Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. -- As other conferences around the country look to expand their conference schedule, the Atlantic Coast Conference is just fine with their league slate as it stands. Pitt athletic director Steve Pederson said he "hasn't heard any...

AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. -- At last year's Atlantic Coast Conference spring meetings, the first for league newcomers Pitt and Syracuse, the big question was whether the league would survive the offseason -- or even the week -- with its full membership intact....

Hall of Famer Jack Butler died Saturday morning after a battle with a staph infection. He was 85. Butler, a Pittsburgh Steelers great in the 1950s, was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame last year. Butler had the staph infection since November,...

The Sports Xchange EditorsNote: adds statements from Steelers Hall of Famer Butler dies Hall of Famer Jack Butler died Saturday morning after a battle with a staph infection. He was 85. Butler, a Pittsburgh Steelers great in the 1950s, was inducted...

In the post-9/11 culture wars over Islamic fundamentalism, American conservatives — properly — have condemned attempts in Muslim countries to punish blasphemy or insults to the prophet Muhammad. It will be interesting to see if they are...

PITTSBURGH — Former state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin won't go to prison. In fact, the only incarceration she serves will be inside her own home. But the sentence handed down Tuesday by an Allegheny County judge carries with it...

HARRISBURG (MCT) — More than 100 workers at the state's Department of Labor and Industry will be losing their jobs later this month due to declining federal funds, according to department officials. The impacted workers will come from across the...

The Sports Xchange Crosby ruled out of playoff opener Center Sidney Crosby will not play Wednesday night in Game 1 of the Pittsburgh Penguins' first-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the New York Islanders in Pittsburgh. Crosby is recovering...

Center Sidney Crosby will not play tonight in Game 1 of the Pittsburgh Penguins' first-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the New York Islanders in Pittsburgh. Crosby is recovering from multiple jaw fractures on March 30 on a hit in a game...

Drawn to imaginative ideas about sound and pitch, musician and composer Dean Drummond found the traditional instruments of European classical music inadequate to perform the seemingly "out of tune" intervals of microtonal music. So he followed the...

The Sports Xchange Penguins C Crosby practices with team Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby practiced with his teammates after getting clearance Friday. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that the team practiced a power-play unit of Crosby,...

The Sports Xchange NHL roundup: Crosby practices, not cleared to play Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby practiced with his teammates after getting clearance Friday. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that the team practiced a power-play unit...