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Who’s at shortstop?: Pirates transparent with trio that starting job is up for grabs this spring
If asked to reveal the starting shortstop as spring training begins, Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton’s answer would sound like something out of a famous Abbott and Costello comedy sketch. I don’t know. Never mind that he played third base in the “Who’s On First” routine. For the Pirates, the...
James Madison scores 20 unanswered to beat Robert Morris in football openerVideo
HARRISONBURG, Va. — Cole Johnson threw for two touchdowns, Percy Agyei-Obese added two scores on the ground, and James Madison scored 20 unanswered points to beat Robert Morris, 36-16, on Saturday. The score was 16-16 at halftime before JMU dominated the third by outgaining the Colonials, 140-34. Johnson was 17...
Penguins forward Jared McCann expected to return to lineup
With Jason Zucker sidelined long term because of an undisclosed injury, the Pittsburgh Penguins appear to have found a pretty experienced replacement for him as the left winger on their second line. Jared McCann. The veteran forward was activated from injured reserve Saturday afternoon. He has missed the previous seven...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Stars like ‘Jumping Johnny’ DeFazio made ‘Studio Wrestling’ must-see TV
Pro wrestling is nationally televised nine hours per week. It’s also seen via pay-per-view, syndicated TV, Twitch, YouTube, streaming and a few even deeper crevices. It’s made for mass consumption. The televised promotions don’t come to your local arena because of covid, but so-called “house shows” were dying out even...
AT&T SportsNet to televise all but one of Pirates’ spring training home games
AT&T SportsNet will televise all but one of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 15 Grapefruit League home games in spring training, with the exception of a conflict of schedule with a Pittsburgh Penguins game. The only Pirates home game that won’t be televised is the March 6 game against the New York...
Ron Hextall begins to shape the Penguins
If the Philadelphia Flyers are a franchise to model, that’s certainly up for debate, especially given their futility in winning the Stanley Cup for nearly half a century. But what they are is a testament to building a competitive team through the draft. Of the 23 players on their active...
Pitt pitchers strike out 19 batters in 1-0 victory against No. 9 Florida State
Three pitchers struck out 19 Florida State batters Friday night at Dick Howser Stadium in Tallahassee, Fla., to lead Pitt to a 1-0 victory against the Seminoles, ranked No. 9 in the nation by Baseball America. Starting pitcher Mitch Myers threw a no-hitter for six innings with a career-high 13...
Minus NFL Combine, Steelers preparing for draft process that relies on college pro days
The only sound emanating from Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis next month will be basketballs bouncing off a hardwood surface. There will be no clicking of stopwatches as scouts time players running the 40-yard dash. No barbells clanging from 300-pound linemen trying to eke out another rep in the bench...
Plum grad Maria Lawhorne making most of shortened season at W&J
In November, the Presidents’ Athletic Conference released a return-to-competition plan for the spring 2021 semester. Plum graduate Maria Lawhorne, a senior on the women’s basketball team at Washington & Jefferson, was encouraged as she completed remote-learning classes for the fall semester. “It was challenging and definitely not something I was...
This date in sports history: Feb. 27Video
1918 — The first neutral site game in NHL history is held in Quebec City. Frank Nighbor scores twice in the first period to lead the Ottawa Senators to a 3-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens. 1955 — Boston beats Milwaukee, 62-57, at Providence, R.I., in a game which set...
MLS says Penguins co-owner Ron Burkle backs out of Sacramento expansion bid
NEW YORK — Major League Soccer says Ron Burkle has backed out of plans for an expansion team in Sacramento that was scheduled to start play in 2023. The league said in a statement Friday night that Burkle’s decision was “based on issues with the project related to covid-19.” MLS...
Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera hopes to reach 500 HRs, 3,000 hits this yearVideo
DETROIT — These last few seasons have been difficult for Miguel Cabrera. Now, the Detroit Tigers slugger has a chance to remind baseball fans just how much he has accomplished. Specifically, Cabrera has an opportunity to reach two major milestones in 2021. He is 13 home runs shy of 500...
