Sports category, Page 67

The 4 Nations Face-Off is complete. The Pittsburgh Penguins are in last place of the Metropolitan Division. So local hockey fans are going to have to get creative to sink their teeth into something with a little bit of importance surrounding the sport. Well, Alex Ovechkin … I can’t believe...

Tuesday’s “First Call” has the latest on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ alleged interest in quarterback Matthew Stafford. We get a health update on a Penn State star in advance of the NFL combine. The Cleveland Browns make a move in the secondary, and there is a new twist in the controversy...

Complaining about the Philadelphia Eagles’ “Tush Push” play is the most overwrought debate in sports and it needs to stop. That’s impossible now, though, because according to The Athletic, the Green Bay Packers have submitted a proposal to the league’s competition committee to ban the play. So, plenty more conversations...

BRADENTON, Fla. — Jared Jones unveiled a new pitch in his first start of spring training, though the Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander hesitates to label it. For now, the two-seam fastball is a “sinker or whatever you want to call it.” What does Jones want to call it? “Something nasty.” The...

Coming out of the nearly two-week break for the NHL’s 4 Nations Face-Off exhibition tournament, the Pittsburgh Penguins had nothing but games that could be categorized as “must wins” on their remaining regular-season schedule if they were to mount anything resembling a push for the postseason. But based on their...

With 1 minute, 15 seconds to play Tuesday against Georgia Tech, Pitt had managed to dig itself out of repeated holes, having trailed the vast majority of the night, to tie things up. But over the last 75 seconds, the Yellow Jackets scored the game’s final six points to secure...

INDIANAPOLIS — One NFL team is proposing an end to the tush push play the Philadelphia Eagles have used so successfully at the goal line and in short-yardage situations, including during their victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 59. According to NFL Network and the Washington Post,...

With the Super Bowl, college playoffs and all-star showcases in the rearview mirror, the NFL ramps up its focus this week for the upcoming season. The annual Scouting Combine will be held at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, with on-field workouts running from Thursday through Sunday. The NFL has invited...

Texas is No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll for the first time in 21 years and the third different team to hold the top spot in the past three weeks. The Longhorns moved atop the poll Monday after previous No. 1 Notre Dame lost in...

INDIANAPOLIS — Members of the IU Indianapolis men’s basketball team are unhurt and back home Monday, a day after their bus caught fire on Interstate 275. The school posted a message on X on Sunday that all team and staff members were safely evacuated from the bus, which experienced a...

Auburn remained atop the AP Top 25 for the seventh straight week on Monday, while preseason No. 1 Kansas dropped out of the men’s basketball poll for the first time in nearly four years, ending the Jayhawks’ ranked run at 80 consecutive weeks. The Tigers earned all 60 votes from...

Kiley Myers was as efficient as she was dominant in her first college softball no-hitter. The Marist grad student and Latrobe graduate blanked Long Island, 9-0, in five innings with precision. She had only two strikeouts but threw just 51 pitches and allowed one baserunner. The fast-throwing right-hander retired 10...

Emil Bemstrom is no stranger to success at the American Hockey League level. Before joining the Pittsburgh Penguins last February via trade, Bemstrom spent part of five seasons with the Columbus Blue Jackets, where his year-to-year performance followed a consistent script: AHL dominance but failing to break through in the...

Wilkinsburg native Joe Fusco, a 2001 College Football Hall of Fame coaching inductee and one of the most successful coaches in the history of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, died Saturday. He was 87. Fusco served as Westminster’s head coach from 1972-99 and led the Titans to four NAIA...

Judging by Pitt coach Jeff Capel’s tone and demeanor when revisiting Saturday’s loss at Notre Dame, it could be deduced that some disappointment from the defeat lingers. Against the struggling Fighting Irish, the Panthers were porous defensively, allowing Notre Dame to shoot 56.3% from the floor in the 76-72 decision....

Imagine a Black and Gold paradise where die-hard fans can rub elbows with Pittsburgh Steelers greats and soak up the sun. A Steelers fan cruise is scheduled to take to the sea in May 2026 and is giving fans the opportunity to mingle with some team legends. Partnered with Seaside...

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Paul Skenes’ first start of spring training was rained out. Monday’s Pittsburgh Pirates-Philadelphia Phillies game was canceled due to inclement weather, as the Gulf Coast expected rainstorms all afternoon. Skenes, the 2024 NL rookie of the year, was set to start for the Pirates against a Phillies...

To most basketball observers in Westmoreland County, Kedrick Curtis is the kid who hit the miracle shot for Seton Hill. Against Glenville State on the last day of November, Curtis, a sophomore forward from Baltimore, heaved in a three-quarter-court shot as time expired to give the Griffins a 73-72 victory....

Tia Germanich grew up in two worlds. One was softball. She played throughout her youth and, eventually, starred for Deer Lakes, earning second-team all-star honors from the Valley News Dispatch after her senior season. With her talent came opportunities to play in college, mostly from Division III schools. The other...

The Pittsburgh Penguins returned from the 4 Nations Face-Off this weekend and lost two home games. They fell 8-3 to Washington on Saturday and 5-3 to the New York Rangers on Sunday. The Pens are in last place of the Metropolitan Division with 57 points. The Buffalo Sabres (51 points)...

BRADENTON, Fla. — Konnor Griffin is quick to say how cool it is to be an 18-year-old in big league camp at spring training, especially when reminded that he’s less than a year removed from high school. The Pittsburgh Pirates’ 2024 first-round pick is even quicker to remind about something...