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Kickoff for Penn State-Ohio State showdown set for noon
The eagerly anticipated matchup between No. 1 Ohio State and No. 4 Penn State on Saturday, Nov. 23 will kick off at noon, Fox announced Wednesday. The network also said its Big Noon Kickoff pregame show will be broadcast from Columbus starting at 10 that morning. Ohio State (8-0) faces...
Draft pick Sutton Smith back with Steelers, eager to show what he can doVideo
Sutton Smith never again will get a second chance to make his first NFL impression. But performing with a torn oblique made that impression increasingly difficult for Smith during his rookie training camp with the Pittsburgh Steelers. “It gets tougher and tougher to make a squad every day when it’s...
Tony Brooks-James eager to make a run at improving Steelers kick-return gameVideo
The Steelers have one of the worst kickoff return units in the NFL. Could a change be coming? Rookie running back Tony Brooks-James said practiced as a returner and would welcome the opportunity in a game. The speedy Brooks-James returned kicks for Oregon. As a senior, he averaged 26.1 yards...
Yellow flags, red flags, black eyes for NFL’s 100th seasonVideo
The NFL’s 100th season has not been worth celebrating even if the history of the league is. Several teams are tanking, penalties are wrecking the flow of games, some of the biggest stars have been sidelined, the new pass interference rule appears to have been adapted only to quiet the...
Tyrese Maxey leads No. 2 Kentucky past No. 1 Michigan State
NEW YORK — Tyrese Maxey, Kentucky’s latest freshman star, scored 26 points, and the second-ranked Wildcats opened the season with a 69-62 victory against No. 1 Michigan State on Tuesday night in the Champions Classic at Madison Square Garden. The Nos. 1 and 2 teams opened their seasons against each...
Ohio State’s Luke Pletcher moves up to No. 1
Latrobe native Luke Pletcher, a senior wrestler at Ohio State, is now ranked No. 1 at 141 pounds by InterMat Rankings. Pletcher, who began the season ranked No. 3, leaped over preseason No. 1 Oklahoma sophomore Dom Demas and No. 2 Penn State junior Nick Lee after defeating Demas in...
Panthers place QB Cam Newton on injured reserveVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Panthers placed quarterback Cam Newton on injured reserve, meaning he can’t play for the rest of the regular season. Panthers general manager Marty Hurney said in a statement Tuesday that Newton is still experiencing pain in his foot and needs to continue to rehab from the...
Nick Foles to replace Gardner Minshew as Jaguars starter after bye weekVideo
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jaguars coach Doug Marrone believes quarterback Nick Foles gives the team “a better chance of winning right now.” Marrone announced Tuesday he will start Foles over rookie sensation Gardner Minshew “going forward.” He made the decision during the team’s bye week, saying Foles is ready to return...
No. 4 Duke edges No. 3 Kansas in season opener at Champions ClassicVideo
NEW YORK — Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski was pleased with his young team’s poise in the season opener, especially that of sophomore Tre Jones. Jones scored 15 points, and Cassius Stanley added 11 of his 13 points in the second half to help No. 4 Duke beat third-ranked Kansas, 68-66,...
Penn State No. 4 in first College Football Playoff rankings
NEW YORK — Ohio State, LSU, Alabama and Penn State are the top four in the College Football Playoff selection committee’s first rankings of the season. Next up were defending national champion Clemson, Georgia and Oregon. The 13-member committee will produce four more sets of rankings each Tuesday before the...
No. 13 Minnesota presents sizable challenge to No. 5 Penn StateVideo
UNIVERSITY PARK — The battle of the Big Ten unbeatens is getting closer. And fifth-ranked Penn State (8-0) still has a few days to sharpen its game plan for the 13th-ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers (8-0). But James Franklin knows what kind of challenge awaits his Nittany Lions in Minneapolis. PSU’s...
Offensive revolution reaches final frontier with Alabama-LSU showdown
Gary Danielson has called the last 12 Alabama-LSU regular-season games for CBS Sports, including the Game of the Century in 2011, a No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup that produced not one touchdown. Before Danielson does the next Alabama-LSU game Saturday, another 1-2 event in Tuscaloosa, he planned to re-watch...
