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Former Penguins forward, coach, executive Ken Schinkel dies at 87
Ken Schinkel, an original member of the Penguins franchise, has died at age 87. The Penguins announced his death. A cause of death was not reported. A native of Jansen, Saskatchewan, Schinkel joined the newly formed Penguins at age 35 through the 1967 expansion draft when the NHL doubled in...
Alumni Academy gives NFL prospects 2nd chanceVideo
In normal times, NFL teams sometimes scramble to find players during the season when a wave of injuries or other issues hit. In 2020, multiply those needs exponentially because of the coronavirus pandemic. Helping out the 32 teams on a limited scale — for now — is the NFL Alumni...
Presidents’ Athletic Conference announces plans for spring semester competition
The Presidents’ Athletic Conference on Friday announced tentative plans for seasons affected by the coronavirus pandemic to return to competition during the spring 2021 semester. “We are planning for winter and spring intercollegiate athletic competition, including resumption of postponed fall sports. Across the conference, our teams have been training and...
At 0-4, Penn State defensive tackle P.J. Mustipher seeks accountability
Penn State’s football team had a strong second half at Nebraska this past Saturday. Nebraska gained a mere 95 yards of offense during the final two quarters. Then again, games are usually played with two halves. And Penn State wasn’t nearly as stiff defensively during the first half as it...
Mike Hilton expected to play vs. Jaguars after practicing for 3rd day in a row for Steelers
It’s full speed ahead for slot cornerback Mike Hilton, who is expected to return from a four-game absence Sunday when the Pittsburgh Steelers play the Jacksonville Jaguars at TIAA Bank Field. Hilton practiced for a third consecutive day Friday and no longer is listed on the team’s official injury report....
Perfect on field goals, Chris Boswell thinks extra-point issues are behind Steelers
Chris Boswell will put the NFL’s longest active field-goal streak on the line Sunday when the Pittsburgh Steelers travel to Jacksonville. The veteran kicker has made his past 25 field goal attempts in succession, including all 14 this season. After the franchise-record 59-yard attempt he made two weeks ago in...
Steelers NT Tyson Alualu awaits another Jacksonville homecoming
Tyson Alualu hopes his second trip home to Jacksonville is as rewarding as the first. In 2018, Alualu’s second season with the Pittsburgh Steelers following a seven-year career with the Jaguars, the Steelers overcame a 16-point second-half deficit to eke out a last-second 20-16 victory at TIAA Bank Field. Alualu...
Pitt football changes course, won’t require players to wear masks during Saturday’s game
In a reversal of a previous announcement, Pitt and Virginia Tech players won’t need to pull up their masks to cover the nose and mouth during Saturday’s game at Heinz Field. Pitt’s athletic department, which initially announced Friday that all players would wear face coverings while engaged in competition, clarified...
Browns star Myles Garrett on covid list, out for Eagles
CLEVELAND — Myles Garrett has been slowed down just when the Browns need him most. Cleveland’s dynamic star defensive end and the NFL’s leader in sacks will miss Sunday’s game against Philadelphia — and maybe more — after testing positive for covid-19, dealing the Browns a major blow as they...
AP source: NBA, Raptors denied permission to play in Canada
TORONTO — The Canadian government has denied a request by the NBA and the Raptors to play in Toronto amid the pandemic. An official familiar with the federal government’s decision told The Associated Press on Friday there is too much COVID-19 circulating in the United States to allow for cross-border...
Steelers Four Downs: Yards after catch fueling passing game
1. YAC daddies The Pittsburgh Steelers rank 18th in the NFL in passing yards per game. That’s not an indictment of the team’s passing game. It is more a function of having a lead so often, thus muting the incentive to throw too much. But despite that mediocre total, three...
No ‘messing’ around: Marcus Allen kept working, carved out niche with Steelers
Marcus Allen grinned widely and chuckled. The Pittsburgh Steelers third-year defender answered in the affirmative, confirming what coach Mike Tomlin likes to say to Allen as he passes his locker, indeed, is not “mess with me.” The “mess” in “mess with” — a reference to an encounter they had during...
FIFA bans Haitian soccer president for life for sexual abuse
GENEVA — Haitian soccer federation president Yves Jean-Bart was banned from the sport for life on Friday following accusations of systematic sexual abuse of female players. The FIFA ethics committee found Jean-Bart guilty of “having abused his position and sexually harassed and abused various female players, including minors” from 2014...
