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Top-ranked Ash Barty withdraws from U.S. OpenVideo
SYDNEY — No. 1-ranked Ash Barty said she has withdrawn from the U.S. Open because she is not comfortable with traveling during the coronavirus pandemic. Barty is the biggest name yet to opt out of the Aug. 31-Sept. 13 Grand Slam tournament in New York because of the global health...
Local players guide summer baseball team to regular season title in Johnstown collegiate league
They go by the name Paul Carpenter Capital Advisors, but today they’re known as the regular-season champions of the Johnstown Collegiate Baseball League. Behind a strong local contingent, Paul Carpenter captured its second straight title — and third in four years — when it downed Martella’s Pharmacy Tuesday, 5-3, at...
John McNamara, manager of ill-fated ’86 Red Sox, dies at 88Video
BOSTON — John McNamara, who managed the Boston Red Sox to within one strike of a World Series victory in 1986 before an unprecedented collapse on the field extended the team’s championship drought into the new millennium, died. He was 88. McNamara died Tuesday at his home in Tennessee, his...
Pirates’ Gregory Polanco on covid-19: ‘You have to take care’Video
As Gregory Polanco prepared for his first start in right field for the Pittsburgh Pirates since testing positive for covid-19, he issued a warning for those wondering what it’s like to have the coronavirus. “It’s something that, I mean, we’ve taken it seriously, but just a message for the people...
Koepka says knee is improving as he prepares to defend WGC title in MemphisVideo
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Brooks Koepka loves TPC Southwind, and he is hoping for the same boost he got here a year ago when he won the first World Golf Championship. Last year, Koepka only felt a bit ill. This year, the man who won three times last year, including a...
Dodgers’ Kelly suspended 8 games for buzzing, mocking AstrosVideo
HOUSTON — Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Joe Kelly was suspended for eight games by MLB on Wednesday, a day after throwing a fastball near the head of Houston’s Alex Bregman and taunting Astros star Carlos Correa. Benches cleared after Kelly’s actions during the sixth inning of Los Angeles’ 5-2 win...
No spectators allowed, according to new PIAA covid-19 guidelines
High school sports remain on schedule for the fall, but the new PIAA covid-19 guidelines approved Wednesday describe a season unlike any other. Most notably, there will be no spectators, unless the state Department of Education changes its position, PIAA executive director Bob Lombardi said. The 25 pages of return-to-competition...
D-III football players have long wait ahead of them
Dom Eisaman is waiting for a chance to play quarterback in college, but he is beginning to wonder if that day will ever come. “It definitely feels like I haven’t been on the field in an eternity,” said Eisaman, a Greensburg Central Catholic grad who has two seasons of eligibility...
ACC reveals revamped 11-game football schedule; Pitt adds trip to Clemson
If state and health officials allow, there will be football in the ACC this season. The conference released its reconfigured schedule Wednesday, trimming each team’s original 12-game slate by one, playing 10 ACC opponents and one outside the conference and welcoming Notre Dame as a member for the 2020 season....
Penn State reports 8 positive coronavirus tests among athletes
Eight Penn State athletes have tested positive for coronavirus, the university announced Wednesday. They are the first positive tests announced since the school first started publicly revealing results on a biweekly basis July 1. The first two batches revealed no cases in 280 tests. Wednesday’s results showed eight positives in...
Steelers place 2nd-year CB Justin Layne on reserve/covid-19 list
Second-year cornerback Justin Layne has become the second Pittsburgh Steelers player to be placed on the reserve/covid-19 list. Layne joins former XFL cornerback Arrion Springs on the list. Springs was placed on the list Monday. Layne, 22, was one of the team’s third-round picks in the 2019 NFL Draft, going...
CMU’s Michelle Karabin recipient of NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
Michelle Karabin found a way to marry academics and athletics in near perfect fashion in her time at Carnegie Mellon, and the NCAA took notice. Karabin, a senior and a graduate of Greensburg Central Catholic, was chosen to receive an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship for her efforts in the classroom and...
