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WPIAL announces 14th Hall of Fame class inductees, award winnersVideo
The 14th annual class of the WPIAL Hall of Fame is unlike any that came before it. Eight athletes, two coaches, two teams, one official, two contributors, one Heritage Award honoree and a Courage Award recipient will be honored … just not this year. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, this...
MLB honoring Jackie Robinson Day with online tributes
NEW YORK — Forced from the field by the new coronavirus, Major League Baseball is moving its annual celebration of Jackie Robinson online. The Jackie Robinson Foundation is launching a virtual learning hub to coincide with the 73rd anniversary Wednesday of Robinson breaking the major league color barrier. CC Sabathia...
Remembering the 2017 Penguins-Predators Stanley Cup Final
We go down memory lane in this week’s “Essey Tire” hockey podcast with Brian Metzer of the Penguins Radio Network. In lieu of actual hockey, the NHL Network is running an all-day marathon on Tuesday of the 2017 Stanley Cup Final between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Nashville Predators. So...
Tim Benz: New MLB idea to save season is better, but some flaws can’t be fixed
The latest model to lay out some version of a potential Major League Baseball season in 2020 appears to be an improvement over the first one we saw. But it is still fraught with specific problems, unavoidable pitfalls and significant overarching questions about health during the coronavirus pandemic. Please don’t...
First Call: Rod Woodson’s weird logic on Roethlisberger vs. Bradshaw debate
Tuesday’s “First Call” takes a look at how Steelers legend Rod Woodson entered the fray regarding the recently spicy Ben Roethlisberger versus Terry Bradshaw debate. Steelers Hall of Famer Rod Woodson appeared on FS1’s “Speak for Yourself” on Monday. He was asked if Terry Bradshaw was right when he deferred...
American Legion baseball season canceled by state commander
American Legion baseball season officially was canceled across Pennsylvania on Monday, but Jason Bush isn’t ruling out playing games later this summer. The Region 7 director and president of District 31 in Westmoreland County is trying to organize a one-year league that could provide the players a welcomed return to...
NFL Draft WR breakdown: CeeDee Lamb, Alabama receivers highlight classVideo
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. CeeDee Lamb Oklahoma, 6-2, 198 In his final season at Oklahoma, Lamb became the favorite receiver of Jalen Hurts, catching 62 passes...
PGA of America starts relief fund to help golf industryVideo
The PGA of America established the Golf Emergency Relief Fund on Monday by donating $5 million and pledging to match up to an additional $2.5 million given by other groups in hopes of providing support for the golf industry during the covid-19 pandemic. The PGA’s contribution included every member of...
Local fighter Khama Worthy disappointed by UFC cancellation
UFC president Dana White received a great deal of criticism for being the last major professional sports figure to resist canceling events because of the coronavirus pandemic. He didn’t call off UFC 249, which was scheduled for Saturday, until last Thursday. None of that criticism came from local fighter Khama...
Mom of NBA star Karl-Anthony Towns dies from coronavirusVideo
MINNEAPOLIS — Jacqueline Cruz-Towns, the mother of Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns, died Monday due to complications from covid-19 after more than a month of fighting the virus. The Timberwolves made the announcement via the Towns family, which requested privacy. Karl Towns Sr., the father of the two-time All-Star player,...
Panthers make McCaffrey highest paid running back in NFLVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers agreed to a four-year, $64 million contract extension with All-Pro Christian McCaffrey, a person familiar with the contract negotiation told the Associated Press, making McCaffrey the highest-paid running back in the NFL. Details on how much of the contract is fully guaranteed were unavailable....
Former Pitt wrestler Joe Solomon named to Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame
Joe Solomon, a Pitt wrestler who won an NCAA championship in 1954, has been named to the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. Solomon, a Canonsburg native, won his title at 167 pounds, but that was only one achievement in a long wrestling career. In four years at Pitt, he was...
NHL Network to air entire 2017 Penguins-Predators Stanley Cup Final on Tuesday
To fill the void of no live sports in recent weeks, networks have provided Pittsburgh Penguins fans the opportunity to re-live the 2009 and 2016 Stanley Cup runs. Tuesday, they’ll get a chance to turn the clock to 2017. The NHL Network is devoting almost 12 hours of broadcast time...
