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Oneil Cruz remains No. 1 as Baseball America unveils new Pirates’ top 10 prospects
When Baseball American unveiled its new top 10 prospects in the Pittsburgh Pirates farm system Monday, shortstop Oneil Cruz remained No. 1 but a new face rose into the top-five rankings. Cruz, 23, enters the offseason as the top prospect after a smashing major league debut in October, when his...
Madden Monday: Mark Madden says Steelers offensive coordinator Matt Canada is ‘incompetent,’ ‘an amateur’
After the Steelers scored 37 points in a loss to the Los Angeles Chargers, you might think the only complaints coming out of the game would be about the defense. You might think that — if you didn’t watch it. Because there are plenty of things to gripe about when...
Unfiltered: Tim Benz and Mark Madden discuss Steelers loss to ChargersVideo
Columnists Tim Benz and Mark Madden discuss the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 41-37 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday night on this edition of “Unfiltered” on TribLIVE’s Facebook page. “For a while the only thing that could stop the defenses was Matt Canada’s play-calling,” Benz says to open the show,...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Derry grad Justin Huss earns All-PAC honors
Justin Huss did some things on the football field at Derry you might call “special.” A tightrope-run down the far sideline for a huge gain. A defense-defying cutback for a touchdown. A breakaway run up the middle for six. His field vision was one of his best attributes and it...
#BurghProud: Penguins, Pirates, Steelers team together to host Thanksgiving meal distribution
Pittsburgh’s three major professional sports franchises will team together Tuesday outside PNC Park to host a #BurghProud Thanksgiving meal distribution event to families in need. The Penguins, Pirates and Steelers are joining together in partnership with the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank and supported by Giant Eagle to provide frozen...
Penn State freshman QB Christian Veilleux shines in his debut vs. Rutgers
UNIVERSITY PARK — As late as Friday night ahead of Penn State football’s Saturday noon matchup with Rutgers, James Franklin didn’t know who his starting quarterback would be. The Nittany Lions were dealing with a team-wide sickness, and he thought there was a good chance the team would’ve had to...
Steelers vs. Chargers: What they’re saying in Los Angeles after win
Blown coverage. Blown calls Blown chances. Wait, that’s the storyline of the Pittsburgh Steelers in a 41-37 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers. Here’s what the writers in California had to say about the wild ending and victory for the boys in powder blue. “The Steelers scored 27 points in...
Pirates A to Z: Dillon Peters added lefty arm to starting rotation that struggled to stay healthy
During the offseason, the Tribune-Review will offer Pirates A to Z: An alphabetical player-by-player look at the 40-man roster, from outfielder Anthony Alford to pitcher Miguel Yajure. Player: Dillon Peters Position: Pitcher Throws: Left Bats: Left Age: 29 Height: 5-foot-11 Weight: 190 pounds 2021 MLB statistics: Peters was 1-2 with...
No storybook ending for Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger in his return from covid list
Author of the third-most fourth-quarter comebacks and game-winning drives in NFL history, Ben Roethlisberger looked like he would add to his total Sunday night. And it would have come in spectacular fashion, considering the 39-year-old Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback missed the previous game and an entire week of practice after testing...
First Call: Odd Steelers streak ends in loss to Chargers; James Conner stays hot; stats behind Tristan Jarry’s shutout string
A strange Pittsburgh Steelers streak was snapped during the Sunday night game against the Los Angeles Chargers. James Conner keeps finding the end zone. We watch a particular Cincinnati Bengals player as they get set to host the Steelers. And we examine the Penguins’ next opponent. All that in Monday’s...
Airing of Grievances: Wasted comeback, defensive debacles, red-zone mishaps stand out in painful Steelers loss to Chargers
I can sum up Sunday night’s Pittsburgh Steelers (5-4-1) loss to the Los Angeles Chargers (6-4) in three words: What a waste! A game-long defensive debacle by a diminished Steelers depth chart wiped out what may have gone down as one of the great Steelers comebacks in team history, as...
PIAA releases sites, times for state football quarterfinal round
PIAA football playoffs Quarterfinals Class 6A District 1 final: Coatesville at Garnett Valley, 7 p.m. Friday 12-1 St. Joseph’s Prep vs. 11-1 Freedom at Bishop O’Hara, 6 p.m. Friday 6-1 State College at 3-1 Harrisburg, 1 p.m. Saturday 10-1 McDowell at 7-1 Mt. Lebanon, 7 p.m. Friday Class 5A 10-1...
