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Pirates farm report for June 19, 2022: Homers by Rodolfo Castro, Travis Swaggerty lift Indy to victory
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 32-32) beat Gwinnett (Braves), 5-3. SS Rodolfo Castro (.213) smacked a three-run home run, and CF Travis Swaggerty (.276) hit a two-run shot to fuel the Indy victory. DH Carter Bins (.216) was 2 for 4. LF Oneil Cruz (.232) was 0 for 1 as a pinch-hitter before...
Oh, so, close, Zalatoris finishes 2nd in yet another majorVideo
BROOKLINE, Mass. — The putt slid an inch — make that a millimeter — outside the left edge of the cup. Will Zalatoris squatted into a low crouch and let go of the putter, feeling it slide off the back of his shoulder and onto the turf. He bounced his...
World swimming governing body bans transgender athletes from women’s eventsVideo
BUDAPEST, Hungary — World swimming’s governing body has effectively banned transgender women from competing in women’s events, starting Monday. FINA members widely adopted a new “gender inclusion policy” Sunday that only permits swimmers who transitioned before age 12 to compete in women’s events. The organization also proposed an “open competition...
Englishman Fitzpatrick wins U.S. Open title on same course where he won U.S. AmateurVideo
BROOKLINE, Mass. — A playoff was looming Sunday in the U.S. Open, just like it always does at The Country Club, when Matt Fitzpatrick sized up his shot from a bunker left of the 18th fairway. He had a one-shot lead over Will Zalatoris and Masters champion Scottie Scheffler. He...
Maulers cap USFL season with 5th straight loss, miss out on next year’s No. 1 pick
Thanks to a 33-21 loss to the Michigan Panthers on Sunday, the Pittsburgh Maulers finished the regular season with the worst record in the rebooted USFL. Turns out the loss also will keep the Maulers from the top of next year’s draft. The league announced before the start of Sunday’s...
‘Now’s the time that he’s going to help us’: Pirates call up top prospect in SS Oneil Cruz
The Pittsburgh Pirates are making the much-anticipated promotion their fans have been awaiting by calling up Oneil Cruz, the 6-foot-7, 220-pound shortstop who is their No. 1 prospect. Pirates manager Derek Shelton confirmed after Sunday’s 4-3 win over the San Francisco Giants that Cruz and outfielder Bligh Madris will be...
Lightning may be running out of gas vs fresher AvalancheVideo
DENVER — It’s no secret Tampa Bay has played more hockey over the past two years than any other team in the NHL. That finally might be taking a toll on the two-time defending champ Lightning against the Colorado Avalanche, who took a much shorter route to the Stanley Cup...
‘Just unbelievable’: Pirates rookie Jack Suwinski hits 3 homers in walk-off win over Giants
Jack Suwinski already was amid his first multi-home run game of his career when Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton asked the 23-year-old rookie outfielder a question while he waited in the hole in the eighth inning. “Did you ever have three homers in a game?” Shelton said. “He said, ‘No.’...
Still-growing Leechburg senior Braylan Lovelace commits to Pitt
Randy Walters saw the flash plays on defense, the long runs on offense. And that athleticism — it was a sight to behold. But a little more than two years ago, Leechburg’s football coach noticed something else about Braylan Lovelace, who made a verbal commitment Saturday to enroll at Pitt...
Pirates GM Ben Cherington: ‘There’s a chance’ Oneil Cruz could be promoted this homestand
Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington didn’t rule out the possibility that shortstop Oneil Cruz, the club’s top prospect, could be promoted to the majors during the final four games of this homestand. “There’s a chance, sure,” Cherington said Sunday on his radio show on 93.7 The Fan. “We’ll have...
Pitt adds ex-Notre Dame running back C’Bo Flemister
Operating under the assumption that a team never can have too many running backs, Pitt added another player to that position group when C’Bo Flemister, a transfer from Notre Dame, committed to the Panthers. Flemister announced his commitment Sunday morning. At 5-foot-11 1/4, 201 pounds, Flemister was the Irish’s leading...
Penguins A to Z: Is Tristan Jarry the future?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 —...
Steelers 2-a-days: Edmunds brothers ready for one more training camp together
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...
