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NASCAR schedule gets another set of revisionsVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR’s All-Star Race will be a midweek event July 15 at Charlotte Motor Speedway as part of a revision to the schedule that runs through the first weekend of August. NASCAR already has rescheduled races through June 21, and the update released Thursday begins the next weekend...
NHL reveals further details for potential postseasonVideo
The NHL revealed Thursday a few more details of its return to play plan for a postseason that would take place in summer. • While the qualifying round to formally enter the playoffs will involve best-of-five series, all four rounds of the actual playoffs will be best-of-seven series. When the...
Steelers CB Steve Nelson speaks of ‘positivity’ in addressing ongoing racial tensions
On the eve of a scheduled video conference call with reporters, Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Steve Nelson turned to Twitter and told his 28,000 followers he would have a few things to get off his chest. “Tune in tomorrow,” he wrote. “I will be voicing my thoughts to the media on...
Tentative return-to-play date for Riverhounds, USL Championship set for July 11
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds are now one step closer to returning to competitive play in 2020. On Thursday, the USL Championship Board of Governors voted in favor of a provisional start date of July 11. Plans for competition format, scheduling, broadcast and other information has yet to be decided upon, but...
Bills rookie Jake Fromm apologizes for racially insensitive comment
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills rookie quarterback Jake Fromm apologized for using the phrase “elite white people” in a text conversation from more than a year ago, and posted on social media early Thursday morning. The former Georgia starter posted his apology on his Twitter account, in which he wrote:...
Penguins A to Z: Kevin Roy might have reached his ceiling alreadyVideo
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 54 individuals under NHL contract with the organization, from mid-level prospect Niclas Almari to high-profile trade acquisition Jason Zucker. Player: Kevin Roy Position: Left winger...
Penguins player tests positive for coronavirus
The Pittsburgh Penguins issued a statement Thursday stating an unidentified player tested positive for the coronavirus that has halted the NHL, as well as most sports leagues around the globe, since mid-March. In the statement, the Penguins indicated the player is not in Pittsburgh and has been in isolation at...
Florida State football team meets after coach accused of lyingVideo
The Florida State football team met with coach Mike Norvell on Thursday after a star player accused the coach of lying about personally connecting with each player to discuss the police killing of George Floyd and ensuing protests against racial injustice. Florida State athletic director David Coburn was making a...
AP source: NBA owners approve 22-team season restart planVideo
A person with knowledge of the situation said the NBA’s Board of Governors approved a 22-team format for restarting the league season in late July at the Disney campus near Orlando, Fla. The format calls for each team playing eight games to determine playoff seeding plus the possible utilization of...
Steelers’ Steven Nelson: Moving camp to South Side ‘won’t have a great big effect’
For the first time since before most of the parents of most of the current players were born, the Pittsburgh Steelers will not be headed to Saint Vincent College next month for training camp. By directive of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell out of concerns relating to the coronavirus pandemic, all...
Who were the PIAA football teams of the decade? MaxPreps ranks the Top 20
The most dominant high school football team in the state last decade wasn’t from Western Pennsylvania, but six WPIAL programs did make the list. MaxPreps created a formula to rank the teams of the decade and crowned St. Joseph’s Prep as the winner Wednesday. Among WPIAL teams, North Allegheny was...
Lernerville Speedway calls off pair of events
Despite counties in Southwestern Pennsylvania moving to the green phase of reopening Friday, racing at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver again is on hold as the track announced Friday’s Fab4 Revved Up with Marburger night of racing and Tuesday’s School Bus/Kid’s Bike/Enduro events have been called off. Lernerville made the announcement...
Penn State’s Lamont Wade speaks out at Pleasant Hills protest
Penn State safety Lamont Wade was on the front lines of a peaceful protest against racial injustice on Wednesday in Pleasant Hills. “If you are out here today then that means you want change,” Wade said. “And we need to see actions towards change, starting today.” Wade, a Clairton graduate,...
