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Quaker Valley grad Jackovic eager to make impact at Army
Quaker Valley alum Ryan Jackovic saw no playing time as a freshman on the Army football team, but the season was not wasted. “The (upperclassman) players have been great mentors on and off the field,” he said. “That will help me better focus on the things I need to improve.”...
Plum native Oravitz finding his way through junior hockey ranks with college on horizon
In his first full season playing junior hockey, Plum native Cole Oravitz has learned keeping a positive mindset is important to success. Oravitz transferred from the USHL’s Madison Capitols to the Minnesota Magicians of the NAHL and dealt with a nagging wrist injury for two months. He worked through the...
Minor league report: Penguins fall to Stars, 4-3, in shootout
Forward Kevin Roy had a regulation goal and two assists for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-3 road shootout loss to the Texas Stars at the H-E-B Center in Cedar Park, Texas on Friday. Goaltender Emil Larmi made 24 saves for the Penguins (18-16-3-4) who have lost seven of their...
Some tips on how to choose sleeping bag linersVideo
There was no escape. Once, back in the olden days, some friends and I went camping in winter. We were young and invincible, meaning occasionally foolhardy, and this was our first experience with tenting in snow. That first day was busy. We were active, pitching tents, arranging our primitive camp...
Matt Murray shines in Penguins’ overtime win against Red WingsVideo
DETROIT — Over the past two months, Mike Sullivan repeatedly has stopped short of saying if he has an unquestioned No. 1 goaltender. He just happens to have one who starts most of the time and recently was named to the NHL’s All-Star Game event. The other is Matt Murray....
100 best adventure and outdoors quotes and thoughtsVideo
From poet Henry David Thoreau to novelist Jack London, from presidents Chester Arthur to Jimmy Carter, the great outdoors inspires nearly everyone. Here are some of the best quotes on the outdoors — hiking, fishing, hunting, conservation, the wilderness and everything in between. Edward Abbey • “Wilderness is not a...
Pair of local outdoor shows on tapVideo
One’s this weekend. The other is about a month away. But two outdoor shows are coming to Western Pennsylvania. Here’s a look. Tri-County Trout Club Flea Market This one’s set for 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday at Arnold Volunteer Engine Co. #2 social hall in Arnold. Vendors will...
Titans’ Greg Joseph OK kicking extra points instead of field goalsVideo
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans have found a way to fix the NFL’s worst field-goal unit: Ignore the kicker and just score touchdowns. The Titans went a measly 8 of 18 on field-goal attempts during the regular season, easily the league’s worst, making only 44.4%. Greg Joseph, their fifth...
Aaron Rodgers-Richard Sherman matchup highlights NFC championship gameVideo
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Nine years into his career and a little more than two years removed from a debilitating torn Achilles injury, Richard Sherman still is tormenting quarterbacks on a weekly basis. Just ask Kirk Cousins. Sherman had his third career playoff interception last week in a victory over...
‘Mr. Seton Hill’ Nate Davis takes lessons from Griffins’ trying season
Nate Davis thinks worldly and reacts positively as he navigates through his final basketball season at Seton Hill. He takes the bad with the good and remains magnanimous no matter the outcome of games. This has been a trying year for the Griffins (2-13, 1-9) but Davis, the third-leading scorer...
Penguins to start Matt Murray against Red Wings
DETROIT — The Penguins are expected to start goaltender Matt Murray for Friday’s game against the Detroit Red Wings in Little Caesars Arena, according to coach Mike Sullivan. In 25 games this season, Murray has a 13-6-4, a 2.91 goals against average, an .896 save percentage and one shutout. Having...
Penguins pick up depth defenseman John Nyberg in trade with Dallas
The Pittsburgh Penguins made a minor league trade Friday, sending center Oula Palve to the Dallas Stars for defenseman John Nyberg. Nyberg, 23, is a 6-foot-3, 195-pound two-way defender who was picked in the sixth round of the 2014 draft. He is playing his second season in North America, recording...
Was it really just 6 quarters that did in Steelers QB Mason Rudolph’s season?Video
The cliche goes that “votes of confidence” in sports are dreaded, the implication being a public show of support for an athlete or coach often can portend his firing, demotion or release. But over the 2½ weeks since the season ended, Mason Rudolph has gotten some pretty influential votes of...
