http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/ All Sports en-us Copyright 2010, post-gazette.com. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 23:00:12 -0500 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041455-100.stm?cmpid=sports.xml HARTFORD, CT. - As expected, top-ranked Connecticut beat No. 9 West Virginia, 60-32, in the Big East Women's Basketball Tournament championship game tonight at the XL Center. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 21:08:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041456-135.stm?cmpid=sports.xml OLEAN, N.Y. -- Duquesne (16-15) could not withstand a rush forward by St. Bonaventure (15-15) through the core of the second half and the Dukes fell, 83-71, in a first-round Atlantic 10 Conference tournament game tonight at Reilly Center in Olean, N.Y. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 21:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041430-66.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Attorneys representing the alleged victim in the Ben Roethlisberger sexual assault investigation released a statement on her behalf today, urging the media not to identify her and to respect her privacy while the investigation runs its course. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 19:21:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041243-63.stm?cmpid=sports.xml BRADENTON, Fla. -- Steve Pearce has gone from being Baseball America's 2007 Minor League Player of the Year to a near-afterthought in the Pirates' camp this spring. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 18:55:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041424-142.stm?cmpid=sports.xml NEW YORK -- Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim beat out Pitt coach Jamie Dixon for Big East coach of the year honors today. It's the first coach of the year award for Boeheim since 1991. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 18:29:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041395-100.stm?cmpid=sports.xml TAMPA, Fla. -- Garrett Jones hit a three-run home run that left George M. Steinbrenner Field, and the Pirates beat the New York Yankees, 12-7, this afternoon Tue, 9 Mar 2010 16:31:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041365-66.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Safety Ryan Clark said he was intending to agree to a deal with the Miami Dolphins when he visited with them Monday because he did not have a contract offer from the Steelers Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:55:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041378-126.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Pirates Q&A with Dejan Kovacevic Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:13:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041369-66.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Not long after wide receiver Limas Sweed was walking out of the Steelers offices, Antwaan Randle El was walking in, getting ready to sign a three-year contract to rejoin his former team Tue, 9 Mar 2010 12:14:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041232-66.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Antwaan Randle El isn't the only former player the Steelers would like to bring back to their roster. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 06:55:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041248-61.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Sidney Crosby didn't have to come up with the top 10 reasons he couldn't accept an invitation to appear on the "Late Show with David Letterman" last week. It took only one. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 03:43:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041223-455.stm?cmpid=sports.xml MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. -- Police investigators Monday said they are arranging to interview Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger about sexual assault allegations lodged against him by a young woman, and that they will seek a DNA sample. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 03:19:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041295-144.stm?cmpid=sports.xml HARTFORD, Conn. -- West Virginia's youth and inexperience is supposed to be its Achilles heel, but the Mountaineers certainly have not played like a team that doesn't know how to win Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:33:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041218-66.stm?cmpid=sports.xml For a team that historically has tiptoed into free agency, the Steelers dived headfirst and unleashed a flurry of activity that began with the quick signing of two unrestricted free agents and ended Monday with a new four-year contract for free safety Ryan Clark and a possible three-year agreement to bring receiver Antwaan Randle El back to his former team. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:22:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041161-125.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Has a team ever won the Stanley Cup when its goaltending tandem did not post a single shutout during the regular season? Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041155-290.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Pitt basketball Q&A with Ray Fittipaldo Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041214-66.stm?cmpid=sports.xml You know what they're saying about you in Baltimore, don't you? "You people in Pittsburgh really have a lot of nerve calling us 'Baltimorons' ... " They're right. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041234-142.