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Upper St. Clair football coach Jim Render among 12 selected for Pa. Sports Hall of Fame
Former Upper St. Clair football coach Jim Render, who retired last summer with the most wins in WPIAL history, was among 12 individuals chosen for induction into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame this fall. The 2020 class also includes professional hockey player R.J. Umberger of Plum, Steelers assistant coach...
Pitt women’s basketball coach Lance White travels transfer route to rebuild team
Pitt women’s basketball coach Lance White is using transfer players to rebuild his team. new beginnings ?? pic.twitter.com/P1f0QC6arj— Destiny ? (@___destiny03) April 23, 2020 White received a verbal commitment Wednesday from guard Destiny Strother, who played sparingly as a freshman this season for Marquette. She will join Jayla Everett, who...
First Call: Pittsburgh as NHL return city?; Some underrated potential Steelers draft targets
For “First Call” today, we’re still talkin’ hockey in a bubble. Just different bubbles. Forget New Hampshire, North Dakota and Saskatchewan. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman confirmed through ESPN.com that the NHL is looking at four NHL host cities as designated locations to condense the league and to restart the 2019-20...
NFL Draft analyst: Perfect sleeper replacement for Javon Hargrave, OLB options for Steelers
In the first part of our pre-draft podcast with Draft Wire’s Luke Easterling, he outlined how he thought the draft laid out nicely for the Steelers to meet their offensive needs. Even though they won’t be making a first-round selection. In part two, we look at the prospects the Steelers...
Tim Benz: That JuJu Smith-Schuster trade idea? Not gonna happen. But worth a look.
A chin-scratching Steelers trade rumor bubbled to the surface Wednesday. JuJu Smith-Schuster to the San Francisco 49ers for a first-round pick. Rumor has it? #49ers called and checked on the availability of #Steelers WR JuJu Smith-Schuster. #NFL #NFLDraft2020 Some things to note #PittsburghSteelers have no number one pick and this...
If and when baseball returns, Pirates manager Derek Shelton plans to ‘cherish’ his debut
As MLB contemplates ideas of how to conduct its 2020 season, the Pittsburgh Pirates are preparing for the possibility of playing games sometime this summer. Even if that means Pirates manager Derek Shelton’s major-league regular-season managerial debut could come in an otherwise empty stadium instead of before baseball fans. “Honestly,...
NHL’s Gary Bettman: ‘We’re going to have to make adjustments’ to settle on restart planVideo
When or if the NHL concludes its 2019-20 campaign is anyone’s guess. Including the league’s commissioner. But one thing is certain: Gary Bettman and company have explored multiple options for trying to stage games in order to finish this season and start the next one while the world at large...
Agents, players pleased NFL Draft wasn’t delayedVideo
The NFL Draft won’t stop for anything. While some teams expressed concern about not being able to host players for in-person visits and having to conduct the three-day draft virtually because of the coronavirus pandemic, agents and their clients are pleased it’s going on as scheduled. “From an agent’s perspective,...
Agents, players pleased NFL Draft wasn’t delayedVideo
The NFL Draft won’t stop for anything. While some teams expressed concern about not being able to host players for in-person visits and having to conduct the three-day draft virtually because of the coronavirus pandemic, agents and their clients are pleased it’s going on as scheduled. “From an agent’s perspective,...
The Match II: Tiger Woods/Peyton Manning vs. Phil Mickelson/Tom BradyVideo
Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are ready for a made-for-TV rematch at a time when fans are craving live action. And this time, they’ll have company. Turner Sports said quarterbacks Tom Brady and Peyton Manning will join them for a two-on-two match sometime in May. Missing from the announcement were...
Pitt lands LB/DE Trevion Stevenson, boosts class of 2021 to four prospects
Trevion Stevenson couldn’t visit Pitt while mulling scholarship offers from 39 other schools, but Wednesday he committed to coach Pat Narduzzi, anyway — on Narduzzi’s 54th birthday. Blessed To Be In This Position ✞... Now It’s Time To Take The Next Step C O M M I T T E...
North Hills’ Zach Sammartino hopes to make a name for himself in the NFL
Nothing against wrestling or his great uncle Bruno’s legacy, but Zach Sammartino never was a grappler. “I always focused my offseason on training for football. Football was always my dream,” Sammartino said. ? @zsammartino1 ➡️ @NFL #TheWoods pic.twitter.com/HYi9B2xopB— Dartmouth Football (@DartFootball) April 22, 2020 But he’s proud to share a...
