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Booker, Democratic lawmakers introducing NCAA reform billVideo
A bill introduced Thursday by four Democratic lawmakers would grant college athletes sweeping rights to compensation, including a share of the revenue generated by their sports, and create a federal commission to oversee college athletics. The College Athletes Bill of Rights is sponsored by Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Richard Blumenthal...
Peyton Ramsey, Northwestern try to end Ohio State’s Big Ten run
INDIANAPOLIS — Northwestern quarterback Peyton Ramsey grew up around the Ohio State mystique, the son of a high school football coach in Cincinnati. As others in the football-crazed state gathered round television sets to watch their beloved Buckeyes each weekend, Ramsey was never much of a fan. Still isn’t. So...
Tiger Woods wants son to enjoy golf, upcoming tournamentVideo
Tiger Woods and his 11-year-old son were on the practice range together Thursday at the PNC Championship, and social media was blazing with how good Charlie’s swing looked, right down to the club twirl. What got the attention of Justin Thomas was competitive chirping. He recalled a putting contest they...
Steelers coaches laud Marcus Allen after 1st career start
Marcus Allen may or may not be asked to make his second career NFL start Monday, but coaches are saying good things about his performance in his first for the Pittsburgh Steelers. “Can’t say enough,” head coach Mike Tomlin said, “about a guy like Marcus Allen, who’s new to the...
Europe providing growing pipeline for Division I football programs
When Brandon Collier first called college football coaches on behalf of European kids, one of them asked, “Are they kickers and punters?” He doesn’t get that question anymore. Europe has become a pipeline of Division I recruits — Rome native Habakkuk Baldonado is a defensive lineman for Pitt — and...
Browns’ Landry calls Ravens CB Peters ‘coward’ for spittingVideo
CLEVELAND — Browns wide receiver Jarvis Landry called Ravens cornerback Marcus Peters “a coward” for appearing to spit at him during Monday night’s game. A video taken from the national TV broadcast shows Peters spitting in Landry’s direction at the end of the first quarter. Landry has his back turned...
Steelers offensive coordinator Randy Fichtner: ‘I’m not afraid to throw it deep’
Contrary to popular belief, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offense has included plenty of deep passes this season. “I’m not afraid,” offensive coordinator Randy Fichtner said, “to throw it deep.” While the Steelers have earned a reputation in 2020 for going “dink-and-dunk,” fans might be surprised to know that only three quarterbacks...
Ontario mulls how all-Canadian division in NHL might work
TORONTO — Ontario’s minister of sport says the provincial government is examining how a Canadian division in the NHL might work. Lisa MacLeod says discussions about the league’s return-to-play plan are being studied by Ontario public health authorities, the province’s chief medical officer of health and officials from Toronto and...
James Conner, Kevin Dotson sit out Steelers practice, but Joe Haden a full participant
Veteran cornerback Joe Haden was a full participant at Pittsburgh Steelers practice on Thursday, the strongest indication yet he has advanced entirely through NFL concussion protocol and will be available to play in Monday night’s game at the Cincinnati Bengals. Haden missed last week’s loss against the Buffalo Bills after...
Steelers trying to fix defense that has wilted in 2nd half of back-to-back losses
When he combed through tape of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ game Sunday night in Buffalo, coach Mike Tomlin noticed a lack of physical play by his team, a theme he addressed without prompting at his weekly news conference two days later. Defensive captain Cameron Heyward probably didn’t need a rewind to...
Bengals sign Shurmur to practice squad to add QB depth
CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Bengals added some needed quarterback depth on Thursday by signing Kyle Shurmur to the practice squad. Brandon Allen, who had been starting for the Bengals in place of injured rookie quarterback Joe Burrow, hurt his knee in last week’s loss to Dallas. Allen didn’t practice Thursday,...
Penguins A to Z: Jake Guentzel remains a 40-goal scorerVideo
As the NHL prepares for a new season expected to start in mid-January, the Tribune-Review will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 48 individuals under NHL contract with the organization, from mid-level prospect Niclas Almari to high-profile trade acquisition Jason Zucker. Jake Guentzel Position: Left winger...
Goalie Henrik Lundqvist to miss season with heart condition
WASHINGTON — Star goalie Henrik Lundqvist will sit out the upcoming NHL season because of a heart condition, he said Thursday, about two months after he joined the Washington Capitals following 15 years with the New York Rangers. Calling it “a pretty tough and emotional day” in a video posted...
