February 23, 2022 2:59 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Charlie Moore and Kameron McGusty each scored 19 points and Miami beat Pittsburgh 85-64. Moore was 7-of-10 shooting and had five assists. Sam Waardenburg and Jordan Miller scored 12 points apiece for Miami (20-8, 12-5 ACC). The Hurricanes are tied with North Carolina for third in the conference standings, a half-game behind Notre Dame and 1 1/2 games behind first-place Duke with less than two weeks left in the regular season. Moore hit a 3-pointer 29 seconds into the game to open the scoring and Miami led the rest of the way. John Hugley led Pittsburgh (11-17, 6-11 ACC) with 20 points on 7-of-9 shooting and seven rebounds.
February 23, 2022 3:00 am
Phil Mickelson is apologizing for comments he made about the Saudis and the financing of a rival league. Mickelson claims the comments golf writer Alan Shipnuck posted were off the record. Shipnuck wrote that was never the case. Mickelson says he regrets what he said and that his comments were reckless. Meanwhile, KPMG announced that the company and Mickelson have agreed to part ways. Their sponsorship has been around since 2008. Mickelson says he has been under pressure and stress for the last 10 years and says he needs time away. But he didn’t say when or for how long.
February 21, 2022 10:44 pm
Wash High boys and Burgettstown girls won their opening-round playoff games on WJPA Monday night. Girls teams from Avella, Chartiers-Houston and Fort Cherry met the end of the line. Wash High led by a dozen at the quarter, 17 at the half and 23 after three but had to hold off Beaver Falls to advance. Burgettstown led by 29 at intermission and never looked back, ousting California. Tuesday, it’s the final night of the Sweet 16 with Trinity girls, California, Chartiers-Houston and Fort Cherry boys all in action. Following is the schedule for the seven remaining Washington County teams. Click for WPIAL brackets.
Tuesday, Feb. 22 (winners to quarterfinals Friday, Feb. 25)
5A Girls #14 Armstrong at #3 Trinity, 6:50 pm, WJPA-AM (1450) or Listen Here
2A Boys #15 California at #2 Fort Cherry, 6:50 pm, WJPA-FM (95.3) or Listen Here
2A Boys #16 Chartiers-Houston at #1 OLSH, 7 pm
Wednesday, Feb. 23 (winner to semifinals Saturday, Feb. 26)
6A Girls #8 Peters Township at #1 Mt. Lebanon, 6:50 pm, WJPA-FM (95.3) or Listen Here
Thursday, Feb. 24 (winners to semifinals Monday, Feb. 28)
3A Boys #6 Wash High vs. #3 Shady Side Academy at Fox Chapel, 6:50 pm, WJPA-AM (1450) or Listen Here
2A Girls #6 Burgettstown at #3 Serra Catholic, 6:50 pm, WJPA-FM (95.3) or Listen Here
February 21, 2022 10:41 pm
Washington & Jefferson basketball teams earned top seeds and hosting rights through the finals for the PAC Women’s and Men’s basketball tournaments. Play-in games Monday night set the pairings for Tuesday’s quarterfinals. Semifinals for both brackets are on Thursday with the championship games Saturday. Higher seeded teams will host throughout. The PAC champions earn the League’s automatic bids to the NCAA Division III playoffs. Here’s are the play-in and quarterfinal matchups for both brackets (PAC records):
Tuesday, Feb. 22 (quarterfinals)
Women
#8 Waynesburg (6-13) at #1 Washington & Jefferson (17-1)
#7 Geneva (9-10) at #2 Westminster (13-5)
#6 St. Vincent (7-10) at #3 Grove City (13-5)
#5 Bethany (9-8) at #4 Chatham (11-7)
Men
#8 Grove City (6-12) at #1 Washington & Jefferson (16-2)
#7 Franciscan (8-11) at #2 Chatham (14-4)
#6 Thiel (7-10) at #3 Westminster (13-5)
#5 Waynesburg (9-9) at #4 Geneva (12-5)
February 22, 2022 3:57 am
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) – Michigan basketball coach Juwan Howard has been suspended the final five games of the regular season and fined $40,000 for hitting a Wisconsin assistant in the head, triggering a postgame melee. The Big Ten Conference also suspended three players one game for the altercation following the 15th-ranked Badgers’ 77-63 win on Sunday: Michigan’s Moussa Diabate and Terrance Williams II, and Jahcobi Neath of Wisconsin. Wisconsin coach Greg Gard was fined $10,000 for violating the conference’s sportsmanship policy, but was not suspended.
