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Coastal Carolina’s surprising success earns coaching award for Jamey ChadwellVideo
Coastal Carolina’s Jamey Chadwell is the Associated Press college football coach of the year after leading the Chanticleers to a surprising, near-perfect season. Chadwell received 16 first-place votes and 88 points from the AP Top 25 panel to finish ahead of Indiana’s Tom Allen, who was second with 14 first-place...
Pitt’s Rashad Weaver named to 6th All-American team
Pitt defensive end Rashad Weaver has secured 1½ fewer All-American honors than he recorded sacks during the season, but he may not be finished. The most recent honor arrived Wednesday when he was named to the first team of the Football Writers Association of America All-America team. His name now...
4 consecutive interceptions helps Wisconsin get past Wake ForestVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Graham Mertz accounted for three touchdowns, and Wisconsin turned four second-half interceptions into 21 points to beat Wake Forest, 42-28, in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl on Wednesday. Mertz, a redshirt freshman, threw for 130 yards and ran for two short touchdowns as Wisconsin (4-3) finished a rocky...
Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa will start at Bills, but will he finish?Video
MIAMI — The Miami Dolphins need a good game Sunday to ensure they get to keep playing, and that’s especially true for Tua Tagovailoa. With another dud, the rookie quarterback might be watching the final minutes from the sideline again as Miami tries to clinch a playoff berth at Buffalo....
Bills’ dynamic duo of Josh Allen, Stefon Diggs ‘just scratching the surface’
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Receiver Stefon Diggs isn’t content with how he and quarterback Josh Allen have teamed up to rewrite several pages of the Buffalo Bills’ single-season record book. Acquired in a trade with Minnesota in March, Diggs likes to remind people this is only the dynamic duo’s first...
The Gap: Superpowers hoard talent, leaving ND, others behindVideo
Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly is clearly tired of the question: Do the Fighting Irish have something to prove as they again prepare to take on one of the elite teams in the College Football Playoff? “No, I mean, we’re knocking on the door every year playing really good teams...
From Kobe to Maradona, a year of staggering losses in sports
There were so many this year. Sports in 2020 was an unending state of mourning. It was as if every week, sometimes days, another luminary fell, bringing a cascade of condolence and remembrance. It began New Year’s Day, a harbinger of what the year held, with the deaths of David...
Year in Review: Pandemic-altered 2020 Pittsburgh sports seasons won’t soon be forgotten
When historians proclaim 2020 as a sports year unlike any other, no hyperbole will be attached to such sentiment. The coronavirus pandemic that affected so many lives across the world also drastically altered the sports landscape, causing major events to be canceled or postponed and impacting athletes from the professional...
Odd became normal: Sports’ masked road trip to the unknown
Take your pick. Maybe it was a Big East Tournament basketball game that broke for halftime and never returned. Or the cardboard cutouts of spectators that replaced flesh-and blood fans in stadiums across the country. Or the Maui Invitational relocated from the pounding Hawaiian surf to the Blue Ridge Mountains...
Ben Roethlisberger: Steelers offensive coordinator Randy Fichtner ‘should get a lot more credit’Video
There is a perception among many fans and some in the national media that Randy Fichtner is the problem with the Pittsburgh Steelers’ inconsistent offense. A very important man, though, has his coordinator’s back. Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger wanted to answer Fichtner’s critics in the wake of what were 4½ listless...
Penguins A to Z: Josh Maniscalco has his own trajectoryVideo
As the NHL prepares for a new season scheduled to start in mid-January, the Tribune-Review will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 48 individuals under NHL contract with the organization, from mid-level prospect Niclas Almari to high-profile trade acquisition Jason Zucker. Josh Maniscalco Position: Defensemen Shoots:...
Gov. Wolf: Shutdown of high school sports will end Monday
After a three-week pause of interscholastic sports, it’s time to push “play.” Gov. Tom Wolf announced Wednesday his administration’s ban on extra-curricular activities won’t be extended, allowing high school teams statewide to resume their seasons next week. His covid-19 order expires at 8 a.m. Monday. The order kept sports teams...
