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Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff, dies at 88
Shohei Ohtani’s return to pitching could come in May for World Series champion Dodgers 
LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani pitching for the Los Angeles Dodgers in May is “about right,” manager Dave Roberts said Saturday at the team’s annual fan fest. He reiterated that Ohtani won’t pitch in the season-opening Japan Series against the Chicago Cubs on March 18-19 in Tokyo. The two-way superstar...
Eagles, Chiefs arrive in New Orleans for Super Bowl week 
NEW ORLEANS — The Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs have landed in New Orleans for Super Bowl week. They exited their planes to sunshine and temperatures in the 60s on Sunday afternoon, a week before their matchup Feb. 9. Players and staff made their way down movable staircases from...
De’Aaron Fox to join Victor Wembanyama in San Antonio as part of 3-team trade, AP sources say 
Victor Wembanyama has a new point guard: De’Aaron Fox is on his way out of Sacramento and headed to San Antonio. Fox is one of the centerpieces of a trade agreed to by three teams, one that sends Zach LaVine from Chicago to Sacramento, Zach Collins from San Antonio to...
Rory McIlroy overpowers Pebble Beach and wins in a runaway 
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Rory McIlroy played a game nearly as magnificent as the Pebble Beach scenery Sunday as he powered his way past a pack of contenders and closed with a 6-under-par 66 for a two-shot victory in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. McIlroy is one of the top...
Former LSU receivers score 8 times as NFC tops AFC in Pro Bowl Games, 76-63 
ORLANDO, Fla. — With Olympic flag football three years away, this much is becoming clear: the U.S. team should want a former LSU receiver on its roster. The four ex-Tigers competing in the Pro Bowl Games scored a combined eight touchdowns in a flag football game that capped the NFC’s...
Raiders hire Chip Kelly as offensive coordinator
Chip Kelly is returning to the NFL as the Las Vegas Raiders’ offensive coordinator, a person with knowledge of the decision said Sunday. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the team hasn’t announced the hire. Kelly was the offensive coordinator on Ohio State’s national...
2-time defending champ Chiefs become NFL juggernaut fans love to hate 
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs were once the lovable NFL underdogs, led by the good-natured coach who couldn’t win the big one, the plucky quarterback with the Kermit the Frog-like voice, and the superstar tight end with charisma to spare. Five years after their first trip to...
Robert Morris men come up short at Wright State 
Even with its late-game miscues, the Robert Morris men’s basketball team nearly kept its long winning streak alive Sunday at Wright State. But the Colonials weren’t able to come through. Andrew Welage’s jumper and Jack Doumbia’s free throw in the final 11 seconds completed a run of 10 unanswered points...
Javon Small scores 19 points as WVU beats Cincinnati to end 3-game skid 
CINCINNATI — Javon Small scored 19 points to go with nine assists, and West Virginia beat Cincinnati, 63-50, on Sunday to snap a three-game losing streak. Small, who averages 19.1 points and leads the Big 12 in scoring, shot 6 of 14 from the field and made four 3-pointers. Joseph...
Fay Vincent, baseball commissioner during 3 years of turmoil, dies at 86 
NEW YORK — Fay Vincent, who became an unexpected baseball commissioner in 1989 after the death of A. Bartlett Giamatti and then was forced out three years later by owners intent on a labor confrontation with players, has died. He was 86. Vincent had undergone radiation and chemotherapy for bladder...
Analysis: There’s time to fix what ails Pitt, but it starts now with Virginia in town
If you’re one of those college basketball fans into analytics and asking numbers to tell a story, they won’t paint an impressive picture of Pitt. At the halfway point of its ACC schedule (10 down, 10 to go), Pitt is: • 5-5 against conference foes. • 4-4 in games decided...
Welcome to the Madhouse: NASCAR hits tiny Bowman Gray Stadium for rough-and-tumble racing 
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Ryan Blaney was a little kid the first time he raced at Bowman Gray Stadium — he figures he couldn’t have been older than 10 — and remembers it being the coolest thing he’d ever done in motorsports. He was in a Bandolero, an entry-level car designed...
Gateway grad Jordan Edwards relishing opportunity on Princeton coaching staff
Jordan Edwards didn’t waste any time hitting the ground running after she was hired last June as an assistant coach for the women’s basketball team at Princeton. “Summer is the big evaluation period, and there is a lot of recruiting that goes into it,” said Edwards, a standout player at...
