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Morikawa, Dahmen share halfway lead at U.S. Open with McIlroy, Rahm lurkingVideo
BROOKLINE, Mass. — The storms dodged Brookline, and the stars began to emerge Friday in the U.S. Open. Collin Morikawa showed signs of emerging from pedestrian play at just the right time, matching the low score of the championship with a 4-under-par 66 for a share of the 36-hole lead...
Analysis: On Stephen Curry, far more than a great shooter
Greatest shooter ever. That’s what everyone has been calling Golden State’s Stephen Curry for years now, for obvious reasons. Nobody in the history of basketball has made more 3-pointers or made the art of throwing a ball through a hoop look easier than Curry does. He has earned that distinction....
Pirates All-Star CF rediscovers swing to get ‘back to the Bryan Reynolds we know and love’
After struggling to find his swing for the first two months of the season, Bryan Reynolds finally is starting to feel like himself. That’s a simply stated but powerful development for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Especially if it means Reynolds is returning to All-Star form. Over the eight-game road trip to...
Qualifier Hayden Buckley tied for 3rd after 2nd round of U.S. OpenVideo
BROOKLINE, Mass. — Calculus and chemistry were too hard. Nobody took him seriously as a baseball player, either. “I had dreams,” Hayden Buckley said, “but those were crushed pretty early.” These days, the dream is golf. And it’s not so far-fetched to think this 26-year-old, whose Plan A was baseball...
Surprise at shortstop: With Tucupita Marcano on covid-IL, Pirates promote Liover Peguero
With Pittsburgh Pirates fans awaiting the arrival of top prospect Oneil Cruz, another shortstop prospect was the subject of a surprise roster move before Friday night’s game against the San Francisco Giants. No one was more surprised than Liover Peguero. “I still can’t believe this,” Peguero said Friday night after...
Pirates place OF Canaan Smith-Njigba on 60-day IL, call up LHP Cam Vieaux
Only three games into his major-league career, Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Canaan Smith-Njigba is headed for the 60-day injured list with a nondisplaced fracture of the schaphoid bone in his right wrist. The Pirates selected the contract of 28-year-old lefty reliever Cam Vieaux from Triple-A Indianapolis, where he was 3-0 with...
AP source: Commanders fined for excessive practice contact
A person with knowledge of the decision said the NFL fined the Washington Commanders $100,000 and stripped the team of two offseason workouts next year because of excessive contact in practice among players. The person spoke to the Associated Press on Friday on condition of anonymity because the league did...
Phil Mickelson apologizes to U.S. Open fan (no, not for that)Video
BROOKLINE, Mass. — Phil Mickelson’s tee shot on No. 3 landed in the rough to the right, and when he arrived at his ball he saw a man sitting on the ground, holding an icepack to his right temple, with medical staff gathered around. Mickelson went over and gave the...
SRX hopes 2nd season is another surprise summer smashVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Ryan Newman does want not to be the hero or the villain or anything else in the six-race Superstar Racing Experience. He plans to just be himself in the Saturday night summer series that mixes grassroots racing with big personalities clinging to their time in the spotlight....
Neshannock softball caps undefeated season with state championship
UNIVERSITY PARK — At the beginning of the spring season, Neshannock softball was barely on anybody’s radar in the state. The Lancers were not in any state or district rankings and had not even made the state tournament in eight years. Three months later, they’re undefeated state champions. Neshannock defeated...
Warriors cap title run, NBA flips the page to 2022-23 season
A parade awaits in San Francisco to celebrate the champion Golden State Warriors. The NBA draft is a few days away, with presumed top-three picks Jabari Smith, Chet Holmgren and Paolo Banchero set to take their first steps toward realizing their enormous potential. Free agency starts in less than two...
Flyers hire John Tortorella to ‘restore a winning environment’
PHILADELPHIA — John Tortorella is about the only NHL coach with such a motley compilation of highlight reels. There are censored versions of his rants. Uncensored versions. He’s angry at reporters. At his players. There is a video of “6 minutes of John Tortorella Angry Moments,” which one can click...