Sports in 2020: Disruptions aplenty, only constant was loss
2020 reminded us that the show mustn’t always go on. Disrupted by the coronavirus, sports stopped cold three months in and then started up again in emptied-out stadiums, stumbling, skidding and finally staggering across the finish line — all the while shadowed by loss. Celebrations were muted, crowd noise was...
West Virginia gets challenge of playing Army in Liberty Bowl
Count West Virginia coach Neal Brown among those wanting to see Army play a bowl game. He will get the chance when his Mountaineers take on Army in the Liberty Bowl after the Black Knights were tapped as a covid-19 replacement for Tennessee. Brown sees this as a big opportunity...
Chase Claypool honored as Steelers rookie of year, Ben Roethlisberger for media cooperation
There was little drama surrounding any consideration for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ rookie of the year award. Even without a first-round pick for the first time in more than five decades, the team’s top choice was a runaway winner. Receiver Chase Claypool on Wednesday was announced as the recipient of the...
Browns facility reopens after temporary closure following 2 more positive tests
Just when it appeared the Pittsburgh Steelers would make it through to the end of their season without another coronavirus-related issue, the status of their regular-season finale was — at least temporarily — put into question. The Steelers’ opponent for their 1 p.m. Sunday game, the Cleveland Browns, announced late...
Pitt senior linebacker Phil Campbell III decides to return for 2021 season
Pitt senior Phil Campbell III, who has started at star outside linebacker for the past two seasons, announced on Twitter his plans to return for the 2021 season. #H2P @Pitt_FB pic.twitter.com/kKVCQue4by— Phil Campbell III (@PCampell24) December 30, 2020 Campbell is taking advantage of the NCAA handing out a free year...
Capitals showing signs of age but still have tools to take NHL East Division title
Editor’s note: The NHL is employing an unbalanced schedule this season with teams playing only division games. This is the seventh in an eight-part series previewing the Penguins and the seven opponents they’ll face eight times apiece in the East Division. Here’s some baseless speculation that could cause severe nausea...
Duquesne game at Saint Louis postponed after covid outbreak among Billikens
Duquesne’s misfortune with the coronavirus continued Wednesday morning when Saint Louis postponed its game with the Dukes after a covid-19 outbreak within the Billikens team. The Atlantic 10 opener for both teams, scheduled to tip off at 7 p.m. Wednesday, is the Dukes’ fifth that has been canceled or postponed...
Steelers’ Mike Hilton named AFC Defensive Player of the Week
Pittsburgh Steelers defensive back Mike Hilton was named AFC Defensive Player of the Week on Wednesday, three days after having an interception and fumble recovery during a win against the Indianapolis Colts. It was the second such honor in the career of the undrafted rookie. Despite missing 4½ games this...
WVU’s Isaiah Cottrell to miss rest of season with Achilles injury
The end of 2020 has brought tough news to the West Virginia men’s basketball team. Isaiah Cottrell, the highly touted 6-foot-10 freshman from Las Vegas, will miss the rest of the 2020-21 season after suffering a torn Achilles tendon in his left leg in the first half of Tuesday’s game...
Mark Madden: Little mystery surrounds Penguins in training camp, but questions remain
Penguins training camp opens next week. Not much is shrouded in mystery. The top six is set: Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin at center. Jake Guentzel, Kasperi Kapanen, Bryan Rust and Jason Zucker at wing. There will be movement within that group, but not in and out of that group....
Jeff Monken’s run at Army still going strong
WEST POINT, N.Y. — When Army came calling at Jeff Monken’s door, departing for the north was not on his mind. He was content as head coach at Georgia Southern, fresh from pulling off one of the biggest college football upsets in recent memory — 26-20 over the Florida Gators...
The Gap: Superpowers hoard talent, leaving Notre Dame, others behind
Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly is clearly tired of the question: Do the Fighting Irish have something to prove as they again prepare to take on one of college football’s elite teams in the College Football Playoff? “No, I mean, we’re knocking on the door every year playing really good...
Texas overcomes Sam Ehlinger injury, routs Colorado in Alamo Bowl
SAN ANTONIO — Texas has been tested all year, but losing senior quarterback Sam Ehlinger to a shoulder injury was an obstacle the Longhorns never anticipated. The same spirit that pushed the team through this entire chaotic season helped the Longhorns thrive without him. Sophomore signal-caller Casey Thompson came off...
