Former Robert Morris cornerback Rob Carter turning heads in CFL with more than his acrobatic interceptions
The highlight raised eyebrows and dropped jaws. Late in the second quarter of Robert Morris’ 2024 season opener at Utah State, the host Aggies had the ball at midfield and were trying to get into position to trim the Colonials’ 14-10 lead before halftime. Quarterback Bryson Barnes threw a long...
Andy Toole uses run to Horizon title, NCAA Tournament to rebuild Robert Morris’ roster
The piercing sound of his voice echoes above everything else. The fire in Andy Toole has been rekindled. The passion is there. Same coach. Different players. Nearly four months to the day after the Robert Morris men’s basketball team gave No. 2 seed Alabama a scare in the NCAA Tournament,...
Tim Benz: If the NCAA still wants to expand March Madness, at least fix one flaw along the way
It appears that the NCAA Division I Basketball Tournaments will not expand. For now. Thankfully. Although it does seem like just a matter of time before that happens. “The still viable outcomes include the tournaments remaining at 68 teams or expanding the fields to either 72 or 76 teams in...
Tim Benz: Daniel Mantenuto becomes 1st RMU men’s hockey Olympian with Team Italy selection
Daniel Mantenuto’s senior year of college hockey at Robert Morris University didn’t conclude in a conventional way. It didn’t culminate with him holding a championship trophy above his head or in a solemn handshake line after a bitter playoff defeat. No, his NCAA career ended at a pregame meal in...
Duquesne, Robert Morris add assistant coaches
The Duquesne men’s basketball program added a national champion to its coaching staff. Head coach Dru Joyce III announced Friday the hiring of Jordan Talley from 2025 national champion Florida as assistant coach. Talley has spent the past three seasons as player development assistant with the Gators, who were 76-33...
Transfer portal roundup: Robert Morris lands forward from rival IU Indy
Robert Morris men’s basketball coach Andy Toole continued to rebuild his roster Monday after receiving a commitment from transfer DeSean Goode. Goode, a 6-foot-8 forward, averaged 7.8 points and 6.0 rebounds as a freshman at IU Indy last season. Let’s work #Committed pic.twitter.com/QAudXuKdb7— DeSean Goode ???? (@goode_desean) May 19, 2025...
Mt. Pleasant grad Courtney Poulich helps power RMU softball to Horizon League title, NCAA Tournament
First, she transferred out of Liberty after one season that featured a mere three at-bats. Then she endured a torn hamstring that wiped out the first season at Robert Morris. Once she came back, she struggled through what, essentially, was another freshman season. So no one could blame Courtney Poulich...
Transfer portal roundup: Robert Morris adds veteran guard with SEC experience
Robert Morris’ rebuilt roster continues to grow after coach Andy Toole received a commitment from 6-foot-7 guard Kaleb Brown on Tuesday. Brown recently completed his redshirt junior season at Cal State Fullerton, where he averaged 6.6 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 17 games. Let’s do it! #Committed #GRIT...
Transfer portal roundup: Robert Morris lands 6-foot-11 power forward Josh Hill
Robert Morris men’s basketball bolstered its frontcourt Tuesday when coach Andy Toole received a commitment from Arkansas State transfer Josh Hill, according to ESPN. The 6-foot-11 power forward just completed his freshman season for the Red Wolves. Hill averaged 3.5 points and 1.8 rebounds while playing 6.8 minutes per game...
Tim Benz: Ava Leroux, daughter of former Penguins enforcer, continues inspiring recovery at Robert Morris
Robert Morris women’s basketball coach Chandler McCabe admits she has a bit of a hang-up when it comes to recruiting. “I’ve never really recruited height, because I’m really tall, and I really hated contact,” the 6-foot-3 McCabe said with a laugh. “My nose got broken three times. I was a...
Transfer portal roundup: Former Duquesne forward picks Akron
Halil “Chabi” Barre committed to Akron, the team announced Friday. Barre, a 6-foot-9 junior forward, played the past three seasons at Duquesne. The native of Natitingou, Benin, whose full name is Abdou Halil “Chabi” Barre, averaged 4.1 points and 3.5 rebounds in 11.5 minutes per game this past season. He...
Transfer portal roundup: Robert Morris lands power forward from North Carolina A&T
Robert Morris’ roster rebuild continued Tuesday night as men’s basketball coach Andy Toole secured a fourth commitment from the transfer portal. Sophomore power forward Nikolaos Chitikoudis, who played at North Carolina A&T the past two seasons, committed to the Colonials, according to verbalcommits.com. Chitikoudis averaged 10.8 points and 9.3 rebounds...
