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Previewing the Pirates: With Ke’Bryan Hayes locked in at 3B, Colin Moran takes over at 1B
As the Pittsburgh Pirates prepare for the start of spring training next week in Bradenton, Fla., the Tribune-Review takes a look at players in every position grouping. When the Pittsburgh Pirates traded Josh Bell to the Washington Nationals, general manager Ben Cherington made it clear dealing the 2019 All-Star first...
Safety officials: Kobe Bryant crash pilot got disoriented flying in clouds
LOS ANGELES — The pilot of the helicopter that crashed last year in South California, killing Kobe Bryant and seven other passengers, made a key error by flying through thick clouds that ended up disorienting him, U.S. safety officials said Tuesday during a hearing aimed at pinpointing probable causes of...
Madden ‘Tuesday’: Why Penguins goalies are failing, Super Bowl fallout, Steelers ‘nuclear winter’
Our “Madden Monday” podcast had to wait a day because of Mark Madden’s trip to Las Vegas for the Super Bowl. Did Madden’s mini-vacation soften his recent harsh assessment of our three Pittsburgh sports teams, specifically the Steelers? “They are one year away from nuclear winter, which is where the...
First Call: Ex-Steeler says Big Ben must replicate Tom Brady; Kevin Colbert on Antonio Brown’s Super Bowl win
The NFL season may be over, but that doesn’t mean Steelers stories stop. In fact, as Tuesday’s “First Call” shows us, they may be coming in even more frequently now that a busy offseason is upon us. The first post-Super Bowl NFL gambling odds are out for 2021’s Super Bowl...
Tim Benz: Steelers can learn a lot from Buccaneers’ Super Bowl win … beyond just signing Tom Brady
What a world it is, Steelers fans. In our current reality, Tom Brady has been to four Super Bowls since Ben Roethlisberger has won his last playoff game. The Steelers have longer odds at the Super Bowl than the Cleveland Browns or Miami Dolphins. And their “retired” former offensive coordinator...
This date in sports history: Feb. 9Video
1912 — The U.S. Tennis Association amends the rules for the men’s singles championship play. The defending champion is required to play through the tournament instead of waiting for the tournament to produce a challenger. 1940 — Joe Louis beats Arturo Godoy with a split decision to defend his world...
MLB keeping 7-inning doubleheaders, runners on 2nd in extras
NEW YORK — Seven-inning doubleheaders and runners on second base to start extra innings will return for a second straight season under an agreement for 2021 health protocols reached Monday between Major League Baseball and the players’ association. The deal did not include last year’s experimental rule to extend the...
Minor league report: Penguins fall to Devils in season openerVideo
Playing their first regular season game in nearly 11 months, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins opened their 2020-21 season with a 4-3 overtime home loss to the Binghamton Devils at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Monday. Goaltender Emil Larmi made 30 saves on 34 assists for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton while defenseman Cam Lee...
Burrell wrestling cruises to 18th straight section title
In this pandemic era when “new normal” has become a catch phrase, there is still one old normal: Burrell wrestling. The Bucs won their 18th consecutive section title Monday night with a 49-18 victory over Mt. Pleasant (10-6) at Valley High School. Burrell (10-1) won all but one of the...
Maple Leafs winger Wayne Simmonds out 6 weeks with broken wristVideo
TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs will be without Wayne Simmonds until mid-March. The team announced Monday the bruising winger is set to miss six weeks after suffering a broken wrist in Saturday’s 5-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks. Simmonds, 32, scored twice in the game but took a clearing...
Through success and failure, Penguins forward Teddy Blueger remains obsessed with workVideo
It was an unreliable moment. And it came from one of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ most reliable players. On Saturday night, in the late stages of a tied game against the New York Islanders, the Penguins needed to get a puck out of their own zone from the left half-wall. There...
NASCAR’S Kyle Larson grateful for 2nd chance after racial slurVideo
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Kyle Larson loaded his motorhome and drove to Daytona International Speedway by himself, alone for some seven hours to prepare for his return to NASCAR competition. The excitement of a new season settled his nerves, and he felt optimistic about his future. After serving a six-month...