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Pitt did not have anyone who made first-team All-Big East, and a Pitt player will not win conference player of the year when that award is handed out this afternoon. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041307-66.stm?cmpid=sports.xml One month after the New Orleans Saints' first Super Bowl championship, the team and city were holding yet another party. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041215-63.stm?cmpid=sports.xml New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera threw 34 pitches in his first batting practice session Monday in Tampa, Fla. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041233-61.stm?cmpid=sports.xml It's not as though Jay McKee has made a habit of playing 82 games a season. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041247-61.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Penguins left winger Matt Cooke has "reached out" to Boston center Marc Savard, according to Penguins coach Dan Bylsma. Odds are the NHL office will do likewise with Cooke soon. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041251-135.stm?cmpid=sports.xml A familiar travel route awaits -- north on Interstate 79 and then a right turn into New York state. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041294-144.stm?cmpid=sports.xml HARTFORD, Conn. -- No balloons fell from the rafters, no confetti rained on the court, no over-the-top celebrations were held. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041249-100.stm?cmpid=sports.xml HARTFORD, CT. -- No. 2 seed West Virginia beat No. 6 seed Rutgers, 56-49, tonight in a Big East Women's Basketball Tournament semifinal at the XL Center. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 22:27:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041207-142.stm?cmpid=sports.xml HARTFORD, CT. -- Top-ranked Connecticut beat Notre Dame, 59-44, tonight in a Big East Women's Basketball Tournament semifinal at the XL Center to become the first team in Division I history to win 71 games in a row. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 21:31:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041204-66.stm?cmpid=sports.xml On the same day they signed Tampa Bay safety Will Allen to a three-year, $4.4 million contract, the Steelers have reached agreement with free safety Ryan Clark -- a deal that will keep him with the Steelers for four more seasons. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 21:25:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041133-66.stm?cmpid=sports.xml The Steelers wasted little time adding a pair of unrestricted free agents to their roster, signing San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Arnaz Battle and Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety Will Allen to multi-year contracts today just hours after they visited the team's South Side offices. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 21:20:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041137-66.stm?cmpid=sports.xml MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. -- Investigators today said they are making arrangements to talk to Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger about sexual assault allegations lodged against him by a young woman Mon, 8 Mar 2010 18:54:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041167-100.stm?cmpid=sports.xml BRADENTON, Fla. -- The Pirates, less than 24 hours after pounding out 15 runs, managed one hit in their 6-0 loss to the New York Yankees this afternoon at McKechnie Field. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 16:51:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041164-61.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Shelly takes your questions in the wake of Cooke-gate. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 15:22:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041149-66.stm?cmpid=sports.xml The Steelers are interested in bringing back one of their former players -- inside linebacker Larry Foote -- to improve their depth and create some flexibility at the linebacker position, the Post-Gazette has learned. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 14:50:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041140-142.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Pitt moved up one spot to No. 16 in the new Associated Press poll that was released today. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 14:41:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041146-290.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Pitt basketball Q&A with Ray Fittipaldo Mon, 8 Mar 2010 13:33:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041141-126.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Pirates Q&A with Dejan Kovacevic Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:44:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041056-175.stm?cmpid=sports.xml The fictional movie character Forrest Gump famously said "My mama always said life was like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get." Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:36:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041139-175.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Pitt sophomore guard Ashton Gibbs was named the Big East's most improved player this afternoon. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:21:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041017-63.stm?cmpid=sports.xml BRADENTON, Fla. -- When the Arizona Diamondbacks last week signed 22-year-old outfielder Justin Upton to a six-year, $51.25 million extension, it might as well have raised this question: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 07:47:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041077-175.stm?cmpid=sports.xml HARTFORD, Conn. -- The West Virginia women's basketball team does not have a senior, relies heavily on freshmen and sophomores and is extremely limited offensively. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:38:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041082-61.stm?cmpid=sports.xml A Penguins teammate told Sidney Crosby about the $10,000 reward dangled by Reebok Canada over the weekend for the safe return of Crosby's wayward Olympic equipment. He is hoping the offer works. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:35:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041093-275.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Dwight Howard was barking in the locker room, mocking some Lakers he claimed called his Orlando Magic team "puppies." Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:29:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041081-61.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Not even a hat trick by Chicago's Andrew Ladd could sidetrack the Detroit Red Wings. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:28:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041055-61.stm?cmpid=sports.xml This game will be remembered for the hit that felled Boston center Marc Savard, and understandably so. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:16:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041079-169.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Britney Hodges scored a 3-pointer with 10.7 seconds left to lead fourth-seeded Saint Francis (Pa.) past top-seeded Robert Morris, 80-79, in a Northeast Conference semifinal game in Loretto, Pa. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041030-66.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Safety Ryan Clark's first visit in free agency will be with the Miami Dolphins. Clark arrived Sunday in South Florida and will meet with Dolphins officials today, said his agent, Joel Turner. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041053-132.stm?cmpid=sports.xml HAMPTON, Ga. -- Kurt Busch was running out front with three laps to go when things really got interesting. First, a frightening crash that seemed intentional between two feuding drivers. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041075-175.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Pitt sophomore Ashton Gibbs was named second-team All-Big East Sunday. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041076-169.stm?cmpid=sports.xml It wasn't the good shooting or the ball control that Robert Morris coach Mike Rice first credited with his team's victory. It was bowling. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041098-66.stm?cmpid=sports.xml MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. -- Since purchasing his summer vacation home at Reynolds Plantation, an upscale community near Greensboro, Ga., Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has cultivated a reputation similar to the one he has in Ohio and Pittsburgh, the two other places where he has lived. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041018-125.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Penguins Q&A with Dave Molinari Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041039-63.stm?cmpid=sports.xml The Minnesota Twins have signed pitcher Nick Blackburn to a four-year, $14 million contract. The deal includes an $8 million club option for 2014. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041054-61.stm?cmpid=sports.xml If you are having trouble deciding if the shoulder-to-head hit by the Penguins' Matt Cooke on the Boston Bruins' Marc Savard Sunday at Mellon Arena was a dirty play or merely good, hard hockey, ask yourself two questions: ... Sports commentary by Ron Cook Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041078-144.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Connecticut defeated Syracuse, 77-41, Sunday in a Big East women's basketball quarterfinal and in doing so, tied the 2001-03 Huskies NCAA record for consecutive victories at 70. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1041019-100.stm?cmpid=sports.xml HARTFORD, CT. -- No. 2 seed West Virginia rode a stellar defensive effort to survive a scare tonight against No. 7 DePaul in the Big East Women's Basketball Tournament at the XL Center. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 22:15:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1041021-169.stm?cmpid=sports.xml The Robert Morris men's basketball team used big second-half run to beat rival Mount St. Mary's 80-62 in the Northeast Conference semifinals tonight at the Sewall Center. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 21:21:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040958-455.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Thursday nights tend to be party nights around the tiny campus of Georgia College & State University. Few of the 6,000 students have Friday classes, and many of them go back to their parents' homes for the weekends. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 20:37:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040950-66.stm?cmpid=sports.xml That latest sexual-assault allegation against Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger? I have great faith in our legal system. ... Sports commentary by Ron Cook Sun, 7 Mar 2010 18:10:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1041011-100.stm?cmpid=sports.xml The Penguins won their fourth game in a row, 2-1, over the Boston Bruins today at Mellon Arena. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 17:59:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1041010-135.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Duquesne junior swingman Damian Saunders has been named to the Atlantic 10 Conference first-team and was also selected as the conference's defensive player of the year. