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Seton Hill volleyball earns berth to NCAA Tournament
The Seton Hill women’s volleyball earned a berth in the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional Tournament for the third consecutive season and fifth time in school history. The Griffins (19-10) received a No. 7 seed and will face No. 2 Gannon (27-6) on Dec. 5 at Wheeling Jesuit, which will...
Duke solidifies No. 1 in AP Top 25 poll after tourney win
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski set the record for wins coaching a No. 1 team when his top-ranked Blue Devils knocked off California and Georgetown on back-to-back nights to win the 2K Empire Classic. He will have a chance to add to his 218-34 mark this week. That’s because the Blue...
Steelers’ Joe Greene, Jack Ham, Jack Lambert finalists for NFL All-Time Team
Former Pittsburgh Steelers Joe Greene, Jack Ham and Jack Lambert are among the finalists on defense for the NFL’s All-Time Team. The league Monday revealed 24 linebackers, 18 defensive ends and 16 defensive tackles for the squad. A 26-member voting panel is making the choices, with 12 LBs, seven DEs...
Xavier Johnson comes up big in closing seconds as Pitt clips Kansas State
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Xavier Johnson made a short jumper with 10.1 seconds left to give his team the lead, then made two free throws with 4.6 seconds to help Pitt top Kansas State, 63-59, in the Fort Myers TipOff on Monday night. “Coach (Jeff Capel) drew up a play,...
WPIAL bans West Mifflin from 2020 football playoffs for using ineligible playerVideo
The West Mifflin football team used an ineligible player all season, so the Titans are banned from the postseason next year, the WPIAL decided Monday. “They entered (the playoffs) this year ineligibly, so next year someone gets to play in their place,” associate executive director Amy Scheuneman said following a...
Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh seeks ‘great win’ over Ohio State
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Jim Harbaugh’s job is safe at Michigan whether his team finally beats Ohio State or he falls to 0-5 in what has become a one-sided series. But a victory over Ohio State on Saturday at the Big House sure would provide a boost for Harbaugh and...
NFL decisions loom for some of Pitt’s upperclassmen
With two games left this season — Boston College on Saturday at Heinz Field and a bowl game — Pitt (7-4, 4-3) has an opportunity to win nine games for the first time in 10 years. That would represent progress not only for Pat Narduzzi’s five-year tenure but for the...
Eagles G Brandon Brooks confirms anxiety forced him from gameVideo
Brandon Brooks confirmed a Philadelphia Inquirer report that he left the Philadelphia Eagles’ 17-9 loss Sunday to the Seattle Seahawks early because of symptoms related to anxiety. The Pro Bowl right guard had missed two games with the Eagles because of his condition, but that was three seasons ago. He...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Norwin’s Harding makes 1st start for Pitt in NCAA Tournament
Anthony Harding teetered some when he was making his college decision coming out of Norwin. The soccer standout first chose Penn State before flipping to Pitt. Now he has found his way into the starting lineup for the Panthers (10-7-2). Harding made his starting debut as Pitt knocked off Lehigh,...
Robert Morris coach Bernard Clark Jr. finalist for national award
Robert Morris announced Monday that Colonials football coach Bernard Clark Jr. is a finalist for the STATS Eddie Robinson Award. The honor is presented annually to the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision’s Coach of the Year. A national group of more than 150 writers, broadcasters and others will select the winner,...
Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons finalist for Butkus Award
The Butkus Award is presented annually to the nation’s top collegiate linebacker, and Penn State sophomore Micah Parsons is one of six finalists for this year’s honor. The finalists were announced Monday, and Wisconsin’s Zack Baun, Texas Tech’s Jordyn Brooks, Clemson’s Isaiah Simmons, California’s Evan Weaver and Wyoming’s Logan Wilson...
Kris Letang to return to Penguins lineup; Tristan Jarry startingVideo
Penguins All-Star defenseman Kris Letang will return to the lineup for Monday’s game against the Calgary Flames according to Mike Sullivan. The team activated Letang from injured reserve earlier in the day. Injured Nov. 4, he has missed eight games because of an undisclosed ailment. In 15 games this season,...
