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First Call: Who is Steelers most underappreciated player; Pittsburgh connections help Hurricanes beat Rangers
Friday’s “First Call” debates the Steelers most “underappreciated player.” We also look ahead to the Pirates game against Joe Musgrove. And some Pittsburgh connections played a role in the Carolina Hurricanes win over the New York Rangers on Thursday night. Plus, a happy anniversary for the Penguins, but a sad...
Pirates farm report for May 26, 2022: Mike Burrows throws 7 scoreless for Altoona
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 22-21) was lit up by St. Paul (Twins), 8-1. RHP Osvaldo Bido (0-3, 4.72) started and was touched up for six runs on six hits, including two homers, in 4.2 innings. Indianapolis had eight hits but only produced one run. SS Oneil Cruz (.206) went 2 for 4...
Seton Hill softball drops opener at D2 World Series
Seton Hill will have to rally in the loser’s bracket to make a run at its first NCAA softball title. The Griffins were blanked, 4-0, by Auburn-Montgomery in the first game of the Division II World Series on Thursday night in Denver. Freshman pitcher Avery Dickerson held Seton Hill (41-11)...
Hurricanes win Game 5, push Rangers to brink of eliminationVideo
RALEIGH, N.C. — Upper St. Clair’s Vincent Trocheck buried a short-handed goal, Teuvo Teravainen had a rare power-play score for Carolina and the Hurricanes beat the New York Rangers, 3-1, on Thursday night to take a 3-2 lead in the second-round playoff series. Andrei Svechnikov also scored, beating Igor Shesterkin...
Scottie Scheffler part of crowded Colonial leaderboardVideo
FORT WORTH, Texas — Scottie Scheffler did something last weekend that he rarely does, watching a golf tournament at home after missing a cut. The world’s No. 1 player is back on the course and tied atop a crowded leaderboard at Colonial. Scheffler was among eight players who shot 4-under-par...
Chuks Okorafor glad to be back with Steelers as 3rd-year starting right tackle
Like most NFL players, Chuks Okorafor waited four years before he could become an unrestricted free agent. He waited less than six hours to go under contract once again. “Obviously,” Okorafor said, “I wanted to be back, because I came back. And obviously, they wanted me back, too.” Two-and-a-half months...
Yankees’ Josh Donaldson apologizes to Jackie Robinson’s familyVideo
NEW YORK — Josh Donaldson has apologized to the wife and family of Jackie Robinson for referencing the pioneering Black baseball player in remarks that led to a confrontation with Chicago White Sox star Tim Anderson. The New York Yankees third baseman was suspended for one game and fined Monday...
Helio Castroneves seeks historic 5th Indianapolis 500 victory
INDIANAPOLIS — Helio Castroneves lost his first battle for position in the parking lot of Global Preparatory Academy, a dual-language school located less than 10 minutes from Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He’d been to the school before, knew he was supposed to park in an alley around back and knew he’d...
Former tennis prodigy Leolia Jeanjean advances at French Open; Alison Riske losesVideo
PARIS — Grand Slam losses by high-ranked, well-known and accomplished players to, well, lower-ranked, lesser-known and less-accomplished opponents offer a rare opportunity for those unheralded winners to enjoy the spotlight. And for the first time in nearly a half-century, just three of the top 10 seeds in the French Open...
MLB will allow teams to carry 14 pitchers through June 19Video
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball and the players’ association are allowing teams to have an additional pitcher through June 19. MLB and the union said March 31 that a 13-pitcher limit would be enforced starting May 2, then on April 16 announced the date had been pushed back to...
Duquesne’s Kevin Easley Jr. pulls name from NBA Draft consideration, returns to school
Duquesne’s rebuilding efforts received a familiar boost Thursday when forward Kevin Easley Jr. withdrew his name from the NBA Draft and decided to return to school. Easley was the Dukes’ leading rebounder last season, with an average of 6.6 per game. He started 26 games, averaged 31.8 minutes per game...
Simona Halep experiences panic attack during French Open matchVideo
PARIS — Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep said she had a panic attack while leading her second-round match that she eventually lost at the French Open on Thursday. The 2018 Roland Garros winner said she “lost it” and couldn’t regain focus while playing 19-year-old Qinwen Zheng, who won 2-6,...
