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Clemson’s recent titles leading to more recruiting victoriesVideo
Clemson’s run of recent success on the football field is paying dividends on the recruiting trail. After winning two of the last three national titles, Clemson is putting together its highest-rated recruiting class ever as high school seniors across the country finalize their college selections during the early signing period...
Former Penguins forward Tanner Glass embarks on a new career
In a poetic way, it was the perfect place for a rambunctious kid from the hard-scrabble prairies of Western Canada to end his NHL career. Calgary is one of the few outposts in the NHL where fighting and hitting still has some value. While most of the league’s teams increasingly...
Undefeated IUP men’s basketball team moves up to No. 3 in latest Division II national poll
The IUP men’s basketball team, undefeated through eight games this season, moved up two spots to No. 3 in the latest National Association of Basketball Coaches Division II poll released Tuesday. The Crimson Hawks ticked up from No. 5 on the heels of a 108-41 victory Sunday over Bethany. The...
Trib HSSN Wrestler of the Week: Waynesburg’s Mac Church
Waynesburg’s Mac Church had a great weekend at the Walsh Jesuit (Ohio) Ironman Classic tournament. He placed second in the 106-pound weight class, which had seven other nationally ranked 106-pound wrestlers. The Waynesburg freshman was No. 12 heading into the weekend. His only loss of the tournament — which is...
Cal U and IUP women’s basketball teams each move up 2 spots in latest Division II national poll
The Cal (Pa.) and IUP women’s basketball teams are ranked No. 9 and No. 11, respectively, in the latest Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll released Tuesday afternoon. The Vulcans, idle since an 80-66 loss to Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference foe Shippensburg on Dec. 7, rose...
Penguins trade forward Ryan Haggerty to Panthers for minor leaguer
The Penguins traded minor league forward Ryan Haggerty to Florida Panthers in exchange for another minor league forward, Kevin Roy. Roy, 26, is signed to a one-year, two-way contract with a salary-cap hit of $850,000. In 23 AHL games for the Springfield Thunderbirds this season, Roy has 14 points (four...
Steelers’ Mike Tomlin not contemplating a short leash for Devlin Hodges vs. JetsVideo
After throwing a career-worst four interceptions — matching his season total — against Cleveland in November, Mason Rudolph played one series into the second half of his next start before he was benched with the Pittsburgh Steelers trailing at Cincinnati. After throwing a career-high four interceptions — double his season...
North Carolina freshman Cole Anthony expected to miss 4-6 weeksVideo
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina star freshman point guard Cole Anthony is expected to miss four to six weeks after having arthroscopic knee surgery. The school said Anthony had the procedure Monday to treat a partially torn meniscus in his right knee. He missed Sunday’s loss to Wofford because...
GCC grad Collin Liberatore named preseason All-American pitcher for Indiana State
After a breakthrough redshirt junior season, Indiana State pitcher Collin Liberatore has been tabbed a second-team preseason All-American by Collegiate Baseball. The Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Year, Liberatore (Greensburg Central Catholic) went 10-2 last season in 16 starts with a 2.96 ERA and 80 strikeouts. Opponents hit just...
NBA: David Stern remains in serious condition after brain surgeryVideo
NEW YORK — Former NBA commissioner David Stern remains in serious condition after emergency brain surgery last week. The league said Tuesday that Stern is surrounded by his loved ones and receiving great care. The NBA said the league and Stern’s family appreciate the outpouring of support. The 77-year-old Stern...
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, on his relationship with Le’Veon Bell: ‘I have none’
Mike Tomlin isn’t sentimental about facing former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell. Bell, who held out the 2018 season rather than play on the franchise tag, will face his former team Sunday for the first time since signing as a free agent with the New York Jets. The Steelers...
Steelers’ Mike Tomlin says Devlin ‘Duck’ Hodges will start vs. JetsVideo
Duck season will be extended for one more week. Devlin Hodges will get the start at quarterback Sunday for the Pittsburgh Steelers, coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday at his weekly press conference. Hodges threw a career-worst four interceptions in the Steelers’ 17-10 home loss to the Buffalo Bills, but Tomlin...
