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Superstition led to Ben Roethlisberger’s agent watching 2005 AFC title game from home
Leigh Steinberg, the inspiration for cinematic sports agent Jerry Maguire, has shown dozens of clients the money in his four decades representing professional athletes. His NFL clientele consists of 62 first-round draft picks, including eight No. 1 overall selections. He has represented 12 Pro Football Hall of Fame players, and...
Ben Roethlisberger capped a storybook career as a surefire Hall of Famer; what’s next is anyone’s guess
As he stood at a podium, located in a tiny room inside the bowels of Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium, Ben Roethlisberger was reflecting on what would be the final loss of his 18-year career with the Pittsburgh Steelers when he was asked about his future. What’s next? What’s next for...
Keep it clean, and the Lombardi Trophy could be yoursVideo
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Stay clean. Avoid the critical mistakes. That’s a mantra both the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams should have adopted as they head to Sunday’s Super Bowl. Limit the turnovers and costly penalties. Don’t waste timeouts, particularly in the second half. Get physical rather than fancy. Being...
Villeneuve tries to add Daytona 500 to his storied careerVideo
Jacques Villeneuve tried 14 years ago to run the Daytona 500 to add to his storied racing resume. He failed to make the field and moved on with his career. Now he is returning to Daytona International Speedway to give it another shot. The Canadian will attempt to qualify for...
West Virginia men smacked by Oklahoma State
STILLWATER, Okla. — Moussa Cisse finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds, and Avery Anderson III scored 18 to power Oklahoma State to an 81-58 romp over West Virginia on Saturday. Cisse sank 8 of 12 shots from the floor for the Cowboys (12-12, 5-7 Big 12) on the way...
Russian figure skater Valieva to learn her fate in doping case MondayVideo
BEIJING — Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva will find out Monday if she can compete at the Olympics in the women’s competition, which starts a day later. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Saturday the expedited hearing on Valieva’s doping case will be held Sunday night in Beijing, with...
Pitt survives close call to halt 12-game skid against N.C. State
Conventional thinking might indicate Pitt’s 71-69 victory Saturday against N.C. State would give the team hope. Hope the Panthers can resurrect over the final three weeks what has been a troubling season. Hope the mistakes that made the game closer than it needed to be will disappear. Hope that the...
Knee injury sidelines Penguins assistant coach Todd Reirden
Injuries and illness have pockmarked the Penguins roster of players all season. The coaching staff hasn’t escaped that misfortune either. Assistant coach Todd Reirden, who oversees the team’s defensemen as well as the power play, will be sidelined indefinitely after suffering a knee injury during the All-Star break. The ailment...
Overlooked Tyler Boyd, Tee Higgins complete Bengals WR trio entering Super BowlVideo
LOS ANGELES — Ja’Marr Chase gets most of the attention at receiver for Cincinnati with his big-play ability helping the Bengals reach the Super Bowl. The addition of Chase this season wouldn’t have been nearly as consequential for the Bengals if not for the standout play from the two returning...
Scant progress in MLB talks, spring training likely delayedVideo
NEW YORK — The final blow has been dealt to an on-time start to spring training, with MLB making a new offer Saturday that the players’ association received as only scant progress in the drawn-out labor talks. On the 73rd day of a lockout that has become the second-longest work...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Penguins should experiment with Jeff Carter on Evgeni Malkin’s wing
The Penguins are locked into a playoff spot. The remainder of the regular season should be used to pursue home ice and favorable seeding for the postseason, but also to experiment. One thing worth testing is using Jeff Carter on Evgeni Malkin’s wing. Carter has mostly toiled as the Penguins’...
Longtime U.S. teammates win mixed snowboardcross at Olympics
ZHANGJIAKOU, China — The running joke was American snowboardcross racer Nick Baumgartner always referring to them as a pair of 40-somethings. “I’m 36,” Lindsey Jacobellis playfully corrected time after time in interview after interview. For these two, and all their vast experience, age proved to be one thing — golden....
Young U.S. hockey team beats Canada to start Olympics 2-0
BEIJING — It’s no secret the young United States men’s hockey team is fast and skilled. Turns out the kids can hit, too. Answering all the questions raised about their youth and inexperience, the U.S. went toe to toe with Canada in a bruising matchup between the longtime rivals. Using...