Mark Madden: Bill Nunn’s bust should join Steelers greats in Pro Football Hall of Fame
I grew up loving the Pittsburgh Steelers of the ’70s: four Super Bowl wins and right in my wheelhouse chronologically. The Pro Football Hall of Fame made me hate those Steelers. Ten players, the coach, the owner and the owner’s son/primary designer of those teams are recognized by Canton. Thirteen...
Analysis: Baseball has become a prisoner of technology
NEW YORK — Technology unleashed baseball’s Analytics Era, and now it’s holding the sport prisoner. AJ Hinch, Alex Cora and Carlos Beltrán are casualties, a triple play of hubris. At the cutting edge with the Houston Astros, now they have been cut. Their sign-stealing system exposed, all three managers were...
Pirates announce CARE-a-van stops will feature All-Star Josh Bell, new manager Derek Shelton
The Pittsburgh Pirates announced the schedule for the Pirates CARE-a-van, which will have stops at 35 public and private community events in 18 cities from Jan. 22-24 leading up to PiratesFest on Jan. 25 at PNC Park. The CARE-a-van features four busloads of Pirates players, including All-Star first baseman Josh...
Penguins are no strangers to midseason coaching changes
On Wednesday, the Vegas Golden Knights did something they had never done before. They fired their coach. Granted, Gerard Gallant was the first coach in that franchise’s history, but it was a milestone of sorts for the franchise. It also kept them en vogue with much of the league this...
2 strength assistants leaving Pitt football to join Dave Andrews at Iowa State
Two strength assistants are leaving Pitt’s football program to re-join former head strength and conditioning coach Dave Andrews at Iowa State. Freddie Walker and Trever Ryen have been named assistant strength and conditioning coaches for the Cyclones, an Iowa State spokesman said Friday. Walker was at Pitt for the past...
VideoChart: Steelers’ all-time receiving yards leadersVideo
Which Steelers have the most receiving yards in team history? Where do Hines Ward, Lynn Swann and Antonio Brown rank? Our latest VideoChart shows the progression of the Steelers’ all-time leaders in receiving yards dating to 1933. Want to see more animated stats? Check out all of our VideoCharts here....
Pitt’s clash with North Carolina will pull 1 team out of its slump
There is no need to place any additional importance on the men’s basketball game Saturday at Petersen Events Center matching a team stuck in a three-way tie for 11th-place and another that is one slot from the bottom of the 15-team ACC. But Pitt and North Carolina better start winning...
First Call: Steelers’ surprising 2021 Super Bowl odds; Alex Ovechkin nears Mario Lemieux
The odds to win the Super Bowl in 2021 are out. And it appears the oddsmakers have a lot of faith in Ben Roethlisberger making a healthy return. Let me rephrase. The oddsmakers seem to have a lot of faith in Steelers fans having a lot of faith in Ben...
Tim Benz: Steelers inductions part of needed debate for Hall of Fame changes
Many debates have popped up this week over who should — and shouldn’t — get into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a result of the 2020 “Centennial Slate.” I default to one self-reflective question: “What makes me more angry? Borderline guy who gets in? Or those who are...
Ex-White Sox catcher, Pitt star Kevan Smith at center of Astros’ sign-stealing: ‘We knew they had something’
A former WPIAL baseball star is speaking out about the Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal. He was a first-hand witness to it and was prominently featured in the exposure of it. I spoke with Seneca Valley alum and former Pitt quarterback Kevan Smith on Thursday. You can hear the entire conversation...
Empty Thoughts: Bruins 4, Penguins 1
Observations from the Penguins’ 4-1 loss to the Bruins: This game isn’t difficult to dissect. The Bruins were motivated after a bad loss in their previous game and beat the Penguins, who coming off a lopsided win, by just outskating them and initiating things physically. To be clear, the Bruins...
Penguins’ offense bottled up by physical Bruins in 4-1 loss
BOSTON — The Boston Bruins no longer are big and bad. That style of play went out after the 1970s, much like bell bottoms and Buick Centurions. It probably is more accurate — albeit less phonetically pleasing — to describe the Bruins of the early 2020s as moderately imposing and...
