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Pirates A to Z: After starting in relief, Roansy Contreras relieved to finish season as starter
During the offseason, the Tribune-Review will offer Pirates A to Z: An alphabetical, player-by-player look at the 40-man roster, from outfielder Miguel Andujar to pitcher Miguel Yajure. Player: Roansy Contreras Positions: Pitcher Throws: Right Age: 23 (Nov. 7) Height: 6 foot Weight: 175 pounds 2022 MLB statistics: Went 5-5 with...
Commanders end sloppy Eagles’ perfect seasonVideo
PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Eagles’ bid for an undefeated season is over. The Washington Commanders turned methodical drives into scores and took advantage of turnover-prone Philadelphia, stunning the Eagles 32-21 on Monday night and sending them to their first loss in nine games this season. Behind Jalen Hurts, the Eagles...
Jalen Pickett records 2nd Penn State double-double beating Butler
UNIVERSITY PARK — Jalen Pickett scored 15 points, distributed 11 assists and collared 10 rebounds and Penn State beat Butler 68-62 on Monday night. Pickett’s effort marked only the second triple-double in Nittany Lions history. On March 16, 1998, Calvin Booth scored 19 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and blocked 10...
Budweiser stalls to be less prominent at World Cup stadiums
Budweiser beer stands at the eight World Cup stadiums are being moved aside to less prominent spots just days before the games start, Qatari organizers said Monday. It’s the latest late change in World Cup planning that started more than a decade ago in the majority-Muslim emirate where alcohol sales...
Duquesne bounces back from Kentucky loss with rout of S.C. State
Keith Dambrot was looking for a bounce-back game from Duquesne on Monday, three days removed from a humbling trip to legendary Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., and a decisive loss to No. 4 Kentucky. The Dukes responded to their coach in resounding fashion, scoring from seemingly everywhere, and ran past...
Steelers rookie WR Pickens does his part in offense, remains patient
Anyone who saw George Pickens shine during training camp expected Pickens would be scoring touchdowns during the season. But could anybody have predicted his second NFL touchdown would come not on a fly route, not a contested catch, not a particularly acrobatic play but on a run between the tackles?...
Pat Narduzzi loses quarterback Kenny Minchey from Pitt’s 2023 recruiting class
Pitt’s 2023 recruiting class took a significant step in the wrong direction Monday when quarterback Kenny Minchey decommitted from the Panthers. Minchey had been committed to Pitt for the past seven months, and his departure leaves coach Pat Narduzzi without a quarterback in his recruiting class. The first signing day...
Penguins defenseman Chad Ruhwedel feels all right on the left sideVideo
A healthy scratch for 10 of a possible 15 games this season, Chad Ruhwedel isn’t going to be overly picky over the circumstances that will allow him to be in the lineup. And being asked to play the left side of a defensive pairing as a right-handed defenseman is a...
Pitt’s John Hugley close to returning as Panthers prepare to face No. 20 Michigan in Brooklyn
When Jeff Capel became Pitt’s basketball coach in 2018, he set many goals he hoped would impact his players at the time. An outsider with a keen eye for his new neighborhood, he also made sure not to ignore the program’s rich history. And Pitt history means Big East, bright...
Robert Spillane picks up slack as Steelers play without Myles Jack
Robert Spillane had been waiting for the chance to play every snap in an NFL game. Until Sunday, the opportunity had never presented itself for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ fifth-year inside linebacker. That’s not unusual considering Spillane is third linebacker in the Steelers rotation and had started only 11 of 44...
Former Hempfield standout signs pro hoops contract with Cyprus team
Kason Harrell’s professional basketball career lives on. Many players in his situation feel like they are alone on an island as they chase down their dream. Harrell, a Hempfield graduate who has been training vigorously in the offseason, literally will be on an island in his next venture. He signed...
Penn-Trafford grad Malia Kearns eager to build on solid freshman season with RMU women’s soccerVideo
When Robert Morris women’s soccer coach Chris Shaw was recruiting Penn-Trafford’s Malia Kearns, he envisioned her as someone who could come in and help the program right away. Looking back on Kearns’ recently completed freshman season, Shaw saw nothing to disprove his initial impression. The diminutive forward was one of...
