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Out of place in AHL, Penguins defenseman Ty Smith is working to return to NHLVideo
You don’t need to be a scout or general manager or anyone else with even a modicum of experience in evaluating hockey talent to know Ty Smith is out of place. Just a quick glance with the naked eye would confirm Smith is not where he should be. And a...
3 takeaways: Meager offensive production plaguing Penguins on current skid
Three takeaways following the Penguins’ 3-1 loss to Seattle on Saturday night: Offense dries up The Penguins’ loss at the hands of Seattle on Saturday concludes their longest road trip of the 2022-23 season. Following a victory against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Oct. 22, the Penguins proceeded to drop...
DT Carlos Davis sack in making season debut for Steelers vs. Eagles
PHILADELPHIA – Carlos Davis has hung around the Pittsburgh Steelers since being a seventh-round pick in 2020. Sunday was his first chance to play in 2022. Davis, a defensive tackle, made an impact, albeit in a 35-23 loss to. Davis had a sack of Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts. Saturday,...
Pine-Richland grad playing lockdown defense for Case Western women’s soccer
Katie Rishel gained confidence in herself through hard work in the offseason, but she had to prove her progress to a new women’s soccer coaching staff at Case Western Reserve University. The coaches showed belief by making her a starter, and she’s repaid them by flourishing in her sophomore season...
Appalachian St. carves up Robert Morris
BOONE, N.C. — Chase Brice went 17-for-23 passing for 185 yards and four touchdowns and FBS-member Appalachian State handled FCS-level Robert Morris, 42-3, on Saturday. Brice threw touchdowns of 31, 12, 19 and 9 yards to Dashaun Davis, Tyler Page, Dalton Stroman and Miller Gibbs respectively. Brice and backup quarterback...
Penguins’ losing streak reaches 4 despite returns of Jake Guentzel, Jason Zucker
With his team mired in a three-game losing streak entering Saturday, Penguins coach Mike Sullivan has mixed and matched his lines and defensive pairings in order to pull his squad out of its malaise. “We’re just trying to be a little bit proactive as a coaching staff to help develop...
Astros jump on Phillies in 1st inning, pull even in World Series
HOUSTON — Framber Valdez made a five-run lead stand up after Houston’s lightning first-inning burst, Alex Bregman homered and the Astros beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 5-2, Saturday night to tie the World Series at one game apiece. Just like in Game 1, the Astros rushed to a 5-0 lead. Unlike...
Pitt unravels in 4th quarter, blows 10-point lead to North Carolina in worst loss since 2020
When Pat Narduzzi starts studying and writing down everything that went wrong in Pitt’s 42-24 loss to North Carolina on Saturday night, he’ll probably need plenty of paper and lots of time. It’s a long list. And it adds up to the end of Pitt’s hopes for a second consecutive...
Pittsburgh Riverhounds suffer brutal season-ending loss
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds saw their season end Saturday night in excruciating fashion. The Hounds blew a two-goal lead in the final 10 minutes of regulation and lost 3-2 in a shootout to Louisville FC in the USL Championship Eastern Conference semifinals. Louisville FC, which has advanced to at least the...
Minor league report: Penguins beat Bears in overtime, extend winning streak to sixVideo
An overtime goal by forward Filip Hallander gave the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins a 2-1 road win against the rival Hershey Bears at the Giant Center in Hershey on Saturday. The victory extended a winning streak to six games for the Penguins (6-0-1-0). Goaltender Filip Lindberg made 26 saves on 27 shots...
LIU outscores Duquesne in 2OT shootout
PITTSBURGH — Luca Stanzani threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Owen Glascoe then completed the 2-point conversion with a toss to Michael Love and Long Island beat Duquesne, 50-48, in double overtime Saturday. Duquesne’s Ayden Garnes blocked Michael Coney’s 24-yard field goal attempt with 1:25 left in regulation, and with...
Dustin Johnson’s team reaches final of LIV team eventVideo
DORAL, Fla. — Dustin Johnson’s season of big LIV money will finish with another seven-figure check. Johnson and his 4Aces GC team are one of four squads that will play in the finals of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf team championship Sunday, with $16 million — $4 million for each of...