5 things we learned: Some WPIAL finalists wait decades for championship chance
Welcome to Heinz Field. When Bishop Canevin and Moon last reached the WPIAL finals, Three Rivers Stadium still was standing on the North Short, but those teams’ will end their decades-long waits next weekend. Moon is returning to the WPIAL finals for the first time in 23 years, and Bishop...
Steelers stage wild comeback, but Chargers pull out thriller
INGELWOOD, Calif. – The Pittsburgh Steelers nearly penned a comeback script Sunday night that even Hollywood would deem too improbable to green light. The Steelers rallied from a 17-point deficit in the fourth quarter and held a three-point lead before a defense that was missing three starters fell apart one...
Jin Young Ko delivers big finish at CME Group Tour Championship to win LPGA player of yearVideo
NAPLES, Fla. — The stakes were high and the odds would have seemed long to anyone but Jin Young Ko. Her only chance at LPGA Player of the Year was to win the CME Group Tour Championship. In her way was Nelly Korda, the No. 1 player in the world....
Pitt men’s soccer advances to Sweet 16
Pitt men’s soccer took another step forward in its quest to return to the College Cup on Sunday. The fifth-seeded Panthers scored a 5-2 victory over Northern Illinois in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at Ambrose Urbanic Field in Oakland. Pitt (12-5-1), which reached the NCAA semifinals College...
Talor Gooch fights off challengers, wins RSM Classic for 1st PGA Tour titleVideo
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Talor Gooch was playing too well to get fazed by anything Sunday in the RSM Classic, and it paid off with his first PGA Tour title when he closed with a 6-under-par 64 for a three-shot victory at Sea Island. He was playing with two...
West Virginia tops Clemson for Huggins’ 904th career victoryVideo
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Sean McNeil scored all 15 of his points in the final 10 minutes, 12 seconds and West Virginia rallied late in a 66-59 victory over Clemson on Sunday in the third-place game of the Charleston Classic — handing Mountaineers’ coach Bob Huggins his 904th career victory. The...
LeBron James draws blood on Isaiah Stewart’s face in Pistons-Lakers meleeVideo
DETROIT — LeBron James was ejected from the Los Angeles Lakers-Detroit Pistons game after drawing blood on Isaiah Stewart’s face when they were tangled up while boxing out for a rebound on Sunday night. James’s left elbow and hand appeared to make contact with Stewart above the neck, sending him...
Olympic officials: Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai says she is safeVideo
BEIJING — Missing Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai told Olympic officials in a video call from Beijing that she was safe and well, the International Olympic Committee said Sunday after Peng reappeared in public at a youth tournament in Beijing, according to photos released by the organizer. The 30-minute call...
Penn State coach James Franklin willing to talk Tuesday about futureVideo
STATE COLLEGE — Penn State coach James Franklin declined to discuss a report from earlier this week that he told The State College Quarterback Club he wasn’t leaving the university when he was asked after Saturday’s 28-0 win over Rutgers. “I’d like to right now talk about Rutgers,” Franklin said...
Bengals return from bye, beat Raiders to get back into AFC North raceVideo
LAS VEGAS — Joe Mixon rushed for 123 yards and scored two touchdowns, and the Cincinnati Bengals defeated the Las Vegas Raiders, 32-13, on Sunday. The well-rested Bengals (6-4) came out of their bye week and snapped a two-game skid to climb back into the AFC North race, while the...
Injuries, covid leave Steelers thin on defense in game vs. Chargers
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Without cornerback Joe Haden, free safety Minkah Fitzpatrick and outside linebacker T.J. Watt, the Pittsburgh Steelers fielded a patchwork defense Sunday night at SoFi Stadium against the Los Angeles Chargers. Haden missed his second game of the year because of a foot injury. Fitzpatrick is on the...
NFL Week 11 roundup: Texans snap 8-game skid, end Titans’ 6-game streakVideo
NASHVILLE — Tyrod Taylor ran for two touchdowns and threw for 107 yards and the Houston Texans snapped the NFL’s longest active skid by beating the Tennessee Titans 22-13 to end the league’s longest winning streak on a wet and rainy Sunday. The Texans (2-8) came in having lost eight...
Source: Pirates sign lefty Jose Quintana to 1-year contract
The Pittsburgh Pirates, looking for a veteran to add to a young pitching staff, have signed free-agent left-hander Jose Quintana. Quintana, 32, agreed to a one-year contract believed to be worth $2 million, a source confirmed to the Tribune-Review. The 6-foot-1, 220-pound Quintana has an 83-80 record with a 3.84...