Owen Pickering named AHL All-Star for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins defenseman Owen Pickering will represent the club and Atlantic Division at the 2025 American Hockey League (AHL) All-Star Classic, it was announced Saturday evening. The All-Star Classic is set for Sunday and Monday. Pickering, 21, was named as a replacement for Michael Callahan of the Providence Bruins, who...
Luka Doncic heads to the Lakers and Anthony Davis goes to the Mavs in blockbuster trade
Luka Doncic led Dallas to the NBA Finals last season. Anthony Davis won a championship with the Los Angeles Lakers. They now have switched teams in an absolute blockbuster. Doncic was traded by the reigning Western Conference champion Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers for Davis as part of a...
Newly acquired Danton Heinen, Vincent Desharnais jump right into Penguins lineup
For Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan and his staff, Saturday afternoon featured a departure from routine pregame preparation. At about midnight Friday, news of the Marcus Pettersson and Drew O’Connor trade surfaced, with the Vancouver Canucks sending back winger Danton Heinen and defensemen Vincent Desharnais, in addition to a conditional...
Minor league report: Penguins, Jonathan Gruden beat Checkers 
A goal and an assist by forward Jonathan Gruden led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 3-2 win against the Charlotte Checkers at Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, N.C. on Saturday. Forwards Corey Andonovski and Vasily Ponomarev each scored goals for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (24-11-4-0) while goaltender Sergei Murashov made 29 saves on 31...
Penguins, Alex Nedeljkovic blank Predators for 1st shutout of season
The Pittsburgh Penguins entered Saturday in something of a dour mood. Defenseman Marcus Pettersson and forward Drew O’Connor, two popular teammates, had left in the middle of the night after being traded away to the Vancouver Canucks in a transaction Friday that was necessitated by the Penguins’ mostly lackluster performance...
Jack Bech shines in Senior Bowl a month after brother’s death in New Orleans truck attack
MOBILE, Ala. — Former TCU receiver Jack Bech caught the winning touchdown pass and was named MVP of the Senior Bowl on Saturday, a month after his older brother was among 14 killed in the deadly pickup truck attack in New Orleans. Bech caught a 2-yard touchdown pass from Memphis...
Russell Wilson ‘focused on the Steelers,’ sidesteps Raiders rumors
ORLANDO, Fla. — Russell Wilson strolled into Camping World Stadium on Saturday and immediately started looking for his son. He spotted him on the opposite sideline and made a beeline across the field. Wilson didn’t want to do anything without Future Wilson by his side. After all, Wilson realizes his...
Column: Nick Sirianni deserves more credit than he’s getting for Eagles’ Super Bowl run 
NEW YORK — Nick Sirianni is the forgotten man when credit gets doled out for the Philadelphia Eagles’ surge to their second Super Bowl in three years. But the coach deserves recognition for shepherding Philly to their 17-3 record through 20 games entering Super Bowl LIX, especially considering he began...
Jeff Thomason left construction site to join Eagles in Super Bowl 20 years ago
PHILADELPHIA — Jeff Thomason was in a work trailer in South Jersey 20 years ago ready to start another Monday morning on a construction site of a new housing development. His phone rang. It was Tom Melvin, a Philadelphia Eagles assistant coach. Thomason played three seasons with the Birds before...
A.J. Brown felt like ‘paid actor’ in Eagles’ Super Bowl loss to Chiefs
PHILADELPHIA — A.J. Brown lingered with some of his Philadelphia Eagles teammates outside the Los Angeles Lakers’ locker room like any fan who had even a hint of a chance to hug it out with LeBron James. Sure enough, James spotted Brown, Darius Slay and other Eagles players, threw his...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Penguins’ trade gives reason for cautious optimism
The Pittsburgh Penguins are rebuilding, whether they use that word or not. But dominos are falling, which raise the possibility that rebuilding can be accelerated, perhaps within the time frame of Sidney Crosby’s remaining tenure. (However long that is. He’s the best 37-year-old ever.) The Penguins keep stockpiling draft choices,...
3 Periods: The ups and downs of the Penguins’ longest road trip in decades
A recent two-week road trip offered the Pittsburgh Penguins a chance to stockpile points and reverse a 1-3-3 start to 2025. Instead, the club managed six of a possible 14 points, going 3-4 from Jan. 17-29. After Wednesday’s overtime win against the Utah Hockey Club, the Penguins closed January with...


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