Freeport grad Erica Lampus quickly grows into prominent role for Shippensburg volleyball teamVideo
Erica Lampus admitted she had tempered her expectations. After all, freshmen normally don’t crack the starting lineup or even see regular playing time at the college level. On top of that, the Shippensburg women’s volleyball team she was joining had a couple of established back-row players. The Freeport grad said...
Browns’ Deshaun Watson cleared to practice as suspension nears end
CLEVELAND — Deshaun Watson’s return from an 11-game NFL suspension remains on schedule. The Cleveland Browns quarterback was cleared to practice Monday, a significant step for the three-time Pro Bowler accused of sexual misconduct by more than two dozen women while he played for Houston. Watson reached a settlement with...
What’s next for injured Penguins forward Teddy Blueger?
The answer always seems to be the same. But the questions remain. “Anything new?” “Not really. I don’t know what I’m allowed to say.” That typically has been the exchange between reporters and Pittsburgh Penguins center Teddy Blueger for the past month and change. In the paranoid realm of the...
Pitt’s Pat Narduzzi emotionally shaken by University of Virginia shootings
Pat Narduzzi loves to talk football, but Pitt’s coach had a difficult time at his weekly news conference Monday thinking about anything other than the three members of the University of Virginia team who were fatally shot Sunday night in Charlottesville, Va. A little more than a day before the...
WPIAL’s top linemen named finalists for 4th annual Bill Fralic Memorial Award
As expected, six finalists were announced for the fourth Bill Fralic Memorial Award, which honors the top senior football interior lineman in the WPIAL. But more news came out of Monday morning’s press conference at The Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum at Heinz History Center. Mainly that the museum will now...
Penguins forward Filip Hallander remains sidelined due to illness
Pittsburgh Penguins rookie forward Filip Hallander was absent from the team’s practice session in Cranberry on Monday because of an undisclosed illness. Hallander took in the practice session as a spectator behind the glass while wearing street clothes. Penguins coach Mike Sullivan did not provide a substantive update on Hallander’s...
5 things we learned: Numbers weren’t flashy, but Kenny Pickett got job done in Steelers win
Five things we learned from Steelers 20, Saints 10: 1. Pickett’s charge Kenny Pickett produced a 79.7 passer rating against the Saints that, if it represented his number for the entire season, would rank No. 31 among NFL quarterbacks. Alas, it merely lifted Pickett’s season rating to 68.8, which rates...
West Virginia parts ways with athletic director Shane Lyons
West Virginia University President E. Gordon Gee said he plans to move “swiftly” to name a replacement for athletic director Shane Lyons, who was relieved of his duties Monday morning. Lyons, who hired football coach Neal Brown in 2019 and gave him a contract extension through 2026 a year later,...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Pitt-Greensburg women’s soccer sweeps conference honors
The women’s soccer team at Pitt-Greensburg made some more room for postseason awards as it played in the NCAA Division III Tournament. UPG, which fell 6-1 to Case Western Reserve over the weekend in the first round, swept the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference hardware. Senior forward Ashley Lucas was the...
Mark Madden: Nervous, sloppy, unsure, Kenny Pickett isn’t ready to be Steelers’ starting QB
When Kenny Pickett became the Pittsburgh Steelers’ No. 1 quarterback as of the second half of the Week 4 loss to the visiting New York Jets, it felt permanent. Pickett’s the guy, his time is now, this is the beginning, you deal with hiccups, but Pickett stays in. But now,...
Steelers vs. Saints: What they’re saying in New Orleans after loss
Not so easy in the Big Easy. The New Orleans Saints rolled into Pittsburgh with quarterback Andy Dalton and rolled up a mere 10 points. They were shutout in the second half. We thought things were rough in Pittsburgh. The Saints reside in a division with a .500 team in...
First Call: Bill Cowher rants about Jeff Saturday; JuJu Smith-Schuster knocked out; Matt Murray may face Penguins
Monday’s “First Call” features quite a rant by former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher. JuJu Smith-Schuster was knocked out of Sunday’s game in Kansas City. The Penguins may get a shot at former teammate Matt Murray. And Duquesne’s basketball team is trying to rebound from their loss in Kentucky. Sour...
Madden Monday on Kenny Pickett: ‘Right now, I think he stinks’
There were a lot of positives to take away from the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 20-10 win on Sunday over the New Orleans Saints. • The Steelers managed to hold the Saints offense to 186 total yards as T.J. Watt returned to action. • The Steelers offense rushed for 217 yards. •...
