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Dak Prescott seeks 1st playoff win as Cowboys host Seahawks
ARLINGTON, Texas — Russell Wilson won a wild-card game with Seattle as a rookie, a Super Bowl in his second season and another NFC championship the third time around. The best Dak Prescott can hope for with the Dallas Cowboys is to join Wilson on that list of title winners...
Plum graduate Loebig aims for another run at nationals with Pitt hockey
Last year, Ryan Loebig was one of several first-year members of Pitt’s Division I men’s hockey team to hear shared stories from the Panthers’ 2017 trip to the American College Hockey Association national tournament. Then, after helping Pitt to a successful regular season, which included the College Hockey Mid-American championship...
Franklin Regional grad Jamie Mauro leading ACHA Division I hockey in scoring
A couple of weeks into the season, Jamie Mauro said Slippery Rock hockey coach Dave Grimm broke the news to him that he was leading all of ACHA Division I in scoring. Since then curiosity has got to Mauro, so he checks the ACHA website every now and then to...
Mark Madden: Steelers, fans should be done with disrespectful Brown, Harrison
Most professional athletes don’t understand that every single one of them is disposable. That got proven when pro baseball not only survived but flourished after Babe Ruth retired and has been indisputably apparent ever since. Pro football is the topic du jour now that Antonio Brown and his flunky, James...
Reports: West Virginia hires Troy’s Neal Brown to replace Dana Holgorsen
West Virginia wasted little time finding a replacement for football coach Dana Holgorsen, replacing him with Troy’s Neal Brown, according to reports from Yahoo Sports and ESPN.com. Brown, 38, is one of only six FBS coaches with 10 victories in each of the past three seasons, He was 35-16 in...
Retired agent: Steelers can go after some of Antonio Brown’s money
By skipping the walkthrough last Saturday and a meeting at the team hotel later that night, did Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown violate the terms of his contract, giving the team a chance to withhold his game check and possibly recoup a portion of his signing bonus? A retired...
Steelers add former CFL WR and young LB to roster on futures contracts
A 22-year-old linebacker and a journeyman 26-year-old wide receiver are the latest players the Pittsburgh Steelers signed to futures contracts on Friday. The new additions are linebacker Tegray Scales, a first-year linebacker who spent the final two weeks of the 2018 season on the Indianapolis Colts practice squad, and wide...
Lefty reliever Tyler Lyons among 4 non-roster invitees to Pirates spring training
One of the National League’s best left-handed set-up men just two seasons ago is among four nonroster invitees to spring training, the Pittsburgh Pirates announced Friday. Former St. Louis Cardinals reliever Tyler Lyons was invited to the Pirates’ major-league camp, which begins the week prior to Lyons’ 31st birthday. Lyons...
Former NFL Pro Bowl players try curling with Olympic goal
Defensive lineman Jared Allen retired from the NFL in 2015 and wasn’t ready to give up on the competition he’d come to enjoy as a five-time All-Pro. His solution: The Olympics. The problem: He didn’t compete in any Olympic sports. Less than a year later, Allen and three other former...
A year after having 4 1st-team All-Pros, Steelers fail to land any
In a reflection of the team missing the playoffs, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ representation on the AP All-Pro first team plummeted. A year after leading the league with four first-team honorees after going 13-3, the Steelers were shut out on the team announced Friday. Center Maurkice Pouncey was named to the...
Pitt fires offensive coordinator Shawn Watson and receivers coach Kevin Sherman
After Pitt’s 14-13 loss to Stanford in the Sun Bowl, coach Pat Narduzzi was unclear about his belief in offensive coordinator Shawn Watson. His thoughts finally came into focus Friday. Four days after he said his confidence in Watson was “high,” Narduzzi fired Watson after two seasons at Pitt. Also...
Rams’ Aaron Donald only unanimous pick for NFL All-Pro; Steelers’ Pouncey named 2nd team
NEW YORK — Patrick Mahomes and three other Kansas City Chiefs players made The Associated Press 2018 NFL All-Pro Team on Friday. They were joined by the first rookie teammates since 1965 — Colts guard left Quenton Nelson and linebacker Darius Leonard. Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald, a Pitt graduate,...
