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Despite troubles, Keith Dambrot says Dukes aren’t ready to ‘cash it in’
Keith Dambrot’s immediate concern is recovering from what he called an embarrassing performance in Duquesne’s 20-point loss to La Salle on Wednesday night. A loss in the next game — Saturday night against Rhode Island at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse — might shove the Dukes (7-8, 6-7) among the Atlantic 10’s...
Column: Names of Black athletes need to adorn stadiums
As Black History Month comes to a close, there have been myriad tributes to the accomplishments of African Americans in sports arenas across the land. That’s not nearly enough. Not after the racial awakening this country went through last summer. Not when major college athletic facilities still are named almost...
Football schools? Ohio State, Alabama thriving in hoops, tooVideo
Ohio State and Alabama competing for a national championship is hardly an unusual occurrence for either school. It just tends to happen in football. Six weeks after the Crimson Tide’s national championship game win over the Buckeyes, both schools are among the nation’s best basketball teams. No. 4 Ohio State...
JGR youngsters shine, validate Toyota’s development programVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Two races into his return to Joe Gibbs Racing, Christopher Bell already has a Cup Series victory and, more importantly, some of his confidence back. Bell plodded through a rocky rookie season last year while on loan to another team. JGR didn’t have an open Cup car...
Pitt’s Jeff Capel, Duquesne’s Keith Dambrot learn to ‘move on’ after confronting reality of transfers
Jeff Capel admits the past week has not been easy. He spent the better part of his first three years as Pitt’s coach recruiting, mentoring, counseling, prodding and developing Xavier Johnson and Au’Diese Toney, helping to turn them into good men and better players than they were the day he...
Penguins staying in playoff race by way of success in 1-goal games
When games with empty-net goals are accounted for, more than 70% of NHL games last season were decided by one goal. It makes sense, then, that success in one-goal games is imperative for teams that aspire to finish with a strong win-loss record. The Pittsburgh Penguins are the league’s best...
RMU women’s basketball eliminated from Horizon League Tournament
The Robert Morris women’s basketball team saw its season come to a close Thursday night with a 68-54 loss to Northern Kentucky in the first round of the Horizon League Tournament. The ninth-seeded Colonials held an 11-10 lead after the first quarter, but No. 8 NKU used a 13-2 run...
Steelers’ Art Rooney II: Roethlisberger still capable, contract delay not about performance
Two days after releasing a statement that he and his team’s longtime quarterback are in agreement about Ben Roethlisberger playing in 2021, Pittsburgh Steelers president Art Rooney II reiterated that the organization believes Roethlisberger, even at age 39, remains a high-level NFL starter. “We think Ben played at a high...
New season, almost a new team: Pitt’s Jeff Capel attempts to recover from ‘interesting week’
You don’t often see a basketball season get started in late February, but it appears that way at Pitt after what Jeff Capel called “an interesting week, to say the least.” With Xavier Johnson and Au’Diese Toney leaving on consecutive days to enter the NCAA transfer portal, Pitt’s program was...
Mark Madden: Penguins could use a player like Tom Wilson
The Penguins have a Tom Wilson problem. Specifically, they don’t have him. They had a reasonably facsimile, Ryan Reaves, for part of the 2017-18 season. Not as good, not as tough, but good enough and tough enough. It remains one of Mike Sullivan’s biggest mistakes as Penguins coach that he...
Pirates, Entercom announce contract extension that will keep 93.7 FM home of radio broadcasts
The Pittsburgh Pirates and Entercom announced a multiyear contract extension that will keep 93.7 FM as the team’s flagship radio station and broadcast all spring training and regular-season games. The Pirates’ radio broadcast partner since 2012 on KDKA-FM, Entercom will now air all weekday and afternoon games on sister stations...
‘Chace’ing a comeback: From near amputation to NCAA hockey. The remarkable return of RMU’s Chace Sperling.
She doesn’t remember much about the 11-day stint at the hospital. It’s all a blur between the four surgeries, 38 stitches, pain medication, monotony and limited visits thanks to the pandemic. Robert Morris University hockey player Chace Sperling does remember one thing, though. That 20 minutes of agony flat on...
