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Connor Joe leaves game after being hit in left hand by pitch as Pirates lose to Braves
Connor Joe looked like a lock to make the Opening Day roster for the Pittsburgh Pirates before being hit by a pitch in the sixth inning Sunday afternoon against the Atlanta Braves. Joe, an outfielder/first baseman acquired last fall from Colorado, started in left field but left the game after...
Former Franklin Regional football player Joe Purdue remembered for kindness, positivity
About eight months ago, when he was diagnosed with pediatric brain cancer, Joe Purdue said this: “I am letting God take the wheel on this one.” The Franklin Regional grad and former football player put up a fight as support grew around him, but he could not hang on any...
Previewing the Pirates: Starting pitchers Mitch Keller, JT Brubaker ready to take another step
From the outset of spring training, Mitch Keller made no secret of his goals for this season. The Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander wanted to be the Opening Day starter and become the anchor for the starting rotation. Keller can check the first item off his bucket list when the Pirates play...
Sewickley Academy grad coming into her own with Swarthmore lacrosse team
The Swarthmore College women’s lacrosse team was on spring break recently in Clearwater, Fla. The Garnet took anything but a break, however, from their hot start to the 2023 season. And one of the team leaders for Swarthmore is Sewickley Academy graduate Elizabeth Zack, a 5-foot-7 sophomore attacker. In the...
Elite Eight plays for Creighton-SDSU and Miami-Texas: Best bets for March 26
BY GABE HENDERSON | Home Field Sports Each day, one of our experts will offer up a best bet (or two or three) that mobile sportsbooks are offering. It might be a traditional spread bet, a player prop or one of the various odds boosts that books offer. Here are...
NFL to vote on changes to punts, kickoffs for safety
The NFL will consider significant changes to the kicking game with the competition committee proposing that the league adopt the college rule that allows touchbacks on fair catches of kickoffs and moving the touchback spot on punts to the 25-yard line. NFL executive Troy Vincent said Friday that the competition...
Gonzaga’s Drew Timme ends storied career in loss to UConn
LAS VEGAS — Gonzaga was down 10 points early in the second half Saturday night in the West Region final against UConn, but Julian Strawther had just secured a defensive rebound, and perhaps the Bulldogs had a run in them. But then came a whistle. Zags forward Drew Timme had...
Penn State’s Parker Washington knows NFL decision was a gamble: ‘You have to bet on yourself’
STATE COLLEGE — Penn State’s pro day brought notable names from around the NFL to Holuba Hall. Three general managers — Brian Gutekunst (Packers), Ryan Poles (Bears) and Chris Grier (Dolphins) — attended. Steelers assistant GM Andy Weidl made the trip. Head coaches Mike McDaniel (Dolphins) and Matt Eberflus (Bears),...
3 takeaways: Penguins receive offensive boost from Ryan Poehling, Chad RuhwedelVideo
Three takeaways from the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 4-3 win over Washington Saturday night at PPG Paints Arena: Unlikely offensive contributors Evgeni Malkin undoubtedly saved the Penguins’ bacon with his breakaway goal late in the third period that handed the team a 4-3 win and two much-needed points. But earlier in the...
Minor league report: Penguins fall to Phantoms in overtimeVideo
Goaltender Taylor Gauthier made 21 saves on 24 saves in a 3-2 home overtime loss to the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Forward Drake Caggiula and defenseman Josh Maniscalco each scored goals for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (25-26-6-5). Highlights: The Penguins’ next game is a home...
UConn routs Gonzaga for first Final Four in 9 years
LAS VEGAS — Jordan Hawkins scored 20 points and UConn overwhelmed its fourth straight NCAA Tournament opponent, earning its first trip to the Final Four in nine years with an 82-54 blowout of Gonzaga on Saturday night. The Huskies (29-8) have felt right at home in their first extended March...
Evgeni Malkin scores late to give Penguins stunning win against Capitals
Evgeni Malkin has seen enough. He would like it to stop. And he did just everything he could to prevent it from happening again (even if he had a role in allowing it to actually happen again) on Saturday. Far too often this season, the Pittsburgh Penguins have had wins...
Orioles rough up Wil Crowe with 4-run 7th inning to beat Pirates
The Pirates got a strong start from right-hander Vince Velasquez, who became their third pitcher to record seven strikeouts this spring, but they didn’t have an answer for Ryan O’Hearn. O’Hearn went 3 for 4, including a solo home run, and scored three runs to lead the Baltimore Orioles to...