Pittsburgh Riverhounds come up empty in Texas
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds continued to struggle on the road, losing 1-0 to the Rio Grande Valley FC Toros on their first trip to face the club based on Edinburg, Texas. The Riverhounds (7-5-3) are 2-5-2 on the road this season. They’re 0-5-1 in their last six matches away from Highmark...
Pirates farm report for June 18, 2022: Greensboro pitchers throw pair of shutouts
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 31-32) lost to Gwinnett (Braves), 5-3. SS Oneil Cruz (.233) went 1 for 3 with a pair of RBIs. LF Ji-hwan Bae (.305) went 2 for 4 with a double and a run scored. CF Travis Swgaggerty (.276) went 1 for 4 and drove in a run. RHP...
Avalanche rout Lightning, 7-0, to take 2-0 lead in Stanley Cup Final
DENVER — Looking like by far the better team against the defending champions, the Colorado Avalanche overwhelmed the Tampa Bay Lightning, 7-0, in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final on Saturday to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. Valeri Nichushkin scored his seventh and eighth goals of...
‘Kee-gan!’ Bradley feels the love, makes a run at the U.S. OpenVideo
BROOKLINE, Mass. — As a kid in Vermont, Keegan Bradley always wondered what it would feel like to be Larry Bird or Carlton Fisk or Tom Brady, or any of those Boston sports greats whose posters plaster bedroom walls across New England. On Saturday at the U.S. Open, Bradley got...
Will Zalatoris, Matt Fitzpatrick survive beast of U.S. Open, share lead
BROOKLINE, Mass. — Will Zalatoris and Matt Fitzpatrick avoided the carnage and calamity that took down golf’s best Saturday at a U.S. Open that set the tone for a final day of survival. Zalatoris, who lost in a three-hole playoff at the PGA Championship last month, made only one bogey...
Looking to challenge himself, Franklin Regional grad Kadyn Hannah transfers to Cal (Pa.)
The challenge, not the change of scenery, is what attracted Kadyn Hannah to Cal (Pa.). Ever since he left Franklin Regional, Hannah wanted to play at the highest level of college basketball his talent would allow. Feeling somewhat under recruited, he went to La Roche and became an immediate impact...
Tennessee product Bryce Lewis holds on to win Sunnehanna Amateur
Bryce Lewis didn’t play his best round Saturday at the 69th annual Sunnehanna Amateur, but it was good enough to capture the title. The University of Tennessee product shot a 5-over-par 75 during the final round at Sunnehanna Country Club in Westmont near Johnstown, and he barely held on for...
U.S. star Katie Ledecky reclaims 400 title at swimming worlds, eyeing moreVideo
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Katie Ledecky started the United States’ medal collection at the world swimming championships with a gold by reclaiming her title in the women’s 400 meters on Saturday. The Americans finished the first day of racing with two gold, a silver and three bronze. Ledecky clocked 3 minutes,...
Pirates come up short against Giants in SS Liover Peguero’s major-league debut
All eyes were on Liover Peguero as fans clapped in unison for the 21-year-old shortstop who made the jump from Double-A Altoona to starting at shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates in his major-league debut. Peguero faced a full count with two outs and runners on first and second in the...
U.S. Open notes: For Justin Thomas, honesty is a costly policy
BROOKLINE, Mass. — Justin Thomas wanted to honor the spirit of the game. His reward: a chunky wedge from a bad lie and a big fat bogey on the scorecard. The PGA champion’s drive on the fourth hole at The Country Club on Saturday came to rest awkwardly beside a...
Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom undergoes hip resurfacing surgeryVideo
Washington Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom underwent invasive surgery on his left hip, a move that could sideline him long term but is designed to give him a chance to continue playing hockey. The Capitals said Saturday that Backstrom had hip-resurfacing surgery a day earlier at the ANCA Clinic in Sint-Martens-Latem,...
Title IX: Law ensured balanced cutbacks during pandemic
Title IX is always on Candice Storey Lee’s mind, and the Vanderbilt athletic director believes that’s how it should be for any administrator running college programs. “I would hope that’s part of our DNA, and that it is seen in how we make decisions on a day-to-day basis,” Lee said....
