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Mark Madden: Penguins’ Jake Guentzel isn’t the only NHL player returning from injury, you know
Covid-19 and that flood in Edmonton permitting, the NHL playoffs are two weeks away. But the puck drops for refreshing hockey notes right here, right now! • Penguins fans crow about Jake Guentzel returning from injury because of the pause, but the Penguins aren’t alone in benefiting. Columbus got back...
Pirates place closer Keone Kela on 10-day injured list
The Pittsburgh Pirates placed closer Keone Kela on the 10-day injured list, according to MLB transactions. The 27-year-old right-hander has not participated in training camp for undisclosed reasons. Kela was ordained the closer by new Pirates manager Derek Shelton at the outset of spring training at Pirate City in Bradenton,...
Report: CAA cancels fall sports competition, including Pitt’s game against Richmond
The Colonial Athletic Association will cancel its fall sports seasons to avoid covid-19 issues, likely leaving Pitt without an early-season nonconference opponent, FOX Sports’ Bruce Feldman has reported. An official announcement is expected later Friday. SOURCES: The CAA conference is expected to announce tomorrow that the league will not be...
Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: Discussing what Derek Shelton can’t, Pirates players with covid-19
One of the most uncomfortable interactions with coaches involves asking why a player didn’t participate in practice, attempting to clarify whether it’s for a disciplinary, illness, injury or personal matter. Derek Shelton won’t discuss it. Because he can’t discuss it. That’s the reality of the covid-19 sportsworld, when teams aren’t...
’Burgh’s Best to Wear It, No. 45: Schenley’s DeJuan Blair stayed home, almost led Pitt to Final Four
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. 45: DeJuan Blair DeJuan Blair stood 6-foot-4 in eighth grade when he was first spotted dunking a basketball. That feat occurred at the Ammons...
5 big 2020 Pirates questions: Will a short season help the Pirates?
Our “Breakfast With Benz” Pittsburgh Pirates Spring Training 2.0 coverage has built all week to this. We’ve posed one crucial question per day about the Pirates as they prepare for the 2020 shortened season. We looked at the batting order and the starting rotation. We analyzed the bullpen and tried...
Steelers 2-a-days: CB Cameron Sutton, WR Ryan Switzer seek defined roles in contract yearVideo
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...
U mad, bro?: The media is too mean to Matt Murray, Matt Feiler and Mayor Peduto
Some Pittsburgh Steelers fans feel the need to defend a player that was never even insulted. Some Penguins fans are ticked about the media trying to quell a goalie controversy that the same fans are claiming they didn’t want to see in the first place. And the mayor of Pittsburgh...
Pirates won’t be the only team using ‘piggyback’ tandem. How will it impact fantasy leagues?
If you’re already tired of hearing about the Pirates “piggyback” starting idea, too bad. They aren’t going to be the only team employing that type of tactic in this herky-jerky 2020 Major League Baseball season. That’s what Jeff Erickson tells us in this week’s “Breakfast With Benz” fantasy sports podcast....
Riverhounds ready for cross-state matchup with Philadelphia Union IIVideo
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds got their 2020 season started off on the right foot Sunday, and now they are hoping to carry that momentum into the rest of their schedule. It starts when the Hounds (1-0-0) face off with their Keystone State rival, Philadelphia Union II (0-0-1), at 7:30 p.m. Saturday...
Austin Meadows joins Tyler Glasnow as Rays’ only known coronavirus cases
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tampa Bay outfielder Austin Meadows has been placed on the injured list after testing positive for the coronavirus, the Rays announced Thursday night. Left-handed reliever Aaron Loup was added to the 40-man roster in place of Meadows, who was a first-time All-Star and batted .291 with...
With Virginia high school football canceled, Pitt prospect Malik Newton plans to enroll early
After the Virginia High School League canceled high school football in the fall, Pitt running back commit Malik Newton announced Thursday on Twitter his intention to skip his senior season and join the Panthers for the winter semester. With VHSL canceling all fall sports, and most likely to play football...
