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IUP men, women seeded first in NCAA Atlantic Regional, will host opening games
The road to the Elite Eight will run through Indiana. IUP made it a double-dip for No. 1 seeds Sunday night when the NCAA announced pairings for the Division II men’s and women’s basketball tournaments. Both IUP teams earned top seeds and home games in the Atlantic Regional, which means...
IUP women, men get top regional seeds for NCAA Division II basketball tournament
Despite being upset by Gannon, 50-40, in the PSAC women’s basketball championship game, IUP earned the top seed in the Atlantic Regional to begin the NCAA Division II Tournament. The Crimson Hawks (28-3) will host the first three rounds of the tournament and will face CIAA champion and No. 8...
Indian Wells tennis postponed after coronavirus confirmedVideo
The BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament, set to begin this week, has been postponed after a case of coronavirus was confirmed in the Coachella Valley. The Riverside County Public Health Department declared a public health emergency Sunday for the desert cities located 110 miles east of Los Angeles, including Indian...
Liberty returning to NCAA Tournament after winning Atlantic Sun title gameVideo
LYNCHBURG, Va. — Liberty is headed to the NCAA Tournament for the second year in a row, but there is a big difference between them making it last year and doing it again. Expectations. “Any time you have a target on your back or you’re the team that’s expected to...
Joey Logano’s late charge holds off Kevin Harvick for NASCAR win in PhoenixVideo
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Joey Logano raced to his second NASCAR Cup Series win in three weeks, holding off Kevin Harvick over the final two laps after an overtime restart Sunday at Phoenix Raceway. Also the winner two weeks ago in Las Vegas for Team Penske, Logano has 25 career Cup...
Pitt’s Micky Phillippi, Jake Wentzel, Demetrius Thomas win ACC wrestling championshipsVideo
After all the numbers were counted, Pitt finished second to N.C. State in the team standings Sunday night at the ACC Wrestling Championship in front of a crowd of 1,714 at Petersen Events Center. But the 81-77 loss to defending champion N.C. State in the six-team tournament meant far less...
No. 9 Maryland tops No. 25 Michigan for Big Ten title shareVideo
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Each member of the Maryland basketball team took turns gripping the trophy awarded to the Big Ten champions. They wore bright red hats boasting their accomplishment, and they proudly cut down the nets on each side of the court. It really didn’t matter to coach Mark...
Minor league report: Penguins shut out by Devils
Goaltender Casey DeSmith made 26 saves for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 3-0 loss at home to the Binghamton Devils at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Sunday. The Penguins (28-26-3-5) have lost six of their past seven games. Highlights: The Penguins’ next game is on the road against the...
Michigan State tops Ohio State, shares Big Ten titleVideo
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Cassius Winston scored 27 points, and No. 16 Michigan State beat No. 19 Ohio State, 80-69, on Sunday to win a third straight Big Ten championship. The Spartans (22-9, 14-6 Big Ten) shared the conference title with No. 9 Maryland and No. 24 Wisconsin, and they...
Hatton hangs on to win tough tournament at Bay HillVideo
Tyrrell Hatton went from losing his mind to winning the tournament. Bay Hill served up the most demanding test this side of a major, and Hatton kept it together down the stretch Sunday by playing bogey-free over the last seven holes for a 2-over-par 74 to win the Arnold Palmer...
Riverview grad Cal Fisher plays key role for Penn State men’s volleyball
As a freshman last season, Cal Fisher saw a lot of action with the Penn State men’s volleyball team. That was partially out of necessity, as the Nittany Lions endured a spate of injuries. Fisher, a Riverview grad, is getting plenty of meaningful minutes again this spring. This time, however,...
John Steigerwald: OK, now it’s time for Penguins fans to panic
Feel free to panic. The six-game losing streak with three straight losses to bad teams on the road was a good reason for Penguins to be annoyed, but it could be written off as an ordinary, if not expected, bad spell in a long season. Losing to the Capitals at...
Bradley grabs 2nd straight Missouri Valley Conference crown, earns NCAA bidVideo
ST. LOUIS — Darrell Brown scored 21 points, and Elijah Childs added 17 to lead fourth-seeded Bradley to its 10th NCAA Tournament with an 80-66 win over seventh-seeded Valparaiso in the Missouri Valley Conference championship game Sunday. Ja’Shon Henry scored 16 points for the fourth-seeded Braves, Nate Kennell chipped in...
