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Tyler Reddick wins at Road America for 1st NASCAR Cup victoryVideo
ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Tyler Reddick raced to his first NASCAR Cup Series victory Sunday, continuing the season-long trend of first-time winners on road courses. Each of the first three road-course races this year has had a first-time winner, with Reddick breaking through at Road America after Ross Chastain won...
Carlos Sainz wins 1st career F1 race with British GP victoryVideo
SILVERSTONE, England — Carlos Sainz Jr. won his first career Formula One race on Sunday with a victory at the British Grand Prix — the most dramatic race so far this season. It began with a frightening first-lap crash and ended with intense wheel-to-wheel battles for the podium positions. Sainz...
Brewers blank Pirates, who go 0 for 11 with runners in scoring position
When Bryan Reynolds came to bat with two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth, the Pittsburgh Pirates thought there was a chance for another walk-off win. Milwaukee Brewers closer Josh Hader already had thrown 31 pitches and just walked Ke’Bryan Hayes on a full count,...
Ryan Lochte’s 6 Olympic swimming medals up for auction
All of Ryan Lochte’s Olympic silver and bronze medals are up for auction, with the proceeds going to a charity benefitting children. The 37-year-old swimmer earned 12 medals over four Olympics, including six gold that he plans to keep for now. “I’m not one to be all sentimental about medals,”...
Pirates make moves to shuffle pitching staff, acquiring LHP Manny Banuelos from Yankees
The Pittsburgh Pirates continue to reshape their pitching staff, as general manager Ben Cherington announced several roster moves Sunday on his weekly radio show on 93.7 The Fan. The Pirates optioned right-hander Bryse Wilson, who made a quality start in Saturday’s 7-4 win, to Triple-A Indianapolis. They activated righty Zach...
Boy helps Brown put new spin on ‘Let’s go, Brandon’ chant
ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Brandon Brown wanted a way to change the narrative behind the “Let’s go, Brandon” message after his first career NASCAR victory inadvertently fostered a chant that has been used to insult President Joe Biden. Brown found that new message thanks to the family of an 8-year-old...
CCAC Boyce baseball program on upward trajectory after strong comeback season
Larry Bielawski was happily working for a rug company in the Strip District when he saw a poster advertising CCAC. Seeing a chance to pick up some skills in music production, Bielawski decided to go back to school while working. Despite not playing baseball since 2018 in the OVDL Summer...
Penguins A to Z: Marcus Pettersson is still looking for that next stepVideo
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 2-a-days: When ‘21 ended, OL John Leglue was starting, DL Isaiahh Loudermilk in rotation
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...
Pirates farm report for July 2, 2022: Yoshi Tsutsugo hits grand slam in Indy loss
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 37-38) lost 10-8 to Nashville (Brewers). 1B Yoshi Tsutsugo (.429) smacked a grand slam and was 2 for 4 with with a walk. SS Rodolfo Castro (.220) was 2 for 4, including a two-run homer. DH Kevin Newman (.385) was 3 for 5 with a double and an...
Tsitsipas calls Kyrgios bully after Wimbledon hubbub, lossVideo
WIMBLEDON, England — Nick Kyrgios cursed at the Wimbledon chair umpire and asked, “Are you dumb?” He demanded to see a Grand Slam supervisor after questioning why his opponent, Stefanos Tsitsipas, didn’t forfeit their ever-contentious, never-boring match for angrily hitting a ball into the stands after dropping the second set....
Bryse Wilson delivers quality spot start as Pirates beat Brewers
Needing a spot start, the Pittsburgh Pirates crossed their fingers and recalled right-hander Bryse Wilson with the hope they were getting the version who started to show consistency at Triple-A Indianapolis and not the one who had been battered by the St. Louis Cardinals. What they got was better than...
Wallace says his frustrations result from his passion to winVideo
ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Bubba Wallace says the pointed criticism he made toward members of his crew last weekend were a result of his passion to win and shouldn’t harm his relationship with them. “We have a team capable of winning, cars capable of winning,” Wallace said as he prepared...
