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Lightning strike late, send Penguins to 3rd straight lossVideo

TAMPA, Fla. — For all their problems with injuries or a roster imbalance between forwards and defensemen, one of the few maladies the Penguins have not had to confront in the early stages of the 2019-20 campaign has been penalties. Entering Wednesday, they had had averaged 6.8 penalty minutes per...
Choosing the right taxidermist requires homework

You’ve probably seen them floating around the internet and laughed. We’re talking pictures of horrifically bad, even frightening taxidermy. If you haven’t, just Google something like “really bad taxidermy” and see what turns up. Spoiler alert: it ain’t pretty. The real tragedy is that each of the animals mounted in...
Sunday hunting bill clears committee with amendment

Expanded Sunday hunting is a step closer to coming to Pennsylvania. But not without hunters having to make one more concession. The House of Representatives game and fisheries committee Monday approved Senate Bill 147. It allows hunting on three Sundays. One is in the statewide archery deer season, one in...
Simone Biles adds a twist to the ceremonial pitch for Game 2 of the World SeriesVideo

Her toss will never go down in history, but her windup? The judges gave it 10s. Gymnast Simone Biles threw out the ceremonial first pitch for Game 2 of the World Series but what made it notable was her twisting backflip before the gold medal olympian threw to the plate....
Mark Whipple wants Pitt’s Kenny Pickett to take cue from Ben RoethlisbergerVideo

Pitt has plenty invested in Kenny Pickett’s arms and legs, but if he must throw himself at a defensive tackle who is almost 100 pounds heavier, he said he’ll do it. It might have happened Friday night in the fourth quarter at Syracuse. With Pitt ahead 27-20, Syracuse’s 308-pound defensive...
MLB to look into umpire tweet referencing gun, Trump critics

HOUSTON — Commissioner Rob Manfred says Major League Baseball will look into a politicized tweet by umpire Rob Drake that referenced a rifle and criticism of President Donald Trump. Drake posted this message to Twitter on Tuesday: “I will be buying an AR-15 tomorrow, because if you impeach MY PRESIDENT...
Puck retrievals bring stability to Penguins’ power play

TAMPA, Fla. — The Penguins had one of the NHL’s best power plays last season with a conversion rate of 24.6%. And why wouldn’t they? With a handful of scoring champions and All-Stars at their disposal, the Penguins’ power-play was a clear and present danger to every NHL goaltender. Even...
Penguins to start Tristan Jarry against Lightning

TAMPA, Fla. – Backup goaltender Tristan Jarry will start for the Penguins as they face the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday at Amalie Arena. Jarry has appeared in two games this season and has a 1-1-0 record along with a 1.51 goals against average and .941 save percentage. Each of...
Playing at Pitt ‘dream come true’ for Pitt safety Paris FordVideo

Pat Narduzzi seldom brags in public about a victory, whether it occurs on the football field or in the living room of a recruit. But he was feeling good in 2017 on signing day. Three months earlier, Pitt had defeated Clemson, the eventual national champion, in Death Valley (an unlikely...
ACC midseason awards: Tar Heels freshman Sam Howell emerges

Sam Howell has moved past freshman-level studies at North Carolina. He is playing his way to the top of the class of ACC quarterbacks. Howell leads the conference with 20 touchdown passes after tying the North Carolina record with five in last week’s 43-41, six-overtime loss to Virginia Tech. He...
Penguins CEO gives ringing endorsement for Pirates hiring Travis Williams as president

The Pittsburgh Pirates already received one ringing endorsement for their decision to hire Travis Williams to replace Frank Coonelly as team president. That it’s from the Penguins should come as no surprise. “We owe a lot of the success we’ve had over the last 10 years or so to Travis,”...
Michigan QB Shea Patterson accuses Penn State of intentionally gouging his eyesVideo

Michigan quarterback Shea Patterson said Tuesday that at least one Penn State defensive player intentionally eye-gouged him for “about” 10 seconds during his fourth-quarter touchdown sneak Saturday. “I’ve never been in a pileup as violent as that one,” Patterson told the Detroit News. “Got the touchdown, but that wasn’t fun.”...
Steelers’ James Washington, Jaylen Samuels progress in returning from injuryVideo

Jaylen Samuels and James Washington were on the practice field Wednesday, and each of the injured skill-position weapons for the Pittsburgh Steelers offense expressed optimism he is progressing well in his return from an injury. Samuels, a running back, confirmed that he did individual drills; Washington, a wide receiver said...
Robert Morris women’s basketball picked to win NEC title

There were no surprises when the votes were counted from the Northeast Conference women’s basketball coaches preseason poll. Robert Morris was picked first for the fifth time in the past seven years. It was a unanimous vote. RMU, which captured all 10 first-place votes, won its eighth NEC Tournament and...
NFL places Steelers LB Anthony Chickillo on reserve/commissioner exempt list

Three days after he was charged in an alleged domestic incident with his girlfriend, Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker Anthony Chickillo was placed by the NFL on the reserve/commissioner exempt list. The Steelers re-signed linebacker Jayrone Elliott to take Chickillo’s spot on the 53-man roster. While on the exempt list, Chickillo...
Slimmed-down Steelers rookie DL Isaiah Buggs stayed patient, eager for possible shot

In the trickle-down effects of the season-ending injury to Stephon Tuitt, Isaiah Buggs potentially could be in line to make his NFL regular-season debut in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ next game. A defensive lineman from Alabama taken in the sixth round of April’s draft, Buggs has yet to be activated for...

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