Sports category, Page 2029
Playing without star center Michael Carmody, Mars falls short in PIAA 1st-round game
After his team lost in overtime, battling without standout senior Michael Carmody, who was serving a one-game suspension, Mars boys basketball coach Rob Carmody told his players he was obviously disappointed, but he was glad they lost on a play made by a “winning player.” For most of the night,...
Sean Snead’s 3-pointers lead Obama past Penn Hills in PIAA 1st roundVideo
A first-half shot can’t be called a game-winner, especially one that only ties the score, but the energy from Sean Snead’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer was felt long after halftime. “I was electrified,” said Snead, who scored a game-high 25 points with five 3s to lead City League champion Obama Academy past...
Richmond ends Duquesne’s hopes for double bye in A-10 TournamentVideo
If he could stand the pain, Keith Dambrot might want to make a list of all that led to Duquesne’s 73-62 loss to Richmond on Friday night. • The Dukes missed 15 of 25 free throws after entering the game with a 71.7 percent accuracy rate, fifth in the Atlantic...
Kevin Gorman: Duquesne’s season serves as reminder that there’s no place like home
The final stop of the season the Duquesne Dukes call their Tour of Pittsburgh was at the only home venue that didn’t require them to go through a tunnel or cross a bridge. Just Forbes and Fifth avenues. A seasonlong renovation of UPMC Chuck Cooper Fieldhouse, which will replace Palumbo...
Penguins have chance to make up serious ground in Metro raceVideo
Be it serendipity or the result of intent by the NHL’s schedule-makers, the Pittsburgh Penguins have a very Metropolitan final four weeks of the season. Beginning with 1 p.m. Saturday at home against the Washington Capitals, 14 of the Penguins’ next 15 games are against Metropolitan Division teams. Only the...
Sung Kang, Tyrell Hatton share lead at Arnold Palmer InvitationalVideo
ORLANDO, Fla. — Tyrrell Hatton lost his swing on his back nine without losing his head, a small victory. He battled through a tough test at Bay Hill on Friday and only was surprised by what he saw when he finished. His tidy short game was strong enough to carry...
Working vacations helped elevate game for Iowa’s Luka GarzaVideo
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Family vacations are a little different in Luka Garza’s family. Iowa’s star big man went to Bosnia to visit relatives last summer and did two-a-day basketball workouts with his uncle and cousin. Morning workouts focused on offense, evening workouts were for defense and rebounding. Then there...
Cranky back keeps Tiger Woods from The Players ChampionshipVideo
ORLANDO, Fla. — The strongest field of the year at The Players Championship will be without the biggest draw in golf. Tiger Woods isn’t playing. Woods will miss The Players Championship for the first time when not recovering from any of his nine surgeries. His agent, Mark Steinberg at Excel...
Division III NCAA Tournament game played in empty gym because of coronavirus fearsVideo
BALTIMORE — In what was believed to be the first U.S. sports event held without fans because of the new coronavirus, Yeshiva beat Worcester Polytechnic Institute in a Division III men’s basketball NCAA Tournament game Friday in an empty gym at Johns Hopkins. Players on each team’s bench cheered and...
Robert Morris men want to maximize special opportunity in NEC tourney
Sure, there’ve been a number of key contributors to the Robert Morris’ surge into the Northeast Conference Tournament semifinals in men’s basketball, where Saturday the Colonials welcome Long Island University to UPMC Events Center. At any moment for Robert Morris, the stars have turned out to be better known players...
Pirates offer free admission to kids under 14 in April and May
It’s never been easy for the Pittsburgh Pirates to attract people to PNC Park in April and May when the weather is not always appropriate for spectators. But Pirates officials hope their latest promotion — free admission for anyone 14 and under — helps draw a crowd. The only conditions:...
Pirates hit 7 home runs in spring win over Blue JaysVideo
A Phillip Evans seventh-inning grand slam was one of seven homers hit by the Pittsburgh Pirates in a 19-13 victory against the Toronto Blue Jays in Grapefruit League play Friday. A 27-year-old nonroster invitee with 34 games of major league experience, Evans homered and added a single among three at-bats...
