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Steven Brault back in familiar spot: competing for fifth starter in Pirates’ rotation
Groundhog Day was Saturday. But Steven Brault can relate to Bill Murray’s iconic Phil Connors character every time he reports to Bradenton, Fla., in the spring. If the Pittsburgh Pirates are preparing for a season, it must mean Brault is competing for a spot at the back end of their...
Team games played record a taboo topic to Sidney Crosby
Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby does literally hundreds of interviews during the course of any given season, politely answering thousands of questions. After Monday’s practice in Cranberry, he finally found a hockey-related topic he refused to discuss. Crosby has played in 913 games in his career. Mario Lemieux holds the...
Potential position switch doesn’t faze newest Penguins
Newly acquired Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jared McCann hasn’t exactly made the smoothest of transitions from the climate of South Florida to his new home in Western Pennsylvania. “I might have to go to the mall and pick up some more pants. I brought a lot of shorts for some reason,”...
UPG’s Seigfreid named AMCC player of week
Sophomore guard Cam Seigfreid was rewarded Monday for one of his most productive stretches of the season for the Pitt-Greensburg men’s basketball team. A Penn-Trafford graduate, Seigfreid was named Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Player of the Week after leading the Bobcats (7-14, 4-10) to a 2-1 week. The 6-foot-2 Seigfreid...
Return of Justin Schultz could help Penguins strengthen weak point in their game
A little after 11 a.m. Monday, Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Justin Schultz stepped on the ice for his first full contact practice since breaking his leg in October. About a half-hour later, coach Mike Sullivan stopped a drill with a sharp tweet of his whistle and loudly dressed down his team...
Weekend College Top 10: Westminster, Slippery Rock pull big upsets
Every Monday, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: 1. Westminster men hand Saint Vincent 1st PAC loss Sophomore Isaac Stamatiades recorded 19 points — including back-to-back 3s in overtime — and added a career-best 16 rebounds to lead the Titans past the Bearcats, 87-80,...
With wait over, Bengals free to hire Zac Taylor as coach
CINCINNATI — The Bengals went more than a month without a coach after firing Marvin Lewis. The Super Bowl’s over, and so is their long wait to bring Zac Taylor to town to size him up as the successor. They’ve targeted the Rams quarterbacks coach as Lewis’ replacement, but they...
Steelers open as 22-1 odds to win Super Bowl next season; Patriots favored again
With the Super Bowl fresh in the history books, the New England Patriots have been installed as 6-1 favorites to win a seventh Lombardi Trophy after the 2019 season, according to the gambling site BetOnline.ag. The Pittsburgh Steelers, coming off a 9-6-1 season that did not include a playoff berth,...
Patriots’ ‘Reagan’ audible probably means run to the right
Did the New England Patriots and quarterback Tom Brady bring politics onto the football field during Super Bowl XLIII? During the third quarter with the ball deep in their own territory, the broadcast caught Brady calling: “Reagan. Reagan.” The audible was apparently a run to the right: Brady handed off...
Rob Gronkowski makes 2 key catches for Patriots in what could be last game
ATLANTA — Rob Gronkowski rumbled down the field, got past two defenders and hauled in the football to set up New England’s go-ahead touchdown. If this was the farewell performance for the Patriots tight end, he went out in playmaking style. Was it his biggest catch ever? “You tell me,”...
Saint Vincent adding men’s volleyball
Saint Vincent College announced Monday the school will sponsor a men’s volleyball team. The school plans to begin competing at the NCAA Division III level in 2019-20. The school is seeking a coach and plans to have someone in place this month. The men’s volleyball program will become the 24th...
Tim Benz, Mark Madden discuss how the Steelers could be more like the Patriots
In this week`s Madden Monday, Mark Madden of 105.9 the X joins us to recap the New England Patriots win in the Super Bowl. How can the Pittsburgh Steelers better emulate what New England does? Also, how does this victory further entrench the accomplishments of the Brady-Belichick era? Two of...
Tim Benz: Has Antonio Brown changed his mind about Pittsburgh?
Has Antonio Brown changed his mind about wanting to stay in Pittsburgh? The Steelers wide receiver continues to show that he is not bipolar. He`s tripolar. Maybe quadpolar — if that`s a thing. If it isn`t yet, it will be as soon as Brown is diagnosed. Now — after weeks...
