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Houston, Kansas stay atop Top 25; Florida Atlantic enters for 1st time 
Houston and Kansas remained firmly atop the Associated Press men’s college basketball poll Monday after a record weekend of Top 25 losses, while Florida Atlantic took advantage of the chaos to crack the ranking for the first time in school history. Eleven teams in the Top 25 went down Saturday,...
Chiefs' rookie regulars ready for playoff debuts
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce have been in this situation before, ready to embark on a postseason run that the past four years has landed the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC championship game and twice ended in the Super Bowl. So it’s easy to assume...
Wild sign Matt Boldy to $49M, 7-year contract extension
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild signed forward Matt Boldy to a seven-year, $49 million contract extension on Monday, making him the latest young player in the NHL to cash in early off his entry-level deal. Boldy will count $7 million against the salary cap through 2029-30 on the...
Ohio State QB C.J. Stroud declares for NFL draft
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud will give up a final year of eligibility to enter the NFL draft, where he is expected to be a top-five pick. The two-year starter for the Buckeyes announced his decision, which had been expected, on social media on Monday, the last...
AP source: Panthers to interview Sean Payton for HC job
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers have received permission from the New Orleans Saints to interview Sean Payton for their vacant head coaching position, according to a person familiar with the situation. The Panthers have also requested permission to speak to Philadelphia Eagles defensive consultant Vic Fangio, New York Jets...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Hempfield grad Sarah Liberatore shines at Florida Tech
Sarah Liberatore decided to make the move from a Division I program to one playing in Division II. It looks like it was the right move for the former Hempfield standout. Liberatore had a career game last week for Florida Tech, a D-II school in Melbourne, Fla. A sophomore guard,...
Penguins defenseman Kris Letang expected to rejoin team this week
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang is expected to rejoin the Penguins this week after being on a leave of absence to attend to family matters since Jan. 2. Coach Mike Sullivan provided an update on Letang’s status following a morning skate at PPG Paints Arena on Monday. Letang has been...
WNBA great Maya Moore retires from basketball officially 
Maya Moore knew it was time to officially end her basketball career — four years after stepping away. The Minnesota Lynx star left the WNBA in 2019 to help her now-husband Jonathan Irons win his release from prison by getting his 50-year sentence overturned in 2020. Irons married Moore soon...
Saint Vincent women's basketball team hopes to contend in PAC down stretch 
For the Saint Vincent women’s basketball team, the 2021-22 season was, well, very un-Saint Vincent-like. It ended with the first sub-.500 record (8-14, 7-10 Presidents’ Athletic Conference) of coach Jimmy Petruska’s 12-year career. Petruska isn’t one to make excuses, but there were a couple of extenuating factors that contributed to...
Penn State New Kensington women's basketball team growing in confidence with wins
When Mike McGoff took over the Penn State New Kensington women’s basketball team before this season, he, naturally, wanted to help the program get more wins. In the previous three seasons combined, the Lady Lions had only three wins. But more than that, McGoff wanted respect for his program. Not...
Pirates intrigued by international free agent class, led by South Korea pitcher Jun-Seok Shim
The Pittsburgh Pirates were so intrigued by reports on South Korean pitcher Jun-Seok Shim, an 18-year-old right-hander whose fastball has touched triple digits, that international scouting director Junior Vizcaino flew to Seoul to see Shim pitch in person. The Pirates made Shim the headliner of their international free agent class...
Penn State's James Franklin announces WR coach Taylor Stubblefield no longer with program
Penn State has been in the market for transfer portal wide receivers for the past month. Now, James Franklin and the Nittany Lions will be looking for someone to coach the position. Taylor Stubblefield is no longer the Nittany Lions’ wide receivers coach. Penn State announced on Sunday night that...
No Roger or Serena: Australian Open starts minus 2 big stars
MELBOURNE, Australia — Wearing a dark blue T-shirt bearing Roger Federer’s first name and pushing a gray stroller carrying her 1-year-old daughter, Martina (as in Hingis), at the Australian Open, Angelica Ibarra spoke for many a tennis fan when she described her mood on the first day of Grand Slam...