VPI (better known as Virginia Tech) stands in the way of Pitt’s recovery efforts
Before we get started, let’s make something perfectly clear: The team scheduled to play Pitt on Saturday at Heinz Field (and we say “scheduled” because these days you never know) is not technically Virginia Tech. To explain, here’s a bit of history that’s been passed down through the years: In...
ESPN report sheds light on ex-Penn State player’s lawsuit vs. James Franklin, university
ESPN obtained a draft report from the 2019 Title IX investigation that was launched to look into “sexual assault allegations in the Penn State locker room.” The story, which posted Friday morning, focuses on accusations and claims made by former Nittany Lion Isaiah Humphries, who sued the school, football coach...
Mark Madden: National media continues to disrespect Steelers’ Ben Roethlisberger
Former NFL executive Gil Brandt posted a Twitter poll: Who is the NFL MVP? Voting for Ben Roethlisberger (four interceptions, no losses) wasn’t an option. Kyler Murray (eight interceptions, three losses) was. Russell Wilson (10 interceptions, three losses) was. Rudy Giuliani needs to get to the bottom of this. Former...
This date in sports history: Nov. 20Video
1934 — Busher Jackson scores four third-period goals to power the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 5-2 victory over the St. Louis Eagles. 1960 — Jerry Norton of St. Louis intercepts four passes to send past the Washington Redskins, 26-14. 1977 — Walter Payton rushes for an NFL record 275...
Tim Benz: ‘MAC school’ potholes for Steelers to avoid in Jacksonville
Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin was emphatic when trying to dismiss the notion that his 9-0 team could be stepping into a “trap game” against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday afternoon. “We are not a Big Ten team playing a MAC opponent this week. Every time we step into a...
Pirates A to Z: Spending a month sidelined forced Joe Musgrove to change his mindset
During the offseason, the Tribune-Review will offer Pirates A to Z, an alphabetical player-by-player look at the 40-man roster, from outfielder Anthony Alford to pitcher Trevor Williams. Joe Musgrove Position: Pitcher Throws: Right Age: 27 Height: 6-foot-5 Weight: 235 pounds 2020 MLB statistics: 1-5, 3.86 ERA/1.235 WHIP, 55 strikeouts, 16...
Former football coach Lou Holtz tests positive for covid-19
COLUMBIA. S.C. — Lou Holtz has tested positive for the coronavirus. The 83-year-old former college football coach confirmed the test Thursday to Columbia TV station WOLO. “I don’t have a lot of energy right now,” Holtz told the ABC station. Holtz led Notre Dame to the 1988 national title in...
Ex-Pitt star Dorin Dickerson ‘can’t wait to start working’ for Penguins on Lower Hill project
Since his NFL playing days ended, Dorin Dickerson has been building a balance between two budding careers that ultimately led to the union of a perfect position for him with the Pittsburgh Penguins. The former Pitt All-American, who has worked as a weekend and pre-game host for the Panthers and...
Expect hectic, brief NBA free agency sprintVideo
NBA free agency usually is a weeklong frenzy. Deals get struck, then teams and players must wait a few days before they can sign those contracts. And from there, a few more months often pass before the player goes to work with his new club. Not this year. What promises...
Wolf administration, Steelers at odds over face-covering mandate for players
The office of Gov. Tom Wolf said Thursday that the Pittsburgh Steelers have not been granted an exemption that would allow players to go without masks during games at Heinz Field for the rest of the 2020 season. That contradicted a statement released by the Steelers on Wednesday that said...
WVU men’s hoops postpones home opener after Youngstown State pauses for covid-19
West Virginia postponed its men’s basketball home opener Dec. 2 because a member of Youngstown State’s “inner bubble” tested positive for covid-19 and forced the Penguins to pause team activities. Through contact tracing, Youngstown State determined members of the men’s basketball program were close contacts and will be quarantined to...
Pitt’s Jeff Capel knows he must confront challenges on, off the court
Like every coach on every level in every sport, Jeff Capel doesn’t know what to expect. He just knows it won’t be easy navigating through more than 20 basketball games — walking in and out of gyms and on and off airplanes and buses — in the midst of a...
