PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers bolstered their special teams, a weakness last season, by signing wide receiver Arnaz Battle and safety Will Allen.

Both unrestricted free agents joined the Steelers Monday.

Battle spent seven seasons with San Francisco and played in 88 games as a receiver, kick returner and punt returner. He has 178 receptions for 2,150 yards and 11 touchdowns. The 6-foot-1, 208-pound Battle was drafted by the 49ers in the sixth round in 2003.

Allen has played all six of his NFL seasons with Tampa Bay after being drafted in the fourth round in 2004. Allen made two starts in 2009 before being placed on injured reserve after Week 9. He also is a strong special teams player.

Both players were signed largely for special teams, but Battle also gives the Steelers depth at receiver, where Limas Sweed's status for next season is uncertain. Sweed was taken off the active roster late in 2009 for reasons the Steelers still haven't disclosed.

BUTLER TWP — The Butler Dawgs of Special Olympics Butler County won the gold medal in the Pennsylvania State Floor Hockey Tournament with an 11-5 victory in the title game Sunday.Team members include Jackie Able, Clint Atkinson, Ryan Burgoon, James Caldwell, Daniel Harlan, Tod Johnson, Melissa McKinnis, Nicole McKinnis, Don Monn, Joseph Osche, Haley Spohn, Carl Steffy and Alex Weber.Shawn Kuntz, Erma McCullough and Michael McNeish won gold medals in individual skills competition.

GREENSBURG — Seton Hill University's women's basketball team (22-7) received an at-large berth in the NCAA Division II Tournament.Butler graduate Tony Grenek is an assistant coach and Freeport graduate Courtney Callas is a graduate assistant coach for the Griffins.Seton Hill plays Fayetteville (N.C.) State at Gannon University in Erie Friday.

NEW YORK — Ashton Gibbs of Pittsburgh was tapped as the Most Improved Player in the Big East Conference.Gibbs, a sophomore, led the Panthers in scoring with a 16.2 average, well above the 4.3 he had last season.In other awards announced Monday, Rutgers center Hamady Ndiaye was selected the Defensive Player of the Year.The 6-foot-11 Ndiaye blocked 140 shots this season, 74 more than the runner-up in that category.Kris Joseph of Syracuse was selected as the Sixth Man and Tory Jackson of Notre Dame took the Sportsmanship Award.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Mike Chichra of the Elite Athletics Center in Butler won the Level 6 all-around title at the Blaine Wilson Ohio Gymnastics Classic.Chichra's all-around score was 83.70. He also finished first in rings, parallel bars and high bar. Jack Codispot took third in vault and high bar.At the John Pancott Boys Invitational in Frazier, Codispot placed third in rings and high bar. He tied for third all-around with an 85.40.Chichra tied for second in parallel bars and placed fourth all-around with an 81.60. Isaac Harbison tied for second in high bar and had a 79.00 all-around score.

BOSTON — Boston Bruins center Marc Savard was diagnosed with a grade two concussion after being leveled by a blindside hit by Pittsburgh's Matt Cooke in Sunday's game.General manager Peter Chiarelli said Monday that team doctor Peter Asnis and a concussion specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital evaluated and diagnosed Savard.The Bruins medical staff will continue to monitor and evaluate Savard for up to five days before they offer an update on his prognosis.Bruins coach Claude Julien said after the game he considered it a "dirty hit." No penalty was called.