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Latrobe, Young Township set to tangle for Legion title
With the Pennsylvania American Legion Region 7 tournament scheduled to begin Saturday at Bedford, one could wonder how Latrobe coach Jason Bush and Young Township coach Ryan Staats will approach Wednesday’s District 31 championship game. “We’re playing to win,” Bush said. “We go out to win any time we play...
Penguins qualify Kasperi Kapanen but not Danton Heinen
While the fate of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ most prominent unrestricted free agent, forward Evgeni Malkin, is still unfolding, the futures of his two most regular linemates last season took divergent paths Monday. Kasperi Kapanen and Danton Heinen entered the offseason as pending restricted free agents, and only one of them...
Never heard of Acrisure? Naming rights deal with Steelers stadium aims to change that
Why would a Michigan-based financial tech company with little connection to Pittsburgh want to secure naming rights to the city’s NFL stadium? It is an established model for expanding Acrisure’s growing footprint and helping make the company a household name — not just in the region but nationally, an industry...
Many Steelers fans underwhelmed by Heinz Field name change
The local fan reaction to Heinz Field’s name change to Acrisure Stadium isn’t exactly positive. It’s not going as badly as if the naming rights were acquired by Hunt’s Ketchup … but it’s close. WDVE-FM host Chad Tyson offered advice on pronunciation that a lot of Pittsburghers are probably going...
Penguins re-sign restricted free agent forward Alex Nylander
The Pittsburgh Penguins re-signed forward Alex Nylander to a one-year, two-way contract that carries a salary cap hit of $750,000, the NHL minimum. Nylander, 24, was scheduled to become a restricted free agent when the NHL’s free agent-signing period opens Wednesday. Acquired in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks on...
Pirates place CF Bryan Reynolds on 10-day IL with right oblique strain
The Pittsburgh Pirates will be without Bryan Reynolds for an extended period, as the center fielder was placed on the 10-day injured list Monday with a right oblique strain. “That hurts us,” Pirates manager Derek Shelton told AT&T SportsNet before Monday’s game at Miami. “We just have to keep grinding...
Mark Madden: From Evgeni Malkin to Heinz Field, fans’ priorities are out of whack
The priorities of Pittsburgh sports fans are way out of whack. A Twitter poll with more than 10,000 responding showed more than 30% voting would rather see Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang and Evgeni Malkin retire as Pittsburgh Penguins than have the team win another Stanley Cup. You always can pick...
Heinz Field no more: Steelers, Acrisure finalize deal for stadium naming rights
The Pittsburgh Steelers are trading in ketchup bottles for actuarial tables. Acrisure, a Michigan-based financial tech insurance brokerage, will replace Kraft Heinz as the naming rights holder for the team’s North Shore football stadium. The venue will change from Heinz Field, the facility’s name since 2001, to Acrisure Stadium, the...
Pitt secures verbal commitment from Miami wide receiver Lamar Seymore
Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi continued reaching into the fertile Florida recruiting territory Monday when he landed a verbal commitment from Miami Northwestern High School senior wide receiver Lamar Seymore. Committed to the University of Miami for more than two years, Seymore visited Pitt last month and decided to choose the...
Luke DeCock: Where does ACC go from here? Here are 5 options
Remember when deciding whether to move the conference office out of Greensboro was the trickiest question ACC commissioner Jim Phillips had to answer? Seems like a long time ago that was the ACC’s hot-button issue … in part because that decision has been marinating for a year. It’s small potatoes...
Analysis: Unvaccinated Djokovic’s pursuit of Nadal on hold
WIMBLEDON, England — Fresh off a seventh Wimbledon championship, which gave him his 21st Grand Slam title — one ahead of Roger Federer, one behind Rafael Nadal — Novak Djokovic is headed off to vacation. What’s unclear is exactly how long a break he will take. And when he will...
Wil Crowe bringing bulldog mentality to Pirates’ bullpen in becoming high-leverage reliever
When the Pittsburgh Pirates shifted Wil Crowe from the starting rotation to a relief role this past spring, the right-hander brought to the bullpen a brash attitude of greeting his opponents with a four-letter word. And it wasn’t save or hold. Not only did Crowe embrace the move but he’s...
