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Former tennis prodigy Leolia Jeanjean advances at French Open; Alison Riske losesVideo
PARIS — Grand Slam losses by high-ranked, well-known and accomplished players to, well, lower-ranked, lesser-known and less-accomplished opponents offer a rare opportunity for those unheralded winners to enjoy the spotlight. And for the first time in nearly a half-century, just three of the top 10 seeds in the French Open...
MLB will allow teams to carry 14 pitchers through June 19Video
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball and the players’ association are allowing teams to have an additional pitcher through June 19. MLB and the union said March 31 that a 13-pitcher limit would be enforced starting May 2, then on April 16 announced the date had been pushed back to...
Duquesne’s Kevin Easley Jr. pulls name from NBA Draft consideration, returns to school
Duquesne’s rebuilding efforts received a familiar boost Thursday when forward Kevin Easley Jr. withdrew his name from the NBA Draft and decided to return to school. Easley was the Dukes’ leading rebounder last season, with an average of 6.6 per game. He started 26 games, averaged 31.8 minutes per game...
Simona Halep experiences panic attack during French Open matchVideo
PARIS — Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep said she had a panic attack while leading her second-round match that she eventually lost at the French Open on Thursday. The 2018 Roland Garros winner said she “lost it” and couldn’t regain focus while playing 19-year-old Qinwen Zheng, who won 2-6,...
Josh McDaniels mum on Colin Kaepernick’s workout for RaidersVideo
LAS VEGAS — The Las Vegas Raiders concluded organized team practices Thursday with all four quarterbacks on the roster participating, but the buzz surrounding the franchise was about Colin Kaepernick, who has gotten a workout with the club. First-year coach Josh McDaniels wasn’t entertaining any conversation about Kaepernick’s potential future...
West Virginia snares Rodney Gallagher, but where are the other top area players?
With one complete academic year and his senior football season ahead of him, Laurel Highlands’ Rodney Gallagher — to his credit — did not squeeze every last bit of drama from his high-profile recruitment. The No. 1 recruit in Pennsylvania, per Rivals.com, announced Wednesday he will enroll at West Virginia...
Forward Danton Heinen regained confidence in 1st season with PenguinsVideo
The 2022 postseason was disappointing for Pittsburgh Penguins forward Danton Heinen. When you get eliminated in overtime of Game 7 in the first round, it can’t be labeled as anything other than disappointing. But it certainly went better than the 2021 playoffs for Heinen. And definitely the 2020 playoffs. That’s...
WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle recovering from double knee replacement
Kurt Angle won an Olympic gold medal with a broking neck, so the double knee replacement this week should be a piece of cake. At least that is what fans probably wish for the WWE Hall of Famer, Mount Lebanon native and 1996 Olympic gold medalist are hoping. But Angle...
Sugar Bowl moved to Dec. 31 to avoid conflict with NFL game
The Sugar Bowl has been moved off its usual primetime spot to noon Dec. 31 to avoid a conflict with a Monday night NFL game. The bowl schedule for the upcoming season was released Thursday. The games begin on Dec. 16 with the Bahamas Bowl and The Cure Bowl in...
Kentucky basketball trailblazer Reggie Warford, a former Pitt assistant coach, dies at 67
Reggie Warford, who was the first Black basketball player to have a four-season career and graduate at Kentucky, died Tuesday at age 67. He was known as a trailblazer and patriarch of integration for the Kentucky basketball program. Warford spent five seasons as an assistant basketball coach at Pitt under...
Unlike Diontae Johnson, WR Chase Claypool a steady presence for Steelers at offseason practices
Three wide receivers departed in free agency, leaving the Pittsburgh Steelers with two players at the position who had just two years of experience in their offensive system. Only one decided to show up for organized team activities this week. “I didn’t want to be at home when all these...
College sports eye gambling money amid safeguard concerns
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The NCAA stance against gambling on sports by its athletes and those who work in college athletics is summed up simply by the slogan on the posters the association provides to its member schools: “Don’t Bet On It.” The rules have been unambiguous for decades, part of...
