Sports category, Page 2009
Penn State’s Zack Kuntz aims for breakout among ‘most talented tight end room in the country’Video
During a video conference call with media Wednesday, Penn State tight end Zack Kuntz made a grandiose statement about his teammates at his position. “I think we’re the most talented tight end room in the country,” the redshirt sophomore said. “And there’s no doubt in my mind about that.” There...
Carnegie Mellon shuts down fall sports
With growing concern over the widespread coronavirus spike that has made its way to Allegheny County, Carnegie Mellon will not participate in fall sports, the university announced Wednesday. Sports that will be shelved are football, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis and women’s volleyball. All but football and volleyball field men’s...
NASCAR moving Watkins Glen race to Daytona road courseVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR will move its August road course race from Watkins Glen in upstate New York because of state health restrictions, and the event will shift instead to the road course at Daytona International Speedway. The move means the Cup Series will make its debut on Daytona’s road...
Stanford drops 11 sports to cut costs during pandemicVideo
Stanford announced Wednesday that it is dropping 11 sports amid financial difficulties caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The school will discontinue men’s and women’s fencing, field hockey, lightweight rowing, men’s rowing, co-ed and women’s sailing, squash, synchronized swimming, men’s volleyball and wrestling after the 2020-21 academic year. Stanford also is...
NFL’s stay-at-home order means teams such as Steelers not traveling for campVideo
Tim Flynn was looking forward to one final year as the mayoral host of training camp for the Dallas Cowboys in Oxnard, Calif. So much for that. The pandemic forced the NFL to abandon, at least for this year, the fading but still time-honored tradition of teams traveling to training...
New Leechburg football coach Randy Walters hopes attention to detail sparks success
You can see the sparkle in his eye, the pep in his step and the excitement in his voice. New Leechburg football coach Randy Walters is happy to be back on a football field. Hired in March, Walters finally got an opportunity to work with his new players in a...
Steelers OT Zach Banner supports Jewish community in wake of DeSean Jackson controversy
Saying he had a sleepless “couple of hours” Wednesday morning, Pittsburgh Steelers tackle Zach Banner used his official Twitter account to post his reaction to the DeSean Jackson controversy. In his post, Banner wrote that his intentions were not to “harp on” Jackson, who has come under fire for anti-Semitic...
Mark Madden: Steelers defense will benefit from Ben Roethlisberger’s return
Here’s a fun prop bet for Steelers fans: What number will be higher in 2020, Ben Roethlisberger’s touchdown passes or how many takeaways the defense gets? I’d bet Roethlisberger. Anybody want to book that action? At 38 and after major surgery on his elbow, Roethlisberger is hardly a guaranteed All-Pro....
Ryder Cup postponed until 2021; Presidents Cup pushed backVideo
Seth Waugh knows how a Ryder Cup is supposed to look and how it should sound. In his first week as CEO at the PGA of America, Waugh was in the 72-foot high grandstand behind the first tee at Le Golf National outside Paris. Flags were waving. Fans were singing....
Jimmie Johnson cleared to race after 2 negative coronavirus tests
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson has twice tested negative for the coronavirus and has been cleared to race Sunday at Kentucky Speedway. Johnson missed the first race of his Cup career when he tested positive last Friday. He was tested after his wife received a positive result....
Steelers 2-a-days: Anthony McFarland a sleeper rookie star? Alexander Myres a playmaking CBVideo
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...
‘Burgh’s Best to Wear It, No. 54: Jerry Olsavsky could be counted on to make the stop
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. 54: Jerry Olsavsky No matter what number he wore — and he wore both Nos. 54 and 55 playing football in Pittsburgh — there...
Pirates will issue refunds to season-ticket holders
Now that MLB has unveiled its 60-game schedule in a season that will start without fans allowed in ballparks because of the coronavirus crisis, the Pittsburgh Pirates have told season-ticket holders who requested refunds that their 2020 ticket packages will be fully reimbursed within the next seven to 10 business...
Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: Steven Brault saves the day in a non-rain delay at Pirates camp
The Pittsburgh Pirates opened training camp at PNC Park to select local media for the first time, and the four-hour window included a rain delay with no rain followed by a simulated game in a steady drizzle. And just when we thought this shortened season amid the coronavirus crisis couldn’t...
What life in the NHL bubble may look like. And what the Penguins’ roster may look like.
We’ve been waiting for months to see what life within the NHL bubble is going to be like. Now we are getting an idea. The National Hockey League has released its return-to-play protocol for Phase 3 and Phase 4. That’s training camp and the ensuing restart of the season on...
First Call: DeSean Jackson’s anti-Semitic post, Joe West’s coronavirus confusion lead ‘week of dumb’
We need games back. Now! Because we need to start talking about dumb decisions by players, coaches, executives and officials on the field. Those things are a lot easier to digest than what they are saying in quotes and on social media. Wednesday’s “First Call” takes a look at this...
Tim Benz: Pirates’ Mitch Keller has 2 specific ways he can become … Mitch Keller
In 2020, the Pirates might be able to hit enough to stay in contention over the looming 60-game sprint of a season. However, their pitchers may get hit around the yard on a nightly basis just as hard. Or worse. One X factor in how the starting rotation performs is...
Mike Bianchi: If NBA, MLS bubbles burst in Orlando, you can forget football seasonVideo
ORLANDO, Fla. — We are counting on you, NBA. We are counting on you, MLS. We are counting on you to keep your fragile, delicate Disney bubbles from bursting. We are counting on you to accomplish the nearly impossible task of showing that, yes, team sports can be safely played...
Wizards’ Bradley Beal, Nets’ Spencer Dinwiddie to miss rest of NBA seasonVideo
WASHINGTON — Wizards leading scorer Bradley Beal and Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie won’t take part in the restart of the NBA season, two significant absences in the Eastern Conference playoff race. Beal is out because of a right rotator cuff injury, and Dinwiddie announced he is still testing positive for...
Former Pirates manager Clint Hurdle puts Hampton home for sale for $1.8 million
The Pirates fired manager Clint Hurdle last September after his team finished at the bottom of the NL Central with a record of 69-93. Now, the longtime baseball coach and manager has put his Pittsburgh home on the market. Hurdle, 62, who now resides in Florida, lived in the 9,120-square...
Division III Presidents’ Athletic Conference limits fall sports to league games
The NCAA Division III Presidents’ Athletic Conference will limit its fall sports teams’ schedules to conference games only, a move announced by the league Tuesday. All fall sports, except football, are looking at a start date of Sept. 1. Football teams are set to begin their nine-game schedules on Sept....
After settling in at second base, Adam Frazier hopes his bat will keep him in Pirates’ lineup
Adam Frazier’s versatility has been a blessing and a curse, as he played the middle infield and all three outfield positions before settling in at second base for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Being a Gold Glove finalist in his first season as the starting second baseman hasn’t stopped speculation Frazier could...
Patrick Mahomes’ big bet on football pays off with $503 million dealVideo
Patrick Mahomes risked everything when he opted for football over baseball. Turns out, he got baseball money anyway. One day after the former two-sport star got a 10-year deal worth up to $503 million, the richest contract in American sports history, the reigning Super Bowl MVP repeatedly insisted this deal...
Former Mt. Pleasant softball standout changes course, transfers to Alderson Broaddus
Meadow Uncapher is hitting the reset button again on her college softball career. A rising junior out of Mt. Pleasant, Uncapher is leaving St. Francis (Pa.) to play at Alderson Broaddus (W.Va.). The move will take her from a Division I to a Division II program, but she believes it...
AFL launched 60 years ago by ambitious owners who changed football forever
See you next year. That’s what the Baltimore Colts told offensive lineman Ron Mix during a bidding war for his services in 1960. On one side was the Colts, an established NFL powerhouse. On the other, the Los Angeles Chargers of the American Football League, which was ramping up for...
