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Kahliel Spear’s double-double propels Robert Morris over IUPUI
MOON TOWNSHIP — Kahliel Spear had 22 points and 10 rebounds to lead Robert Morris to a 77-70 victory over IUPUI on Monday night. Enoch Cheeks and Josh Corbin added 16 points apiece for the Colonials (8-9, 3-3 Horizon League). Corbin made 4 of 9 shots from 3-point range. Cheeks’...
Riverhounds’ 2023 schedule includes heavy dose of midsummer dates
It will be a summer of soccer at Highmark Stadium. The Pittsburgh Riverhounds, along with the entire USL Championship, announced their full 2023 schedule Monday and the bulk of the home games will be in June, July and August. Pittsburgh opens the season on the road against Birmingham on March...
Watson, Browns regroup following season shaped by suspensionVideo
BEREA, Ohio — Deshaun Watson is dealing with another suspension, this one not nearly as personal or punishing as the last. His abridged first season with the Cleveland Browns is over. He’s on another extended break. One day after a 28-14 loss in Pittsburgh, Watson and his teammates cleaned out...
As assistants under Coach K, Pitt coach Jeff Capel saw ‘it’ factor in Duke’s Jon Scheyer
Jon Scheyer made an instant impression on Jeff Capel upon joining the Duke coaching staff with his smarts, inquisitive nature, enthusiasm for learning and, most of all, unique feel for people. As a former Blue Devils standout guard who became the youngest head coach in NCAA Division I basketball when...
Steelers TE Pat Freiermuth’s knee injury not significant
Pat Freiermuth had the benefit of a long offseason in the event the knee injury he suffered in the season finale was significant. He certainly must pleased he won’t have to utilize all of it. Freiermuth, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ standout tight end, suffered what had the look of a potentially...
Alex Highsmith likely the lone candidate for offseason contact extension from Steelers
This past offseason, three significant members of the Pittsburgh Steelers roster were given big-money contract extensions. This coming offseason, there’s seemingly only one player who fits the criteria to receive such a multiyear contract. And the timing might not be better for Alex Highsmith, the outside linebacker who in his...
Steelers criticized for CPR-like act after sackVideo
Some on social media have expressed disappointment or anger toward a pair of Pittsburgh Steelers players for appearing to mime a CPR act after a sack late during Sunday’s season-ending victory. In an apparent celebratory act that the Steelers have, at various times, performed this season after big defensive plays,...
Jaguars finally get it right after years, decades of errors
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars usually mess it up. They fired Tom Coughlin too soon. They kept Jack Del Rio, Gus Bradley and Doug Marrone too long. They gambled on Urban Meyer, Nick Foles, David Garrard and countless others and almost always got burned. Whether it was draft picks,...
Robert Spillane, Terrell Edmunds among Steelers’ 18 UFAs expressing eagerness to come back
It’s a rite of passage in the days after a season ends for a professional sports team. In public comments with the cameras and recorders rolling, soon-to-be free agents express how much they love being part of their current team and that they’d love to be back. Monday at UPMC...
Reggie Bush, Tim Tebow make College Football Hall of Fame
Reggie Bush, whose Heisman Trophy victory for Southern California in 2005 was vacated because of NCAA violations, was among 18 players in the latest College Football Hall of Fame class announced Monday. Florida quarterback Tim Tebow, who won the Heisman in 2007, was also elected to the hall by the...
Bills safety Damar Hamlin back in Buffalo to resume recovery
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Bills safety Damar Hamlin said he returned to Buffalo on Monday “with a lot of love on my heart” to continue his recovery in a hospital there, a week after going into cardiac arrest and having to be resuscitated on the field during a game in...
Illinois women end 23-year AP Top 25 drought, LSU on rise
Off to one of the best starts in school history, Illinois cracked The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll for the first time in 23 years on Monday. The Illini (14-3) are ranked No. 24 in their first Top 25 appearance since Nov. 27, 2000. It’s been a remarkable...
Jim Rutherford wishes his Penguins tenure ‘had ended different’
It won’t be a homecoming for Jim Rutherford. That’s because he won’t be in Pittsburgh. When the Pittsburgh Penguins host the Vancouver Canucks at PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday, Rutherford will be elsewhere. His current employer, the Canucks, will be involved in scouting meetings, and, as president of hockey operations,...
