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RMU’s Chris King on challenges athletic directors face because of covid-19
First-year Robert Morris athletic director Chris King had just gone through a full week of overseeing his teams barrel through playoff performances. The men’s basketball team had just won the NEC Tournament at the brand-new UPMC Events Center. His women’s team finished 17-1 in conference play. The men’s hockey team...
U mad, bro? Shut-in readers gnash teeth about Ben Roethlisberger; Mike Tomlin vs. Bill Cowher; MLB’s future
It appears the longer we stay locked inside because of coronavirus fears, the angrier our audience is getting. Yeah. Me, too. This week’s readers go after Mike Tomlin, Ben Roethlisberger, spitting baseball players and me. Mainly me. And I’m getting a little too pent up to let it go. “Treston”...
Pitt signs guard Femi Odukale to boost 2020 class to four players
Femi Odukale, who came remarkably close to averaging a triple-double in his post-grad season, signed a national letter of intent with Pitt on Wednesday. That brings coach Jeff Capel’s 2020 class to four players. “Femi displayed outstanding versatility, talent, toughness and competitiveness during an outstanding post-grad season,” Capel said in...
Freshman basketball star Rodney Gallagher gets football offer from Penn State
It’s not surprising that Rodney Gallagher received a scholarship offer from Penn State on Wednesday. Colleges from all over the country are sure to be lining up to secure the services of the Laurel Highlands freshman in the coming months. What might be a little surprising is the Nittany Lions...
Astros manager Baker laments lack of black players on Jackie Robinson DayVideo
Houston manager Dusty Baker celebrated Jackie Robinson’s legacy on the 73rd anniversary of the fall of the major league color barrier and lamented the lack of African Americans in today’s game. “It’s frustrating because we’ve talked about it forever … but it seems like the numbers are dwindling instead of...
MLB commissioner Manfred says he will ‘turn over every stone’ for seasonVideo
NEW YORK — Rob Manfred wants MLB to be in position to take the field whenever government and health officials give the go-ahead. “I think it’s incumbent upon us to turn over every stone to try to play the game in 2020 if there’s any way we can in the...
Mike McCarthy rejuvenated in return to coaching with CowboysVideo
Mike McCarthy surely didn’t envision returning to coaching amid a global pandemic when he spent much of the last year dreaming about getting back to the NFL. And he’s loving it. Every. Single. Minute. The Greenfield native rarely left the team’s headquarters at The Star in Frisco before the NFL...
Terry Smith finds one of his many niches on Penn State’s coaching staff
Terry Smith won 101 games and led Gateway High School to four WPIAL championship games while serving for more than a decade as football coach and athletic director at his alma mater. He holds a coveted berth in the WPIAL Hall of Fame. On Wednesday, he spoke of a high...
NTSB report: Halladay had amphetamines in system, was doing acrobatics before fatal plane crashVideo
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Baseball Hall of Famer Roy Halladay had high-levels of amphetamines in his system and was doing extreme acrobatics when he lost control of his small plane and nosedived into Tampa Bay in 2017, killing him, a National Transportation Safety Board report issued Wednesday said. Halladay had...
NFL Draft OT breakdown: Alabama’s Jedrick Wills grades highest at deep position
The 2020 NFL Draft is April 23-25. Each day leading up to the first round, the Tribune-Review is compiling a positional preview of the top draft prospects. 1. Jedrick Wills Jr. Alabama, 6-4, 312 The NFL comparison assigned to Wills in his draft profile is Jason Peters, a nine-time Pro...
Pitt lands 2019 Mountain West Freshman of the Year Jayla Everett
Lance White can’t put Jayla Everett in his lineup until the second semester of the 2020-21 Pitt season, but he believes she will be worth the wait. Pitt’s women’s basketball coach made Everett’s transfer official Wednesday after a season and a half at New Mexico. “She is a dynamic player...
Tour de France to start Aug. 29, end Sept. 20Video
PARIS — With the Tour de France pushed back to a late August start, race director Christian Prudhomme is hoping cycling’s showcase event can help bring back a sense of normality to a nation reeling from the coronavirus pandemic. Organizers on Wednesday announced new dates of Aug. 29-Sept. 20 for...