First Call: Steelers LB Devin Bush sends curious tweet; Ravens RB grumbles about carries after playoff loss; Pens need a win 
Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Devin Bush sent an eyebrow-raising tweet over the weekend. A Baltimore Ravens running back is unhappy with his role in his team’s loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. The Penguins have a Monday game against a struggling opponent they need to beat. And we share an honor for...
Tim Benz: Andrew McCutchen's return to Pirates is nice — let's just leave it at that
The Pittsburgh Pirates’ re-signing of former star outfielder Andrew McCutchen is … nice. Looking for a hotter take than that? I don’t think there is one to be had. If McCutchen wants a career victory lap in the city where it all started, that’s nice. If the organization is willing...
Madden Monday: Blame for 'scared' Steelers offense misplaced — look to Mike Tomlin, not Matt Canada
Pittsburgh Steelers fans definitely noticed that the Miami Dolphins nearly took down the Buffalo Bills in their AFC playoff game Sunday. As the seventh seed in the AFC playoff bracket, the Dolphins went to Buffalo and only lost 34-31 despite being 13-point underdogs. That result seems to have Steelers fans...
Sam Hubbard's 98-yard fumble return lifts Bengals over Ravens 
CINCINNATI — Sam Hubbard returned Tyler Huntley’s fumble 98 yards for a tiebreaking touchdown in the fourth quarter, helping Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals beat the Baltimore Ravens 24-17 in an AFC wild-card game on Sunday night. Facing third-and-goal at the 1 with about 12 minutes left, Huntley tried...
3 takeaways: Penguins forward Sidney Crosby loses faceoff to Hurricanes defenseman Brent Burns
A really unique moment took place at the start of the third period during the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2-1 road loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday at PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. Hurricanes defenseman Brent Burns won the opening faceoff of the period against Penguins forward Sidney Crosby. With the...
Minor league report: Penguins, Filip Lindberg beat Checkers in shootout 
Shootout goals by forwards Alex Nylander and Lukas Svejkovsky gave the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins a 3-2 road win against the Charlotte Checkers at the Bojangles’ Coliseum in Charlotte, N.C. on Sunday. Nylander and defenseman Mitch Reinke each recorded two assists for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (18-11-2-3) while goaltender Filip Lindberg made 29 saves on...
Si Woo Kim rallies with big finish to win Sony Open 
HONOLULU — Si Woo Kim brought a sleepy Sony Open to life Sunday with a birdie-birdie finish that gave him a 6-under-par 64 and a one-shot victory over Hayden Buckley. Buckley had a two-shot lead at the start of the day and was among nine players from the leading 16...
Dante Cephas, one of top WRs in transfer portal, commits to Penn State
Heir apparent Drew Allar has a new target. Dante Cephas, one of the best wide receivers available in the transfer portal, announced on Sunday that he will continue his career at Penn State. Cephas, a Pittsburgh native and Penn Hills graduate, joins the Nittany Lions after securing 130 catches for...
Giants outlast Vikings 31-24 for 1st playoff win in 11 years 
MINNEAPOLIS — Daniel Jones passed for 301 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 78 yards in his first career playoff game for the New York Giants, a 31-24 victory over Minnesota in the wild-card round that gave the Vikings their first loss in 12 one-score games this season. Saquon...
University of Alabama basketball player 1 of 2 charged in shooting death of woman 
University of Alabama basketball player Darius Miles was one of two men charged after a fatal shooting Sunday morning in Tuscaloosa, according to multiple reports. Miles, 21, and Michael Lynn Davis, 20, have reportedly been charged with capital murder after the shooting death of 23-year-old Jamea Jonae Harris. The incident...
Tom Brady plays down perfect record against favored Cowboys
TAMPA, Fla. — Tom Brady isn’t fazed by being a home underdog in the NFL playoffs for the first time in his career. After all, no one has enjoyed more postseason success than the seven-time Super Bowl champion, who begins his quest for an eighth ring when the Tampa Bay...
Chargers' Justin Herbert, Brandon Staley ponder what went wrong
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Justin Herbert sat in silence at his locker for roughly 15 minutes, staring into the distance. He had taken off his cleats but still was wearing most of his grass-stained uniform. It was a defining scene for a team devastated by a collapse no one could have...


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