Sports category, Page 115

The world’s best golfers can talk about how fast Oakmont’s greens will be for the U.S. Open this week — and they have been since they started showing up for official practice rounds Monday. The Stimpmeter can put a numerical value on that speed. Oakmont’s greens are expected to check...

For a third straight day, fans flocked to Oakmont Country Club to watch the world’s top players fine-tune their game ahead of the opening round of the 125th U.S. Open. TribLive staff photojournalists were on hand to capture some of the incredible moments....

For the second year in a row, Zach Azzanni’s job description involves presiding over a Pittsburgh Steelers position group that is widely recognized as in need of an upgrade. “Everyone’s downplaying (and) underplaying our group right now,” Azzanni, the Steelers’ wide receivers coach, said Wednesday. “I love it that way.”...

Pitt basketball coach Jeff Capel will serve on the USA Basketball Junior National Team Committee. Capel will help select participants who have concluded their freshman year of college or represent the high school classes of 2025 and 2026 to be on the U19 team. Training camp for the 33 athletes...

Chase Johnson is competing in his first major tournament this week, but that doesn’t mean he lacks confidence heading into Thursday’s opening round at the 125th U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club. The Akron native was the final qualifier added to the field Monday, after Bud Cauley became fully exempt,...

Corliss Waitman wasn’t about to play hardball with the newest addition to the Pittsburgh Steelers. The player who holds the gig as backup punter wasn’t about to exercise a rare piece of leverage against a future Hall of Fame quarterback. “You know, it’s funny because (someone) told me, ‘Man, you...

Three teams in the NFL ran the ball more frequently than the Pittsburgh Steelers last season. One quarterback attempted more passes than Aaron Rodgers. As he prepares for his second season as the team’s offensive coordinator, Arthur Smith would like to find a workable balance between the two extremes. He...

According to a report by Pierre LeBrun of the Athletic, Mario Lemieux, Ron Burkle and David Morehouse are investigating a potential purchase to reacquire the Pittsburgh Penguins from Fenway Sports Group. In 2021, Lemieux and Burkle sold their controlling interest in the franchise to FSG. Both Lemieux and Burkle still...

By now, much has been said and written about the 5-inch rough at Oakmont Country Club, as well as the basketball court-like greens, shoulder-deep bunkers and wispy grass ditches. All will impact play as players begin the 125th U.S. Open championship Thursday at Oakmont. But how much? USGA officials described...

Andrew McCutchen was hunting a home run, knowing he had yet to hit one at PNC Park this season and that his next would carry special significance in Pittsburgh Pirates history. McCutchen picked the perfect moment. With one out and two on in the fifth inning against the Miami Marlins,...

Jacob Misiorowski, the top pitching prospect in the Milwaukee Brewers organization, is set to make his major league debut Thursday night in the opener of a four-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals. Misiorowski, 23, who entered this season as the third-best prospect in the organization according to Baseball America,...

Angel Reese captured a national championship and never lost more than two games in a row during a four-year college career. She and Caitlin Clark helped lead women’s basketball to new heights with a rivalry that gripped the nation. After all that winning, first at Maryland and then LSU, her...

As has happened countless times over the previous decade, a guff Boston accent fielded questions during a press conference at the dais within the media room at PPG Paints Arena. And as has been the case since 2015, there was plenty of coach-speak, including nomenclature such as “process” and “foundation.”...

With both Opening Day catchers on the injured list, the Pittsburgh Pirates are taking steps closer to getting some clarity at the position. Endy Rodriguez, out since June 7 with right elbow inflammation, is scheduled to visit orthopedic surgeon Dr. Neal ElAttrache in Los Angeles this week. Dr. ElAttrache performed...

The Pittsburgh Pirates made a bullpen move Wednesday that could affect their starting pitching plans this season. Right-hander Carmen Mlodzinski, who moved from a relief role to the starting rotation this season, was recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis and is expected to be used out of the bullpen. Mlodzinski was 1-4...

Jordan Shipp remembers the conversation with his roommates after learning Bill Belichick was North Carolina’s new coach. “It was just like, ‘That’s the greatest coach of all time,’” the receiver recalled, “‘and he’s about to be coaching us.’” Belichick’s arrival has triggered plenty of change for the Tar Heels, who...

Pittsburgh Penguins forward prospect Vasily Ponomarev has signed a three-year contract with Avangard Omsk of Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). That team announced the transaction via Telegram, a popular social media outlet in Europe. With regard to his NHL status, the Russian-born Ponomarev is scheduled to become a restricted free...

Myles Garrett, Cleveland’s All-Pro edge rusher, had an odd response when asked about the prospect of playing against new Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers twice this season: “I think it’s a good opportunity to put him in the graveyard.” Garrett’s tongue appeared to be in cheek so as to not...

At 44 years old and with 96 major championship starts on his resume, Adam Scott is one of the most seasoned players in the field for the 125th U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club. The popular Australian was busy on the practice range Tuesday, fine-tuning his game and staying loose...

Former Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins defenseman Mac Hollowell has signed a one-year contract with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). That team announced the transaction via Telegram, a popular social media outlet in Europe. A native of Niagara Falls, Ont., the right-handed Hollowell is in the final weeks of a...