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First Call: Arthur Smith interviews for Steelers’ OC job; another potential candidate is off the board
Monday’s “First Call” gives us another candidate for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ vacant offensive coordinator position. A former target is no longer available. A wide receiver draft prospect is getting some attention from the Steelers. The Duquesne women’s basketball team had an eventful win Sunday. And the Robert Morris hockey team...
Tim Benz: Sidney Crosby doesn’t have to follow in anyone’s footsteps — not even Tom Brady’s
On TSN last week, Bryan Hayes made an impassioned plea to get Sidney Crosby out of Pittsburgh so he’d have a better chance to win more championships. He asked Crosby to do it himself by “following in the footsteps” of former NFL quarterback Tom Brady. In other words, leave the...
Brock Purdy, 49ers rally from 17 points down, beat Lions to advance to Super Bowl
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Brock Purdy threw for 267 yards and a touchdown, and the San Francisco 49ers rallied from 17 points down at halftime to beat the Detroit Lions, 34-31, on Sunday and reach the Super Bowl. The 49ers (14-5) scored 17 points in an eight-minute span of the...
Rangers’ Filip Chytil is out for season after injury setback
New York Rangers forward Filip Chytil will miss the rest of the season after experiencing an injury setback. Chytil, 24, has not played since early November because of suspected concussion issues that led him to go home to his native Czechia and skate with Jaromir Jagr, among others, in an...
Steelers veteran CB Levi Wallace takes pending free agency in stride
In the hours between the end of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ playoff loss in Buffalo and when Levi Wallace went to bed the night of Jan. 15, Wallace already had turned his attention to non-football matters. “Now that it’s over,” Wallace said Jan. 16, “I was already sending out messages yesterday...
Browns hire former quarterback Ken Dorsey as their offensive coordinator
CLEVELAND — Ken Dorsey has control of Cleveland’s offense again. The former Browns quarterback — and former Buffalo coordinator — has been hired by coach Kevin Stefanski as the team’s offensive coordinator, a person familiar with the hiring told The Associated Press on Sunday. Dorsey was fired as Buffalo’s offensive...
Mahomes, Kelce are headed to the Super Bowl after Chiefs shut down Ravens 17-10Video
BALTIMORE — The first quarter was vintage Patrick Mahomes, picking apart the Baltimore defense with quick passes, with Travis Kelce on the other end of several of them. Then the Kansas City defense — now elite after some shaky seasons in the past — took over. Finally, when Mahomes needed...
Tigers give a $28.6M, 6-year deal to 22-year-old prospect Colt Keith
DETROIT — The Detroit Tigers made an unusual bet on a player with no major-league experience, agreeing Sunday to a six-year contract with 22-year-old Colt Keith that guarantees the infield prospect $28,642,500. His deal includes three team options that could make it worth $64 million over nine seasons, and the...
Chiefs’ Travis Kelce sets NFL record for postseason receptions with big 1st half against RavensVideo
BALTIMORE — Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has set an NFL record for most career catches in postseason play. With his seventh reception in the first half of Sunday’s AFC championship game against the Baltimore Ravens, Kelce brought his total in the playoffs to 152. That broke the...
Markeese Hastings’ double-double can’t lift Robert Morris men
CLEVELAND — Tristan Enaruna had 28 points in Cleveland State’s 66-64 win against Robert Morris on Sunday. Markeese Hastings led the way for the Colonials (8-13, 4-6 Horizon League) with 18 points, 11 rebounds and two blocks. Josh Corbin added 15 points and five assists for Robert Morris. In addition,...
Columbus forward Patrik Laine enters NHL/NHLPA player assistance program
Columbus Blue Jackets forward Patrik Laine is entering the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program, the league and union announced Sunday. Laine will be away from the team indefinitely while he receives care from the joint program. Under the terms of the program, he can return to the team for practice and...
USA Hockey will mandate neck laceration protection for players under 18 effective Aug. 1
USA Hockey is mandating neck laceration protection for all players under the age of 18, the latest development in the wake of the death of a former Pittsburgh Penguins player in England from a skate to the neck that has reignited the debate over cut-proof gear in the sport. The...
Analysis: Time has come for pride to turn into consistent victory for Pitt
The question in the wake of Pitt’s dramatic, but inadequate, rally from a 19-point deficit in Miami is this: What really matters? Is it the way players never quit when the cause looked hopeless less than 10 minutes from the end of the game? Or, is it Pitt’s poor shooting...
