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Westmoreland campus clippings: Seton Hill men’s basketball off to best start in 2 decades
The only thing better than a fast start for the Seton Hill men’s basketball team would be an even faster finish. The Griffins moved to 4-0 for the first time in nearly two decades with an 87-72 win over Roberts Wesleyan. Junior guard Sean Dillon erupted for 26 points to...
What are Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin’s 10 signature regular-season games?Video
At first, he was something of a consolation prize. The Pittsburgh Penguins were going nowhere fast in the 2003-04 season and with a lockout looming, management stripped the team down to the foundation in the name of a rebuilding project. They wanted the top overall pick that season because it...
Pitt men’s soccer reaches NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 for 3rd consecutive season
The Pitt men’s soccer team is starting to make a habit of Sweet 16 appearances in the NCAA Tournament. For the third year in a row, Pitt (10-4-5, 3-2-3 ACC) earned its berth Sunday with a 3-0 victory at No. 16 Akron’s FirstEnergy Stadium. The victory was historic for another...
Penn State’s defense flexes in destruction of Rutgers
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — There is never any mystery when Penn State plays Rutgers in Big Ten play. The Lions always win. The Scarlet Knights look helpless on offense. It happened again Saturday at SHI Stadium when the 11th-ranked Lions bulldozed Greg Schiano’s team 55-10. Penn State’s offensive numbers looked good:...
Mark Madden: Steelers’ $108 million defense responsible for loss to Bengals … and 3-7 record
The diversion continues, and effectively so. The Pittsburgh Steelers offense collapsed in the second half vs. the visiting Cincinnati Bengals. “They do the same plays over and over,” Bengals linebacker Germaine Pratt said. The offense got just 52 yards and one first down in the second half till a garbage-time...
Watch: Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin brought to tears by son before 1,000th gameVideo
Evgeni Malkin displayed plenty of emotion before even taking the ice Sunday night for the 1000th game of his career. The longtime Penguins center was brought to tears in the dressing room as his son, Nikita, read the team’s starting lineup. Is it getting dusty in the Penguins locker room?...
Steelers vs. Bengals: What they’re saying in Cincinnati after win
This time around, Joe Cool did his thing. Harassed and hounded by Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt in Week 1, Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow meticulously picked apart the Steelers’ secondary through the day Sunday en rote to a 37-30 win at Acrisure Stadium. Watt still had his moments Sunday, but...
Madden Monday on the Steelers’ latest loss: ‘This defense flat out stinks’
Late Sunday night, WPXI-TV ran a poll asking which side of the ball was more disappointing in Sunday’s 37-30 Pittsburgh Steelers loss to the Cincinnati Bengals — the offense or the defense. The correct answer to the question is, obviously, “both.” But since that was not an option, 77% of...
Pirates A to Z: Ke’Bryan Hayes proved to be an elite defender, now must improve at plate
During the offseason, the Tribune-Review will offer Pirates A to Z: An alphabetical, player-by-player look at the 40-man roster, from outfielder Miguel Andujar to pitcher Miguel Yajure. Player: Ke’Bryan Hayes Position: Third baseman Bats: Right Throws: Right Age: 25 (Jan. 28) Height: 5-foot-10 Weight: 205 pounds 2022 MLB statistics: Slashed...
First Call: Joe Burrow on T.J. Watt’s interception; Steelers-Colts game has different tone; Darrelle Revis’ honor
Monday’s “First Call” has Joe Burrow’s assessment of Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt after yet another eye-popping interception. Next week’s game for the Steelers no longer appears to be the joke people were making it out to be two weeks ago. A former Pitt Panthers star is getting a well-deserved...
Steelers offense shows positive signs early before regressing
The first half of Sunday’s game was more productive than any 30-minute span the Pittsburgh Steelers had played all season. For that matter, by the measure that counts most — points scored — it matched the Steelers’ offensive previous high production for any full 2022 game. The second half, though,...
Penguins beat Blackhawks in Evgeni Malkin’s 1,000th game
Evgeni Malkin might not be what he was for the bulk of his first 999 career games as an NHLer. After all, at 36, he’s closer to the end than he is the beginning. Or even the middle. But that doesn’t mean the superstar center doesn’t still have something substantial...
