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Joey Logano set to become youngest driver in NASCAR with 600 starts. How much does he have left?
DOVER, Del. — Joey Logano’s first NASCAR Cup Series start — before he would drive for heavyweight owners such as Joe Gibbs and Roger Penske — came in New Hampshire for a short-lived team called Hall of Fame racing. Set to make his 600th career start — the youngest driver...
British Open bunkergate: R&A does away with tradition of having a crew rank bunkers
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — It took only two holes for Jon Rahm to hit into his first bunker in the British Open. And that’s how long it took caddie Adam Hayes to realize the R&A had decided to end a tradition unlike any other at the major championships. Hayes was...
Steelers RB Jaylen Warren enters camp with new role
Three summers ago on the final day of August, Jaylen Warren couldn’t stop smiling. Giddy as a schoolboy on the first day of summer vacation, Warren was ecstatic that he had survived the final cutdown day in advance of the 2022 regular season. This summer, in regards to his NFL...
Scottie Scheffler is on the verge of another major at the British Open by building a 4-shot lead
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Scottie Scheffler moved within one round of claiming the third leg of the Grand Slam on Saturday when he made an eagle and two big par saves for a 4-under-par 67 at the British Open that gave him a four-shot lead. The roars belonged to Rory...
Steelers A to Z: 3 years the backup, Jaylen Warren enters camp as the featured RB1Video
Editor’s note: From now until reporting day to training camp at Saint Vincent College, TribLive is running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, looking at each player and assessing his outlook for the 2025 season. The breakdown will run in alphabetical order with at least two players each day between...
Fox Chapel native Jack Katsonas excited for opportunity in Tampa Bay organization
Jack Kartsonas prefers to dominate one task at a time. On a recent Wednesday, the former West Virginia University standout and Fox Chapel native was only worried about the quality of the steak he was cooking and not about the challenge of leaping into minor league baseball. Kartsonas, who played...
Hampton pair playing lacrosse on international stage
Former Hampton lacrosse star Emi DiLiberto figured she had nothing to lose when she reached out to the Argentina women’s national team in spring 2024. Then things got loco. “It’s a crazy story,” DiLiberto said. “My father found a contact form online. We filled it out and laughed it off....
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: How is T.J. Watt worth more than Sauce Gardner?
T.J. Watt signed a three-year, $123 million contract extension with $108 million guaranteed. The average annual value is $41 million. Watt will be the NFL’s highest-paid non-quarterback. Sauce Gardner of the New York Jets got a four-year, $120.4 million contract extension with $60 million guaranteed. The average annual value is...
Pirates prospect watch: Jhonny Severino hopes to find way at plate with Bradenton
Jhonny Severino Position: Infielder Height: 6-foot-2 Weight: 185 pounds Level: Low-A Bradenton Notable: In late July 2023, it was perfectly reasonable for Pittsburgh Pirates fans to wonder what the club was getting in teenage infield prospect Jhonny Severino, acquired from the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for first baseman Carlos Santana....
The week ahead: Pirates host Tigers, Diamondbacks
Here’s a look at next week’s Pittsburgh Pirates schedule: vs. Tigers 6:40 p.m. Monday (SN PIT) 6:40 p.m. Tuesday (SN PIT) 12:35 p.m. Wednesday (SN PIT) • After wrapping their first post-All-Star break action over the weekend vs. the White Sox, the Pirates continue a nine-game homestand starting Monday with...
Steelers A to Z: Signed out of rookie tryout camp, Gareth Warren looks to develop on O-line
Editor’s note: From now until reporting day to training camp at Saint Vincent College, TribLive is running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, looking at each player and assessing his outlook for the 2025 season. The breakdown will run in alphabetical order with at least two players each day between...
Former Penguins forward Matt Cooke hired as junior coach in British Columbia
Former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Matt Cooke was hired as head coach and general manager of the Vernon Vipers of the British Columbia Hockey League, a junior “A” league (the second-highest tier of junior hockey in Canada). That team announced the transaction on Friday. Cooke, 46, has coached at various levels...
Pirates farm report for July 18, 2025: Bubba Chandler knocked around in Indy loss
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 54-38) lost 6-1 to Nashville (Brewers) in a game shortened to six innings by rain. RHP Bubba Chandler (4-3, 3.27) started and was knocked around, giving up five runs on eight hits, including two homers, with two walks and four strikeouts. 1B Nick Solak (.361) went 1 for...
