February 22, 2026 8:17 am
(AP) – Michigan is the No. 1 overall seed in the preliminary rankings by the committee that will select the 68-team men’s field for the NCAA Tournament. The Wolverines were joined by Duke, Arizona and Iowa State as the 1-seeds in Saturday’s reveal show on CBS. The Cyclones got the last No. 1 seed ahead of UConn and Houston. Saturday’s reveal is a snapshot of where things stand with less than a month left until Selection Sunday. Generally the teams listed above the cutline for a top-four regional seed stay there. Selection Sunday is March 15. The Final Four is in Indianapolis.
February 22, 2026 8:18 am
NEW ALBANY, Ind. (AP) — Rondale Moore, the NFL receiver who had season-ending training camp knee injuries in each of the last two years after a standout college career at Purdue and a promising start with the Arizona Cardinals, was found dead Saturday, authorities said. He was 25. Police said Moore died of a suspected self-inflicted gunshot wound. Moore was found dead in the garage of a property in his hometown of New Albany, police chief Todd Bailey said. The death remains under investigation. Floyd County Coroner Matthew Tomlin also confirmed Moore’s death. He said an autopsy would be conducted Sunday. Moore signed with the Minnesota Vikings in 2025, but he blew out his left knee while returning a punt in their first exhibition game.
February 21, 2026 10:33 am
MILAN (AP) — Canada has not decided whether injured captain Sidney Crosby will play in the gold medal game at the Olympics against the U.S., coach Jon Cooper said. Crosby skated in practice Saturday, and teammate Nick Suzuki said the 38-year-old center looked good on the ice. Hockey Canada closed practice to reporters to maintain a shroud of secrecy around Crosby, who left the quarterfinal game Wednesday night against Czechia with an apparent right knee injury and did not play against Finland on Friday night in the semifinals. Cooper said Crosby will only play if he can have an impact on the game.
February 21, 2026 4:36 am
LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — American freeskier Alex Ferreira won the men’s halfpipe final at the Milan Cortina Winter Games to complete his collection of Olympic medals. The 31-year-old Ferreira won with a third and final run worth 93.75 points, adding the gold medal to his silver in 2018 and bronze in 2022. Estonia’s 19-year-old Henry Sildaru took the silver in his first Olympics. His third run was just 0.75 points off Ferreira’s mark. Brendan Mackay of Canada took the bronze.
February 21, 2026 4:38 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Floyd Mayweather says he is ending his nine-year retirement and returning to competitive boxing this summer. He turns 49 on Tuesday. Mayweather hasn’t fought in a real boxing match since 2017, when he beat Conor McGregor and retired for the third time. The former five-division world champion has still been in the ring regularly throughout his 40s with a series of lucrative exhibition bouts. Mayweather already has announced yet another exhibition coming up this spring against 59-year-old Mike Tyson, although no location or television partner has been confirmed.
February 20, 2026 6:07 pm
MILAN (AP) — The much-anticipated but never guaranteed U.S.-Canada showdown for gold in men’s hockey at the Olympics is on. Jack Hughes scored two goals, including one with a highlight-reel individual effort, and the Americans rolled into the final by routing Slovakia 6-2 in the semifinals on Friday night. They’ll meet tournament favorite and top-seeded Canada on Sunday for the title, a year since the North American rivals played two memorable games against each other at the 4 Nations Face-Off.