Duquesne opens season at PPG Paints Arena with 94-67 victory against Princeton
There was plenty for Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot to like about his team’s 94-67 opening-night victory against Princeton on Tuesday at PPG Paints Arena. How about that 85-44 surge after falling behind 23-9 nine minutes into the game? And it was hard not to like Sincere Carry’s pain-free performance on...
Steelers legend Rocky Bleier parting with several prized possessions
Like anyone in their golden years with a lifetime of memories — and boxes filled with mementos to show for it — Rocky Bleier got tired of the clutter. Even if he had a collection of memorabilia that would make most 73-year-old men envious, from Super Bowl apparel to college...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Soccer trio helps Duquesne to A-10 Tournament
A trio of local players helped lead the Duquesne women’s soccer team into the Atlantic 10 Tournament. Sophomore midfielder Hannah Nguyen (Penn-Trafford) has started 16 games and has a goal and an assist, and redshirt junior defender Marley Smith (Norwin) has made 14 starts and sophomore forward Lexi Kendro (Norwin)...
Tomlin, Steelers bracing for Rams superstar D-lineman Aaron Donald
Taking advantage of a bye week, Aaron Donald left the West Coast and returned to the South Side last week to spend time around the Pitt football program that helped mold him into arguably the NFL’s most dominant defensive player. Donald was talking to players outside UPMC Rooney Sports Complex...
College basketball players to watch from Westmoreland
Here come the Butlers and the Burnses. College basketball season is here again and Westmoreland County will be well represented at the Division I through NAIA levels. While Latrobe has produced the lion’s share of prospects in recent years, the rest of the county also has spread plenty of next-level...
Penguins call up Sam Lafferty
Sam Lafferty’s trip to the AHL was a brief one. Assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton last Thursday as the Pittsburgh Penguins started to get healthy, the rookie forward was called back up Tuesday night. With Patric Hornqvist on the injured list, the Penguins played Monday night in Boston with 12 healthy forwards....
Kevin Gorman: Steelers counting on Mike Tomlin to be catalyst for second-half surge
Moments before Mike Tomlin’s weekly news conference Tuesday, ESPN’s First Take debated whether the Pittsburgh Steelers coach should be the NFL Coach of the Year. Only a month ago, the same show wondered whether the Washington Redskins should give Tomlin complete control. And some suggested the Steelers should let him...
Steelers place rookie ILB Ulysees Gilbert on injured reserve, ending his season
Inside linebacker Ulysees Gilbert’s rookie year is over at the midpoint of the Pittsburgh Steelers season. Gilbert was placed on injured reserve Tuesday because of recurring back problems. Linebacker Robert Spillane was promoted from the practice squad to take Gilbert’s spot on the 53-man roster. Gilbert missed the team’s game...
Steelers’ Mike Tomlin: Stats don’t tell story of JuJu Smith-Schuster
JuJu Smith-Schuster is on pace statistically for a season that resembles his rookie year and not a progression from 2018 when he had 111 catches, 1,426 yards and made the Pro Bowl. As long as the Pittsburgh Steelers keep winning games — and they will try for their fourth in...
Penguins rookie John Marino’s homecoming big for Kevin Stevens, too
BOSTON — Saturday’s game was nothing out of the ordinary for Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman John Marino. Sure, the Edmonton Oilers selected him in the sixth round of the 2015 draft, and he wore their jersey for his draft day photo complete with a hat and a faux dressing room background....
Steelers’ Mike Tomlin: Ramon Foster is scheduled to practice, James Conner still limited
After missing one game with a shoulder injury, running back James Conner could return Sunday for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday that he expects Conner, the team’s leading rusher with 380 yards and its second-leading receiver, to practice this week, which could clear the way for him...
Three things to watch as Pitt basketball opens season vs. Florida State
Pitt’s basketball opener Wednesday night against ACC opponent Florida State represents a departure from traditional nonconference scheduling procedures across the nation. Which, in many cases, revolves around teams trying to stack up wins before the conference season starts. That’s part of the reason Pitt has won 21 of its past...
Tim Benz, Brian Metzer discuss Penguins loss to Bruins, injuries, goaltending, John Marino
Tuesday’s “Breakfast With Benz” podcast is our weekly hockey chat with Brian Metzer of the Penguins Radio Network. We pick apart the Penguins’ 6-4 loss in Boston on Monday. The Bruins got out to a quick 3-0 lead. The Penguins stormed back with a four-goal second period. Then blew that...