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 17:05:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1041009-142.stm?cmpid=sports.xml HARTFORD, CT. -- The top-ranked Connecticut Huskies tied the NCAA Division I women's basketball record for consecutive wins with a 77-41 win over Syracuse in a Big East Women's Basketball Tournament quarterfinal at the XL Center. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 16:58:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1041004-100.stm?cmpid=sports.xml BRADENTON, Fla. -- Home runs by Bobby Crosby and Garrett Jones carried the Pirates to a 15-5 romp past the Minnesota Twins this afternoon at McKechnie Field. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 16:32:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1041143-142.stm?cmpid=sports.xml The fictional movie character Forrest Gump famously said "My mama always said life was like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get." Pitt coach Jamie Dixon must feel like he is dipping into a Whitman's Sampler every time he inserts Gilbert Brown into a game. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 13:22:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040996-142.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Pitt sophomore Ashton Gibbs was named second-team all-Big East today. Gibbs, a 6-foot-2 guard who is averaging 16.2 points per game and shooting 40.4 percent from 3-point range, was the only Pitt player to earn first-, second- or third-team honors. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 12:06:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040831-61.stm?cmpid=sports.xml They have been Sidney Crosby's teammates for nearly five seasons now. They have sweated and struggled and celebrated with him. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 10:41:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040888-143.stm?cmpid=sports.xml UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State point guard Talor Battle was one of the best players in the Big Ten Conference this season despite playing on the worst team. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 10:35:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040971-361.stm?cmpid=sports.xml WPIAL Boys' Class AAAA: Gateway's first appearance in a WPIAL basketball championship game was going well for a half. Then the Gators' hearts were Pierced. Mt. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040900-63.stm?cmpid=sports.xml BRADENTON, Fla. -- Count The Legend among those impressed. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 01:49:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040954-139.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Bob Bryan and John Isner defeated Nenad Zimonjic and Janko Tipsarevic, 7-6 (8), 5-7, 7-6 (8), 6-3, in doubles to keep the United States alive in the Davis Cup first-round match in Belgrade, cutting Serbia's lead to 2-1. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 01:10:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040978-61.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Marc Savard scored in the second period and Tim Thomas made 37 saves Saturday to lead Boston past the New York Islanders, 3-2, in the opener of the Bruins' season-high seven-game road trip, which continues today against the Penguins. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:57:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040976-275.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Dirk Nowitzki scored 27 points and Caron Butler and Rodrigue Beaubois added 24 apiece Saturday night as the visiting Dallas Mavericks won their 11th consecutive game, turning back the Chicago Bulls, 122-116. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:55:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040965-175.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Some situations conjure up great images. Even if they don't happen. West Virginia had just played its worst half of the season Saturday against Villanova. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:54:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040951-136.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Ashes fell from the sky, smoke filled the air and a thick haze hovered over PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Some might have found breathing difficult at the Honda Classic. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:54:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040899-61.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Could be that Dallas left winger Jamie Benn is a pretty easy guy to hate, once you get to know him. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:48:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040916-361.stm?cmpid=sports.xml WPIAL Girls' Class AA: Kayla Cook, the all-time leading scorer for the Jeannette girls' team, flashed a quick smile when asked what it was like to play in the biggest game of her career. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:42:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040961-361.stm?cmpid=sports.xml WPIAL Boys' Class AA: Call it North Catholic's version of a born-again Christian. When the North Catholic boys won the WPIAL Class AA championship a year ago, Christian Wolosik wasn't good enough to get in the game. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:41:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040960-361.stm?cmpid=sports.xml WPIAL Girls' Class AAAA: Relief. That might be the best way to describe the way Mt. Lebanon coach Dori Oldaker felt after her Blue Devils defeated Baldwin, 59-43, in the WPIAL Class AAAA girls' championship game Saturday night at the Palumbo Center. