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Colts acquire QB Matt Ryan in trade with FalconsVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Colts may have found another short-term answer at quarterback by trading for Matt Ryan. How much longer the soon-to-be 37-year-old, four-time Pro Bowler sticks around isn’t clear. On Monday, Indy acquired the 2016 NFL MVP from Atlanta for a third-round pick in this year’s draft (No....
Penguins acquire forward Rickard Rakell from DucksVideo
The Penguins found some sorely needed middle six-scoring at the NHL’s trade deadline by acquiring forward Rickard Rakell from the Anaheim Ducks. Rakell, 28, is in the final year of a six-year contract that carries a salary cap hit of $3,789,444. Per the terms of the deal, the Ducks will...
Pirates counting on top pitching prospect Roansy Contreras to learn from Jose Quintana
Roansy Contreras raised eyebrows when his first pitch was clocked at 99.4 mph, though it wasn’t because the Pittsburgh Pirates are unaware the 22-year-old right-hander is capable of touching triple digits. That he was throwing heat in his first spring training appearance is a sign that Contreras, their top pitching...
Penguins defenseman Mark Friedman’s journey continues
It was arguably the most important day of his professional career. And Mark Friedman slept in. On Sunday, after Friedman and his Pittsburgh Penguins teammates trekked back from Arizona after a game with the Coyotes on Saturday, Friedman opted to slumber as it was a day off for the squad....
Minnesota Wild acquire Marc-Andre Fleury from Chicago
The Minnesota Wild addressed their inconsistent goaltending situation by acquiring Marc-Andre Fleury in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday. Minnesota gave up a conditional first-round pick in this year’s draft to acquire the 37-year-old. The Wild are in the midst of a tightly contested Western Conference playoff race...
Unfiltered: Tim Benz and Mark Madden discuss Penguins’ moves, Steelers’ free agencyVideo
Tim Benz and Mark Madden dive into the Penguins acquiring defenseman Nathan Beaulieu from the Winnipeg Jets on this week’s edition of “Unfiltered” with Mark Madden and Tim Benz on TribLive’s Facebook page. They’re not too excited by the move. But it might be a precursor to other moves. The...
Penguins prospect Clayton Phillips signs tryout contract with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have signed former Penn State defenseman Clayton Phillips to an amateur tryout contract (ATO). Phillips was a third-round pick (No. 93 overall) by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2017 draft. He remains unsigned at the NHL level. In order to retain his NHL rights, the Penguins must...
Latrobe graduate Jake Biss leaves lasting impression at ShippensburgVideo
Latrobe basketball practices were flush with elite talent during the late 2010s. Those Wildcats teams produced future Division I players Austin Butler (Holy Cross, Charlotte) and Reed Fenton (Lehigh). Sean Graytok averaged 19.9 points as a senior in 2015-16 and went on to play at Coast Guard. And Bryce Butler,...
Riverview grad Cal Fisher spearheads NCAA title drive for Penn State men’s volleyball teamVideo
Once in a while, Penn State men’s volleyball coach Mark Pavlik likes to tease a couple of his players by comparing them to their more-accomplished mothers. When sophomore Will Kuhns registered his first collegiate kill against Princeton in February, for example, Pavlik announced to the team after the match that...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Franklin Regional grad Michael Kemerer a 5-time All-American
Earning All-America recognition one time is an accomplishment in college wrestling. To do it twice it highly commendable. But Michael Kemerer took it to another level. The Iowa redshirt senior wrestled back to claim a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Division I Championships, giving the Franklin Regional alum five All-America...
Penguins forward Radim Zohorna assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Penguins have assigned forward Radim Zohorna to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL). In 12 NHL games this season, Zohorna has three points (one goal, two assists) while averaging 11:10 of ice time per contest. For the past three games, Zohorna has primarily been deployed on the left...
Penguins acquire defenseman Nathan Beaulieu from Jets
The Penguins were busy overnight. In the early hours of Monday, they acquired defenseman Nathan Beaulieu from the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for a conditional seventh-round draft pick in this year’s draft. According to Cap Friendly, the conditions of the trade require the Penguins to win three playoff rounds and...
Top-seeded Arizona knocks off TCU, Jamie Dixon in OT
SAN DIEGO — Bennedict Mathurin made a 3-pointer to force overtime and scored six more points in the extra session, and top-seeded Arizona outlasted ninth-seeded TCU 85-80 on Sunday night in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Mathurin finished with 30 points and Christian Koloko scored 28, including a...
