http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/ All Sports en-us Copyright 2012, post-gazette.com. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:39:39 -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/12045/1210003-66-0.stm?cmpid=sports.xml The NFL season may be over but the season for making news just won't let up for the Steelers. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:26:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210002-61-0.stm?cmpid=sports.xml The hard part, Ben Lovejoy says, is not trying to decide precisely when to throw his body in front of a shot, to prevent a puck from getting to -- or past -- his goaltender. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:09:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210048-63.stm?cmpid=sports.xml After a winter of rebuilding, the Oakland Athletics were the surprise winner for Cuban defector Yoenis Cespedes. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1209965-139.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Dereck Chisora insists he can "smell fear" in Vitali Klitschko's corner and promises to knock out the WBC heavyweight champion Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1209998-275.stm?cmpid=sports.xml With the New York Knicks and Rangers on winning streaks and "Linsanity" spreading through the sports world, shares of The Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1209999-175.stm?cmpid=sports.xml After a decade of success unmatched by any of its peers in the Big East Conference, Pitt is getting a taste of how the other half lives. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210001-87.stm?cmpid=sports.xml If it has been said once, it has been said hundreds of times. The Steelers owe Hines Ward. They owe him a job. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210037-136.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Phil Mickelson has beaten Tiger Woods the past five times they have played together in the final round. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210041-61.stm?cmpid=sports.xml The Edmonton Oilers and defenseman Andy Sutton have agreed to terms on a one-year contract extension. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210043-61.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Penguins coach Dan Bylsma decided a long time ago that he would pursue a career in ice hockey. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210046-361.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Vincentian and Gateway won't be in the same classification when WPIAL girls basketball playoff pairings are announced tonight. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210047-361.stm?cmpid=sports.xml The WPIAL will have a hearing with school officials and boys basketball coaches from Brentwood and Monessen. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210065-455.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Michael and Jennifer Kitchen and their daughter, Emma, had settled in for the evening in their hotel room at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort on Sunday night when they heard fire sirens. Looking out a window, at first they saw nothing amiss. But within minutes, a tower of flames lit the night sky a short distance away. The resort's Sundial Ski Lodge was ablaze. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210088-275.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Dirk Nowitzki scored 22 points, 11 in the final six-plus minutes, Shawn Marion added 16, and the Dallas Mavericks held on to beat the Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210089-361.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Basketball Box Scores Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209944-100.stm?cmpid=sports.xml The Steelers are not counting on Rashard Mendenhall being able to play in 2012 because of his ACL surgery, and it appears they will not sign any of their own pending free agents before they hit the open market on March 13 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:21:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209950-100.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Penguins center Evgeni Malkin has been honored as the NHL's No. 2 star for the week that ended Sunday Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:23:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209833-139-0.stm?cmpid=sports.xml There's no business like show business, and there's no better show business than the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show: It makes the Grammys look like the ESPYs. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:54:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209830-144-0.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Suddenly the only noise in an arena that had been loud all day was the happy screaming of the West Virginia Mountaineers, who had just managed possibly the program's biggest upset. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:27:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209889-61.stm?cmpid=sports.xml The Penguins have spotted the visiting team a 2-0 lead in three consecutive games, so it is clear that something drastic is in order. OK, maybe nothing really radical. Like, say, actually scoring first. Hey, no need to get crazy about it. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:25:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209823-175.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Double digits. Georgetown freshman Greg Whittington got there for the first time. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209824-143.stm?cmpid=sports.xml The Penn State Lady Lions had four players score in double figures en route to a 77-63 Big Ten Conference victory Sunday against Northwestern at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Ill. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209829-175.stm?cmpid=sports.xml A victory the Pitt Panthers had to have Sunday afternoon at Seton Hall was almost in the bag, but an eight-minute stretch of futility led to a devastating loss that vaporized any realistic chances they had of making the NCAA tournament. