Neil Rudel

I don’t have a handy roster of backup NBA point guards, but T.J. McConnell surely is among them, if not at the top of the list. Across-the-board stat stuffer and pesky defender on one of the NBA’s best teams — and maybe its best.

Watching #PSU in national lacrosse semifinals and learning about the game. Keep thinking how NFL great Jim Brown was also a renowned lacrosse player at Syracuse and wondering how anybody stepped in front of him.

RT @StuffSomersSays: There's been a lot of rhetoric around Pat Kraft building a monster -- which will be on display once again this weekend…

On this rainy day, Central HS product Paxton Kling will be on Big Ten Network, starting shortly (2 p.m.) for PSU vs. USC in Big Ten tourney in Omaha. An LSU transfer, Kling has had a great year — with team high .345 average, 13 HRs and 14 doubles.

I’m old enough to have watched Willis Reed, Walt Frazier, Earl The Pearl, Bernard King and Patrick Ewing — and Jalen Brunson is the greatest Knick I’ve ever seen.

RT @Schultz_Report: Sources: The #Colts and No. 14 overall pick TE Tyler Warren have agreed to a 4-year, $20.96M fully guaranteed rookie co…

RT @JMackeyPG: I don't know what Don Kelly is going to do for his coaching staff. But I'd love to see him make John Wehner the bench coach.

You can’t get the ball inbounds, you don’t deserve to win. Just a brutal loss that overshadowed Donovan Mitchell’s incredible effort.

RT @AdamBreneman81: Curt Cignetti is calling out the schools cutting massive checks. He named Notre Dame, Miami, and Texas Tech alongside…

Almost post time … Tonight could be nice/needed boost for Journalism. If not, sticking with the theme, there’s Publisher at 30-1. And to clarify for @AltoonaMirrorPA employees, present and past, No. 21 is Baeza, not Bacza.

Steven Adams played one season at Pitt (2012-13) and is in the midst of a 12-year NBA career as a valuable role player who rebounds, blocks shots and sets screens. Imagine that. A place for somebody who doesn’t shoot 3s. Still only 31.

RT @JPerrotto: My column for @pghbaseballnow on last night at PNC Park https://t.co/jVwQHy5xzA #Pirates #LetsGoBucs #MLB

This story just keeps getting better. I'm hoping North Carolina makes the national championship game (vs. PSU) so Jordon Hudson can run the press conference and screen questions for the "student-athletes." https://t.co/oOueQFegBF

RT @KDPomp: THIS is part of the destruction that hit the city of Oakmont---also the site of the #USOpen in just over a month

RT @WxShield: Headed out to the Blue White game today? It will be raining this morning for tailgates, but by kickoff in Beaver Stadium, the…

Why is Twitter beating the @ESPN broadcast on the picks?

James Franklin prides himself on being a coach who’s relational rather than transactional. Here’s Exhibit A. Not all coaches attend the NFL Draft, let alone be in Virginia with Tyler Warren for lunch today and in Green Bay for Abdul Carter tonight. https://t.co/2sSoC2hRGA