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Former Pirates manager Jim Leyland wins election to baseball’s Hall of Fame
On the night he was immortalized as a Hall of Fame manager, Jim Leyland had given up hope. The former manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates was told by National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum officials that — if he was voted in by the Contemporary Era Committee — he...
Cardinals’ James Conner has big game during ‘special’ win over Steelers in return to Pittsburgh
Whatever positive capital James Conner had built up with the Pittsburgh fanbase by wearing a Pitt t-shirt to his postgame news conference Sunday, he perhaps squandered away by making an admission about the Pittsburgh Steelers’ traditional late-game hype song. “I didn’t like ‘Renegade,’” Conner said. “That got the defense turned...
Airing of Grievances: Offense, defense flop as Steelers suffer dreadful upset loss to CardinalsVideo
Sunday was as bad of an afternoon as I can ever remember at Acrisure Stadium for a Steelers game day. There were two weather delays for high winds, lightning, heavy rain and hail. In December. In Pittsburgh. On top of that, the Steelers (7-5) lost a 24-10 slopfest to the...
West Virginia to play North Carolina in Duke’s Mayo Bowl
Members of the West Virginia football team will spend some of the holiday season in Charlotte. The Mountaineers on Sunday night were selected to play North Carolina in the 22nd annual Duke’s Mayo Bowl. The game will be 5:30 p.m. Dec. 27 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C.,...
Minkah Fitzpatrick plays with broken hand, but Steelers lose Elandon Roberts, Isaac Seumalo
Minkah Fitzpatrick was showing off the palms of each of his hands to a team staffer in the Pittsburgh Steelers locker room after Sunday’s game. Observers perhaps were aghast. After all, Fitzpatrick played more than half of the 24-10 loss to the Arizona Cardinals with a broken hand. “They casted...
Steelers’ T.J. Watt: ‘The NFL has something… against me’ in regards to no flags on holds of himVideo
T.J. Watt was in a foul mood after Sunday’s game. And his team’s stinker of a loss wasn’t the only reason why. Watt suffered an undisclosed injury during the fourth quarter of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 24-10 defeat to the last-place Arizona Cardinals. When it was suggested to him that he...
Scottie Scheffler rolls to 3-shot victory in Hero World Challenge; Tiger Woods finishes 18thVideo
NASSAU, Bahamas — Scottie Scheffler has made great gains in his putting. Add that to the rest of top-ranked game, and he made it look easy Sunday. He closed with a 4-under 68 for a three-shot victory in the Hero World Challenge. Scheffler, a runner-up in the Bahamas the last...
Bengals, Jaguars have plenty at stake on MNF, including the ‘Taylor Bro Bowl’ trophy
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The “Taylor Bro Bowl” trophy used to mean a lot more to Zac and Press Taylor. It’s still a fun reminder of their head-to-head coaching record and a chance to regale matchups that might get fuzzy over time. But it’s way down on the list of what’s...
Penguins recall forward Alex Nylander from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Pittsburgh Penguins recalled forward Alex Nylander from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) Sunday evening. This marks the second time this season Nylander has been summoned to the NHL roster. Previously recalled Nov. 22, Nylander has appeared in three NHL games this season and has no points while...
Offense takes step back, Pickett hurt in weather-delayed Steelers loss to Cardinals
Here’s the kind of gloomy day it was Sunday for the Pittsburgh Steelers: Through 55 minutes of football, the Steelers encountered just one fewer weather delay than they had points on the Acrisure Stadium JumboTron. In one of the worst showings in Mike Tomlin’s 17 seasons, the Steelers lost a...
NFL Week 13: Gardner Minshew throws for TD in OT as the Colts win 4th straight
NASHVILLE — Gardner Minshew threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Michael Pittman with 2:31 left in overtime and the Indianapolis Colts beat the Tennessee Titans 31-28 Sunday for their fourth straight victory to keep pace in the playoff race in the AFC. The Colts (7-5) had to score a touchdown...
Pitt can’t handle Clemson in ACC opener, loses 79-70 decision
In the moments before Pitt’s 79-70 loss to Clemson went final, most people in the announced crowd of 7,713 at Petersen Events Center were in an uproar. Many were looking for the Panthers to complete what would have been an improbable comeback Sunday afternoon. When a team is down by...
