Islanders top pick Matthew Schaefer headlines NHL rookies to watchVideo
Matthew Schaefer being the first NHL No. 1 pick out of the Ontario Hockey League since Connor McDavid in 2015 is pressure enough. Then there’s following Connor Bedard and Macklin Celebrini into the league. Bedard with Chicago and Celebrini with San Jose immediately were put into prominent roles. Bedard won...
Here’s what to expect from the 9 NHL teams featuring new coachesVideo
Dan Muse and Mike Sullivan swapped ZIP codes over the summer, and they are among nine new coaches in the NHL this season. Muse took over for Sullivan as the Pittsburgh Penguins head coach after spending the past two seasons as an assistant coach with the New York Rangers. Sullivan,...
Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: Pirates need to focus on future with urgency to win more now
The Pittsburgh Pirates started the season with a proclamation. “It’s time to win,” Derek Shelton said in March. “That’s the only focus.” They opened PNC Park with a mandate. “We didn’t win enough,” Pirates chairman Bob Nutting told TribLive on April 4, before the home opener. “We need to win...
The kids were all right for the Penguins in preseason playVideo
Sergei Murashov is as erudite as he is flexible. But the chatty and sinewy Pittsburgh Penguins goaltending prospect has one matter he isn’t going to ruminate on in abundance: work. To be precise, he isn’t terribly eager to take a guess as to where he’ll be plying his trade by...
Steelers 4 Downs: ‘Explosive’ runs on both sides of ball has been area of gradual improvement
1. Big runs up/down For a franchise whose ethos has long been embodied by running the ball well and stopping opponents from doing so, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ NFL ranks at each through four weeks could not have been heartening. Headed into their bye this weekend, the Steelers ranked 31st in...
Apollo-Ridge, Pitt grad Tre Tipton continues crusade for mental health awareness, has big plans for future
How are you doing? The question is asked all the time, mostly casually. But Tre Tipton believes it is the most important question someone can ask. Because, as Tipton knows all too well, no matter how happy someone looks on the outside, what is going on inside might not align....
BYU offense carves up WVU
PROVO, Utah — Bear Bachmeier threw for a career-high 351 yards and a touchdown to lead No. 23 BYU to a 38-24 victory over West Virginia on Friday night. BYU (5-0, 2-0 Big 12) rolled up 517 total yards and had two takeaways. Chase Roberts had a career-high 161 yards...
Super prospect Gavin McKenna collects 2 assists in Penn State debut
TEMPE, Ariz. — Gavin McKenna had two first-period assists in his Penn State debut, helping the Nittany Lions beat Arizona State, 6-3, on Friday night. Expected to be the No. 1 pick next year in the NHL draft, the 17-year-old McKenna set up Aiden Fink’s power-play goal with 9:05 left...
Freshman Marino Graham powers Parkway-leading New Castle past No. 4 Montour
If last week’s win wasn’t already enough, then quarterback Marino Graham says this one surely proves New Castle is for real. The star freshman rushed for four touchdowns and passed for another as host New Castle defeated No. 4 Montour, 34-14, on Friday night at Taggart Stadium. The resurgent Red...
High school football roundup for Oct. 3, 2025: Trinity upsets No. 1 Thomas Jefferson
Jonah Williamson threw for 180 yards and two touchdowns as Trinity overcame a 15-point halftime deficit to upset top-ranked Thomas Jefferson, 33-22, in the Class 4A Big Six Conference on Friday night. The Hillers scored 26 unanswered points in the second half. Owen Gardner rushed for 126 yards and one...
Norwin storms back to defeat Hempfield thanks to huge game from Jake Knight
Oh, what a Knight for the Norwin football team. The Knights rallied from a 12-point third-quarter deficit, and senior Jake Knight was a big reason. The senior intercepted two passes in the second half, caught a touchdown pass off a tipped pass and downed a punt at the Hempfield 2-yard...
Sidney Crosby scores in overtime as Penguins finish preseason with win
The Penguins concluded the preseason with a 5-4 overtime win against the Buffalo Sabres at PPG Paints Arena on Friday. They finished the exhibition slate with a 5-1-1 record. Penguins forward Sidney Crosby scored two goals, including the winning score 9 seconds into the overtime period. Penguins forward Philip Tomasino...
