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National Sports

Lady Lions grab WBIT No. 1 seed

From Mirror reports UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State women’s basketball team earned a spot in the 2024 Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament as a No. 1 seed. The Lady Lions will host George Mason on Thursday in the Bryce Jordan Center in PSU’s first Invitation Tournament ...

Pitt declines bid

From Mirror reports PITTSBURGH — The University of Pittsburgh men’s basketball team declined an invitation to the 2024 National Invitation Tournament on Sunday night after not getting a bid to the NCAA Tournament. “I am incredibly proud of the performance, development and fight of our ...

Pitcher Skenes sent to minor league camp

From Mirror reports BRADENTON Fla. — The Pittsburgh Pirates reassigned right-handed pitcher Paul Skenes, catcher Carter Bins, infielder Sergio Alcantara and outfielders Matt Gorski and Joe Perez to minor league camp on Sunday. In addition, right-handed pitcher Kyle Nicolas was optioned to ...

Duquesne earns first bid in 47 years

The Associated Press Duquesne colored red, white and blue streamers fell from the rafters at Barclays Center with the Dukes leading by 15 in the Atlantic 10 Tournament championship game, their first NCAA Tournament bid in 47 years in reach. Problem was, there was still about 18 minutes left ...

Donald announces retirement

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Aaron Donald spent 10 years flattening quarterbacks, crushing ball-carriers, fighting through perpetual double-teams and generally wrecking NFL offenses. He was relentless, reliable and infinitely resourceful while he led the Los Angeles Rams all the way to a Super Bowl ...

CFP deal extended six years

The nine Bowl Subdivision conferences and Notre Dame reached an agreement Friday on a six-year deal to continue the College Football Playoff through the 2031 season, a significant step that establishes a revenue-sharing plan and allows the CFP to finalize a media rights agreement. Executive ...