Mike Sielski: Claude Giroux’s star-crossed career adds another missed Stanley Cup chapter
PHILADELPHIA — Claude Giroux had begun to acknowledge the inevitability of his situation years ago. It was the summer of 2018, just before the Flyers’ first day of training camp. Dave Hakstol had helped him revitalize his career the season before, moving him from center to left wing. With the...
Penn State QB Christian Veilleux showed promise in his 2021 debut: Can he take another step forward in the fall?
STATE COLLEGE — Christian Veilleux was more than a little rusty when he relieved ailing starting quarterback Sean Clifford early in Penn State’s Big Ten East game with Rutgers last November at Beaver Stadium. Veilleux, a freshman, made his debut for the Nittany Lions vs. the Scarlet Knights when Clifford...
Daniel Vogelbach’s hamstring injury creates void in Pirates’ lineup
Ben Gamel couldn’t remember the most recent time — before the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 10-5 victory against the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday — when he was used as a designated hitter. “I couldn’t tell you. I don’t even have a memory of it. No idea. Probably in the minor leagues at...
Penguins A to Z: What’s next for Anthony Angello’s brand of hockey?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 —...
U mad, bro?: Steelers quarterback carping; Penguins postseason pouting; Pittsburgh postseason pontification
This week’s “U mad, bro?” features clamoring about the Steelers’ quarterback situation. There is much fretting about the future of the Penguins. Fans are pushing back about my concern of recent Pittsburgh playoff incompetence. Plus, my readers are very fired up about a particular movie poll. And, well, I think...
First Call: Jaromir Jagr avoids serious injury in auto crash with tram; Bruce Arians discusses Antonio Brown
In Thursday’s “First Call,” former Pittsburgh Steelers assistant coach Bruce Arians discusses where things went wrong with Antonio Brown. Penguins legend Jaromir Jagr escapes a frightening auto crash. The Pens are celebrating a pair of anniversaries. And the Pirates did something they rarely do en route to victory Wednesday. Arians...
Pirates farm report for May 25, 2022: Mason Martin homers, drives in 5 for Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 22-19) split a doubleheader with St. Paul (Twins), winning 16-10 and losing 5-3. In the opener, Indianapolis’ bats heated up. RF Bligh Madris (.247) went 3 for 4 with an RBI double and a solo home run. 1B Mason Martin (.260) continued his hot streak with a three-run...
Roger Penske ready for 300,000 guests at full-capacity Indy 500Video
INDIANAPOLIS — Roger Penske motioned toward the Turn 4 grandstands at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. His father took him to those seats in 1951, and a 14-year-old Penske was instantly hooked by the sights and the sounds of “The 500-Mile Sweepstakes,” won that day by Lee Wallard. It was the beginning...
French Open champ Barbora Krejcikova says she has covid-19
PARIS — Barbora Krejcikova, last year’s French Open champion in singles and doubles, said she tested positive for covid-19 and will withdraw from the tournament. She already lost in the first round of singles but said Wednesday in a posting on Instagram she will need to drop out of trying...
Pitt upsets No. 7 Louisville, reaches ACC Tournament semifinals
A year ago, Pitt won its first ACC Tournament game before losing a tough decision in the second day of pool play. They didn’t let a similar opportunity slip away Wednesday at Truist Field in Charlotte, N.C. Trailing in the fifth inning for the second day in a row, Pitt...
Colin Kaepernick to work out for Raiders
Colin Kaepernick is getting his first chance to work out for an NFL team since last playing in the league in 2016 when he started kneeling during the national anthem to protest police brutality and racial inequality. Two people familiar with the situation said Kaepernick will work out for the...
Brittney Griner’s wife tells ABC she wants Biden to help bring WNBA star homeVideo
Brittney Griner’s wife, Cherelle, wants President Joe Biden to secure her partner’s release, doing whatever is necessary to get the WNBA star home from Russia where she has been detained for more than three months. “I just keep hearing that, you know, he has the power. She’s a political pawn,”...
Capitals’ Tom Wilson out 6-8 months after knee surgeryVideo
ARLINGTON, Va. — Washington Capitals right winger Tom Wilson is expected to miss six to eight months after undergoing surgery to reconstruct the torn ACL in his left knee. The team announced Wednesday that Wilson had a successful ACL replacement procedure a day earlier — four weeks after injuring the...
