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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...
Browns’ Baker Mayfield ‘absolutely’ will kneel during national anthemVideo
CLEVELAND — Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield plans to kneel during the national anthem this upcoming season to support protests of social injustice, police brutality and racism. In answering a post from a fan on his Instagram account Saturday that pleaded with him not to kneel, Mayfield responded: “Pull your...
Murrysville brings experience to Westmoreland County summer baseball league
Take a six-player core of veteran guys, stir in some newcomers and sprinkle in a dash of talent from four other programs that won’t field teams this summer, and you have the Murrysville senior “Legion” baseball team. Now, subtract the Legion part. “We have some guys that have been with...
25 years ago, the Baltimore Stallions ruled CFLVideo
Twenty-five years ago, the Baltimore Stallions become the only U.S. team to win the CFL title. The Stallions won their final 13 games in 1995 in what turned out to be the CFL’s final season of a three-year run in the United States. This came after the team started 5-3,...
Ex-Greensburg Central Catholic soccer star Cartwright fighting back from injury-stunted career at Notre Dame
A bright spotlight followed Bailey Cartwright when she played high school soccer at Greensburg Central Catholic, one so bright it was more like a heat lamp sometimes for the star forward. Her goal-scoring barrage became a sort of spectacle as record after record fell and the Centurions meandered through each...
TV money gives NFL leg up if fans can’t fill team’s coffersVideo
DALLAS — Timing favored the NFL over other major pro sports leagues in trying to figure out how to keep the coronavirus pandemic from wrecking the 2020 season. America’s most popular sport has another big advantage if the games are played: TV money. While NFL owners could lose billions collectively...
Penguins A to Z: David Warsofsky steps up as Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s captain
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: David Warsofsky Position: Defenseman Shoots:...
Heat is on: Hectic NASCAR tests drained drivers at HomesteadVideo
MIAMI — Some fans will be back. Some flags will be gone. And after an exhausting few days, NASCAR is about to offer another daunting test at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The Cup Series returns to the track for the third time in eight days Sunday at Homestead, which has previously hosted...
With Nick Gonzales, Pirates have stockpiled surplus of shortstop talentVideo
It was no surprise when the Pittsburgh Pirates selected Nick Gonzales at No. 7 overall in the first round of the MLB Draft on Wednesday, given multiple mock drafts had them picking the New Mexico State star. When Gonzales was announced as a shortstop, however, it raised eyebrows. It’s a...
PIAA reveals tentative state basketball brackets for 2021, ’22 postseasons
The WPIAL will send only four Class 6A boys basketball teams to the state playoffs next season, according to preliminary brackets revealed by the PIAA. That’s down from five qualifiers in the past two seasons and six in the 2017 and 2018 postseasons. The WPIAL also would have one fewer...
‘Burgh’s Best to Wear It, No. 79: Bill Fralic served pancakes with pleasure for Pitt
When it came to Bill Fralic’s blocking for the Pitt Panthers, there is no shortage of superlatives. A new statistic was coined, and a legendary offensive line coach gave a ringing endorsement. The Pancake Block was created in Fralic’s honor, for the ferocity with which he flattened defenders. The late...
