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Riverhounds win restarted game in Miami, stay alive in race for 2nd place
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds took care of business during a restarted match Wednesday night in Miami, holding on for a 1-0 victory to stay alive in the race for second place in the USL Championship’s Atlantic Division. The game began Oct. 16 and originally went to a scoreless draw. The USL...
Mike White to start for Jets vs. Bengals in place of injured Zach WilsonVideo
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Mike White is going from little-known backup to the Big Apple spotlight. White will make his first NFL start Sunday for the New York Jets against the Cincinnati Bengals in place of the injured Zach Wilson. “We have a lot of faith in Mike,” coach Robert...
Pitt among ACC teams lighting up league scoreboardsVideo
BOSTON — ACC teams are lighting up scoreboards lately, and Virginia coach Bronco Mendenhall isn’t exactly loving it. The son of a defensive end who played safety in college and worked as a defensive coordinator before taking over the Cavaliers, Mendenhall said he would prefer a 13-6 victory to the...
Penn State QB Sean Clifford, Slippery Rock’s Henry Litwin among Campbell Trophy finalistsVideo
IRVING, Texas — Penn State quarterback Sean Clifford, Iowa State All-America tight end Charlie Kolar and Michigan star defensive end Aidan Hutchinson are among 13 finalists for the Campbell Trophy, which honors the top scholar-athlete in college football. The National Football Foundation chooses finalists from all levels of college football,...
‘Animalism’: Chicago Blackhawks scandal raises culture questionsVideo
CHICAGO — For three weeks in 2010, they did nothing. That’s how long it took for the leadership of the Chicago Blackhawks to act on allegations that an assistant coach sexually assaulted a player. Three weeks. Three weeks that — more than a decade later — rocked a once-proud franchise...
Penguins notebook: When will backup goaltender Casey DeSmith play next?
Just over two weeks into the season, Penguins backup goaltender Casey DeSmith still is looking for his first win. But first, he needs to find his next start. Because of the nature of the Penguins schedule to open the 2021-22 campaign, which has yet to include any games on back-to-back...
Lightning’s Nikita Kucherov out 8-10 weeks after undergoing surgeryVideo
Tampa Bay Lightning winger Nikita Kucherov is expected to be out 8-10 weeks after undergoing an unspecified surgery for an unspecified lower-body injury. The two-time defending Stanley Cup champions announced Kucherov’s prognosis with no additional details Wednesday. The timeframe would mean Kucherov could be back just before or after the...
Raiders owner Mark Davis: Team wasn’t targeted in email investigationVideo
NEW YORK — Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis says he doesn’t believe the team was targeted in the leaking of emails that led to the resignation of coach Jon Gruden. Speaking after the NFL owners meetings ended Wednesday, Davis also acknowledged the team has reached a settlement with Gruden,...
Florida natives, Pitt defensive stars Calijah Kancey, Brandon Hill unconcerned by Miami snub
Pitt players talk all the time about how they support each other. If someone misses a tackle, the expectation is another player will fill the gap. Injuries happen, but offensive lineman Jake Kradel, tight end Gavin Bartholomew and running back Rodney Hammond Jr. — among others — have stepped up...
Braves replace injured Charlie Morton with Tucker Davidson for SeriesVideo
HOUSTON — Left-hander Tucker Davidson has replaced injured pitcher Charlie Morton on the Atlanta Braves’ World Series roster. Major League Baseball announced the move before Game 2 between the Braves and Houston Astros on Wednesday night. Morton came out of the Braves’ opening 6-2 win in the third inning, an...
Steelers’ Ben Roethlisberger preps for perhaps final game at his home-state Browns
Ben Roethlisberger grew up a 2-hour, 15-minute drive from Cleveland. His first start there was as a 22-year-old in 2004, seven months after the Browns bypassed him in the draft to select a tight end. Sunday — perhaps — could be Roethlisberger’s final start at his home-state team that became...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Seton Hill’s Wolf leads pack at PSAC cross country championships
The pack was chasing a Wolf at the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference cross country championships at Kutztown. At least that was the case down the stretch. Seton Hill senior Sydney Wolf became the first woman in school history to win a PSAC final as her final 300-meter push gave her...
