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Tristan Jarry has provided grounds for buyer’s remorse since signing a five-year, $26.875 million contract in July 2023. The Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender played poorly and cleared waivers last season, doing two stints with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton farm club. The Penguins got goalie Arturs Silovs this past offseason. Their system is chock-full of...

The landscape of college sports facilitates more movement by student-athletes through the transfer portal than ever before. As a result, far fewer players begin and finish their careers at the same institution, but those cases do exist. Pitt’s select few outgoing seniors who have been with the program since their...

Anyone who wants to know about Terry Smith’s Penn State playing career could ask Rutgers coach Greg Schiano. If you want to know what Smith was like when he directed the Gateway football program from 2001-12, well, you could ask Schiano about that, too. Schiano, whose Rutgers team faces Smith’s...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A berth in the Big 12 championship game and a chance to win its first league title. A spot in the College Football Playoff. National title aspirations. All of those possibilities are still ahead for Texas Tech. And those dreams could start going sideways if the Red...

The most amazing stat heading into the Steelers-Bills game Sunday at Acrisure Stadium is 30:0. Thirty is the number of questions that were asked at head coach Mike Tomlin’s press conference Tuesday. Zero is the number of questions that had to do with the Steelers’ opponent, the Buffalo Bills. Those...

BALTIMORE — Joe Burrow threw two second-half touchdown passes in his return for Cincinnati, and the Bengals snapped Baltimore’s five-game winning streak with a 32-14 victory over the fumble-prone Ravens on Thursday night. Baltimore (6-6) lost three fumbles in the first half and turned the ball over five times in...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Dak Prescott threw for two touchdowns, Malik Davis sprinted 43 yards for a score and the Dallas Cowboys overcame two fourth-down TD throws from Patrick Mahomes in a 31-28 Thanksgiving victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday. CeeDee Lamb scored the first Dallas touchdown and finished...

DETROIT — Jordan Love had plenty of time to pass and took full advantage. Jared Goff did not, and Micah Parsons had a lot to do with that. Love converted a pair of fourth downs with scoring passes in the first half and finished with a career-high-matching four touchdown throws,...

Sporting a new black wrap on his fractured left wrist, Aaron Rodgers was a full participant in practice Thursday for the Pittsburgh Steelers. It represented the first extended practice participation for Rodgers since he injured his wrist in the first half two weeks ago against Cincinnati, and it is a...

The defending NFL MVP is visiting Acrisure Stadium on Sunday and, for once, it’s not Lamar Jackson or even Patrick Mahomes. Josh Allen will try to continue his mastery of the Pittsburgh Steelers when the Buffalo Bills visit in a game that is borderline must-win situation for both teams. Allen...

Fuzzy Zoeller, a two-time major champion and one of golf’s most gregarious characters whose career was tainted by a racially insensitive joke about Tiger Woods, has died, according to a longtime colleague. He was 74. A cause of death was not immediately available. Brian Naugle, the tournament director of the...

When it comes to interceptions, Pat Narduzzi is a hard man to please. Before Pitt’s fall camp broke in late August, Narduzzi relayed to reporters that he and his staff had counted 19 dropped picks from 2024 — missed opportunities they felt players should have seized. Ultimately, the Panthers finished...

Welcome to the PIAA final four with three WPIAL champions in action on Black Friday and the three other District 7 winners taking the field Saturday. Since expansion to six classifications in 2016, the WPIAL has sent at most five teams to the PIAA finals, both in 2021 and 2023....

STATE COLLEGE — Since he became Penn State’s interim coach, Terry Smith has put things bluntly. After this weekend’s regular-season finale at Rutgers, Smith admits he’s not sure what comes next for a program still seeking a permanent coach. “We’re encouraging our guys to keep an open mind,” Smith said....

The Pittsburgh Penguins enjoyed one of their most buoyant crowds of the season at PPG Paints Arena on Wednesday as they hosted the Buffalo Sabres for their seemingly traditional “Thanksgiving Eve” game. They were presumably thankful to witness an imperfect 4-2 victory, which was only the third triumph in the...

Former LSU coach Brian Kelly received a letter from LSU on Wednesday confirming that he was fired without cause and is owed “liquidated damages as required” under his contract of about $54 million. The letter, obtained by The Associated Press, clears the way for Kelly to withdraw a Nov. 10...

Free-agent pitcher Dylan Cease and the Toronto Blue Jays have agreed to a $210 million, seven-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Wednesday night. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the deal was pending a physical and had not...

Duquesne can be happy with the win. The Dukes’ defense? That’s another matter. Through seven games, it’s no secret coach Dru Joyce III’s focus has centered around the pace of his team’s play. “We’re not playing in the 60s now,” he said. “We’re playing in the 90s, almost.” With it,...

Here’s to a safe and Happy Thanksgiving from all of us here at the TribLive High School Sports Network. For the second straight year, all six WPIAL champions put the district playoffs in the rearview mirror with total focus on the Road to Cumberland Valley. The PIAA playoffs have reached...

Pittsburgh Penguins rookie goaltender Sergei Murashov was assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. In corresponding transactions, veteran goaltender Tristan Jarry and rookie forward Ville Koivunen were activated from injured reserve and rejoined the active roster. Recalled to the NHL roster Nov. 4, Murashov appeared in four...

With 3-pointers falling like confetti, Robert Morris torched former Horizon league rival UIC on Wednesday at the UPMC Events Center with an 88-74 victory. The Colonials drained 15 of their 31 attempts beyond the arc, defeating the Flames for the first time. RMU improved to 4-3 heading into the Urban-Bennett...

Aaron Rodgers wasn’t wearing a brace or cast on his fractured left wrist following practice Wednesday. Then again, the 41-year-old Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback didn’t take part in the workout, either. As was the case the previous Wednesday, Rodgers spent the day working with the strength and conditioning staff to heal...

Losses in four of the past six games have cost the Pittsburgh Steelers sole possession of first place in the AFC North. Once ahead comfortably in the division, the Steelers take a 6-5 record into their game Sunday against the Buffalo Bills. The defense’s issues have been well-documented. Quarterback Aaron...

For many of the 127 games Andrus Peat has played in the NFL, he’s been at offensive tackle. Though Peat has much more regularly practiced at guard since joining the Pittsburgh Steelers, out of necessity, his focus has shifted to tackle this week. “Whatever the team needs to win,” Peat...