BOSTON — Brooks Orpik is the conscience of the Penguins. He has been with them the longest, played the toughest brand of hockey for them, and defended the scoring areas with a blend of physicality and precision — always with passion. This one will hurt him most. His man — center Patrice Bergeron — scored […]

PITTSBURGH—The University of Pittsburgh basketball team will play Cincinnati as part of the 2013 Jimmy V Classic doubleheader scheduled for Tuesday, December 17 at New York’s Madison Square Garden, ESPN announced on Wednesday. The Pitt-Cincinnati contest will be played at 7 p.m. ET as part of a doubleheader that will be followed by a Florida-Memphis […]

Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh Riverhounds captain Rich Costanzo and striker Jose Angulo were selected to the USL PRO Team of the Week for Week 11 of the 2013 pro season. Costanzo and Angulo’s recognition was prompted by their standout performances in the 3-0 victory over the Rochester Rhinos in front of a 3,474 crowd on Saturday […]

PITTSBURGH—The Atlantic Coast Conference has announced Pitt’s rotating crossover football opponents for the next 11 seasons. The Panthers will annually play eight ACC games. Six of those contests will be against Coastal Division opponents (Duke, Georgia Tech, Miami, North Carolina, Virginia and Virginia Tech) and two will be against Atlantic Division teams. Pitt will play […]

The Steelers have signed their seventh-round and final selection of the 2013 NFL Draft, defensive end Nick Williams. Financial terms of the four-year deal were not disclosed. Williams (6-4, 309), who was the 223rd overall selection, played collegiately at Samford University. He saw action in 40 career games, starting the final 22, and he recorded […]