John Marino stacks up well compared to top rookie defensemen in Penguins history
John Marino’s timing is impeccable. In one sense, he came along at just the right time for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Saddled with a defense corps that sprung leaks during a mediocre 2018-19 season, especially in a first-round playoff exit, the team needed him. Marino escaped the Edmonton prospect pool, built...
Rob Gronkowski says he’s healthy and fire burns to play with Tom Brady againVideo
TAMPA, Fla. — Rob Gronkowski planted the seed for an NFL comeback when he played catch with Tom Brady two months ago. Gronkowski, a Woodland Hills product, told the six-time Super Bowl champion quarterback he was getting an itch to play again if the “right opportunity” presented itself. Brady, on...
Saints cancel offseason program amid coronavirus concernsVideo
NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Saints canceled their offseason program because of the coronavirus pandemic and informed players they will not be required to report to club headquarters until training camp — whenever that might be. Saints general manager Mickey Loomis said coach Sean Payton informed players of the...
Ex-Michigan tight end Chuck Christian says he was abusedVideo
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The first former Michigan football player to publicly say that a team doctor abused him believes he would have sought medical help sooner for what has become late-stage cancer if he hadn’t been victimized in college. Chuck Christian, a 60-year-old artist in suburban Boston, said during...
Carnegie Mellon’s Jason Li earns first-team golf All-American honors
The Golf Coaches Association of America on Wednesday announced its NCAA Division III PING All-American teams, and Carnegie Mellon junior Jason Li, a Sewickley Academy graduate, picked up first-team honors for the second year in a row. Last season, Li became the first CMU golfer to be tabbed first-team All-American....
Rooney family, Steelers ownership make donations to United Way, Salvation Army
Members of the Rooney family and others involved in ownership of the Pittsburgh Steelers made donations to the Salvation Army and United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania, the team announced Wednesday. Led by team president Art Rooney II and his wife, Greta, the Rooneys contributed $250,000 to the large charitable organizations....
Chris Adamski’s mock NFL Draft: Unique circumstances don’t unsettle Steelers’ plans
This is a unique draft for the Pittsburgh Steelers. And not just because of the virtual nature of it. The Steelers lack a first-round pick for the first time in more than a half-century. They also enter the draft with the fewest picks they have had in decades (six). In...
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins re-sign forward Chase Berger
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have re-signed forward Chase Berger to a one-year American Hockey League contract for the 2020-21 season. During his first professional season of 2019-20, Berger, 25, appeared in 53 AHL games and scored 10 points (one goal, nine assists). Before turning professional, Berger spent four seasons with Penn...
Logistics share NFL Draft spotlight with Joe Burrow, Chase YoungVideo
From his home in suburban New York, Roger Goodell will handle perhaps his most visible annual chore — announcing draft picks. Visible, but this time virtual. Not since the NFL Draft became a televised event in 1980 has it been stripped to the basics like this year’s proceedings will be....
Penn State receivers coach Taylor Stubblefield seeks to maintain the K.J. Hamler standard
Penn State’s spring depth chart was released last Saturday, but wide receivers coach Taylor Stubblefield warned his players not to pay special attention to it. In fact, he suggested it was written in water colors that easily could disappear. After all, it is April, and the first game isn’t scheduled...
Pirates ‘very encouraged’ by progress of right fielder Gregory Polanco’s shoulderVideo
The Pittsburgh Pirates are monitoring the recovery of right fielder Gregory Polanco through social media and are “very encouraged” with the progress of his left shoulder. Todd Tomczyk, the Pirates’ director of sports medicine, was optimistic about Polanco’s progress in a conference call with Pittsburgh reporters Wednesday afternoon. Polanco’s 2018...
Red Sox stripped of draft pick, Alex Cora suspended for 2020Video
NEW YORK — The Boston Red Sox were stripped of their second-round pick in this year’s amateur draft by MLB for sign stealing in 2018 and former manager Alex Cora was suspended through the 2020 postseason for his previous conduct as bench coach with the Houston Astros. Baseball commissioner Rob...
Notre Dame’s Muffet McGraw retires; won 2 national titlesVideo
Muffet McGraw abruptly retired Wednesday, stepping down from Notre Dame after a Hall of Fame coaching career that includes two national championships in 33 seasons. The 64-year-old McGraw became the 13th woman inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2017. She won 936 games, ranking sixth among...