Minor league report: Penguins beat PhantomsVideo
Forwards Jan Drozg, Robert Felix and defenseman Jon Lizotte each had a goal and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-2 home win against the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Friday. Defenseman Will Reilly added a goal for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (3-2-1) while forward...
Penguins assign forward Jordy Bellerive to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Penguins assigned forward Jordy Bellerive to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL). Bellerive, 21, had been on the Penguins’ taxi squad since Feb. 19. He has yet to play in an NHL game. In three AHL games this season, he has two goals. Bellerive is in the second...
Penn State men lose at home vs. Purdue
UNIVERSITY PARK — Sasha Stefanovic scored 16 points, Jaden Ivey added 14 points and Purdue cruised to a 73-52 win over Penn State on Friday night. Myreon Jones had 11 points, and Jamari Wheeler had nine points, six rebounds and six assists for the Nittany Lions (8-13, 5-12 Big Ten)....
LA firefighters rely on ax, luck to free Tiger Woods from crash
ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, Calif. — With short, sure strokes of a flathead ax, firefighter Cole Gomoll methodically chopped along the edge of the SUV’s broken windshield as golf icon Tiger Woods — tangled up in his seatbelt and covered in a sheet to avoid shards of glass — waited in...
Elijah Millsap expresses concerns about probe into Jazz allegation
MIAMI — Former Utah forward Elijah Millsap said Friday that he has not heard from any investigators regarding his allegation that Jazz executive Dennis Lindsey made a bigoted comment to him during an end-of-season meeting in 2015. Millsap also expressed doubt that a fair investigation could take place regarding his...
Late string of birdies gives Brooks Koepka lead at Concession
BRADENTON, Fla. — Brooks Koepka hit one his worst tee shots of the day that barely cleared the water on the 15th hole. That turned out to be the start of three straight birdies that led to a 6-under-par 66 and a one-shot lead Friday in the Workday Championship. In...
Brewers’ Christian Yelich eager for fresh start after 2020 strugglesVideo
Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich never has believed the results of one season have any carryover effect into the next year. He didn’t think that when he was coming off an MVP season in 2018 or a second straight batting title in ’19. Nor does he feel that way now...
NCAA lifts Georgia Tech hoop scholarship, recruiting sanctions
ATLANTA — The NCAA overturned scholarship and recruiting limitations placed on the Georgia Tech men’s basketball program in 2019. The decision from the NCAA Division I Infractions Appeals Committee announced Friday overturned the reduction of one scholarship per year for four years. It also restores Georgia Tech’s freedom to schedule...
Despite troubles, Keith Dambrot says Dukes aren’t ready to ‘cash it in’
Keith Dambrot’s immediate concern is recovering from what he called an embarrassing performance in Duquesne’s 20-point loss to La Salle on Wednesday night. A loss in the next game — Saturday night against Rhode Island at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse — might shove the Dukes (7-8, 6-7) among the Atlantic 10’s...
Column: Names of Black athletes need to adorn stadiums
As Black History Month comes to a close, there have been myriad tributes to the accomplishments of African Americans in sports arenas across the land. That’s not nearly enough. Not after the racial awakening this country went through last summer. Not when major college athletic facilities still are named almost...
Football schools? Ohio State, Alabama thriving in hoops, tooVideo
Ohio State and Alabama competing for a national championship is hardly an unusual occurrence for either school. It just tends to happen in football. Six weeks after the Crimson Tide’s national championship game win over the Buckeyes, both schools are among the nation’s best basketball teams. No. 4 Ohio State...
JGR youngsters shine, validate Toyota’s development programVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Two races into his return to Joe Gibbs Racing, Christopher Bell already has a Cup Series victory and, more importantly, some of his confidence back. Bell plodded through a rocky rookie season last year while on loan to another team. JGR didn’t have an open Cup car...
Pitt’s Jeff Capel, Duquesne’s Keith Dambrot learn to ‘move on’ after confronting reality of transfers
Jeff Capel admits the past week has not been easy. He spent the better part of his first three years as Pitt’s coach recruiting, mentoring, counseling, prodding and developing Xavier Johnson and Au’Diese Toney, helping to turn them into good men and better players than they were the day he...
