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Divas topple Passion in matchup of Women’s Football Alliance rivals
The D.C. Divas got the better of the Pittsburgh Passion, 54-22, in a Women’s Football Alliance contest Saturday evening. The Passion got on the board first just 2 minutes, 12 seconds into the game on a 3-yard touchdown pass from Angela Baker to Krystal Cozzo. The Divas responded to take...
Islanders again stymie Penguins to take 3-0 series leadVideo
Enticed into making mistake after costly mistake by a disciplined opponent, the Pittsburgh Penguins are one loss from leaving the playoffs in a stunning first-round sweep. Jordan Eberle and Brock Nelson scored 62 seconds apart in the first period, leading the New York Islanders to a 4-1 victory Sunday afternoon...
Tiger Woods caps comeback to win Masters for 15th major titleVideo
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Fallen hero, crippled star, and now a Masters champion again. Tiger Woods rallied to win the Masters for the fifth time Sunday, a comeback that goes well beyond the two-shot deficit he erased before a delirious audience that watched memories turn into reality at Augusta National. Woods...
Playoffs by period: After missing shots to score, Penguins running out of chances
THIRD PERIOD: Islanders 4, Penguins 1 It comes down to chances. When the Penguins got theirs, they missed. Sidney Crosby had the puck behind the net and slid a pass to Jake Guentzel at the bottom of the left circle. Guentzel fired a shot off the left shoulder of Islanders...
Pirates’ Chris Archer drops appeal, begins serving suspension
WASHINGTON — Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Chris Archer dropped his appeal and began serving a five-game suspension Sunday for setting off a benches-clearing altercation on April 7. The impact of Archer’s suspension will be minimal. He ended his appeal a day after allowing one run in seven innings against Washington, getting...
NASCAR’s Jimmie Johnson shakes off detractors as he readies for Boston Marathon
Jimmie Johnson, better known as a seven-time NASCAR champion, will take part in a different race on Monday — the Boston Marathon. And while Johnson is trading the steering wheel for running shoes, some racing fans online aren’t happy. “The people that don’t train and don’t live the life I...
Penguins viewing party Downtown will depend on the weather
This afternoon’s weather will determine if Penguins fans can enjoy Sunday’s Game 3 outdoors. The KeyBank Big Screen will be in operation for all home playoff games at the corner of Centre Avenue and Logan Street, with activation beginning two hours before game time. But with rough weather in the...
These aren’t ‘desperate’ times for Penguins, coach Mike Sullivan says
A large percentage of NHL players, including Sidney Crosby, often talk about the need to play the game with desperation. It may just be a matter of semantics, but Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan isn’t a fan of that approach. Trailing 2-0, the Penguins will face the New York Islanders...
Riverhounds score three times, top Hartford Athletic in home opener
An announced crowd of more than 5,000 for the home opener at Highmark Stadium saw the Pittsburgh Riverhounds top Hartford Athletic 3-1 Saturday evening. The triumph put the Riverhounds at 2-1-2. It was their second victory in a row, and their eight points puts them in a tie for seventh...
NFL Draft WR breakdown: D.K. Metcalf has size, pedigree on sideVideo
The NFL Draft is April 25-27 in Nashville, Tenn. Each day leading up to the first round, the Tribune-Review is compiling a positional preview of the top draft prospects. Today: Wide receivers 1. D.K. Metcalf Mississippi, 6-3, 228 Metcalf has the size and speed — he ran a 4.33 40...
Best, worst 7th-round picks of Kevin Colbert’s Steelers tenure
Editor’s note: This NFL Draft will be the 20th under the eye of Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert. His two-decade tenure has produced two Super Bowls and a consistent playoff contender. Colbert’s drafts mostly reflect that. Like all NFL personnel men, though, he’s had some picks he’d like to have...
Steelers’ 3 best, 3 worst WR draft picks in Kevin Colbert era
Editor’s note: This NFL Draft will be the 20th under the eye of Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert. In conjunction with the Trib’s daily positional previews leading up to the April 25 start of the draft, we’ll look back at Colbert’s three best — and three worst — picks...
