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Braves remove ‘Chop On’ sign, slogan, but no call on chant
ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves have removed a “Chop On” sign that sat near an entrance to Truist Park and are still considering their stance on the fans’ tomahawk chop chant. The removal of the wooden sign came as the team changed its slogan from “Chop On” to “For The...
Penn State’s Lamont Wade chosen for Thorpe watch list
Clairton’s Lamont Wade, a senior safety at Penn State, was named Monday to the Jim Thorpe Award watch list. The award is given annually to college football’s top defensive back. Wade was an All-Big Ten honorable mention choice by the coaches and media in 2019 while tying a Big Ten...
West Virginia’s Darius Stills selected Big 12 Preseason Defensive Player of the Year
West Virginia senior defensive lineman Darius Stills has garnered a great deal of preseason attention. Just a few days after being named to the watch list for the Bednarik Award, which each year honors the top defensive player in college football, Stills was selected by the media the Big 12...
Pitt’s Paris Ford named to Thorpe watch list
Pitt safety Paris Ford’s reputation continued to grow in advance of the 2020 season when he was named Monday to the watch list for the Jim Thorpe Award. The award is handed out to the nation’s top defensive back. Ford, a junior from Steel Valley, previously earned selection to the...
Pirates open to idea of PNC Park as possible home field for displaced Toronto Blue Jays
Rejected from playing at Rogers Centre by the Canadian government amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Toronto Blue Jays are looking into the possibility of playing home games at PNC Park this season. And the Pittsburgh Pirates are welcoming the idea with open arms. The Pirates’ home ballpark is one of...
Mark Madden: Matt Murray should start Game 1 but leash should be short for Penguins goalie
The Penguins can’t be blamed for trying to generate hype for a Stanley Cup playoff that begins in August. But they might have regrets about putting the livestream of Saturday’s scrimmage online. Sidney Crosby left that scrimmage early. The NHL’s covid-mandated injury policy of “don’t ask because we won’t tell”...
Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons named to Butkus Award watch list
Numerous eyes will be on Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons this season after he was named Monday to his third college football watch list — the Butkus Award. Parsons had previously been named to the Bednarik Award and Lott IMPACT Trophy watch lists. Parsons, a junior, was named a Consensus...
World of Outlaws series starts Pa. swing with Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup at Lernerville Speedway
Tuesday night should be an exciting one at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver as The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series will kick off its Pennsylvania swing of four races in five days with the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup. The World of Outlaws series also will race...
Ex-Penguins Alexei Kovalev, Peter Skudra take over KHL teams
Former Penguins forward Alexei Kovalev and goaltender Petr Skudra have been named to the head coaching positions of teams in Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Kovalev, an all-star forward for the Penguins in the late 1990s and early 2000s, takes over the Kunlan Red Star, the league’s only team based...
Unfiltered: Tim Benz and Mark Madden discuss whether football and baseball should returnVideo
Tim Benz and Mark Madden return for another edition of “Unfiltered” on TribLive’s Facebook page to talk about the return of sports. The guys start off with the several players complaining about the NFL’s procedures to start the season. Madden said that although football had longer then the other sports...
Penguins players withheld as precaution against coronavirus cleared to practice
The Penguins announced nine players who were withheld from the first week of training camp as a precaution for potential secondary exposure to coronavirus have been cleared to resume practicing. The team did not identify the players, per the NHL’s new rules on withholding all medical information during the pandemic....
Broken bats: NL pitchers ponder season with no swings
Three or four hours before a National League game, they’d be cackling around the cage. Madison Bumgarner and buddies — or pitchers from any home team, really — taking batting practice under an afternoon sun in an otherwise empty ballpark. After all the bunting drills, when they finally got to...
‘Burgh’s Best to Wear It, No. 42: Connie Hawkins soared first with Rens, Pipers
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. 42: Connie Hawkins When its most common association with professional basketball is from a movie, “The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh,” it doesn’t speak great...
Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: Many roster decisions might already be made for the Pirates
The Pittsburgh Pirates are down to the final days of training camp, with exhibition games Monday and Wednesday against the Cleveland Indians before making final decisions on the 30-man Opening Day roster. Most of the decisions were made for them. The Pirates started training camp at PNC Park with 39...