February 19, 2026 1:35 am
Top-seeded Canon-McMillan showed the effects of a nine-day layoff but the Big Macs girls handled Mt. Lebanon to reach the 6A semifinals. CM held the Blue Devils off the scoreboard for the entire second quarter, eventually stretching the shutout streak to more than 12 minutes. West Greene girls lost at Union and drop into an elimination consolation game on Monday. The Jeff-Morgan boys hopes of a WPIAL title ended. The Rockets fell behind OLSH by double digits early and couldn’t climb out of the hole. J-M has a PIAA berth in hand and will now play through the consolation bracket. The quarterfinals finish Friday. Through the tournament, our audio coverage is available free on-air and online. Video coverage for WPIAL/PIAA playoff games is accessible through the NFHS Network. We will produce the video for all of our broadcasts through at least Friday’s quarterfinals. Here’s a daily schedule of games for Washington/Greene County teams. WPIAL Brackets
Quarterfinals
Thursday, Feb. 19
6A Girls #1 Canon-McMillan > #9 Mt. Lebanon, 37-24 Watch/Listen
1A Girls #3 Union > #6 West Greene, 50-35
2A Boys #3 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart > #6 Jeff-Morgan, 41-28
Friday, Feb. 20
2A Girls #4 Fort Cherry vs. #5 Rochester, 5:45 pm at Moon Area, WJPA-AM (1450) Watch/Listen
2A Girls #7 Burgettstown vs. #2 Winchester Thurston, 7:15 pm at Moon Area, WJPA-AM (1450) Watch/Listen
2A Girls #3 Chartiers-Houston vs. #6 Aliquippa, 7:15 pm at South Fayette, WJPA-FM (95.3) Watch/Listen
5A Boys #15 Ringgold vs. #10 Hampton, 7:30 pm at Peters Township
Consolation Round 1
Friday, Feb. 20
5A Girls Trinity at Baldwin, 7 pm (winner plays for fifth place, loser plays for seventh place)
3A Girls Waynesburg at Our Lady/Sacred Heart, 7 pm (winner clinches PIAA berth, plays for fifth place; loser eliminated)
Saturday, Feb. 21
2A Winchester Thurston at Jeff-Morgan, 12 noon (winner plays for fifth place, loser plays for seventh place)
Monday, Feb. 23
1A Girls Sewickley Academy at West Greene, 7 pm (winner clinches PIAA berth, plays for fifth place; loser eliminated)
Semifinals
Saturday, Feb. 21
5A Girls #12 Peters Township vs. #1 South Fayette, 11:15 am at Keystone Oaks, wjpa.com Watch/Listen
Tuesday, Feb. 24 (site/time to be announced)
6A Girls #1 Canon-McMillan vs. #4 Pine-Richland/#5 Seneca Valley winner
February 19, 2026 4:23 am
MILAN (AP) — Sidney Crosby has not been ruled out for Canada’s semifinal game against Finland at the Olympics on Friday after leaving the quarterfinals with an apparent right-leg injury. He did not take part in an optional practice Thursday. Coach Jon Cooper said Crosby was seeing the best doctors as the determination was being made for whether the 38-year-old captain would be able to play. Crosby’s right knee buckled when he was bracing for a hit from Czechia’s Radko Gudas five minutes into the second period of the teams’ game Wednesday night. Sam Bennett figures to return to the lineup if Crosby does not play.
February 20, 2026 1:21 am
The U.S. women’s hockey team has earned its third gold medal in Olympic history. Team USA defeated the Canadian team 2-1 in a nail-biting game Thursday in Milan. Canada’s Kristin O’Neill sank the game’s first goal during the second period. With just over two minutes left in the third period, Team USA captain and four-time Olympian Hilary Knight scored to bring the game into overtime. This was the third time in the last four Olympics that the U.S. and Canada women’s hockey teams needed extra minutes to decide the gold-medal champion. With her goal, Knight broke the Team USA Olympic record for goals, bringing it to 15. A 36-year-old California native, Knight previously announced that this year’s Olympic Games would be her last. Less than a minute into overtime, Megan Keller scored to bring Team USA the win. Earlier on Thursday, Switzerland bested Sweden 2-1 in overtime to take bronze.
February 20, 2026 4:25 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rory McIlroy got a little bit of everything in the Genesis Invitational and shares the clubhouse lead with Jacob Bridgeman after a 66. Aaron Rai is one shot ahead but has two holes left to play because of a three-hour rain delay. The surprise is Scottie Scheffler. He’s at 5-over par and tied for last place in the 72-man field. Scheffler still has eight holes to play. The first round was stopped by darkness. The rain was followed by a cold, hard wind. The greens were soft but still fast, causing problems for everyone.