Frustrated Brady, skidding Bucs seeking answers to tailspinVideo
TAMPA, Fla. — Tom Brady sat in front of his locker in full uniform for several minutes, his head buried at times in his hands. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have lost five of six games after a 2-0 start, their 45-year-old quarterback has lost three straight starts for the first...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: T.J. Watt won’t save Steelers
T.J. Watt practiced this past week. Watt said he was “trending” toward playing at Philadelphia. Percentages of likelihood were mooted. False reports were posted. Optimism soared. But Watt won’t play. Watt probably wasn’t ever going to. It was just chatter, a hope spot designed to temporarily buoy the locker room...
Joey Logano in, tension for seven others in title qualifierVideo
Joey Logano is in an enviable place. As the only driver who already has secured a spot in the championship finale of NASCAR’s Cup Series next weekend, he’ll enter Sunday’s race at Martinsville Speedway with a head start on preparations for the finale at Phoenix Raceway. Seven others, however, will...
District college football roundup: Seton Hill slams Edinboro for 1st win
Ky’Ron Craggette ran for 94 yards and two touchdowns as Seton Hill rolled to a 45-14 victory over Edinboro in PSAC football Saturday afternoon, picking up its first victory of the year. Taz Morris ran for 98 yards and a touchdown, and Damonte Pratt returned an interception 35 yards for...
With family roots in Natrona Heights, Eagles coach Nick Sirianni grew up fan of Pittsburgh sports
Amy Sirianni was Amy Wladyka when she was growing up in the 1950s on 10th Avenue in Harrison. Across the street was the old Riverview Elementary School in Natrona Heights. A few blocks south was the grocery store her uncles owned, Ted & Leo’s Market. Her sons warmly recall the...
Penn State allows 28 points in 4th quarter, falls to No. 2 Ohio StateVideo
STATE COLLEGE — For the final act in a spectacular performance, J.T. Tuimoloau kept a blocker from cutting his legs, reached up and grabbed a pass intended for a receiver a few yards behind him and casually cruised into the end zone to seal an Ohio State victory. The interception...
West Virginia hangs tough but can’t keep up with No. 7 TCUVideo
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Max Duggan threw three touchdown passes, Kendre Miller ran for 120 yards and a score and No. 7 TCU used big plays on offense to beat West Virginia, 41-31, on Saturday to remain unbeaten. The Horned Frogs (8-0, 5-0 Big 12) didn’t need a comeback from a...
WPIAL announces 2022 football playoff pairings
Defending WPIAL champions Aliquippa and Bishop Canevin were among the six teams that earned No. 1 seeds for the upcoming football playoffs when brackets were revealed online Saturday on TribLive HSSN. Aliquippa is the defending Class 4A champion and Canevin is trying to repeat in Class A. The other top...
Steelers add emergency kicker for Chris Boswell; T.J. Watt is not activated from IR
With Chris Boswell unavailable because of a groin injury he suffered late in the week, the Steelers are turning to a kicker they had compete in training camp. Nick Sciba, a rookie free agent, was signed to the practice squad and then elevated to the 53-man roster Saturday. He will...
3 takeaways: Another slow start plagues Penguins as dismal road trip trudges on
Three takeaways following the Penguins’ 5-1 loss at Vancouver on Friday night: Another sluggish start If the Penguins were hoping that facing the struggling Vancouver Canucks (who had a 1-5-2 record heading into Friday’s game) would offer a chance to salvage a road trip to Western Canada that has gotten...
Girls wrestling moves closer to goal of being sanctioned by PIAA
Someday, the state’s best female wrestlers will be crowned PIAA champions at Giant Center in matches held alongside the boys, if advocates for the sport get their wish. “We’d like it to be at Hershey with the boys, that’s the goal,” said North Allegheny coach Dan Heckert, part of a...
Penguins seeking a full 60-minute game to break losing streak
A losing streak can elicit a lot of reactions and emotions. And none of them are good. For Penguins captain Sidney Crosby, disdain might be his most prominent feeling over the three-game skid his team carried into Saturday’s road game against the Seattle Kraken. “I don’t think anybody likes losing,”...
Brotherly love lacking for Steelers whenever they venture to Philadelphia to face Eagles
The last time the Pittsburgh Steelers won a game in Philadelphia, Lyndon Johnson was president, the song that topped the music charts was “Yesterday” by the Beatles, and the United States was still almost four years away from putting a man on the moon. The date was Oct. 24, 1965....
