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Browns release veteran DT Richardson in salary-cap moveVideo
CLEVELAND — This offseason remodeling of the Cleveland Browns’ defense includes a surprising removal. Veteran tackle Sheldon Richardson’s contract was terminated Friday, a head-scratching move that creates more salary-cap space but also a hole in the middle of Cleveland’s defensive line. Days after adding free agent end Jadeveon Clowney, the...
Pine-Richland board member resigns amid backlash over football coach’s firing; parents call for reinstatement
A Pine-Richland school board member resigned his post without explanation Friday amid community uproar over the school district’s decision to fire championship-winning football coach Eric Kasperowicz earlier this week. The school board held a special online meeting at noon Friday to accept the resignation of first-term school board member Ben...
Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi makes it official: wide receiver Melquise Stovall added to roster
Pitt added another wide receiver to a position already stocked with experienced players when coach Pat Narduzzi announced Friday that Melquise Stovall will enroll this year. Stovall, who verbally committed to Narduzzi last month, played the past two seasons at Hawaii, recording 49 receptions for 480 yards and four touchdowns...
AP study: MLB salary down 4.8% in 2 years; top 100 earn half
NEW YORK — The average major league salary dropped 4.8% to just under $4.17 million on opening day from the start of the previous full season in 2019. The average has fallen 6.4% since the start of the 2017 season, when it peaked at $4.45 million, according to a study...
Steelers join NFL teams in opting out of voluntary in-person workouts
Add the Pittsburgh Steelers to the growing number of NFL teams flexing their rights under the collective bargaining agreement to opt out of voluntary in-person workouts this spring. Citing concerns about protections against covid-19, the Steelers announced their decision Friday via a statement released by the NFL Players’ Association. The...
Pirates take long-term approach by sitting catcher Jacob Stallings despite his hot bat
Jacob Stallings was the hottest bat in the Pittsburgh Pirates lineup, coming off a three-hit, three-RBI game when manager Derek Shelton removed his catcher from the starting lineup the following day. Despite Stallings batting .500 over a five-game stretch, Shelton had scheduled a day off for Stallings on Wednesday night...
Penn State football set to unveil its new offense Saturday at Beaver Stadium
Penn State spent most of the 2020 season trying to find itself offensively. The Nittany Lions struggled to move the ball at times and looked like a team without much direction when it had the ball. They finished at a respectable No. 26 in Bill Connelly’s SP+, a tempo- and...
Lawyer: Video shows Aaron Donald did not beat up man in South Side brawl
An attorney for Pittsburgh native and NFL defensive standout Aaron Donald says the L.A. Rams player helped save the man accusing him of assault from further injury, contradicting claims from this week Donald beat up the man in a South Side melee. Attorney Casey White said there’s no dispute Devincent...
Sidney Crosby scores goal with assist from Penguins’ equipment staffVideo
It had been more than 25 years since a Taglianetti had an assist for the Pittsburgh Penguins. That is, until Thursday night. As a stickless Sidney Crosby raced up the ice, Jon Taglianetti, the Penguins’ associate head equipment manager, stretched out to hand him a stick as Crosby entered the...
Mark Madden: Pine-Richland’s shameful firing of Eric Kasperowicz deserves better than ‘no comment’
Pine-Richland High School fired Eric Kasperowicz after eight seasons as football coach. He won two state championships and four WPIAL titles, including one of each this past season. Kasperowicz was 85-18. He’s beloved by his players and known for his professionalism. Plenty of Kasperowicz’s players got football scholarships. Kasperowicz wasn’t...
Tim Benz: Returning Steelers should help team’s decision-making during NFL Draft
I can only imagine the emotional swirl within the wave of Steelers players who recently rejoined the team just a matter of weeks after being turned loose. I don’t have to imagine the emotions of the fan base, however. I see them on display constantly on social media and in...
This Date in Sports History: April 16
1940 — Bob Feller of Cleveland defeats the White Sox, 1-0, in Chicago in the only Opening Say no-hitter in the major leagues. 1949 — The Toronto Maple Leafs win 3-1 to sweep the Detroit Red Wings for the second straight year in the Stanley Cup Finals. 1954 — The...
