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Pitt notebook: Bittersweet weekend for athletic director Heather Lyke
GREENSBORO, N.C. — The 16 or so hours between Saturday night and Sunday afternoon carried Heather Lyke from one emotional focal point to another. First, Pitt senior Nino Bonaccorsi (Bethel Park) won a wrestling national championship at 197 pounds Saturday night in Tulsa, Okla. Pitt’s athletic director was with the...
Joey Logano passes Keselowski on last lap, gives Ford Atlanta winVideo
HAMPTON, Ga. — Joey Logano dominated early then passed Brad Keselowski on the final lap to win NASCAR’s race at Atlanta Motor Speedway and end the early season domination of Chevrolet and Hendrick Motorsports on Sunday. Logano won the pole and led a strong showing of three straight Team Penske...
NCAA Tournament roundup: Markquis Nowell, late 3s lift Kansas State past KentuckyVideo
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Markquis Nowell scored 23 of his 27 points after halftime, and Kansas State overcame a horrid start from outside by hitting a couple of clutch 3-pointers while topping Kentucky, 75-69, in Sunday’s second round of the NCAA Tournament. The win sends third-seeded Kansas State (25-9) to the...
Pirates option OF Cal Mitchell to Triple-A, reassign INF Nick Gonzales to minor league camp
The Pittsburgh Pirates made a pair of roster moves Sunday afternoon, optioning outfielder Cal Mitchell to Triple-A Indianapolis and reassigning infielder Nick Gonzales to minor league camp. Mitchell, 24, finished the season with the Pirates last year, slashing .226/.286/.349 with 11 doubles, five home runs and 17 RBIs in 69...
Duquesne’s season ends with loss in 1st round of CBI
A men’s basketball season of promise for Duquesne came to a screeching halt Sunday in an 84-78 first-round loss to Rice at the College Basketball Invitational in Daytona Beach, Fla. Still, Duquesne finishes the year with a 20-13 record, a remarkable turnaround from last season’s 6-24 debacle that represented the...
Vince Velasquez gets hit hard as Orioles pummel Pirates in shutout victory
Vince Velasquez signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates for the opportunity to earn a spot in the starting rotation, but a pair of Baltimore Orioles former first-round picks spoiled his start with two-run homers. Adley Rutschman homered in the first inning and Heston Kjerstad in the second as the Orioles pounded...
Astros’ Jose Altuve breaks right thumb, needs surgeryVideo
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Houston Astros star Jose Altuve has a broken right thumb and needs surgery after getting hurt in Venezuela’s 9-7 quarterfinal loss to the United States at the World Baseball Classic. The Astros said Sunday they will announce a prognosis for the second baseman after the...
Cowboys acquire WR Brandin Cooks from Texans for 2 late-round picksVideo
FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys acquired receiver Brandin Cooks in a trade with the Houston Texans on Sunday, adding a speedy veteran to play alongside CeeDee Lamb. Houston gets a fifth-round pick this year and a 2024 sixth-rounder in a deal reminiscent of a year ago when Dallas sent...
Pitt bows out of NCAA Tournament after loss to Xavier
GREENSBORO, N.C. — The pure basketball part of Pitt’s 84-73 loss to Xavier on Sunday was painfully obvious to anyone watching, either from the Pitt bench or among the sellout crowd at Greensboro Coliseum. The Musketeers (27-9) were dominant for much of the first half, bludgeoning the Panthers with 48...
The playoffs have already begun for Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins aren’t in the playoffs. Except, they are. In their own reality. With the absence of having that “x” next to their names in the standings, the Penguins have manufactured a professed desperation that the final four weeks of the regular season will dictate if they will qualify...
Small but mighty: Gateway grad Corrie wins PSAC women’s indoor shot put title
Sarah Corrie likes to think of herself as small but mighty. At 5-foot-4 and with the ability to bench press more than 200 pounds, the senior isn’t likely to get many arguments over that assertion. Yet there were some coaches and a few fellow track and field athletes through the...
March Madness under play and backing Baylor Bears: Best bets for March 19
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...
Pirates reliever Duane Underwood Jr. proves in WBC that he could handle high-leverage role
Duane Underwood Jr. brought a five-pitch repertoire to the Pittsburgh Pirates bullpen, but the right-hander did so with a grudge. He remained a reliever who wanted to be a starter. It took some convincing last year, when Underwood lasted 10 pitches on Opening Day before a strained hamstring sent him...
