MELBOURNE, Australia – Alison Riske of McMurray and Veronika Kudermetova of Russia have been a winning combination at the Australian Open.
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – A number of Pro Bowlers are about to get paid.
Here’s hoping Antonio Brown gets the help he needs.
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NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Saints are going to court to keep the public from seeing hundreds of emails that allegedly show team executives doing public relations damage control for the area’s Roman Catholic archdiocese to help it contain the fallout from a burgeoning sexual abuse crisis.
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MELBOURNE, Australia – McMurray native Alison Riske went from the brink of elimination at the Australian Open on Friday to a fourth-round matchup against the top seed.
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MELBOURNE, Australia – Defending champion Naomi Osaka threw her racket, tossed a ball and kicked the racket again for good measure, before sitting for a while with a towel over her head. She sensed the crowd was looking for drama, and she gave them a little bit.
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NEW YORK – Derek Jeter came within one vote of being a unanimous pick for the Hall of Fame while Larry Walker also earned baseball’s highest honor on Tuesday.
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PITTSBURGH – Jack Johnson’s goal into his own net was one of the low points of a forgettable first period for the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Art Rooney II said what should have been obvious to everyone when he spoke last week about the Steelers’ offense in 2019.
The Washington Wild Things announced Friday that they have re-signed right fielder Hector Roa for the 2020 Frontier League season.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Titans have found a way to fix the NFL’s worst field goal unit: Ignore the kicker and just score touchdowns.
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Tom Brady has been synonymous with the AFC championship for the last two decades.
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NEW YORK – Carlos Beltrán, called out on a curveball again.
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PITTSBURGH – Art Rooney II isn’t quite sure what to make of what the Pittsburgh Steelers president called one of the “craziest” seasons he’s experienced during his 50-plus years around the NFL.
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PITTSBURGH – Mike Sullivan’s messages can be relentless. The Pittsburgh Penguins coach peppers his team with a handful of mantras that seemingly run on a loop during every practice, every period, sometimes every shift.
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Former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue has made the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his fifth attempt.
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PITTSBURGH – Sidney Crosby watched the Pittsburgh Penguins thrive in his absence. The longtime captain pledged he would simply focus on doing his part to keep the Penguins rolling in his return from a two-month layoff.
The Washington Wild Things continue with their roster building as they today sign experienced third baseman Randy Cesar.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Patrick Mahomes stalked up and down the sideline like a field marshal rallying his troops, the brilliant young quarterback imploring the Kansas City Chiefs to stay together even as the Houston Texans were on the verge of taking them apart.
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CLEVELAND – The Browns didn’t pass on Kevin Stefanski a second time.
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Jimmy Johnson, who coached the Dallas Cowboys to two Super Bowl championships in the 1990s, has been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
We will find out later this week – Wednesday morning, in fact – if the Steelers will have at least one or more members in the 2020 Pro Football Hall of Fame class.
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PITTSBURGH – Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Josh Bell’s breakout season earned him a hefty pay bump going into 2020. Bell will make $4.8 million this season after agreeing to a deal ahead of Friday’s arbitration deadline.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Outfielder Guillermo Heredia agreed Thursday to a one-year contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) – California billionaire Ronald Burkle’s adult son Andrew was found dead, his family and the Los Angeles County coroner’s office said Tuesday.
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FRISCO, Texas – Mike McCarthy won a Super Bowl and went to the playoffs eight straight years while coaching two-time MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
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OWINGS MILLS, Md. – There’s really nothing about the past that interests the Baltimore Ravens in relation to their playoff game against the Tennessee Titans on Saturday night.
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PITTSBURGH — Joel Quenneville insisted when he agreed to coach the Florida Panthers last spring the perpetually struggling club was close to figuring it out.
There was a lot to like about the Steelers’ 2019 season. There also were some things that weren’t so good.
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NEW YORK – Christian McCaffrey’s versatility and superb statistics helped him to a rare double: The Carolina Panthers running back has made the Associated Press NFL All-Pro Team at two positions.
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Sam Wyche, who pushed the boundaries as an offensive innovator with the Cincinnati Bengals and challenged the NFL’s protocols along the way, has died. He was 74.
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NEW YORK (AP) — David Stern had basketball as a passion and law as a profession, one he figured he could return to if a job at the NBA didn’t work out.
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PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Steelers’ 2019 season was defined by chaos at quarterback. Coach Mike Tomlin is eyeing a return to normalcy in 2020.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) – Evgeni Malkin had two goals, Jake Guentzel was injured right after scoring his 20th of the season and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Ottawa Senators 5-2 Monday night.
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Did the Steelers overachieve by reaching .500 or better for a 16th straight season despite missing Ben Roethlisberger or did they underachieve because they missed the playoffs in a watered down AFC?
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BALTIMORE – Soaked to the core after standing the rain for well over three hours, coach John Harbaugh smiled broadly once the Baltimore Ravens wrapped up the finest regular season in franchise history by playing hard and effectively in a game that had absolutely no bearing on the team’s play…
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BEREA, Ohio – The Cleveland Browns have fired coach Freddie Kitchens after a disheartening season that didn’t come close to meeting expectations.
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Miami dropped defending Super Bowl champion New England into the wild-card playoff round when Ryan Fitzpatrick tossed a 5-yard touchdown pass to tight end Mike Gesicki with 24 seconds remaining for a stunning 27-24 victory Sunday.
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GLENDALE, Ariz. – The matchup is set for a tantalizing College Football Playoff national championship game.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Alex Galchenyuk scored his third goal of the season, Tristan Jarry made 30 saves and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the banged up Nashville Predators 5-2 Friday night.
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PITTSBURGH – Though he was still 20 years old at the time of the draft, Devin Bush was cognizant enough of the extraordinary for them lengths the Pittsburgh Steelers went to acquire him.
The Steelers’ offense hasn’t been good. The amazing thing is that it took the rest of the NFL so long to figure that out.
Did the clock finally strike midnight for Devlin Hodges?
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Trinity High School graduate played for 18 years on tour.
Devin Whitlock continues to make a big difference for the Belle Vernon High School boys basketball team.
Not that it’s necessarily a surprise considering the run the Baltimore Ravens have been on, but the Steelers now know that their path through the playoffs will be on the road – if they make it that far.
When the Steelers started the season 0-3, and then 1-4, it looked like they were in for a long season.
When the Frontier League season begins in May, the independent baseball league will have a very different look. With the addition of five former Can-Am League teams, and the disbanding of the 2019 champion River City Rascals, the league has expanded to 14 teams in two countries.
James Conner will likely miss his fourth game in the past five when the Steelers host the Browns today. And even in the game in which he played during that stretch, he lasted less than a quarter before tapping out.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Gustav Nyquist scored three times to help the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 on Friday night.
Dale Lolley covers the Steelers for DKPittsburghSports.com and writes a Sunday column for the Observer-Reporter.
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Former Minnesota Vikings kicker Fred Cox, a Monongahela native and one of the last straight-on placekickers died Wednesday. He was 80.
Maybe it’s time to break up the AFC North.
How’s that Minkah Fitzpatrick trade looking now?
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After more than 188,000 races, "The Voice" calls his finale at The Meadows.
The Houston Texans must deal with a season-ending injury to J.J. Watt for the third time in four years.
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