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209831-63.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Tim Lincecum thought about the seismic shifts of baseball's offseason, the ones that saw Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder migrate to the American League. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209832-66.stm?cmpid=sports.xml For Ravens kicker Billy Cundiff, the support of his teammates and the lessons learned from his Midwestern upbringing have helped keep the biggest miss of his career in perspective. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209836-136.stm?cmpid=sports.xml He knew his game was getting close, and he broke through with flair Sunday in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in California. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209840-139.stm?cmpid=sports.xml The United States completed its 5-0 rout of Switzerland in the first round of the Davis Cup Sunday, with 19-year-old Ryan Harrison and John Isner winning the closing singles matches. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209841-287.stm?cmpid=sports.xml American Hannah Kearney won her 15th consecutive World Cup moguls event Sunday, breaking downhill great Ingemar Stenmark's all-discipline record for consecutive Federation of International Skiing World Cup victories. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209881-139.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova won her second consecutive Pattaya Open title Sunday in Thailand, defeating Russia's Maria Kirilenko, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3. This was Hantuchova's fifth career title and her first since winning in Thailand a year ago. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209885-87.stm?cmpid=sports.xml The Tampa Bay Lightning played at Consol Energy Center April 27 and beat the Penguins, 1-0, in Game 7 of their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series. I remember walking out of the grand building thinking Penguins defenseman Kris Letang played a lousy game to complete a lousy series in a lousy second half of the NHL season. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209887-61.stm?cmpid=sports.xml The Detroit Red Wings equaled an NHL record with their 20th consecutive win at home, beating the Philadelphia Flyers, 4-3, on the strength of Johan Franzen's tiebreaking goal early in the third period. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209888-61.stm?cmpid=sports.xml It is not unusual for coaches to shower opponents with praise, but Tampa Bay's Guy Boucher went above and beyond Sunday when talking up Penguins center Evgeni Malkin. And he did it in his second language. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209892-275.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Amar'e Stoudemire returns to the Knicks after spending a week in Florida grieving the loss of his older brother Hazell in a car wreck. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209893-275.stm?cmpid=sports.xml After leading by 18 points in the first half, the Los Angeles Lakers were staring at a four-point deficit with less than two minutes to play in Toronto. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12043/1209821-100.stm?cmpid=sports.xml The Penguins overcame a two-goal deficit to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning, 4-2,, tonight at Consol Energy Center. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:08:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12043/1209808-100.stm?cmpid=sports.xml NEWARK, N.J. -- Seton Hall defeated Pitt, 73-66, this afternoon at the Prudential Center. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:46:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12043/1209685-66.stm?cmpid=sports.xml If the Steelers have decided to release Hines Ward, it is news to Ward -- and maybe even the Steelers. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:10:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12043/1209533-358.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Shortly after the turn of the 20th century, the Pennsylvania Game Commission began petitioning the state Legislature to license hunting as a means of funding and controlling wildlife management. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12043/1209534-358.stm?cmpid=sports.xml According to the 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife Associated Recreation, approximately 143,000 Pennsylvanians considered themselves walleye anglers. That's about 19 percent of those with fishing licenses. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12043/1209679-61.stm?cmpid=sports.xml It is not, for most people in the NHL, the most pressing concern at the moment. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12043/1209700-135.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Andrew Nicholson has produced some off his better games statistically against Duquesne, including two 29-point efforts as an underclassman. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12043/1209720-361.stm?cmpid=sports.xml In a matchup WPIAL girls basketball had not seen in 23 years, it took Seton-LaSalle a little over two minutes to reign supreme in a Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12043/1209721-61.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Evgeni Malkin was playing his 400th game in the NHL. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12043/1209729-61.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Some things felt new to Jordan Staal Saturday when the Penguins faced Winnipeg at Consol Energy Center. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12043/1209758-169.stm?cmpid=sports.xml The Colonials beat Saint Francis, 70-56, clinching their ninth consecutive NEC tournament bid. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12043/1209763-61.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Everything seems to go right for the New York Rangers when they play the Philadelphia Flyers, even their anemic power play. