Sports category, Page 569

Gabby Douglas, the 2012 Olympic all-around gymnastics champion, will return to competition for the first time in nearly eight years at the Winter Cup on Feb. 24 in Louisville, Ky. The 28-year-old Douglas, who made the announcement on NBC News NOW on Tuesday, was a teenager when she competed in...

ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery announced plans Tuesday to launch a sports streaming platform in the fall that will include offerings from at least 15 networks and all four major professional sports leagues. A one-stop app to view most sports should be a welcome sight for fans, who continue...

Perhaps there just isn’t a word-for-word way to translate the idea of fear from French to English. Or maybe it’s just his own personal way of explaining the idea of fright. But P.O Joseph, a native of Quebec, has a unique way of describing it. He calls it “the scaries.”...

In Lorain, Ohio, Cleveland’s sports teams rule. It is the hometown of Duquesne basketball star Dae Dae Grant, a self-proclaimed beholder of NBA superstar LeBron James, a native of nearby Akron, whose prolific professional career began in 2003 with the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Cavs and Cleveland Browns put basketball and...

HENDERSON, Nev. — The Las Vegas Raiders hired former Chicago Bears offensive coordinator Luke Getsy on Tuesday, going to their second option after Kliff Kingsbury withdrew from consideration Saturday. Getsy is a Steel Valley graduate who played two years at Pitt before transferring to Akron. New Raiders coach Antonio Pierce...

LAS VEGAS — For most of the past six years, Patrick Mahomes has had to manufacture the chip that he carries on his shoulder, because the Kansas City Chiefs have been so good for so long that they were almost always expected to win. That is no longer the case....

LAS VEGAS — Minutes after the San Francisco 49ers finished off a stunning comeback to win the NFC championship, star defender Nick Bosa pulled aside quarterback Brock Purdy and marveled at his journey. Purdy has undergone a meteoric rise from “Mr. Irrelevant” as the final pick of the 2022 draft...

San Francisco 49ers CEO Jed York was asked the other day what comes to mind when he thinks back to his team’s Super Bowl loss to Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs four years ago, and he quipped: “I mean, I remember Nick Bosa getting held on third-and-long —...

The Professional Women’s Hockey League will stage a game between its teams based in Toronto and Montreal at PPG Paints Arena on March 17 at 12:30 p.m. In conjunction with games played a day earlier between the Ottawa and Boston teams at Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena and New York and...

The City of Pittsburgh formally approved a bid by the Steelers to host the next available NFL Draft. The city’s Stadium Authority voted unanimously Tuesday to enter into agreements with the NFL, the Pittsburgh Steelers, marketing groups and municipal agencies to “support, effect or cause to occur an NFL Draft...

Over the next week that includes two difficult road games, Pitt can enhance or damage its reputation relative to the rest of the ACC. Going into its game Wednesday night in Raleigh, N.C., against N.C. State, Pitt (14-8, 5-6) is tied for eighth in the 15-team conference, a middle-of-the-road team...

Some folks who could get plenty of TV time during Super Bowl 58 between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers are household names, of course, from Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and Christian McCaffrey on the field to a certain pop star — Taylor Swift — expected to cheer...

The Pittsburgh Penguins are scheduled to start goaltender Tristan Jarry for Tuesday’s home game against the Winnipeg Jets. Coach Mike Sullivan announced Jarry’s status following an optional morning skate. In 32 games this season, Jarry has a 13-14-4 record, a 2.53 goals against average, a .913 save percentage and five...

Duquesne senior Sadie Wetzel (Latrobe) moved into a tie for second place on the Dukes’ all-time performance list in the the high jump with a third-place leap of 1.72 meters at the Akron Invitational. She tied Shannon Taub, who is an assistant coach for the Dukes. Wetzel has set a...

LAS VEGAS — Brock Purdy went overtime on Super Bowl opening night. The San Francisco 49ers’ second-year quarterback began by saying he’s ready to spoil Taylor Swift’s trip to Las Vegas and finished by remaining at the microphone to answer questions for several minutes after Monday’s media extravaganza concluded. With...

Pittsburgh Steelers defensive lineman Cam Heyward used his podcast platform to praise the hire of offensive coordinator Arthur Smith. “Arthur Smith (was) balling out with Tennessee all those years ago,” Heyward said on his “Not just Football” podcast. “I know he didn’t have all the success in Atlanta, and everybody...

Tuesday’s “First Call” looks at the increasing prospect of the Pittsburgh Steelers playing in Brazil next year. Peter King has some Steelers inclusions and omissions in his personal All-Time team that will have you buzzing. The NFL insists kickoffs will not be banned in the near future. We look at...

If the Edmonton Oilers beat the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday night, it will be win No. 17 in a row for them. That would tie the NHL record set by the 1992-93 Penguins. “I hate when guys say they want people to break their records,” 1993 Penguins alum Rick...

When Derek Shelton was asked at PiratesFest whether Oneil Cruz would be eased back into the starting lineup or serve as the everyday shortstop, the Pittsburgh Pirates manager gave a roundabout response. Shelton shared that the daily highlight of his offseason came around 1 p.m., when he received an email...

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi’s state auditor filed court papers Monday renewing his call for Brett Favre to repay the state for welfare money that the auditor says was improperly spent on projects backed by the retired NFL quarterback. Auditor Shad White’s demand of nearly $730,000 from Favre is the latest...

Coach Pat Narduzzi received Pitt’s first verbal commitment from a member of the class of 2025 on Monday when defensive end Trevor Sommers pledged to enroll next year. Committed!! #H2P @CoachDuzzPittFB @Pitt_FB @CoachHarriott @STA_Football pic.twitter.com/BCdvi2q0NU— Trevor Sommers (@trevorsommers90) February 5, 2024 Sommers, a junior at St. Thomas Aquinas in Fort...