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Canada thumps U.S. in world junior hockey semifinalsVideo
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — Adam Fantilli scored the go-ahead goal in the second period, Thomas Milic made 43 saves and Canada overcame an early deficit to beat the United States 6-2 on Wednesday night to advance to the world junior hockey championship game. Seeking its 20th title, Canada will face...
Minor league report: Sam Houde leads Penguins past CheckersVideo
Two goals by forward Sam Houde led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 5-3 home win against the Charlotte Checkers at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday. Forwards Drake Caggiula, Alex Nylander and Valtteri Puustinen all had a goal and an assist for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (15-9-2-3) while forward Filip Hallander contributed...
Paul Newberry: The games will go on after Damar Hamlin — they always do
It was a horrific scene, no doubt. A young athlete just getting started on a promising NFL career, seemingly the personification of fitness and health, popping up from a rather innocuous-looking tackle — and then slumping back to the turf. Just like that, fighting for his life. Naturally, when a...
Michigan men snap Penn State’s winning streak
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Hunter Dickinson scored 17 points shooting 6 for 10, Jett Howard scored 14 points and Michigan beat Penn State, 79-69, on Wednesday night to end the Nittany Lions’ five-game winning streak. The Wolverines (9-5, 3-0 Big Ten) last started 3-0 in conference play in the 2020-21...
Duquesne defeats VCU behind Jimmy Clark III’s career night
Jimmy Clark III might have had one destination (Northwest Florida) in between his current team and Virginia Commonwealth, for whom he played from 2019-21, but that didn’t stop the Duquesne junior guard from lighting up the Rams, his former squad, Wednesday evening at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse. By game’s end, with...
Pitt product Darrelle Revis picked as Hall of Fame finalist in 1st year of eligibilityVideo
Former Pitt and Aliquippa star Darrelle Revis, Joe Thomas and Dwight Freeney are finalists in their first year of eligibility for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s class of 2023. The 15 modern-day players who will be considered later this month by the selection committee include returning finalists DeMarcus Ware,...
Raiders’ Josh Jacobs produces through pain in what could be final season with teamVideo
HENDERSON, Nev. — It’s another game week, which means more questions about Raiders running back Josh Jacobs’ injury status. His availability, however, is seldom in question. Jacobs has played through plenty of pain this season, and this week is coping with hip and oblique injuries as Las Vegas prepares to...
FCS football title game features battle of North, South DakotaVideo
The tiny South Dakota town of Rosholt isn’t that far from the North Dakota state line and is a place where allegiances are split between the Jackrabbits and Bison year-round — and never more pronounced than this week. The South Dakota State Jackrabbits from Brookings and North Dakota State Bison...
Injured QB Lamar Jackson still absent from Ravens practiceVideo
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — A month after his injury, Lamar Jackson remains absent from practice. Baltimore’s star quarterback hasn’t practiced since injuring his knee Dec. 4 in the Ravens’ victory over Denver, and there was no change to that Wednesday. The Ravens have one more regular-season game this weekend at...
Reyna family flagged Gregg Berhalter incident; interim U.S. soccer coach namedVideo
NEW YORK — The U.S. soccer team was plunged into public turmoil Wednesday when the family of former U.S. captain Claudio Reyna said it notified the U.S. Soccer Federation of a decades-old incident involving Gregg Berhalter and his wife in response to the coach’s disparagement of Claudio’s son, young star...
Reports: Red Sox, Rafael Devers agree to 11-year, $331M extensionVideo
BOSTON — Rafael Devers agreed to an 11-year extension worth $331 million with the Boston Red Sox, a person with knowledge of the agreement told the Associated Press on Wednesday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team has not announced the deal. Locking up Devers, a two-time...
Georgia’s proud defense looking to bounce back against TCU
ATLANTA — Georgia’s proud defense has allowed a combined 71 points in its two postseason games, including the 42-41 last-minute win over Ohio State in the College Football Playoff semifinal. Even against stiff competition in the postseason, when higher-scoring games can be expected, that’s a humbling and somewhat shocking development...
Mark Friedman feels all right on Penguins’ defense
There was really only one reason the Pittsburgh Penguins recalled Mark Friedman from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Dec. 27. Actually, two. First, they had injuries among their incumbent defensemen. And second? “He’s played extremely well (with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton),” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said Dec. 29. “He’s been their...