Steelers add top free-agent guard Isaac Seumalo from Eagles in free agency
Late on the sixth day since NFL teams were free to negotiate with this offseason’s free agents, the Pittsburgh Steelers nabbed one of the biggest names still available. Guard Isaac Seumalo agreed to terms on a three-year deal with the Steelers, a source confirmed late Saturday night. Seumalo entered free...
Minor league report: Penguins, Nailers each lose on the roadVideo
Forwards Filip Hallander and Tyler Sikura each had a goal and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-3 overtime road loss to the Syracuse Crunch at Upstate Medical University Arena in Syracuse, N.Y. on Saturday Goaltender Taylor Gauthier made 25 saves on 29 shots for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (24-26-5-5) while...
With defense in shambles, Penguins routed by Rangers
With a handful of his fellow defenseman hobbled last week, Brian Dumoulin offered a brief but resolute assessment of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ back end. “Unfortunate, obviously,” Dumoulin said Tuesday in PPG Paints Arena. “We’ll see what we’re made of coming up.” At this rate, the Penguins’ threadbare blue line might...
End of the line for Penn State as Texas prevails in NCAA TournamentVideo
DES MOINES, Iowa — Dylan Disu had a season-high 28 points on 14-for-20 shooting, steadying Texas down the stretch after a late Penn State surge and leading the Longhorns to their first Sweet 16 in 15 years with a 71-66 victory in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on...
Nino Bonaccorsi wins Pitt’s 1st NCAA wrestling title in 15 years; Penn State wins team race
Nino Bonaccorsi, a 197-pound Bethel Park graduate, became Pitt’s first NCAA wrestling champion in 15 years Saturday night, and he didn’t have to wait long to receive congratulations from the last Panther to achieve that honor. Bonaccorsi defeated South Dakota State’s Tanner Sloan, 5-3, to become Pitt’s 17th national champion....
Albert Dikwa’s hat trick lifts Riverhounds past Memphis
Albert Dikwa took care of all the scoring Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC needed Saturday evening. The striker netted his first career hat trick in leading the Hounds to a 3-1 victory over Memphis 901 FC in Memphis, Tenn. Dikwa scored in the fifth, 39th and 71st minutes to tally the 12th...
William Byron out to validate Hendrick’s strong start despite fines
HAMPTON, Ga. — Back-to-back wins haven’t stopped William Byron from believing he and his Hendrick Motorsports team have a lot to prove in Sunday’s NASCAR stop in Atlanta. In fact, Byron said Saturday, there’s even more on the line. Drivers of the Hendrick Chevrolets want to show the strong start...
Arkansas ousts defending champ, No. 1 seed Kansas from NCAA TournamentVideo
DES MOINES, Iowa — Kansas’ national title defense ended in the second round of NCAA Tournament on Saturday when Arkansas’ Ricky Council IV made five free throws in the closing seconds and the eighth-seeded Razorbacks beat the No. 1 seed, Jayhawks 72-71. Davonte Davis scored 25 points, and Council added...
Sean Miller wanted to remember Pitt as a player, not as its head coach
GREENSBORO, N.C. — If Sean Miller wanted to be Pitt’s basketball coach or if the university’s administrators or boosters wanted it to happen (and some from that group did), he said Saturday he is glad his career veered in other directions. Miller’s Xavier team will meet Pitt on Sunday in...
NCAA Tournament notebook: How the Diaz Graham twins found their way to Pitt
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Jeff Capel’s career in college basketball stretches back to the turn of the century. Since that time, he has been a host for many recruits. But the day prep stars Guillermo and Jorge Diaz Graham showed up at Pitt with their family — extended family, really —...
Putting the mad in March Madness with an upset Hail Mary: Best Bets for March 18
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...
NCAA Tournament roundup: Olivier Nkamhoua, Tennessee bully Duke, advance to Sweet 16Video
ORLANDO, Fla. — Olivier Nkamhoua tied his career high with 27 points, including 13 straight for Tennessee during a decisive span in the second half, and the fourth-seeded Volunteers beat Duke, 65-52, on Saturday to advance to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2019. Tennessee (25-10) ended Duke’s...
