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Penguins forwards Zach Aston-Reese, Jake Guentzel ruled out for season opener
Penguins forwards Zach Aston-Reese and Jake Guentzel were ruled out for their team’s season-opening road game against the Tampa Bay Lightning, coach Mike Sullivan said. Both tested positive for covid-19 during the team’s recently completed training camp. Aston-Reese rejoined the team for a morning skate Saturday in Cranberry, and both...
Unfiltered: Tim Benz and Mark Madden discuss Steelers’ win, Smith-Schuster’s injury, and preview the PenguinsVideo
“All is right with the world. Hockey is about to start. Penguins season about to get underway. The Steelers are victorious over the Denver Broncos. And Mark is wearing his JuJu Smith-Schuster jersey.” So begins another edition of “Unfiltered” on TribLIVE’s Facebook page. Columnists Tim Benz and mark Madden dive...
NHL preview: What to know about the 2021-22 season
There is more high-level hockey on tap over the next nine months than ever before. Thanks to the addition of the Seattle Kraken as the NHL’s 32nd franchise and the return to a full schedule, 1,312 regular-season games are set to be played before the start of the playoffs next...
Mark Madden: Given Penguins’ injuries, here’s what must go right to keep playoff streak intact
If the Penguins were 100% healthy all season, they would definitely make the playoffs for a 16th straight year. But, as the campaign opens, they’re not. Evgeni Malkin had knee surgery. He will miss two months, maybe three. Sidney Crosby had wrist surgery. He was supposed to be out of...
Hempfield graduate Justin Sliwoski relishes chance to start at St. Francis
Hempfield graduate Justin Sliwoski hopes to take care of patients someday as a physician’s assistant. He is good with a different kind of patience, as well. Sliwoski made his first collegiate start Oct. 2 for St. Francis (Pa.), the first time he started a game since his senior year of...
Report: Steelers’ JuJu Smith-Schuster to go on injured reserve with shoulder injury
JuJu Smith-Schuster is expected to be placed on injured reserve with a shoulder injury that the fifth-year wide receiver sustained before halftime Sunday in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 27-19 victory against the Denver Broncos. NFL Network and ESPN reported that Smith-Schuster, who was treated at a hospital Sunday night, will have...
Josh Allen, Bills beat Chiefs in AFC title game rematch
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Bills quarterback Josh Allen scrambled to the left on the mushy turf in Arrowhead Stadium, saw the Chiefs defensive back go low for the tackle and made like an Olympian by leaping over him for a first down. Apropos as Buffalo finally cleared one of its...
Leury García, Yasmani Grandal star as White Sox beat Astros in ALDS
CHICAGO — Two big swings by pint-sized Leury García. A rule-testing run by Yasmani Grandal. Solid relief work from Liam Hendriks and company. Right when the Chicago White Sox got in big trouble, they found a way. García and Grandal homered, and Grandal’s borderline baserunning helped the White Sox top...
Kenyans Kipruto, Kipyogei sweep in Boston Marathon return
Kenya’s Benson Kipruto won the pandemic-delayed Boston Marathon on Monday when the race returned from a 30-month absence with a smaller, socially distanced feel and moved from the spring for the first time in its 125-year history. Although organizers put runners through covid-19 protocols and asked spectators to keep their...
Madden Monday: T.J. Watt ‘is getting quarterback money. He needs to do quarterback things’
Last week, it felt like the Pittsburgh Steelers were already buried at 1-3. After this week’s games, it feels like there’s a pretty clear path to being above .500 within a month. Amazing how much things change in one NFL week, right? But it’s true. After beating the Denver Broncos...
First Call: Steelers early favorites over Seattle; Bill Cowher’s TV message to Ben Roethlisberger, Matt Canada
Monday’s “First Call” gives us the early odds on the Steelers and Seahawks. Ex-Steelers coach Bill Cowher gives his thoughts to Ben Roethlisberger and Matt Canada. A weird twist to the Browns-Chargers game. And Antonio Brown must have something left in the tank. Caher Pawher During the CBS pregame show...
This date in sports history: Oct. 11Video
1890 — The first 100-yard dash under 10 seconds is run by John Owens at 9.8 in an AAU track and field meet in Washington. 1902 — Laurie Auchterlonie beats Stewart Gardner with a 307 total to win the U.S. Open golf title. 1925 — The New York Giants lose...
