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Denny Hamlin wins on a long day at Homestead
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Denny Hamlin found the magic at Homestead-Miami Speedway, once again. Hamlin went to the lead for the final time with 30 laps left and held off Chase Elliott for his record-tying third NASCAR Cup Series victory at Homestead. Former drivers Tony Stewart and Greg Biffle are the...
Unfiltered: Tim Benz and Mark Madden discuss impact of social issues on sportsVideo
On this week’s edition of Unfiltered, Tim Benz and Mark Madden discuss the impact of social issues on sports. Madden talks about Brooklyn Nets player Kyrie Irving pushing back against the NBA’s plan to restart games in July in Orlando. Madden empathizes with Irving but says it’s easy for Irving...
Summer Rams earn top-5 finish at ACB Open baseball tournament
The Summer Rams, a team consisting of players from the Highlands High School baseball team, earned a top-five finish at the seventh annual Atlantic Coast Baseball Open this past weekend at Wild Things Park in Washington. “We hadn’t practiced much,” coach Jeff Campbell said. “We had gotten on the field...
FIFA urges ‘tolerance’ after Trump’s anthem kneeling rebuke
FIFA appealed Monday for “tolerance, mutual respect and common sense” after U.S. President Donald Trump denounced the annulment of a policy that required soccer players to stand during the national anthem. “I won’t be watching much anymore!” Trump tweeted Saturday. Trump retweeted a tweet by Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz,...
Tim Benz: Jake Guentzel, RMU announcement provide ‘pure sports’ jolt
Guess what I’m doing today. I’m going to a press conference! Woo-hoo! What do I wear? A coat and tie? A tux?! Now, I know what you’re thinking: “Tim, what’s the big deal? You do this for a living. How many thousands of press conferences have you gone to over...
First Call: ESPN’s McGwire-Sosa documentary heavy on nostalgia, light on substance
Monday’s “First Call” is going to be a review of ESPN’s Mark McGwire-Sammy Sosa documentary “Long Gone Summer.” I looked at the clock for about the fourth or fifth time Sunday night. It was 10:45 p.m. “Are they going to get to the steroids topic or what?” I asked aloud....
Madden Monday: Which sport will return as close to normal as possible?; John Harbaugh’s complaints
The NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball are all in various states of uncertainty regarding potential returns to play. In this week’s “Madden Monday” podcast, Mark Madden and I discuss which league is most likely to return in a form familiar to its viewers. I say it’s the NBA. That...
Return of Little Leagues provides some sense of normalcy
John Russo has been involved with the Latrobe Little League for two decades and is in his second year as the organization’s president. Like many of his counterparts, he has been through it all the past couple of months as the covid-19 pandemic and government-imposed safety restrictions threw a wrench...
Daniel Berger wins in playoff as PGA Tour makes successful, healthy returnVideo
FORT WORTH, Texas — Daniel Berger was playing some of the best golf no one noticed. Three months away because of the covid-19 pandemic didn’t slow his momentum, and he made it pay off Sunday with a victory at Colonial. The PGA Tour made a healthy return at the Charles...
Tri-State Open has unique twist with fathers, sons
A first will happen Monday during Day 1 of the annual Tri-State PGA Open. Even though Father’s Day isn’t until Sunday, three fathers will have their sons competing against them at Williams Golf and Country Club in Weirton, W.Va. “We’ve had a father and son play before, but not three,”...
Saints star RB Kamara lauds Bubba Wallace for standing against Confederate flag at NASCAR eventsVideo
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Bubba Wallace wore a mask in the colors of the American flag, his hand over his heart as he stood for the national anthem. This time, fans joined him. In troubled and unprecedented times, a bit of normalcy returned to sports Sunday. Fans — only 1,000 of...
With large roster and young talent, Young Twp. is ready for Westmoreland County American League competition
There is good reason for the excitement surrounding the Young Township Westmoreland County American League baseball team. Made up of players from Sharpsburg, Apollo-Ridge, Armstrong and a few other small school districts, the team recently has struggled with numbers, playing with rosters of 10 or 11. But at the first...
