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Pitt’s Micky Philllippi takes 2nd at world trials
Pitt red-shirt sophomore Micky Phillippi placed second at 61kg at the U23 World Team Trials on Saturday in Akron, Ohio. Phillippi (Derry), and Pitt teammates Cole Matthews (Reynolds), Taleb Rahmani and Nico Bonaccorsi (Bethel Park) all finished in the top eight. Phillippi lost to Cornell junior Chaz Tucker in the...
Warriors edge Raptors 109-104 to even NBA Finals
TORONTO — The Golden State Warriors relied on a champion’s heart to overcome their weary bodies. Klay Thompson scored 25 points before leaving with a hamstring injury, Stephen Curry had 23 and the Warriors ran off the first 18 points of the second half on the way to a 109-104...
Kyle Busch cruises at Pocono for 55th career Cup win
LONG POND — Kyle Busch tossed his young son in the air twice in Victory Lane and sprayed champagne toward anyone dry within reach. The good times and NASCAR milestones keep piling up for Busch and Joe Gibbs Racing. Heck, Busch might even give his Pocono Raceway trophy to his...
Patrick Cantlay rallies from 4 back to win the MemorialVideo
DUBLIN, Ohio — Jack Nicklaus is a gracious tournament host at the Memorial who doesn’t mince words, and it paid off for Patrick Cantlay. When they bumped into each other earlier in the week in the grill room, Nicklaus told him he had to learn how to finish. And then...
South Korea’s Jeongeun Lee6 is No. 1 at U.S. Women’s OpenVideo
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Six is certainly a magic number for U.S. Women’s Open champion Jeongeun Lee6. The 23-year-old South Korean won her first major title Sunday, the first $1 million women’s winner’s check ever handed out by the USGA and her first victory as an LPGA Tour rookie. And she...
Oregon State’s Rutschman, WVU’s Manoah among top MLB Draft prospects
NEW YORK — Adley Rutschman has been a powerful presence at the plate and a formidable force behind it for Oregon State. That tantalizing combination could make the switch-hitting catcher the No. 1 overall pick in the MLB Draft on Monday night. Baltimore leads things off for the second time...
Barack Obama in attendance in Toronto for NBA Finals Game 2Video
Drake who? The most recognized celebrity in Toronto for Game 2 of the NBA Finals was none other than former president Barack Obama. Reminder: The Raptors are playing basketball in June and Barack Obama is in Toronto to witness it.? pic.twitter.com/ZxYtVzdKQz— Toronto Star Sports (@StarSports) June 3, 2019 Obama sat...
Penguins relinquish rights to 2017 second-round draft pick Zachary Lauzon
The Pittsburgh Penguins relinquished the NHL rights to 2017 second-round pick Zachary Lauzon, failing to sign him to an entry level contract by a Saturday deadline. Lauzon, 20, was limited to 25 games in the regular season and five more in the playoffs due to concussion-related problems while playing for...
John Steigerwald: Cubs’ Albert Almora Jr. not to blame for girl’s injury
Somebody owes Albert Almora Jr. an apology. Almora is the Chicago Cubs outfielder whose line drive struck a 4-year-old girl Wednesday night in Houston. His emotional reaction received almost as much attention as the little girl being carried up the aisle by her father. Almora Jr. seemed to be blaming...
Xavier Grimble refuses to let costly fumble ‘define’ him heading into 2019
For the second year in a row, a backup Pittsburgh Steelers tight end will try to enter a season looking to put a controversial play in the rear-view mirror. In 2018, it was Jesse James bouncing back from perhaps the most scrutinized NFL play of the previous season, the infamous...
Pirates’ Josh Bell plans to unplug on his day off after historic month
After Josh Bell played 27 games in 27 days, don’t expect to see him at PNC Park on Monday. The Pittsburgh Pirates are off, and Bell plans to go out and do — of all things — some costume shopping for an upcoming road trip. “I’m definitely not coming to...
Stan Wawrinka’s 5-set French win earns showdown with Roger Federer
PARIS — This is why Stan Wawrinka went through two operations on his left knee in the span of a month. Why he dealt with the rigors of rehabilitating that joint. Why he did all the work, on and off the court, required to get back on the grind, to...
