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N.Y. Giants name Joe Schoen of Buffalo Bills as their new GM
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Joe Schoen was at the top of the New York Giants’ list of candidates when they started their search for a new general manager, and the Buffalo Bills assistant GM never left that spot. The Giants hired the 42-year-old Schoen as their general manager Friday. It...
In 3-week isolation, unvaccinated athlete waits for Olympics
Three weeks alone in a hotel room is hardly an ideal setting for a snowboarder preparing for the Olympics. Patrizia Kummer, a Swiss athlete who won a gold medal at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, is unvaccinated against the coronavirus, so she is spending 21 days in isolation in China before...
Mark Madden: Steelers are underinvested at 3 most important positions
The three most important positions in football are quarterback, cornerback and left tackle. The Pittsburgh Steelers are woefully underinvested at those positions. Rookie Dan Moore Jr. did a creditable job at left tackle. But he is a fourth-round pick. Pegging him as the long-term solution at that crucial position is...
Report: Domestic violence charges dropped against wife of Steelers QB Dwayne Haskins
Charges related to domestic violence against the wife of Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins were dropped earlier this month, according to a Friday report from TMZ.com. Court records from Clark County, Nevada, indicate the case against Kalabrya Gondrezick-Haskins was dismissed Jan. 10. Police had responded to a July incident at...
Pirates GM Ben Cherington gets creative with unconventional approach to minor league hires
The Pittsburgh Pirates are proving they aren’t afraid to take an unconventional approach to player development through the makeover of their minor league affiliates over the past two years. From hiring former major league catcher-turned-mental skills coach John Baker to run their farm system to seeking new voices from outside...
Amanda Anisimova upsets defending champion Naomi Osaka at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia — Within an hour of her third-round loss at the Australian Open, defending champion Naomi Osaka had consigned it to the past. It’s part of her new resolution for 2022. No dwelling on what’s already happened. Osaka had two match points against 60th-ranked Amanda Anisimova in the third...
Teddy bear toss returning to Hershey Bears gameVideo
Thousands of teddy bears and stuffed animals are expected to hit the ice Saturday night at Giant Center. The Hershey Bears are bringing back their annual teddy bear toss on Saturday for their game against the Hartford Wold Pack. The game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. Fans are...
Penguins yielding consistent results despite inconsistent performance
For the Pittsburgh Penguins of late, the results have been consistent. The way they have gotten to those results within games, though? Well, not so much. Since Dec. 14, the Penguins have won 14 of the last 16 times they have hit the ice. But the quality of play within...
Tim Benz: Mike Tomlin says ‘all options are on the table’ for a new quarterback. Let’s hope he means it
Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is saying that “all options are on the table” for the franchise at quarterback next year. It sure feels like either of the team’s current backups — Mason Rudolph or Dwayne Haskins — will be the man under center to replace Ben Roethlisberger, though. At...
First Call: Former Steeler honors Ben Roethlisberger; T.J. Watt explains how he got the bad news about the sack record
Friday’s “First Call” flashes back to a happy Pittsburgh Steelers memory. A former teammate waxes nostalgic about Ben Roethlisberger. T.J. Watt’s tale of woe about the sack record chase. And the Penguins gear up for the second of back-to-back games. Big props from Big Bud Former Steelers linebacker Bud Dupree...
Penguins build big lead, hold off lowly Senators
The Penguins haven’t been perfect this season. Far from it. There are plenty of tallies in their loss column next to their listing in the standings to verify that postulate. But they are confident. Especially in the fact that they can play a less-than-perfect game and still come away with...
Former UConn coach Kevin Ollie owed $11M over firing, arbitrator rulesVideo
STORRS, Conn. — An arbitrator has ruled that UConn improperly fired former men’s basketball coach Kevin Ollie and must pay him more than $11 million, Ollie’s lawyer said Thursday. Attorney Jacques Parenteau called Thursday’s ruling from arbitrator Mark Irvings a “total vindication” for Ollie, who was fired in the spring...
Rays say split-season plan with Montreal rejected by MLBVideo
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays’ proposed plan to split the season between Florida and Montreal has been rejected by Major League Baseball. Rays principal owner Stuart Sternberg announced the news Thursday. “Today’s news is flat-out deflating,” Sternberg said. The idea of playing in both the Tampa Bay...
