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Westmoreland campus clippings: Seton Hill pitchers earn preseason honors
A pair of Seton Hill senior relief pitchers received preseason plaudits from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. Nash Bryan was named to the first team, and Caiden Wood was an honorable mention selection. Bryan led the PSAC with seven saves in 17 appearances and closed five postseason games. He...
Penguins coach Mike Sullivan disputes NHL over hit that injured forward Teddy BluegerVideo
In most cases, Penguins coach Mike Sullivan is usually hesitant to discuss any matters involving supplemental discipline decisions by the NHL. Tuesday was not one of those cases. Sullivan vented frustration a day after the team announced defensive center Teddy Blueger would be sidelined six to eight weeks following surgery...
U.S. names 223 to Olympic team; 4 athletes are 5-timers
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The 223-person U.S. Olympic roster revealed Monday includes four athletes making their fifth trip to the Games: Shaun White and Lindsey Jacobellis in snowboarding, Katie Uhlaender in skeleton and John Shuster in curling. There are 114 men, 108 women and one athlete who identifies as...
Tim Benz: Penguins living in the comfort of a hot streak — regardless of how it is happening
At the halfway point of the season, if you are a Penguins fan, you have to be saying, “Why ask why?” Follow that advice. Because what if you get an answer you don’t appreciate? You know, like, the truth. As in, this charmed life can’t last forever. Or can it?...
First Call: The favorite to land Aaron Rodgers; Steelers defensive coordinator plans; Keith Butler on Stephon Tuitt
Tuesday’s “First Call” looks at the odds of Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers coming to play for the Pittsburgh Steelers. We search for an update on defensive lineman Stephon Tuitt. Another defensive coordinator candidate is interviewing with the Steelers for Keith Butler’s old job. A look at Pitt versus...
Riverhounds sign veteran midfielder Angelo Kelly-Rosales
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds announced Monday they have signed veteran midfielder Angelo Kelly-Rosales to a one-year deal, pending the approval of both the United Soccer League and the U.S. Soccer Federation. The contract also includes a team option for 2023. Kelly-Rosales, 28, spent the past four seasons with the Charleston Battery....
With heavy hearts, OLSH ties WPIAL record for longest winning streakVideo
As Our Lady of the Sacred Heart made WPIAL history Monday night, the boys basketball team wasn’t focused on what it was playing for, but rather who. Jake DiMichele scored 31 points, Dawson Summers had a triple-double and the Chargers tied for the longest winning streak in WPIAL history —...
David Ortiz voted into Baseball Hall of Fame; Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens left out againVideo
Baseball turned a blind eye, and Hall of Fame voters a deaf ear. Despite a cacophony of calls for Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, arguably the greatest hitter and pitcher of their generation, to earn enshrinement into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, both came up short of receiving the...
Minor league report: Alex D’Orio leads Penguins past MonstersVideo
Goaltender Alex D’Orio made 31 saves on 32 shots and led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 5-1 home win against the Cleveland Monsters at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Monday. Forward Felix Robert had a goal and an assist for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (14-16-1-3), which has won three consecutive games while...
Grading the Penguins at the midway point of 2021-22
For the most part, Mike Sullivan likes what the 2021-22 edition of the Pittsburgh Penguins are through 41 games — the midway point — of their season. They entered Monday in second place in the Metropolitan Division with a 26-10-5 record (57 points). Much of that has been buoyed by...
ESPN’s Dick Vitale says he won’t call games for rest of season
BRISTOL, Conn. — Dick Vitale announced Monday that he will not be appearing on ESPN for the remainder of the college basketball season because of ongoing treatment for precancerous dysplasia on his vocal cords. Vitale first announced in late December that he needed to take a break to rest his...
Joe Burrow takes hits, Bengals take wins in playoffs
CINCINNATI — Joe Burrow took another beating against the top-seeded Tennessee Titans in the divisional round of the playoffs Saturday. However, he still managed to push and will the Cincinnati Bengals to within one game of the Super Bowl. Now Burrow is faced with the task of outdueling Kansas City...
