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Xavier Johnson leaves Pitt, enters transfer portal
An idle week turned into a tumultuous week for Pitt basketball Wednesday when point guard Xavier Johnson left the program. With three games remaining in the regular season, Johnson came to a mutual agreement with coach Jeff Capel to leave and enter his name in the NCAA transfer portal. “The...
Penguins claim D Mark Friedman off waivers from Flyers
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ new management team made its first external player acquisition, claiming defenseman Mark Friedman off waivers from the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday. The 25-year-old, right-handed-shooting Friedman appeared in four games for the Flyers this season and 11 games since his NHL debut in April 2019. He has one...
Date set for WVU football spring game
Spring football is in the air at West Virginia, and the Mountaineers will host their annual Gold-Blue Spring Game at 1 p.m. April 24, at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium. Because of ongoing covid-19 protocols in place, and for the safety of the spectators, the WVU athletic department announced...
Mark Madden: With Ben Roethlisberger returning, Steelers’ next priority is run game
Ben Roethlisberger’s agent, Ryan Tollner, says his client will play for the Steelers in 2021. But owner Art Rooney II didn’t exactly confirm that. Given how the situation has lingered in limbo after optimistic proclamations three weeks ago, it would be good if he did. Rooney says he wants Roethlisberger...
Column: Tiger Woods survives but his career might not
The sheared-off front of the wrecked SUV told part of the story, and the officers on the scene filled in the rest. Tiger Woods was lucky to be alive, they said, thanks to modern safety technology and a big dose of good luck. Alive and well, no. But alive nonetheless....
Art Rooney II, Ben Roethlisberger in agreement Steelers QB returns for 18th season
The long-anticipated meeting between the president and franchise player of the Pittsburgh Steelers finally took place Tuesday. And the two are in agreement their on-field relationship should continue for at least one more season. In a statement released via the verified Twitter account of Steelers spokesman Burt Lauten, Art Rooney...
Myreon Jones scores 29; Penn State holds off Nebraska
LINCOLN, Neb. — Myreon Jones scored a career-high 29 points to lead five in double figures, and Penn State held off Nebraska for an 86-83 victory on Tuesday night to snap a four-game losing streak. Nebraska (5-16, 1-13 Big Ten), which trailed most of the game and by 10 points...
Penn State wrestling finishes dual season No. 2 in the NWCA poll, shares Big Ten title
Penn State wrestling held steady at No. 2 in the last National Wrestling Coaches Association’s coaches poll of the season Tuesday, after defeating Ohio State and Maryland in the last week and locking up a share of the Big Ten wrestling dual meet championship in the process. The Nittany Lions...
Lucky to be alive, Tiger Woods faces difficult recoveryVideo
LOS ANGELES — In a career filled with remarkable comebacks, Tiger Woods faces perhaps his toughest recovery of all. Woods was driving alone through a sweeping, downhill stretch of road through coastal suburbs of Los Angeles when his SUV struck a sign, crossed over a raised median and two oncoming...
Robert Morris goalie’s work with veterans groups helps to earn coveted hockey nomination
For years, every game day at Clearview Arena, we had the same routine. About 90 minutes before faceoff, my broadcast partner Mike Prisuta and I would head down from the broadcast deck and make our way to ice level and go through the team entrance. On the way to the...
First Call: Former NFL GM’s spot-on quotes about Ben Roethlisberger; ’70s Steelers on HBCU list
For Wednesday’s “First Call,” we take a look at Doug Whaley’s comments about Ben Roethlisberger’s future with the Steelers. There are Steelers aplenty on an all-time historically Black colleges and universities list. Bruce Boudreau may want to get back into coaching. A former Penguin is getting back in gear. And...
Tim Benz: Will America ever allow itself to have another ‘Miracle’?
On Feb. 22, 2022, I’m going to start a new sports tradition at my house. On 2/22/22, I’m going to play the movie “Miracle” on a loop. Kinda like “A Christmas Story” on Christmas Day. Corny as it may sound, I try to watch that movie on the anniversary of...
Healthy Chad Kuhl ready to solidify spot in Pirates’ starting rotation
After building up his surgically repaired right arm by pitching piggyback to start the season, Chad Kuhl found a familiar feeling after throwing 78 pitches over five innings last August at Cincinnati. “I woke up the next day, and I was really, really sore,” Kuhl said on a video conference...
