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Penn State unable to overcome Murray brothers, IowaVideo
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Keegan Murray had 15 points, eight rebounds and three blocks, and Iowa beat Penn State, 68-51, on Saturday. Kris Murray, Keegan’s twin, scored 10 of his 13 points in the second half for Iowa (14-5, 4-4 Big Ten). Patrick McCaffrey and Jordan Bohannan added 11 points...
FG as time expires lifts Bengals past Titans, into AFC championship game
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Cincinnati Bengals just keep ending postseason droughts, and their latest victory has them in their first AFC championship game in 33 years. Rookie Evan McPherson kicked a 52-yard field goal as time expired, lifting the fourth-seeded Bengals past the top-seeded Tennessee Titans, 19-16, on Saturday to...
Nelly Korda leads loaded field going final round of LPGA”s Tournament of ChampionsVideo
ORLANDO, Fla. — Nelly Korda is just ahead of a stacked field going into final round of the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions — the LPGA’s 2022 kickoff event. Four women who have won majors are among the top five players. Korda, the world’s No. 1 and five-time winner...
Bills headed to KC for high-profile AFC title game rematch
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Stefon Diggs walked off the field inside Arrowhead Stadium back in October with two very distinct feelings: elation that his Bills had avenged an AFC title game loss to the Chiefs and the conviction they would meet again. Get ready for the latest throwdown between two...
Steelers defensive coordinator Keith Butler announces retirement
After 19 seasons on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ staff and the past seven as defensive coordinator, Keith Butler announced his retirement from coaching Saturday. In a statement released by the team, Butler thanked the Rooney family, head coaches Bill Cowher and Mike Tomlin as well as the scores of other coaches...
West Virginia losing streak hits 3 after setback at No. 18 Texas TechVideo
LUBBOCK, Texas — Terrence Shannon is getting back on track, and No. 18 Texas Tech keeps winning at home. Shannon scored a season-high 23 points in only third game back from a lingering back issue, including the go-ahead three-point play, and the Red Raiders remained undefeated on their home court...
Free agents, draft prospects abound as Steelers weigh best way to land quarterback
Trades involving high-profile quarterbacks returned to fashion last offseason with the Los Angeles Rams and Detroit Lions swapping starters Matthew Stafford and Jared Goff and the Philadelphia Eagles sending Carson Wentz to the Indianapolis Colts. Such deals don’t come along every offseason, and they are even rarer when they involve...
Gillespie scores 28, No. 11 Villanova beats Georgetown 85-74
Collin Gillespie scored 28 points, Justin Moore added 19 and No. 11 Villanova won at Georgetown 85-74 on Saturday. Gillespie connected on 6 of 9 3-pointers, including four in the second half. Villanova erased an eight-point, second-half deficit to continue its dominance over Georgetown. The Wildcats (14-5, 7-2 Big East)...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Penguins feature the best core of its generation
Detroit won its last Stanley Cup in 2008, kept its core together too long and aged out. Los Angeles won its last Stanley Cup in 2014, kept its core together too long and aged out. Chicago won its last Stanley Cup in 2015, kept its core together too long and...
Penguins forward Sidney Crosby is finding more goalsVideo
He certainly has scored more iconic goals, both in their gravity and their cosmetic appeal. Heck, this one didn’t even have the impediment of a goaltender in net. But it was an important goal for Sidney Crosby within the context of his 2021-22 season. During the late stages of a...
Islanders great Clark Gillies dies at 67
Hall of Famer Clark Gillies, a stalwart on the New York Islanders’ dynasty that won four straight Stanley Cup championships in the early 1980s, has died. He was 67. The Islanders announced Gillies death Friday night, with team president and general manager Lou Lamoriello saying “the entire Islanders community is...
Minor league report: Alexander Nylander leads Penguins past MarliesVideo
Two goals and an assist by forward Alexander Nylander lead the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 5-1 home win against the Toronto Marlies at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Friday. Forward Valtteri Puustinen scored the game-winning goal and recorded an assist for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (12-6-1-3) while forward Sam Poulin contributed two...