Mark Madden: Mike Tomlin is ‘great’ just because. And that’ll have to do
The avalanche of praise began not long after the clock hit three zeroes in the Steelers’ victory Sunday: “Mike Tomlin is Coach of the Year, end of story. One of the best coaching jobs ever.” — ex-NFL GM Michael Lombardi, currently a podcaster. “Mike Tomlin is incredible. He has not...
Houston back at No. 1, Kansas State jumps to 11th in AP poll
Houston is back at No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll for the second time this season, while Kansas State continued its unexpectedly strong start by leaping from unranked to the verge of the top 10. The Cougars received 34 of 60 first-place votes in...
Kliff Kingsbury, Steve Keim out as Cardinals undergo franchise makeover
TEMPE, Ariz. — The Arizona Cardinals have fired coach Kliff Kingsbury and parted ways with general manager Steve Keim after a dreadful season that saw constant unwanted headlines, a serious knee injury to star quarterback Kyler Murray and lots of losing. The team confirmed the changes Monday. “We have announced...
Mike Tomlin won’t commit on retaining Matt Canada; Browns requested to interview Brian Flores
Mike Tomlin made clear two things when asked whether there will be any changes to the Pittsburgh Steelers coaching staff. One, he wasn’t going to use Monday’s season wrap-up news conference to divulge any details on whether he was considering any changes. Two, rest assured, head coach won’t be one...
Packers LB Quay Walker apologizes after his 2nd ejection
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Packers linebacker Quay Walker has apologized via social media after getting ejected from Green Bay’s regular-season finale for shoving a Lions team physician who was attending to an injured player. “I reacted off of my emotions again and take full responsibility of making another stupid decision,”...
Penn-Trafford grad Hunter DeStefano contributes to 2 men’s sports at CarlowVideo
Ask Val Pennington how senior Hunter DeStefano manages his schedule, and the normally erudite coach struggles to find an accurate explanation. DeStefano, a Penn-Trafford grad, is a nursing major who carries a 3.9 GPA. He is in his fourth season as a member of the Carlow men’s basketball team, and...
Young Penn State New Ken men’s basketball has high hopes after solid 1st half of seasonVideo
Brant Mack took over the Penn State New Kensington men’s basketball team at a less-than-opportune time. He was hired in October 2020, when the world was in the grip of the covid-19 pandemic. Building up the program was going to be tough enough, but without a year of competition to...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Pitt-Greensburg women rally past Alfred State
What’s a trip to New York without a little excitement? Freshman Madison Scalese made two free throws with one second remaining as the Pitt-Greensburg women’s basketball team rallied from a 10-point deficit in the final 6:58 to defeat host Alfred State, 66-65. Senior Sidney McCully had 16 points, 12 rebounds...
John Clay: A question that has to be asked: Has John Calipari at Kentucky run its course?
TUSCALOOSA,, Ala. — Saturday night in downtown Tuscaloosa, Alabama basketball coach Nate Oats was enjoying dinner at the popular Chuck’s Fish restaurant, accepting congratulations for his team’s 78-52 rout of traditional power Kentucky that afternoon at Coleman Coliseum. Meanwhile, the losing Wildcats were on their quiet flight back to Lexington,...
3 takeaways: Penguins get 1st win at Arizona’s Mullett Arena
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ 4-1 road win against the Arizona Coyotes was their first contest in Mullett Arena on the campus of Arizona State University. The facility, which is named after university benefactors Donald and Barbara Mullett, is serving as a temporary home to the Coyotes after they were evicted from...
Browns fire defensive coordinator Joe Woods after 3 seasons
BEREA, Ohio — Joe Woods took the fall for the Cleveland Browns falling flat again. Cleveland fired its embattled defensive coordinator Monday as his group’s communication issues and inability to stop the run had a major role in the Browns finishing 7-10 and missing the playoffs for the second straight...
At 7-10, Browns short of expectations for 2nd straight year
PITTSBURGH — Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett said he’s optimistic about the future of the organization, but admitted Sunday he’ll be “frustrated as hell” for the next several weeks as he watches other players live their dreams during the playoffs. “It’s frustrating to watch, whether they’re friends or former...