Draft date unknown, but NBA presses on with evaluationsVideo
There are many unknowns about the NBA Draft, though some elements are proceeding as usual and one deadline is looming this week. The NBA — as per usual — has been sending evaluations to players who are considering leaving college early and entering the draft and will continue doing so...
Ex-NFL quarterback Tarvaris Jackson, 36, dies in car crashVideo
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Former NFL quarterback Tarvaris Jackson has died in a one-car crash outside Montgomery, authorities said Monday. He was 36. The 2012 Chevrolet Camaro that Jackson was driving went off the road, struck a tree and overturned at 8:50 p.m. Sunday, Trooper Benjamin “Michael” Carswell, an Alabama Law...
ESPN and NFL Network will combine for NFL Draft telecastVideo
NEW YORK — ESPN and NFL Network will join forces for this year’s NFL Draft. They will produce a broadcast that will air on both networks over all three days. The April 23-25 draft originally was scheduled to be in Las Vegas but has been moved because of the coronavirus...
TCU’s Jalen Reagor could be playmaker Steelers seek in 2nd round of NFL DraftVideo
In JuJu-Smith Schuster, James Washington and Diontae Johnson, the Pittsburgh Steelers have one of the youngest wide receiving trios in the NFL. If the organization follows through on its intention of grabbing another playmaker on the second day of the NFL Draft, that group could get even younger and become...
Disjointed NBA season leaves unanswered questions for WVU’s Oscar Tshiebwe
While NBA teams have no idea when — or if — their season will resume, there has been talk of postponing the draft from June 25 until sometime in August. It is a situation watched closely by West Virginia coach Bob Huggins and Mountaineers freshman Oscar Tshiebwe, who has filed...
Ex-NFL quarterback Tarvaris Jackson, 36, dies in car crashVideo
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Former NFL quarterback Tarvaris Jackson died in a one-car crash outside Montgomery, authorities said Monday. He was 36. The 2012 Chevrolet Camaro that Jackson was driving went off the road, struck a tree and overturned at 8:50 p.m. Sunday, Trooper Benjamin “Michael” Carswell, an Alabama Law Enforcement...
XFL files for bankruptcy, cites covid-19 crisisVideo
The XFL filed for bankruptcy Monday, likely spelling the end of the second iteration of the league. The filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware estimates the organization has between $10 million and $50 million in both assets and liabilities. Former coaches Bob Stoops and Marc Trestman are among the...
West Virginia’s Bob Huggins calls NCAA transfer proposal ‘ridiculous’
Aside from the obvious pandemic-related hurdles that confront every college program, Bob Huggins has fewer problems than most coaches. There are issues, however. West Virginia’s basketball coach would like to see his team improve its free-throwing shooting. The Mountaineers were 333rd of 350 schools last season (64.2%). “That’s why they...
Mark Madden: Steelers should start Stefen Wisniewski at left guard, but they won’t
There won’t be OTAs or mini-camp. Training camp is a long way off. There might not even be a 2020 season. But when the NFL does play, the Steelers will make a big mistake. The right decision is so obvious. It’s equally obvious the Steelers will make the wrong one....
Pirates’ Roberto Clemente game-used bat, Honus Wagner rookie card up for auction
Pittsburgh Pirates fans will have an opportunity to own some rare prized team memorabilia – if they have about six figures worth of disposable cash lying around. A 1959 Roberto Clemente game-used bat and a 1902 Honus Wagner rookie card are up for auction at robertedwardauctions.com. According to a release...
Popular New York City sports photographer dead at 48 from coronavirus
NEW YORK — Anthony Causi, a highly skilled and exceedingly popular sports photographer for The New York Post who covered the city’s teams for 25 years, died Sunday from the new coronavirus. He was 48. The newspaper reported Causi’s death on its website Sunday night and included an image of...
Steelers add former Penn State WR Saeed Blacknall to offseason roster
The Pittsburgh Steelers continued to fortify their offseason roster with former XFL players, signing wide receiver Saeed Blacknall to a one-year contract Monday. Blacknall, a former Penn State pass catcher, most recently played for the Los Angeles Wildcats of the upstart league, which ceased operations last week after having its...
