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Penguins dismiss assistant coaches Sergei Gonchar, Jacques Martin, Mark Recchi
A day after general manager Jim Rutherford said change was needed for his team, the Penguins did just that with their coaching staff. On Wednesday, the team announced assistant coaches Sergei Gonchar, Jacques Martin and Mark Recchi will not have their contracts renewed. A search for new assistants to work...
Robert Morris postpones football to spring after Big South delays fall sports
Robert Morris plans to move its football season to the spring after the Big South announced Wednesday it will delay fall sports until then. Robert Morris is an associate member of the Big South in football. The Big South will allow its members to play as many as four nonconference...
Spring college football: When? How much? Who plays?
Back in April, not long after the NCAA basketball tournaments were canceled because of the pandemic, the idea of moving the college football season to the spring of 2021 already was being tossed around. Conference commissioners and athletic directors called it a last resort. And when it looked like the...
Steelers coach indicates dearth of 2020 on-field work could render NFL schemes more vanilla
Pittsburgh Steelers training camps of the recent past have been on-field labs for experimenting. Like offseason and preseason practices for all NFL teams, the Steelers have debuted personnel packages, tried players in different positions and even moved some into new hybrid roles. But in 2020 with no on-field organized team...
Palmer Jackson, Sean Knapp fall short at USGA Amateur
Palmer Jackson and Sean Knapp fell short of advancing to the United States Golf Association’s Amateur Match Play round of 64. Tough Day 1 performances were too much for them to overcome Tuesday at Bandon Dunes Resort in Oregon. Jackson, a Murrysville native and Notre Dame sophomore, followed 9-over-par 80...
NHLPA’s Donald Fehr buoyed by zero positive tests; ‘So far so good’
TORONTO — Zero players testing positive for covid-19 in the two weeks since NHL teams arrived at their two respective playoff hub cities. And a powerful opening night statement on social and racial justice issues made by the league and its players. Given the uncertainty professional hockey faced in placing...
Robin Lehner, Golden Knights shut down Blackhawks in opener
EDMONTON, Alberta — Robin Lehner had more trouble with one of his skates than he did with his former team. Reilly Smith, Shea Theodore and the Vegas Golden Knights took good care of their goaltender Tuesday night. Theodore and William Carrier scored 2:17 apart midway through the second period, Lehner...
Chargers’ Anthony Lynn reveals he had coronavirus on ‘Hard Knocks’
COSTA MESA, Calif. — It didn’t take long for “Hard Knocks: Los Angeles” to reveal its first major surprise of the season as Los Angeles Chargers coach Anthony Lynn said he had coronavirus during the offseason. Lynn’s admission came less than five minutes into Tuesday’s season premiere of the show...
Tim Benz: Jim Rutherford is somehow both totally correct and completely wrong
I didn’t think anything could make me more frustrated than watching the fifth-seeded Penguins lose to the 24th-seeded Montreal Canadiens in the qualifying round of the 2020 NHL season. Until I listened to Jim Rutherford talk about it. On Tuesday, the Penguins general manager gave a frank assessment of how...
‘Burgh’s Best to Wear It, No. 19: Pirates’ Bob Friend made durability hallmarkVideo
The Tribune-Review sports staff is conducting a daily countdown of the best players in Pittsburgh pro and college sports history to wear each jersey number. No. 19: Bob Friend Pitching for the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1950s was like taking the mound for the home teams these days at PNC...
How Penn State’s Micah Parsons, Pitt’s Jaylen Twyman will do in the NFL Draft. And how they may help change it.
The chances of playing any semblance of a college football season in the fall are looking bleak. It’s unclear if the sport will try to function in the spring. And who knows if either option will be safe enough for the players. For those reasons, many top-tier NFL prospects have...
First Call: Suddenly strong Steelers secondary still has questions
The Pittsburgh Steelers secondary surprisingly blossomed into one of the best units in the NFL during 2019. That doesn’t mean it is without questions heading into 2020, though. For Wednesday’s “First Call,” we examine five that stand out. How do the Steelers make the most of Minkah? After being acquired...
