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Colin Moran continues home opener heroics, but Brewers rally to beat Pirates in 11th inning
This was a home opener like never before for the Pittsburgh Pirates, playing in a pandemic Monday night with no fans at PNC Park and enduring a one hour, 42-minute rain delay in the second inning. If that wasn’t weird enough, the Pirates and Milwaukee Brewers got their first taste...
Central Catholic’s Rocco Salvitti wins WPGA Junior Championship
Central Catholic sophomore Rocco Salvitti shot a 4-under par 68 on Monday to capture the Western Pennsylvania Golf Association’s 100th Junior Championship at Grove City Country Club. The Canonsburg native who led the Tri-State Open after the first day in June edged Riverside’s Justin Hand, who shot a 3-under 69....
4-star 2022 guard Jalen Hood-Schifino decommits from Pitt basketball
Jeff Capel’s quest to rebuild the Pitt basketball program hit what he hopes is a temporary roadblock Monday when four-star guard and Penn Hills native Jalen Hood-Schifino re-opened his recruitment. Hood-Schifino, 6-foot-4, verbally committed to Pitt last year as a sophomore. Schifino is ranked as the 33rd overall prospect by...
Pirates play home opener as Marlins coronavirus outbreak raises concernsVideo
Before the Pittsburgh Pirates could play their home opener at PNC Park, a coronavirus outbreak with the Miami Marlins forced MLB to postpone two games and threatened to put the shortened season in jeopardy. Reports that the Marlins have at least 14 cases of positive covid-19 among their players, coaches...
Steelers have share of questions to answer heading into unusual training camp
A training camp unique in NFL history begins Tuesday. Like every other team, the Pittsburgh Steelers will deal with the challenges of preparing to play a 16-game season amid the coronavirus pandemic. This week will focus on covid-19 testing and physicals. Another week will be dedicated to strength and conditioning....
Penguins are ready for their first game in 140 daysVideo
Pittsburgh Penguins forwards Brandon Tanev and Jared McCann had a disagreement Saturday. During the team’s final scrimmage of its training camp, McCann bumped into goaltender Tristan Jarry. That prompted Tanev to shove McCann in response. A few seconds later, McCann’s gloves were on the ice and the players were grappling...
Pirates’ Derek Holland also was ejected 7 years ago — just not from a baseball gameVideo
Derek Holland said the incident in St. Louis that resulted in his early exit from the finale of the Cardinals series was the first time he has been tossed from a baseball game. It was not a lifetime first, however, for the Pittsburgh Pirates’ oldest starting pitcher. Seven years ago...
Pirates activate Gregory Polanco in time to serve as designated hitter for home opener
The Pittsburgh Pirates activated Gregory Polanco from the injured list, and he will bat seventh and serve as designated hitter for their home opener Monday night against the Milwaukee Brewers at PNC Park. Polanco was cleared this past weekend after testing positive for covid-19, one of five Pirates players to...
Rangers’ Kluber could be done for year with shoulder injuryVideo
Two-time AL Cy Young winner Corey Kluber could be done for the season. He is headed to the injured list after working just one inning in his debut as a Texas Rangers starter. He has a tear in a small muscle in his right shoulder and is not expected to...
With his team in Toronto, Jim Rutherford is ready to sip a cool drink and watch the Penguins
Like a lot of hockey people, Jim Rutherford enjoys a toasty beverage on a cold morning in a frigid rink. But not coffee. And rarely tea. “I never drink coffee,” Rutherford said. “My whole life, I never even tried it. … I did drink tea a little bit. I definitely...
WPIAL finals at Heinz Field in question as PIAA considers shorter football season
The WPIAL might not use Heinz Field for its football championships this fall for multiple reasons. Holding the games there wouldn’t be affordable if the governor maintains a 250-person limit on gatherings, WPIAL executive director Amy Scheuneman said Monday, adding “we couldn’t even pay the bill for the lighting.” But...
First Steelers player placed on NFL’s covid-19 list: former XFL CB Arrion Springs
Former XFL cornerback Arrion Springs became the first member of the Pittsburgh Steelers roster to be placed on the NFL’s new reserve/covid-19 list. Springs joined the Steelers in April after he’d played for the Los Angeles Wildcats until the XFL folded in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. A three-year...
