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Penguins A to Z: Jordan Frasca boosts the organization’s depth at centerVideo
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: Montravius Adams, Marcus Allen primed for supporting roles on defense
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 10, 2022: Aaron Shackelford hits 8th homer but Curve fall short
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 29-27) edged Columbus (Guardians), 5-4. C Carter Bins (.196) smacked two doubles and had two RBIs. LF Oneil Cruz (.227) was 1 for 3 with an RBI. RF Canaan Smith-Njigba (.269) had an RBI triple. 3B Hoy Park (.214) also went 1 for 3 with an RBI double....
Spencer Strider shines as Braves win 9th consecutive, hand Pirates 4th straight loss
It’s not often that Roansy Contreras isn’t topping the Statcast pitch velocity chart, as the Pittsburgh Pirates rookie right-hander throws a four-seam fastball that sits at 96 mph and hits the high 90s. The top five velocities Friday night, however, all belonged to Spencer Strider. The Atlanta Braves rookie right-hander...
World Series finalists Oklahoma, Texas to make SEC softball even more formidableVideo
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma and Texas — the two Women’s College World Series finalists — are set to join the SEC in 2025 and likely will make the powerhouse conference even more formidable. Oklahoma just won its fifth national title in the past nine World Series under coach Patty Gasso,...
Clark takes Canadian Open lead into weekend at St. George’sVideo
TORONTO — Wyndham Clark closed with an unlikely par save Friday to take a one-stroke lead over defending champion Rory McIlroy and four other players into the weekend in the RBC Canadian Open. After bogeying Nos. 15 and 16 in windy conditions at St. George’s, Clark got up-and-down from about...
Lightning say it won’t be easy to dispatch resilient RangersVideo
TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Lightning know what type of effort it will take to finish off the New York Rangers. The two-time defending champions are one win away from a third straight trip to the Stanley Cup Final, where they would continue their bid to become the first...
Derby winner Rich Strike faces another stiff test in BelmontVideo
After so many things went right for Rich Strike to win the Kentucky Derby, he’ll likely need even more good fortune at the Belmont Stakes with so much stacked against him. Rich Strike won’t go off at odds of more than 80-1 this time, but even after bypassing the Preakness...
Defending champion Latrobe leads tight District 31 American Legion race
For seven of the 10 teams in District 31 American Legion, a third of the season is behind them. And with about a month left, Latrobe, at 6-0, finds itself atop of the standings, a half-game up on Young Township, which is 6-1, and two games up on Bushy Run...
Colorado Avalanche ride 2 goalies into Stanley Cup FinalVideo
Matt Murray stepped on the ice on the first day of the 2017 NHL playoffs ready to lead the defending champion Pittsburgh Penguins to the Stanley Cup again. He didn’t make it to puck drop. An injury during warmups sidelined him for a month and turned the job over to...
Burrell grads help IUP win Rugby Club Division II championship
RJ Beach and Dom Holmes knew the feeling of teaming up to help win a rugby championship. The Burrell graduates — RJ in 2019 and Holmes in 2020 — were teammates on the Kiski Valley club team that captured the Rugby Club Division II championship in May 2019. Fast forward...
Anthony McFarland out to make a name for self in battle to be Steelers’ top backup RB
During organized team activities last month, the painted nameplate affixed to the top of Anthony McFarland Jr.’s space in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ locker room at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex read “26 McCFARLAND.” Entering his third season with the team and having first set foot in that facility more than 25...
Pitt officially announces signing of guard Cashius McNeilly
The Pitt men’s basketball program officially signed shooting guard Cashius McNeilly on Friday, adding a seventh new player to the Panthers’ roster. McNeilly had committed to Texas A&M in 2019 and TCU before last season, but never played for those schools before enrolling at Northern Oklahoma College-Tonkawa. During the 2021-2022...
DeChambeau confirmed as latest signing for Saudi golf seriesVideo
ST. ALBANS, England — Former U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau became the latest big name to sign on with the Saudi-funded breakaway series LIV Golf, and Charl Schwartzel remained on course Friday to win the maximum prize of $4.75 million at its inaugural event outside London. That kind of big...
Crowded dais as boxing hall of fame inducts 3 classes
The International Boxing Hall of Fame might have to build a new wing to host all the inductees after this weekend’s ceremonies. Floyd Mayweather Jr. alone makes Sunday’s event one of the most anticipated in years. Add in fighters like Roy Jones Jr., Andre Ward and Bernard Hopkins — as...
7 WPIAL teams set for PIAA softball semifinals
After a strong start in the opening round of the PIAA softball postseason, the wins kept coming for WPIAL teams in the quarterfinals. Seven teams from District 7 have reached the state softball final four. Outside of Class A, every classification has a WPIAL softball team into the semifinals, including...
PIAA releases sites, times for baseball semifinals
Five WPIAL teams remain at the midway point of the PIAA baseball postseason. District 7 is guaranteed to have two teams playing for a state championship at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park next week. WPIAL teams are set to meet in Class 4A and 2A state semifinals games. The PIAA...
AAC deal lets UCF, Cincinnati, Houston join Big 12 in ’23
The American Athletic Conference announced an agreement Friday with Cincinnati, Houston and UCF that paves the way for the schools to join the Big 12 in 2023. The three schools announced in September they had accepted invitations to join the Big 12, which moved quickly to a rebuild its membership...
U.S. Open heads to Boston amid revolutionary battle in golf
The U.S. Open returns to its roots at The Country Club, a location steeped in history. It is one of the five founding clubs of the U.S. Golf Association. Its first U.S. Open in 1913 is what first put golf on the front pages of American newspapers when 20-year-old amateur...
Mark Madden: Starting Mitch Trubisky over Kenny Pickett is the ‘Steeler way’
Previously in this space, it was commented that Steelers coach Mike Tomlin has never replaced a quarterback and thus doesn’t know how to do it. Here’s how that might play out. The Steelers drafted Kenny Pickett 20th overall to be their long-term quarterback. But Pickett is 24 and started 49...
Penguins A to Z: Taylor Fedun offers value in an important roleVideo
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 —...
Tim Benz: Some NHL trade ideas, including 1 the Penguins ‘must’ examine
The Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli posted a list of potential NHL trade targets for the 2022 offseason. Several of them have ties to Pittsburgh, or the Penguins directly. At least one of them the Penguins must investigate. Must. Marino on the move? Let’s start with the one involving an actual...
First Call: Steelers praise (and omissions) in all-time defensive player list; Ravens may add pass rusher; Gerrit Cole gets rocked
Friday’s “First Call” raises some Pittsburgh Steelers-related questions about an all-time NFL list. The Baltimore Ravens may be adding a familiar name. Celebrating Dave Parker’s birthday. And Gerrit Cole has a rough night for the Yankees. Someone missing? Earlier this week, CBS Sports.com posted a ranking of the top-10 NFL...
Steelers rookie tackle Jake Dixon took an odd path from Bethel Park to Duquesne to — hopefully — Heinz Field
For Bethel Park’s Jake Dixon, his biggest surprise about becoming a Pittsburgh Steeler was his own reaction to those first OTA practices last month. “I thought it was going to hit me way more,” Dixon admitted after a recent practice. “But it almost feels like I’m supposed to be here....
Pirates bats go silent, but Bryan Reynolds, Jack Suwinski, Travis Swaggerty have their moments
The first single left Bryan Reynolds’ bat at 77.7 mph, but it counts just as much in the box score as if the cover flew off the baseball. The second also was a mere one-bagger, but it was much weaker (50 mph in the infield). The third was legit, a...