Dillon Dube scores twice as Flames beat Stars in Game 1Video
EDMONTON, Alberta — Rasmus Andersson snapped a tie after Dillon Dube scored twice in the first period for the confident Calgary Flames, who beat the Dallas Stars, 3-2, in Game 1 of their best-of-seven Western Conference playoff series Tuesday. “It feels good. You can feel the chemistry in the room...
Lightning outlast Blue Jackets in 5-OT series openerVideo
TORONTO — Brayden Point scored 10 minutes, 27 seconds into the fifth overtime, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Columbus Blue Jackets, 3-2, on Tuesday in the fourth-longest game in Stanley Cup playoff history. Point scored from just above the left circle, beating Joonas Korpisalo after the goaltender made...
Bittersweet NASCAR promotion for Christopher Bell to Gibbs RacingVideo
The path to landing a NASCAR Cup Series ride with Joe Gibbs Racing was bumpy for Christopher Bell, who was hired for the coveted job after the team told Erik Jones he was being let go at the end of the season. The decision by Gibbs blindsided Jones, who thought...
Commentary: Collin Morikawa part of new generation of golfers ready to win bigVideo
SAN FRANCISCO — Four blue dots painted on the edge of the 16th tee at Harding Park on the day after the PGA Championship were all that marked the spot where Collin Morikawa hit a drive that will be talked about for years. Four dots for the fourth round. The...
Indians keeping pitchers Mike Clevinger, Zach Plesac away after violationsVideo
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Indians went a step further than just putting Mike Clevinger and Zach Plesac into quarantine. They’ve been sent away from the team, and it’s not known when they’ll be back. Cleveland placed the two starting pitchers on the restricted list after the right-handers broke team rules...
Lou Holtz compares college football’s covid risks to D-Day: ‘There were going to be risks’Video
According to Lou Holtz, there’s no differences between playing college football this season during a pandemic and allied forces storming the beaches of northern France on June 6, 1944. Holtz, the former football coach most notably at Notre Dame, reacted Tuesday when the heads of the Big Ten and Pac-12...
Oakmont bares its teeth, humbles field in second round of PA Open
So you think Oakmont Country Club can be had? You may want to rethink that. Yes, there are times the mighty grand old course hovering above the Allegheny River will produce low scores. Johnny Miller’s 63 during the final round of the 1973 U.S. Open is an example. But more...
Riverhounds Notebook: Despite leading group, Pittsburgh keeping its eye on the prize
The Riverhounds are back on track and they will attempt to extend their two-game winning streak this weekend in Indianapolis when they take on Indy Eleven, but it won’t be easy. The last time the teams met, former Riverhound and current USL Championship leading scorer Tyler Pasher scored the game-winner...
Seton Hill records top GPA in NCAA Division II women’s basketball
When Mark Katarski recruits a high school basketball player, he doesn’t just make sure she can dribble with her left hand or that she plays relentless, end-to-end defense. The women’s coach at Seton Hill also looks for smarts in his prospects — on the court and otherwise. “We always put...
What they’re saying about Big 10, Pac-12 calling off football season
Here are what some of the top officials in the Big Ten and Pac-12 are saying about the decisions to postpone fall sports in their Power 5 conferences, and what might happen going forward: Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez has no doubt about one of the residual effects: “There will...
Pirates’ pitching woes continue as Joe Musgrove goes on IL, Nick Tropeano claimed
Derek Shelton won’t deny managing an injury-depleted pitching staff is “challenging” for the Pittsburgh Pirates, and their juggling act continued Tuesday with a couple of roster moves. The Pirates placed right-hander Joe Musgrove, their Opening Day starter, on the 10-day injured list with right triceps inflammation. Musgrove (0-3, 6.75 ERA)...
Clemente rookie card, 1900 Wagner team photo up for auction
Pittsburgh Pirate history buffs, get your wallets ready: a New Jersey auction house is taking bids on Roberto Clemente’s 1955 Topps rookie card, as well as a team photo of the Pirates taken during Honus Wagner’s first year with the team in 1900. The auction concludes Sunday. Bidding on the...
ACC’s medical adviser says football season can be conducted safely
The ACC is proceeding with the intent of starting the football season on time, and the conference’s top doctor said Tuesday it can be done safely. Dr. Cameron Wolfe, an infectious disease specialist at Duke and chair of the ACC’s medical advisory team, told Sports Business Daily he recognizes the...
