Chris Adamski stories, Page 127
New Steelers QB coach on Ben Roethlisberger throwing post-surgery: ‘He looked really good’
On more than a few occasions in 2016, when he previously was employed on Pittsburgh’s South Side, Matt Canada would take a moment to marvel at Ben Roethlisberger’s throws. “I was always so impressed with the accuracy of Ben,” Canada said Tuesday during a video conference call with media. “I...
‘Burgh’s Best to Wear It, No. 29: Fan-favorite Marc-Andre Fleury a Penguins’ Cup-winning iconVideo
The Tribune-Review sports staff is conducting a daily countdown of the best players in Pittsburgh pro and college sports history to wear each jersey number. No. 29: Marc-Andre Fleury To perhaps best illustrate Marc-Andre Fleury’s popularity in Pittsburgh, consider that during the 2017-18 season that followed the Penguins’ most recent...
Sidney Crosby, Penguins finally to begin playoffs after 4½ monthsVideo
Let’s assume there are no unforeseen and unpleasant surprises between now and then — this is 2020 we are talking about, after all — and the Pittsburgh Penguins take the ice Saturday evening at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena to open up their postseason. By the time Game 1 of their qualifying-round...
Penguins notes: Mike Sullivan won’t commit to goalie, not taking Canadiens lightly
Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan on Wednesday declined to even reveal if he had made the decision about what goalie he intended to start in Game 1 of the qualifying-round playoff series. So two days later, when he was asked directly about his choice between Matt Murray or Tristan Jarry...
Penguins ‘pretty confident’ power play can click once postseason beginsVideo
With a roster full of creative offensive scorers and some future Hall of Famers, power-play success would seem to come easy. Not necessarily so this past regular season for the Pittsburgh Penguins. And certainly not so during the lone game action the team has had over the past 4½ months....
Steelers’ Stephon Tuitt: ‘I stand for the flag because I am a proud American’
Saying he will “not let a couple unprofessional individuals… steer me from the fact on the opportunity this country gives for everyone,” Pittsburgh Steelers defensive end Stephon Tuitt explained his position for his intention to stand during the playing of the national anthem before games. In a message posted to...
Penguins coaches had meticulous plan for jumping right into playoff intensity
These are unique times, and the NHL is staging an unprecedented postseason. Coaches have no historical data to fall back on in planning how to approach it. Then again, they had little else to do over about a three-month span but to try to figure exactly that out. With Game...
AT&T SportsNet introduces ‘alternate channel’ to air Penguins/Pirates conflicts
After no live sports for months, all of a sudden Pittsburgh sports fans must choose between watching two local teams at the same time. The region’s cable sports network is going to handle coverage of both. A new alternate channel, PIT2, will provide coverage of two Pittsburgh Pirates games next...
‘Burgh’s Best to Wear It, No. 32: Franco Harris an ‘Immaculate’ Steelers Hall of FamerVideo
The Tribune-Review sports staff is conducting a daily countdown of the best players in Pittsburgh pro and college sports history to wear each jersey number. No. 32: Franco Harris It’s impossible to distill the totality of the superlatives of Franco Harris’ professional football career down to one moment. Even if...
Penguins notes: Awkward quarantine encounter with Flyers, no injuriesVideo
Not long after arriving at the NHL’s Eastern Conference “bubble” established in Toronto, Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang found himself among some unfamiliar — and sometimes-unfriendly — faces. Just part of the quarantine life of these unique Stanley Cup playoffs. “Maybe the first day, we were trying to look around,...
Penguins coach Sullivan remains mum on which goalie will start Saturday vs. Habs
Tristan Jarry said Wednesday afternoon he hadn’t been told who will begin the playoffs as the Pittsburgh Penguins’ starting goalie. Sitting 6 feet to Jarry’s right, alternate captain Kris Letang indicated he didn’t know, either. The dozen or so reporters on the line during the video conference call with those...
First Steelers player placed on NFL’s covid-19 list: former XFL CB Arrion Springs
Former XFL cornerback Arrion Springs became the first member of the Pittsburgh Steelers roster to be placed on the NFL’s new reserve/covid-19 list. Springs joined the Steelers in April after he’d played for the Los Angeles Wildcats until the XFL folded in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. A three-year...
