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The Pittsburgh Pirates intend for Roansy Contreras, one of their top pitching prospects, to make his major league debut by starting against the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday at PNC Park. The 21-year-old right-hander from the Dominican Republic, one of four prospects acquired from the New York Yankees in the Jameson...

For the third time in the past four seasons, the Pittsburgh Steelers will take a losing record into October thanks to back-to-back home losses that has dropped them into the AFC North basement at 1-2. The Steelers overcame slow starts in 2018 and 2019 and made a run at the...

Derrek Tuszka’s play against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday was good enough to get him promoted back to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 53-man roster. Called up from the practice squad on Saturday, Tuszka, a second-year outside linebacker, had six tackles while playing 27 snaps in the Steelers’ 24-10 loss. He reverted...

You might have been surprised this summer when the Penguins brought back Dominik Simon. If so, you weren’t alone. Dominik Simon was too. “At first when I heard it, it was a shock,” Simon said. “I didn’t see it coming. But it’s amazing. Hard to describe.” There were plenty of...

The Penguins have assigned forward prospects Justin Almeida and Jan Drozg to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL). Each player participated in Monday’s preseason opener, a 3-0 home loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets at PPG Paints Arena. Almeida logged 12:45 of ice time on 15 shifts and won...

The first practices of the season in the NBA are here, with teams set to hit the floor on Tuesday to formally begin getting ready for the 2021-22 campaign. A six-pack of things to watch as things get started: THE CHAMPS Milwaukee is running it back. The Bucks used eight...

The Steelers and Packers have one thing in common heading into their showdown Sunday. The Pirates will have plenty of company if they hit 100 losses. The ACC continues to muddle through 2021. And an ex-Steeler stood out on defense during “Monday Night Football.” All that in Tuesday’s “First Call.”...

Tyler Boyd’s characterization of the Pittsburgh Steelers was less than flattering after Sunday’s 24-10 Cincinnati Bengals win. The Pitt product and Clairton native said the Steelers “gave up” against his Bengals towards the end of their game Sunday afternoon at Heinz Field. “The last plays of the game for them,...

Now that the Pittsburgh Steelers have lost their first two home games to AFC teams who failed to make the playoffs a year ago, I’m left to ponder one weighty question. Where are the wins remaining on the schedule? I mean, even if the Steelers are to meet my relatively...

With four members of the starting rotation on the injured list, Derek Shelton promised he would get creative with his pitching staff. What exactly that involved, the Pittsburgh Pirates manager wouldn’t — or couldn’t — say. “In terms of how we’re going to have to be creative, I can’t honestly...

NFL football analyst Matt Williamson will break down each of the Steelers games this season in the Trib’s Steelers Film Study. Here’s what he saw in the Steelers’ Week 3 loss to the Bengals. In a divisional battle of 1-1 teams at Heinz Field, the Steelers played just a miserable...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Dak Prescott ran toward the tunnel, raising his arms to the fans and tossing them souvenirs after the Dallas Cowboys manhandled the Philadelphia Eagles in prime time. The scene was a stark contrast to almost a year earlier, when the star quarterback was in tears as he...

GREENSBORO (High-A, 2-1) lost 7-5 to Bowling Green (Rays) to set up a winner-take-all Game 5 in the High-A East championship series. RHP Carmen Mlodzinski started and allowed four runs on five hits and three walks in 2.2 innings. After the Grasshoppers tied the score 4-4 in the top of...

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — Europe had players who weren’t even born the last time it was beaten this badly in the Ryder Cup by what was clearly a superior American team on Midwestern soil. This wasn’t Sunday at Whistling Straits. This was five years ago at Hazeltine, where the 17-11 outcome...

Mackenzie Powell made her first college goal count. The freshman at Westminster, who played at Penn-Trafford, scored with just eight seconds remaining to lift the Titans to a 1-0 victory over Oberlin. Her big performance earned her the PAC Rookie of the Week. Powell has played in seven games, with...

For Brian Boyle, not playing in the NHL during the 2020-21 season was far from enjoyable. But he found something far more fulfilling to fill that void in his life. Family. A veteran of 13 NHL seasons, Boyle got a chance to go to his son’s hockey games and his...

Goaltender Tristan Jarry made eight saves on nine shots for the Pittsburgh Penguins, who opened their preseason with a 3-0 home loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday at PPG Paints Arena. Columbus claimed the first lead 16 minutes, 28 seconds into regulation. From the center point of the...

Pat Narduzzi and assistant coach Dave Borbely pieced together a new-look offensive line last week for Pitt’s game against New Hampshire. Center Owen Drexel wasn’t available – if he was injured, Narduzzi wasn’t saying – and that forced new snapper Jake Kradel (Butler) to move from right guard, Gabe Houy...

The Pittsburgh Pirates have made no secret of their belief that the bandbox dimensions of Great American Ball Park benefit the power-hitting lineup of the Cincinnati Reds. The Reds reminded them anyway. Joey Votto hit a pair of home runs – one in the front row in left, another to...

The injury-depleted Pittsburgh Steelers appear to have dodged at least one bullet when it comes to their starters. Wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster is “day-to-day” with bruised ribs after tests indicated the lack of a more serious injury, according to a report from the NFL Network. Smith-Schuster left Sunday’s loss to...