On Football: NFL opt-outs more prevalent than many expectedVideo
Now we know why a key topic in talks between the NFL and the players’ union focused on opt outs. Already, more than two dozen players have decided not to play the 2020 season. It certainly is not about the money, because those opting out voluntarily are getting a $150,000...
NFL MVP Lamar Jackson insists he’s ‘got to do better’ in 2020Video
Baltimore Ravens quarterback and reigning NFL MVP Lamar Jackson is eager to get started at training camp after an offseason in which he had a perilous encounter with a jet ski, tossed footballs to Antonio Brown and diligently avoided the coronavirus. Jackson guided the Ravens to a 14-2 regular-season record...
Mark Madden: Covid-19 chaos is spreading from MLB to NFLVideo
MLB is imploding, and not just the Pittsburgh Pirates’ bullpen. As of this writing, 18 Miami Marlins have tested positive for covid-19. This past Sunday, when the outbreak began via three players testing positive, the Marlins players voted to play that day anyway. Memo to morons: You can’t rub dirt...
Randy Fichtner awaits chance to watch Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger test injured elbow
As he prepares for a training camp unlike any in NFL history, Randy Fichtner can be forgiven for seeking a return to simpler times when covid-19 didn’t alter the landscape of how the Pittsburgh Steelers conduct practices. He takes comfort in knowing he sees a familiar face lined up behind...
Burgh’s Best to Wear It, No. 33: Tony Dorsett gave Pitt football fans many ways to say great
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. 33: Tony Dorsett To simply say Tony Dorsett is the most decorated player in Pitt football history might be shortchanging him in the same...
In wake of Houston’s sign-stealing scandal, benches clear as Dodgers beat Astros
HOUSTON — The Houston Astros are trying to put their sign-stealing scandal behind them. It seems as if the Los Angeles Dodgers have their own thoughts on the matter. Benches cleared Tuesday night during the Dodgers’ 5-2 victory over the Astros in the first game between the teams since it...
Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: Pirates learn that close plays win close games in beating Brewers
Derek Shelton sounds ready to ride the roller coaster with the Pittsburgh Pirates, experiencing the highs and lows of being a major-league manager in a three-day span with plenty of firsts. He got the thrill of his first victory on Sunday, the agony of watching his team blow a four-run...
AP sources: Joey Bosa gets $135 million extension with Chargers
COSTA MESA, Calif. — Defensive end Joey Bosa has agreed to a contact extension that will make him the highest-paid defensive player in the NFL. Two people familiar with the deal said the five-year extension is worth $135 million, which includes $78 million guaranteed at signing and $102 million overall....
Game on: NBA finally set to see games that count again
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Games were canceled. Practice facilities were shuttered. A season ended unceremoniously for eight teams. The draft process was delayed, as was free agency. Some players tested positive for the coronavirus. Many more took to the streets and used their voices to demand justice and equality...
Bring the noise! Joe Klimchak pulls off MLB’s crowd noise plan at PNC Park
If you are a Pirates fan who has ever been to PNC Park, you know who Joe Klimchak is. You may not know his last name off the top of your head. But you know his face. And his voice. Klimchak is the longtime Pirates in-game host at the stadium....
First Call: Is Antonio Brown leveraging Patriots opt outs? Penguins problems. Canadiens lose.
Wednesday’s “First Call” checks on Antonio Brown’s latest plea to get back into the NFL. Is he appealing to a former team once again? We also talk about future plans for a Steelers draft choice and a former coach. Plus, a look at how the Montreal Canadiens did in their...
U mad, bro? Fans torn on Ben Roethlisberger, shred Pirates bullpen, defend Stephon Tuitt
Steelers and Pirates fans shouldn’t be mad about anything. Because this week’s “U mad, bro?” is coming a day early. I was looking at the rest of the week’s schedule and realized it was best if we just got our rage out a little earlier than normal. Because, apparently, a...
Empty Thoughts: Flyers 3, Penguins 2 (OT)
Observations from the Penguins’ 3-2 overtime exhibition loss to the Flyers at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena: The Penguins’ 2019 offseason — between Game 4 of their humiliating sweep at the hands of the New York Islanders in April and their first preseason game in September — lasted 153 days. That’s a...
