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Journalism opens as the 8-5 morning line favorite for the 150th Preakness StakesVideo
HALETHORPE, Md. — Journalism is the morning line favorite for the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes. The Kentucky Derby runner-up to Sovereignty opened at odds of 8-5 on Monday night when post positions were drawn for the middle leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown. Journalism again is set to...
Pirates activate Isiah Kiner-Falefa from injured list, option Liover Peguero to Triple-A
The Pittsburgh Pirates will soon regain the services of infielder Isiah Kiner-Falefa, who was activated from the 10-day injured list Monday ahead of first pitch in New York vs. the Mets. In a related roster transaction, fellow infielder Liover Peguero was optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis. Kiner-Falefa, 30, last played April...
Steelers add to RB room, sign Trey Sermon, Max Hurleman; also add massive rookie OT
To add to their running backs position room, the Pittsburgh Steelers signed a pair of intriguing players who couldn’t be of more disparate backgrounds. Among the three players signed off of tryouts at rookie minicamp this past weekend were two listed as running backs: Trey Sermon and Max Hurleman. Also...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Former GCC standout Stawovy hired as women’s assistant basketball coach at Washington & Lee
Former Greensburg Central Catholic girls basketball player Brittany Stawovy was hired as an assistant women’s basketball coach at Division III Washington & Lee in Lexington, Va. Stawovy coached the last two years at Kenyon after two years as a graduate assistant at Division II Seton Hill, where she earned a...
Mark Madden: MLB owners have no interest in a salary cap, so the Pirates will stink in perpetuity
The Pittsburgh Pirates aren’t the worst team in MLB. Not by a long shot. Colorado is 7-33 and on pace to go 28-134. But the Rockies just changed their manager. That should fix everything, like Don Kelly in Pittsburgh. The Chicago White Sox (12-29) are also worse than the Pirates...
First Call: Steelers reportedly make signings on offense; Pirates face top dogs in the NL EastVideo
In Monday’s “First Call,” the Steelers have reportedly made two signings on offense. The Pirates are getting ready for some tough competition on their first road trip under Don Kelly as manager. And the Pacers are on the verge of an upset in the NBA’s Eastern Conference playoffs with some...
Penguins A to Z: Danton Heinen can be betterVideo
With the Pittsburgh Penguins entering the offseason for a third consecutive year without a playoff appearance, TribLive will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 56 individuals signed to an NHL contract — including those whose deals do not begin until future seasons — with the organization....
Joey Bart offering invaluable offensive presence within Pirates’ lineupVideo
Roughly six weeks into the season, Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Joey Bart has proven to be among the team’s hardest players to remove from the lineup any given night. For a club that continues to rank toward the bottom of MLB in most major offensive statistical categories, the bat Bart has...
Tim Benz: Steelers must avoid familiar path at wide receiver
I’m 100% on board with the Steelers’ decision to trade George Pickens, even if they didn’t get the return I was hoping for from the Dallas Cowboys. “We discussed (with his agent) where things have been with George. Where they are, and where things could go with George. And this...
Madden Monday on the Steelers: ‘If you don’t care that you’re clueless, you keep on being clueless’
The epitaph on George Pickens’ career in Pittsburgh can’t truly be written until we see how things work out for him in Dallas. And wherever else he may go after that. But in this week’s “Madden Monday” podcast, Mark Madden of TribLive and 105.9 The X says that shipping Pickens...
Kiski Area grad Kayla Mull helps La Roche women’s lacrosse win conference title despite never playing the sport before
Kayla Mull never considered playing two sports in college. She was headed to La Roche to play soccer, and that was it. Even if she had a notion to double up for the Redhawks, lacrosse would not have been on her radar. Considering the Kiski Area grad never played the...
Pirates farm report for May 11, 2025: Mike Burrows fans 11 for Indy in shutout victory
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 20-17) shut out Columbus (Guardians), 2-0. RHP Mike Burrows (2.63) allowed four hits with 11 strikeouts and two walks in 4 2/3 scoreless innings. LHP Randy Labaut (2-0, 4.58) picked up the win after tossing 1 2/3 no-hit innings with a walk and five strikeouts. 1B Spencer Horwitz...
Greensburg Central Catholic alum Warren Schaeffer named interim manager of Rockies
The Colorado Rockies’ firing of longtime manager Bud Black means a former WPIAL product will try to get the club back on track. Warren Schaeffer, a native of Vandergrift and a Greensburg Central Catholic alum, was named interim manager Sunday. He had been the third base coach since 2023. Schaeffer,...