Miami dominates No. 2 seed Auburn to reach Sweet 16Video
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Isaiah Wong scored 21 points, Kameron McGusty had 20 and No. 10 seed Miami neutralized second-seeded Auburn’s Jabari Smith and Walker Kessler in a 79-61 victory to reach its first Sweet 16 in six years. The Hurricanes (25-10), seeded 10th in the Midwest Region, will head to...
NCAA Tournament roundup: Kevin McCullar, Texas Tech beat Notre Dame to reach Sweet 16Video
SAN DIEGO — Kevin McCullar made an emphatic dunk with 15 seconds left to cap a 10-1 closing run for No. 3 seed Texas Tech, which advanced to the Sweet 16 with a 59-53 victory over Notre Dame in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday. Kevin Obanor...
William Byron wins wild NASCAR race at remodeled AtlantaVideo
HAMPTON, Ga. — William Byron had a freight train in his rearview mirror. A sitting duck, it seemed. Fortunately for him, all those challengers started jostling against each other rather than working together to take down the leader. While Byron cruised to the checkered flag for the third victory of...
Gabe Kalscheur, No. 11 Iowa State upset Wisconsin to reach Sweet 16Video
MILWAUKEE — Gabe Kalscheur scored 22 points, and 11th-seeded Iowa State surprised Wisconsin in the Badgers’ backyard, advancing to the Sweet 16 with a 54-49 victory Sunday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Penn State transfer Izaiah Brockington added 10 points as the gritty Cyclones used their tough...
Rafael Nadal’s 20-match win streak ends in loss to Taylor FritzVideo
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — American Taylor Fritz upset Rafael Nadel 6-3, 7-6 (5) Sunday to win the BNP Paribas Open and snap the 21-time major champion’s 20-match winning streak this year. Nadal fought off a match point on his serve with a forehand winner to tie the second set 5-all....
Coach K’s Duke beats Tom Izzo’s Michigan State as final ride continuesVideo
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Duke survived some tense moments in the closing minutes against Michigan State and extended Mike Krzyzewski’s final NCAA Tournament run, beating Tom Izzo’s Spartans, 85-76, on Sunday in the Hall of Fame coaches’ bittersweet final tussle. Star freshman Paolo Banchero scored 19 points and muscled in the...
Sam Burns repeat winner at PGA’s Valspar Championship after playoffVideo
PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Sam Burns is a winner again in the Valspar Championship, this time with a lot more stress and plenty of more emotion. Burns holed a birdie putt from just over 30 feet on the 16th hole to beat Davis Riley on the second playoff hole, giving...
Josef Newgarden wins IndyCar race in Texas on final turnVideo
FORT WORTH, Texas — Roger Penske met Josef Newgarden in victory lane with six crisp hundred dollar bills to gift the race winner. He’s got another $300,000 in bonuses for the 300 employees back at Team Penske. The Captain sure knows how to celebrate a monumental victory. Newgarden used the...
Minor league report: Nailers fall to Wings in overtimeVideo
Despite four goals by forward Patrick Watling, the Wheeling Nailers were defeated in overtime by the Kalamazoo Wings, 7-6, at the Wings Event Center in Kalamazoo, Mich. on Sunday. Forward Sam Houde recorded five assists for Wheeling (31-25-2-0) while forward Justin Almeida added a goal and two assists. Goaltender Brody...
Red Sox reportedly sign Rockies SS Trevor Story to play 2BVideo
FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Red Sox reportedly have agreed to terms with Rockies All-Star shortstop Trevor Story on a six-year, $140 million contract that would bring him to Boston to play second base. The deal, which was first reported by USA Today and confirmed by multiple outlets, gives the...
Villanova eliminates Ohio State in NCAA Tournament with 2nd-round victory
Eric Dixon has spent too many hours in Villanova’s practice gym — some with teammates shouting and defending, some by himself when the only sound was the bounce of the basketball off hardwood — to have any doubt. He is one of the Wildcats’ least likely candidates to shoot a...
Dillon Peters, Mason Martin happy with changeups, as Blue Jays pound Pirates
DUNEDIN, Fla. – Dillon Peters was a late addition to the Pittsburgh Pirates’ starting rotation last season after being acquired from the Los Angeles Angels for cash considerations in mid-July. After the Pirates signed fellow lefty Jose Quintana to a free-agent deal, Peters seemed like a forgotten man in the...
