Jeff Capel quickly established what he was looking for when he entered the spring transfer portal season with a blank canvas. Capel, needing to replenish his roster when Pitt lost all but one scholars...

Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Kyle Dubas made it abundantly clear on Sept. 28. He doesn’t want to be part of the ongoing speculation about Evgeni Malkin’s future. “I’m not doing this day-today, ...

The veteran tight end says outsiders might have misinterpreted Mike McCarthy’s comments. The housecleaning announced by Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike McCarthy was about redding up the team’s play on ...

Hendrix Lapierre will be in a familiar place Wednesday as the Pittsburgh Penguins trek within the Capital Beltway to face the rival Washington Capitals. A first-round draft pick (No. 22) overall in 20...

Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi: “Our philosophy is to stop the run.” Multiple facets of Pitt’s performance that led to victory at Virginia Tech last weekend are worthy of praise. The Panthers (5-0, 2-0 ACC) ...

Even if they’re each from Russia, Pittsburgh Penguins forward Egor Chinakhov is still getting to know his teammate, rookie goaltender Sergei Murashov. But even with limited familiarity, Chinakhov is c...

Mike McCarthy spent his weekend watching film from the first four games of the season for the Pittsburgh Steelers team he coaches. The report of what he noticed didn’t necessarily sound like a glowing...

Panthers coach Pat Narduzzi: “Absolutely we have a team that can win an ACC championship, with Mason or without Mason.” Having contingency plans in place is part of the due diligence required by any c...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pat Narduzzi is tired of ACC football being a punching bag in the polls and seemingly everywhere else. The pathologically unfiltered Pittsburgh coach is ready for the league to start...

Crosby on Ovechkin: “As long as he’s happy and enjoying it, that’s the biggest thing.” More than two decades into their NHL careers, Pittsburgh Penguins superstars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin are ...

Pat Narduzzi frequently leans into coaching cliches about blocking out outside noise and not caring about the opinions of the media. Yet on the field at Lane Stadium on Friday, in the immediate afterm...

After a year of firsts, the 19-year-old is ready to take the next step. Ben Kindel was in a different place Saturday. The Pittsburgh Penguins’ top power-play unit. Rarely deployed with that group thro...

One day after the Pittsburgh Steelers traded away their top cornerback, the team relied heavily on two rookies in the secondary. Depending on the health of others, the team might need to lean even mor...

When Cameron Heyward offered his instant analysis about what went wrong Thursday night, the Pittsburgh Steelers defensive leader acknowledged the obvious. They simply missed too many tackles. “We have...

After scoring an impressive breakaway goal in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ season- opening 7-0 road win against the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday, forward Ville Koivunen was a healthy scratch during Sa...

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Virginia Tech’s John Love missed a 36-yard field goal as time expired, and Pittsburgh survived for a 35-33 victory over the Hokies on Friday. Pittsburgh quarterback Holden Gerin...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Joey Porter Jr. spent the last three seasons becoming exactly who the Pittsburgh Steelers drafted him to be: an emerging shutdown corner capable of neutralizing the most dynamic play...

Aaron Rodgers, coach Mike McCarthy get testy amid communication problems. CLEVELAND — Five things we learned from the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 27-24 loss at the Cleveland Browns on Thursday night: 1. Pott...

Also, where’s Nick Herbig? Where’s the season going? Silly question: Would you have taken a large part of the $172 million earmarked for Nick Herbig and Keeanu Benton and given it to Joey Porter Jr., ...

CLEVELAND — After trading their erstwhile top cornerback earlier in the day, the Pittsburgh Steelers were illequipped to lose another starter at the position. They couldn’t overcome almost a decade of...