After more than 2,700 games behind the mike, Tim DeBacco has memories to fill 2 stadiums
Tim DeBacco remembers how it all started. In 1988, there was an opening at Three Rivers Stadium for a public address announcer at Pittsburgh Pirates games. The team had made the unpopular decision to replace beloved PA legend Art McKennan, who had done the job since 1948 at Forbes Field...
Swiatek’s 37-match win streak ends in Wimbledon’s 3rd RdVideo
WIMBLEDON, England — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek was unbeaten since February and seemed unbeatable, compiling 37 consecutive match wins and six consecutive tournament titles. She’s never quite been as comfortable on grass courts as other surfaces, though, and a mistake-filled Saturday sent Swiatek out of Wimbledon in the third round with...
‘My job was to wear it’: Pirates reliever Cam Vieaux takes ownership of 8-run 8th inning
Derek Shelton admitted he didn’t sleep much following Friday’s 19-2 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers, as his decision to let Cam Vieaux throw 56 pitches in one inning weighed on the Pittsburgh Pirates manager. Where Shelton was criticized for leaving the left-hander in too long, Vieaux had a different view...
Jakobsen overtakes Van Aert on line to win Tour stage 2Video
NYBORG, Denmark — Dutch rider Fabio Jakobsen overtook Wout van Aert right on the line for his first stage win at his debut Tour de France, and Van Aert took the yellow jersey for the first time Saturday. Jakobsen had showed his prowess on the Spanish Vuelta, winning five stages,...
Mark Madden Hot Take: Given Penguins’ erroneous quest, Letang’s contract length doesn’t matter
NHL free agency starts July 13. The Pittsburgh Penguins haven’t re-signed Kris Letang or Evgeni Malkin. Malkin is of secondary concern, so let’s consider Letang. The word is that GM Ron Hextall doesn’t want to give anyone a contract longer than three years. That matches the remaining years of Sidney...
Pitt lands commitment from Cincinnati offensive tackle Phillip Daniels
Pitt added a fourth offensive lineman to its 15-man class of 2023 verbal commitments Saturday when Phillip Daniels of Cincinnati pledged to enroll. Daniels made the announcement on an Instagram video when he picked up and donned a Pitt baseball cap that was sitting among two others representing Minnesota and...
Veteran announcers miked up to give PNC Park, Pirates baseball a new voice
When Pittsburgh Pirates officials approached Guy Junker about assuming part-time public address duties at PNC Park, he had no idea of the actual demands of the job. “I thought you got on there and said, ‘No. 10, Bryan Reynolds, is batting.’ ” Then, one day, he sat behind Tim DeBacco,...
Jim Souhan: What needs to happen now that USC, UCLA have blown up Big Ten?
MINNEAPOLIS — With the imminent arrival of USC and UCLA, the Big Ten’s overdue name change has become obvious. Welcome, West Coasters, to The Big Tent. When Kevin Warren left the Minnesota Vikings to become commissioner of the Big Ten three years ago, I predicted he could use the job...
As playoffs start, American Legion baseball thriving in some parts of Western Pa., struggling in others
American Legion Baseball starts to get a little more intense beginning this week. That’s when league playoffs are scheduled in Region 6 (Allegheny, Beaver and Fayette County leagues) and in Region 7 (District 31 for Westmoreland and Indiana county teams, Central Penn and Cambria leagues). The region tournaments are scheduled...
Penguins A to Z: What is Drew O’Connor’s role?Video
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 —...
Logan Cooley can join limited company of Pittsburgh-area 1st-rounders
In total, only two players who claim to be from Western Pennsylvania have been selected in the first round of an NHL Draft. West Mifflin’s Logan Cooley is expected to join that illustrious list Thursday on the first day of the entry draft. He is expected to be picked within...
Steelers 2-a-days: Last chance for CB Justin Layne, DL DeMarvin Leal an athletic rookie
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...