Ex-Brewers manager Craig Counsell guides Cubs against old team
MILWAUKEE — The well-rested Milwaukee Brewers will turn to ace Freddy Peralta and the Chicago Cubs will hand the ball to Matthew Boyd on a short turnaround when the archrivals square off Saturday in the opener of the National League Division Series. Former Brewers manager Craig Counsell led the Cubs...
Rangers stay in house, hire Skip Schumaker as manager
Former National League Manager of the Year Skip Schumaker is the Texas Rangers’ new skipper. The team announced the hire Friday evening after president of baseball operations Chris Young told reporters earlier in the day that Schumaker was his “focus” in the job search. Schumaker, 45, was serving as a...
Commanders’ Jayden Daniels back in action against Chargers
Washington quarterback Jayden Daniels will return to action when the Commanders visit the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday at Inglewood, Calif. Meanwhile, Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert will be operating behind a decimated offensive line as Los Angeles looks to bounce back from a 21-18 road loss to the New York...
WNBA commissioner says she has to ‘do better’ amid blowback for comments
LAS VEGAS — Cathy Engelbert accepted some responsibility for WNBA players’ disapproval of the job she’s done as commissioner while denying certain remarks that Napheesa Collier alleged she said in a pointed statement earlier this week. Engelbert faced reporters ahead of Game 1 of the WNBA Finals between the Las...
Report: LIV Golf has lost more than $1.4 billion during its existence
LIV Golf has totaled more than $1.4 billion in losses over its first three- plus years of existence, according to a report from The Athletic on Friday. The United Kingdom-based LIV Golf Ltd managed the golf tour’s undertakings outside the United States, and its losses have grown every single year...
Basketball coach Billy Gillispie placed on leave after complaint
Tarleton State coach Billy Gillispie is on temporary administrative leave as the school investigates an anonymous complaint, the university announced Friday. No details were provided about the complaint against Gillispie, who previously coached at Kentucky, Texas A&M, Texas Tech and UTEP. Officials at Tarleton State, a member of the Western...
Pittsburgh’s newest ‘Mr. Eligible,’ OL Spencer Anderson aids Steelers’ run game as extra TE
From 3,000 miles away, there was one of the almost 8 million television viewers whom Spencer Anderson was thinking about most during his debut playing football in Europe. “Every time I came in,” the Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman said of last week’s game in Dublin, “I would yell to the...
Lamar Jackson among 6 players ruled out for Ravens’ matchup vs. Texans
The Ravens will be short-handed Sunday as the team ruled out six players, including star quarterback Lamar Jackson, who’s been nursing a hamstring injury and missed all three practices this week. Jackson (hamstring), fullback Patrick Ricard (calf), middle linebacker Roquan Smith (hamstring), cornerback Marlon Humphrey (calf) and cornerback Chidobe Awuzie...
Bucs RB Bucky Irving out vs. Seahawks, could also sit next week
Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Bucky Irving was ruled out for Sunday’s game against the host Seattle Seahawks, coach Todd Bowles announced Friday. Per an ESPN report, Irving could also miss the team’s Week 6 game against the visiting San Francisco 49ers on Oct. 5 as he deals with a...
For Robert Morris Hockey in 2025-26, the goal is ‘to be who we say we are’
Robert Morris hockey coach Derek Schooley has seen the predictions for his team in Year 3 of the relaunched program. The Colonials have been slotted anywhere from second to ninth in the 10-team Atlantic Hockey America conference. “We are somewhere between there on all of it. We’ll find out where...
Penguins assign 6 to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
Six members of the Pittsburgh Penguins cleared waivers Friday were assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL). That group includes: Forwards — Danton Heinen, Joona Koppanen, Valtteri Puustinen Defensemen — Sebastian Aho, Phil Kemp Goaltender — Filip Larsson Heinen is the most notable member of the sextet as...
Minor league report: Penguins open preseason with shootout win
Forward Gabe Klassen scored the lone goal in a shootout and gave the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins a 2-1 win against the Hershey Bears in their opening game of the preseason at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Friday. Penguins goaltender Maxim Pavelenko made 17 saves on 18 shots in regulation and...
Boston College’s 4th-ranked passing offense to present challenge for Pitt’s secondary
Pat Narduzzi understands a team’s record goes a long way in shaping perceptions. At 2-2 (0-1 ACC), Pitt appears less than formidable. The same could be said of the Panthers’ upcoming opponent, Boston College (1-3, 0-2), which visits Acrisure Stadium at noon Saturday. Narduzzi would be guilty of significant dereliction...
