January 16, 2024 4:48 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby scored twice, Tristan Jarry stopped 22 shots and the Pittsburgh Penguins ended the Seattle Kraken’s franchise-record nine-game winning streak with a 3-0 victory. Seattle, playing the fourth game of an East Coast road trip, mustered little against Pittsburgh as Jarry collected his fifth shutout of the season. Drew O’Connor also scored for the Penguins on Monday. The Kraken came in riding a month of occasionally spectacular play that’s vaulted them into the thick of the playoff chase in the loaded Western Conference as the season reaches its midpoint.
January 15, 2024 12:01 am
The girls took the hardwood spotlight Monday as teams finish their first trips through section play this week. McGuffey stayed within reach of the 3A Section 4 leader Waynesburg while keeping Charleroi from its first section win. Waynesburg kept Brownsville winless. Burgettstown leads 2A Section 2 despite an overall sub-.500 record. 2A Section 4 is going to be a battle to the finish with Chartiers-Houston, the unbeaten leader of the pack, won to stay a game up on Wash High. California pulled into a tie for third with a road win.
Monday Girls Basketball
(Class-Section)
4A-3 Laurel Highlands 64, Ringgold 18
3A-4 McGuffey 65, Charleroi 60
3A-4 Waynesburg 49, Brownsville 41
2A-2 Burgettstown 53, Carlynton 12
2A-4 Chartiers-Houston 50, Carmichaels 16
2A-4 Wash High 45, Beth-Center 31
2A-4 California 60, Frazier 56
1A-2 Geibel 55, Jeff-Morgan 48
N/C Linsly 61, Trinity 58 OT
1A-2 Mapletown at West Greene PPD
2A-2 Fort Cherry at Sto-Rox PPD TBD
Monday Wrestling
2A-1 Fort Cherry 43, West Greene 30
January 15, 2024 4:09 pm
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby scored twice, Tristan Jarry stopped 22 shots and the Pittsburgh Penguins ended the Seattle Kraken’s franchise-record nine-game winning streak with a 3-0 victory. Seattle, playing the fourth game of an East Coast road trip, mustered little against Pittsburgh as Jarry collected his fifth shutout of the season. Drew O’Connor also scored for the Penguins on Monday. The Kraken came in riding a month of occasionally spectacular play that’s vaulted them into the thick of the playoff chase in the loaded Western Conference as the season reaches its midpoint.
January 15, 2024 4:39 am
DETROIT (AP) — Jared Goff threw for a touchdown and completed a game-sealing first down against the team that cast him away, and the Detroit Lions won a playoff game for the first time in 32 years, beating Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams 24-23. The Lions ended a nine-game postseason losing streak — the longest in NFL history — that dated to a victory over Dallas on Jan. 5, 1992. Detroit will have two home playoff games for the first time in franchise history, hosting either Tampa Bay or Philadelphia in the divisional round next Sunday. Stafford threw for 367 yards for the Rams.
January 15, 2024 4:40 am
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jordan Love threw for three touchdowns, Aaron Jones ran for three more, Darnell Savage returned an interception 64 yards for a score and the Green Bay Packers handed the Dallas Cowboys their first home loss since the 2022 opener in a 48-32 wild-card stunner. Romeo Doubs had a career-high 151 yards receiving a week after being hospitalized with a chest injury. The Packers won Love’s postseason debut after finishing the regular season 6-2 to grab the NFC’s final playoff spot. They will visit top-seeded San Francisco in the divisional round. Dak Prescott threw two interceptions before three mostly empty touchdown passes in another playoff flop for him and the No. 2 seed Cowboys.
January 15, 2024 4:41 am
Jim Harbaugh is set to meet with the Los Angeles Chargers about their head coaching vacancy. That’s according to a person familiar with the situation who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the person wasn’t at liberty to publicly discuss personnel moves. Word of Harbaugh’s plans comes one week after he led the University of Michigan to a national title. A person familiar with Harbaugh’s thinking tells the AP that Harbaugh is also considering staying at Michigan. That person spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the discussions.
January 14, 2024 10:03 pm
Due to a network issue, our coverage of the NFL Wild Card game between Los Angeles and Detroit was interrupted early in the third quarter. We apologize for this problem that was out of our control.
January 14, 2024 6:28 am
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Brett Pesce scored his second goal of the game at 1:41 of overtime to give the Carolina Hurricanes a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night. Antti Raanta made a season-high 38 saves and Jordan Martinook also scored for Carolina. The Hurricanes are 7-0-1 since the Christmas break and have at least a point in 14 of 15 games. Jake Guentzel and Bryan Rust scored for Pittsburgh. Tristan Jarry stopped 32 shots. Rust tied it at 2 with 52 seconds left in the regulation after coach Mike Sullivan pulled Jarry. With the extra skater on the ice, Rust was able to get the rebound of Erik Karlsson’s shot past Raanta.
January 14, 2024 6:30 am
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A potentially dangerous snowstorm in the Buffalo region led the NFL to push back the Bills’ wild-card playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers from Sunday to Monday. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and the NFL said Saturday they made the change in the interest of public safety. Up to 2 feet of snow was projected to fall on the Buffalo region over a 24-hour period. Heavy snow began falling Saturday, accompanied by strong wind, and the Bills posted a video of whiteout conditions at Highmark Stadium. The game will now be played at 4:30 p.m. Monday instead of 1 p.m. Sunday.
January 14, 2024 12:05 am
PITTSBURGH – The start time for the Pittsburgh Penguins home game against the Seattle Kraken on Monday, January 15 has been moved to 1:00 PM, it was announced today by President of Business Operations Kevin Acklin. Puck drop for the Penguins/Kraken game has been moved from 6:00 PM to 1:00 PM in response to the Pittsburgh Steelers Wild Card Round game against the Buffalo Bills, which will now take place on Jan. 15 at 4:30 PM. “When you play Pittsburgh, you play the whole city,” said Acklin. “The Penguins are proud to adjust our puck drop to 1:00 PM on Monday against the Kraken to allow our fans time to get back home and watch our beloved Steelers win over the Bills.”