Tim Benz: ‘Airing of Grievances’ after yet another Steelers gut-punch loss
The Pittsburgh Steelers need to get those pigeons back at Acrisure Stadium. Seriously, there were at least 30 of them out there last week. The Pittsburgh Pigeons have the best seat in the house pic.twitter.com/GTkO9qg1tn— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) November 13, 2022 Maybe if the Steelers had 41 defenders on the...
‘Any player would be frustrated’ — Diontae Johnson lacking production in Steelers offense
Thanksgiving will come and go without the Pittsburgh Steelers’ No. 1 wide receiver having recorded a touchdown during the 2022 season. He doesn’t have a 100-yard game yet, either. During Sunday’s 37-30 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, in fact, Diontae Johnson was Steelers’ fifth-leading receiver in yardage. “Any football player...
Minor league report: Nailers routed by FuelVideo
Goaltender Ryan Bednard made 18 saves on 23 shots for the Wheeling Nailers in a lopsided 6-1 road loss to the Indy Fuel at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis on Sunday. Defenseman Jack Van Boekel scored the lone goal for Wheeling (5-7-0-0) which has lost three of its past...
Jalen Pickett, Seth Lundy lead Penn St. past Colorado State
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Seth Lundy had 17 points and eight rebounds, Jalen Pickett added 16 points and 11 boards and Penn State never trailed Sunday night in a 68-56 win over Colorado State at the Shriners Children’s Charleston Classic. Lundy, Kebba Njie and Myles Dread each hit a 3-pointer during...
Mason Cole, Jaylen Warren among Steelers injured during defeat to Bengals
Pittsburgh Steelers starting center Mason Cole, third-down running back Jaylen Warren and special-teamer Miles Boykin did not finish Sunday’s loss to the Cincinnati Bengals because of injury. Coach Mike Tomlin during his postgame news conference did not give any substantive update on any of his injured players other than to...
Steelers defense fails to hold up in loss to Bengals
On a day when the Pittsburgh Steelers had their most productive game on offense, the defense didn’t reciprocate. Such inconsistency has come to define this season and is a reason the Steelers are off to their worst 10-game start in 19 years. Failing to duplicate its dominating performance from a...
Bills beat Browns after snow shifts game to Motor CityVideo
DETROIT — The Buffalo Bills got their groove back in the Motor City. Josh Allen threw a go-ahead, 5-yard touchdown pass to Stefon Diggs late in the first half, and Buffalo beat the Cleveland Browns, 31-23, on Sunday after the NFL moved the Bills’ home game to Detroit due to...
Late turnovers help Ravens hold off PanthersVideo
BALTIMORE — Lamar Jackson and the Ravens were struggling to reach the end zone — until Baltimore’s takeaway-happy defense made that task a good bit easier. Marcus Peters forced a fumble in the fourth quarter — the first of three Carolina turnovers in the final 8 minutes, 14 seconds —...
NFL Week 11: Marcus Jones returns punt for TD to give Pats win over JetsVideo
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Marcus Jones returned a punt 84 yards for a touchdown with 5 seconds remaining and the New England Patriots stunned the New York Jets 10-3 on Sunday. The rookie’s score was the first TD on a punt return in the NFL this season and broke a stalemate...
World Cup dismay for Qatar as Ecuador wins opening gameVideo
AL KHOR, Qatar — The large swaths of empty seats in the second half summed up the Qatar soccer team’s disappointing start to its first ever World Cup. The night started with more than 67,000 mostly Qatari fans filling the cavernous Al Bayt Stadium, enjoying an opening ceremony that showcased...
U.S. returns to World Cup against Wales after 8-year waitVideo
DOHA, Qatar — Gio Reyna, Joe Scally and Yusuf Musah were 11 years old the last time the United States took the field in a World Cup match. On the 3,066th day after that loss in Brazil, the Americans return to soccer’s showcase with a new-look team dreaming lofty goals...
Pitt men recover from slow start, pound Alabama State
Not unlike most teams playing power conference basketball, Pitt’s roster has plenty of players who can run, jump, pass and shoot at a high level. The trick that good teams master is combining the mental with the physical. That’s what Pitt coach Jeff Capel and his players confronted Sunday afternoon,...
8 days after appendectomy, Minkah Fitzpatrick has full workload for Steelers vs. Bengals
About 15 minutes after he’d played an entire professional football game, Minkah Fitzpatrick briefly looked down at a pair of bandages on his lower abdomen after removing his shirt and before headed to take a shower. They served as proof that Fitzpatrick had undergone a surgical procedure just eight days...
