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Minor league report: Nailers open season with loss to FuelVideo
The Wheeling Nailers opened the 2020-21 season with a 3-2 home loss to the Indy Fuel on Saturday at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling, W.Va. Goaltender Shane Starrett made 23 saves on 26 shots in the defeat while defenseman Chad Duchesne and forward Michael Joly scored for Wheeling. Highlights: The Nailers’...
Shibuno passes big test and hangs on to lead in Women’s OpenVideo
HOUSTON — No spectators. Two golf courses in play for the opening rounds. A major championship two weeks before Christmas. Nothing about this U.S. Women’s Open felt normal until Saturday. That’s when it became a grind that for so many years has defined this biggest event in women’s golf. The...
Anthony Joshua retains heavyweight belts with 9th-round KO of Pulev
LONDON — Anthony Joshua retained his world heavyweight titles with a ninth-round knockout of Kubrat Pulev on Saturday, potentially setting up an all-British fight against Tyson Fury to be undisputed champion of boxing’s marquee division. Joshua had already knocked down the plucky but one-dimensional Pulev three times — twice in...
Sarah Fuller 1st woman to score in Power 5 football game
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Sarah Fuller became the first woman to score in a Power Five conference football game, cleanly kicking a pair of extra points for Vanderbilt on Saturday against Tennessee. The goalkeeper for Vanderbilt’s Southeastern Conference women’s soccer champs got her historic chance with 1:50 left in the first...
Even after Steelers’ loss to Washington, history gives Super Bowl hopes
Eleven years ago, two teams chasing the rarest of NFL achievements, the undefeated season, took divergent approaches. Their regular-season results were similar. But only one got the ultimate prize. Now that the chances of a Pittsburgh Steelers’ quest for an immortal 19-0 championship 2020 season have been eliminated, are there...
Army beats Navy, 15-0, at Michie StadiumVideo
WEST POINT, N.Y. — Tyhier Tyler scored on a 4-yard run early in the fourth quarter, the Army defense stoned Navy with a goal-line stand in the third and the Black Knights beat their archrival 15-0 on Saturday at fog-shrouded Michie Stadium. It was the first meeting between the teams...
Justin Champagnie records 2nd consecutive 20/20 in Pitt’s victory
On the day he settled into the college basketball history books — going back-to-back with 20/20 games for only the third time in the past 25 years by a Power 5 player — Justin Champagnie said this with a straight face: “I don’t like to just hog the ball.” And...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: 20 years later, Mario Lemieux’s comeback still unmatched
Somebody could break Wayne Gretzky’s scoring records. Somebody could score five goals, five ways again. Somebody could score three goals in 20 seconds. (Bill Mosienko did it in 21 seconds. Look it up.) Outstanding feats come and go. They are matched or bettered all the time. Somebody wins the Stanley...
Sean Clifford leads Penn State past Michigan State
UNIVERSITY PARK — Little by little over the last three games, Penn State has come closer to being the team coach James Franklin thought he’d have before the season began. A come-from-behind, 39-24 win over Michigan State on Saturday is evidence enough for Franklin to know the Nittany Lions have...
Steelers activate Ulysees Gilbert III, place Robert Spillane on injured reserve
The Pittsburgh Steelers have added reinforcements at inside linebacker for their game Sunday night at the Buffalo Bills. With only two healthy players available at the position, the Steelers activated Ulysees Gilbert from injured reserve and promoted Tegray Scales from the practice squad Saturday. Avery Williamson, acquired in a trade...
Duquesne basketball cancels trip to Indianapolis after player, assistant test positive for covid-19
Duquesne’s men’s basketball team received the bad news on the bus. Moments before departing Saturday for Indianapolis to play two games Monday and Wednesday, the trip was canceled when covid-19 test results came back positive for a player and coach. Games against Southern Illinois and Loyola-Chicago would have been the...
Penguins A to Z: Once again, Alex D’Orio faces an uphill battle
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, 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. Alex D’Orio Position: Goaltender Catches: Right...
In season of covid-19, Pitt scored more victories off the field than on it
If Pat Narduzzi felt more pride than joy after Pitt’s last game, no one should be surprised. Winning the final game by rolling over Georgia Tech, 34-20, was no insignificant feat, but only when you consider the massive performance in the ground game — 317 yards, or 217 above Pitt’s...
