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Tim Benz: Players, teams that could suffer most under coronavirus sports shutdown
The coronavirus sports shutdown may be worse than originally thought. On Sunday, the Centers for Disease Control recommended “that for the next 8 weeks, organizers … cancel or postpone in-person events that consist of 50 people or more throughout the United States.” That means sports. All of ‘em. The NCAA...
Latest CDC guidelines could mean lengthy absence of pro sportsVideo
The already-delayed professional sports seasons in North America could be on hiatus for significantly longer than first planned after federal officials said Sunday they recommend all in-person events involving 50 people or more be called off for the next eight weeks. That’s twice as long as the 30-day shutdowns the...
Guard Ryan Murphy will transfer from Pitt after one season
Ryan Murphy’s time with the Pitt basketball team will last one season. Murphy, who transferred from New Mexico Junior College last year after spending the previous season at Charlotte, entered the NCAA transfer portal. Murphy will have a year of eligibility remaining as a graduate transfer. “We appreciate Ryan’s efforts...
Pirates pitcher Michael Feliz feels confident in quest to prove himselfVideo
BRADENTON, Fla. — Michael Feliz did not make the Pittsburgh Pirates’ Opening Day roster last year. The big right-handed reliever hopes the outcome is different when this season starts. Whenever that start might be, of course, as it has been postponed by Major League Baseball in wake of the coronavirus...
John Steigerwald: YouTube rabbit hole proves useful in sportsless worldVideo
Now what? We’ve now gone through a full sportsless weekend, and it’s hard to imagine any American, who’s alive today, ever experiencing it. This, of course, doesn’t include the millions of people in America who couldn’t care less about sports. Remember, when the Pittsburgh Steelers play on Sundays, between 40...
Titans agree to multi-year extension with QB Ryan TannehillVideo
NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Titans are keeping the quarterback who led them within a victory of the Super Bowl, agreeing to a four-year, $118 million extension with Ryan Tannehill. The Titans announced the deal Sunday, hours after the NFL Players Association approved a new collective bargaining agreement. After being traded...
Yankees minor leaguer has coronavirus; MLB spring camps begin to empty
A New York Yankees minor leaguer tested positive for the coronavirus, the Miami Marlins shut their spring training complex and baseball began bracing for the possibility Opening Day could be delayed into May or longer. On Sunday night, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended gatherings of 50 people...
When can the Penguins and NHL get back to hockey?
Sidney Crosby learned a valuable lesson when he contracted the mumps in December of 2014. “Don’t get them,” the Pittsburgh Penguins’ captain said with a chuckle Tuesday. When mumps struck the NHL throughout the course of the 2014-15 season, the Penguins were hit particularly hard as Crosby and former teammates...
AP source: Jaguars trading Calais Campbell to Ravens for 5th-rounder
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Baltimore Ravens are essentially getting a five-time Pro Bowl defensive lineman for a backup kicker who has spent time on five NFL rosters over the last eight months. The Ravens agreed to trade a fifth-round draft pick in the upcoming draft to the Jacksonville Jaguars for...
March Sadness: No brackets and no knowing what might’ve been
For all those who dreamed the impossible — making it a whole month without getting a single game wrong in the bracket — this is your year. Everything else about the NCAA Tournament that won’t happen this season — from Selection Sunday, to the jaw-dropping bracket busters and buzzer beaters,...
NFL players approve CBA that calls for expanded playoffs, 17-game seasonVideo
The NFL is guaranteed labor peace through the 2030 season thanks to players approving the collective bargaining agreement. The CBA was approved by a majority of the league’s players in balloting that ended at midnight Saturday. With the NFLPA announcing Sunday that 1,019 players approved the proposal and 959 voted...
Source: Pistons’ Christian Wood tests positive for virus
Christian Wood of the Detroit Pistons has tested positive for the coronavirus, a person with direct knowledge of the situation said Saturday night. Wood is feeling fine, according to the person who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because neither the Pistons nor Wood had publicly confirmed...
St. Gabriel’s girls come together, win Diocese of Pittsburgh championship
It genuinely was a team effort for the diocesan champion St. Gabriel girls CYO basketball team. The Gators rolled past St. Bernard’s, 45-31, in the Diocese of Pittsburgh championship game and wrapped up their season with a sparkling 15-2 record. “The team did really well this season,” said Ashley Shanahan,...
