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Scottie Scheffler arrested at PGA Championship for traffic violation, returns to course hours later
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Masters champion Scottie Scheffler was arrested Friday morning on his way to the PGA Championship, with stunning images showing him handcuffed as he was taken to jail for not following police orders during a pedestrian fatality investigation. In a span of four hours, the top-ranked golfer in...
Tim Benz: Many complaints over the Steelers' schedule are preemptive excuse making
There sure seems to be a lot of complaining from Pittsburgh Steelers fans and media when it comes to how the NFL drew up the schedule for the Black and Gold. NFL has beef with the Steelers. 4/6 road games to open the year 5/7 road games between weeks 10-16...
First Call: Cam Heyward missing OTAs for 'contract negotiations’; ex-Steelers 1st-round pick signs with Jaguars
Friday’s “First Call,” has an update on Cameron Heyward’s contract dispute with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Terrell Edmunds has a new place to play in the AFC. We celebrate Upper St. Clair’s Vince Trocheck as he helped the Rangers put away the Carolina Hurricanes in the NHL playoffs. Plus, we examine...
Penguins A to Z: Vinnie Hinostroza remains an NHL-caliber player 
With the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2023-24 season coming to an end without any postseason action, TribLive will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 51 individuals signed to an NHL contract — including those whose deals do not begin until next season — with the organization, from fourth-line...
Fox Chapel junior signs with Riverhounds
Fox Chapel junior Pablo Linzoain has become the second homegrown player to sign a USL Academy contract with the Pittsburgh Riverhounds. Linzoain, 17, has been with the Hounds Academy for four years and plays for the 2005/06 team in the Elite Clubs National League. He was one of the top...
Pirates farm report for May 16, 2024: Henry Davis homers in Indianapolis loss
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 18-20) split a doubleheader with Toledo (Tigers). In the first game, an 8-6 Indianapolis loss in nine innings, C Henry Davis (.231) went 3 for 4 with a home run, his first, two runs scored and two RBIs. 1B Jake Lamb (.364) went 2 for 4 with a...
South Hills CC's Darin Kowalski wins Tri-State Amateur
Darin Kowalski shot a 4-under par 66 in the second round Thursday to capture the Tri-State PGA Amateur Championship at Hannastown Golf Club. The South Hills Country Club member finished with a 4-under par 136. He carded 10 birdies during his two rounds. Scott Jordan and David Fuhrer II tied...
Jared Jones sharp as Pirates hang on to beat Cubs in 1st of 4-game series
Pittsburgh Pirates rookie pitcher Jared Jones has been let down by the rest of the club on several occasions this season. Largely thanks to insufficient offense behind him, Jones took losses in three outings, all of which were quality starts, heading into his appearance against the Chicago Cubs on Thursday...
Breanna Stewart ruins Caitlin Clark's home debut by leading Liberty past Fever 102-66 
INDIANAPOLIS — Breanna Stewart ruined Caitlin Clark’s regular-season home debut by scoring 31 points to lead the New York Liberty to a 102-66 win in front of a sellout crowd of 17,247 on Thursday night. In Indianapolis’ most anticipated rookie debut since Peyton Manning in 1998, Clark did not deliver...
Schauffele gets another major scoring record and sets the pace at PGA Championship 
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Xander Schauffele is playing some of his best golf without a trophy to show for it. He at least put his name in the PGA Championship record book Thursday with a 9-under-par 62 and gave himself another entry in the record book for all majors. Schauffele seized...
Irish interest in NFL heats up, league scouts more international cities
LONDON — Several hundred thousand Irish viewers got a tutorial from Charlie Smyth on the difference between lining up a kick in Gaelic football versus a field goal in American football. Smyth, who just had signed a contract with the New Orleans Saints, humbly told “The Late Late Show’s” national...
Louisville native Justin Thomas has work to do at PGA Championship, but 2-under 69 is good baseline 
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Justin Thomas wished his score reflected how he felt he played. The Louisville native certainly didn’t complain after he birdied four of his final six holes for a 2-under-par 69 on Thursday in the PGA Championship. He was just hoping for a better start in his hometown...