Josh McDaniels mum on Colin Kaepernick’s workout for RaidersVideo
LAS VEGAS — The Las Vegas Raiders concluded organized team practices Thursday with all four quarterbacks on the roster participating, but the buzz surrounding the franchise was about Colin Kaepernick, who has gotten a workout with the club. First-year coach Josh McDaniels wasn’t entertaining any conversation about Kaepernick’s potential future...
West Virginia snares Rodney Gallagher, but where are the other top area players?
With one complete academic year and his senior football season ahead of him, Laurel Highlands’ Rodney Gallagher — to his credit — did not squeeze every last bit of drama from his high-profile recruitment. The No. 1 recruit in Pennsylvania, per Rivals.com, announced Wednesday he will enroll at West Virginia...
Forward Danton Heinen regained confidence in 1st season with PenguinsVideo
The 2022 postseason was disappointing for Pittsburgh Penguins forward Danton Heinen. When you get eliminated in overtime of Game 7 in the first round, it can’t be labeled as anything other than disappointing. But it certainly went better than the 2021 playoffs for Heinen. And definitely the 2020 playoffs. That’s...
WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle recovering from double knee replacement
Kurt Angle won an Olympic gold medal with a broking neck, so the double knee replacement this week should be a piece of cake. At least that is what fans probably wish for the WWE Hall of Famer, Mount Lebanon native and 1996 Olympic gold medalist are hoping. But Angle...
Sugar Bowl moved to Dec. 31 to avoid conflict with NFL game
The Sugar Bowl has been moved off its usual primetime spot to noon Dec. 31 to avoid a conflict with a Monday night NFL game. The bowl schedule for the upcoming season was released Thursday. The games begin on Dec. 16 with the Bahamas Bowl and The Cure Bowl in...
Kentucky basketball trailblazer Reggie Warford, a former Pitt assistant coach, dies at 67
Reggie Warford, who was the first Black basketball player to have a four-season career and graduate at Kentucky, died Tuesday at age 67. He was known as a trailblazer and patriarch of integration for the Kentucky basketball program. Warford spent five seasons as an assistant basketball coach at Pitt under...
Unlike Diontae Johnson, WR Chase Claypool a steady presence for Steelers at offseason practices
Three wide receivers departed in free agency, leaving the Pittsburgh Steelers with two players at the position who had just two years of experience in their offensive system. Only one decided to show up for organized team activities this week. “I didn’t want to be at home when all these...
College sports eye gambling money amid safeguard concerns
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The NCAA stance against gambling on sports by its athletes and those who work in college athletics is summed up simply by the slogan on the posters the association provides to its member schools: “Don’t Bet On It.” The rules have been unambiguous for decades, part of...
Mike Sielski: Claude Giroux’s star-crossed career adds another missed Stanley Cup chapter
PHILADELPHIA — Claude Giroux had begun to acknowledge the inevitability of his situation years ago. It was the summer of 2018, just before the Flyers’ first day of training camp. Dave Hakstol had helped him revitalize his career the season before, moving him from center to left wing. With the...
Penn State QB Christian Veilleux showed promise in his 2021 debut: Can he take another step forward in the fall?
STATE COLLEGE — Christian Veilleux was more than a little rusty when he relieved ailing starting quarterback Sean Clifford early in Penn State’s Big Ten East game with Rutgers last November at Beaver Stadium. Veilleux, a freshman, made his debut for the Nittany Lions vs. the Scarlet Knights when Clifford...
Daniel Vogelbach’s hamstring injury creates void in Pirates’ lineup
Ben Gamel couldn’t remember the most recent time — before the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 10-5 victory against the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday — when he was used as a designated hitter. “I couldn’t tell you. I don’t even have a memory of it. No idea. Probably in the minor leagues at...
Penguins A to Z: What’s next for Anthony Angello’s brand of hockey?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 —...
U mad, bro?: Steelers quarterback carping; Penguins postseason pouting; Pittsburgh postseason pontification
This week’s “U mad, bro?” features clamoring about the Steelers’ quarterback situation. There is much fretting about the future of the Penguins. Fans are pushing back about my concern of recent Pittsburgh playoff incompetence. Plus, my readers are very fired up about a particular movie poll. And, well, I think...
