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First Call: Which Steelers RBs will make top 100?; Tyler Boyd grousing in CincinnatiVideo

In Tuesday’s “First Call,” we see which Pittsburgh Steelers running backs are on the short list for the NFL’s top 100 All-Time Team. Tyler Boyd is grumbling in Cincinnati. And we have video of that NHL spitting incident involving a former Penguin. Franco and the Bus The NFL is revealing...
Fancy stats suggest Penguins are much better than their record indicates. That true?

Want hard-hitting Penguins analysis? You’ve got it! It’s in this week’s hockey podcast with Brian Metzer of the Penguins Radio Network. Well, after a few minutes of discussion about Tool, Poison, Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe and Kiss. Per usual. Then we get into more pressing matters such as Jim Rutherford’s...
Tim Benz: Breaking down Pirates GM Ben Cherington’s ties to Neal HuntingtonVideo

It could just be one of those “funny how things work out” stories. Or, it could make more sense than that. “He was someone who helped me get an interview for an internship with the Cleveland Indians in 1998,” new Pirates general manager Ben Cherington said of his predecessor Neal...
Washington Capitals forward spits on ex-Penguin Erik Gudbranson during fight

WASHINGTON — Just as combatants were being separated in the aftermath of a heated brawl, Erik Gudbranson gave Garnet Hathaway another punch and received something he didn’t expect in return. Hathaway spit on him and was thrown out of a feisty matchup Monday night he and the Washington Capitals won...
Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs hold off Chargers in Mexico CityVideo

MEXICO CITY — Daniel Sorensen picked off Philip Rivers’ fourth interception at the goal line with 18 seconds to play, and the Kansas City Chiefs stayed on top of the AFC West with a 24-17 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers on Monday night at Azteca Stadium. Patrick Mahomes passed...
Late surge lifts West Virginia over Northern Colorado

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Derek Culver and Jermaine Haley rescued West Virginia from certain embarrassment after the Mountaineers let a big lead over Northern Colorado slip away. Culver and Haley combined for all of West Virginia’s points in a late 10-0 run that enabled the Mountaineers to pull away for a...
Xavier Johnson punches back, helps Pitt defeat MonmouthVideo

Jeff Capel could see that Xavier Johnson, his star point guard, was struggling. Capel also knew it was more than just Johnson’s inability to make shots consistently that was bothering him. “I was reading about what other people were saying about me,” Johnson said. “It was bad. I was getting...
Penguins GM Jim Rutherford overcomes odds, joins Hockey Hall of Fame

At the start of the 2016-17 NHL season, Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford was told teams couldn’t win back-to-back Stanley Cup championships in the salary cap era. When the Carolina Hurricanes were founded in 1997, Rutherford was told there was no way a team could succeed in a hockey...
Handful of PSAC teams head to NCAA football playoffs

For the first time, the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference will send five teams in the NCAA Division II Football Championship. Slippery Rock (11-0) earned the top seed in Super Region 1 and has a bye in the first round. The Rock is No. 8 in the American Football Coaches’ Association...
Benjamin Hochman: New technology lets SLU hoopsters become ‘shot doctors’

ST. LOUIS — Big Brother is watching you … and he wants you to keep your shooting elbow in. Over at Chaifetz Arena, looming sensors track the Saint Louis Billikens, who wear small devices on their sneakers. And the sensors track the basketballs, which are equipped with computer chips. The...
Kevin Gorman: New Pirates GM changes culture by refusing to sing small-market blues

That the Pittsburgh Pirates hired Ben Cherington as general manager made so much sense, as he has previous experience at the position and a World Series championship on his resume. Pirates chairman Bob Nutting and president Travis Williams took turns highlighting Cherington’s 1) track record of building a winner, 2)...
Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi wants more from already stout defenseVideo

Pat Narduzzi praises his team when he determines players have earned it. He will defend them when he believes it’s appropriate. But when the defense allows 322 passing yards, is gashed by a 59-yard run and fails to get off the field on six of 14 third downs, he will...
Mark Madden: A tale of two quarterbacks, using that term loosely

A tale of two quarterbacks (if I may use that term loosely): • Mason Rudolph should have been suspended for one game after that melee at Cleveland on Thursday. I am not outraged by Rudolph being merely fined, and I agree with the other discipline handed down. But Rudolph started...
Newest Steelers WR Deon Cain says he’s playmaker team needsVideo

Deon Cain’s most recent NFL game was against the Pittsburgh Steelers. His next one will be for them. Signed Saturday, Cain injects depth, size (6-foot-2, 202 pounds) and speed (4.4 in the 40-yard dash) to a Steelers wide receivers corps in dire straits because of injury. “They need some immediate...
Penguins potent at scoring short-handed goals

Bryan Rust acknowledges his goal in Saturday’s 6-1 thumping of the Toronto Maple Leafs at PPG Paints Arena didn’t mean much to the outcome of the game. It was early in the third period and his team was already up four goals. His score merely added more security to a...
Bob Nutting says no one on Pirates is ‘untouchable’ for new GM Ben Cherington

Upon hiring Ben Cherington as general manager, Pirates chairman Bob Nutting gave him the green light to make whatever roster moves he deemed necessary to create a winning club. And no one is off limits. “I told Ben from the beginning that no one on the roster, no one in...

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