Pirates minor league report: April 13, 2019
Pirates INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 6-3) won 9-6 against Charlotte (White Sox). First baseman Will Craig went 2 for 4 with a homer, and RHP Brandon Maurer improved to 2-0 by allowing one hit in 2/3 of an inning of work. Next: Sunday vs. Charlotte (White Sox), 1:35 p.m. ALTOONA (Double-A, 6-4)...
Martin Truex Jr. holds off Bowyer, Logano to win at Richmond
RICHMOND, Va. — Martin Truex Jr. held off Clint Bowyer in a long duel and then Joey Logano for four laps to win the NASCAR Cup Series race Saturday night at Richmond Raceway. Truex gave Joe Gibbs Racing its sixth victory in nine races this season and won for the...
Pitt football gets its second 2020 commitment
Pitt received its second commitment from the class of 2020 Saturday when offensive lineman Michael Statham announced on Twitter he will enroll next year. 110% COMMITTED pic.twitter.com/niMc3jL0pI— Michael Statham (@_bigmike57) April 14, 2019 Statham, who attends St. Frances High School in Baltimore, has nine scholarship offers from Power 5 schools,...
Masters notebook: Sunday tee times moved up 5 hours with storms predicted
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The final round of the Masters will be played Sunday morning — with the leaders teeing off more than five hours earlier than normal — because of storms forecast for the evening, Augusta National Golf Club officials announced during play Saturday. Players normally compete on the weekend...
Highlands grad Bonnett has sights set on U.S. Olympic swimming trials
Bailey Bonnett returned to the Alle-Kiski Valley for a brief stay shortly after the NCAA Division I women’s swimming championships, and it gave her a chance to reflect on her accomplishments over the past season. The Highlands graduate, a sophomore at Kentucky, earned her second first-team All-American honor March 23...
Maintain a chuck box to make camping less stressful, more fun
We discovered the old chuck box tucked away in a corner of my mother-in-law’s basement. How long had it been there, forgotten? Twenty-five years, at least. We went on a lot of outings in the two and a half decades since I joined the family picture, but there’d never been...
Molinari leads Woods, Finau by 2 heading into final round of Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Francesco Molinari blocked out the buzz from Tiger Woods charging up the leaderboard Saturday at the Masters and produced solid golf that looks spectacular only on the scorecard. Molinari played bogey-free for the second straight round at Augusta National and took advantage of the rain-softened course for...
Orioles’ Chris Davis ends 0-for-54 streak with big game
BOSTON — Chris Davis definitely kept the souvenir ball from this most elusive hit. Davis ended his record slump at 0 for 54 and drew applause from rival fans at Fenway Park, lining a single and two doubles while driving in four runs as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Boston...
Mark Madden: Expect Penguins to play better, fix this series
The New York Islanders are better than I figured. (Perhaps I should have taken a closer look at the standings.) The Islanders won two close games on Long Island because they were able to impose their style. The Pittsburgh Penguins didn’t stink. They just couldn’t get going. The Penguins pay...
Bullpen blows it again as Pirates lose to Nationals
WASHINGTON — Howie Kendrick quickly is making up for lost time. Limited to only five games last season because of a torn Achilles and slowed this spring by a hamstring injury, the 35-year-old Kendrick is off to a fast start for the Washington Nationals. He is 6 for 10, including...
Tommy Stevens prepared to step in as Penn State’s starting QB
STATE COLLEGE — Tommy Stevens knows all about waiting his turn, so the fact that Penn State’s prospective starting quarterback couldn’t do much during spring practice was nothing new. That doesn’t make it any less frustrating for the dual-threat signal-caller who sat out most of spring ball, recovering from December...
Shocky Jacques-Louis, Paris Ford see stock rise during Pitt’s spring game
These players stood out Saturday in Pitt’s Blue-Gold Game: Offense Quarterback Kenny Pickett After a tough ending to last season, Pickett used some new techniques taught to him by offensive coordinator Mark Whipple (footwork, etc.) and looked confident in the pocket. He completed 10 of 14 passes for 125 yards...
3 overrated, underrated developments in Penguins-Islanders series
When the postseason begins, the playoff spotlight shines bright on multiple aspects of every series. As the Pittsburgh Penguins return home for Game 3 down 2-0 to the New York Islanders, here’s a look at three developments that have been overrated in their impact on the series and three that...
