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Steelers great Bettis leads eclectic Hall of Fame class

 CANTON, Ohio (AP) — The humbled men in gold jackets entering football immortality were unmistakable. So was the endless sea of twirling yellow Terrible...

Steel Sensations…A look back at Hines Ward

Hines Ward is one of the greatest wide receivers in NFL history and his legacy will live on in Pittsburgh forever. The future NFL...

Sherri Coale, Natalie Williams headline women’s basketball hall class of 2016

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Oklahoma coach Sherri Coale said it was a surreal moment when she got the phone call that she would be...

Before football Hall of Fame, celeb golf for Jerome Bettis

PITTSBURGH (AP) _ Jerome Bettis served as a mentor to Hines Ward, showing his former Pittsburgh Steelers teammate the ropes when he entered the...

Charlie Sifford remembered for his courage as first Black PGA member

Charlie Sifford was banned from being a PGA member because of its Caucasian-only clause when he played the Rubber City Open in 1958 at...

Charlie Sifford, first Black player on PGA Tour, dies at 92

Charlie Sifford, who only wanted a chance to play and broke the color barrier in golf as the first Black PGA Tour member, died...

Nirvana, Kiss and the E Street Band join rock hall

NEW YORK (AP) — Kiss made up, but its music went unheard. Nirvana used four women rockers to sing Kurt Cobain's songs. And Bruce...

Mazeroski memorabilia auction rakes in $1.7M

This photo provided by Hunt's Auctions on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013, shows Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Famer Bill Mazeroski's 1960 World Series Game 7 home uniform. (AP Photo/Hunt's Auctions) PITTSBURGH (AP) - The uniform that Bill Mazeroski wore when he hit a walk-off home run for the Pittsburgh Pirates during the final game of the 1960 World Series has a new owner after an auction of the Hall of Famer's memorabilia.

Duke named preseason favorite in new-look ACC, Pitt 6th

Pittsburgh basketball player Lamar Patterson, right, answers a question as teammate Talib Zanna listens at a press conference during the NCAA college basketball Atlantic Coast Conference media day in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond) Aaron BeardAP Basketball Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Duke's Mike Krzyzewski is again coaching the team picked to win the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Hall of Famer knows it's going to be a lot tougher to live up to the preseason prediction with the addition of Syracuse, Pittsburgh and Notre Dame to the ACC.

Blues museum to call St. Louis home, sweet home

A woman pushes a stroller past the site of the National Blues Museum, set to open next year, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) by Alan Scher ZagierAssociated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Die-hard music lovers, casual fans and globe-trotting tourists readily embrace Chicago as the home of the blues, spurred in large part by the Great Migration northward of Southern Blacks in the early and mid-20th century. Robert Johnson, the genre's godfather, famously sang of "Sweet Home Chicago," and the Chicago Blues Festival draws more than 100,000 people each summer. But come next year, the National Blues Museum won't find a home in Chicago, but in a rival Midwest city 300 miles to the south.

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