Seton Hill basketball player Weeks spends days teaching
It’s game day at Seton Hill. Kelly Weeks, awake since 5:15 a.m., already has taught five full periods at Hempfield Area High School when lunchtime rolls around. She puts down her sandwich long enough to watch some game film and catch up on her own studies. At 2:45 p.m., school...
Bills add ’13 Seconds’ to history of heartbreaking losses
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — After “Wide Right” and “Music City Miracle,” the Buffalo Bills begin the offseason adding a new entry into their history of playoff heartbreak: “13 Seconds.” That’s how much time separated the Bills from securing the next step in their Super Bowl aspirations. Instead came a stunning...
Pitt looks for cracks in Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim’s zone defense
Two weeks ago, Pitt’s John Hugley received his first taste of Syracuse’s distasteful (to opponents, at least) 2-3 zone defense. In a 77-61 loss inside Syracuse’s Carrier Dome on Jan. 11, Hugley scored eight points, more than seven off his team-leading average of 15.8 per game. It was one of...
Ole Miss enters AP women’s poll for 1st time in 15 yearsVideo
Unbeaten on the road this season, Mississippi entered The Associated Press women’s basketball poll for the first time in 15 years on Monday, coming in at No. 24. The Rebels (17-2) have won their first seven games away from home, including a victory over then-No. 23 Kentucky on Sunday. The...
Auburn flies to No. 1 in AP Top 25 for 1st time in historyVideo
War Eagle is flying high over men’s college basketball for the first time in history. A barely ranked afterthought to begin the season, Auburn climbed past Gonzaga to No. 1 in the AP Top 25 poll released Monday. The Tigers beat Kentucky over the weekend for their 15th consecutive win,...
Steelers have a long history with OT rules, including 1st OT playoff game under current format
With the NFL’s overtime rules at the top of many fans’ minds in the wake of Sunday night’s thrilling playoff game between Buffalo and Kansas City, it has been largely forgotten that the first overtime played under the current format involved the Pittsburgh Steelers. In this town, it’s not remembered...
MLB negotiators meet in person for 1st time since Dec. 1Video
NEW YORK — Negotiators for locked-out baseball players and management met in person Monday for the first time since Dec. 1, the day before the start of the sport’s first work stoppage since 1995. Veteran reliever Andrew Miller was the only player to attend the two-hour bargaining session. Colorado Rockies...
Poised and confident, Patrick Mahomes has Chiefs back in AFC title game
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — You could spend about a year describing the frantic two minutes that led to overtime between the Bills and Chiefs on Sunday night, when Kansas City rallied for a heart-pounding 42-36 victory to reach its fourth consecutive AFC title game. Or you could use two words:...
David Ortiz, Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds to be close calls for Hall of Fame
Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, with eight MVPs and seven Cy Young Awards between them, are in the bottom of the last inning in their Hall of Fame bids. Either they get in Tuesday — and it’s going to be close — or Cooperstown may elude them entirely. David Ortiz...
Penguins forward Teddy Blueger out 6 to 8 weeks with fractured jawVideo
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Teddy Blueger will be sidelined six to eight weeks following surgery for a fractured jaw. The team announced Blueger’s status Monday afternoon. He was injured during Sunday’s 3-2 shootout home win against the Winnipeg Jets. At 11 minutes, 3 seconds of the first period, Blueger chased a...
T.J. Watt, Cameron Heyward named to Pro Football Writers of America All-NFL team
Pittsburgh Steelers defensive standouts T.J. Watt and Cameron Heyward were named to the Pro Football Writers of America All-NFL team for the 2021 season, the organization announced Monday. Watt, who was honored for the third consecutive season, shared the outside linebacker position with former Penn State star Micah Parsons. Parsons,...
Mother-daughter duo of Trish and Allison Brownlee help revive diving program at IUPVideo
When IUP swimming coach Chris Villa received word the school would be reviving its diving program, little did he know he would find a diver and a coach in the same house. Allison Brownlee, a Derry grad who competed at Division II Delta State in Mississippi, transferred to IUP to...
Plum graduate Kennedie Montue flashes potential with D-I Oakland
When Kennedie Montue finally got her shot this season with the Oakland University basketball team, she made it count. That should come as no surprise since making shots is what the Plum graduate does best. Montue, a freshman guard, played five total minutes in the Golden Grizzlies’ first 11 games,...