Tony Finau leads Memorial at 66 as Tiger Woods has quiet return to golfVideo
DUBLIN, Ohio — Tiger Woods was back on the PGA Tour for the first time in five months Thursday and saw Muirfield Village like never before. It was practically empty. Woods opened with a 10-foot birdie and there was silence. He finished with a 15-foot birdie for a 1-under-par 71,...
Patrick Marleau’s tireless pursuit of the Stanley Cup brought him to the Penguins
Games define Patrick Marleau’s marvelous NHL existence. Specifically, he’s played a lot of them through various contexts. He’s fifth in NHL history with 1,723 career regular-season games, barely half a season behind the all-time leader, Gordie Howe at 1,767. And with an active run of 854 straight regular-season games, he...
Bushy Run Legion to retire late pitcher’s numberVideo
Bushy Run Legion will retire jersey No. 7 before Sunday’s home baseball game against Murrysville. That number belonged to star pitcher Maclean Maund, who was killed in an auto accident in January. The former Penn-Trafford standout, a hard-throwing left-hander, would have been a freshman at Seton Hill and left an...
Report: 15 former employees accuse Washington NFL team of sexual harassmentVideo
The Washington Post reported Thursday that 15 female former employees of the city’s NFL franchise said they were sexually harassed during their time with the team. In a statement, the team said it takes issues of employee conduct seriously and added, “While we do not speak to specific employee situations...
Double Team: Greg Millen brought stability in net to the Penguins and Blues
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
Brothers Rick, David Eckstein lean on each other to prop up Pirates’ bats
David Eckstein was a 5-foot-7 shortstop who was drafted in the 19th round by the Boston Red Sox in 1997. Three years later, the Red Sox waived him. World Series and All-Star Games didn’t appear to be in his future. But big brother, Rick, never stopped believing, a stubborness that...
Palmer Jackson improves, survives cut at Southern Amateur
When Palmer Jackson gets hot, he’s one of the top golfers in the country. The 2019 season was unbelievable for the Murrysville resident and 2019 Franklin Regional graduate. He shot 10 consecutive tournament rounds in the 60s. He continued his strong play in the fall at Notre Dame. But the...
NCAA: Test all athletes for covid-19 within 72 hours of game
The NCAA says college football players should be tested for covid-19 at least 72 hours before a game, players with high-risk exposures to the coronavirus should be quarantined for 14 days and everybody on the sideline should wear a mask. The nation’s largest governing body for college sports on Thursday...
Horizon League – Robert Morris’ new home – postpones sports until Oct. 1
The Horizon League will postpone the start of all of its fall sports until at least Oct. 1, the conference said in a statement, delaying the first competitive events for Robert Morris in its new conference home. “All fall sports competition (championship and non-championship) will be delayed with the understanding...
College hoops coaches move to eliminate standardized testing
DES MOINES, Iowa — Men’s and women’s college basketball coaches are proposing the NCAA eliminate standardized testing requirements from initial-eligibility standards, calling exams such as the SAT and ACT “longstanding forces of institutional racism.” The proposal Thursday came out of the new committee on racial reconciliation formed by the National...
AAC lays out covid-19 test plan ahead of NCAA announcementVideo
The American Athletic Conference will require all its schools to test football players for covid-19 at least 72 hours before competition. The announcement Thursday by the American comes ahead of the expected release of recommendations from the NCAA and the Power Five conferences for testing before games and other protocols...
NCAA approves bowl eligibility adjustment for FCS victories
Major college football teams will be permitted to count two victories against second-tier Division I teams toward bowl eligibility this season. The NCAA Division I Council’s blanket waiver loosens current rules that allow Football Bowl Subdivision teams to count only one victory against Football Championship Subdivision schools toward bowl eligibility....
Stars defenseman Stephen Johns of Wampum named finalist for Masterton Trophy
Dallas Stars defenseman Stephen Johns, a native of Wampum, has been named as a finalist for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy by the Professional Hockey Writers Association. The award recognizes the player who best “exemplifies the qualities of perserverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey.” Johns returned to action this season...
