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3 from WPIAL make volleyball All-American watch list
Pitt recruit Makayla Jackson of Plum leads a talented trio from the WPIAL selected to the American Volleyball Coaches Association Under Armor All-American Watch list. Jackson, a 6-foot-1 middle hitter, is joined on the lengthy list by Burgettstown libero Avery Havelka and Geibel senior setter Shannon Watkins. Havelka and Watkins...
Trib sports columnist Tim Benz to join WPXI’s ‘Final Word’
Tribune-Review sports columnist Tim Benz is joining the regular lineup of WPXI-TV’s social media-driven Sunday night sports show “The Final Word.” Benz will become a regular panelist on the 11:30 p.m. program on an every-other-week basis. He joins Trib columnist Mark Madden among others. His first show is Sunday. The...
Nets hire Hall of Famer Steve Nash to run floor as coachVideo
Steve Nash was one of the NBA’s most entertaining point guards, the engineer of a high-scoring team that helped usher in a new era of basketball. Now the Brooklyn Nets want to see what he can do as a coach. The Nets hired Nash on Thursday, putting the Hall of...
Agent: Seahawks bring back suspended WR Josh GordonVideo
RENTON, Wash. — The Seattle Seahawks are bringing back wide receiver Josh Gordon on a one-year deal even as the talented pass catcher awaits reinstatement from the NFL after his latest suspension. Gordon’s signing was confirmed on Twitter by his agent, David Canter, on Thursday, just two days before the...
Chris Wormley not quite on the ‘nose’, but assimilating into Steelers’ defenseVideo
Of the 80 players listed on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ roster, only one has an “NT” under the “position” column, and that player on Thursday confirmed he’s not even playing nose tackle. Chris Wormley, as expected, has been playing defensive end in the base defense during his first training camp with...
Long shots in NFL face even longer odds during pandemicVideo
Pro days scuttled. Rookie minicamps wiped out. The NFL’s traditional offseason, obliterated. The coronavirus pandemic has made it harder this year for long shots to make their mark and earn an NFL roster spot. “Honestly, I probably wouldn’t be in the NFL if this would’ve happened my rookie year,” said...
Lutsenko claims 1st Tour de France victory on Stage 6; Yates keeps yellow jerseyVideo
MONT AIGOUAL, France — On paper at least, Stage 6 of the Tour de France looked interesting, with a steep ascent toward the end that the 117-year-old race was scaling for the first time and which seemed like it might tempt top contenders to test each other on the rugged,...
NFL, players’ union to close facilities on Election Day
NEW YORK — All NFL and NFL Players Association facilities will close on Election Day, and the league and union will televise a one-hour program next week for players to highlight work being done to advance social justice. The league and the players’ union said Thursday they want to “ensure...
Penn State football doctor: 30-35% of covid-19-positive Big Ten athletes had myocarditis
New data helps illustrate what Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren might have meant when he described “too much medical uncertainty and too many unknown health risks” as reasons for postponing the Big Ten’s 2020-21 fall sports season. During a State College Area school board of directors meeting on Monday night,...
‘A Beautiful Day’ at PNC Park: Pirates’ Derek Holland’s cleats pay tribute to Mister Rogers
As Pittsburgh Pirates left-hander Derek Holland warmed up on the mound Wednesday night against the Chicago Cubs, a familiar tune played over the loudspeakers at PNC Park. Everyone knows the words to “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?,” the theme song to Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. But hearing them at a baseball...
Steelers’ Maurkice Pouncey still outspoken about CBA, social justice reforms in NFL
Time heals all wounds, except in the case of Pittsburgh Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey. Sure, that idiom holds true from a physical standpoint. The season-ending meniscus tear that Pouncey sustained against the New York Jets in Week 16 has sufficiently healed without offseason surgery. But emotionally? Pouncey is still smarting...
Outfielder Anthony Alford makes a powerful first impression on Pirates at the plate
After enduring the longest week of his life, Anthony Alford was trying to make a strong first impression when the Pittsburgh Pirates gave him the opportunity he was looking for in the outfield. Alford’s first start did just that, as he crushed a Ryan Tepera 1-1 cutter deep to center...