Steelers’ Mike Tomlin, assistants permitted to return to team complex Friday
The NFL will move one step closer to normalcy Friday when coaches will be permitted back inside team facilities for the first time since March. Commissioner Roger Goodell informed the 32 teams of his decision Thursday. Team facilities were closed to coaches for about three months as the league dealt...
Saints’ Drew Brees takes first step toward mending relationships
NEW ORLEANS — Drew Brees now realizes he had fallen out of touch. His contemporaries drove that home when they pilloried him this week for repeating a long-held conviction he had always felt comfortable expressing. In the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, Brees repeated his opposition to...
Penn State QB Sean Clifford uses chess to keep mind sharpVideo
The stay-at-home directives of the coronavirus pandemic have caused everyone to adjust, including starting quarterbacks of top-10 college football teams. For Penn State’s Sean Clifford, that’s meant keeping his throwing arm in shape by tossing to his younger brother, a high school senior who verbally committed as a receiver to...
Chris Archer’s health issues make Tampa Bay trade a disaster that haunts Pirates
Two weeks into spring training, Chris Archer was counting down the days until Opening Day and the possibility of pitching for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the Tampa Bay Rays. For Archer, it would have marked a return to Tropicana Field and a shot at redemption for the ill-fated and lopsided...
‘Burgh’s Best to Wear It, No. 88: Lynn Swann displayed grace, grit in Hall of Fame careerVideo
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. 88: Lynn Swann Lynn Swann has enjoyed as diverse a career as any athlete after the end of his playing days. From his two-decade...
Malcolm Jenkins to teammate Drew Brees: ‘You are part of the problem’Video
New Orleans Saints safety Malcolm Jenkins has responded to teammate Drew Brees after Brees called kneeling during the presentation of the American flag “disrespectful.” In a four-minute Instagram video posted Wednesday afternoon, Jenkins accused Brees of being “unaware.” The response initially targeted Brees’ assertion during an interview with Yahoo! Finance...
Travel softball teams returning to action, trying to get used to coronavirus guidelines
Travel softball will return to Pennsylvania later this month and players and coaches, particularly those who missed out on the high school season, are bubbling with anticipation to play again. When they finally return to the field, they will be met with a laundry list of new safety guidelines brought...
Robert Morris reportedly mulling move out of Northeast Conference
A potential move out of the Northeast Conference for Robert Morris — a possibility that has been whispered about more than once in recent years — is once again a topic of conversation. On Wednesday night, Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports reported the Colonials have emerged as a potential candidate...
Drew Brees draws ire of Steelers’ Cameron Heyward, LeBron James, othersVideo
NEW ORLEANS — Drew Brees was criticized sharply by fellow high-profile athletes including some of his own teammates on Wednesday after the Saints’ quarterback reiterated his opposition to kneeling during the National Anthem. In an interview with Yahoo, Brees was asked to revisit former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s 2016 protest...
Eastern Swim Association cancels summer schedule
Add the Eastern Swim Association (ESA) to the long list of sports organizations deciding to cancel summer events in the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. The ESA decided Monday in a Zoom meeting of the 11 member clubs to call off the dual-meet schedule, set to start June 16, as...
Four Pitt voices speak loudly on the passing of coach Johnny Majors
Here’s what Pitt people are saying about Johnny Majors, who died Tuesday night in Knoxville, Tenn.: Pitt Chancellor Patrick Gallagher “Coach John Majors was, and always will be, an important part of the University of Pittsburgh’s history. He is a celebrated championship-winning coach, but his impact on our players endured...
Years after leaving, Johnny Majors told John Pelusi, ‘I should have never left Pitt’
Johnny Majors walked down the steps into John Pelusi’s basement, picked up a cue stick, surveyed the pool table and laid down a challenge. “He said to my dad, ‘If I beat you at pool, your son’s going to come to Pitt,’” Pelusi said. “My dad says, ‘He’s not going...
