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Tim Benz: With the Pirates, we’ll see Adam Frazier again — or at least someone that looks just like him
What do you think the Pittsburgh Pirates will get for Adam Frazier when they trade him a third time? We all know he’s coming back again after being dealt to Kansas City on Wednesday, right? I mean, he’s got the potential to be the Pirates version of what Mark Recchi...
Steelers A to Z: Opportunities await in secondary for Juan Thornhill after Minkah Fitzpatrick trade
Editor’s note: From now until reporting day to training camp at Saint Vincent College, TribLive is running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, looking at each player and assessing his outlook for the 2025 season. The breakdown will run in alphabetical order with at least two players each day between...
Phil Mickelson, Lee Westwood lead surprising days of the ‘older gentlemen’ at British Open
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Phil Mickelson delivered more magic Thursday in the British Open, leaving one shot in a bunker and holing the next one from 75 feet away for an unlikely par. He tipped his cap. He gave a thumbs-up to the crowd. It looked like the Mickelson of...
Mark Madden: Increased popularity shows changes are working for MLB
After the first-ever “swing-off” brought pizzazz to the finish of Tuesday’s MLB All-Star Game, it seems inevitable the concept will be used for regular-season games. It shouldn’t be. It has a fatal flaw. The “swing-off” uses non-major-leaguers to help determine the result of MLB games, namely the batting-practice pitchers. Teams...
Former Penguins defenseman Ty Smith signs with KHL’s Dinamo Minsk
Former Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Ty Smith has signed a one-year contract with Dinamo Minsk, a team based in Belarus that competes in Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). That team announced the transaction via Telegram, a popular social media platform in Europe. A native of Lloydminster, Alberta, the 25-year-old Smith spent...
Former Penguins goaltender Louis Domingue signs with KHL’s Sibir Novosibirsk
Former Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Louis Domingue has signed a one-year contract with Sibir Novosibirsk of Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). That team announced the transaction with a release on Thursday. A native of Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, the 33-year-old Domingue has spent the past three seasons with the New York Rangers organization,...
First Call: Surprising Steeler makes NFL Top 100 list; update on Najee Harris fireworks injury
Thursday’s “First Call” has a surprising entry from the Pittsburgh Steelers on the NFL Top 100 list. Cam Heyward comments on T.J. Watt’s contractual situation. We have an update on Najee Harris’ injured eye. And there are long odds facing the U.S. Open champion from Oakmont at this week’s Open...
U mad, bro?: Midsummer cynicism from Pirates fans, preseason sass from Steelers fans
This is the slowest week in sports. The NFL hasn’t started training camps yet. It’s All-Star break time for Major League Baseball. The NHL and NBA are in an offseason lull. You’d think that would lead to a lull in angst from Pittsburgh sports fans too. You’d be wrong. Here’s...
Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: Why the Pirates should ‘stay open-minded’ leading up to trade deadline
Ben Cherington wasted no time to address the Pittsburgh Pirates after a failure of a first half in which they fired the manager, tied a dubious major-league record and endured the pendulum swing of successive sweeps that involved back-to-back series with shutout wins and losses. On what is generally considered...
Forward prospect Melvin Fernstrom has no complaints about trade to PenguinsVideo
On the eastern side of North America, the transaction was orchestrated within a few minutes of midnight. But in Sweden, it happened more than two hours before the sun came up. At 11:52 p.m. on Jan 31, the Pittsburgh Penguins officially completed a multi-player trade with the Vancouver Canucks. Forward...
Steelers A to Z: Part of infamous Pickett draft class, Skylar Thompson enters camp as QB4
Editor’s note: From now until reporting day to training camp at Saint Vincent College, TribLive is running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, looking at each player and assessing his outlook for the 2025 season. The breakdown will run in alphabetical order with at least two players each day between...
Simone Biles, Penn State volleyball coach among those honored at ESPY Awards
LOS ANGELES — NBA Finals MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Olympic champion gymnast Simone Biles won as best male and female athletes at the ESPYS on Wednesday night. Gilgeous-Alexander led the Oklahoma City Thunder to the NBA championship last month while piling up hardware as league MVP and scoring champion. “It’s...
