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Norwin alum JJ Matijevic recalled to majors with Houston Astros
Things are looking up again for JJ Matijevic. The power hitter was promoted to the Houston Astros for the second time this season from Triple-A Sugar Land. The Astros’ No. 30-ranked prospect out of Norwin has hit 12 home runs and driven in 35 runs this season. The first baseman...
Riverhounds president Vic Gregovits stepping down
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds announced Wednesday that club president Vic Gregovits will step down from his front office position this week. Gregovits joined the Riverhounds in April 2021 and helped the team return to full operations after the covid pandemic-affected 2020 season. He helped fans return to Highmark Stadium with several...
Penguins name Kevin Acklin as president of business operations
The Penguins named Kevin Acklin as president of business operations on Wednesday. Previously the franchise’s chief operating officer and general counsel, the 46-year-old Acklin has been with the Penguins since 2018. In his new role, Acklin will report to the new ownership group, Fenway Sports Group, and manage the day-to-day...
Steelers sign All-Pro safety Minkah Fitzpatrick to record-setting 5-year contract
The Pittsburgh Steelers made two-time All-Pro safety Minkah Fitzpatrick the highest-paid player at his position Wednesday, signing him to a five-year contract that runs through 2026. ESPN reported the four additional years on Fitzpatrick’s contract — he already was signed to a fifth-year option for 2022 — average $18.4 million...
Baltimore guard Carlton Carrington commits to Pitt basketball
Pitt coach Jeff Capel added a second member to his class of 2023 when rising high school senior Carlton Carrington pledged to enroll next year. Carrington, a 6-foot-4 guard, averaged 13.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game last season for St. Francis Academy in Baltimore. He also shot...
Penguins A to Z: Can Jonathan Gruden make a bigger impact?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 —...
First Call: Former Steeler makes ‘All-Underrated’ list; Derek Shelton on near no-hitter; ex-Penguin’s coaching achievement
Wednesday’s “First Call” features some praise for a few current Pittsburgh Steelers and a former Super Bowl champion. Derek Shelton reflects on Cal Mitchell’s at-bat to break up last night’s no-hit bid in St. Louis. And a former Penguin hauls in a coaching honor. No complaints here Former Steelers linebacker...
Basketball vs. Kentucky? Football vs. Florida St. and WVU? Why — and how — Duquesne has stepped up its scheduling strategy
Duquesne football coach Jerry Schmitt was at Pittsburgh Steelers practice at the UPMC Rooney facility on the South Side last week. He saw Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi hanging out in front of his team’s side of the building. “I said, ‘Hey, Pat! Guess who opens up the ACC Network schedule...
Tim Benz: Bill Cowher also faced a 3-QB quandary — but had a unique out the Steelers don’t have now
I guess we’ve figured out the Steelers’ three-headed-monster quarterback situation. All they have to do is move Kenny Pickett to wide receiver. Hey, that’s how former Steelers coach Bill Cowher handled it in 1996. Maybe current Steelers coach Mike Tomlin should try the same tactic. Speaking on SiriusXM NFL Radio...
Pirates OF Canaan Smith-Njigba, C Jason Delay have unforgettable moments in MLB debuts
Canaan Smith-Njigba had prepared his whole life for his major league debut, so he wasn’t going to complain about spending nearly two games in the Pittsburgh Pirates dugout before getting in a game. When he got the call to pinch hit for Yu Chang with two outs in the ninth...
Steelers 2-a-days: Devin Bush, Chase Claypool each aim for bounce-back season
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 11...
Pirates farm report for June 14, 2022: Quinn Priester, Mike Burrows roughed up
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 30-29) was beaten by Gwinnett (Braves), 8-2. RHP Miguel Yajure (3.52) started and worked three innings, allowing one unearned run on one hit and one walk with two strikeouts. LHP Joe Jacques (0-1, 40.50) took the loss, allowing three runs, two earned, on one hit and two walks...
Cal Mitchell breaks up no-hit bid by Miles Mikolas in 9th as Cardinals crush Pirates
The outcome was long decided when Miles Mikolas reached the 100-pitch mark, yet the St. Louis Cardinals had no intention of pulling the 33-year-old right-hander from the game. Mikolas was one out away from making history when Pittsburgh Pirates rookie Cal Mitchell hit a 2-2 curveball for a double over...
