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Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff, dies at 88
NCAA approves bowl eligibility adjustment for FCS victories
Major college football teams will be permitted to count two victories against second-tier Division I teams toward bowl eligibility this season. The NCAA Division I Council’s blanket waiver loosens current rules that allow Football Bowl Subdivision teams to count only one victory against Football Championship Subdivision schools toward bowl eligibility....
Shady Side Academy alum Skyy Moore, Penn State’s Pat Freiermuth selected to Biletnikoff Award watch list
New Kensington’s Skyy Moore, a Shady Side Academy graduate and rising sophomore wide receiver at Western Michigan in the Mid-American Conference, has been named to the preseason Biletnikoff Award watch list. The Biletnikoff Award is presented each year to the nation’s top college receiver by the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation....
John Steigerwald: Overreactions will keep sports from being played
I’ll believe it when I see it. That’s been my attitude for months when it comes to the return of the four major sports. What has happened lately to make me believe we’ll be seeing some semblance of a season any time soon? Major League Soccer isn’t part of the...
Coronavirus testing a stress threat for athletic budgets 
Coastal Carolina already had one of the smaller athletic budgets in the Football Bowl Subdivision, and that was before a 15% spending cut was ordered because of projected declines in state funding and student fees stemming from the coronavirus pandemic. Facing the prospect of having to pay for testing of...
Former NFL, college coach Phil Krueger dies at 90; Bucs’ 1st GM 
PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. — Phil Krueger, who helped build a dominant defense as an assistant for 1967 national champion Southern California and later became part of the first coaching staff in Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ history, has died. He was 90. Krueger died Monday at his home, his family said. Skilled...
Rights groups, athletes ask NCAA to move tourney from Idaho 
BOISE, Idaho — Groups that advocate for civil rights and women’s rights have joined notable athletes in asking the NCAA to move 2021 men’s basketball tournament games out of Idaho after the state passed a law banning transgender women from competing in women’s sports. A letter sent Wednesday and signed...
UConn soccer player loses lawsuit over obscene gesture 
HARTFORD, Conn. — A federal judge has ruled UConn did nothing wrong when it took away the scholarship of a soccer player who gave the middle finger to a television camera. Noriana Radwan, who eventually transferred to Hofstra, had argued her punishment for the November 2014 incident was excessive and...
Iowa strength coach put on leave amid racism allegations 
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa football strength and conditioning coach Chris Doyle has been placed on administrative leave after several black former players posted on social media about what they described as systemic racism in the program. Head coach Kirk Ferentz made the announcement Saturday night, calling it “a defining...
Florida State football team meets after coach accused of lying 
The Florida State football team met with coach Mike Norvell on Thursday after a star player accused the coach of lying about personally connecting with each player to discuss the police killing of George Floyd and ensuing protests against racial injustice. Florida State athletic director David Coburn was making a...
Clemson star WR Ross out for year due to spinal condition 
Clemson receiver Justyn Ross, considered a first-round NFL Draft pick next spring, will miss the upcoming college season due to a spinal condition uncovered after he was hurt at practice in March. Tigers coach Dabo Swinney said Ross will have surgery Friday because of a congenital fusion of vertebrae he...
Non-revenue sports fret over college athlete compensation
College coaches in non-revenue sports are worried about the impact legislation allowing compensation for athletes could have on their programs. More than a dozen national associations in various sports — hockey, soccer, tennis, golf, swimming and gymnastics, among them — have signed a memo outlining “significant concerns” about effects of...
Number of eliminated college sports programs nearing 100
Four-year colleges facing budget shortfalls stemming from the pandemic are approaching an unwelcome milestone: In coming days, the number of eliminated sports programs will almost surely pass 100. Research by The Associated Press found a total of 97 teams eliminated at four-year schools through Friday. The count includes only teams...
Eddie Sutton, Hall of Fame basketball coach, dies at 84
Eddie Sutton waited so long to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He couldn’t hang on long enough to make it to the ceremony. The man who led three teams to the Final Four and was the first coach to take four schools to the NCAA...