Howard is expected to be back for the Big Ten tournament, which begins March 9 in Indianapolis.
February 22, 2022 3:58 am
JUPITER, Fla. (AP) – Baseball negotiations resumed with renewed intensity Monday in an effort to salvage opening day, and Major League Baseball made slight moves toward locked-out players. With perhaps a week left to salvage opening day, union head Tony Clark attended negotiations for the first time since the MLB lockout began, accompanied by New York Mets stars Max Scherzer and Francisco Lindor. MLB increased its offer of a bonus pool for pre-arbitration players by $5 million to $20 million, a fraction of the $115 million the union has asked for. Clubs also increased their proposal for a lottery for the amateur draft from the top three picks to the top four. Players have asked for the top eight.
February 22, 2022 3:54 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Outgoing Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert says the team will look to add to its quarterback depth during the offseason. The Steelers are searching for a new starter for the first time in nearly 20 years following Ben Roethlisberger’s retirement. Colbert says the team believes in longtime backup Mason Rudolph, but will likely bring in some fresh faces to compete with Rudolph and Dwayne Haskins for the right to be the Week 1 starter. Colbert, who is stepping down after the draft, said he does not anticipate announcing his replacement until later this spring.
February 21, 2022 3:50 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Jesper Fast scored 9 seconds into the third period to break a tie, Sebastian Aho followed with his 22nd goal of the season and the Carolina Hurricanes edged the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Sunday to move into first place in the Metropolitan Division. Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Jordan Staal also scored for Carolina, which never trailed in the first meeting of the season between the teams that entered the day tied atop perhaps the league’s most competitive division. Sidney Crosby, Bryan Rust and Evan Rodrigues scored for Pittsburgh.
February 21, 2022 3:53 am
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Roger Penske received quite an 85th birthday from his rookie driver. Austin Cindric drove his brand new NASCAR ride to victory in the Daytona 500. Cindric was the leader on the restart from the top lane and pulled out to a sizeable gap. He then ducked down to the bottom line in front of his Team Penske teammate Ryan Blaney so that Blaney and Cindric could work together over the final two-lap sprint to the finish. A crash behind them brought out the caution and Cindric was ruled the leader and the winner. It’s the first career Cup victory for the 23-year-old Cindric, who was promoted from the Xfinity Series to replace Brad Keselowski in the No. 2 Ford and run for NASCAR’s rookie of the year honors. Bubba Wallace finished second in the season-opening race for the second time in his career. He was followed by a trio of Ford drivers in Chase Briscoe, Blaney and Aric Almirola.
February 21, 2022 3:52 am
CLEVELAND (AP) – Steph Curry put on a 3-point clinic at the NBA All-Star game, but LeBron James had the final word. Curry made an All-Star Game-record 16 3-pointers and scored 50 points as Team LeBron beat Team Durant, 163-160 at Cleveland. He needed one more 3-pointer to break Anthony Davis’ record of 52 points but missed his final attempt. The game MVP nailed six treys in the second quarter, but he was just getting started. He added seven in the third period, but the game was tied heading into the final quarter. LeBron James put his team at the 163-point threshold by hitting a jumper that left him 5-0 since the leading vote-getters began to choose sides for the All-Star Game. Giannis Antetokounmpo had 30 points and James finished with 24 in his old home. Joel Embiid led Team Durant with 36 points.
