Pitt’s 2026 football schedule unveiled, including matchups with James Franklin, Bill Belichick, both Miamis
The ACC revealed its 2026 football schedule Monday evening, including Pitt’s full 12-game slate, which includes nine league contests. The Panthers begin the season Sept. 5 against Miami (Ohio) and host Central Florida on Sept. 12 in Week 2. Nonconference play concludes Sept. 26 at home against Bucknell. Miami (Ohio),...
Westmoreland Campus Clippings: Mt. Pleasant’s Courtney Poulich makes preseason top-100 list for Robert Morris
Courtney Poulich powered Robert Morris softball to its first Horizon League title last season. The Mt. Pleasant graduate did so in record-breaking fashion, swinging a big bat and becoming known for her fence-clearing blasts. Hopes are high again for the redshirt senior outfielder, who was named to the D1Softball Preseason...
Joe Starkey’s Cup of Joe: Patriots went from great to bad to great again while Steelers stayed the same
CUP OF JOE: Starkey on sports in 350 words or less. I wonder if New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft looks at 2023 as a wasted year. I’m guessing not. It got him back to the Super Bowl. There are many reasons why the Patriots are in position to win...
SEC sets record with 10 ranked teams, a 1st in 50-year history of women’s AP Top 25
NEW YORK — The Southeastern Conference set a record with 10 teams in The Associated Press women’s Top 25 basketball poll released Monday. Georgia entered at No. 23 after its win over then-No. 11 Kentucky to give the conference the most teams ever in a single week in the 50-year...
Arizona still unanimous No. 1 in AP Top 25 poll ahead of showdown with No. 13 BYU
Arizona remained the unanimous No. 1 team in the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll ahead of Monday night’s showdown at No. 13 BYU, while fellow unbeaten Nebraska climbed to a program-best fifth ahead of its big week in the Big Ten. The Wildcats, riding their best start since...
Penguins forward Bryan Rust to have disciplinary hearingVideo
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Bryan Rust will have a disciplinary hearing with the NHL regarding an illegal check to the head of Vancouver Canucks forward Brock Boeser. The hearing is scheduled for Tuesday morning, according to the league. Rust struck Boeser late in regulation during a 3-2 road win by the...
Jeff Capel content to rotate Pitt’s 5th starter
Pitt men’s basketball settled into deploying a mostly consistent starting lineup through 20 games. Seniors Damarco Minor and Cam Corhen have started all 20, as has freshman Roman Siulepa. After finding his stride over the first few weeks of the season, South Alabama transfer Barry Dunning Jr. has started 14...
Penguins forward prospect Melvin Fernstrom ‘called back’ following struggles in Sweden
The Pittsburgh Penguins have “called back” forward prospect Melvin Fernstrom, according to his incumbent team, Orebro of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Orebro announced the decision Monday in a press release. A Penguins spokesperson confirmed the development, but it wasn’t immediately clear as to what fashion Fernstrom will be joining...
Seven Fields native Ava McNaughton relishes chance to represent Team USA at Olympics
Ava McNaughton felt she made the right decision in eighth grade to play hockey at Bishop Kearney in Irondequoit, N.Y. The Seven Fields native also felt the strain it put on her parents. McNaughton, who was recently selected as a goaltender for the U.S. women’s hockey team, would be fully...
Sean Payton has second thoughts about passing up easy field goal in Broncos’ AFC title game loss
DENVER — Sean Payton conceded he will have second thoughts about his decision to pass up an easy field goal, as well as the play he called instead. The Denver Broncos and their fans now have the entire offseason to argue over which part of that critical fourth-and-1 play was...
Rams’ Sean McVay, Matthew Stafford lament missed opportunities as they fall short of Super Bowl
SEATTLE — Sean McVay had zero interest in discussing whether Matthew Stafford, his soon-to-be 38-year-old quarterback, will be back for the Los Angeles Rams next year. McVay had a bit more to say about how his team came up short against the Seattle Seahawks yet again on Sunday, losing 31-27...
Penguins goaltenders turn to Kittanning native Scott Williams to paint their masks
It was an outrageous display. On Dec. 14, four days after being acquired in a trade, goaltender Stuart Skinner made his debut for the Pittsburgh Penguins against his former team, the Edmonton Oilers. And he wore a blue-and-orange Oilers mask with his black-and-yellow Penguins jersey. And at the other end...
Madden Monday: Some quiet, underlying reasons why Mike McCarthy got hired
On the topic of the Pittsburgh Steelers hiring Mike McCarthy to be their new head coach, Mark Madden of TribLive and 105.9 The X shared an opinion similar to one that I advanced on Sunday. The gripe is more about the process than the person. “I don’t get why they...
