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Safety Bryce Torneden is lone Maulers player to make all-USFL team in inaugural season
The Pittsburgh Maulers limp into their season finale tied for the worst record in the rebooted USFL, so it’s no surprise that the team had just one player selected for the inaugural all-league team. Safety Bryce Torneden is the only Maulers player represented on the all-USFL list, the league announced...
All eyes on the NFL’s pending decision on Deshaun Watson
While Deshaun Watson maintains his innocence and fights to clear his name, the Cleveland Browns and football fans everywhere wait for the NFL to determine an appropriate penalty for the star quarterback accused of sexual misconduct by 24 women. A person familiar with the league’s investigation told The Associated Press...
Signed, sealed and delivered: Steelers’ Minkah Fitzpatrick glad to get record contract done before camp
Fulfilling a wish he made to his father a decade ago, Minkah Fitzpatrick stood at a podium Thursday, basking in the knowledge that he had achieved financial security for his family by becoming the NFL’s highest-paid safety. A day earlier, Fitzpatrick signed a five-year contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers that...
SEC/Big 12 Challenge matchups set for January 2023
Kansas will visit Kentucky and Baylor is set to host Arkansas in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge next season. The leagues on Thursday announced the 10 matchups set for Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023. All 10 of the Big 12 members and all but four of the Southeastern Conference teams will participate....
WNBA star Sue Bird says 2022 will be her final season
Seattle Storm star and five-time Olympic gold medalist Sue Bird announced Thursday the 2022 season will be her last playing in the WNBA. The announcement by Bird, 41, ended any speculation about her future; she had acknowledged in February when she re-signed with Seattle that this would likely be her...
Robert Morris considering whether to ditch Colonials team name
Robert Morris University officials said they are considering whether to keep the name Colonials after another university recently announced its decision to nix the same moniker. George Washington University recently announced it is looking to change the name Colonials, which has been used since 1926. Opponents of the name said...
Pitt makes it official: Highly touted point guard Dior Johnson joins Panthers
Dior Johnson is looking for a challenge, and Jeff Capel is eager to give him that opportunity. Johnson, ranked No. 35 in the 2022 ESPN Player Rankings and No. 38 by Rivals.com, signed his letter of intent, making the four-star guard the highest-rated prospect under Capel and Pitt’s highest in...
Analysis: Pirates could send important message by finally promoting top prospect Oneil Cruz
With every loss, the chorus of calls for Oneil Cruz to be called up to the Pittsburgh Pirates has grown louder, and the patience to prioritize the development of the 6-foot-7 shortstop has worn thinner. The Pirates lost nine consecutive games on a road trip to Atlanta and St. Louis...
Tim Benz: Bryan Reynolds, David Bednar stopped the Pirates’ bleeding; now others need to contribute in homestand
The Pittsburgh Pirates’ losing streak finally ended after nine games thanks to a 6-4 victory in St. Louis on Wednesday night. More specifically, it ended because of outfielder Bryan Reynolds. His tiebreaking two-run homer in the seventh inning was the difference. Bryan Reynolds in June ???? pic.twitter.com/Z6vhXOfcZg— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates)...
Penguins A to Z: ‘Playoff’ Jake Guentzel made a big returnVideo
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 —...
First Call: Steelers captain Cam Heyward’s new media venture; Stanley Cup won’t go to Russia; high praise for Pens-Wings ’09 Final
Thursday’s “First Call” looks at a new side gig for Pittsburgh Steelers defensive lineman Cameron Heyward. The Penguins’ 2009 Stanley Cup Final win over Detroit gets some love. The Stanley Cup is getting some travel restrictions. And some local basketball stars are back playing on a big stage once more....
U mad, bro?: Steelers fans in QB mode already; Penguins fans antsy about offseason moves; Pirates fans despondent
The Stanley Cup Final isn’t even over yet, but Pittsburgh Penguins fans are all worked up about what’s coming in the offseason. As they should be. Steelers fans are firing off opinions about the quarterback depth chart. As they should be. And Pirates fans are fed up. As they should...
Steelers 2-a-days: Mason Cole, James Daniels signed to upgrade offensive line play
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...