Knapp ready for Sunnehanna Amateur
The roar of thunder Tuesday morning woke Oakmont’s Sean Knapp from his sleep. So he decided to look at his phone and call up the weather radar, and he saw a blotch of red hanging over Johnstown. Knapp screen-shot the radar and sent it to friend Nathan Smith with the...
Derrick Henry insists foot is healthy, open to extension from TitansVideo
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee running back Derrick Henry has let his hair down this offseason, prompting lots of questions about the new ‘do. Not nearly as many as the current state of his right foot. “The foot is good,” Henry said Tuesday. A broken right foot cost Henry nine games...
Healthy again, Bengals’ Joe Burrow embraces ‘normal’ offseasonVideo
CINCINNATI — Joe Burrow is entering his third season in the NFL. However, this is the first reasonably normal offseason for the Cincinnati Bengals quarterback. He’s not taking it for granted. Burrow, the top overall pick in the 2020 draft, entered the league amid the uncertainty and chaos of the...
Lamar Jackson back at practice for start of Ravens minicampVideo
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Lamar Jackson-to-Mark Andrews connection — the linchpin of Baltimore’s offense last season — is back on the field. As expected, Jackson was at practice Tuesday when the Ravens began mandatory minicamp. He had been absent during voluntary OTAs. “He looked great,” said Andrews, the team’s...
No angst about college athletes cashing in at 1st NIL summitVideo
ATLANTA — Almost a year into the NIL era in college sports, there has been much angst about booster-funded collectives, million-dollar quarterback recruits and the need for federal legislation to regulate how athletes monetize their fame. Nick vs. Jimbo, in fact, has been the story of the spring. At the...
Warriors’ Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson 1 win from another NBA titleVideo
SAN FRANCISCO — When Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and emotional, do-everything teammate Draymond Green began Golden State’s climb nearly a decade ago, they were still relatively young and each establishing themselves in their careers. At far different stages of their respective basketball journeys and lives all these years later, they...
Mickelson, LIV casting shadow over U.S. OpenVideo
BROOKLINE, Mass. — Phil Mickelson lumbered his way down the first fairway and flashed a thumbs-up almost by habit, even if he wasn’t responding to an occasional encouraging word from behind the ropes or in the grandstands. In that respect, Tuesday felt like a typical U.S. Open. This is his...
Avalanche try to finally break through with Cup title, but 2-time champ Tampa Bay stands in wayVideo
Nathan MacKinnon wouldn’t have it any other way. He and the Colorado Avalanche have stubbed their toe many times in the playoffs over the past several years, never getting past the second round. Now that they have broken through to reach the Stanley Cup Final, naturally, they need to beat...
Rangers hope to build on deep playoff run for future successVideo
Two days after being eliminated in the Eastern Conference Final, the New York Rangers still haven’t gotten over their loss. “You go on a great run like that, so many people reach out to tell you how proud they are of you, of your group, but right now it stings,”...
Fifth-year players Warren, Alexandre ready to take leadership role for Pitt football
Inside Pitt’s UPMC Rooney Sports Complex on the South Side, a video screen displays the final score of Pitt’s Sept. 18, 2021, game against Western Michigan, which the Panthers lost 44-41. The loss didn’t cost the Panthers the ACC title, but it serves as a reminder of what happens when...
Crazy plays, errors plague Pirates against Cardinals in 8th consecutive loss
Just when the Pittsburgh Pirates appeared run down during a seven-game losing streak, the St. Louis Cardinals made them chase them around the diamond in a rundown for the ages. Score it a fielder’s choice 6-4-2-5-6-2. That was part of a sequence of wild plays in the fourth inning of...
Doug Ferguson: Players who take Saudi money shouldn’t need PGA TourVideo
BROOKLINE, Mass. — Two players huddled on the practice range late in the afternoon at The Country Club. Only a few words were audible from each sentence, still enough to have a good idea of the topic. And it wasn’t anything about the U.S. Open. Even at the second-oldest championship...