Transfer portal roundup: Robert Morris’ Alvaro Folgueiras headed to Iowa
Winning Horizon League Player of the Year honors helped Alvaro Folgueiras gain national attention. So there was plenty of interest when he entered the transfer portal. On Sunday, he committed to play in one of the top conferences in the country. Folgueiras, who helped lead Robert Morris to the Horizon...
Transfer portal roundup: Robert Morris lands 3 commitments
Robert Morris men’s basketball coach Andy Toole received commitments from three players over the weekend as he tries to rebuild his roster. Ta’Zir Smith (6-foot-3), a sophomore point guard, made his commitment on X. Let’s work ✝️✝️ pic.twitter.com/jRTBzrln8n— Tazir Smith (@SmithTazir) April 12, 2025 Smith attended Louisiana-Monroe this past season...
Jerry DiPaola: 5 decades covering Pittsburgh sports has provided memories to last a lifetime
I guess my love for the written word began on the living room floor at 326 Elizabeth Ave. I was nuts for the Pirates and Pirates box scores, and I used to spread out the Pittsburgh Press newspaper on the floor and devour every detail from the previous day’s game....
Former Robert Morris standout Amarion Dickerson transfers to Southern Cal
Amarion Dickerson has become the first men’s basketball player from Robert Morris’ latest NCAA Tournament team to find a new home. The reigning Horizon League Defensive Player of the Year will head to the West Coast and join Southern Cal next season. The 6-foot-7, 185-pound Dickerson, who scored 25 points...
From shutdown to reopen, a timeline of how the sports world was impacted by covid-19
The covid-19 pandemic affected all corners of humanity in the United States, touching everything from myriad industries to patterns of social interaction to politics and methods for healthcare. Sports might not have the societal importance of many of the other areas, but it did serve as a significant public bellwether...
3rd time’s a charm: Winding road leads former RMU skater, Wexford native Brian Kramer to Frozen 4
When the Frozen Four gets underway next week in St. Louis, nine college hockey players with Western Pennsylvania ties will be on the ice. Seven of them will be on Penn State’s roster, as the Nittany Lions have qualified for the national semifinal for the first time in program history....
Robert Morris’ Andy Toole agrees to contract extension after leading Colonials to NCAA Tournament
Now that he, apparently, has decided to stay put, Andy Toole’s next order of business appears to be a reconstruction of the Robert Morris men’s basketball roster, decimated by the loss of seven players into the NCAA transfer portal, including the entire starting lineup. If anyone, particularly at the mid-major...
D.J. Smith becomes 5th Robert Morris starter to announce plans to transfer
Guard D.J. Smith made it a clean sweep Friday when he became the fifth member of the Robert Morris starting lineup to announce plans to enter the transfer portal, verbalcommits.com reported. Smith joins former RMU teammates Kam Woods, Alvaro Folgueiras, Amarion Dickerson and Josh Omojafo, all of whom have decided...
Robert Morris’ Josh Omojafo, Kam Woods join 3 teammates in transfer portal
The unfortunate remnants of success struck Robert Morris again Thursday when 6-foot-5 shooting guard Josh Omojafo and point guard Kam Woods announced plans to enter the transfer portal. That makes four starters to enter the portal since the end of the season. Omojafo spent two seasons at Division II Gannon...
6 Saint Francis men’s basketball players enter transfer portal
A week after playing in just its second NCAA Tournament, Saint Francis’ decision to reclassify its athletic program to Division III and join the Presidents’ Athletic Conference in 2026-27 has sparked a mass exodus of men’s basketball players. Six more from the Northeast Conference school, including leading scorer Riley Parker,...
Robert Morris’ Alvaro Folgueiras joins teammate Amarion Dickerson in NCAA transfer portal
A day after Robert Morris lost Amarion Dickerson to the NCAA transfer portal, teammate and Horizon League Player of the Year Alvaro Folgueiras also entered his name in the portal, coach Andy Toole told TribLive. Folgueiras, a sophomore, was the Colonials’ second-leading scorer (14.1 points per game) and leading rebounder...
Robert Morris’ Amarion Dickerson, Duquesne’s Kareem Rozier among area players to enter transfer portal
It took a full season, capped by a spectacular performance last week in the NCAA Tournament, for Amarion Dickerson to make his mark on the local sports scene. It took the Robert Morris basketball star barely any time at all to say his goodbyes. Dickerson, a 6-foot-7 small forward, who...
Who’s No. 1, Andy Toole’s current Colonials or Matt Furjanic’s Robert Morris teams from the ’80s?
Andy Toole said he might get text messages from people challenging his claim that this season’s Robert Morris team is the best in school history. Matt Furjanic didn’t send a text, but he certainly could have an argument with Toole. Furjanic coached the first Robert Morris teams that went to...