Vince McMahon stepping down as WWE CEO during misconduct probe
Vince McMahon is stepping down as CEO and chairman of WWE during an an investigation into alleged misconduct involving the longtime leader and public face of the organization. McMahon will continue to oversee WWE’s creative content during the investigation, World Wrestling Entertainment said Friday, and named McMahon’s daughter, Stephanie, as...
Penguins hire Teena Murray as senior VP of integrated performance
The Penguins have hired Teena Murray as senior vice president of integrated performance. In this role, Murray will oversee the team’s strength and conditioning staff, rehabilitation, sports science and the medical staff. She will report to general manager Ron Hextall. Murray previously spent the past four seasons with the NBA’s...
Penguins A to Z: Can Filip Hallander finally take a spot on the NHL roster?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 —...
Former Hempfield standout excited to join reborn Robert Morris hockey program
The reinstatement of the Robert Morris hockey program meant a lot to alumni and fans of the program. It may have meant more to future Colonials prospects like Dominic Schimizzi. His allegiance to RMU was re-energized when hockey came back to Moon. The men’s and women’s programs were cut last...
Mark Madden: With Minkah Fitzpatrick signed, Steelers defense must provide bang for big bucks
After getting a four-year contract extension worth $73.6 million, Minkah Fitzpatrick is the NFL’s highest-paid safety. So he needs to be the best safety. The Pittsburgh Steelers have the highest-paid defense. So it needs to be the best defense. In a league using a salary cap, you must get what...
Steelers 2-a-days: Twins Carlos, Khalil Davis competing for jobs on defensive line
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...
Warriors beat Celtics to claim 4th NBA title in 8 years
BOSTON — The Golden State Warriors are NBA champions once again, topping the Boston Celtics, 103-90, on Thursday night for their fourth title in the last eight seasons. Stephen Curry scored 34 points and was named the NBA Finals MVP as the Warriors claimed the franchise’s seventh championship overall. And...
Pirates farm report for June 16, 2022: Oneil Cruz singles, doubles in Indy loss
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 30-31) was humbled by Gwinnett (Braves), 10-5. RHP Osvaldo Bido (1-4, 5.28) started and surrendered six runs, five earned, on seven hits, including two home runs. SS Oneil Cruz (.236) went 2 for 5 with a double. RF Travis Swaggerty (.283) was 2 for 5 with a triple...
Expect intense racing when stars of motocross visit High Point Raceway on Saturday
Motocross is one of the most physical and intense sports out there, but it’s not like the average stick-and-ball sport. Davey Coombs grew up watching motocross and is president of MX Sports Pro Racing. He believes motocross racing is a sporting experience unlike any other. “Motocross racing is an incredibly...
Atlanta, Miami, Philadelphia, Seattle among World Cup sitesVideo
NEW YORK — Atlanta, Houston, Miami, Philadelphia, Seattle and Kansas City, Mo., were the newcomers among the 11 U.S. sites picked to host games at the 2026 World Cup. Baltimore, Cincinnati, Denver, Nashville, Tennessee, and Orlando, Fla., were left out. Arlington, Texas; East Rutherford, N.J.; Foxborough, Mass., and Inglewood and...
Purdue golfer tops international leaderboard at Sunnehanna Amateur
Purdue rising junior Herman Sekne, a native of Oslo, Norway, fired a 5-under 65 to move into a tie with first-round leader Bryce Lewis of Tennessee atop an international leaderboard at the Sunnehanna Amateur on Thursday. Sekne and Lewis, who shot an even-par 70 in Round 2, are at 6-under...
Mickelson meltdown comes early with a 4-putt at US Open, but reception mostly positiveVideo
BROOKLINE, Mass. — All it took was about two cringeworthy minutes and four putts from 12 feet to bring the golf world back to this: No matter where he plays, or how much money he makes, Phil Mickelson sometimes can remind us of us. The player who built his brand...
Hadwin leads after 1st round of U.S. Open with McIlroy close behindVideo
Adam Hadwin can be excused for the opening round of the U.S. Open — the so-called toughest test in golf — giving him a chance to exhale. Hadwin was home in Canada last week for his own national open, an even bigger deal because the pandemic had canceled the Canadian...