Could NHL home-nation advantage end Canada’s Cup drought?
Ken Dryden became so accustomed to winning championships with the Montreal Canadiens the Hockey Hall of Fame goalie has difficulty assessing Canada’s Stanley Cup drought. “It is bizarre,” Dryden recently told The Associated Press by phone from his home in Toronto. “If you go back to the records, I remember,...
Eddie Shack was strong influence early in Jim Rutherford’s career with Penguins
Before he was his teammate, Jim Rutherford was a fan of Eddie Shack. As a teenager in Ontario during the 1960s, Rutherford watched his favorite team, the Toronto Maple Leafs, win four Stanley Cup titles during the decade. Shack, a power forward, was a major component of that success and...
Josh Harrison signs with Nationals after release by Phillies
WASHINGTON — Utility player Josh Harrison signed a one-year contract with the Washington Nationals and was added to their 30-man active roster Monday, less than a week after he was released by the Philadelphia Phillies. The 33-year-old Harrison is a two-time All-Star and a right-handed hitter who has started games...
No positive covid-19 tests in NHL last week
The National Hockey League reported zero players tested positive for the coronavirus last week. The league says it administered a total of 4,256 tests to more than 800 players from July 18-25. Two players tested positive during the first week of training camps July 13-17. Players and staff from the...
Mark Madden: Major League Baseball won’t work outside of a bubble
Is America ready for sports to return? Obviously not. Is the reader prepared for refreshing sports notes? Here’s hoping. Get ‘em while they’re hot! (They’re always hot.) • Nine Miami Marlins players (and five other memers of the traveling party) are reportedly infected by covid-19. If Miami has to use...
WVU’s Neal Brown will replace defensive coordinator Vic Koenning with a committee
In the wake of former defensive coordinator Vic Koenning’s departure from the staff, West Virginia coach Neal Brown will split duties on that side of the ball among five assistants. Brown said the ongoing pandemic also played a part in his decision not to name a specific replacement for Koenning....
Riverhounds won’t allow fans for Aug. 1 contest at Highmark Stadium
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds are coming back to Highmark Stadium on Saturday for their second home match of the 2020 season. But, just like in their home opener, the Black and Gold won’t have fans in the stands. Although it was expected, with only a few teams around the country allowing...
‘Burgh’s Best to Wear It, No. 35: Tom Barrasso was Penguins’ 1st franchise goaltender
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. 35: Tom Barrasso There’s a number of reasons why the Penguins didn’t win the Stanley Cup for their first 23 years of existence. Going...
2 MLB games postponed as Marlins deal with virus outbreak
MIAMI — Two major league games scheduled for Monday night were postponed after more than a dozen Miami Marlins players and staff members tested positive for the coronavirus in an outbreak that stranded the team in Philadelphia. The Marlins’ home opener against Baltimore was called off, as was the New...
Unfiltered: Tim Benz and Mark Madden discuss Sidney Crosby health, Penguins playoff hopes, moreVideo
Tim Benz and Mark Madden return for another edition of “Unfiltered” on TribLive’s Facebook page to preview the NHL playoffs and more. Now that Major League Baseball has started without fans in the seats, Benz and Madden discuss how hockey will look without fans in the arena. Madden think baseball...
After talk of collaboration, conferences go their own way for college football
Plans for the 2020 college football season — if it is played — should start coming into focus this week. They will trickle down from the top of major college football, with Power Five conferences putting in place revised schedules they hope will make it easier to manage potential disruptions...
MLB returns with thrills; red flags remain after 1st weekend
NEW YORK — The World Series champion Washington Nationals stood six feet apart along the first base line and watched as a banner commemorating their title was raised, then took a knee alongside the New York Yankees in a call for social justice. Star slugger Juan Soto wasn’t there —...
First Call: Antonio Brown’s new baby, former NBA coach rips Mike Ditka over anthem-kneeling quote
For “First Call” on Monday, former Steelers star Antonio Brown is a father again. A pro sports coaching peer is challenging Mike Ditka on his anthem-kneeling stance. Major League Baseball’s ghost runner rule has already ripped a hole in the space-time continuum. ‘Iron Mike’ is mad Pro Football Hall of...