Colorado Rockies fire manager Bud Black; Vandergrift native, GCC alum Schaeffer takes over as interim managerVideo
DENVER — The Colorado Rockies fired Bud Black, the winningest manager in franchise history, after a 7-33 start that’s one of the worst in Major League Baseball history. Colorado promoted third base coach Warren Schaeffer to be the interim manager, the team announced Sunday after a 9-3 win over San...
Mikko Rantanen has a goal and 2 assists for Stars in 5-2 win over Jets to take a 2-1 series leadVideo
DALLAS — Mikko Rantanen had a goal and two assists, including on the tiebreaking goal by Alexander Petrovic that was finally confirmed after a lengthy review as the Dallas Stars beat the Winnipeg Jets, 5-2, on Sunday to take 2-1 lead in the second-round Western Conference series. Officials reviewed Petrovic’s...
Kyle Larson wins again at Kansas, dominating for his 3rd NASCAR Cup Series win this seasonVideo
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Kyle Larson took most of the drama out of his second straight spring victory Sunday at Kansas Speedway. After putting his No. 5 car on the pole for Hendrick Motorsports, Larson led 221 of 267 laps, winning both stages and cruising to his third NASCAR Cup...
Straka outduels Lowry to win Truist Championship at Philly Cricket for 2nd victory of the seasonVideo
FLOURTOWN — Sepp Straka seized the lead with a par on the 16th hole and shot a 2-under-par 68, outdueling Shane Lowry on Sunday in the final round of the Truist Championship at Philadelphia Cricket Club for his second victory of the season. After Lowry missed the green with his...
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scores 25 points and leads Thunder past Denver 92-87 to tie series 2-2Video
DENVER — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 25 points, and the Oklahoma City Thunder finally outplayed Denver in crunch time, beating the Nuggets, 92-87, on Sunday to knot their second-round series at two games apiece. The Thunder trailed 69-63 after three quarters and fell behind by eight when Peyton Watson started the...
NBA draft lottery: Cavaliers and Magic have landed the most top picks in the event’s 40-year historyVideo
Patrick Ewing was poised to be the No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft 40 years ago when commissioner David Stern began the first draft lottery by pulling a logo of the Golden State Warriors out of an envelope, indicating they would select seventh. Pat O’Brien, announcing for CBS, proclaimed:...
Eagles-Chiefs Super Bowl rematch, another Allen-Mahomes matchup are among biggest 2025 NFL games
Get ready to make those viewing plans. The NFL schedule is coming out. The league’s broadcast partners will begin to announce select games Monday, and the full slate of games will be revealed Wednesday night. The thirst for football is so great, the schedule release is a three-hour, prime-time broadcast...
Carmen Mlodzinski’s strong start, Joey Bart’s single lift Pirates to walk-off win over Braves
Carmen Mlodzinski pounded his fist into his glove as he walked off the mound with two outs in the sixth inning, an auto-response to his best performance as a starting pitcher in the major leagues. The Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander was one out shy of the first career quality start. That...
Hempfield grad Liz Tapper looks to cap record-breaking season at Michigan in Big Ten championshipsVideo
Michigan track and field throwing coach Allison Boevers likes to joke with her athletes that, “You don’t pick the shot put. The shot put kind of picks you.” If that’s the case, the shot put made a wise choice in Hempfield grad Liz Tapper. Tapper spent most of her freshman...
Steelers loaded up in draft on players from ‘best conference in football,’ says OLB Jack Sawyer
When Pittsburgh Steelers management set out to make the defense more physical this season, it probably wasn’t a coincidence that they targeted players from the Big Ten. The style of play associated with the Big Ten is of a gritty, hard-nosed variety. Contrast that to the glitz and glamour of...
Sidney Crosby, Marc-Andre Fleury lead Canada past LatviaVideo
Three assists by Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney Crosby helped Canada rout Latvia, 7-1, in a preliminary round game in the International Ice Hockey Federation’s (IIHF) World Championship tournament at Avicii Arena in Stockholm on Sunday. Opening the contest as Canada’s second-line center, Crosby was 7 for 12 (58.3%) on faceoffs...
Pirates GM still searching for replacement for Don Kelly as bench coach, gives injury updates
Finding Derek Shelton’s replacement was an easy call for Ben Cherington, as Don Kelly made such a strong impression that the general manager expressed his confidence in Kelly and called him “absolutely the right person to manage this team right now.” “This is personal for him,” Cherington said of Kelly,...