First Call: Could Steelers still tag Le’Veon Bell?, Alan Faneca stays strong, Michael Keaton tweets
In Monday`s "First Call," Michael Keaton`s dubious Pittsburgh Steelers tweet during the Super Bowl. Would the Steelers really transition tag Le`Veon Bell? And Antonio Brown may be changing his mind about wanting to stay in Pittsburgh. Super Bowl bombshell Before the New England Patriots plunged the rest of the NFL...
Tim Benz: Some Penguins hockey karma — a Tugnutt scored on a Primeau
Here`s one of those "hockey is a small world" kind of stories — with an ironic twist that I hope makes Pittsburgh Penguins fans smile. I was doing ESPN Pittsburgh play-by-play for the Robert Morris hockey team as they played Sacred Heart this weekend. One of the Pioneers` leading point...
Tim Benz: After 5 straight losses, how does Pitt’s Jeff Capel get his rebuild back on track?
So now what? You can`t blame Pitt basketball fans — and even the program itself — if it has that question at this juncture of its mammoth rebuild. First-year head coach Jeff Capel received — and deserved — high marks for the initial stages of the salvage mission. His energy,...
Super Bowl wasn’t super boring to Penguins coach Mike Sullivan
Complaints were rampant on social media. Television ratings were not good. The average sports fan was not particularly enamored with the entertainment value of the New England Patriots’ 13-3 victory over the Los Angeles Rams in Sunday’s Super Bowl. Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan is apparently not an average sports...
Jared Goff, Rams offense falls flat in Super Bowl defeatVideo
ATLANTA — Jared Goff trudged to the Los Angeles Rams bench, his face a mask of confusion and despair while the Patriots celebrated their interception behind him. Sean McVay left the sideline and leaned into his ear. The coach didn’t say much, but he encouraged his quarterback to learn from...
John Steigerwald: Bill Belichick is Patriots’ true GOAT
Tom Brady did it again. He won another Super Bowl on Sunday. You’ll be hearing that a lot in the coming days if you haven’t already. People will be telling their grandchildren about the time the Greatest Team Athlete in North American history held one of the highest-scoring teams in...
Super Bowl LIII: Six things you’ll remember from the Patriots’ win over the RamsVideo
The Patriots’ 13-3 win over the Rams may have been among the least memorable Super Bowls. It was the lowest-scoring title game in NFL history, the first Super Bowl without a touchdown through three quarters, and the first Super Bowl of the nine featuring Tom Brady and Bill Belichick decided...
Patriots smother Rams, tie Steelers with 6th Super Bowl titleVideo
ATLANTA — That super shootout everyone expected turned into a defensive standoff. The New England Patriots showed they can win that type of championship game, too. So after Tom Brady led one classic drive to win the Patriots their record-tying sixth Super Bowl, he perfectly summed up the 13-3 victory...
Triple bogey can’t keep Rickie Fowler from winning Phoenix Open
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Standing above a greenside bunker at TPC Scottsdale’s difficult par-4 11th hole, Rickie Fowler turned just in time to see his ball, one he had just placed after penalty, trickle into the water. Fowler had already seen his share of bad luck at the Phoenix Open. Now...
Pirates legend Bob Friend dies at 88
Bob Friend, who spent 15 seasons as one of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ most durable pitchers, died Sunday in Pittsburgh, team president Frank Coonelly announced. Friend was 88. Friend holds the franchise record for career innings pitched (3,481), starts (477) and strikeouts (1,682). He pitched in 568 games, earned a berth...
Peter Schmuck: Hall of Famer Ed Reed a study in contrasts with Ravens
BALTIMORE — Longtime Ravens safety Ed Reed has always been something of a contradiction, but that’s what made him the player who Saturday was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. He was the guy who pulled off a pick-6 from 7 yards...
Pirates lineup gets jolt from ex-Indians Lonnie Chisenhall, Erik Gonzalez
Twenty-two percent of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 2019 projected opening day lineup was imported during the offseason down Interstate 76. Barring injury or an unexpected spring roster move, Lonnie Chisenhall and Erik Gonzalez are expected to be the names manager Clint Hurdle writes in at right field and shortstop, respectively, when...