NCAA ratifies new constitution, paving way to restructuringVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — NCAA member schools voted to ratify a new, streamlined constitution Thursday, paving the way for a decentralized approach to governing college sports that will hand more power to schools and conferences. The vote was overwhelmingly in favor, 801-195, and was the main order of business at the NCAA’s...
Medvedev survives Kyrgios, crowd to advance at Australian OpenVideo
MELBOURNE, Australia — Daniil Medvedev faced a hostile crowd and a full array of Nick Kyrgios’ outbursts and tricks and still remained calm for long enough to reach the third round at the Australian Open. The 115th-ranked Kyrgios worked up the crowd, hit ‘tweeners and drop shots, mixed up the...
Keith Dambrot embraces challenge of rebuilding Duquesne
Keith Dambrot understands the gravity of the situation at Duquesne, but he vows to keep fighting. “This dog ain’t going to quit,” he said. The Dukes are 6-9 (1-2 in the Atlantic 10) and losers of two in a row. Most recently, they lost to Fordham by one point in...
Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Willie Gay arrested on misdemeanor
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Willie Gay was charged with misdemeanor criminal damage to property after he broke a vacuum and other items during an argument, putting his status for Sunday’s divisional round playoff game against the Buffalo Bills in question. Police in the Kansas City suburb...
Duquesne basketball looking to seize a 2nd chance on a big stage at home
Not much had gone according to plan for the Duquesne men’s basketball team (6-9) as the Atlantic 10 conference schedule approached. Coronavirus ran through the team right before the holidays. The whole conference endured a wave of postponements and rescheduled games. And a big chunk of the frontcourt — Tre...
Former Steelers assistant Kirby Wilson named head coach of USFL Pittsburgh Maulers
The new pro football team named after Pittsburgh has its head coach — and it’s a man who used to coach pro ball in the city. Former Pittsburgh Steelers running backs coach Kirby Wilson was named the first coach for the reboot of the Pittsburgh Maulers. The Maulers will play...
Baseball Prospectus includes 5 Pirates in its Top 101 rankings, including 4 in top 40
Ben Cherington warned that there is “no single piece of perfect feedback,” but the Pittsburgh Pirates general manager welcomed word of the club’s prospects earning top-100 national rankings this week. When Baseball America ranked six Pirates among its Top 100 prospects on Wednesday, Cherington viewed it as a “signal of...
Penguins forward Jason Zucker returns to injured reserve
Jason Zucker’s return to the Pittsburgh Penguins’ active roster lasted only a few days. On Thursday afternoon, the team placed the veteran forward on injured reserve due to an undisclosed ailment. Following Thursday’s 6-4 home win against the Ottawa Senators, coach Mike Sullivan indicated Zucker would be sidelined on a...
Sports talk radio mainstay Jim Colony retiring from 93.7 The Fan
Not since legendary meteorologist Bob Kudzma left the KDKA-TV airwaves two decades ago has a New England native left such an impression on the Pittsburgh media landscape. Jim Colony, who brought a vast knowledge of sports, a self-deprecating sense of humor and a bit of a New England twang to...
Steelers punter Pressley Harvin deals with grief off field, adversity on it to finish season on high note
That the Pittsburgh Steelers lost to end their season wasn’t going to put a damper on this past Sunday’s game for Pressley Harvin III. “Honestly,” Harvin said of the AFC wild-card playoff defeat at the Kansas City Chiefs, “that was one of the most fun games of my life. “Unfortunately...
Jamarius Burton gives Pitt steady play in a variety of roles
In games that matter most (those against ACC opponents), only four people have been on the floor as long as Pitt senior guard Jamarius Burton: Syracuse’s Buddy Boeheim, who played 40 minutes against Pitt on Jan. 11, and the three officials in each game. In seven conference games, Burton has...
Healthy Titans RB Henry will see banged-up Bengals D-line
CINCINNATI — If Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry returns for the playoffs Saturday, he’ll be running into a Cincinnati Bengals defensive line that is already banged up. The Bengals had been relatively healthy until last week in the first-round playoff win over the Las Vegas Raiders. Stalwart defensive tackle...