Penguins find success through avoiding the penalty box
Leading the Pittsburgh Penguins in penalty minutes is kind of like being the most honest guy in prison. Someone has to be it, by default. In the Penguins’ case, three guys are it. The “treacherous” trio of defensemen Kris Letang, Marcus Pettersson and forward Jake Guentzel are tied for the...
Pitt women’s lacrosse works overtime in victory against Duquesne
Long before the Pitt women’s lacrosse team’s historic 9-8 overtime victory against Duquesne on Friday night — the program’s inaugural game — coach Emily Boissonneault sat down to write her pregame speech. This wasn’t just any ordinary talk, though. These words mattered. Boissonneault said she wrote the speech “over and...
Minor league report: Penguins edged by SenatorsVideo
Forward Valtteri Puustinen scored the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins’ lone goal in a 2-1 home loss to the Belleville Senators at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Friday. Goaltender Tommy Nappier made 31 saves on 33 shots for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (18-19-2-3) which has lost three consecutive games. Highlights: The Penguins’ next game is...
Robert Morris men fall short in another closely contested game
The closely contested losses continue to pile up for the Robert Morris men’s basketball team in its second season in the Horizon League, and it’s starting to wear out the Colonials. This time, they fell just short against Oakland, 71-68, on Friday night at UPMC Events Center, dropping to 1-9...
Super Bowl gives Bengals’ Ja’Marr Chase chance to cap amazing rookie seasonVideo
LOS ANGELES — Ja’Marr Chase has turned in quite the debut season, rewriting Cincinnati rookie records, earning a Pro Bowl nod and now scratching off another goal to earn the AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award. “I put it on my wall … got that accomplishment, and that’s...
Snowboard forefather Burton gone, not forgotten at Olympics
ZHANGJIAKOU, China — In one way, these Olympics have been just like any of the last six. It was impossible to miss the name “Burton” flying over the halfpipe. Only at this one, the man who built the board, then stamped his name on the bottom of it, was not...
Bengals DB Mike Hilton discusses emotions toward Steelers in advance of Super Bowl
When former Pittsburgh Steeler Mike Hilton came back to Heinz Field with the Cincinnati Bengals in September, he definitely relished his new team’s 24-10 victory over his former franchise. Bengals teammate Tyler Boyd said Hilton spoke to the team twice in the days leading up to that game, claiming he...
Odell Beckham Jr.’s journey to Rams allowing him to ‘definitely feel free’Video
Odell Beckham Jr.’s 2,000-mile trip on short notice allowed him to escape all the negative energy. Injury concerns? Hurt feelings? Off-the-field angst? On-the-field disappointment? They’re long gone, left behind with all those No. 13 Cleveland Browns jerseys. Beckham sounds and looks like a different person in Los Angeles, where the...
Bruins forward Brad Marchand disputes suspension for attacking Penguins goaltender Tristan JarryVideo
Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand doesn’t dispute that his attack on Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry earlier this week was stupid. In fact, he used that word — “stupid” — repeatedly while speaking with media Friday in Boston. But he does dispute the notion there should be consequences for his...
Black NFL coaches lament hiring policies that fall short
Veteran NFL coach Anthony Lynn designed a personal defense in response to the league policy that requires teams to interview minority candidates for their top jobs. While he appreciates the intent of the policy, Lynn, who is Black, long ago added his own amendment to it: As his star rose...
Take 5: Pitt aims to stack victories, salvage pride against N.C. State
The questions on Pitt fans’ lips are these: Was the 56-51 victory at Florida State on Wednesday a product of Pitt finally adhering to coach Jeff Capel’s insistence on defensive focus? Or, was Florida State just that bad? Whatever the case, it was the lowest offensive output by an ACC...
Pitt freshman offensive tackle Ryan Baer grew up a Steelers ‘fan-boy’ in Cleveland
At this embryonic stage of his college career, Ryan Baer might carry the highest profile of the 12 freshmen in Pitt’s class of 2022. That might be difficult to prove. After all, he’s been on campus for just a month and has yet to wear pads. But there’s no doubt...