Sidney Crosby, Penguins bail out struggling Casey DeSmith to win 4th straight game
Mike Sullivan hasn’t been keen on discussing the Pittsburgh Penguins’ goaltending depth as of late. Within the past week, the team’s coach has been asked if Casey DeSmith, the incumbent backup, is battling for his job with Louis Domingue, a reserve with ample NHL experience. Sullivan has offered the same...
Robert Morris men drop another game to Purdue Fort Wayne
Damian Chong Qui scored 20 points and Purdue Fort Wayne shot better than 60% inside and outside the 3-point arc as the Mastodons rolled to an 86-62 Horizon League men’s basketball victory over Robert Morris on Friday night in Fort Wayne, Ind. Purdue Fort Wayne (10-8, 5-4) scored 14 points...
Duquesne rallies in 2nd half but falls to St. Bonaventure
When a coach becomes accustomed to winning, accepting defeat is like swallowing bitter medicine. But Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot said after the Dukes’ 64-56 loss to St. Bonaventure on Friday night at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse that his team made important strides toward becoming a better team. Maybe not a good...
Cantlay fights through gusting wind, leads PGA American ExpressVideo
LA QUINTA, Calif. — Patrick Cantlay fought through gusting wind on his back nine Friday to take a one-stroke lead into the weekend at The American Express in a bid to win for the third time in four starts. Tied for the first-round lead with Lee Hodges after a 10-under-par...
Ravens part ways with defensive coordinator Don Martindale
Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh said Friday night he is parting ways with defensive coordinator Don Martindale. “After several productive conversations, Don and I have agreed to move forward in separate directions,” Harbaugh said in a statement. “We have had a great run on defense, and I am very proud...
Column: Olympic Games ‘must go on’ spiel grows weaker by the dayVideo
The Olympic Charter runs 112 pages and reads like something Gwyneth Paltrow would have written if she were in charge of the Games instead of Goop. “The goal of Olympism,” the charter reads, “is to place sport at the service of the harmonious development of humankind, with a view to...
Titans activate Derrick Henry for playoff game vs. BengalsVideo
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans will have Derrick Henry on the field for their AFC divisional game with Cincinnati after moving the NFL’s 2019 and 2020 rushing leader from injured reserve to the active roster. The Titans (12-5) made the roster move Friday after watching Henry practice since Jan....
Pitt Take 5: Mouhamadou Gueye shows he can shoot it and swat it
It’s not every day you see a 6-foot-10 forward shooting 3-pointers at a success rate better than one in every three. Mouhamadou Gueye fits that profile — he leads Pitt with 19 3s and is second in percentage at 34.5% — but he knows of another 6-10 guy who is...
Tom Brady, Buccaneers take another crack at Rams in playoffsVideo
TAMPA, Fla. — Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are excited about another opportunity to face a regular-season nemesis in the playoffs. The defending Super Bowl champions host the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC divisional round Sunday, looking to avenge a pair of losses to the only team...
Top-seeded Titans eager to start playoff run with Bengals
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans have survived using more players than any NFL team in a non-strike season and still earned the AFC’s No. 1 seed. They’re as rested and healthy as they’ve been all season, and now they have back Derrick Henry, the NFL’s top rusher in 2019...
No bull: Isaiahh Loudermilk shows as rookie what Steelers saw in trading up to draft him
Despite his Great Plains roots and an alma mater in America’s dairyland, Isaiahh Loudermilk’s choice of home décor isn’t supposed to represent a vocation of life passion as a rancher or farmer. Loudermilk laughed when he was asked this past week if there was significance to a black-and-white framed photo...
Here’s what Frank Cignetti brings to Pitt after 32 years coaching in college, NFL
Pitt made it official Friday, confirming what had been widely reported for the past week that Frank Cignetti Jr. will be the Panthers’ next offensive coordinator. Here are few facts about Cignetti and the hire: • Cignetti will be coach Pat Narduzzi’s fifth offensive coordinator since 2015. Jim Chaney and...
How Pitt offensive coordinator Frank Cignetti turned Bill Stull into an All-Big East quarterback
The most memorable conversation Bill Stull had with Frank Cignetti Jr. during their season together at Pitt was the time the coach barely spoke a word. Oct. 10, 2009: A season that became Pitt’s best this century until 2021. The Panthers were playing UConn at Heinz Field. In the second...
