will have to stick with Aidan O’Connell for the rest of the season. Otherwise, what’s the point? Pierce made clear when he took over as Las Vegas’ interim coach midway through last season that O’Connell was the starter...
A more comfortable Connor Bedard is hoping to put together a big second season with the BlackhawksVideo
CHICAGO — Connor Bedard was one of the first players on the ice Monday. He also was one of the last to leave when practice was over. In many ways, Bedard is the same guy as he begins his second season with the Chicago Blackhawks. In some subtle ways, he...
The Ravens’ offense is rolling with Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry leading the wayVideo
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry have become one of the most formidable duos in the NFL, and that’s a primary reason the Baltimore Ravens are back where they expect to be: atop the AFC North. Jackson, a two-time MVP, is throwing the ball more efficiently than...
New manager Terry Francona says Cincinnati Reds job ‘just felt right’Video
Give Hall of Fame broadcaster Marty Brennaman an assist in putting Cincinnati Reds officials together with Terry Francona, the man who would become the team’s new manager. After manager David Bell was fired late in the season, the 82-year-old Brennaman called Francona to urge his longtime friend to at least...
NCAA’s $2.78 billion settlement with colleges to allow athlete payments gets preliminary approvalVideo
A judge granted preliminary approval Monday to the $2.78 billion legal settlement that would transform college sports by allowing schools to pay players. U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken released an order setting a timeline for a deal that would put millions of dollars into the pockets of college athletes, who...
Penguins president Kyle Dubas wants to ‘change the story’
Kyle Dubas knows what is said about the club he is charged with crafting and steering. After two seasons of being a spectator for the playoffs — and six springs without a postseason series victory — the external view of the Pittsburgh Penguins isn’t what it once was. And it...