Potent power play key to Bruins surge to lead in Stanley Cup Final
ST. LOUIS — Patrice Bergeron wins the faceoff and Jake DeBrusk retrieves the puck for Torey Krug, who waits just long enough for Bergeron to set up and shoots it at his stick for a textbook deflection goal. This is the Boston Bruins’ masterful power play at its nearly unstoppable...
Warriors coach Kerr: ‘Feasible’ Kevin Durant could play Game 3 of finals
TORONTO — Tuesday is the next telltale day in Golden State star Kevin Durant’s recovery process from a calf injury. The Warriors are scheduled to arrive home from Toronto early Monday and will get the rest of the day off. Practice resumes Tuesday, and what happens then will determine if...
Pirates notebook: Neal Huntington doesn’t like pitchers in draft
Neal Huntington lamented the unfortunate reality of the MLB Draft. “There doesn’t seem to be a ton (of pitchers),” the Pittsburgh Pirates general manager said Sunday on 93.7 FM. The draft begins at 7 p.m. Monday — there will be 78 players drafted — and continues through 40 rounds before...
Pirates fall 5 games behind Brewers after home loss
Jordan Lyles was one-on-one with 27 Milwaukee Brewers batters Sunday at PNC Park, and he handled 18 of them without a problem. But teams are judged on victories and defeats, and that’s why his first outing since leaving the game in Cincinnati last Tuesday with a hamstring strain wasn’t good...
Kevin Gorman: Will MLB draft yield an Andrew McCutchen or Bryan Bullington for Pirates?
Once upon a time, I considered myself something of a draft junkie, tracking and charting every pick of the NFL and NBA drafts long before it was my job to do so. But the MLB draft doesn’t have the same cachet, as it involves a mix of high school and...
Penguins sign young Finnish goalie Emil Larmi to 2-year deal
With Tristan Jarry’s days in the Pittsburgh Penguins organization seemingly numbered, the team added to its goaltending depth Sunday, signing 22-year-old Emil Larmi to a two-year, entry level contract. Larmi emerged as one of the top unsigned goaltenders in Europe this season, leading HPK to a championship in Finland’s top...
Steelers’ JuJu Smith-Schuster shares Heinz Ketchup at Kennywood
Looks like Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster is jumping on Team Heinz in the ketchup controversy at Kennywood Park. Photos from Saturday show fan-favorite Smith-Schuster at Kennywood with a Heinz Ketchup bottle. Chuck Fallert, who shared the photos with the Tribune-Review, said that Smith-Schuster walked up to people in...
Past Duke teammates Celine Boutier, Yu Liu tied at U. S. Women’s Open
CHARLESTON, S.C. — For those who hate seeing good things happen to Duke, this U.S. Women’s Open is not for you. The school opponents and critics love to root against was dominating again, with former Blue Devil teammates and champions Yu Liu of China and Celine Boutier of France tied...
Martin Kaymer builds 2-shot lead at Memorial
DUBLIN, Ohio — Martin Kaymer is 18 holes away from ending five years without a victory. He is mildly surprised. He is not the least bit stressed. And he has plenty of company among contenders at the Memorial for whom winning has become more of a memory than a habit....
Auditor general releases look at Game Commission finances
Lack of oversight is the biggest problem with how the Pennsylvania Game Commission handles its money. So says Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale. His office audited the commission, looking at the years from July 2014 through June 2017. It released its report on May 30. The audit outlined 11 findings...
Pirates minor league report: June 1, 2019
Pirates INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 31-21) lost 7-6 in 10 innings against Gwinnett (Braves). The Indians scored once in the bottom of the 10th after giving up two runs but couldn’t complete the extra-inning comeback. SS Jung-Ho Kang went 3 for 4 with a double, a walk and a strikeout. LF Corey...
Bruins pounce on Blues, roll to Game 3 victory in Stanley Cup Final
ST. LOUIS — Patrice Bergeron and the Boston Bruins’ best players took the criticism to heart. They weren’t good enough through the first two games of the Stanley Cup Final and needed to be better. And they were. The stars came out Saturday night and led Boston to a 7-2...
Pirates lose 13-inning home-run fest against Brewers
They overcame an early five-run deficit and took the lead from down two runs in the eighth inning. But that only made Saturday that much tougher to swallow for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Orlando Arcia hit his second homer of the game in the 13th inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat...