Pirates farm report for June 15, 2022: Matt Gorski homers in Altoona win
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 30-30) was edged out by Gwinnett (Braves), 5-4. CF Jared Oliva (.228) went 1 for 4 with a two-run homer, his fifth. LF Travis Swaggerty (.279) went 1 for 4 with a pair of RBIs. RF Bligh Madris (.301) was 2 for 4 with a double. 2B Ji-hwan...
Avalanche beat Lightning in OT to open Stanley Cup Final
DENVER — Andre Burakovsky scored 1 minute, 23 seconds into overtime, and the Colorado Avalanche opened the Stanley Cup Final with a 4-3 victory over the two-time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday night. Burakovsky ended it after the Avalanche failed to score on a power play that began...
Pirates snap 9-game losing streak behind Bryan Reynolds’ homer, David Bednar’s 8-out save
After the Pittsburgh Pirates lost their ninth consecutive game, manager Derek Shelton hoped aloud that someone would come through with a big hit and execute a pitch to stop the slide. The best bets to do that were Bryan Reynolds and David Bednar. Both delivered in a big way. Reynolds...
Tennessee, Florida State players share lead at Sunnehanna Amateur
Two college players, Tennessee’s Bryce Lewis and Florida State’s Cole Anderson, are tied for the lead after one round of the Sunnehanna Amateur. Lewis used five birdies on the back nine Wednesday and Anderson had a solid 18 holes to shoot a 6-under par 64 at the 69th annual Sunnehanna...
Commissioner Gary Bettman says NHL projected to set revenue record this seasonVideo
DENVER — NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said the league is projecting record revenue this season, an increase he credits to more scoring leading to higher television ratings and more interest in the game. Bettman at his annual state of the league address Wednesday before Game 1 of the Stanley Cup...
Commanders’ Dan Snyder won’t testify before U.S. House committee
A lawyer representing Dan Snyder told Congress the Washington Commanders owner will not testify at a hearing next week as part of an investigation into the team’s workplace conduct. Attorney Karen Patton Seymour sent a letter to the leaders of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on Wednesday explaining...
Golfers from new Saudi-funded tour could get traditional Boston greeting at U.S. OpenVideo
BROOKLINE, Mass. — Every loudmouth from Yarmouth and Masshole from Athol has descended on The Country Club this week, when 14 golfers in the U.S. Open field will face the American public for the first time since defecting to an upstart, Saudi Arabian-backed tour. The injection of genuine international intrigue...
Focus shifts from Saudi money to golf’s toughest test at U.S. OpenVideo
BROOKLINE, Mass. — The U.S. Open isn’t the only American major that has felt like an afterthought, lost among chatter and innuendo about topics unrelated to birdies and bogeys. Golf no longer was the primary concern going into the 1990 PGA Championship at Shoal Creek in Alabama. The club founder...
Mark Madden: Super-size athletes can make extra large impact
Fat has come to the forefront of the Pittsburgh sports scene. Excuse me, did I say fat? I meant to say beefy, big-boned, heavyset, stocky or any of the other terms that patronizingly substitute but are no less aggravating to us fatsos. The Pittsburgh athlete who recently made fat where...
Winning Wiggins: Warriors All-Star shining in NBA Finals
BOSTON — Andrew Wiggins’ critics always focused on what they thought he wasn’t. Not driven enough to be the No. 1 pick in the draft, they said. Just not good enough to be an All-Star starter, they argued. One more victory by the Golden State Warriors, and all that will...
Penn State’s wide receiver depth makes position’s once-troubling instability feel like distant memory
It wasn’t all that long ago Penn State was going through a “churn” at the wide receivers coach position and started making the wrong kinds of headlines about the way the program was developing its playmakers. David Corley lasted just the 2018 season coaching wideouts, and Gerad Parker spent the...
George Washington University to drop Colonials moniker
WASHINGTON — George Washington University is dropping its Colonials moniker because “it can no longer serve its purpose as a name that unifies,” the school announced Wednesday. GW will keep using Colonials until a new name is introduced. That is expected by the 2023-24 academic year. “A moniker must unify...