Rory McIlroy and wife announce birth of their daughter
ATLANTA — Rory McIlroy is the last of 30 players to arrive at the Tour Championship and couldn’t be more thrilled. His wife gave birth to their first child. McIlroy announced on social media that his daughter, Poppy Kennedy McIlroy, was born Monday in Florida. “She is the absolute love...
First Call: Here’s what Steelers missed most without preseason
Coronavirus has done the impossible. Again. It shut down sports. The political conventions. Schools. Life as we know it. Now it has done something even more difficult: It has actually made me miss the Steelers preseason. Perhaps even the final preseason game, which would’ve been played Thursday night in Charlotte...
U mad, bro? Fans spout about Pirates failures, Steelers moves, Penguins trade talk
Steelers, Penguins and Pirates. We spin the hits here at “U mad, bro?” No one is spared in this edition. This week people spout off about Steelers personnel, Penguins trade rumors and Bucco ineptitude. We begin with William. He checks in on the woeful Pirates. “I have followed this team...
This day in sports history: Sept. 3Video
1921 — The United States defeats Japan in five straight matches to win the Davis Cup. 1932 — Ellsworth Vines wins the men’s singles title in the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championships with a three-set victory over France’s Henri Cochet. 1944 — Frank Parker wins the men’s singles title with...
Javier Baez, Cubs cruise past error-prone Pirates
The Pittsburgh Pirates took one step toward strengthening their starting rotation when Joe Musgrove was activated off the injured list and pitched in a major league game for the first time in almost a month. The Pirates took a step toward bolstering their bullpen when they scratched Derek Holland from...
3rd-string goalie Michael Hutchinson helps Avalanche force Game 7 vs. StarsVideo
EDMONTON, Alberta — Rookie defenseman Cale Makar scored the go-ahead goal in the second period, third-string goaltender Michael Hutchinson stopped 27 shots and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Dallas Stars, 4-1, on Wednesday night to force a decisive Game 7 in their second-round playoff series. Nikita Zadorov and Mikko Rantanen...
Vikings QB Kirk Cousins not worried about virus, respects concerns of othersVideo
MINNEAPOLIS — Kirk Cousins said he’s sensitive to concerns about covid-19 and believes in the importance of wearing a mask to help protect others, as the Minnesota Vikings quarterback tried to clarify comments on a newly released podcast that came across as dismissive of the coronavirus. In a wide-ranging interview...
Tom Seaver, heart and mighty arm of Miracle Mets, dies at 75Video
NEW YORK — Tom Seaver, the galvanizing leader of the Miracle Mets 1969 championship team and a pitcher who personified the rise of expansion teams during an era of radical change for baseball, has died. He was 75. The Hall of Fame said Wednesday night that Seaver died Monday from...
Top-seeded Karolina Pliskova in no mood to talk after U.S. Open lossVideo
NEW YORK — Under normal circumstances, Karolina Pliskova would not have been seeded No. 1 at the U.S. Open and so, while a second-round loss certainly would have been disappointing to her, and noticed by others, it wouldn’t have been as newsworthy. But what’s normal in 2020? With the women...
Georgia QB Jamie Newman opting out of season to prepare for draftVideo
ATHENS, Ga. — Jamie Newman, the Wake Forest transfer who was projected to start at quarterback for No. 4 Georgia, is opting out of the season to prepare for the 2021 NFL Draft. Newman announced his decision on his Twitter account Wednesday. He said he decided to skip the season...
This college football season will be unlike any otherVideo
A most overused coaching cliche has never been so relevant as college football embarks on a season of covid-19: Take it one day at a time. With so much uncertainty, trying to figure how this will go is impossible. But there will be games, including a few this weekend, though...
PGA Tour embarks on plan toward diversity as wild season nears endVideo
ATLANTA — What started as the “Return to Golf” has yielded to “Crossing the Finish Line.” Twelve weeks after the PGA Tour ended its longest stoppage since World War II because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it marked progress with two slogans that brought equal measures of satisfaction and a sigh...
Dwayne Haskins named Washington’s Week 1 starting quarterbackVideo
Ron Rivera told his players Dwayne Haskins will be Washington’s starting quarterback for Week 1 against the Philadelphia Eagles, then he reflected on a similar declaration he made almost a decade ago. Rivera was entering his first season as an NFL head coach with the Carolina Panthers, who months after...