Commissioners tell Mike Pence no football before campuses openVideo
The commissioners of the nation’s major college football conferences held a 30-minute conference call Wednesday with Vice President Mike Pence and stressed that college sports cannot return from the coronavirus shutdown until campuses have re-opened. The 10 commissioners, along with the athletic director of Notre Dame, comprise the College Football...
Former Hopewell star Shatori Walker-Kimbrough acquired by WNBA’s Liberty
NEW YORK — For the first time in her WNBA career, Shatori Walker-Kimbrough will wear a different uniform. The New York Liberty traded seven-time All-Star Tina Charles in a three-team deal Wednesday that involved Walker-Kimbrough. Charles will go to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Walker-Kimbrough, the No. 12 pick...
Kris Letang delivers message of peace as another Penguins-Flyers series looms
In these trying times, Penguins defenseman Kris Letang delivered a message of hope this week. If he harbors no ill will toward Scott Hartnell, we all can show more charity toward our fellow man, right? In the waning seconds of an Oct. 8, 2009, game between intrastate rivals, Letang flew...
With Steelers candidates to deal on draft day, ex-NFL executives discuss strategies
Next week’s NFL draft is unlike any other over the past century for the Pittsburgh Steelers — and not just because of its virtual nature. After trading away their first- and third-round picks in separate deals for Devin Bush and Minkah Fitzpatrick, the Steelers own just one pick over the...
Browns return to past, unveil classic uniformsVideo
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Browns will look better next season. There’s still no guarantees how they’ll play or when. With a salute to their past, the Browns unveiled new uniforms Wednesday to replace old ones that had grown stale and become symbolic with losing. The “new” jerseys and pants were...
Green Bay Packers hall of famer Willie Davis dies at 85Video
Willie Davis, a Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive lineman who helped the Green Bay Packers win the first two Super Bowls, died. He was 85. The Packers confirmed Davis’ death to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Wednesday, as did his former teammate and fellow hall member, Dave...
Pitt athletics floods Twitter with year-end awards
Pitt’s athletic department refused to allow the covid-19 quarantine to shut down its presentation of the most accomplished student-athletes of the past academic year. So, the third annual Panthers’ Choice Awards went viral via Twitter on Wednesday. Several staff members, including Chancellor Patrick Gallagher, and former student-athletes, including Dan Marino,...
Time might be right for Steelers to find replacements at tackle in NFL Draft
The makeover of the Pittsburgh Steelers offensive line, a unit that had been together since 2015, began last winter with the trade of right tackle Marcus Gilbert to the Arizona Cardinals. It continued last month with left guard Ramon Foster’s retirement. With age and expiring contracts creeping up on the...
Recruiting calls keep Penn State’s Terry Smith busy
Penn State might get about 10 fewer names on national letters of intent than it received last year, but that doesn’t mean Terry Smith’s job will be any easier. While quarantined at home, Smith said he is on his phone so much that at night he’s forced to give in...
Mark Madden: Signing LeSean McCoy would lessen Steelers’ draft needs
This year’s NFL Draft means a lot to the Steelers. They have plenty of holes. James Conner isn’t a No. 1 back, not even when he’s healthy (which is rarely). The Steelers don’t have a true No. 1 receiver: JuJu Smith-Schuster tried, but isn’t. He’s a complementary piece, maybe just...
Penguins sign former 7th-round pick William Reilly to entry-level contractVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins announced the signing of their seventh-round pick from three years ago, agreeing to a two-year, entry-level deal with defenseman William Reilly. The 6-foot-2, 197-pound Reilly, a right-handed shot, recently completed his senior season at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). The 22-year-old Toronto native led the Engineers in plus/minus...
WPIAL announces James Collins Scholar-Athlete scholarship award winners
The WPIAL announced the 20 winners of its annual James Collins Scholar-Athlete scholarship awards during its annual meeting Wednesday. WPIAL associate executive director Amy Scheuneman and board president Scott Seltzer met with area athletic directors and principals via a Zoom conference call. The WPIAL annually awards 20 scholarships of $1,000...
First Call: Watt brothers star on ‘Tonight Show’; sports movie ideas for Stephen King’s list
For “First Call” Wednesday, we try to help out renowned horror writer Stephen King. And the Watt brothers take over “The Tonight Show.” The offseason of the Watt brothers continues. Steelers T.J. and Derek Watt joined older brother J.J. Watt during a segment on “The Tonight Show” Tuesday. It was...
