Jonathan Bombulie stories, Page 7

Four of the best hockey towns in the United States are in Pennsylvania, according to a survey released by a financial advisory company Thursday. State College ranked fifth, Pittsburgh seventh, Hershey ninth and Moon Township 19th in the study by SmartAsset. The company ranked towns based on fan intensity criteria,...

The Northeast Conference, which counts Duquesne and St. Francis among its football members, has postponed fall sports. The league, which had previously announced a delay for fall sports until Sept. 10, made the announcement Wednesday evening. The NEC said it would meet by Oct. 1 to “evaluate the public health...

Eight Penn State athletes have tested positive for coronavirus, the university announced Wednesday. They are the first positive tests announced since the school first started publicly revealing results on a biweekly basis July 1. The first two batches revealed no cases in 280 tests. Wednesday’s results showed eight positives in...

The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference will make an announcement Wednesday morning canceling its fall sports seasons and delaying the start of the winter season, according to multiple reports Tuesday night. The Reading Eagle reported sports will be put on hold until Dec. 31 because of coronavirus concerns. The PSAC is...

If a college football season is actually played this fall, Robert Morris will take a Hawaiian vacation in the middle of it. The University of Hawaii announced Monday that it will play host to the Colonials on Sept. 26. Hawaii is looking for opponents after Fordham canceled a scheduled Sept....

The Northeast Conference has decided to postpone the start of its fall sports seasons, with one exception, until Sept. 10, the league announced Thursday. Football teams may play nonconference games before that date at the discretion of the individual schools. The conference also announced that overnight travel will be limited...

The Big Ten will play only conference games in all fall sports, including football, the league announced Thursday afternoon. The decision cuts down on expenses and travel as coronavirus continues to spread in many regions of the country. Big Ten football teams have nine conference games on the schedule. According...

Major League Baseball will announce its long-awaited, truncated 2020 schedule at 6 p.m. Monday on the league’s television network. Teams will play a 60-game schedule, 40 games against division opponents and 20 against the corresponding division from the other league. In the case of the Pirates, that means 40 games...

On the eve of the first day of training camp, a coronavirus outbreak in Allegheny County has forced the Pittsburgh Pirates to make adjustments to their workout plans at PNC Park. The stadium will be closed to all outside entities, including the media, until further notice, the team announced Thursday....

Jerome Bettis was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame five years ago, memorably leading the cheers of the Steelers fans in attendance and thanking his father for helping him to great heights. “I thought The Bus’ last stop was in Detroit. But now I know The Bus will...

Moon’s Khama Worthy didn’t just choke out his opponent at UFC on ESPN 12 Saturday night in Las Vegas. He also gave his finishing move a name. “That’s a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania guillotine,” Worthy declared. Worthy defeated Luis Pena by submission with 2 minutes, 7 seconds left in their lightweight bout...

A 74-year-old Trafford native who has been in the casino business since 1975, Jimmy Vaccaro has seen pretty much everything the gambling industry has to offer. Then the casino floor fell silent in March. And people started online wagering on Russian pingpong matches because all North American sports went dark....

Graduating from high school during a pandemic has eliminated many of the traditional trappings associated with the annual ceremony, but there is a bright side. When schools turn graduation into a virtual occasion, they are sometimes able to secure commencement speakers who otherwise wouldn’t have been able to attend in...

A potential move out of the Northeast Conference for Robert Morris — a possibility that has been whispered about more than once in recent years — is once again a topic of conversation. On Wednesday night, Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports reported the Colonials have emerged as a potential candidate...

Following the lead of more than two-thirds of NHL teams, the Penguins released a statement Monday night condemning racism, social injustice and senseless violence. “This has been a horrible time for our country and our city,” the statement read. “We are all appalled by senseless violence and share the outrage...

Longtime major league manager Art Howe, a Shaler native, has tested positive for the coronavirus and was being treated in an intensive care unit as of Thursday night, according to television reports out of Houston. Howe, 73, told KPRC-TV he began having chills two Sundays ago, then lost his sense...

Penn State’s latest football recruit switched not only his choice of schools but also his choice of sports to join the Nittany Lions. Malvern Prep athlete Lonnie White Jr. made a verbal commitment to Penn State on Thursday, becoming the school’s 12th recruit from the class of 2021. White, 6-foot-2,...

Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight a WPIAL spring athlete whose senior year has been cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Seton LaSalle’s Michael Bigley is a basketball guy at heart. He averaged 18.2 points per game this season, going over the 1,000-point mark for his career, and...

Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight a WPIAL spring athlete whose senior year has been cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Even under stay-at-home restrictions brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, it’s not hard for softball players to get a few swings in. Between setting up a tee...

Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight a WPIAL spring athlete whose senior year has been cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. The cancellation of the spring sports season has Burrell senior Liv Kelly rethinking some things about her college career. Not where she’s going to school. West Virginia-bound...

Six former WPIAL wrestlers earned first-team All-American honors Friday, including a trio of Franklin Regional graduates. Iowa junior Spencer Lee, Arizona State senior Josh Shields and Iowa senior Michael Kemerer are the former FR wrestlers honored. Pitt sophomore Micky Phillippi, Ohio State senior Luke Pletcher and Penn State senior Vincenzo...

Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight a WPIAL spring athlete whose senior year has been cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Burrell pitcher Jack Henderson wants to keep his arm loose even as the coronavirus restrictions that canceled the high school baseball season keep him at home, but...

Before it’s done, the recruitment of Laurel Highlands freshman sensation Rodney Gallagher might wake up the echoes of the mad 2008 pursuit of Jeannette star Terrelle Pryor. It’s become clear Gallagher is going to receive dozens of scholarship offers from the top programs in the country in both basketball and...

After the disappointment of having her senior season canceled began to subside, a thought occurred to Knoch pitcher Amanda Fischer. She couldn’t have asked for a whole lot more from what turned out to be her final season of high school softball. In the circle, Fischer went 13-3 with a...