First Call: Could Steelers draft the NFL Rookie of the Year? Strange night in NHL’s East Division
Friday’s “First Call” gives us a medical update on a potential Steelers first-round pick. Odds are out on who might be the NFL Rookie of the Year. We saw a strange night in the NHL’s East Division. And we look at the Pirates weekend tilt in Milwaukee. Weird night The...
Empty Thoughts: Flyers 2, Penguins 1 (SO)Video
Observations from the Penguins 2-1 shootout loss to the Flyers: Brian Dumoulin extended a career-best scoring streak to a modest six games Thursday as he recorded a secondary assist on the Penguins’ lone regulation goal. Beyond that, he had an unsuccessful breakaway attempt following a penalty kill and even drew...
Pitt’s women’s volleyball team makes history, reaches NCAA Sweet 16 after defeating Utah
Emotionally drained after sweeping Utah, 3-0, to finally reach the NCAA Regional Semifinal after four previous failures, Pitt’s women’s volleyball players were unanimous on how they wanted to spend their day off Friday. “I think we’re going to go to the zoo,” coach Dan Fisher said. “Omaha is known for...
Patrick Marleau poised to break Gordie Howe’s games record
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Growing up on a farm as a hockey-loving kid in Saskatchewan, the knowledge that players like Gordie Howe had made the journey from that remote province to the NHL gave Patrick Marleau belief that he could one day follow that same path. Marleau has done far...
Penguins fall to Flyers in Jeff Carter’s debut
Considering he last participated in a postseason during spring 2018, Jeff Carter harbors ample appreciation of what being a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins can offer him. “Having a chance to win,” said Carter, who was acquired via trade from the Los Angeles Kings on Monday. “That’s the ultimate goal,...
Charli Collier, Awak Kuier taken 1-2 by Dallas Wings in WNBA Draft
NEW YORK — Charli Collier said she wrote down goals with her late father when he was hospitalized with cancer five years ago, and being selected No. 1 in the WNBA Draft was one of them. She checked off that goal Thursday night when the Dallas Wings took her with...
Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot gets signed letters of intent from 3 transfers
The letters of intent and financial aid agreements are signed and delivered, and Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot is finally free to talk about his three-man raid on the NCAA transfer portal. Guard Leon Ayers III (Mercer) and forwards Rodney Gunn Jr. (Lenoir-Rhyne) and Tre Williams (Indiana State) will be part...
Cameron Smith leads RBC Heritage after career-low 62Video
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Cameron Smith birdied the difficult 17th and 18th holes at Harbour Town to shoot a 9-under-par 62, his career low on the PGA Tour, and take a one-shot lead over Stewart Cink at the RBC Heritage on Thursday. Cink finished his 63 around lunchtime, and...
NHL delays Canucks’ return to play after covid-19 outbreakVideo
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The NHL delayed the Vancouver Canucks’ return to competition. The Canucks, who have not played since March 24 because of a covid-19 outbreak, had been scheduled to host the Edmonton Oilers on Friday night. The league announced Thursday the team would not play that game and...
Lernerville set to open another, more conventional, season
Mike Lysakowski took on the duties of general manager at Sarver’s Lernerville Speedway last October, and he was able to take in several races to close out what was a season unlike any other in the new reality of the covid pandemic. After a flurry of offseason activity, Lysakowski said...
Quick reversal of fortune puts Pitt soccer on the cusp of the NCAA Tournament
Less than four years ago, Pitt men’s soccer coach Jay Vidovich was painfully honest while describing what playing in the powerful ACC was like in the school’s first years in the conference. “That’s being put out in the ocean without a life raft and then putting bricks on your shoulder,”...
Inspired by memory of his grandfather, Pitt’s Taysir Mack aiming for bounce-back season
Taysir Mack’s life as a Pitt wide receiver revolves around watching video. Sometimes, he is checking out an opposing cornerback’s susceptibility to a receiver’s unique body twitch. Perhaps Mack is especially proud of a block he leveled on a linebacker that opened a lane for his running back. Or maybe,...
Padres hit Mitch Keller hard to beat Pirates, earn series split
Mitch Keller has had trouble with his fastball command this season, so finding the strike zone has been a challenge for the Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander since spring training. Against the San Diego Padres, Keller attacked the zone. And they hit him hard from the start. The Padres battered Keller for...