AP: MLB alters ball amid HR surge, expects subtle changesVideo
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball has slightly deadened its baseballs amid a years-long surge in home runs. MLB anticipates the changes will be subtle, and a memo to teams last week cited an independent lab found the new balls will fly 1 to 2 feet shorter when hit over...
Longtime ESPN baseball correspondent Pedro Gomez dies at 58Video
Pedro Gomez, a longtime baseball correspondent for ESPN who covered more than 25 World Series, has died. He was 58. Gomez died unexpectedly at home Sunday, his family said in a statement. No cause of death was given. “Pedro was far more than a media personality. He was a Dad,...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Seton Hill lacrosse loaded with talent
Seton Hill will take the lacrosse field this season with five All-Americans in the lineup. The United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association/Warrior/New Balance Division II Preseason All-American team features a handful of honorable mention selections from Seton Hills. They are grad student Logan Maloni at attack, senior Zack Estabrooks at midfield,...
Penguins’ Mike Sullivan on Steelers’ Mike Sullivan: ‘There are a lot of Mike Sullivans in the world’
Mike Sullivan stands out for a number of reasons. For one, he’s the only active coach in the NHL who has led a team to back-to-back Stanley Cup championships, having accomplished that feat with the Penguins in 2016 and 2017. And there’s his loud booming voice with a hint of...
Hempfield alum Bridget Guy hits Olympic standard in pole vault
Bridget Guy works as an assistant track and field coach at Virginia, her alma mater where she literally soared to new heights as an All-American pole vaulter. Don’t let her role fool you. She is far from finished when it comes to competing. In fact, she might just be getting...
Bayern Munich cruises past Al Ahly to reach Club World Cup finalVideo
DOHA, Qatar — Robert Lewandowski scored twice as Bayern Munich cruised into the Club World Cup final on Monday with a controlled 2-0 win over Egyptian club Al Ahly. Bayern was firmly in control of the semifinal against the African champion and took the lead in the 17th minute when...
Pitt’s Jeff Capel said ‘joy’ is tough to find in disjointed basketball season
Jeff Capel has been deeply embedded in the game he loves from the day his hands were big enough to hold a basketball. He’s chased the sport from Fayetteville, N.C., where he was the state high school player of the year in 1993 to Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C.,...
Sportsbook has Mike Tomlin among top 10 of odds as next NFL coach to be fired/resign
The Pittsburgh Steelers haven’t fired a head coach since Lyndon Johnson was president. At least one prominent sports gambling outlet isn’t dismissing the possibility it could happen in 2021. Not long after Sunday’s Super Bowl completed the 2020 NFL season, Sportsbettingdime.com released its odds for the champion of next year’s...
Mark Madden: Never again doubt Tom Brady, the greatest football player ever
LAS VEGAS — What a rotten Super Bowl. The (slight) favorite fell apart. It was a rout. The old legend exposed the new legend — though Patrick Mahomes was mostly exposed by his thrift-store offensive line. I lost a lot of bets. But Pat McAfee lost $30K on the coin...
MLB changing Pirates’ spring training schedule by creating pods for Grapefruit League teams
MLB is in the process of changing the Pittsburgh Pirates’ spring training schedule by creating pods for Grapefruit League games that would separate teams by their sites on Florida’s east and west coasts to reduce cross-state travel concerns during the covid-19 pandemic. Changes that would affect the spring training schedule...
Steelers announce hirings of Mike Sullivan as QB coach, 2 other assistants
The Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday made official their hiring of Mike Sullivan as quarterbacks coach. In a release that also announced Chris Morgan as assistant offensive line coach and Matt Tomsho as quality control coach, the Steelers touted Sullivan’s 16 seasons of experience in the NFL. Sullivan was offensive coordinator...
Penguins defenseman Mike Matheson leaves practice with undisclosed injury
Penguins defenseman Mike Matheson left practice early on Monday in Cranberry after he accidentally collided with a teammate. Approximately 20 minutes into the session, Matheson fell to the ice after coming into contact with an unidentified teammate. Matheson laid on the ice for several moments as athletic trainer Chris Stewart...
2 West Virginia-Baylor men’s basketball games postponed
The West Virginia men’s basketball team was scheduled to face Big 12 Conference foe Baylor twice in four days next week, but both games have been postponed. The conference announced Monday that the games, a home contest slated for Feb. 15 and a road matchup Feb. 18, will not be...