Duquesne’s men’s basketball team ranked 11th, women’s 9th in A10 preseason poll
The Duquesne men’s basketball team was picked to finish 11th in the Atlantic 10 preseason poll released Wednesday. Defending A10 champion St. Bonaventure was a unanimous pick at No. 1, followed by Richmond, Saint Louis, VCU and Dayton. The Bonnies (16-5 in 2020-21), who return all five starters, are ranked...
Melvin Ingram limited at Steelers practice with groin injury
Coach Mike Tomlin said the Pittsburgh Steelers emerged from their idle week with a healthy roster. Wednesday’s practice proved it. The official league-mandated injury report was about as clean as it has been all season. It included two players recently activated off of the injured reserve list — running back...
Mark Madden: Rumors of Mike Tomlin being linked to college jobs was nonstory from the start
Mike Tomlin blew a gasket when he was asked about rumors linking him to the coaching positions at LSU and Southern Cal. Tomlin overdid it. It seemed he might start pounding the podium with his shoe. But the scene had value. It had a feel-good “Steelers for life” ring at...
After sitting out playoff game, Steelers CB Joe Haden awaits chance to face Browns
Confined to his house because of a positive covid-19 test, cornerback Joe Haden couldn’t believe what he saw unfold on the TV screen in his basement last January as he watched his teammates play his former employer in an AFC wild-card game. Haden watched the Cleveland Browns score a touchdown...
Steelers receiver Chase Claypool embraces running routes out of varying spots
Chase Claypool didn’t explicitly take over JuJu Smith-Schuster’s role during Smith-Schuster’s first game following season-ending surgery, and Claypool likely won’t ever be a full-time slot receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers. But that doesn’t mean Claypool doesn’t like getting deployed there. “I like playing all positions but especially being able to...
Penguins list Sidney Crosby as ‘day to day’ in recovery from wrist surgery
Even if he was drafted more than five years ago, forward Kasper Bjorkqvist still is relatively new to the Pittsburgh Penguins. He hasn’t even played a game of consequence for the NHL club as of yet. But Tuesday, a day after he was recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey...
Browns’ Baker Mayfield practicing, hopes to play against Steelers
BEREA, Ohio — One game on the sideline was too much for Baker Mayfield. The Browns’ starting quarterback has no plans to repeat it. Mayfield tested his injured left shoulder by practicing Wednesday, and if all goes well, he intends to play Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers. “I think similar...
Penn State coach James Franklin discusses changing agents, Sean Clifford’s health
Penn State football coach James Franklin continues to be connected to openings at places such as LSU and USC, and a report Monday that he changed agents added fuel to that fire. Franklin, however, said that change was not something that happened recently. “(I’m) completely focused on our season and...
Steelers activate RB Anthony McFarland off IR, place DT Carlos Davis on IR
The Pittsburgh Steelers will have another piece available to their offense beginning this week after the activation of speedy running back Anthony McFarland on Wednesday. McFarland was on the injured reserve list since the start of the season because of a torn MCL suffered during training camp. He was cleared...
Oneil Cruz named top slugger in system, as Pirates honor four minor leaguers with awards
Oneil Cruz made a splash in his two-game stint with the Pittsburgh Pirates, registering the hardest-hit ball in the Statcast era and hitting his first major league home run. The Pirates voted the 6-foot-7 shortstop, the No. 1 prospect in their farm system who posted a .970 OPS this season,...
Bad break: Braves’ Charlie Morton fractures leg in World Series opener
HOUSTON — Charlie Morton spun a curveball past Jose Altuve for a called third strike, his 16th pitch after taking a 102 mph comebacker off his right leg. Morton stumbled and started to fall. Turns out the leg was broken. “I wouldn’t think it’s possible,” catcher Travis d’Arnaud said of...
Time to panic? Vegas, Colorado, Toronto off to rough starts
By the time the St. Louis Blues won their fifth consecutive game to open the season, the Florida Panthers had already become the first team since 2015 to open with six victories in a row. Along with the Carolina Hurricanes and Edmonton Oilers, they made NHL history with four teams...
Former Duquesne star Sidney Dambrot, father of Dukes’ coach, dies at age 90
Sidney Dambrot, who played for Duquesne’s nationally ranked basketball teams in the 1950s and passed on his love for the university to his son Keith, died Tuesday in Akron, Ohio. He was 90. Keith Dambrot, who is entering his fifth season as Duquesne’s coach, turned 63 on the day his...