Penguins A to Z: There’s plenty of cautious optimism with Lukas SvejkovskyVideo
With the Penguins’ 2021-22 season coming to a quick ending in the first round of the playoffs, the Tribune-Review will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 54 individuals signed to an NHL contract — including those whose deals do not begin until the 2022-23 season —...
Steelers’ T.J. Watt weds longtime girlfriend, soccer standout in Mexico ceremony
Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt married longtime girlfriend and soccer star Dani Rhodes over the weekend in a private ceremony at a resort in Mexico, according to news and social media reports. Watt, 27, and Rhodes, 24, have been together since they were both students at the University of Wisconsin....
Steelers 2-a-days: 1st-round pick Kenny Pickett and rookie camp tryout Carlins Platel
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 2022 season. The breakdown will go through the roster in mostly-alphabetical order, two per day, between June 11...
First Call: New name for Heinz Field?; unique All-Star gift for Pirates’ David Bednar
Monday’s “First Call’ features a potential name change for Heinz Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates are catching a break as they head to Miami. Pirates closer David Bednar got a special gift for making the All-Star team. And ex-Penguin Matt Murray may be getting a new home. Hold the ketchup Is...
Tim Benz: Penguins 1st-round draft pick Owen Pickering’s amazing growth spurt — and how it could shape his progress
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ first-round draft choice Owen Pickering had to be exaggerating. Right? After being selected as the 21st pick in the first round of last week’s NHL Draft, the 6-foot-4, 180-pound defenseman claimed that he was only 5-foot-6, 130 pounds three years ago. That had to be hyperbole. That...
Madden Monday: Kris Letang’s contract a good one for Penguins, but there are flaws in team’s big-picture plan
I have a two-pronged view of Kris Letang’s new contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins. For months, I’ve argued that the Penguins should use this offseason’s cap space to reconfigure the roster around Sidney Crosby, Jake Guentzel and Bryan Rust through trades and free agency. If that meant letting Evgeni Malkin...
Kevin Fajt wins Westmoreland County Amateur in playoff
Kevin Fajt has played golf long enough to know you’re never out of a match even if things look bleak. Through 27 holes of the Westmoreland County Amateur on Sunday at Greensburg Country Club, Fajt was down four shots to first-round leader Ron DeNunzio. But when DeNunzio bogeyed No. 11...
Latrobe, Young Township advance to D31 championship game
Regular-season champion Latrobe and third-place finisher Young Township will play for the District 31 American Legion championship after sweeping their semifinal series Sunday. Latrobe got four RBIs from Vinny Amatucci and a strong pitching performance from Peyton Henry and defeated rival Unity, 10-1, in Game 2 to sweep the best-of-three...
Pirates farm report for July 10, 2022: Quinn Priester’s strong start guides Curve to blowout win
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 40-42) shut out Iowa (Cubs), 2-0. Four Indians pitchers combined to throw a three-hit shutout. RHP Noe Toribio (1-0, 5.00) allowed one hit with two strikeouts in four innings in relief to earn the win. LHP Cam Vieaux (2.12) had a strikeout and didn’t allow a hit in...
Norwin’s Max McDowell maturing in Yankees system
Sure, Max McDowell wanted to be there in person when the New York Yankees played the Pittsburgh Pirates in a recent two-game series at PNC Park. The minor-league catcher would have given just about anything to get a call-up to join New York’s big club on the North Shore, 20...
Georgian Chase Elliott claims 1st Atlanta NASCAR win
HAMPTON, Ga. — Chase Elliott got by Corey LaJoie with just under two laps to go and crossed the finish line under yellow after a block sent LaJoie crashing into the wall Sunday, giving the Georgia-born driver his first victory at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Elliott pulled back around in front...
Shohei Ohtani a 2-way All-Star; ex-Pirates Gerrit Cole, Clay Holmes, Starling Marte make teamVideo
NEW YORK — A year after Shohei Ohtani became baseball’s first two-way All-Star, the Los Angeles Angels sensation did it again. Ohtani was picked for the American League pitching staff Sunday as an MLB selection, two days after he was elected by fans to start at designated hitter. Former Pirates...
Flurry of trades, signings expected before NHL free agencyVideo
While Julien BriseBois knows exactly how confident he is about the possibility of re-signing playoff performer Ondrej Palat and veteran defenseman Jan Rutta, he’s not saying. “Still working on that,” the two-time Stanley Cup-winning general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning said. “Too early to tell.” He also is right...
