Chris Adamski stories, Page 151

Monday and Tuesday, Pittsburgh Pirates fans have a player who legitimately puts the “Star” in All-Star to cheer on during the festivities surrounding Major League Baseball’s midsummer classic. That isn’t always the case. From the likes of Evan Meek to Ed Sprague to Carlos Garcia to Mike Williams (the latter,...

Editor’s note: From now until the first practice of training camp at Saint Vincent College, the Trib will be running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, assessing each player’s outlook for the 2019 season. The breakdown will go through the roster in mostly-alphabetical order, (at least) two per day, between...

Editor’s note: From now until the first practice of training camp at Saint Vincent College, the Trib will be running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, assessing each player’s outlook for the 2019 season. The breakdown will go through the roster in mostly-alphabetical order, (at least) two per day, between...

It is difficult to gauge what was most explosive in Pittsburgh on this Fourth of July: the annual fireworks, Joe Maddon’s temper or the Chicago Cubs offense. The Cubs tagged Jordan Lyles and reliever Clay Holmes for four home runs and nine extra-base hits in avoiding a four-game sweep by...

Zachary Lauzon’s once-promising professional hockey career remains in doubt. But the former highly touted Pittsburgh Penguins draft choice sounds as if he has achieved a level of content perspective for a 20-year-old in his position. “If I look back on who I was and how I was feeling mentally a...

With the Pittsburgh Pirates going for a four-game sweep, things apparently reached a boiling point for Chicago Cubs manager Joe Madden on Thursday. Maddon was ejected during the top of the fourth inning of the Fourth of July game at PNC Park, and the veteran manager stormed out of the...

Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle refuses to spend his All-Star break conducting a big-picture midseason evaluation. “I’ll unplug the whole time,” he said of the three-day break. But that doesn’t mean an all-encompassing look at his team isn’t being done. It’s just taking place a little earlier. “The 50,000-foot evaluation...

The Pittsburgh Pirates have had one of baseball’s best bullpens during the past three-plus weeks, and the unit has been missing one of its best arms. That player appears close to rejoining his fellow relievers. Keone Kela experienced no setbacks during a bullpen throwing session Wednesday. Kela has been on...

As play began on the Fourth of July, the last-place team in the National League Central is closer to the division lead than the second-place team in any other MLB division. It’s shaping up to be that kind of season and that kind of stretch drive for the Pittsburgh Pirates...

Editor’s note: From now until the first practice of training camp at Saint Vincent College, the Trib will be running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, assessing each player’s outlook for the 2019 season. The breakdown will go through the roster in mostly-alphabetical order, (at least) two per day, between...

Editor’s note: From now until the first practice of training camp at Saint Vincent College, the Trib will be running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, assessing each player’s outlook for the 2019 season. The breakdown will go through the roster in mostly-alphabetical order, (at least) two per day, between...

Editor’s note: From now until the first practice of training camp at Saint Vincent College, the Trib will be running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, assessing each player’s outlook for the 2019 season. The breakdown will go through the roster in mostly-alphabetical order, (at least) two per day, between...

The evening storm that blew through the region Tuesday considerably cooled what had been a hot, humid day. It had little effect, though, on the simmering Adam Frazier – nor on the rest of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Frazier homered and went 4 for 4 a day after tying a major-league...

Chris Archer will make his scheduled start Wednesday for the Pittsburgh Pirates, manager Clint Hurdle confirmed before Tuesday’s game. Left hip discomfort experienced during the veteran righthander’s prior outing had put his next scheduled start against the Chicago Cubs in doubt. “I don’t try to over-dramatize things,” Hurdle said. “You...

When Adam Frazier reclaimed the leadoff spot in the Pittsburgh Pirates lineup Monday, it was supposed to be a one-night only engagement. Having five hits and tying the major-league record for doubles in a game changed that. “I didn’t ask any analytics,” manager Clint Hurdle said with a wry smile...

On Tuesday afternoon, Clint Hurdle called Monday night’s 18-5 victory “one of the better days that a Pittsburgh lineup has had in its history.” It was immediately after the 23-barrage against the Chicago Cubs that the Pittsburgh Pirates manager was asked about the role his team’s hitting coaches played in...

Editor’s note: From now until the first practice of training camp at Saint Vincent College, the Trib will be running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, assessing each player’s outlook for the 2019 season. The breakdown will go through the roster in mostly-alphabetical order, (at least) two per day, between...

Editor’s note: From now until the first practice of training camp at Saint Vincent College, the Trib will be running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, assessing each player’s outlook for the 2019 season. The breakdown will go through the roster in mostly-alphabetical order, (at least) two per day, between...

Editor’s note: From now until the first practice of training camp at Saint Vincent College, the Trib will be running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, assessing each player’s outlook for the 2019 season. The breakdown will go through the roster in mostly-alphabetical order, (at least) two per day, between...

Editor’s note: From now until the first practice of training camp at Saint Vincent College, the Trib will be running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, assessing each player’s outlook for the 2019 season. The breakdown will go through the roster in mostly-alphabetical order, (at least) two per day, between...

At 6-foot-3, 204 pounds and coming off a season in which he had 12 goals in 64 games prior to getting drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins, it isn’t difficult for Judd Caulfield to identify what he wants to improve at. “I just need to work on my hands and shooting...

It’s a 3-on-3 tournament with 14-minute periods and no power plays. But the organization is doing its best to get the competitive juices flowing. The annual capper to the Pittsburgh Penguins development camp is game play at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex. To spice things up, the Penguins award a...

Editor’s note: From now until the first practice of training camp at Saint Vincent College, the Trib will be running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, assessing each player’s outlook for the 2019 season. The breakdown will go through the roster in mostly-alphabetical order, (at least) two per day, between...

As the bar manager at what is almost universally known as Pittsburgh’s premier soccer pub, Hart Johnson’s job description often can be described as watching people watching soccer. “Being in a room with 200 people absolutely elated that something happened,” Johnson said as he unloaded a box of whiskey and...

This is the fourth Pittsburgh Penguins development camp for Austin Lemieux at the facility that bears his surname. In that time he’s grown from a 20-year-old kid playing junior hockey to a 23-year-old man heading into his redshirt sophomore season for a successful Arizona State NCAA program. That hasn’t made...