Pirates elder statesman Jose Osuna out to impress new management team
BRADENTON, Fla. — The player who has spent the most continuous service time in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ organization is a bit of a surprise. However, Jose Osuna has been around longer than anybody. The Pirates signed him as an amateur international free agent from Venezuela in 2009 as a 16-year-old....
Winthrop wins Big South title game, earns 11th NCAA Tournament bidVideo
ROCK HILL, S.C. — It took a freshman to bring Winthrop back to where it almost always used to go — the NCAA Tournament. DJ Burns scored 16 points, 12 of them in the second half, to lead the second-seeded Eagles to a 76-68 win over fifth-seeded Hampton on Sunday...
Mitch Keller strikes out 5, allows 1 run in 3 innings as Pirates tie RaysVideo
Top prospect Mitch Keller had five strikeouts and allowed one run in three-plus innings as the starting pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates in a 2-2 tie against the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday in Port Charlotte, Fla. Keller retired four of the first five he faced but allowed three hits...
Bahrain Grand Prix, world soccer among events affected by coronavirusVideo
SAKHIR, Bahrain — Formula One’s Bahrain Grand Prix has been closed to spectators because of the global virus outbreak, but it won’t be postponed like the Chinese round of the championship. The Bahraini organizers’ decision comes as the wider sporting world battles turmoil caused by the new coronavirus. Soccer, golf,...
Struggling Penguins blown out by HurricanesVideo
The Penguins did several things correctly Sunday and avoided many of the issues that have plagued them lately. • They got the game’s first lead. • They cashed in on a vital five-on-three power-play opportunity. • They got dazzling saves from their goaltender. • They got contributions from several players....
Penguins to start Tristan Jarry against Hurricanes
The Penguins are expected to start goaltender Tristan Jarry for Sunday’s game against the Carolina Hurricanes at PPG Paints Arena. In 32 games this season, Jarry has a 20-11-1 record along with a 2.32 goals against average, a .924 save percentage and three shutouts. Jarry is in the midst of...
Empty Thoughts: Capitals 5, Penguins 2
Observations from the Penguins’ 5-2 loss to the Capitals. Saturday’s game offered a lot of promise as a showdown of two of the Eastern Conference’s deeper teams. And sure enough, there were plenty of secondary contributions all over the ice. They just happened to be exclusive to the road team....
Minor league report: Penguins snap losing streak
Forward Jordy Bellerive and defenseman Zach Trotman each had a goal and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 5-2 home win against the Bridgeport Sound Tigers at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Goaltender Dustin Tokarski made 20 saves for the Penguins (28-25-3-5) who snapped a...
WPIAL dominates PIAA finals in Class AAA
HERSHEY — It was another dominating year for the WPIAL at the PIAA Class AAA wrestling championships Saturday. There were six state champions from the WPIAL headed by two-time champion Canon-McMillan senior Gerrit Nijenhuis (182). District 11 had three champions. Four all-WPIAL finals were contested. Norwin senior Kurtis Phipps used...
Duquesne seeded 6th, earns bye into 2nd round of Atlantic 10 Tournament
Duquesne earned a No. 6 seed, received a bye into the second round of the Atlantic 10 Tournament and will play the George Washington/Fordham winner at 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Duquesne (21-9, 11-7) split two games against No. 11 George Washington (12-19, 6-12). The Dukes...
Burrell’s Corrado, Oswalt come up short in quest for PIAA wrestling gold
HERSHEY — Burrell came home from the PIAA Class AA wrestling championships Saturday with two silver medals. Ian Oswalt and A.J. Corrado qualified for the finals Friday evening, but both lost on the last day of the three-day event at Giant Center. Oswalt lost a 5-1 decision in three overtimes...
Norwin’s Kurtis Phipps finally wins state titleVideo
HERSHEY — It wasn’t a perfect match, but Norwin senior Kurtis Phipps will take it. After finishing second the past two seasons at the PIAA Class AAA wrestling championships, Phipps finally won his state title. Phipps (41-1, 153-10) used a five-point move in the first period and held off a...