Charlotte lands Major League Soccer expansion team
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — David Tepper’s vision of bringing a Major League Soccer team to Charlotte has been realized. Charlotte was awarded an MLS expansion team on Tuesday by MLS commissioner Don Garber at a news conference in downtown Charlotte. The team will begin play in 2021 and can begin signing...
Pirates officially tab Oscar Marin as pitching coach
Oscar Marin, who has been a pitching instructor at many levels since 2010, was officially named Pittsburgh Pirates pitching coach Tuesday morning by general manager Ben Cherington. Marin, 37, spent last season as the bullpen coach with the Texas Rangers. He served the Seattle Mariners in 2017 and 2018 as...
Transfers will force Aliquippa football to Class 4A, pending appeal to PIAA
Aliquippa ranks among the smallest football schools in the WPIAL, with only four more boys than Jeannette and nine fewer than Shenango. But while those two schools will play in Class A next fall, the PIAA on Monday informed Aliquippa that it must compete in Class 4A against the likes...
WPIAL denies Butler request to join District 10 in football
Mired in a 20-game losing streak, Butler’s football team asked to leave the WPIAL and join District 10, but that request was denied by the WPIAL board Monday. Letting a school move just one sport to a different PIAA district would set a bad precedent, WPIAL executive director Tim O’Malley...
Kevin Gorman’s Who runs the North?: Running the North not enough for the RavensVideo
The Baltimore Ravens made official what we have been saying almost all season: They run the North. In winning their 10th consecutive game, the Ravens clinched the AFC North division title and celebrated by wearing T-shirts that read: THE NORTH IS NOT ENOUGH. “It’s our first goal,” Ravens coach John...
First Call: How the Bills used ‘Renegade’ against Steelers; Browns’ players want outVideo
For Tuesday’s “First Call,” the Bills used “Renegade” to their advantage. Some Browns players want out of Cleveland. And not everything went great for a Bills fan at Heinz Field. Renegade role reversal When the jumbotron crew at Heinz Field plays “Renegade,” the goal is to fire up the Steelers...
Penguins start swing through Western Canada while dealing with illness
In our weekly hockey chat with Penguins Radio Network host Brian Metzer, we cover a lot of ground. As the Penguins themselves will be doing over the next few weeks. The club is on the road for its swing through Western Canada starting Tuesday night against the Calgary Flames, before...
Tim Benz: What Steelers QB ‘Duck’ Hodges actually said that motivated the Bills
Buffalo Bills defensive lineman Shaq Lawson used a perceived slight from Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Devlin “Duck” Hodges for motivation during his team’s 17-10 win at Heinz Field Sunday night. He claims Hodges referred to the Bills defense as “normal.” Devlin Duck Hodges apparently called the #Bills "just another defense" this...
Tim Benz: Pirates need to let manager Derek Shelton truly be in charge
A frequent criticism of the Pittsburgh Pirates in recent years has been that the franchise employed one of the most expensive managers in Major League Baseball but had one of the lowest payrolls. In August 2018, USA Today published a deep dive into why managerial contracts were dipping. Clint Hurdle’s...
Drew Brees sets NFL all-time TD mark as Saints rout ColtsVideo
NEW ORLEANS — Drew Brees became the NFL’s all-time leader in touchdown passes, throwing for four scores to lead the New Orleans Saints to a 34-7 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Monday night. The scoring strike that broke Peyton Manning’s record of 539 career touchdown passes came in the...
2 tight ends announce plans to transfer to Pitt
Pitt received a double dose of good news Monday for one of its biggest roster deficiencies when junior college tight end Daniel Moraga said he plans to enroll next year. He joins Florida graduate transfer tight end Lucas Krull, who made a verbal commitment to Pitt earlier in the day....
Jeff Capel declines to get specific about interruption in Pitt-Duquesne series
For the second week in a row, Duquesne received one voting point (25th) in the Associated Press poll. But the undefeated Dukes (9-0) won’t get a chance to test themselves against their neighbors 2 miles up Forbes Avenue. The old rivals, who have met 87 times, aren’t playing each other...
Trey McGowens comes off bench, helps Pitt rally past Northern IllinoisVideo
The best coaches know what buttons to push to ignite their players. They can sense when to do it, and just as importantly, how to do it. Pitt’s Jeff Capel figured that out over the past few days and decided to bench starting sophomore guard Trey McGowens at the beginning...