Rico Hoey takes 1-point lead into the weekend in the Barracuda Championship
TRUCKEE, Calif. — Rico Hoey had his second straight 13-point round Friday to take a one-point lead into the weekend in the Barracuda Championship, the only PGA Tour event that uses the modified Stableford scoring system. Players receive eight points for a double eagle, five for eagle and two for...
Riverhounds, Detroit play to scoreless draw
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds and Detroit FC entered Friday’s game with not much separating them in the Eastern Conference standings. They left exactly the same way. The teams played to a scoreless draw, leaving the fifth-place Riverhounds (6-6-4) one point ahead of sixth-place Detroit (5-6-6) in the table. The result might...
White Sox pound Pirates, who open 2nd half with 1 of most lopsided losses of the season
If there was optimism for the Pittsburgh Pirates to put a disappointing first half behind them, it was because they opened the second half against one of baseball’s worst teams: the Chicago White Sox. That didn’t prevent the Pirates from continuing their misery against American League opponents. They suffered one...
Ionescu wins 3-point contest, Cloud claims skills competition in New York Liberty sweep
INDIANAPOLIS — Sabrina Ionescu won the 3-point contest, and her New York Liberty teammate Natasha Cloud was the skills champion at All-Star Friday night. Ionescu, who won the title in 2023 with a record performance, had a strong final round, scoring 30 points. It was less than her record-breaking effort...
Shohei Ohtani to make next start Monday, aims for longer outings
LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani will make his next start on the mound Monday as the Los Angeles Dodgers’ two-way superstar progresses toward longer outings after elbow surgery. He’ll open with three innings against the Minnesota Twins in his sixth start before giving way to Dustin May, manager Dave Roberts...
Orioles righty Grayson Rodriguez’s rehab shut down due to sore elbow
TAMPA, Fla. — Baltimore right-hander Grayson Rodriguez had a setback in his comeback from an elbow injury and the Orioles have shut him down indefinitely. “We had to pull back a little bit on Grayson,” interim manager Tony Mansolino told reporters before Friday night’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays....
Shipley second at Korn Ferry Tour’s Price Cutter Charity Championship
Neal Shipley went to bed Thursday in a three-way tie for the lead at the Korn Ferry Tour’s Price Cutter Charity Championship in Springfield, Mo. But because severe weather suspended play at Highland Springs Country Club, when the round was completed on Friday morning, he trailed Chandler Blanchet by a...
Scottie Scheffler with a 64 sets a daunting target at the British Open
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — The rain pounded Royal Portrush right when Scottie Scheffler poured in a birdie putt on his first hole Friday at the British Open. No matter. Nothing stopped the world’s No. 1 player on his way to a 7-under-par 64 to build a one-shot lead going into...
Winnipeg Jets sign forward Gabriel Vilardi to 6-year, $45 million extension
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — The Winnipeg Jets locked up forward Gabriel Vilardi on Friday, signing the forward to a six-year extension worth $45 million. Vilardi became a restricted free agent July 1 after completing a two-year, $6.88 million deal. He had career highs in 2024-25 with 27 goals, 34 assists, 61...
PIAA taking final steps in flag football journey
Eighty yards long. Forty yards wide. Those measurements are now the official dimensions of a high school flag football field in Pennsylvania. Choosing the layout was among the biggest decisions adopted this week as the PIAA added structure to its newest girls sport. Also approved Wednesday by the PIAA board...
Pirates notebook: Liover Peguero returns with versatility; starting rotation resets after break
Liover Peguero has bounced back and forth between Triple-A Indianapolis and the Pittsburgh Pirates. Now that he’s back in the major leagues, look for him to bounce around the infield. Once a top-10 prospect, the 24-year-old has made 28 starts at shortstop, 22 appearances at third base, nine starts at...
Joe Morrow, Penguins’ 1st-round draft pick in 2011, signs in Poland
Defenseman Joe Morrow, the Pittsburgh Penguins’ first-round draft pick (No. 23 overall) in 2011, has signed a one-year contract with Unia Oswiecim of the Polska Hokej Liga (PHL) in Poland. That team announced the transaction with a press release on Friday. Morrow, 32, spent the past two seasons in the...