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:40:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040940-361.stm?cmpid=sports.xml WPIAL Girls' Class AAA: Who knew all the Red Hurricane needed to get going was a little bit of Waters? Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:39:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040939-361.stm?cmpid=sports.xml City League: Oliver coach Carey White had never seen his team go as cold as it did in the third quarter of Saturday's City League boys' championship game at Peabody High School. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:37:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040860-358.stm?cmpid=sports.xml As hunters and the Pennsylvania Game Commission sort out the results and recommendations of the Wildlife Management Institute's audit of the state's deer management plan, a separate report seven years in the making sheds light on controlling deer populations on a smaller scale. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040949-66.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Two-time Pro Bowl nose tackle Vince Wilfork agreed to a long-term contract Saturday that will keep him with the New England Patriots. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040879-132.stm?cmpid=sports.xml HAMPTON, Ga. -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. is doing his best to forget 2009. Not a bad way to start. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040948-63.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Two of baseball "name" relief pitchers are down with injuries. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040969-361.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Basketball Box Scores from Saturday, March 6 Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040566-358.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Hiking, winter activities, shoots, hunter safety courses, educational programs, volunteer opportunities and more Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040859-358.stm?cmpid=sports.xml A day before his appointment as executive director of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, Tuesday, John Arway received a fortuitous phone call. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040890-169.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Robert Morris coach Mike Rice was frustrated with his team's lack of intensity in the Colonials' Northeast Conference tournament quarterfinal win against Central Connecticut State Thursday. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040892-144.stm?cmpid=sports.xml HARTFORD, Conn. -- Shea Ralph is in her second season as an assistant coach at Connecticut, and she describes her experience thus far as "incredible." Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040895-61.stm?cmpid=sports.xml This was just what the Penguins envisioned when they swung a deal with Toronto to get left winger Alexei Ponikarovsky. "I'm a big guy. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040927-66.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Uncertain about the future of Limas Sweed and looking to add depth to the position, the Steelers will entertain their first free agent Monday when San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Arnaz Battle will visit the team's South Side facility. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040930-175.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Senior guard Jermaine Dixon sustains injury to right ankle to mar a rare blowout victory Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10065/1040947-100.stm?cmpid=sports.xml The Mt. Lebanon boys' basketball team won the WPIAL Class AAAA boys' basketball championship tonight, beating Gateway, 57-51 at the Palumbo Center. Sat, 6 Mar 2010 22:35:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10065/1040933-100.stm?cmpid=sports.xml The Mt. Lebanon girls' basketball team beat Baldwin, 59-43, tonight in the WPIAL Class AAAA championship game at the Palumbo Center. Sat, 6 Mar 2010 21:25:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10065/1040876-100.stm?cmpid=sports.xml HARTFORD, CT -- DePaul beat Marquette, 64-54, tonight in a Big East Women's Basketball Tournament second round game at the XL Center. Sat, 6 Mar 2010 20:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10065/1040856-455.stm?cmpid=sports.xml The Penguins won their third game in a row, 6-3, over the Dallas Stars today at Mellon Arena. Sat, 6 Mar 2010 19:48:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10065/1040864-175.stm?cmpid=sports.xml No. 17 Pitt defeated Rutgers, 83-54, this afternoon in the regular-season finale at the Petersen Events Center. Sat, 6 Mar 2010 18:30:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10065/1040862-100.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Roundup of this afternoon's WPIAL action Sat, 6 Mar 2010 18:25:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10065/1040863-135.stm?cmpid=sports.xml In a Saturday that was filled with what seemed like infinite scenarios as Atlantic 10 Conference tournament spots were jockeyed for, one thing has been settled already as of dinnertime: Duquesne will get the No. 9 seed and St. Bonaventure will be the No. 8 seed. Sat, 6 Mar 2010 18:11:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10065/1040857-455.stm?cmpid=sports.xml BRADENTON, Fla. -- Andrew McCutchen went 2 for 2 with a run scored and a stolen base after his mother, Petrina, opened the game with a rousing version of the national anthem, and Ryan Church added a two-run homer and a single as the Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies ended in a 10-inning, 3-3 tie today before a sold-out crowd of 5,787 in McKechnie Field. Sat, 6 Mar 2010 16:40:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10065/1040779-455.