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12043/1209409-358.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12043/1209500-63.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Just 106 days after the surprising St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series, baseball returns this weekend when pitchers and catchers for the Seattle Mariners report to spring training in Peoria, Ariz. There's been a whole lot of change since the Texas Rangers' David Murphy flied out to Allen Craig for the final out of 2011. Tony La Russa is gone. Bobby Valentine is back. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12043/1209531-358.stm?cmpid=sports.xml The National Park Foundation and retail outfitter L.L.Bean are on a mission. The groups recently embarked on a year-long effort to increase outdoor recreation among families and introduce more children to America's national parks. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12043/1209532-358.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Science-based wildlife management or commerce-driven population control? Post-Gazette outdoors editor John Hayes will examine the controversial antler restriction regulations in a live interview with a representative of the Pennsylvania Game Commission at 7 p.m. Saturday at Stage 3 at the Allegheny Sport, Travel and Outdoor Show, Monroeville Convention Center, near Monroeville Mall. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12043/1209535-358.stm?cmpid=sports.xml A successful plan is a beautiful thing, especially when the story grows from an apparent failure. In 2001, electro-fishing surveys conducted by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission charted a disturbing decline in walleye numbers on jointly managed Pymatuning Reservoir. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12043/1209684-66.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Offensive lineman Mike Schad remembers getting knocked unconscious while blocking as part of the wedge for the Los Angeles Rams' kick-return team. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12043/1209690-175.stm?cmpid=sports.xml This time, Scoop Jardine was ready when Syracuse was tested by a heated rival. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12043/1209693-175.stm?cmpid=sports.xml It has been an overlooked part of Pitt's success for years. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12043/1209695-144.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Rick Pitino's deep bench is paying off in the rugged Big East. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12043/1209702-136.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Charlie Wi played bogey-free at Spyglass Hill for a 3-under 69 to build a three-shot lead Saturday in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12043/1209704-143.stm?cmpid=sports.xml All Jamil Pollard knew about his Signing Day ceremony was that he needed to bring a Penn State sweatshirt and his parents should be there. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12043/1209716-87.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Evgeni Malkin played in his 400th NHL game Saturday and had five points, just another day at the office. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12043/1209724-450.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Billy Oliver looked every bit the part of a member of Penn State's basketball team. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12043/1209726-135.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Duquesne University women's coach Suzie McConnell-Serio had a heart-to-heart talk with her team, benched four starters who showed up Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12043/1209761-275.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Jeremy Lin hit a free throw with 4.9 seconds left to overcome a dreadful second half and lift the New York Knicks to their fifth Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12043/1209774-361.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Basketball Box Scores Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12042/1209676-61-0.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Evgeni Malkin, playing in his 400th NHL game, had five points as the Penguins topped the Winnipeg Jets, 8-5, today at Consol Energy Center. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:22:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12042/1209670-361.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Basketball Playoff Clinchings Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:38:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12042/1209666-361-0.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Basketball Box Scores Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:26:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12042/1209605-361.stm?cmpid=sports.xml This victory on the final Friday of the regular season meant more than most. "We beat our rival," Jeannette boys basketball coach Adrian Batts said, "and we beat our section's champs." Orlando Morgan's 3-point play put the Jayhawks ahead in the final minute as Class AA No. 5 Jeannette defeated No. 4 Greensburg Central Catholic, 63-62. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:14:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12042/1209604-361.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Bryon Clifford and his Clairton classmates have enough football title banners from the past few seasons to fill most of a wall at its gym, nicknamed "The Bears Den." Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:07:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12042/1209575-61.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Jordan Staal stuck in the NHL mere weeks after his 18th birthday in large part because he displayed a level of defensive excellence some centers never reach. Now in his sixth season, Staal, just 23, might have raised his offensive play to the same level. "He's so responsible in the defensive end," Penguins teammate Matt Cooke said. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:02:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12042/1209499-139.stm?cmpid=sports.xml John Isner shocked Roger Federer, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-2, on an indoor clay court, giving the United States a 2-0 lead against Switzerland in their Davis Cup first-round series Friday. Isner's big serve backed and booming ground strokes challenged the Swiss star in long rallies. "I thought he played great," Federer said. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12042/1209556-175.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Salacious claims about the wife of an assistant Syracuse men's basketball coach who was fired after claims that he molested boys have no bearing in a slander lawsuit two of the men brought against the team's head coach, Jim Boeheim, a judge ruled Friday in Manhattan. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12042/1209557-135.stm?cmpid=sports.xml In the science center classrooms at St. Bonaventure University, Andrew Nicholson -- 6 feet 9 and an NBA prospect -- is just like any other student who takes his education seriously. There, his 7-foot-3 wingspan and court presence matters not to discussions of thermodynamics or electromagnetism. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12042/1209559-175-0.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Pitt point guard Tray Woodall is taking the blame for the team's poor performance in the loss Wednesday night at South Florida. And it has nothing to do with his 4-for-13 shooting, his four turnovers or his inability to get the offense into a rhythm. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12042/1209560-169.stm?cmpid=sports.xml In its past two games, Robert Morris has had to make second-half comebacks on the road to walk away with victories. Colonials coach Andy Toole does not want to make that a habit. Against Mount St. Mary's, the Colonials trailed, 32-19, with 3:34 to go in the first half. Against Saint Francis, they faced a 35-24 deficit with 2:19 left before halftime. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12042/1209562-175-0.stm?cmpid=sports.xml The NCAA turned down the University of Connecticut's request for a waiver that would allow its men's basketball team to play in the 2013 NCAA tournament. Connecticut doesn't qualify for the tournament because of below-standard academic results, but it recently requested a waiver. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12042/1209565-233.stm?cmpid=sports.xml An Indiana judge has dismissed a domestic battery charge against former Notre Dame offensive coordinator Michael Haywood, who served briefly as Pitt's head football coach before the case led to his firing. A St. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12042/1209566-287-0.stm?cmpid=sports.xml This could be one of the best weekends of the season for downhill and cross-country skiers, snowboarders, snowtubers and snowshoers. Snow started to fall in the Laurel Highlands late Friday afternoon and more is expected today and Sunday. Go to www.paccsa.org and click on the Webcam to see the amount of snow on the cross-country and snowshoe trails in Laurel Ridge State Park. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12042/1209567-144.stm?cmpid=sports.xml West Virginia's settlement of a lawsuit with the Big East Conference had not been completed as of Friday, sources familiar with the situation told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The two sides reached a verbal agreement late Thursday after a telephone status hearing in the Rhode Island lawsuit. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12042/1209574-63.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Talks between the Pirates and New York Yankees regarding a trade that would bring Yankees starter A.J. Burnett to Pittsburgh were moving forward Friday evening, according to an industry source. First baseman/right fielder Garrett Jones, previously reported as a player the Yankees wanted to acquire in the deal, was not part of the discussions, the source said. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12042/1209576-66-0.stm?cmpid=sports.xml What was New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick's strategy when the New York Giants tried to mount a late fourth-quarter rally in the Super Bowl? "Make them go to Manningham" -- five words that will haunt Patriots fans and delight Giants fans for years to come. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12042/1209582-66.stm?cmpid=sports.xml The Steelers got more salary cap relief when cornerback Ike Taylor agreed to restructure a contract he signed before the 2011 season. Taylor becomes the third player, along with linebackers LaMarr Woodley and Lawrence Timmons, to rework his contract to help the Steelers shave approximately $25 million off their cap. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12042/1209597-139.stm?cmpid=sports.xml Hours after receiving a two-year ban for blood doping, 1997 Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich of Germany admitted on his website that he had "contact" with a Spanish doctor who ran a doping program in which he was accused of participating. Ullrich did not directly acknowledge doping but said he would not contest a ruling Thursday by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12042/1209598-136-0.stm?cmpid=sports.xml On a day when sunshine gave way to a light rain, two things stayed the same Friday at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in California. South Korean Charlie Wi was still atop the leader board, and Tiger Woods didn't hole enough putts to make up ground. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12042/1209608-61-0.stm?cmpid=sports.xml They call the last two months leading into the NHL playoffs the stretch run, and, for members of the Southeast Division, there's a heightened sense of urgency this season. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500