John Steigerwald: Pirates erred in not drafting West Allegheny’s Austin Hendrick
Austin Hendrick may come back to haunt the Pirates. He’s the outfielder from West Allegheny who they didn’t take with the seventh pick in the MLB Draft on Wednesday. By all accounts, the Pirates had a good draft, but everybody knows it’s a crapshoot, especially when you take a high...
‘Long overdue’: White NHL players find their voice on racism
Brian Boyle is a 35-year-old grizzled veteran of 13 NHL seasons who grew up outside Boston. After seeing video of George Floyd’s death, Boyle wanted to say something. The Florida Panthers forward, though, wasn’t sure how and didn’t want it to come off the wrong way. He wound up calling...
Trump says he won’t watch NFL, U.S. soccer if players kneel during anthemVideo
President Donald Trump said he won’t be watching the NFL or U.S. soccer this season if players kneel during the national anthem. After two congressmen slammed U.S. Soccer, which oversees the U.S. men’s and women’s teams, for changing its policy requiring players to stand during the playing of “The Star-Spangled...
‘Burgh’s Best to Wear It, No. 78: Dwight White made big plays in big situations for Super SteelersVideo
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. 78: Dwight White Quick, name the Pittsburgh Steelers player to score the first points in franchise Super Bowl history. Hint: It wasn’t Franco Harris...
Pittsburgh’s National Adult Baseball Association league in full swing
As winter turned to spring, Joe Graff was excited about how the 2020 Pittsburgh National Adult Baseball League was coming together. Then the coronavirus pandemic threw the league, as well as so many other entities, into doubt. But with Gov. Wolf putting southwestern Pennsylvania into the green phase of recovery...
MLB economic standoff with union is giving baseball a black eye, shortchanging the fans
An economic battle that has given baseball a black eye saw negotiations between the owners and players reach an impasse Saturday night, leaving in limbo what the season will look like this summer. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred declared Wednesday night there will be baseball amid a global pandemic, but what...
Penguins A to Z: Radim Zohorna is a big project, literally
While the NHL is on hold due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 53 individuals under NHL contract with the organization, from mid-level prospect Niclas Almari to high-profile trade acquisition Jason Zucker. Player: Radim Zohorna Position: Left winger...
Steelers 2-a-days: Rookie Antoine Brooks, journeyman Breon Borders seek roles in secondary
Editor’s note: Leading up to a unique Pittsburgh Steelers training campstaged 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 June...
Cousins win Westmoreland County Better Ball event
Cousins Katie Miller and Mark Goetz teamed up Saturday to win the Westmoreland County Golf Association’s Better Ball tournament at Greensburg Country Club. Miller, a three-time PIAA Class AAA champion from Hempfield and North Carolina grad, and Goetz, a member of the West Virginia golf team, shot a 5-under 65....
St. John’s fires assistant fencing coach for racist remarksVideo
NEW YORK — St. John’s fired an assistant fencing coach for racist remarks in a video posted to social media. Boris Vaksman was recorded saying the “majority” of blacks are troublemakers because “they don’t want to work,” and steal, do drugs and kill. Vaksman, a native of Ukraine who has...
Baseball players say talks futile, tell MLB to order returnVideo
NEW YORK — Baseball players told Major League Baseball additional talks to start the season during the coronavirus pandemic are pointless and said owners should order a return to work, which likely would spark lengthy litigation and the sport’s return to labor wars. The union’s action Saturday night could lead...
Colonial spectators in bushes and temporary tents off courseVideo
FORT WORTH, Texas — Max Butcher and his buddies felt as if they had front-row seats at Colonial, even in the bushes with no spectators allowed on the course. The group of five recent graduates from nearby TCU stood in a small gap between a row of shrubbery and a...
Schauffele leads Colonial over host of stars in tour returnVideo
FORT WORTH, Texas — The PGA Tour went three months without playing. It took three days to show fans what they were missing, even if all they could do was watch on TV. Eight players had at least a share of the lead at some point Saturday in the Charles...
