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Jets’ Kyle Connor wins Lady Byng for gentlemanly conduct
NEW YORK — Winnipeg Jets forward Kyle Connor won the Lady Byng Trophy, given to the NHL’s most gentlemanly player. The league announced the honor Monday night before Game 4 of the Western Conference final between Colorado and Edmonton. Connor tied for the second-fewest number of minor penalties during the...
Rick Stimmel opens up big lead at Tri-State Open at Southpointe
Amateur Rick Stimmel has proven over the years that he can play well in big events. He put his talents on display Monday during Round 1 of the Tri-State Section PGA Open at Southpointe Golf Club. Stimmel shot a 5-under-par 67, the only player under par, and heads into the...
Bruins fire coach Bruce Cassidy after 1st-round playoff exit
BOSTON — The Boston Bruins fired coach Bruce Cassidy on Monday, several weeks after losing in the first round of the playoffs. General manager Don Sweeney announced the surprising move Monday night and said the search for a replacement will begin immediately. He called it “an extremely difficult decision.” “His...
Romeo Crennel retires after almost 40 years as NFL coach
HOUSTON — Romeo Crennel announced his retirement Monday, ending a 39-year NFL coaching career highlighted by five Super Bowl titles. Crennel spent the past eight seasons with the Houston Texans. He was the team’s defensive coordinator from 2014-16 and assistant head coach from 2017-19. In 2020 he was the associate...
Wearing ACC championship ring, Pat Narduzzi puts first bricks in Pitt’s 2023 recruiting class
Pat Narduzzi can’t say what he thinks about his grand recruiting haul last weekend — NCAA rules keep a lock on his public remarks until players actually sign — but it’s safe to assume he went home and bragged to his wife and children. Only if he swore them to...
All-Pro Aaron Donald returning to LA Rams with a big raise
LOS ANGELES — All-Pro defensive tackle Aaron Donald is getting a big raise to stay with the Los Angeles Rams under a reworked contract through 2024. The Super Bowl champion Rams announced Donald’s return Monday. The team didn’t disclose terms of the new deal, but the NFL Network reported Donald...
Browns’ Watson named in 24th lawsuit by massage therapists
HOUSTON — A 24th woman filed a civil lawsuit Monday alleging sexual misconduct by Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson, who is also awaiting possible discipline from the NFL. The latest lawsuit was filed in Houston by attorney Tony Buzbee, who is representing all 24 women. “Lost in the media frenzy...
Phil Mickelson the last to sign up for Saudi-funded golf league
Phil Mickelson, a chief recruiter for a Saudi-funded rival league to the PGA Tour, is ending his four-month hiatus by adding his name to the 48-man field for the LIV Golf Invitational that starts Friday outside London. Mickelson will be joining Dustin Johnson, Sergio Garcia and three other former major...
5 storylines to watch as Steelers head into the last stop in offseason before training camp
Before the 90 members of the Pittsburgh Steelers roster can enjoy a six-week absence from football before the start of training camp, one piece of unfinished business remains on the offseason calendar. Unlike everything else that took place since mid-April, attendance no longer is voluntary. Standing in the way of...
Freeport grad Ashleigh Schmidt ‘goes out with a bang’ at Penn State Behrend
Ashleigh Schmidt could have returned to Penn State Behrend next season, taking advantage of the NCAA allowing athletes an extra year of eligibility because of the covid pandemic. But the Freeport graduate has a job waiting for her as a nurse at Children’s Hospital. Plus, it’d be hard to top...
Belle Vernon grad Bailey Parshall enjoys breakthrough season as Penn State’s ace
She is a left-handed flamethrower who fanned nearly 1,000 batters in her high school softball career at Belle Vernon, where the Leopards rode her talents to three WPIAL championships before seeing her off to the next level at Penn State. As a college senior this season, she hurled the fifth...
Steelers sign WR Calvin Austin to 4-year rookie contract; Kenny Pickett last unsigned pick
Fourth-round draft pick Calvin Austin III signed his four-year rookie contract Monday with the Pittsburgh Steelers, leaving first-round quarterback Kenny Pickett as the only unsigned player from the seven-member draft class. Austin, a 5-foot-8 wide receiver from Memphis, signed on the eve of players reporting to mandatory minicamp at UPMC...
