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Registration open for 2021 Pittsburgh Marathon

Registration is open for the 2021 Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon. “We’re excited to get people back to the start line in May,” said Troy Schooley, CEO of P3R, the organization that puts together the Pittsburgh Marathon each year. “Hopefully, we are able to do that. Registration has been open...
Game 4 of Penguins-Canadiens scheduled for 4 p.m. Friday

Game 4 of the Penguins’ best-of-five qualifying round series with the Montreal Canadiens on Friday has been scheduled for 4 p.m. The Penguins are scheduled face the Canadiens in Game 3 on Wednesday at 8 p.m. at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena. Game 5, if necessary, is scheduled for Saturday, but a...
After Game 3 loss, Benz and Madden break down what went wrong in ‘Hockey in the Hub’ postgame show

The Penguins’ season comes down to one game. The Canadiens outlasted the Penguins, 4-3, in Game 3 on Wednesday night to take a 2-games-to-1 lead in the qualifying-round series. The Penguins must win Game 4, scheduled for 4 p.m. Friday, to keep their season alive. So in a game in...
Ravens WR Marquise Brown sporting larger frame, more speedVideo

Marquise Brown put up respectable numbers as a rookie last year with the Baltimore Ravens, leading the team’s wide receivers in receptions and touchdowns as the primary downfield target for NFL MVP Lamar Jackson. Now, after an offseason in which Brown fastidiously lifted weights and finally put a lingering injury...
Penguins looking for more from line of Patrick Marleau, Jared McCann and Patric Hornqvist

The Penguins don’t number their lines. But they have lines that play the most minutes, the second-most, the third-most and the fourth-most. Right now, the trio of Patrick Marleau, Jared McCann and Patric Hornqvist, colloquially referred to as the third line, is bringing up the rear in terms of ice...
Diontae Johnson ready to renew connection with Steelers QB Ben RoethlisbergerVideo

By almost any measure, the numbers Diontae Johnson posted in 2019 were impressive. His 59 receptions led all rookie pass catchers in the NFL and were the most by anyone on the Pittsburgh Steelers roster. His 680 receiving yards were second on the team and sixth among all rookies. His...
No covid opt-outs yet for Steelers, who Vince Williams says are keeping players safe

The list of NFL players who have elected to opt out of the 2020 season has grown to more than 50 by Wednesday afternoon. Thus far, though, no members of the Pittsburgh Steelers have. One of the team’s oldest and longest-tenured players says that is in part because the organization...
Inconsistent lineup a constant for Pirates, whose start to the season is out of order

The Pittsburgh Pirates returned to PNC Park to play the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday amid a six-game losing streak with MLB’s worst record and third-worst team batting average. If there is one constant for the Pirates, it’s their inconsistent batting order. Derek Shelton has started a different lineup in all...
NCAA board hands call on fall championships to each division; Division III cancels

The NCAA Board of Governors on Wednesday directed each division of the association to decide independently by Aug. 21 whether it will be able to conduct championship events safely in fall sports such as soccer, volleyball and lower levels of football during the coronavirus pandemic. The association’s highest governing body...
Sidney Crosby’s knack for scoring the 1st goal of playoff games lifts Penguins

Sidney Crosby hasn’t been dominant through two games of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ qualifying-round series against the Montreal Canadiens. He hasn’t stood out as particularly the best player in this unique NHL postseason, nor even necessarily on his own team. But that doesn’t mean the Penguins’ captain isn’t making an impact...
UConn becomes 1st FBS program to cancel football over virus

STORRS, Conn. — UConn canceled its 2020-21 football season Wednesday, becoming the first FBS program to do so because of the coronavirus pandemic, as other schools had taken the Huskies off their schedules and the governor was reluctant to allow UConn to travel to states with high infection rates. “After...
Tiger Woods in better place heading into PGA Championship

SAN FRANCISCO — The course is one Tiger Woods knows well and where he has winning memories. The PGA Championship is a major he has won four times, more than anyone except Jack Nicklaus and Walter Hagen. Woods learned last year that brings no guarantee of playing well. Coming off...
Adam Scott back in PGA chase after long break Down Under

Adam Scott took his own sweet time returning to competitive golf. When he finally showed up at the PGA Championship this week, everyone else ranked inside the top 50 had already revved up for the season’s first major by playing at least one tournament somewhere. But Scott, who checked in...
Penguins adjust to peculiar trend of increased penalties during playoffsVideo

In 2020, seemingly everything is weird or backward. So why not the conventional wisdom regarding officiating in the Stanley Cup playoffs, too? The standard operating procedure for hockey postseasons typically involves referees who overlook infractions as part of a “let them play” philosophy. Then again, the standard operating procedure for...
Jordan Spieth chasing Grand Slam and hardly anyone notices

SAN FRANCISCO — The spotlight on Jordan Spieth should be bright enough to cut through the marine layer blanketing Harding Park this week at the PGA Championship. Win this major and he joins the most exclusive club in golf with the final leg of the career Grand Slam. Only five...
Penn State opener set for Sept. 5 vs. Northwestern, part of Big Ten’s revised schedule

Penn State plans to open the season Sept. 5 at Beaver Stadium against Northwestern as part of the Big Ten’s revised 10-game, conference-only football schedule. The schedule spans 12 weeks, with each Big Ten team receiving two open dates. The Big Ten constructed the schedule, keeping in mind the possibility...

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