Pirates outfielders Bryan Reynolds, Gregory Polanco vow to put hitting woes behind them
The Pittsburgh Pirates aren’t going to pretend their corner outfielders didn’t bat below the Mendoza Line last season. Right fielder Gregory Polanco and left fielder Bryan Reynolds just don’t want anyone to think playing amid a pandemic resembled a normal baseball season. After Reynolds batted .187 (35 for 185) and...
This date in sports history: Feb. 26Video
1935 — Babe Ruth is released by the New York Yankees and signed by the Boston Braves. 1938 — Glenn Cunningham sets a world indoor record in the 1,500 meters at the AAU nationals at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Cunningham finishes in 3:48.4. 1947 — Brothers Doug and Max...
Empty Thoughts: Capitals 5, Penguins 2Video
Observations from the Penguins’ 5-2 loss to the Capitals: Tom Wilson was at it again. During the first period, at the 15:27 mark, the long-time Penguins nemesis dropped Penguins forward Mark Jankowski with a late hit in the neutral zone that shook up Jankowski. After Jankowski had whacked a loose...
Tiger Woods transferred to Los Angeles hospital after surgery
LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods was moved Thursday to another Los Angeles hospital after undergoing surgery to his right leg after being badly injured in a car crash. Harbor-UCLA Medical Center said Woods was transferred to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for “continuing orthopedic care and recovery.” The hospital didn’t provide any...
Hunter Dickinson impresses as No. 3 Michigan routs No. 9 IowaVideo
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Hunter Dickinson gave Luka Garza fits around the basket, and Franz Wagner scored 21 points to lead No. 3 Michigan to a 79-57 victory over No. 9 Iowa on Thursday night. The Wolverines (17-1, 12-1) passed yet another test against a highly ranked opponent, and they...
Power play falters as Penguins fall to CapitalsVideo
The Penguins don’t like Tom Wilson. And considering how often the Washington Capitals power forward has injured several of their teammates, how could they? More often than not, the Penguins have turned the other cheek when he has dropped a member of the club. At least on the occasions Wilson...
Robert Morris ousted from Horizon League tourney by Detroit Mercy
Robert Morris put up a fight but had no answer for the Horizon League’s leading scorer. Antoine Davis’ 46 points were too much for the Colonials to overcome in their first Horizon Tournament men’s basketball game, an 83-73 loss to Detroit Mercy on Thursday night at Calihan Hall in Detroit....
Webb Simpson, Matthew Fitzpatrick lead Workday ChampionshipVideo
BRADENTON, Fla. — Webb Simpson ran off three straight late birdies for a share of the lead Thursday in the Workday Championship, and Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau ran up some big numbers. Simpson matched Matthew Fitzpatrick with a 6-under-par 66 at The Concession in the World Golf Championships event...
Robert Morris, Duquesne football teams ready to open spring season
As recently as 1978, Duquesne was playing college football as a club team, signing up students from every corner of the campus. Robert Morris didn’t even offer the sport until 1993, when Beaver Falls native Joe Walton, after whom the school’s football stadium is named, agreed to oversee the proposition...
Penguins, East Division develop unique style within NHLVideo
Barry Trotz tuned his television to the game between the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers to do a little scouting, flipping around to others outside the East Division just to check some scores and move on. “I really haven’t focused in on the other divisions, really,” the New York...
Pitt’s Jeff Capel asks respect for departing players, says it’s time ‘to get guys who really want to be here’
Jeff Capel said losing Au’Diese Toney and Xavier Johnson hurts Pitt in terms of depth and experience for what’s left of this season. Yet he is optimistic his players and coaches can recover in the long term and continue to build the program. “The long term, I don’t see any...
Plum’s Alex Kirilloff ready to be regular for Twins, but on Opening Day?Video
MINNEAPOLIS — Alex Kirilloff never has played in a regular-season major league game. The Plum product is on track to soon become Minnesota’s regular left fielder. “We know what he’s capable of. We’re going to have to wait and see how this spring plays out,” manager Rocco Baldelli said. There’s...
Capitals’ Henrik Lundqvist back on ice, ‘months’ away from deciding futureVideo
WASHINGTON — Henrik Lundqvist said Thursday he is months away from making a decision about his hockey-playing future after returning to the ice less than two months since undergoing open-heart surgery. The 38-year-old goaltender posted videos to social media earlier this week of himself in goaltending gear taking shots in...