Former Penn State, Pitt stars named to College Hall of Fame ballot
Former Penn State football stars Paul Posluszny, Ki-Jana Carter and D.J. Dozier and ex-Pitt quarterback Matt Cavanaugh and running back Craig “Ironhead” Heyward have joined a group of 218 coaches and players whose names have been placed on the ballot for the National Football Foundation’s College Hall of Fame’s Class...
Mark Madden: Browns’ decision to sign Deshaun Watson looks worse every day
JuJu Smith-Schuster hasn’t said much of consequence. But he reinforced one obvious truism: “The Browns is the Browns.” No sports team has ever made a dumber decision than giving quarterback Deshaun Watson a contract worth $230 million guaranteed and sending six draft picks the other way, three of them first-rounders....
Analysis: Whatever Nadal’s future holds, his legacy’s secure
PARIS — Rafael Nadal’s status for Wimbledon is in doubt because of a chronic problem with his left foot — as is his future in tennis. What’s secure, no matter what happens now, is his legacy. Nadal got through the French Open, he explained after a dominating 6-3, 6-3, 6-0...
Jeannette grad Gio Vonne Sanders to play at Western Michigan
With two years of eligibility left to give a team, Gio Vonne Sanders is set to live out his dream. The former Jeannette and St. Francis (Pa.) football standout announced he has made a verbal commitment to Western Michigan of the FCS Mid-American Conference. Sanders, a 5-foot-11, 185-pound defensive back,...
Penguins, Fenway select new management group for PPG Paints Arena
OVG360 has been selected as the new management group of PPG Paints Arena by the Penguins and their majority owners, Fenway Sports Group. The change was announced Monday and will take effect July 1. OVG360 is a division of Oak View Group. The incumbent management agreement with ASM Global is...
Latrobe grad Jake Biss to play pro basketball in The Netherlands
By the time the second week of August rolls around and summer starts to wind toward fall, Jake Biss will also be ready to change seasons — and uniforms. He will be on his way to The Netherlands to begin his professional basketball career. Biss, a former Latrobe and Shippensburg...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Belle Vernon’s Bailey Parshall named All-American at Penn State
Bailey Parshall capped a career season in the pitching circle at Penn State with an All-American nod. The senior from Belle Vernon was selected to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-American Third Team. She is just the fifth Penn State softball player to be named an All-American, and the first...
Penguins A to Z: Casey DeSmith proved reliable as backup when healthyVideo
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 —...
Tim Benz: Difficult early season schedule bound to influence Steelers’ starters
Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Pat Freiermuth paused and gave some sincere consideration before answering the question. At what point in your rookie season last year did you stop thinking and feel like you truly knew the playbook cold? “Honestly, the first game it really clicked for me, where I felt...
First Call: Ex-Steeler pans Devin Bush; Pittsburgh prospect impresses at NHL scouting combine
Monday’s “First Call” has a scathing critique of Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Devin Bush. Former Pirate Cole Tucker signs with a new team. The Cleveland Browns retain a piece of their puzzle at a position of need for the Steelers. And a local product impresses at the NHL scouting combine. Hoge...
‘You start to daydream’: With 7 rookies on roster, Pirates get a glimpse of their future
The Pittsburgh Pirates provided Derek Shelton a peek into the future by filling their roster with rookies, allowing the manager to dream about the days when his dugout is teeming with young talent. Where having a handful of veteran starters on the injured list had the potential to be devastating,...
Madden Monday: Steelers roster construction would not have changed had Stephon Tuitt retired sooner
When it comes to how the Stephon Tuitt situation wrapped up with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Mark Madden of 105.9 The X and TribLIVE said he saw the retirement coming. “Not to blow my own horn, but … toot-toot,” Madden said on this week’s “Madden Monday” podcast. “I said two months...
Warriors answer in Game 2, top Celtics to even Finals
SAN FRANCISCO — Stephen Curry scored 29 points, Jordan Poole connected from just inside of midcourt to cap a huge third-quarter run and the Golden State Warriors beat the Boston Celtics, 107-88, on Sunday night in Game 2 to even the NBA Finals. Poole finished with 17 points for the...