Former Pitt QB Nathan Peterman to start in place of Bears’ Justin Fields in finaleVideo
LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Justin Fields won’t get a chance to break the single-season rushing record for a quarterback. Fields will miss the season finale against the Minnesota Vikings because of a strained hip, and Pitt product Nathan Peterman will start in his place, coach Matt Eberflus said Wednesday. Fields...
Marko Thomas resigns position as Greensburg Central Catholic football coach
With four young sons, including a 1-year-old, and three of them active in multiple sports, Marko Thomas decided it was time to be a dad instead of a coach. Thomas told his players Tuesday he has resigned as head football coach at Greensburg Central Catholic after two seasons. Thomas, 42,...
Pirates trade RHP Bryse Wilson to Brewers for cash considerations
Bryse Wilson is headed to the Milwaukee Brewers. The Pittsburgh Pirates announced they traded the 25-year-old right-handed pitcher to their NL Central Division rival Wednesday for cash considerations. The Pirates designated Wilson for assignment Dec. 28, when they signed lefty reliever Jarlin Garcia. Wilson, 25, was 4-13 with a 5.37...
Cardinals QB Kyler Murray has ‘successful’ ACL surgery
TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray said he had “successful” knee surgery to repair an ACL injury he suffered against the New England Patriots on Dec. 12. The 25-year-old posted a picture of himself laying in a hospital bed with the message: “ACL surgery was successful, thank you...
Damar Hamlin jersey sales soaring, raising money for his charity
A message on the Petersen Events Center video board during Tuesday night’s Pitt-Virginia basketball game summed up the way Damar Hamlin’s alma mater feels about him. “Damar, we love you. We are praying for you. Pittsburgh’s always had your back. And now it’s obvious the entire country has your back,...
Steelers balance return to football normalcy while Damar Hamlin injury weighs on players’ minds
Cameron Heyward was at Cincinnati’s Paycor Stadium five years ago when Ryan Shazier’s NFL career ended with a spinal cord injury that left the Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker temporarily paralyzed. Heyward and his teammates — a handful remain on the roster from that 2017 season — had to regroup and return...
Kevin Dotson among host of starters who sit out Steelers practice with injury
Left guard Kevin Dotson joined six other starters who sat out Wednesday’s Pittsburgh Steelers practice, according to the league-mandated status report. Dotson’s shoulder injury was not previously acknowledged by coach Mike Tomlin, but apparently it was suffered during Sunday night’s win at the Baltimore Ravens. Aside from slot cornerback Arthur...
Mark Madden: With Bengals-Bills postponed, pushing back NFL playoffs seems to be best option
As most said sincerely but a few said by way of disclaimer, everything else was utterly insignificant compared to Damar Hamlin clinging to his life in the wake of the Buffalo Bills safety collapsing during “Monday Night Football.” But that doesn’t mean everything else was utterly insignificant. That game’s result...
Kenny Pickett named Steelers’ rookie of the year, Mason Cole honored for media cooperation
The top draft pick became the top rookie, once again. Kenny Pickett on Wednesday was honored with the Joe Greene Great Performance Award, making it five consecutive years the Pittsburgh Steelers’ first draft pick is named team rookie of the year. The award is chosen via balloting by the Pittsburgh...
Right mix of transfers has Pitt men’s basketball pointed in upward direction
When Jeff Capel assembled his roster in what is a pivotal season for him at Pitt, he couldn’t have known how the first half of the season would evolve. Like the singularly focused coach that he is, he put his head down, went to work and ignored the outside noise....
Recently acquired veteran CB William Jackson III cleared to practice for Steelers
Four days before the regular season ends, William Jackson III finally is taking part in his first game-week practice with Pittsburgh Steelers. Jackson remains on the injured reserve list because of a back injury, but his return to practice opens a 21-day window during which he can be activated to...
Steelers CB Levi Wallace thinking of ‘really good dude,’ former Bills teammate Damar Hamlin
Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Levi Wallace spent one of his four seasons with the Buffalo Bills occupying the same position room as Damar Hamlin. That was in 2021 when Hamlin was a sixth-round draft pick out of Pitt. Wallace was in his final season in Buffalo, but in Hamlin he saw...