Jannik Sinner rallies from 2 sets down to beat Daniil Medvedev in Australia and clinch his 1st Grand Slam title
MELBOURNE, Australia — Jannik Sinner lined up a forehand, drilled it down the line and dropped to the court on his back, giving himself a few moments to process how he’d managed to come back from two sets down to win his first Grand Slam title. The 22-year-old found a...
NFL reaches ‘major milestone’ with record 9 minority head coaches in place for the 2024 season
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The National Football League has urged teams for years to hire more minority head coaches. That mission finally seems to be paying off. Four minority head coaches have been hired this year — Atlanta’s Raheem Morris, New England’s Jerod Mayo, Las Vegas’ Antonio Pierce and Carolina’s Dave...
Penguins forward Lars Eller at 1,000 games: ‘He’s a pro’s pro’
Lars Eller wasn’t comfortable Saturday. A lot of what happened that night went against his constitution as a hockey player. Before a 3-2 overtime win against the Montreal Canadiens at PPG Paints Arena, Eller was recognized for appearing in his 1,000th career game in a ceremony that included his family,...
Penguins assign Valtteri Puustinen, Ryan Shea, John Ludvig to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Pittsburgh Penguins assigned rookie forward Valtteri Puustinen and defenseman Ryan Shea to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) on Sunday. Additionally, rookie defenseman John Ludvig was sent to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on a conditioning assignment. These transactions come on the first day of the Penguins’ seven-day break from team activities...
Spurs mascot The Coyote wearing Batman costume captures bat with net
SAN ANTONIO — A bat descended on the court and delayed play after Victor Wembanyama made a 3-pointer two minutes into the San Antonio Spurs’ 113-112 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night. Dressed in a Batman costume, the Spurs’ mascot, The Coyote, captured the bat with a net...
Minor league report: Penguins lose to Bears, Nailers extend winning streakVideo
Goaltender Joel Blomqvist made 25 saves on 28 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 3-2 home loss to the rival Hershey Bears at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. The result dropped Blomqvist’s record to 13-6-3 while forwards Vinnie Hinostroza and Radim Zohorna each scored goals for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton...
Unlikely OT hero Marcus Pettersson propels Penguins into All-Star break with momentumVideo
Late in the first period Saturday at PPG Paints Arena, the Pittsburgh Penguins were burned by an old friend. With 4 minutes, 7 seconds remaining before intermission, former Penguin Mike Matheson, now an alternate captain for the visiting Montreal Canadiens, assisted on the game’s opening goal, setting up teammate and...
Injured Rangers pitchers Max Scherzer, Jacob deGrom making progress
ARLINGTON, Texas — The World Series champion Texas Rangers have two multiple-time Cy Young Award winners who could return to their rotation sometime in the middle of the summer. Three-time Cy Young winner Max Scherzer said Saturday he is progressing from December surgery to repair a herniated disk in his...
Lars Eller scores in 1,000th NHL game, helps Penguins to OT win over Canadiens
Saturday opened with a celebration for the Pittsburgh Penguins. And ended with a badly needed boost of hope. In lavish fashion, they recognized hale and hearty third-line center Lars Eller for appearing in the 1,000th NHL game of his career before a contest against the Montreal Canadiens at PPG Paints...
Jim Harbaugh pushed for Michigan to hire Sherrone Moore after leaving to lead Chargers
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan is giving Sherrone Moore a shot, hoping he can sustain at least some of the success Jim Harbaugh had toward the end of his nine-season run with college football’s winningest program. “We’re hungry for more,” Moore said Saturday after he was introduced as coach of...
Penn State buckles, gives up 14-point halftime lead in loss to Minnesota
UNIVERSITY PARK — Dawson Garcia scored 20 points, Cam Christie added 17 and Minnesota rallied from a 14-point halftime deficit and beat Penn State, 83-74, on Saturday night to snap a four-game losing streak. It was tied 70-70with 2 minutes, 50 seconds remaining before five Golden Gophers scored in a...
Patrick Mahomes faces Lamar Jackson for 1st time in playoffs with Super Bowl berth on line
BALTIMORE — Patrick Mahomes has already defeated an impressive list of quarterbacks in the playoffs: Andrew Luck, Deshaun Watson, Ben Roethlisberger, Trevor Lawrence, Joe Burrow, Jalen Hurts, Tua Tagovailoa. And of course, Josh Allen, who was eliminated for the third time by Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs last week....