Rewarding creative heckler a one-shot deal for Penguins’ Sidney Crosby
Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby has a message for would-be hecklers after he presented a particularly outspoken fan with an autographed stick Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden. The sweepstakes is over. No further prizes will be awarded. “It’s not a competition,” he said with a laugh after morning skate...
Steelers cut ties with linebackers coach Joey Porter
Coach Mike Tomlin promised changes after the Pittsburgh Steelers missed the playoffs with a 9-6-1 record, and outside linebackers coach Joey Porter became the first casualty. Tomlin announced Friday he is not renewing Porter’s contract. Porter, 41, had just completed his fifth year on Tomlin’s staff. “These are difficult decisions...
Penn State basketball coach says he will do better next time, apologizes for shoving player
Penn State basketball coach Patrick Chambers apologized after appearing to shove a player during a game Thursday night. ESPN cameras caught Chambers pushing player Myles Dread during a timeout in the first half of a game versus Michigan. At a press conference after the game Chambers addressed the incident. “I...
Tim Benz: Don’t let Roethlisberger off the hook amid Steelers turmoil
Let`s follow up on what James Jones had to say about Ben Roethlisberger`s role in the drama surrounding Antonio Brown. "I have talked to a couple of people in the Pittsburgh Steelers organization, and they told me this has been lingering," Jones said on NFL...
No. 1 UConn’s 126-game win streak ends at No. 8 Baylor
WACO, Texas — Geno Auriemma knew that top-ranked UConn couldn’t keep winning every regular-season game it played, even though the Huskies had won 126 in a row. That winning streak of more than four years ended with a 68-57 loss Thursday night at No. 8 Baylor, which won against a...
First call: Antonio Brown reportedly felt Steelers’ standard was ‘slipping’
In "First Call" Friday, a different twist on the Antonio Brown situation. Alan Faneca will take another run at Canton. And some top-ranked hockey teams are in town this weekend. The standard isn`t the standard? Check out this quote from Albert Breer of "Sports Illustrated" as it relates to Antonio...
What would be fantasy impact of Steelers trading Antonio Brown?
When it comes to all this Antonio Brown controversy, as JuJu Smith-Schuster might say, let`s get to the real important stuff: Fantasy Football. If Brown gets traded, there will be some major waves in the fantasy sports world. So, during our weekly fantasy sports podcast with Jeff Erickson of Rotowire,...
Tim Benz: Steelers should be better than Mike Tomlin has made them
Arguing about whether the Pittsburgh Steelers should keep Mike Tomlin is more volatile than any political discussion I can fathom. Give me a nice, quiet conversation about border walls, health care, gun control, government shutdowns or Hillary`s emails any day. Those are far less contentious topics. Sides have been drawn....
Patriots assistant Brian Flores interviews for Dolphins’ head job
MIAMI — New England Patriots linebackers coach Brian Flores is the first candidate to interview for the Miami Dolphins’ coaching job. Miami is seeking a replacement for Adam Gase, who was fired Monday after three seasons. Flores, who met Friday with the Dolphins, has been a Patriots assistant for 11...
Jamie Oleksiak set to return to Penguins lineup against big, physical Jets
Defenseman Jamie Oleksiak is on track to make his return to the Pittsburgh Penguins lineup for the first time since suffering a concussion in a fight with Washington’s Tom Wilson on Dec. 19. Oleksiak has been cleared to return since Dec. 29, but he has been a healthy scratch for...
Shaler grad Duritza chips in for surging Marietta
Luce Duritza’s climb didn’t come by scaling the mountain all at once. The 5-foot-11 forward for the Marietta women’s basketball team had to make gradual progress. As a senior at Shaler, Duritza had her season end when she tore her ACL in the opener. As a college freshman, Duritza was...
Penguins’ Kris Letang says home-ice advantage isn’t what it used to be
The Pittsburgh Penguins just wrapped up an undefeated post-Christmas three-game road trip through St. Louis, Minnesota and New York. In a week, they will embark on a five-game western swing through Anaheim, Los Angeles, San Jose, Arizona and Las Vegas leading up to their bye week. On the surface, then,...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Bucknell’s Hartman wows at Midlands
College wrestlers often make their mark at large-scale tournaments early in their careers. One such tournament is the Ken Kraft Midlands Championships in Illinois, and Zach Hartman made a splash — a few of them, in fact — last weekend at that event. A freshman from Bucknell and a Belle...