Ex-Browns coach Freddie Kitchens to call plays for Giants against Cleveland
CLEVELAND — Freddie Kitchens was fired after one stormy, discouraging season as Browns coach. This weekend he’ll get a shot at some personal payback. Kitchens will call plays for New York on Sunday night against Cleveland after Giants offensive coordinator Jason Garrett tested positive for covid-19 on Thursday. Kitchens is...
Former Baltimore Ravens running back Lorenzo Taliaferro dies at 28
Lorenzo Taliaferro, who played three season as a Baltimore Ravens running back from 2014-16 after starring at Coastal Carolina, died Wednesday. He was 28. Authorities have not released a cause of death, but a family member told Fox45 that Taliaferro died of a heart attack in his hometown of Williamsburg,...
Penn State linebacker Jesse Luketa eager to keep playing
With this season’s football schedule pockmarked by the coronavirus pandemic, the Big Ten conference added an extra game to every team’s schedule for what has been dubbed “Champions Week.” A matchup between a 3-5 Penn State team and an Illinois squad at 2-5 doesn’t exactly resemble a conference title game,...
This date in sports history: Dec. 17Video
1933 — The Chicago Bears win the first NFL championship with a 23-21 victory over the New York Giants. The Bears score the winning touchdown on a 36-yard play that starts with a short pass from Bronko Nagurski to Bill Hewitt, who then laterals to Bill Kerr for the score....
Robert Morris men’s basketball cancels 2 games, adds another
The Robert Morris men’s basketball team canceled two games and added another as coronavirus protocols continued to scramble the Colonials’ schedule in their first season in the Horizon League. Robert Morris was scheduled to play its first conference games against Cleveland State on Saturday and Sunday at home. Those games...
Alabama, Ohio State add 5-stars while preparing for championship gamesVideo
As Alabama, Ohio State, Clemson, Oregon, Notre Dame, Oklahoma and Florida prepared to play for conference championships, they signed top-10 recruiting classes for 2021 they hope to fuel their next title contenders. The most unusual college football season in memory brought the convergence Wednesday of the start of the early...
Ithiel Horton scores 18, leads Pitt to win at Miami in ACC opener
Ithiel Horton knew there were eyes on him at the start of the season. He came in as a transfer from Delaware with the reputation as a scorer. Of course, it was frustrating when he missed 23 of his 33 shots in Pitt’s first five games. But he spent some...
Pitt nets 21 prospects in Class of 2021 at the end of unique year for recruiting
The process that brought 21 letters of intent onto Pat Narduzzi’s computer via DocuSign on Wednesday morning — “I think the fax machine is officially dead,” he said — gained intensity in the spring while Pitt’s coaches were quarantined by covid-19. “We were obsessed with recruiting,” Narduzzi said, noting his...
‘Christmas came early’ for Sean Gibson, who celebrates MLB’s recognition of Negro Leagues
When Sean Gibson got word MLB officially was recognizing the Negro Leagues, he spent Wednesday taking celebratory phone calls from the descendants of Satchel Paige and Buck Leonard. The great-grandson of Josh Gibson is the executive director of a foundation in the heralded slugger’s name and spearheading a campaign to...
Penn State’s James Franklin laments lack of campus visits, in-state talent on signing day
In one sense, Penn State’s recruiting class was typical for coach James Franklin. “One of the things that I’ve been proud of since we’ve been here, really throughout my career, we’ve have very little drama on signing day, how we go about the process,” Franklin said during a video conference...
Pat Narduzzi: Kenny Pickett thought ‘long and hard’ about coming back
Pat Narduzzi said the Duratz Athletic Complex where the Pitt football team lives and works was rocking Tuesday night. And he wasn’t talking about the trains that rumble through the South Side. On the eve of national letter of intent day, the biggest news came from a player who signed...
For Northwestern, Big Ten title game vs. Ohio State comes after big turnaroundVideo
Pat Fitzgerald figures he will gain a few more gray hairs by the time No. 15 Northwestern steps on the field to face third-ranked Ohio State in the Big Ten championship game Saturday. As the Wildcats coach, it’s his job to figure out a way to contain the Buckeyes. And...