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has been accused of sexually assaulting a Georgia college student at a dance club, marking the second such allegation in nine months against the superstar. Sat, 6 Mar 2010 13:48:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10065/1040760-135.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Maybe the finest method is no method whatsoever. Perhaps the optimum structure is a lack of structure. Sat, 6 Mar 2010 13:30:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10065/1040854-66.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Uncertain about the future of Limas Sweed and looking to add depth to the positon, the Steelers will entertain their first free agent Monday when San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Arnaz Battle will visit the team's South Side facility. Sat, 6 Mar 2010 12:17:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10065/1040745-63.stm?cmpid=sports.xml SARASOTA, Fla. -- Some spring-training debut Friday night for rookie Tony Sanchez: He threw out a runner attempting to steal in his first inning behind the plate, and he smacked a 415-foot home run in his first turn at the plate. Sat, 6 Mar 2010 02:31:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10065/1040850-42.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Opening night for Vincentian High School's "Beauty and the Beast" was packed with eager patrons waiting to be dazzled by a beloved Disney classic. Sat, 6 Mar 2010 02:13:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10065/1040838-275.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Stephen Jackson scored 21 points, Gerald Wallace added 17 points and 10 rebounds, as the host Charlotte Bobcats handed the weary Los Angeles Lakers their second consecutive loss, 98-83. Sat, 6 Mar 2010 02:11:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10065/1040820-61.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Tim Connolly scored at 2:31 of overtime, Adam Mair had a goal and assist, and Ryan Miller made 27 saves to help the Buffalo Sabres beat the visiting Philadelphia Flyers, 3-2. Sat, 6 Mar 2010 02:11:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10065/1040695-287.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Hidden Valley's Third Annual Spring Carnival this weekend will feature a variety of off- and on-snow activities -- and there will be plenty of snow for the latter. Sat, 6 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10065/1040748-63.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Mets shortstop Jose Reyes plans to have tests in New York after doctors in Florida discovered a thyroid imbalance. Sat, 6 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10065/1040763-66.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Julius Peppers is no longer a Carolina Panthers defensive end. Sat, 6 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10065/1040775-61.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Alexei Ponikarovsky was closely watching the Penguins on television Thursday night when they played against the Rangers in New York. After all, these were his new teammates. Sat, 6 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10065/1040810-361.stm?cmpid=sports.xml After almost four years of frustration, Vincentian Academy finally got the better of its parochial neighbor from Pittsburgh's north suburbs. And it couldn't have come at a more perfect time. Sat, 6 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10065/1040764-142.stm?cmpid=sports.xml HARTFORD, Conn. -- Agnus Berenato is a blonde, but, perhaps, one of the greatest upsets in women's college basketball this season is the fact that she does not have a head full of gray hair or is Sat, 6 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10065/1040765-142.stm?cmpid=sports.xml HARTFORD, Conn. -- It has been a tough season for the Pitt Panthers but one bright spot has been the play of forward Chelsea Cole, who led the Big East in rebounding (11.6 rebounds per game in Sat, 6 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10065/1040776-61.stm?cmpid=sports.xml With a handful of their teammates in Vancouver for the Olympics, the majority of the Penguins convened 10 days ago after a long break to begin a minicamp of sorts. Sat, 6 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10065/1040811-361.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Sewickley Academy coach Win Palmer had one thought running through his mind after his son, Tyler Palmer, grabbed a loose ball with his team trailing by one: Get the ball to Tom Droney. Sat, 6 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10065/1040769-361.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Sat, 6 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10065/1040806-361.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Hampton controlled the pace nearly the entire game, did a decent job of keeping Chartiers Valley star T.J. McConnell in check for a half and took good care of the basketball against pressure. Sat, 6 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10065/1040813-142.stm?cmpid=sports.xml What might have been? Pitt senior Jermaine Dixon thinks about it a lot. Sat, 6 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10065/1040815-66.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Little happened to or for the Steelers as free agency opened for them as it often has in the past, quietly. Sat, 6 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500