St. Gabriel’s boys capture CYO state title
Chalk up another championship season for the St. Gabriel’s boys CYO basketball team. In 2019-20, the Gators won their second consecutive Diocese of Pittsburgh championship and their second state title in three years. “This year’s team was more resilient than any team we’ve had in the last four years,” coach...
Knoch softball looking to build on historic 2019 season
After one of its best seasons in 2019, the Knoch softball team heads into this season with a lot of confidence. Last season, the Knights finished 18-3, won a Section 3-4A championship, earned a third-place finish in the WPIAL Class 4A tournament and made a PIAA playoff appearance for the...
Some Pirates to remain in Bradenton to use facilities; light workouts begin Monday
The Pittsburgh Pirates’ spring training home is getting another deep cleaning to protect players and staff during the coronavirus outbreak. About 40 Major League players and an unidentified number of the coaching staff are expected to remain in Bradenton, Fla., to utilize the facilities at LECOM Park, according to a...
Remainder of Wheeling Nailers’ season canceled
The remainder of the Wheeling Nailers’ 2019-20 season has been canceled as a result of the coronavirus that has impacted seemingly every walk of life around the globe. The ECHL announced it would be canceling the season Saturday night. Wheeling, the Pittsburgh Penguins’ ECHL affiliate, was 24-30-5-0 and in last...
Virus doesn’t deter horse racing at U.S. tracks, but few fansVideo
Drayden Van Dyke hopped off Charlatan after winning the sixth race by 10¼ lengths at Santa Anita on Saturday and celebrated by trading elbow taps in the winner’s circle. No traditional post-race handshakes during the coronavirus pandemic. The jockey, like all riders at the Southern California track where no fans...
Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament girls win Pittsburgh Diocesan title
Two weeks ago, the eighth-grade girls basketball team at Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Natrona Heights did something no team in the long history of the school had done: win the Pittsburgh Diocesan title. Blessed Sacrament won the championship with a 39-17 victory in the Class B...
Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino hired by IonaVideo
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — Hall of Famer Rick Pitino was named basketball coach at Iona on Saturday. Pitino coached at Louisville from 2001-17 before being fired in a pay-for-play scandal and had been coaching in Greece. He replaces Tim Cluess, who resigned Friday because of health concerns. He coached the...
Outdoors notices for March 15, 2020
Outdoors Notices RIFLE LEAGUES • In the Allegheny Valley Rifle League on March 6, Murrysville (11-7) defeated Fort Hand (9-9), 1,174-1,169, and Butler (10-8) beat Clymer (6-12), 1,172-1,169, in the A-team standings. In the B-team division, Murrysville (11.5-6.5) defeated Fort Hand (3.5-14.5), 1,142-1,127, and Clymer (15-3) defeated Butler (6-12), 1,157-1,112....
Postpone, don’t cancel spring sports: Frazier softball player starts online petition to PIAA
A Frazier senior softball player has started an online petition to influence the PIAA’s upcoming decision on what to do with the spring sports season in the state. Emi Curcio, a key player for the defending PIAA Class 2A champion Commodores, hopes the movement she began Friday will sway the...
Kevin Gorman: Canceling NCAA tourney crushing to Robert Morris’ Cinderella storyVideo
Josh Williams knew, but he didn’t want it to be true. On Tuesday, the redshirt senior guard led Robert Morris to win the Northeast Conference tournament championship and earn an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament. When the NBA shut down its season Wednesday night, Williams realized he wouldn’t get...
‘If the season ended today’ — how it would look if NHL’s resumption is the playoffs
“If the season ended today…” is an overused expression in the sports world that has become beyond cliché and is typically an exercise in futility. It just so happens, though, that these unprecedented times offer — for perhaps the first time in league history — relevance to discussions about what...
Syracuse freshman guard Brycen Goodine to transferVideo
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse freshman Brycen Goodine is transferring. Goodine made the announcement Friday night on his Twitter account. “I would like to thank the Syracuse staff and fans for having me at the University this year, however it is time for me to seek out a new beginning. Thank...