The Orange Bowl is for the snubbed as Florida State, Georgia will square off ahead of CFP
MIAMI LAKES, Fla. — Florida State won every game this season. Georgia won 29 in a row, including back-to-back national championships, then lost by a field goal. And neither was deemed good enough by the College Football Playoff committee. A trip to the Orange Bowl is what two very angry...
Penn State to play Ole Miss in the Peach Bowl to cap 2023 season
Pack your bags, Penn State fans. The Nittany Lions are back in the New Year’s Six. Penn State will play in the Peach Bowl against No. 11 Ole Miss, closing its 2023 season Dec. 30 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. The game will kick at noon and air on ESPN....
Penguins defensemen Erik Karlsson, Kris Letang reunited on top power-play unit
At this rate, no alteration with the Penguins’ enervated top power-play unit can be dismissed. Put a big guy in front of the crease? Sure. A left-hand shot on the left flank? Absolutely. Let adroit goaltender Tristan Jarry airmail a few pucks from his own crease? Why not? On Sunday,...
Steelers’ game against Cardinals twice delayed because of lightning threat, rain
With high winds and lightning hitting the North Shore, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ game against the Arizona Cardinals at Acrisure Stadium was delayed twice Sunday afternoon. The first came at halftime. Play also was stopped with 7 minutes, 18 seconds left in the third quarter. Heavy rain fell briefly late in...
Steelers QB Kenny Pickett to miss a couple of weeks, according to ESPN reportVideo
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett was forced out of Sunday’s home game against the Arizona Cardinals after suffering an ankle injury during the second quarter. Pickett was scrambling on a third-and-goal from the 3 with 5 minutes, 30 seconds remaining in the first half when he absorbed a hit and...
College Football Playoff is set: Top seed Michigan vs. Alabama in Rose Bowl, Washington vs. Texas in Sugar Bowl
The final season of the four-team College Football Playoff turned out to be the most controversial with an unprecedented snub. Michigan, Washington, Texas and Alabama were selected Sunday, and Florida State became the first unbeaten Power Five conference champion to be excluded from the field. Michigan will face Alabama in...
Nose tackle Montravius Adams inactive for Steelers’ game against Cardinals
The Pittsburgh Steelers had just one of their long-term injured players back on the field Sunday when they play the Arizona Cardinals. While free safety Minkah Fitzpatrick played after missing four games with a hamstring injury, the Steelers de-activated nose tackle Montravius Adams with an ankle injury. It was the...
Gateway grad Matt Brooks helps Duquesne to Northeast Conference title
When Matt Brooks stepped on Duquesne’s campus for the first time in the spring, he thought he would have more time to develop his craft on the defensive line before he played any meaningful snaps for the Dukes football team. However, by the end of the season the Gateway grad...
No SEC? Unbeaten P5 but left out? Final 4-team College Football Playoff will be unlike any other
The four-team version of the College Football Playoff is going out with drama and controversy. Championship weekend created as many questions as answers for the CFP committee and the selections Sunday will be the first in the 10-year history of the system where the field is truly hard to predict....
No. 2 Michigan beats No. 18 Iowa for Big Ten title, likely to claim top playoff seed
INDIANAPOLIS — Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh celebrated his return to the sideline Saturday by hugging players and evasively running to avoid a Gatorade bath. Blake Corum and J.J. McCarthy were already reflecting on bigger goals. And when the confetti came streaming down over the Wolverines, they made sure everyone knew...
No. 4 Florida State beats No. 15 Louisville 16-6 for ACC title, but could miss playoff at 13-0
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Florida State coach Mike Norvell said the possibility of leaving his unbeaten Seminoles out of the College Football Playoff shouldn’t even be discussed. It almost certainly will be. Florida State made things as difficult as possible on the CFP selection committee, using a dominant defensive performance to...
No. 4 Florida State beats No. 15 Louisville for ACC title, but could miss playoff at 13-0
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Florida State coach Mike Norvell said the possibility of leaving his unbeaten Seminoles out of the College Football Playoff shouldn’t even be discussed. It almost certainly will be. Florida State made things as difficult as possible on the CFP selection committee, using a dominant defensive performance to...
Homegrown Pitt men won 22 games in a row 50 years ago
While others were sleeping and the doors to Fitzgerald Field House were locked, they came out and ran up and down the streets of Oakland. Sometimes, they climbed the steps of the Towers — the on-campus dormitory complex whose tallest building rises 224 feet above Fifth Avenue — building endurance...
