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Penn Hills grad George Karl feeling healthy, has a podcast, won’t rule out coaching againVideo
DENVER — Truth: George Karl hasn’t felt this healthy in 15, maybe even 20 years. He is playing plenty of golf, bike riding and finding time for yoga. Basketball: The longtime NBA coach and Penn Hills graduate who has fought cancer three times is keeping the door open for getting...
Charity running events become difficult during coronavirus pandemicVideo
It wasn’t exactly the finish line Ali Riecke had in mind. The 27-year-old envisioned something more tropical when she signed up to participate in her second “Run Across Haiti,” an ambitious eight-day, 200-mile tour of the impoverished Caribbean nation sponsored by the nonprofit organization WORK. Instead of celebrating with more...
Three members of Denny Hamlin’s crew suspended by NASCARVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR on Monday suspended three critical crew members for Denny Hamlin’s team because a piece of tungsten fell off his car on the pace lap before the Coca-Cola 600. The tungsten is required to meet minimum weight requirements on the car, and the NASCAR rule book states...
Keselowski wins Coca-Cola 600 in overtime
CONCORD, N.C. — Brad Keselowski, in a contract year and trying to up his value in free agency, gave Roger Penske a victory on what should have been the most celebrated day in motorsports but was instead just a 6-plus hour NASCAR show. Keselowski extended Jimmie Johnson’s losing streak to...
Woods, Manning defeat Brady, Mickelson in charity golf eventVideo
Tom Brady delivered the shot of the match that made it easy to forget the rest of his swings. Tiger Woods didn’t miss a fairway and earned a small measure of revenge against Phil Mickelson. The PGA Tour is set to return in just over two weeks, and it has...
Scene around Charlotte Motor Speedway unusually quiet during NASCAR raceVideo
CONCORD, N.C. — Chris “Pops” Bowyer sat in a lawn chair wearing a plain white T-shirt and drinking a beer alongside wife, Jana, and their friends outside of their motorhome a few hundred yards from Charlotte Motor Speedway. Bowyer knew he wasn’t getting into the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday to...
Postponed Indy 500 puts short-track drivers in spotlightVideo
GAS CITY, Ind. — The roaring engines and flying dirt pellets briefly brought Gas City I-69 Speedway back to life Sunday. It wasn’t the same. The grandstands were empty. Track organizers only allowed a few crew members per team to comply with Indiana’s social gatherings limit. Gabe Wilkins even brought...
WNBA teams must make tough decisions on sooner-than-expected roster cutsVideo
NEW YORK — New York Liberty general manager Jonathan Kolb knew he and first-year coach Walt Hopkins would have to make tough decisions on the team’s roster this year. He just didn’t think they would have to do it so quickly and without seeing players compete in training camp. The...
Pro golfers foresee challenges restarting after long layoff, with new health measuresVideo
With her young daughter napping nearby, Rachel Rohanna was practicing on the “green” in her house. As she stood over a putt, one of her daughter’s toys fell to the floor. The noise got Rohanna’s heart racing. This, she thought, was good. This was the adrenaline rush the Waynesburg High...
As Native Americans fight virus, basketball takes a timeoutVideo
PHOENIX — Basketball is woven into the fabric of Native American life. Kids dribble balls on dirt courts and shoot at makeshift rims on some reservations while tournaments are held in state-of-the art buildings on others. Players and fans may travel hundreds of miles to play and watch games of...
New-look Santa Anita cashes winning ticket as racing returnsVideo
ARCADIA, Calif. — Horses are thundering down the stretch again at Santa Anita. There are no fans or owners cheering them on. No photos in the winner’s circle. No bets placed at the track’s windows. Still, it’s a win for the sport to be back racing against the backdrop of...
NBA says it is talking with Disney about resuming seasonVideo
The NBA is in talks with The Walt Disney Company on a single-site scenario for a resumption of play in Central Florida in late July, the clearest sign yet the league believes the season can continue amid the coronavirus pandemic. The National Basketball Players Association is also part of the...