Pirates preview: Infield spotlight
Breakout candidate Jacob Stallings No one will mistake him for Jason Kendall, but Stallings hit a cumulative .290 in three Triple-A seasons and .262 for the Pirates last year. Not bad, but he’ll get more at-bats in 2020 and will need to improve on his total of 13 RBIs. Pressure’s...
Pirates preview: Starting infield isn’t perfect but appears solid
A position-by-position preview of the Pirates heading into Friday’s season opener in St. Louis: Critics will point to first baseman Josh Bell’s erratic arm and third baseman Colin Moran’s tendency to allow ground balls to reach the outfield. Those are fair criticisms of the Pittsburgh Pirates infield. And if the...
First Call: Steelers’ Zach Banner burns Browns, Jack Nicklaus beats covid-19, NFL loophole in virus opt-out
Monday’s “First Call” features a Twitter blast against the Cleveland Browns from Steelers offensive lineman Zach Banner. There’s a strange loophole in the NFL’s coronavirus opt-out plan. A golf legend beat covid-19. And a familiar baseball name with local ties is now a free agent. Zach’s zinger Steelers offensive tackle...
Steelers 2-a-days: Derek Watt cashes in this year, but T.J.’s next contract will dwarf big bro’sVideo
Editor’s note: Leading up to a unique Pittsburgh Steelers training camp staged at Heinz Field this year, the Tribune-Review will be running through the team’s 90-man roster, assessing each player’s outlook for the 2020 season. The breakdown will go through the roster, in mostly alphabetical order, two per day, between...
What’s going on with Penguins’ Sidney Crosby? Mark Madden has sources telling him what’s up.
Based on the Penguins’ history when it comes to their players’ health, I’m sure we all had the same thought when the team returned to practice during the coronavirus pandemic. “Sid is going to get it. Mumps. Concussions. A broken jaw from a teammate’s slapshot. He’s gonna get the virus.”...
Biggest issues as Pittsburgh sports return to play: Which Josh Bell will Pirates get
It seems as if Pittsburgh’s three professional sports teams finally are on the verge of returning to play after the coronavirus lockdown. The Pirates’ first regular-season game is Friday. The Penguins’ first exhibition game is July 28 against the Philadelphia Flyers. That’s also the day the Steelers are supposed to...
Jon Rahm’s wild day ends with Memorial win and No. 1 rankingVideo
DUBLIN, Ohio — Jon Rahm won the Memorial to join Seve Ballesteros as the only Spaniards to reach No. 1 in the world, a victory he finally wrapped up with a magical shot that would have made his idol proud. Rahm built an eight-shot lead at the turn, only to...
Austin Dillon stays in front on late restart, takes title at Texas Motor SpeedwayVideo
FORT WORTH, Texas — Austin Dillon stayed in front after a restart with two laps to go and beat rookie teammate Tyler Reddick to the checkered flag at Texas, giving Richard Childress Racing its first 1-2 NASCAR Cup finish in nine years. With spectators spread out in the stands on...
Pirates bench coach Don Kelly receives rave reviews for running training camp at PNC Park
As a former bench coach who is well aware of the job requirements, Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton has been deferential to Don Kelly when it comes to mapping out the minutiae of his first spring training and the subsequent three-week training camp. Where Shelton heaps constant credit on Kelly...
Teddy Blueger keeps putting in extra work to remain in Penguins’ lineupVideo
By the time the NHL season was halted March 12 because of the coronavirus pandemic, Pittsburgh Penguins forward Zach Aston-Reese had a head start on everyone else. He hasn’t played since suffering an undisclosed injury Feb. 16. So the Penguins’ first week of training camp in Cranberry in preparation of...
Pirates 3B Ke’Bryan Hayes, team’s top position prospect, tested positive for covid-19
Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes, the team’s top position prospect, has tested positive for covid-19, manager Derek Shelton announced on Sunday. Hayes has not practiced with the Pirates at all during training camp at PNC Park and remains in quarantine. “He’s not back with us yet,” Shelton said of...