Steelers 2020 training camp preview: Breaking down the defense
Defensive linemen (12) 97 Cameron Heyward, 6-5, 295: After not starting until his third season, is Heyward quietly carving one of the all-time best careers for a Steelers defensive lineman? He’s been first-team All Pro two of the past three seasons, totaling 29 sacks in that time. 91 Stephon Tuitt,...
Steelers 2020 training camp preview: Breaking down special teams
9 K Chris Boswell, 6-2, 185 If you take away his disastrous 2018, Boswell has been among the most accurate and consistent kickers in the NFL since the Steelers signed him in 2015. Whatever the issues that caused his 12 missed kicks two years ago seemed to disappear last year....
Steelers 2020 training camp preview: Breaking down the offense
Quarterbacks (5) 7 Ben Roethlisberger, 6-5, 240: At age 38 in his 17th season and coming off elbow surgery, the future Hall of Famer faces legitimate questions as to whether this could be the end. Roethlisberger is running out of time for his stated goal of four Super Bowl wins....
Steelers’ Art Rooney II acknowledges players will report next week after NFL/NFLPA pact
Pittsburgh Steelers president Art Rooney II cited “what we believe will be an exciting season on the field” in acknowledging the agreement reached Friday between the NFL and its players union that will facilitate players reporting to begin workouts next week. “We are excited to come to an agreement with...
‘Burgh’s Best to Wear It, No. 37: Carnell Lake a stalwart of great 1990s Steelers defensesVideo
The Tribune-Review sports staff is conducting a daily countdown of the best players in Pittsburgh pro and college sports history to wear each jersey number. No. 37: Carnell Lake How many college linebackers can say they made an NFL Pro Bowl … during a season in which he was a...
Steelers announce signings of all 6 draft choices
Delayed by factors related to this unique summer, the Pittsburgh Steelers at last formally announced the signing of their draft choices Friday. Though four of the six were known via the players’ social-media accounts, a team release acknowledged all six picks had signed: second-round wide receiver Chase Claypool, third-around outside...
Steelers 2-a-days: Change-of-pace back Kerrith Whyte, defensive tackle Chris Wormley
Editor’s note: Leading up to a unique Pittsburgh Steelers training camp staged at Heinz Field this year, the Tribune-Review will be running through the team’s 90-man roster, assessing each player’s outlook for the 2020 season. The breakdown will go through the roster, in mostly alphabetical order, two per day, between...
MLB predictions: Who will be this year’s big winners?
Tribune-Review staff writer Chris Adamski offers his predictions for the 2020 MLB season, including award winners and playoff and championship participants. National League MVP Ronald Acuna, Braves Before he turned 22 in December, Acuna had accumulated 67 home runs, 53 steals, 205 runs and 165 RBIs — in just 267...
Penguins practice has ‘different feel’ as Patric Hornqvist rejoins teammatesVideo
Most of the Pittsburgh Penguins have been skating and working out on the ice at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex for more than six weeks now. That the facility was closed to the public was not the only reason their practice sessions had been more quiet than usual. That changed Wednesday,...
Penguins’ Thursday scrimmage designed as full dress rehearsal for gameday
In regards to the structure of the day’s schedule, everything about Thursday is being designed to mimic a normal game day for the Pittsburgh Penguins. The team’s latest intrasquad scrimmage has a 7 p.m. faceoff similar to the regular season in a regular season. Nine days later, the Penguins begin...
Penguins will bring 4 goalies with them to Toronto for playoffs
Many are debating which goalie should start for the Pittsburgh Penguins when the NHL’s postseason begins next week. But another consequential competition is at the bottom of the depth chart. Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said Wednesday that the team will bring four goalies with it when it travels to Toronto...
Sidney Crosby skates before Penguins practice; Patric Hornqvist takes part in team session
Sidney Crosby was back on the ice Wednesday at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry, skating on his own prior to the team’s practice session. The Pittsburgh Penguins captain did not take part in the practice. Crosby had not been seen during any media availability period since he left the...
Steelers 2-a-days: Practice-squad RB Ralph Webb, veteran former PSU OL Stefan WisniewskiVideo
Editor’s note: Leading up to a unique Pittsburgh Steelers training camp staged at Heinz Field this year, the Tribune-Review will be running through the team’s 90-man roster, assessing each player’s outlook for the 2020 season. The breakdown will go through the roster, in mostly alphabetical order, two per day, between...
