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Best-of-5 game series poses unique challenge for PenguinsVideo
Bryan Trottier has no shortage of memories from his outstanding NHL existence. Between six Stanley Cup titles — four with the New York Islanders and two with the Pittsburgh Penguins — as well as a handful of individual accolades such as the Hart Memorial Trophy and induction into the Hockey...
Former Steelers WR Antonio Brown gets 8-game suspensionVideo
Antonio Brown has waited nearly 10 months for the NFL to hand down its punishment for his violations of the league’s personal conduct policy. Brown finally got the word Friday. The former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver will be suspended for the first eight games of the 2020 season, the NFL...
Plum 12U Cooperstown team earns runner-up finish at Cal Ripken tournament
When one door closed, another opened for the Plum 12U Cooperstown baseball team. When the team found out its spring Cooperstown, N.Y., tournament trip was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, it hoped to find other opportunities to compete. One opportunity came in the form of a tournament at the...
Local swim club hosts a return to competition with USA Swimming-sanctioned event
USA Swimming in late June released a comprehensive plan for a return to competition for local clubs throughout the country after the national organization halted events in March in the wake of the burgeoning coronavirus pandemic. Racer-X, a member of Allegheny Mountain Swimming, is one of the first clubs in...
Riverhounds look to rebound against PhiladelphiaVideo
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds are looking to get back on track. For the first time in almost two years, the Black and Gold have lost two straight games. On Saturday evening, the Riverhounds (2-2-0) will have a good opportunity to get back in the saddle when they host Philadelphia Union II...
WPIAL delays start dates for fall sports
The WPIAL delayed the start date for most fall sports, a decision executive director Amy Scheuneman compared to a two-hour delay on a winter morning. It’s better than a cancellation. The WPIAL notified school administrators Friday that football season won’t start until Sept. 10, the regular season will be reduced...
Cardinals-Brewers game off after St. Louis positives
NEW YORK — The coronavirus forced another change in Major League Baseball’s schedule, bringing the league’s total to eight teams affected in the first nine days of the season. Friday’s game between St. Louis and Milwaukee was postponed after two Cardinals players tested positive for the coronavirus. The league announced...
Mark Madden: Penguins need to simplify power play, keep stars where they fit bestVideo
Mike Sullivan is the most accomplished coach in Pittsburgh Penguins history and very arguably the franchise’s best. But even ABBA had their Waterloo, and Sullivan’s may be the Penguins’ power play. The Penguins rarely got rhythm with the man-advantage during the regular season because of injury. The unit’s components were...
Players, coaches kneel before NBA’s re-opening night
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Black players were next to white players. Coaches from one team were next to their compatriots from the opposing side. Many locked arms with the man next to them, some shut their eyes tightly, a few including LeBron James briefly raising a fist into the...
Game On: NHL restart a small step toward return to normalcy
TORONTO — NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman took a short break from watching the final few exhibition games Thursday to ponder the significance of awarding the Stanley Cup some two months from now — should all go as planned. The magnitude of the task it took to simply reach the cusp...
Health will play vital role in Steelers using 2 tight ends more frequently this seasonVideo
Playing on separate teams in 2018, tight ends Vance McDonald and Eric Ebron combined for 116 catches, 1,360 yards and 17 touchdowns. With Ebron leaving Indianapolis and joining McDonald on the Pittsburgh Steelers this season, it gives the team one of the best tight end duos in the NFL. And...
‘Burgh’s Best to Wear It, No. 31: Donnie Shell went from undrafted player to Pro Football Hall of FameVideo
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. 31: Donnie Shell After waiting nearly three decades to be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, what’s another 12-month delay in officially...
Penguins ‘pretty confident’ power play can click once postseason beginsVideo
With a roster full of creative offensive scorers and some future Hall of Famers, power-play success would seem to come easy. Not necessarily so this past regular season for the Pittsburgh Penguins. And certainly not so during the lone game action the team has had over the past 4½ months....