Super Bowl 60 is set and it’s a rematch from 11 years ago: Patriots vs. Seahawks
Drake Maye vs. Sam Darnold. Two stingy defenses. A second-year head coach vs. a veteran coach in his second act. Super Bowl 60 is set, and it’s a rematch: The New England Patriots vs. the Seattle Seahawks. The Patriots will seek their NFL-record seventh Super Bowl victory when they face...
Scottie Scheffler starts a new season looking like nothing has changed. He wins his PGA Tour opener
LA QUINTA, Calif. — New year, same Scottie Scheffler. The world’s No. 1 player loves coming to the California desert early in the season to take stock of his game and get into tournament shape. There’s wasn’t much wrong Sunday in The American Express. Scheffler made birdie on half of...
Defending champion Madison Keys knocked out of Australian Open by fellow American Jessica Pegula
MELBOURNE, Australia — Defending champion Madison Keys was knocked out of the Australian Open by fellow American, and podcast pal, Jessica Pegula. Pegula, seeded sixth, defeated the ninth-seeded Keys 6-3, 6-4, on Sunday night (Monday morning in Australia) at Rod Laver Arena to reach the quarterfinals. Pegula, who has never...
Sam Darnold, Seahawks advance to Super Bowl with thrilling win over Rams in NFC title game
SEATTLE — Sam Darnold threw for three touchdowns, the Seahawks’ “Dark Side” defense came up with a critical fourth-down stop and Seattle advanced to the Super Bowl, beating the Los Angeles Rams, 31-27, in an electrifying NFC Championship game Sunday. Led by second-year coach Mike Macdonald and Darnold — an...
Penguins beat Canucks to sweep western road trip
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ four-game road trip through the western reaches of the continent over the past week wasn’t necessarily any more important than any other quartet of contests this season. But wins are good to get, regardless of the circumstances. And four in a row are always great. With their...
Minor league report: Nailers game postponed due to weather
The Wheeling Nailers’ home game against the Fort Wayne Komets on Sunday was postponed indefinitely due to the winter weather that has largely impaired much of the continent. Fans who have purchased tickets may use them for the rescheduled date (which has yet to be determined), exchange them for another...
Patriots punch ticket to 12th Super Bowl with gritty 10-7 win over Broncos in snowy Denver
DENVER — Drake Maye handled the sloppy, snowy conditions better than the home team and he scored New England’s only touchdown on a 6-yard keeper, propelling the Patriots to their 12th Super Bowl with a 10-7 win over the Denver Broncos in the AFC championship game Sunday. Maye threw for...
‘They’re going to love Coach Mike’: Art Rooney II believes Steelers fans will come around on McCarthy
For a likely future Hall of Fame coach who has won a Super Bowl and has never been shy about showing his pride for being from Pittsburgh, Mike McCarthy has not exactly enthused Pittsburgh Steelers fans in the wake of his hiring by the team. Steelers president Art Rooney II,...
Art Rooney II: Track record, QB-development skills led Steelers to hire Mike McCarthy
As the Pittsburgh Steelers’ search for a worthy successor to Ben Roethlisberger approaches its second half-decade, Art Rooney II acknowledged that the team’s choice of its next head coach was highly influenced by the ability of that man to develop the Steelers’ next franchise quarterback. Speaking to the team’s official...
Mike McCarthy, Aaron Rodgers share complex relationship starting with NFL Draft snub
Fifteen years after Aaron Rodgers and Mike McCarthy won a Super Bowl together, the quarterback and coach could reunite in Pittsburgh. Their reunion became an option once the Steelers decided Saturday to hire McCarthy as head coach, drawing speculation that the 42-year-old Rodgers might return for another season. But Steelers...
‘Expect to get booed’: Pitt’s Jeff Capel addresses fan frustration, heckling
With about a minute to play Saturday at Petersen Events Center, things were looking bleak for Pitt. A third straight ACC loss — the Panthers’ sixth in seven tries in league play — was about to become official, and the modest crowd of 5,572 wasn’t pleased. As the remaining time...
NBA postpones Grizzlies-Nuggets, Mavs-Bucks games because of winter storm
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The NBA postponed two games on Sunday in Memphis and Milwaukee because of the massive winter storm that has made for dangerous travel conditions across much of the U.S. The Dallas Mavericks tried twice to fly to Milwaukee for their game against the Bucks on Sunday night,...