FAU holds off Nowell and K-State to reach 1st Final FourVideo
NEW YORK — Alijah Martin, Vlad Goldin and ninth-seeded Florida Atlantic became the first and lowest-seeded team to reach this year’s Final Four as the Owls withstood another huge game by Kansas State’s Markquis Nowell to beat the Wildcats, 79-76, on Saturday night. FAU (35-3), making just its second appearance...
Latrobe grad Bryce Butler scores 32, but West Liberty loses in D-II national championshipVideo
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Will Yoakum scored 31 points, Dallas Graziani added 24 points, nine assists and three steals and top-ranked Nova Southeastern beat West Liberty, 111-101, on Saturday to win the first NCAA Division II national championship in program history. “They’re special,” Nova Southeastern coach Jim Crutchfield said, “because they’re...
Penguins reassign goalie Dustin Tokarski to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
Minutes before puck drop Saturday against Washington, the Pittsburgh Penguins reassigned goaltender Dustin Tokarski to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. Tokarski had scrambled to join the team earlier this week in Dallas, when Tristan Jarry was unexpectedly sidelined for the Penguins’ Thursday evening game against the Stars. Jarry, who...
Former Penguins forward Conor Sheary got his career back on track with the CapitalsVideo
At one time, it might have been a bizarre sight. Conor Sheary and Tom Wilson, locked arm in arm. The two Washington Capitals forwards sat next to one another in the visiting dressing room at PPG Paints Arena after Saturday’s morning skate and, in jest, pretended to pose with their...
Pitt gets verbal commitment from Erie Cathedral Prep offensive lineman Jiavani Cooley
Pitt’s recent recruiting surge continued Saturday when coach Pat Narduzzi received a verbal commitment from three-star offensive lineman Jiavani Cooley of Erie Cathedral Prep. 100 % committed @CoachBorbs @CoachDuzzPittFB @Kzovko @graham_wilbert @Pitt_FB @mike_krahe @jbrzezinski12 @snoozie223 @marcus_lewko pic.twitter.com/WMQbP7gRDr— Jiavanioffical (@JiavaniOfficial) March 25, 2023 Cooley (6-foot-6, 265 pounds) is the third member...
Capitals coach Peter Laviolette still treasures his time with the Wheeling Nailers
There was a familiar name in Wheeling, W.Va. on Friday. Peter Laviolette. Then again, Peter Laviolette III has been in the Wheeling Nailers’ lineup for 30 games this season. A first-year professional, Laviolette III, who was born in Wheeling, joined the Pittsburgh Penguins’ ECHL affiliate as a free agent out...
‘It’s time to start getting better’: Pirates GM Ben Cherington drives home new expectations
Before Ben Cherington could contemplate what type of expectations he has for the Pittsburgh Pirates this season, he first recalled what it was like to endure the brutal past three years as general manager. After compiling the worst record in baseball during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, the Pirates made the...
With Tristan Jarry’s status uncertain, Penguins to start Casey DeSmith in net vs. Capitals
Tristan Jarry’s seemingly inescapable injury woes could sideline him for at least one more game. While the Pittsburgh Penguins’ No. 1 netminder conducted some individual workouts with goaltending coach Andy Chiodo for about 40 minutes prior to Saturday’s morning skate, he did not participate in full team drills and won’t...
Elite Eight picks for UConn-Gonzaga and FAU-Kansas State: Best Bets for March 25
BY ZACH EWING | Home Field Sports Each day, one of our experts will offer up a best bet (or two or three) that mobile sportsbooks are offering. It might be a traditional spread bet, a player prop or one of the various odds boosts that books offer. Here are...
Steelers reportedly re-sign Zach Gentry, keeping their entire tight end corps together
Zach Gentry wasn’t the Pittsburgh Steelers’ most significant pending free agent this spring. But he was their biggest. And now, he’s coming back. A 6-foot-8 tight end who is the tallest player on the roster, Gentry and the Steelers have agreed on a contract to keep him in Pittsburgh, the...
Belief led kicker Ben Sauls to become one of the most reliable players on Pitt’s roster
Two years ago, equipped with a scholarship and a strong leg, Ben Sauls could not win Pitt’s kicking job over a walk-on who is no longer on the team. But in the fall of 2022 and now, in the spring of 2023, Sauls is and has been one of the...
After Sweet 16 carnage, here are national championship odds headed to Elite 8
BY ZACH EWING | Home Field Sports Madness has truly come to March. For the first time ever, there are no No. 1 seeds remaining for the Elite Eight of the men’s NCAA tournament. Pre-tournament favorites Alabama and Houston were bounced in the Sweet 16 on Friday night by No....
