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Virginia will be tough for Pitt to beat, ACC analysts believeVideo
ACC Network analysts Tim Hasselbeck and Jon Beason didn’t come out and directly predict Pitt will lose to Virginia on Saturday night. But while speaking to reporters on a conference call Monday morning, they gave a clear indication the Cavaliers will be tough to beat. “It’s going to be tough...
Longtime RMU announcer Shovlin on the mend, will miss first football opener
When the Robert Morris football team opens the season Thursday at Buffalo, the Colonials will be missing someone special: play-by-play radio announcer Chris Shovlin. The veteran broadcaster, who has been call football and basketball since 1987, won’t be making the trip because a back issue will keep him in Pittsburgh....
Penn State adds 4-star RB from Florida to 2020 recruiting class
Penn State football coach James Franklin and the Nittany Lions got another Class of 2020 recruit when Superior Collegiate Academy’s Keyvone Lee made his announcement official Monday night. #BREAKING: 4⭐️ RB Keyvone Lee (@KeyvoneL) has committed to #PennState. #WeAre #PSUnrivaled @247Sports @Rivals @BN9 @SpecSports360 pic.twitter.com/uBgw61VB6X— CHRIS TORELLO (@TorelloSports) August 27,...
In pass-happy era of football, PAC teams still value running game
Longtime Geneva coach Geno DeMarco tried the newfangled system. He spread out his offense and ran as many plays as quickly as possible, often throwing. Not to his liking. When Andrew DiDonato was hired to resurrect Grove City’s program three years ago, he easily could have used a passing system....
Serena Williams cruises past Maria Sharapova in U.S. Open
NEW YORK — Playing her first match at the U.S. Open since last year’s loss in a chaotic, controversial final, Serena Williams played nearly perfect tennis and beat Maria Sharapova, 6-1, 6-1, in a contest devoid of drama Monday night. Williams stretched her winning streak to 19 matches against Sharapova...
District college football preview: 5 Division III players to watch
A look at five players to watch in NCAA Division III football this season: Chas Blango, Sr., DL, Bethany (Mt. Lebanon): Tied for second in PAC with eight sacks, forced two fumbles and had 54 total tackles. … Helped Bison yield fewest points per game (17.3) and give up fewest...
Fox Chapel native Jack Kartsonas shines at Palomino World Series
Fox Chapel native Jack Kartsonas pitched on the biggest stage of his career earlier this month. Things started when Kartsonas played in a summer league with college-bound players who are 18 and under called the Youngstown “B” league. He pitched in seven games, threw 37 2/3 innings, recorded a 0.56...
Pitt’s Pat Narduzzi names starters at most positions, but still likes the depth of his roster
Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi thinks and acts like almost all of his coaching brethren. They all follow these strict tenets: • Don’t give up too much information. • Be as vague as possible when discussing personnel and strategy. • Keep alive the notion of competition at every position. Yet when...
NCAA Division III football preview: Top PAC teams remain grounded
Longtime Geneva coach Geno DeMarco tried spreading out his offense and running as many plays as quickly as possible, often throwing. Not to his liking. When Andrew DiDonato was hired to resurrect Grove City’s program three years ago, he easily could have used a passing system. Wide-open offenses had become...
Kevin Gorman: For Pitt football, winning at home would be nice startVideo
Pat Narduzzi was so thrilled to learn he’s undefeated in his first four season openers you would have thought someone switched Pitt’s colors back to Navy and Vegas gold. “I didn’t know that,” Narduzzi said with a sigh, grumbling his gratitude. “Thanks for letting me know.” Forgive the Pitt football...
Mark Madden: Francisco Cervelli’s hero status with Pirates a joke
When your team is awful, heroes have to be invented. Such was the case when catcher Francisco Cervelli ended his tenure in Pittsburgh. The Pirates are 11-30 since the All-Star break and are too frequently routed. They have sustained losses of 7-1, 11-1, 13-0 and 7-1 in the past nine...
Stephon Tuitt expecting to make big plays more consistently for Steelers
Everything about Stephon Tuitt is big: his size, his contract, his expectations as a hulking end on the Pittsburgh Steelers defense. And during a brief appearance Sunday night in the team’s exhibition game at Tennessee, so was his production. Tuitt played just 12 snaps in the Steelers’ 18-6 victory against...
