February 27, 2020 3:49 am
UNDATED (AP) – The NFL and its players are closer to a new collective bargaining agreement and the next decade of labor peace that would come with it. There’s still work to be done to get the deal into the end zone, however. Following a late-night vote on the slim majority approval of the 32 team representatives, the NFL Players Association was preparing to send the current CBA proposal to the full union membership for potential ratification. Last week, owners gave their majority-vote approval. Negotiations have been gone on for the past 10 months. The 17-game regular season is the most significant change.
February 26, 2020 3:45 am
DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) – The New York Yankees’ starting rotation has taken another hit. The reigning AL East champs say Luis Severino will undergo Tommy John surgery that will keep him on the shelf until 2021. Severino served as the Yankees’ ace in 2018 while going 19-8 with a 3.39 ERA and 220 strikeouts in 191 1/3 innings. But he made just three starts last year while battling shoulder problems after signing a four-year, $40 million contract. The Yankees also open the season without starters James Paxton and Domingo German. Paxton will miss the first two months of the season following back surgery. German has been suspended for violating Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy.
February 25, 2020 3:44 am
UNDATED (AP) – Patrick Marleau will get another shot at winning a Stanley Cup after getting traded by the San Jose Sharks to the contending Pittsburgh Penguins for a conditional draft pick. The struggling Sharks will get a 2021 third-round pick from the Penguins for Marleau that becomes a second-rounder if Pittsburgh wins the title this year. Marleau provides a needed depth forward for Pittsburgh with scoring ability as the Penguins look to make a playoff run. They started the day in second place in the Metropolitan Division. The Pens also acquired forwards Conor Sheary and Evan Rodrigues from the Buffalo Sabres For Dominik Kahun.
February 24, 2020 9:19 am
Sites and times for the WPIAL Basketball Semifinals are now set, including those for the Trinity and West Greene girls. The Hillers and Pioneers won quarterfinals and clinched berths in the upcoming state tournament. In addition to those two teams, California and Avella girls, Ringgold boys teams are still alive for spots in the PIAA tournament. Bracket & Listen links and the complete schedule for our coverage follows.
Girls WPIAL Brackets — — Boys WPIAL Brackets
Tuesday, Feb. 25–Semifinals
1A Girls #2 West Greene vs. #6 Sewickley Academy, 6:15 pm at Canon-McMillan
5A Boys #4 Thomas Jefferson vs. #8 Laurel Highlands, 6:05 pm at Woodland Hills — WJPA-FM (95.3)
Wednesday, Feb. 26–Semifinals
5A Girls #3 Trinity vs. #2 Woodland Hills, 5:50 pm at Mt. Lebanon — WJPA-FM (95.3)
5A Girls #1 Chartiers Valley vs. #5 Thomas Jefferson, 7:50 pm at Mt. Lebanon — WJPA-FM (95.3)
February 22, 2020 3:51 am
MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) – Josh Williams had 22 points as Robert Morris topped Mount St. Mary’s 68-60. Tied at 57 with under three minutes to play, Jon Williams hit a deep 3-pointer from the wing, and Josh Williams added a 3 with 1:02 left for a five-point lead. Yannis Mendy had 13 points and seven rebounds for Robert Morris. AJ Bramah added 10 rebounds. Jalen Gibbs had 19 points for the Mountaineers, whose losing streak reached five games. Vado Morse added 10 points, and Damian Chong Qui had six rebounds.
February 22, 2020 3:40 am
Double-A wrestlers who survived last weekend’s WPIAL, District 5 or District 6 tournaments are gathered at Indiana University of Pennsylvania for the PIAA Southwest Regional Tournament. Six qualifiers in each weightclass will advance to the PIAA Championships in Hershey. Regional action resumes Saturday morning with consolations and semifinals at 10 am with finals scheduled for Saturday at 5:30 pm. Of the 28 Washington/Greene wrestlers who qualified for the regional tournament, 18 are still alive. Burgettstown has six of those including Shane & Riley Kemper in the semifinals. Jeff-Morgan’s Jonathan Wolfe is also in the semis. We’ll have complete live coverage on WJPA-AM (1450) and online Listen Here.
Triple-A wrestlers have waited since the end of the WPIAL/PIAA Team Tournaments for their individual tournaments to get started. That wait ends Saturday when the League holds four Section tournaments with the top five placewinners advancing to the WPIAL AAA Championships. You can hear the WPIAL Section 4-AAA Tournament from Chartiers Valley Saturday on WJPA-FM (95.3) and online Listen Here. Follow all of the individual wrestling tournament action on the WJPA Wrestling Page — Click Here
Note: Our Section 4-AAA wrestling coverage will be interrupted at 12:50 pm for our broadcast of the Trinity/Gateway 5A Basketball Quarterfinal. We will update action at halftime and return to wrestling immediately following the game. This is the ONLY wrestling coverage interruption of the entire PIAA Individual Championship Series and we appreciate your understanding.
February 21, 2020 5:59 am
Washington native Riley Barber is now in the Penguin’s organization. He was acquired in a trade with Montreal. The Penguins acquired him along with forward Phil Varone in exchange for Joe Blandisi and Jake Lucchini. Barber and Varone were both assigned to the Penguin’s AHL affiliate at Wilkes-Barre. The 25 year old Barber was a sixth round draft pick of the Washington Capitals in the 2012 Draft.
February 21, 2020 3:47 am
BASEL, Switzerland (AP) – Roger Federer will miss the French Open and no fewer than three other tournaments while he is sidelined for at least four months after having arthroscopic surgery on his right knee Wednesday. The 20-time Grand Slam champion posted on Facebook Thursday that his knee had been bothering him for a while. It’s only the second operation for the 38-year-old Federer. Wimbledon starts June 29.
February 19, 2020 3:48 am
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Patrick Williams scored 16 points, Anthony Polite had 10 points and six rebounds and No. 8 Florida State pulled away in the second half, beating Pittsburgh 82-67. Williams, a freshman forward, scored in double figures for the 10th time this season as the Seminoles improved to 14-0 at home. Au’Diese Toney had 15 points and seven rebounds, and Xavier Johnson added 12 points and seven assists for Pittsburgh, which has lost six of its last eight games.
February 19, 2020 3:47 am
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) – Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Josh Bell is eager to prove his breakout 2019 season was no fluke. Bell hit 37 home runs last year while making the All-Star team for the first time. The 27-year-old cooled off down the stretch. So did the Pirates, who plummeted to last place in the NL Central. Bell says he’s eager for a fresh start under first-year manager Derek Shelton. Shelton says Bell has the tools to be one of the best hitters in baseball if he keeps putting the work in.