Gateway grad set to represent Team USA at Para Powerlifting World Cup
Next week, Blaze Foster competes in one of the biggest events of his life when he represents Team USA at the Para Powerlifting World Cup in Bogota, Colombia. How Foster, a 2007 Gateway grad, got to the point to competing on an international stage is a case of hard work...
Monroeville native Dinzeo competes at U.S. Olympic Marathon Team Trials
Aaron Dinzeo has competed in many distance races in his life, but not many were like the one he ran recently with a unique prize on the line. The Monroeville native and former track and field and cross country standout at Cal (Pa.) joined a select group of 260 at...
Quaker Valley grad Harkins helps win SUNY swim title
For the third consecutive season, Quaker Valley alum Harry Harkins sparkled in relays as the SUNY Geneseo men’s swimming team won the State University of New York Athletic Conference title for the seventh year in a row. Harkins, a junior, anchored the 800-yard freestyle team that improved its meet record...
A-K Valley campus clippings: Josh Yourish shines for George Mason at A-10 championships
Deer Lakes graduate Josh Yourish transitioned to distance running this winter, and he capped his freshman indoor season at George Mason by helping the 3,200-meter relay team earn bronze Sunday at the Atlantic 10 championships in Kingston, R.I. The quartet’s time of 7 minutes, 45.68 seconds trailed conference champion Rhode...
‘More motivated’ Evgeni Malkin ‘dominant’ this season for PenguinsVideo
With 16 games remaining in the season and having missed 14 contests because of injury, Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin has matched his totals from 2018-19 in goals and surpassed them in even-strength points. His plus/minus is a whopping plus-34 better than last season, and his shooting percentage, average ice...
Jason Zucker on fit with Penguins: ‘It’s still a learning curve’Video
From the first game he played after being acquired via trade from the Minnesota Wild last month, Pittsburgh Penguins wing Jason Zucker has been anything but boastful. “I don’t think I played very well tonight,” Zucker said after a 2-1 overtime loss to Tampa Bay on Feb. 11. “I thought...
Hempfield’s Holmberg repeats as mid-region’s top field athlete
Another indoor track and field season, another award for Maddie Holmberg. Holmberg, a Penn State senior and Hempfield alum, was named the United Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association Mid-Atlantic Region Field Athlete of the Year. She is a repeat winner of the award, which has a lot of...
Pitt freshman running back Izzy Abanikanda puts on pads, makes an impactVideo
When the hole opened in the middle of Pitt’s defense, Izzy Abanikanda zigged and zagged through traffic. All of sudden, the freshman running back, only three months removed from high school, was in the open. That’s when he turned on his speed and outran sophomore A.J. Woods, one of the...
Pitt’s Rashad Weaver recovered from knee injury, ready to take next step
Rashad Weaver retweeted the slight against his teammates without comment, which says something about Pitt’s senior defensive end. It merely was a listing of someone’s ranking of the top 10 defensive lines in college football. Clemson’s line is No. 1 on the list for 2020. Pitt’s Coastal division rival Miami...
Golf’s famous ‘Hinkle Tree’ from ’79 Open in Toledo uprooted by wind
A tree that appeared overnight during the 1979 U.S. Open to become a part of golf lore has met its end. The Black Hills spruce known as “The Hinkle Tree” was partially uprooted by a gust of wind this week at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio, and was cut down....
7 WPIAL wrestlers advance to PIAA Class AA semifinals
HERSHEY — Friday has gone a lot better for WPIAL Class AA wrestlers at the PIAA individual championships at the Giant Center. But can the evening session make it a great day for the WPIAL. Seven wrestlers advanced to the semifinals, which will begin at 7:15 p.m. The group includes...
Penguins release statement on coronavirus
As the world and the United States continue to grapple with the threat of coronavirus, the Pittsburgh Penguins publicly addressed the potential pandemic that has spread to Pennsylvania. The team released a statement Friday afternoon, hours after Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine held a...
Chris Stratton brings positive spin to Pirates bullpen
BRADENTON, Fla. — Chris Stratton has a comfortable feeling in his first spring training with the Pittsburgh Pirates. “I feel like I’ve been a Pirate for three or four years,” the relief pitcher said. “I don’t why. I guess it’s just the group of guys that we have. It’s been...