Mets trying to produce another miracle
NEW YORK — Two months ago, as the New York Mets commemorated the 50th anniversary of a most improbable World Series title, 74-year-old alum Ed Kranepool stood at a Citi Field lectern and tried to encourage a languishing team. “They can do it like we did. You gotta believe in...
Seton Hill volleyball again among PSAC favorites
It could be another lengthy women’s volleyball season at Seton Hill. The Griffins, who won their first Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference title last year, are the favorites to finish first in the PSAC Southwest Division, according to a preseason coaches poll. Seton Hill made its fifth straight trip to the...
Projecting the Steelers 53-man roster with cutdown day looming
Among the 91 players in the Pittsburgh Steelers locker room this week, the most restless could be the likes of Sutton Smith and Tuzar Skipper, Fred Johnson and Zach Banner, Marcus Allen and Jordan Dangerfield. Or is it Kevin Rader and Zach Gentry, and Eli Rogers and Diontae Spencer? Rookies...
Report: Penn State, coach James Franklin, AD Sandy Barbour targets of lawsuit
Penn State, its football coach and athletic director are defendants in a lawsuit filed by a former physician employed to oversee the health of its football team, according to a report by PennLive.com. In the 43-page suit filed in eastern Pennsylvania, Dr. Scott A. Lynch claims Franklin “on multiple and...
Tim Benz, Mark Madden break down Steelers’ preseason win, Andrew Luck’s retirement and White Claw
In this week’s “Madden Monday,” Mark Madden of 105.9 the X joins me to wrap up the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 18-6 preseason win over the Tennessee Titans. Well, we try to wrap up what we could figure out, anyway. Boy, that camera angle was really bad. We dissect that topic first....
First Call: People hated NBC’s camera angle for Steelers-Titans game
Monday’s “First Call” is filled with hatred of the NBC camera angle during the Steelers game Sunday night. Antonio Brown’s Helmetgate may be coming to an end. And a sad sidebar to Andrew Luck’s retirement. Scrap that idea Steelers fans had one universal critique of the team’s 18-6 win in...
Police: Miami fan injures Florida band director after game
ORLANDO, Fla. — Police say a University of Miami fan shoved the director of the University of Florida’s marching band to the ground after the season opening football game between the two schools in Orlando. Orlando police spokeswoman Wanda Miglio tells news outlets that a Miami fan began pushing her...
Tim Benz: What Andrew Luck’s retirement means … for the Steelers
For Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck, his career was cut short by injury at the age of 29. For the Colts franchise, it has been thrust into a state of uncertainty. For Colts fans, their season of Super Bowl aspirations now appears destined for non-playoff failure. So let’s get to...
Tim Benz: Steelers tempt fate, escape unscathed in Tennessee
The Pittsburgh Steelers played Russian roulette with their veteran starters and won. For the most part. Let’s see how bad safety Sean Davis’ ankle injury is. And linebacker Bud Dupree’s thumb. At least Mike Tomlin didn’t give a dire diagnosis about either player after the Steelers beat the Tennessee Titans...
Penguins Predictions: Will Kris Letang remain among game’s elite defensemen?
The last time the Pittsburgh Penguins gathered in their locker room at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry, defenseman Kris Letang supplied the fireworks. In the wake of a couple of high-profile mistakes that cost his team goals in a first-round playoff loss to the New York Islanders a...
Penguins of the Decade: No. 5, Marc-Andre Fleury
Beat writer Jonathan Bombulie has compiled a countdown of the top Pittsburgh Penguins of the 2010s. At No. 5 is goalie Marc-Andre Fleury. Follow the Pittsburgh Penguins all season long....
‘Can’t miss that one’: Injured Steelers safety Sean Davis vows to play against Patriots
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Sean Davis limped off the field after playing much of the first half for the Pittsburgh Steelers in their 18-6 victory against the Tennessee Titans in their third preseason game. The safety was one of two starters to show up on the injury report. Outside linebacker Bud...
Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: In battle of backup QBs, Steelers see some separation
All eyes were on the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterbacks in their preseason game Sunday night at the Tennessee Titans, and not just because Ben Roethlisberger made his debut. Andrew Luck’s retirement rocked the NFL, turning the Indianapolis Colts into a team desperate for quarterback depth. The Steelers have a surplus at...