Riverhounds hand Tampa Bay 1st loss since July 31, clinch playoff berth
For goalkeepers, Danny Vitiello likens penalty kicks to playing the lottery. If that’s the case, then Vitiello hit the jackpot Sunday night. With the Riverhounds holding a one-goal lead in the 57th minute, Vitiello stared down Tampa Bay’s Leo Fernandes and then dove to his right to make a save...
Red Sox bounce Tampa Bay in 13 innings after odd wall callVideo
BOSTON — Saved a bizarre bounce and an obscure ruling, the Boston Red Sox beat Tampa Bay, 6-4, on Sunday night on a walk-off, two-run homer by Christian Vazquez in the 13th inning to move one victory from eliminating the 100-win Rays from the AL Division Series. The wild-card Red...
Panama wins World Cup qualifier as United States shuffles lineupVideo
PANAMA CITY, Panama — Anibal Godoy scored in the 54th minute, and Panama upended the United States, 1-0, in a World Cup qualifier Sunday night when American coach Gregg Berhalter started a largely second-string lineup in the middle of another hectic stretch of three matches in seven days. Christian Pulisic,...
Jon Gruden again says he’s not a racist after Raiders lossVideo
LAS VEGAS — Jon Gruden again said he is not a racist after his Las Vegas Raiders lost their first game since the revelation of the head coach’s 2011 racial remark about players’ union leader DeMaurice Smith. Gruden apologized for his “insensitive remarks” when asked about the decade-old emails following...
Sungjae Im runs the tables in Las Vegas victoryVideo
LAS VEGAS — Sungjae Im turned a shootout into a one-man show Sunday in Las Vegas, running the tables with seven birdies in eight holes around the turn for a 9-under-par 62 and a four-shot victory in the Shriners Children’s Open. Im was among four players who had at least...
Feats of Strength/Airing of Grievances: Plenty of both after Steelers barely hold on to beat the Broncos
It took a few minutes to find my Steelers “Feats of Strength” file on my computer. I couldn’t remember where it was saved. It’s been a while since I’ve needed to access it. It’s been difficult to find many good things to write about after Steelers games the past three...
Kyle Larson wins at Charlotte; Chase Elliott, Kevin Harvick continue NASCAR feudVideo
CONCORD, N.C. — Rick Hendrick first began to worry when Kyle Larson and Alex Bowman had electrical issues at nearly same time. By the time reigning Cup champion Chase Elliott was deliberately crashed by Kevin Harvick and nearly knocked out of the playoffs, Hendrick had seen enough destruction on The...
Herbert’s 398 yards, Ekeler 3 TDs lead Chargers over BrownsVideo
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Austin Ekeler scored three touchdowns, including a 3-yard score with 1 minute, 31 seconds remaining, as the Los Angeles Chargers defeated the Cleveland Browns, 47-42, in a wild shootout Sunday. Justin Herbert had his record 11th 300-yard game with 398 yards passing and tied a career high...
Steelers tackle Chuks Okorafor gets best of matchup with Denver pass rusher Von Miller
Missing a game with a concussion enabled Pittsburgh Steelers right tackle Chuks Okorafor a chance to, um, clear his head and get his game back on track. Okorafor, who underperformed in the first three weeks of the season, was tasked with facing Denver Broncos edge rusher Von Miller on Sunday...
Big plays help jumpstart Steelers’ offense
One way to provide a jolt to an offense that ranked among the worst in the NFL was to hit on a handful of long-gaining plays. Mission-accomplished Sunday for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers had a season-high five plays from scrimmage that gained more than 20 yards, a big part...
Penn State enters off week on heels of season’s first loss: ‘We have two weeks to get better now’Video
IOWA CITY, Iowa — For the first time this season, Penn State needs to rebound from a loss. And the Nittany Lions will have plenty of time to think about it. Penn State enters its off week after Saturday’s 23-20 loss at Iowa. There are a couple trains of thought...
JuJu Smith-Schuster taken to hospital, Devin Bush also injured during Steelers’ win
Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster was taken to a hospital because of a shoulder injury suffered during the first half Sunday’s win against the Denver Broncos at Heinz Field. Smith-Schuster was seen screaming in pain as medical personnel checked out his right arm on the sidelines after a play...
Broncos pick on fill-in CB James Pierre, but Pierre got decisive ‘pick’ for Steelers
Seventeen seconds to play, fourth-and-goal at the 3, one-possession game. What is James Pierre thinking? “I knew they was coming at me,” the young Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback said. “I (had) got beat (earlier). I knew they was coming at me again.” Denver Broncos quarterback Teddy Bridgewater did just that. But...