Empty Thoughts: Penguins 3, Capitals 2 (OT)Video
Observations from the Penguins’ 3-2 overtime win against the Capitals: First things first, there was no update on Penguins forward Jason Zucker following the game. At 10:03 of the third period, he rushed to the right point of the defensive zone to defend a wrister by Capitals defenseman Nick Jensen....
Taz Sherman, Derek Culver lead West Virginia over TCU
FORT WORTH, Texas — Taz Sherman scored 23 points, Derek Culver had 18 points and 14 rebounds and No. 10 West Virginia continued its solid play on the road with a 74-66 victory over TCU on Tuesday night. Miles McBride added 11 points for the Mountaineers (16-6, 9-4 Big 12)....
Kasperi Kapanen leads Penguins past Capitals in OT; Jason Zucker injured
After Kasperi Kapanen was demoted to the fourth line then benched for a good portion of the Penguins’ previous game on Saturday, coach Mike Sullivan did not want to get into the particulars that led to Kapanen’s limited deployment. “(Kapanen) and I had a conversation,” Sullivan said on Monday, “and...
Report: Agent confirms that Ben Roethlisberger will be back with Steelers for 2021 season
It looks like Ben Roethlisberger will be sticking around with the Pittsburgh Steelers for another season. Agent Ryan Tollner told NFL Network on Tuesday that the Steelers want his client to return for an 18th season. Roethlisberger, who turns 39 in March, is signed through the 2021 season, but the...
In seeding basketball brackets, WPIAL asks: What have you done lately?
When it came time to seed the basketball playoff brackets, the WPIAL asked: What have you done lately? Teams that finished hot were rewarded. That made North Allegheny coach Dan DeRose wonder why his section played 12 games this winter if only the last four actually mattered. His Tigers clinched...
No. 10 West Virginia to play 3 makeup games next weekVideo
IRVING, Texas — The Big 12 has scheduled a dozen makeup games next week in the break the conference left open for such games before the start of postseason tournament play. No. 2 Baylor, No. 7 Oklahoma, No. 10 West Virginia, No. 14 Texas and No. 18 Texas Tech all...
NHL announces schedule change for Penguins
On Tuesday, the NHL announced 24 changes to its overall schedule. One involves the Penguins. Per the league’s release, a home contest against the Philadelphia Flyers, originally scheduled for April 13, is now scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday, March 6. That alteration will create a three-game series against the Flyers...
AT&T SportsNet to carry 5 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins games
AT&T SportsNet is scheduled to carry five upcoming games for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, American Hockey League affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins, in the upcoming weeks. All five games will be home contests. The first game will come on Wednesday against the rival Hershey Bears. The schedule: Feb. 24 — vs....
After spectacular September debut, Pirates rookie Ke’Bryan Hayes still has ‘a lot to prove’
With a spectacular September followed by an offseason that saw the Pittsburgh Pirates trade their biggest names, Ke’Bryan Hayes went from the club’s top prospect to the future of the franchise. That’s a role the 24-year-old third baseman is eager to embrace. After winning NL rookie of the month honors,...
Freshman Mike Bekelja gives Duquesne the defense it needs
When Keith Dambrot looked back at Duquesne’s loss to Richmond, he knew the truth. Richmond is the third-highest scoring team in the Atlantic 10 (76.1 points per game). So, it wasn’t outrageously out of line that the Spiders scored 79 in a seven-point home victory last Saturday. It was the...
Financial concerns drive A-10 tourney changes, but Dukes’ Keith Dambrot understands
Most Atlantic 10 teams will play far fewer conference games this season than the original schedule called for at the outset of the season. A-10 officials decided last week to start the conference tournament a week earlier (March 3) to provide some cushion before the NCAA Tournament if there are...
Steelers’ Mike Tomlin discusses NFL minority coach hiring in HBO segment
Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is cooling on the idea of speaking at “diversity workshops” in his profession, and he’s also growing weary in regards to repeated attempts by the NFL to encourage more minority hiring among its head coaches. Asked, in a colorful way, on a new episode of...