NBA Hall of Famer, Georgetown coach Patrick Ewing has covid-19 
WASHINGTON — Georgetown basketball coach Patrick Ewing tested positive for covid-19 and is being treated at a hospital. “This virus is serious and should not be taken lightly,” the Hall of Famer as a player for the Hoyas in college and the New York Knicks in the NBA said in...
Lessons from 1918: Old pandemic is a murky guide for sports
The image is striking: Fans watching a college football game in the midst of a pandemic, wearing masks with a smidge of social distance between them on row after row of bleacher seats. The photo is 102 years old. The Georgia Tech alumni Twitter feed posted a black-and-white photo of...
Central Valley grad earns 2nd consecutive golf management scholarship
When Will Mann learned that Brianna Fleming earned her second-consecutive PGA WORKS Golf Management University Scholarship, he said he was surprised but not surprised. Fleming is a sophomore at Coastal Carolina and a 2018 graduate of Central Valley who is majoring in business management that specializes in the school’s PGA...
Akron drops 3 sports as pandemic inflicts financial pain 
With its athletic budget being stretched and future funding uncertain, Akron dropped three sports Thursday in a cost-cutting move necessitated by the covid-19 pandemic. The Ohio school announced it will discontinue men’s cross-country and golf and women’s tennis at the end of the academic year. Akron plans to reduce financial...
Georgetown guard Mac McClung transferring to another school 
WASHINGTON — Georgetown guard Mac McClung plans to enter the NCAA transfer portal so he can switch schools after taking his name out of consideration for the NBA Draft. “Mac was an integral piece of our program, and when he let me know his decision, I was disappointed, but he...
Budget crunch could impact how college teams opt to travel
When college sports teams finally return to play, they might not be traveling quite as far as they did for road games before the pandemic. The cancellation of the NCAA Tournament has produced a budget crunch that leaves colleges everywhere looking for cost-saving measures. One simple step is to cut...
NCAA calls alleged Kansas basketball violations ‘egregious’ 
LAWRENCE, Kan. — The NCAA struck back at Kansas and its men’s basketball program Thursday, calling five Level I violations that are alleged to have occurred “egregious” and arguing they “undermine and threaten” college athletics. In the latest in a series of back-and-forth filings, the NCAA reiterated in a 92-page...
Wake Forest turns to ETSU’s Forbes as men’s basketball coach 
Wake Forest has hired East Tennessee State’s Steve Forbes as its men’s basketball coach. The school announced the hiring Thursday following a search that concluded less than a week after the school fired Danny Manning. Forbes, 55, is coming off a five-year run with ETSU that ended with a 30-win...
Former Franklin Regional wrestler Michael Kemerer working toward another shot at national title with Iowa
When Michael Kemerer learned he wouldn’t get a chance to become an NCAA champion, like every Division I wrestler who qualified for the event, there was disappointment. The Iowa redshirt senior had unfinished business and was looking for an individual title for himself and a team title for the Hawkeyes...
John Steigerwald: Kudos to Jalen Green for choosing G League over college
Good for Jalen Green. He decided not to go to college. Instead, he’ll make $500,000 playing basketball in the G League. That’s the official minor league of the NBA. It used to be known as the D League for NBA Developmental League. It was changed to G League in 2017....
Six former WPIAL wrestlers, three from Franklin Regional, earn All-American honors
Six former WPIAL wrestlers earned first-team All-American honors Friday, including a trio of Franklin Regional graduates. Iowa junior Spencer Lee, Arizona State senior Josh Shields and Iowa senior Michael Kemerer are the former FR wrestlers honored. Pitt sophomore Micky Phillippi, Ohio State senior Luke Pletcher and Penn State senior Vincenzo...
Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy apologizes for covid-19 comments
STILLWATER, Okla. — Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy apologized Saturday for comments this week about the COVID-19 pandemic. “I have been made aware that comments from my press conference have offended some,” Gundy said in a statement. “It was never my intention to offend anyone and I apologize. My...


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