First Call: Notre Dame-ACC football deal not as bad as some conference fans believe
For Friday’s “First Call,” we take a closer look at ACC football’s sudden addition of Notre Dame this year. And we try to dispel some of the knee-jerk, negative reaction to it. Although it’s totally understandable. I mean, c’mon. It’s Notre Dame. Ugh. On Wednesday, a torrent of anti-Notre Dame...
Fantasy Sports podcast: Joe Musgrove over-slotted as top starter? Pirates hitting, bullpen woes.
A week into Major League Baseball’s return, we are already seeing some interesting trends in the fantasy sports world. So far, most of them aren’t great for the Pirates. Especially when you look at their bullpen and batting order. In our weekly fantasy sports podcast, Jeff Erickson and I dive...
Tim Benz: For JuJu Smith-Schuster and James Conner, it can’t just be ‘Ben is back!’
The impact of Ben Roethlisberger’s absence on the 2019 Steelers offense extended well beyond who was throwing the football. Sure, the Steelers’ starting quarterback does that better than his backups, Mason Rudolph and Devlin Hodges. That’s why the Steelers were only an eight-win team last season instead of one that...
Peters Township grad Schmidt’s run ends at Western Amateur
A slow start to the fourth round ended Peters Township grad Connor Schmidt’s run at the 118th Western Amateur on Thursday at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Ind. The Venetia native and Drexel senior couldn’t overcome his slow start — 4-over-par after five holes — during the afternoon round,...
Koepka cards best round of year for lead at WGC; Peters native Todd 1 backVideo
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Defending champion Brooks Koepka matched his career best with an 8-under-par 62 on Thursday to take a two-stroke lead over Rickie Fowler and Peters Township native Brendon Todd in the FedEx St. Jude Invitational. Koepka had nine birdies and a bogey on a windy day at TPC...
Stefanski preaches patience as Browns ramp up in unique campVideo
CLEVELAND — Instead of a whistle dangling from his neck, Cleveland Browns coach Kevin Stefanski wears a sensor that blinks and beeps whenever he’s within 6 feet of someone in the team’s facility. Nothing could have prepared him for his first training camp in Cleveland. Stefanski said Thursday he still...
Blue Jays manager: Series at Phillies off because of covid-19Video
NEW YORK — Toronto Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo said Thursday his team’s series at Philadelphia scheduled for this weekend was called off because of concerns about the coronavirus after two Phillies staffers tested positive. “Our plans right now are to stay put and let MLB work through whatever they’re...
With world record-holder injured, field opens up for Adios at the Meadows
Despite the absence of one of harness racing’s fastest and most decorated horses, Saturday’s $375,000 Delvin Miller Adios Pace for the Orchids at the Meadows in Washington is shaping up to be a competitive race. Papi Rob Hanover was the likely favorite after setting a world record (1:47.1) for 3-year-old...
SEC football goes to conference-only schedule with Sept. 26 start
The powerhouse Southeastern Conference announced Thursday that it will play only league games in 2020, a pandemic-forced decision that pushes major college football closer to a siloed regular season in which none of the power conferences cross paths. The SEC’s university presidents agreed on a 10-game schedule that eliminates all...
Start dates for WPIAL fall sports likely changing after board adopts ‘hybrid’ option
The start dates for WPIAL fall sports likely are changing. The board voted unanimously Thursday to trade the traditional start dates for a new “hybrid” option offered by the PIAA, meaning the WPIAL can establish later dates for each sport. The board hoped to give schools added flexibility as they...
Duquesne hopes to play football but remains cautious
In the wake of the Northeast Conference postponing the start of its fall sports seasons amidst the covid-19 pandemic, Duquesne is taking a patient and cautious approach in regards to its football and women’s bowling teams, associate members of the conference. “We are continuing to monitor all the health data...
AHL aims to open 2020-21 season by early December
The American Hockey League (AHL) announced Thursday it is aiming to open its 2020-21 season by Dec. 4. Like most sports leagues around the world, the AHL halted play in mid-March because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The remainder of the 2019-20 season was formally canceled May 11. The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton...
