Dukes eager to face old coach Everhart
By Chris Harlan, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewWhat should be the pregame etiquette when your former coach returns as an opponent? Ignore him until later? Say hello? Good luck? Duquesne’s Sean Johnson ...
View ArticleEconomic importance of water trails highlighted
By Bob Frye, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewWater trails mean money. A study conducted for Pennsylvania’s Legislative Budget and Finance Committee determined that four trails — one of them the Three Rivers ...
View ArticleClairton’s Howard to sit out title game
By Keith Barnes, McKeesport Daily NewsTitus Howard always figured he would finish his high school football career with his Clairton teammates at Hersheypark Stadium. He just assumed he would be ...
View ArticleHigh school roundup: Seton-La Salle girls defeat Class AAAA No. 1 Mt. Lebanon
By Staff ReportsClass AA No. 1 Seton-La Salle opened the game with a 20-4 run en route to a 58-51 nonsection win over Class AAAA No. 1 ...
View ArticleHigh School Notebook: St. Gertrude’s gives local standouts a basketball...
By Bill Beckner Jr.Call it a basketball alternative — an organized way to play for a team without the rigid commitment required in a high school varsity program. ...
View ArticleHigh school roundup: Riverview’s Bruni shines in girls basketball win
By Staff ReportsRiverview senior guard Ashley Bruni sank six 3-pointers en route to a career-high 28 points, and the Raiders defeated visiting West Shamokin, 55-41, on Monday ...
View ArticleKarns City boys basketball team focusing on higher-percentage shots
By Bill West, Leader TimesAware that his Karns City boys basketball team includes enough youth to be moldable, coach Chris Bellis intends to alter the Gremlins’ offensive approach. Karns ...
View ArticleSteelers notebook: With Colon out, DeCastro set to start
By Alan Robinson, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewFirst-round draft pick David DeCastro might be ready to make his first NFL start. With left guard Willie Colon (knee) out for at least a ...
View ArticleCollege football notebook: WVU defensive coaches swap roles
By Staff and Wire ReportsWest Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen has a friendship with Joe DeForest spanning more than 10 years. However, that friendship won’t prevent Holgorsen from making a ...
View ArticleSteelers suspend Mendenhall for 1 game for violating team rules
By Alan Robinson, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewSteelers running back Rashard Mendenhall, barely seen on the field for weeks, is now invisible off it, too — and it will cost him a ...
View ArticleSteelers’ Taylor out of walking boot
By Mark Kaboly, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewSteelers cornerback Ike Taylor is out of a walking boot and is “getting better” a week after fracturing his right ankle. Taylor missed his first ...
View ArticleTagliabue overturns Goodell on Saints suspensions
By The Associated PressIn a sharp rebuke to his successor’s handling of the NFL’s bounty investigation, former commissioner Paul Tagliabue overturned the suspensions of four current and former ...
View ArticleMediators — not Crosby — to attend NHL labor meeting
By Josh Yohe and Rob RossiFederal mediators will be present when NHL labor negotiations resume Wednesday. Penguins captain Sidney Crosby won’t be. Crosby confirmed he won’t attend the talks one ...
View ArticleHigh school wrestling notebook: Butler captures Chartiers-Houston tourney
By Paul Schofield, Tribune-ReviewClass AAA Butler edged South Fayette (AA) by a half point, 185.5-185, to win the annual Chartiers-Houston Invitational on Saturday. Peters Township (AAA) was third ...
View ArticleAliquippa preparing for Wyomissing’s ‘new’ QB
By Chris AdamskiMike Zmijanac and the Aliquippa coaching staff are spending plenty of time this week doing their due diligence watching tape of Wyomissing. But what happens ...
View ArticleKovacevic: Why coaches rarely admit error
By Dejan Kovacevic, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewMike Tomlin has suffered far lousier losses than the one Sunday to the Chargers, but never has the man made more of a fool of ...
View ArticleTomlin doesn’t ‘run away’ from Keisel’s criticism of Steelers
By Alan Robinson, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewThe Steelers weren’t in a state of readiness before playing the oft-beaten San Diego Chargers, and defensive end Brett Keisel sensed it. Keisel even warned ...
View ArticleLocal roundup: Connellsville swimmers glide past Ringgold
By Staff ReportsThe Connellsville swim program picked up a pair of nonsection wins over host Ringgold on Tuesday. In boys action, Jimmy Manges, Shane Beneke, Travis Patterson ...
View ArticleHigh school roundup: Apollo-Ridge boys rout Freeport
By Staff ReportsEvan Davis hit six 3-pointers and scored a game-high 23 points, and Lucas Burrell added 21 to lead Apollo-Ridge to an 85-68 win over Freeport ...
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