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Size mattered to Omar Khan and Andy Weidl when they conducted their first draft as executives atop the Pittsburgh Steelers organizational food chain. With the four picks they used over the first three rounds in 2023, they selected an offensive and defensive tackle, a tall cornerback and a massive tight...

The Athletic posted a lengthy, detailed story exposing the Pittsburgh Pirates’ frugality, pettiness and incompetence Wednesday. The Pirates signed No. 1 starter Mitch Keller to a five-year, $77 million contract extension Thursday. That timing was not coincidence. The Pirates needed to get their PR train back on track after Wednesday’s...

NEW YORK — Kyle Rose had 23 points in Fordham’s 79-67 victory over Duquesne on Friday night. Rose added five rebounds for the Rams (11-16, 5-9 Atlantic 10 Conference). Antrell Charlton scored 16 points and added eight assists. Abdou Tsimbila was 4 of 6 shooting and 2 of 3 from...

BRADENTON, Fla. — As Mitch Keller thanked his Pittsburgh Pirates coaches and teammates for their support, the All-Star right-hander and staff ace got emotional. He paused to collect his composure and focused on his future. “It’s a really exciting time to be a Pirate,” Keller said, “and I couldn’t be...

A federal judge Friday barred the NCAA from enforcing its rules prohibiting name, image and likeness compensation from being used to recruit athletes, granting a request for a preliminary injunction from the states of Tennessee and Virginia in dealing another blow to the association’s ability to govern college sports. The...

Presidents’ Athletic Conference men’s basketball championship Who: No. 2 seed Saint Vincent (23-3) at No. 1 Geneva (23-3) When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday Where: Metheny Fieldhouse, Beaver Falls Livestream: www.pacstream.net Coaches: D.P. Harris, Saint Vincent; Jeff Santarsiero, Geneva Players to watch: Dev Ostrowski, Saint Vincent; Trevor Tipton, Geneva Notable: The finalists...

On a day when the NFL salary cap officially was increased by $30 million, the Pittsburgh Steelers took a step toward lowering their figure by releasing veteran center Mason Cole. Cole had started all 34 regular-season games the past two seasons in the middle of the offensive line and had...

BRADENTON, Fla. — Some Pittsburgh Pirates players have grumbled privately about the new MLB uniforms, expressing their dissatisfaction with the differences. The names and numbers are visibly smaller. The mesh material on the game jerseys and pants is stretchier and, with home whites, can be see-through. By adding mesh to...

Drew O’Connor didn’t mince words. His play had dropped off. And he knew it. In the midst of a seven-game slump without a point, he offered a blunt critique of himself Feb. 13. “I need to find ways to contribute more,” O’Connor said after a practice in Cranberry that day....

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Three members of the University of Wyoming swimming and diving team were killed in a highway crash in northern Colorado. The crash happened Thursday afternoon on U.S. 287 about 10 miles (16 kilometers) south of the Wyoming-Colorado line between Laramie and Fort Collins, Colo. The crash injured...

As the NHL’s March 8 trade deadline approaches, a few obvious moves beckon for Kyle Dubas, the Penguins’ president of hockey ops/GM. Trade winger Jake Guentzel. It will be a shame to see him go, but Guentzel is a free agent at season’s end. He can’t be allowed to walk...

BRADENTON, Fla. — Before staff ace Mitch Keller could put ink to his $77 million contract, there was talk about which player should be the next targeted for a long-term extension by the Pittsburgh Pirates. With Gold Glove third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes and left fielder Bryan Reynolds locked into eight-year...

PEORIA, Ariz. — MLB’s new uniform reveal hasn’t gone very well. Now some of the rampant criticism has moved below the belt. Major League Baseball Players Association deputy executive director Bruce Meyer confirmed on Thursday that the organization is relaying concerns from players to MLB about the new pants, which...

I’ll admit I felt a little silly asking the questions in the Pittsburgh Penguins locker room after their 4-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night. Was I baiting the hook a little bit? Eh, maybe. Defense counsel might have a hard time protecting me on this one. But...

While appearing on “The Rich Eisen Show” on Thursday, former Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw offered up an impassioned defense of Kenny Pickett as the franchise’s starter at the position. “I love Pickett,” Bradshaw said. “I know him well. He’s fiercely competitive. He’s a tough-minded kid. Things don’t bother him. I...

A different consideration is being advanced about the prospect of the Pittsburgh Steelers trading for Justin Fields. A blast from the past reveals that he was almost a Steelers quarterback in the early 1990s. The Penguins are preparing to renew acquaintances with their friends from Philadelphia. Some Robert Morris Colonials...

BRADENTON, Fla. — Pittsburgh Pirates players were pumped about the contract extension that locked up All-Star right-hander Mitch Keller for the next five years at $77 million, especially after a breakout season. One of the newest Pirates was just as excited, and not just for selfish reasons. For 21-year-old right-hander...

Two recent ACC final scores remind us why college basketball is such a fun and unpredictable game. Check that. Perhaps not so much fun for the teams on the losing ends of those scores. Let’s start with Virginia Tech’s 75-41 victory against Virginia on Monday. The 34-point margin of defeat...

Moments before their game at PPG Paints Arena vs. the Montreal Canadiens got underway Thursday, the Pittsburgh Penguins made a roster move, reassigning netminder Magnus Hellberg to Wilkes-Barre-Scranton of the American Hockey League. Hellberg, 32, was called up to Pittsburgh on Feb. 19 under emergency conditions, when either Tristan Jarry...

Kyle Dubas has given the flawed Pittsburgh Penguins the next two weeks to figure out what they are. A playoff team or … otherwise. On Thursday, they took a step, albeit an incremental one, toward being the former and not the latter with a 4-1 victory against the Montreal Canadiens...

VALLARTA, Mexico — Erik van Rooyen made two eagles Thursday on his way to an 8-under-par 63 for a one-shot lead in the Mexico Open at Vidanta, a strong start in his bid to win a second PGA Tour title in Mexico in the last four months. Van Rooyen hit...

Gamers will be blocked from manually adding players to EA Sports’ new college football game who decide not to accept an offer to have their name, image and likeness used in it, the video-game developer said Thursday. EA Sports revealed the safeguard in its announcement that it has begun reaching...