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Tim Benz, Mark Madden: Steelers draft could have ripple effect; idea of remote MLB, NHL locations
Coming off of Easter Sunday, this week’s “Madden Monday” podcast looks at a different kind of resurrection. That of the entire sports world. When will we see it? And when we do, will we recognize it? Mark and I aren’t just talking about the mechanics of the leagues getting off...
First Call: Watt Bros. own Siblings Day; J.J. backs Cam Heyward; more noise about Jameis Winston and Steelers
In “First Call” on Monday, the Watt brothers latch onto National Siblings Day. One of them speaks out for snubbed Steelers star Cam Heyward. Another national voice pipes up about the Jameis Winston-to-Pittsburgh talk. And an update on the socially distanced NFL Draft. Friday was National Siblings Day. With so...
Tim Benz: Terry Bradshaw’s contradictions about Mike Tomlin too ironic to ignore
You’ve probably heard the phrase “these are strange times” a lot in recent weeks. They sure are. So strange there is even some weird stuff happening beyond the entire shutdown of the planet thing that’s been going on for the past month. For instance, Terry Bradshaw’s interview on 93.7 The...
Subpar ground game last season may prompt Steelers to target RB earlyVideo
For a franchise that has Hall of Fame running backs in Franco Harris, John Henry Johnson and Jerome Bettis and received superlative rushing performances in recent years from Willie Parker and Le’Veon Bell, the Pittsburgh Steelers achieved history of another sort in 2019. Steelers running backs collectively produced one of...
Displaced marathoners hope to reach their goals virtually
In Erin Donahue’s mind, 2020 was the year it would happen. She had been training diligently. She felt good. She would reach her goal to complete the Pittsburgh Marathon in under four hours. Donahue, a distance runner since her days at Blackhawk, had been running at least 30 hours a...
Column: If NFL cancels 2020 season, it should call on NHL for help
The prize was future Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby, one of the greatest prospects anyone had seen since Wayne Gretzky. And the method to determine who got him, as best as then-Columbus Blue Jackets general manager Doug MacLean can recall, was hashed out over a few meetings as the NHL...
NFL Draft RB breakdown: D’Andre Swift looks to extend list of Georgia standout backsVideo
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. D’Andre Swift Georgia, 5-8, 212 A school that produced Herschel Walker and Terrell Davis has churned out Todd Gurley, Nick Chubb and...
Pittsburgh native, 4-time MLB All-Star second baseman Glenn Beckert dies at 79Video
CHICAGO — Glenn Beckert, a Pittsburgh native and four-time All-Star second baseman for the Chicago Cubs in the 1960s and ’70s, died Sunday. He was 79. Citing his family, the Cubs said he died of natural causes in Florida. Beckert attended Perry High School in Pittsburgh’s North Side, where he...
John Steigerwald: Don’t let Terry Bradshaw fool you about Steelers’ best QB
Terry Bradshaw is right about Tom Brady and wrong about Terry Bradshaw. Bradshaw created quite a stir Thursday on 93.7 FM, especially in New England, when he said he didn’t consider Tom Brady the greatest quarterback of all time. That’s not permitted in New England, and it’s violently frowned upon...
Senior spotlight: WPIAL pole vault champ takes talents into kitchen
Editor’s note: Each day, Trib HSSN will spotlight a WPIAL spring athlete whose senior year has been cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. Jo-Michelle Huczko can’t pole vault in her living room. There’s no landing mat in her driveway or space for a 15-foot pole in the kitchen. Perfecting her...
Memorable shots in the Masters from every club in the bagVideo
Every hole has a tale about the Masters. The playlist of shots is longer than any of the other majors because everyone knows Augusta National so well, players and fans alike. Every club has a story, too. What follows are some of the most memorable shots at the Masters from...
Clemson star Isaiah Simmons do-it-all talent for NFLVideo
Several years before building a Super Bowl roster in San Francisco, John Lynch the broadcaster was pining for a new kind of defensive playmaker. What the NFL needed to counter all the offensive innovations driving up scores, he said back in 2013, was a hybrid linebacker/safety who could stay on...
Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy apologizes for covid-19 comments
STILLWATER, Okla. — Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy apologized Saturday for comments this week about the COVID-19 pandemic. “I have been made aware that comments from my press conference have offended some,” Gundy said in a statement. “It was never my intention to offend anyone and I apologize. My...
Former Steelers fullback Roosevelt Nix expected to sign with the ColtsVideo
Former Steelers Pro Bowl fullback Roosevelt Nix will sign a one-year deal with the Indianapolis Colts, according to multiple reports. Nix, a 5-foot-11, 248-pounder, played with the Steelers for five seasons. He was released last month after the Steelers signed fullback Derek Watt. Nix played in just three games last...
Steelers profess no QB need, but could they be tempted by Jalen Hurts?Video
The Pittsburgh Steelers weren’t intending to select a quarterback in the 2018 NFL Draft. They were set, after all, with Ben Roethlisberger as the franchise leader, Landry Jones as the backup and Joshua Dobbs as the third option. Then, Mason Rudolph dropped into the third round. The Steelers had a...
Latrobe’s Luke Pletcher presses forward after NCAA title dreams evaporate
Luke Pletcher is a two-time All-American wrestler at Ohio State and a legitimate Olympic hopeful. He has to wrap up only two more online classes before he graduates, and he has a coaching job — a volunteer assistant position at Pitt — lined up once he does. Yet at the...
NFL QB breakdown: Burrow, Tua highlight top-heavy 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. Joe Burrow LSU, 6-3, 221 Barring a complete change of heart, the Bengals will select Burrow with the No. 1 overall pick....
Broncos star Von Miller polishing deejay and pass rush skills
Von Miller longs to make a name for himself scratching vinyl just like he has sacking quarterbacks. DJ Sauce Von the Don is the Denver Broncos star linebacker’s alter ego, one whose fledgling club concert career has been thwarted by the coronavirus outbreak. Miller said he spends part of each...
New coach Ron Rivera aims to start changing culture around RedskinsVideo
WASHINGTON — Ron Rivera made plenty of mistakes as a first-time NFL head coach that he hopes not to repeat this time around. Rivera also did enough good things early on with Carolina in 2011 that he’s trying to duplicate now with Washington. The new Redskins coach took some big...
‘Undrafted but undaunted’: Oilers’ Colby Cave dies at 25Video
Colby Cave, an excellent teammate whose lone goal for the Edmonton Oilers this season came on an “awesome” rush down the ice, died Saturday after a brain bleed this week. He was 25. The NHL club did not say what caused the bleed. Cave’s agent, Jason Davidson, has said the...
Duquesne lands three-star forward Toby Okani
Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot continued to build his class of 2020 on Friday when forward Toby Okani verbally committed to enroll. Okani made the announcement on his Twitter account. ???? Ramiir Dixon-Conover (@1neRDC) April 11, 2020 Okani, 6-foot-7, played at Cushing Academy in Ashburnham, Mass., last season. He is...
Masters heartaches walk the fairways with green jacketsVideo
For every fist pump from Tiger Woods, there are images of Greg Norman’s lonely walk across Hogan Bridge as he loses the last of his six-shot lead and heads for more heartache at the Masters. Jack Nicklaus had his famous charge on the back nine. Ed Sneed infamously lost a...
Paul Newberry: What’s wrong with UFC ruler Dana White?Video
What’s wrong with Dana White? Almost everyone else in the world of sports understands it’s time to stand down, but not this guy. The UFC’s undisputed ruler is determined to put others in harm’s way to provide his Roman gladiator-style of alleged entertainment, even if it means taking it to...
Browns new GM Andrew Berry prepared for unique, ‘virtual’ draftVideo
CLEVELAND — With degrees from Harvard in economics and computer science, Browns general manager Andrew Berry would seem perfectly suited to handle any pitfalls or problems he might encounter in his first NFL Draft — a draft like no other. He’s a one-man IT department. Cleveland’s new general manager said...
‘The Last Dance’ director talks project on Michael Jordan’s BullsVideo
Jason Hehir was a kid in the stands in Boston Garden on April 20, 1986, the day Michael Jordan scored a playoff-record 63 points. It was a Christmas gift from his father, who stuck a note promising “Two tickets to the Air Jordan Show” in his stocking that holiday season....