Kalen DeBoer is looking to escape Nick Saban’s shadow and lead Tide back to playoffs in 2nd season
ATLANTA — Four years without a national championship feels like a severe drought for veteran Alabama players. Similarly, one year of missing the College Football Playoff has second-year coach Kalen DeBoer feeling the pressure to restore the Crimson Tide’s status as one of the nation’s top teams in 2025. When...
Arrival of phenom Gavin McKenna turns eyes of hockey world to Penn StateVideo
With eight words — “the best spot for me is Penn State” — Gavin McKenna made a monumental announcement that changed the way hockey’s top prospects make their way to the NHL. McKenna, the no-doubt No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NHL Draft, committed to play at Penn State...
NCAA fines Memphis $30K, places it on probation after softball players did hoops player’s schoolwork
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The University of Memphis’ athletic department has been put on probation for two years and fined $30,000 by the NCAA after an investigation found an academic counselor paid two softball players to help a men’s basketball player with schoolwork. The NCAA announced the mutually-agreed-to punishment Wednesday, saying...
Jimmy Joe Robinson, Pitt’s 1st Black varsity football player, dies at 97
Jimmy Joe Robinson, the first Black varsity football player at Pitt, died Monday at the age of 97, the university announced Wednesday afternoon. Robinson was born in Connellsville and debuted with the Panthers in 1945, when Pitt finished 3-7 under coach Clark Shaughnessy. He lettered at Pitt for two additional...
Steelers A to Z: Undrafted rookie DJ Thomas-Jones the lone true fullback in camp
Editor’s note: From now until reporting day to training camp at Saint Vincent College, TribLive is running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, looking at each player and assessing his outlook for the 2025 season. The breakdown will run in alphabetical order with at least two players each day between...
Bradley Beal, 3-time All-Star, agrees to buyout with the Phoenix Suns
Three-time All-Star guard Bradley Beal and the Phoenix Suns agreed to a buyout on the two years remaining on his contract, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The person spoke to the AP about Beal’s buyout on condition of anonymity because the deal...
Justin Rose, nearly 45, not yet wilting in quest for dream win at British Open
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Justin Rose has been dreaming of winning the British Open since the age of 8. He is approaching 45 now and has yet to lift the claret jug. He knows the clock is ticking. “Obviously, later in your career, you’re never quite sure how many chances...
Steelers A to Z: Big, undrafted WR Roc Taylor has opportunity to show what he can do
Editor’s note: From now until reporting day to training camp at Saint Vincent College, TribLive is running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, looking at each player and assessing his outlook for the 2025 season. The breakdown will run in alphabetical order with at least two players each day between...
They pulled off huge March Madness upsets. Now they’re opting out of revenue sharing
Saint Peter’s, Fairleigh Dickinson and Maryland-Baltimore County — three schools that have taken March Madness by storm at various points in the past decade — have declined to opt in to college sports’ new revenue sharing model. The newly formed College Sports Commission, which oversees revenue sharing following the House...
Pirates trade Adam Frazier to Royals for Triple-A infielder Cam Devanney
The Pittsburgh Pirates made their first significant midseason trade with implications to the big-league roster Wednesday, shipping infielder/outfielder Adam Frazier to Kansas City for Royals prospect Cam Devanney. The Pirates said Devanney has been optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis. The team will make a corresponding move on the 26-man active roster...
Well-traveled former Jeannette football standout joins Nebraska coaching staff
Anthony Johnson is no stranger to changing teams. He played basketball and football at several high schools in the WPIAL and City League, most notably Jeannette, before finishing his prep career at Cleveland Heights in Ohio. A key playmaker on Jeannette’s 2017 WPIAL and PIAA championship teams, the 300-pound defensive...
Mark Madden: All bets are off with Arturs Silovs now in Penguins’ goaltending rotation
The Penguins’ goaltending situation seemed easy to read after Alex Nedeljkovic got sent to San Jose: Tristan Jarry is the starter in Pittsburgh. The backup is Joel Blomqvist, Filip Larsson or Sergei Murashov. The other two split netminding duties with the Penguins’ Wilkes-Barre/Scranton farm club. (Murashov, 21, is the franchise’s...
Oakmont suspends pro Wyndham Clark from club for damaging lockers during U.S. Open
Wyndham Clark is paying the price for his actions after a U.S. Open round at Oakmont Country Club last month. Clark is not permitted to be on the grounds of Oakmont Country Club after he damaged lockers at the club out of frustration following the second round during the recent...