German soccer player ignores social distancing, hugs man he says saved his lifeVideo
DÜSSELDORF, Germany — Soccer players in Germany aren’t allowed to celebrate with hugs during games in the pandemic. Dimitrij Nazarov made an exception for the man he believes saved his life. Nazarov ran to the sideline after scoring from a header for Erzgebirge Aue against Nuremberg in the second division...
Out of the Woods: Tiger emerges for TV match with Lefty, QBsVideo
The purpose is to raise $10 million or more for covid-19 relief efforts, and provide entertainment with four of the biggest stars from the PGA Tour and NFL. Another appeal to the Sunday made-for-TV exhibition, “The Match: Champions for Charity,” is a chance to see Tiger Woods swing a golf...
NASCAR all alone on motorsports’ biggest day of racingVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Monaco Grand Prix has been canceled. The Indianapolis 500 is postponed until August. Only the Coca-Cola 600 is still scheduled as planned. The most celebrated day in motorsports has been whittled down to the third course, 600 miles around Charlotte Motor Speedway in NASCAR’s longest race...
NBA Hall of Famer, Georgetown coach Patrick Ewing has covid-19Video
WASHINGTON — Georgetown basketball coach Patrick Ewing tested positive for covid-19 and is being treated at a hospital. “This virus is serious and should not be taken lightly,” the Hall of Famer as a player for the Hoyas in college and the New York Knicks in the NBA said in...
NASCAR grabs much-needed momentum in return to live racingVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR had been planning sweeping changes for 2021 in hopes of finding new fans and adding some energy to a staid, stale schedule. The coronavirus pandemic put those plans on hold, and NASCAR is frantically trying to recover from a 10-week layoff. So far, the stock car...
SEC, Big 12 to allow football workouts on campus next monthVideo
SEC schools will be able to bring athletes in all sports back to campus for voluntary activities starting June 8 at the discretion of each university, and the Big 12 plans to welcome football players back to campus a week later. The Friday announcements are the latest signs that a...
Plum grad Gino Marra relishes experience during 1st season at UNC Asheville
Gino Marra is set to spend a majority of his summer on the gulf coast of Florida. The Plum graduate and left-handed pitcher for Division I UNC Asheville hopes several weeks of work during his first foray into collegiate summer baseball will help him take the next step in his...
Jerry Sloan, Utah Jazz great and Hall of Fame coach, dies at 78
Jerry Sloan, the Hall of Fame coach who was a fixture for decades in Utah and took the Jazz to the NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998, died Friday. He was 78. The Jazz said he died from complications of Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia. Sloan had been in...
Busch and Elliott incident could spark new NASCAR rivalryVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kyle Busch is NASCAR’s reigning Cup champion and the resident villain of the series. Chase Elliott has been voted most popular driver the last two years and quickly is building a loyal and rabid fan base. Their on-track tussle at Darlington Raceway this week very well might...
Chase Briscoe follows tragedy with Xfinity victoryVideo
DARLINGTON, S.C. — Chase Briscoe was grateful to bring a moment or two of happiness to wife Marissa in the worst week of their lives. It was Tuesday, during a 12-week exam, that they learned that their expected child — they only learned Monday that it was a girl —...
Hempfield grad Kason Harrell shines in Irish league, hopes for G League opportunity
Adjusting to the time change in Ireland was a challenge, and not drawing a whistle when he attacked the rim like Michael Jordan used to against the “Bad Boy” Detroit Pistons also took some getting used to. Kason Harrell learned the Irish eat large quantities of potatoes, night life in...
Former Canon-McMillan shortstop Linda Rush plays crucial role in Drexel’s turnaround
Drexel softball coach Carl Taylor remembers seeing former Canon-McMillan shortstop Linda Rush for the first time. Taylor admitted a college coach normally wouldn’t want to recruit a player based solely on a video, but that wasn’t the case for Rush. He came across her recruitment video on Youtube and while...
Peters Township native Alison Riske part of 4-player tennis event in FloridaVideo
Peters Township native Alison Riske will be back on the tennis court — albeit with relatively little money and no WTA ranking points on the line. Riske, ranked No. 19 in the world, will join American teen and 28th-ranked Amanda Anisimova, No. 51 Danielle Collins and No. 56 Ajla Tomljanovic...