Penguins prospects Joel Blomqvist, Calle Clang selected for World Junior Championship rosters
Penguins goaltending prospects Joel Blomqvist and Calle Clang have been selected to the IIHF World Junior Championship tournament rosters of Finland and Sweden, respectively. Blomqvist, a second-round selection (No. 52 overall) in this year’s draft, has primarily played for Hermes in Finland’s second-tier Mestis league this season. In nine games,...
Four Downs: Bevy of drops, in part, result of Steelers’ style of passing gameVideo
1. Dropped calls Depending on the criteria, the Pittsburgh Steelers lead the NFL in dropped passes or are near the top of the list. And while coach Mike Tomlin is right in holding the receivers accountable, the fact is the Steelers’ scheme is in some ways contributing to the team’s...
Utah State football players opt out of Colorado State game in protestVideo
LOGAN, Utah — Utah State has canceled its football game against Colorado State amid concerns voiced about religious discrimination during the search for a new football coach. Aggies players issued a statement to Stadium on Friday, saying they were opting out of Saturday’s game because of alleged comments made by...
Paul Newberry: Big Ten makes right call on Ohio State in title gameVideo
For once in college athletics, chasing the pot of gold matched up seamlessly with doing the right thing. No. 3 Ohio State will take the field in the Big Ten championship game despite playing just five games, thanks to the conference bigwigs making an impromptu adjustment to a rule that...
Pitt football team won’t play in bowl game, even if one is offered
Pitt won’t accept a bowl invitation this year. Coach Pat Narduzzi joined athletic director Heather Lyke on Friday in declaring on a university news release that the Panthers will not play in a bowl game. With a 6-5 overall record, Pitt was in line to earn a berth in one...
No. 11 West Virginia rallies, escapes with win against North TexasVideo
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Sean McNeil scored 15 points, and No. 11 West Virginia rallied for a 62-50 win over North Texas on Friday. Taz Sherman added 13 points, and Derek Culver had 10 points — all in the second half — and 10 rebounds for the Mountaineers (5-1), who trailed...
Dave Dombrowski hired as Phillies’ president of baseball operationsVideo
PHILADELPHIA — Whether rebuilding or reloading, small market or large, Dave Dombrowski has been a big success at every major league stop. His next challenging project: a Philadelphia Phillies team that has gone nine years without a winning record. Dombrowski joined the Phillies as president of baseball operations Friday. “This...
With playoffs unlikely, fading Patriots have questions at QBVideo
For the first time in more than a decade, the New England Patriots will head into their final three games of the season with an unsettled playoff fate. The Patriots entered the week in 10th place in the AFC and trudging through one of their worst years of Bill Belichick’s...
Playing amid pandemic tests college basketball teams’ adaptabilityVideo
Sacramento State has a game at Cal Poly scheduled for Dec. 21, two days after the Hornets host UC Davis. Cal Poly has the same covid-19 testing standards, so it should be easy for the Hornets to pull off. It’s not, like nearly everything that comes with trying to play...
Pitt’s Patrick Jones won’t play in a bowl game
Defensive end Patrick Jones II announced Friday on Twitter that he is declaring for the NFL Draft and will not join Pitt in a bowl game, if an invitation is offered. Jones played Thursday night in Pitt’s final regular-season game, a 34-20 victory against Georgia Tech. He led the team...
No longer a surprise, Shibuno leads by 3 at US Women’s OpenVideo
HOUSTON — Hinako Shibuno can do without the “Cinderella” nickname, just not the smile. That was bright as ever Friday as the Japanese star posted a 4-under-par 67 and opened a three-shot lead going into the weekend of the U.S. Women’s Open. Shibuno’s lone mistake on a damp, soft day...
Falcons WR Julio Jones out against Chargers with hamstring injuryVideo
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Atlanta Falcons receiver Julio Jones will miss his fourth game of the season because of a lingering hamstring injury. The team ruled out Jones for Sunday’s game in Los Angeles against the Chargers after he was held out of practice all week. Two other starters —...