QB situation among top storylines for Penn State-Rutgers game
For the first time in many weeks, the Penn State football program is staring at a breather in Big Ten play. The Nittany Lions’ schedule has been rugged dating to the beginning of October, featuring dates with Purdue, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Indiana and Ohio State. The fact PSU...
Myles Garrett absence will bring different feel to Steelers’ rematch with Browns
The NFL made sure two of the three main participants in the fight near the end of the first meeting between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns wouldn’t play in the rematch Sunday at Heinz Field. Mason Rudolph perhaps took the third participant out of the equation with his play...
Mark Madden: Steelers must hope defense makes QB pick insignificant
Mike Tomlin has not committed to a starting quarterback for this week’s home game against Cleveland. Mason Rudolph stunk out the joint before being pulled in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 16-10 win Sunday at Cincinnati. Devlin Hodges wasn’t much better, manufacturing a big play thanks to a James Washington stiff-arm, not...
Browns emerge from chaos with playoff shot entering Steelers gameVideo
CLEVELAND — The controversy-around-every-corner Browns emerged on the other side of the helmet-swinging Myles Garrett maelstrom a more connected team. They bonded during a week loaded with suspensions, appeals, fines and outside noise by playing an incident-free game Sunday. There was no drama, no ejections, no glittery watches, illegal cleats...
Penn-Trafford alum Michael Pifer lauded for efforts as Navy long-snapper
There are long-snappers who get little recognition — most of them — and then there are long-snappers like Michael Pifer. The Navy senior and Penn-Trafford alum, in his second season as the starting “LS” for the Midshipmen, is considered one of the best at his position in the country. The...
Pirates trade pitcher Dario Agrazal to Tigers
While it wasn’t a blockbuster, Ben Cherington made his first trade Monday as the Pittsburgh Pirates’ general manager. The Pirates dealt right-hander Dario Agrazal to the Detroit Tigers for cash considerations. Agrazal was designated for assignment last Wednesday. The trade came a week after Cherington was hired to succeed Neal...
Winless Bengals bench rookie Ryan Finley, go back to Andy DaltonVideo
CINCINNATI — With the season slipping away, the Bengals are turning back to Andy Dalton to try to get that elusive first win. Coach Zac Taylor announced Monday that Dalton was returning as the starting quarterback, ending a three-week experiment with rookie Ryan Finley running the offense. Finley completed only...
Weekend College Top 10: Carnegie Mellon women’s soccer makes history
Every Monday, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: 1. Carnegie Mellon women’s soccer reaches D-III Final Four The No. 25 Tartans defeated No. 19 St. Thomas (Minn.) on penalty kicks Saturday, becoming the first women’s team to reach the NCAA Tournament semifinals. Next up...
Steelers leading NFL in forced fumblesVideo
CINCINNATI — The Pittsburgh Steelers induced a fumble on the opening kickoff Sunday at Paul Brown Stadium. They got another on the next possession and an unofficial one in the third quarter (overturned by a penalty) before going for the kill shot with two game-sealing fumble recoveries in the fourth...
Steelers a home underdog to Browns for 1st time in 30 years
There’s perhaps no greater indignity for the Pittsburgh Steelers than losing to the Cleveland Browns. Two weeks after just that happened in Ohio, the oddsmakers are predicting it will happen again in Pittsburgh. And that is rare. How rare? The most recent time that the betting line for a Browns-Steelers...
Redskins QB Dwayne Haskins misses final play while taking selfies with fansVideo
Washington Redskins quarterback Dwayne Haskins scored his first win as an NFL quarterback, but missed his final play because he was celebrating by taking selfies with fans in the stands. Haskins thought the game was over and took several snaps with jubilant fans in the front row. The Redskins held...
Dominik Simon isn’t out of position at center for PenguinsVideo
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Dominik Simon is usually out of position. Listed as a center, Simon predominantly has played as winger since he began playing in North America with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in 2015-16. And through the vast majority of his NHL existence, Simon mostly has lined up on the wing...
Tim Benz, Mark Madden break down Steelers’ QB battle, make Browns predictionsVideo
It was a predictable 60 minutes. Tim Benz and Mark Madden lament how the Pittsburgh Steelers arrived at a win over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, and the guys also ponder the quarterback situation. Madden believes that Mason Rudolph is afraid of failure, and not because he is concerned with...
