Sports category, Page 510

The Pittsburgh Penguins are scheduled to start goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic for Thursday’s home game against the Detroit Red Wings at PPG Paints Arena. Coach Mike Sullivan announced Nedeljkovic’s status following an optional morning skate. This will mark Nedeljkovic’s 10th consecutive start. The Penguins have gone 6-0-3 since he became the...

LAS VEGAS — O.J. Simpson, the football star and Hollywood actor acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend in a trial that mesmerized the public and exposed divisions on race and policing in America, has died. He was 76. The family announced on Simpson’s official X...

Happy Masters Week everyone. For Next on the Tee host Chris Mascaro, this is the most magical week of the year. As they say, The Masters is a tradition unlike any other. This week, both parts of the show go inside the tournament to discuss what it’s like to be...

TOKYO — Hawaii-born Akebono Taro, one of the greats of sumo wrestling and a former grand champion, has died. He was 54. He was the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the level of “yokozuna” — or grand champion — in Japan. “It is with sadness that we announce Akebono Taro...

This week, I didn’t defend a hometown hero after he got booed at PNC Park. I suggested that a Pittsburgh sports pariah get inducted into the Pirates Hall of Fame. And I refused to advance a bogus politically correct women’s sports media narrative. So, as you could imagine, my social...

Thursday’s “First Call” has some Steelers international news to pass along. We study the team’s wide receiver position. We also look at the Penguins’ state of affairs heading into a huge game Thursday night. And the Pirates get set for a cross-state rivalry renewal. Staying stateside The Pittsburgh Steelers are...

As soon as the Baltimore Orioles promoted Jackson Holliday, the 2022 No. 1 overall pick and baseball’s consensus top prospect, it prompted speculation about when the Pittsburgh Pirates would do the same with top pitching prospect Paul Skenes. The answer is simple: Not yet. The 6-foot-6, 250-pound right-hander, the No....

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 6-5) beat Toledo (Tigers), 4-3. LF Billy McKinney (.258) singled home 2B Nick Gonzales in the top of the ninth for the game-winning score. Gonzales (.391) finished 2 for 5 with a pair of doubles. 1B Jake Lamb (.371) was 2 for 4 with two singles and an...

With the Pittsburgh Penguins’ playoff hopes seemingly changing by the day for the past few weeks, Sidney Crosby surely has been monitoring the league scoreboard like someone who has binge-watched Netflix after borrowing their cousin’s password, right? “No.” OK, but he has to be keeping tabs on the standings every...

ACC Network cameras will be stationed inside Acrisure Stadium on Saturday to record every move Pitt players make in the Blue-Gold spring game. Offensive coordinator Kade Bell will react accordingly. No sense tipping off conference foes and giving them all summer to figure out how to defend Pitt’s new offense....

AUGUSTA, Ga. — More than golf’s first major championship of the year, the Masters represents unification. This is the first time since July at the British Open the best players regardless of their tours compete against each other — same course, same tournament, same television network. “I believe everyone agrees...

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Min Woo Lee stared at the 20-pound dumbbell sitting in the corner of the gym with unbridled contempt. Just days earlier, while performing the last rep in a series of side glute bridges, the Australian had thrown it down and somehow clipped his finger. Bad luck made...

Matthew Wright is back for a fourth tour with the Pittsburgh Steelers. A journeyman veteran kicker, Wright signed with the Steelers on Tuesday. He initially joined the team as an undrafted free agent out of UCF in 2019, returned to the practice squad in 2020 to appear in three games...

Preparations are being made behind the scenes and in the public eye in case an NHL team is in Salt Lake City sooner than later. Prospective owner Ryan Smith on social media earlier this week solicited suggestions for a team name. Smith, who owns the NBA’s Utah Jazz, in January...

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Radim Zohorna couldn’t help but have a little fun Wednesday after reuniting with Valtteri Puustinen, with whom he forged a friendship as teammates in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League a few seasons ago. Zohorna and Puustinen played together in Pittsburgh earlier this season, but Zohorna was...

Pittsburgh Steelers star Cameron Heyward was recognized Wednesday by city leaders after he won the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award, considered the league’s highest honor. Appearing during a City Council meeting Downtown, Mayor Ed Gainey said he wanted to recognize the towering defensive lineman for “serving Pittsburgh...

BALTIMORE — Make way for baseball’s top-ranked prospect — yet another big addition from Baltimore’s stellar farm system. The Orioles called up 20-year-old infielder Jackson Holliday on Wednesday, hours before their game at Boston. Holliday was the No. 1 pick in the 2022 amateur draft out of high school in...

Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby may not win another scoring title or Hart Memorial Trophy. Unless of course Crosby has a 100-point campaign — requisite territory for both of the aforementioned accomplishments these days — in his system in the years to come, which, seeing the level Crosby continues to...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Standout pass rusher Josh Allen and the Jacksonville Jaguars reached agreement Wednesday on a five-year, $150 million contract that includes $88 million guaranteed, a person familiar with the negotiations said. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal had not officially...

STANFORD, Calif. — Tara VanDerveer lent her time and energy to a young Dawn Staley behind the scenes years before the South Carolina coach started winning championships or delivering an improbable undefeated season. The Hall of Fame Stanford coach did the same for her Pac-12 rivals. For Cori Close. For...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas hired John Calipari as men’s basketball coach on Wednesday, a day after the Hall of Fame coach stepped down from the Kentucky program he led to the 2012 NCAA championship. The 65-year-old Calipari signed a five-year contract with an annual base salary of $7 million through...

STATE COLLEGE — A.J. Harris, the highly touted Georgia transfer cornerback, entered the portal in December knowing what he wanted in his new home. Four months later, Harris believes he’s found it at Penn State, calling his decision to join the Nittany Lions “a no-brainer.” On Tuesday, Harris met with...