Simone Biles better prepared for Olympic pressure
SPRING, Texas — Simone Biles is not “cured.” A cure implies finality. An ultimate and decisive victory. If the gymnastics superstar has learned anything in the three years since those strange, uncertain days in Tokyo when she put her mental health and personal safety ahead of her pursuit of more...
NFL distances itself from Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker's comments
NEW YORK — The NFL is distancing itself from Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, saying “his views are not those of the NFL as an organization.” Butker appeared as the commencement speaker last week at Benedictine College, a private Catholic liberal arts school in Kansas, and said most of...
Lionel Messi's $20.4M compensation with Miami exceeds all but 3 other MLS teams
NEW YORK — Lionel Messi’s annualized pay from his Major League Soccer contract with Inter Miami is just over $20.4 million in his first full season, exceeding the payrolls of all but three other teams in the league. Messi joined Inter Miami last summer and has a base salary of...
Rory McIlroy loves life inside the ropes, shoots 66 on first day at PGA 
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Rory McIlroy blasted a drive down the middle, this one onto the left side of the fifth fairway. As he headed off the tee box and toward the ball, a girl in the crowd shouted “I love you, Rory!” Still adored and still playing great, there was...
Preakness is up next for Brian Hernandez after winning the Derby with a perfect trip on Mystik Dan 
BALTIMORE — Brian Hernandez Jr. spent the leadup to the Kentucky Derby watching replays of winning rides by fellow jockeys to see what it would take to get the job done with Mystik Dan, particularly those of Hall of Famer Calvin Borel. The 2010 Derby Borel won with Super Saver...
Marcus Ericsson crashes in practice, no regrets headed into Indy 500 
INDIANAPOLIS — Marcus Ericsson returned to the Indianapolis 500 with zero regrets but ended Thursday with a violent collision late in the first full day of practice. Ericsson hit a curb with about two hours remaining in the session, causing his car to spin and hit the wall three times....
A pair of late 3-putts sent Tiger Woods to a sluggish 1-over start at the PGA Championship 
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Tiger Woods figures it took him three holes to get back into the “competitive flow” of tournament golf on Thursday at Valhalla. It might take more than familiar vibes for Woods to stick around for the weekend at the PGA Championship. Like birdies. Maybe a bunch of...
Why so many prime-time games? NFL executives believe Jets ‘owe us one.’ 
NEW YORK — A year ago, after Aaron Rodgers was acquired in a trade with the Packers, the Jets received six national television games. But Rodgers tore his Achilles four plays into his Gang Green debut against the Buffalo Bills and missed the rest of the 2023 season. Now, the...
Penguins goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic, United States shut out France 
A look at how players with connections to the Pittsburgh Penguins have done in the ongoing International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship tournament: Penguins goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic stopped all 10 shots he faced and led the United States to a 5-0 shutout of France in a preliminary round game...
Pirates trade pitcher Roansy Contreras to Angels days after designating him for assignment
Five days after designating him for assignment, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded right-handed pitcher Roansy Contreras to the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday. The Pirates received cash considerations from the Angels for Contreras. Contreras was a key return piece in the 2021 trade that sent Jameson Taillon to the New York...
NFL exec: Steelers not playing AFC North game until Week 11 'wasn't intentional'
NFL exec Mike North likens the 2024 slate of Pittsburgh Steelers games to an NCAA basketball schedule. Minus the creampuffs and cupcakes in the early stages, of course. The Steelers don’t face an AFC North opponent until Week 11, then play six divisional games among their final eight of the...
Next on the Tee with former Pirates outfielder Adam Hyzdu, 5-time Tour winner Jim Gallagher Jr.
On this episode of Next on the Tee, host Chris Mascaro is joined by former Pirates and Red Sox outfielder Adam Hyzdu, and Jim Gallagher Jr., a five-time winner on Tour who is now a broadcaster. Hyzdu’s journey in baseball began as a prospect in high school, where he left...
Pittsburgh Riverhounds, developers plan $30M sports complex in North Huntingdon
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds soccer club is working with two North Huntingdon business partners in planning a $30 million sports complex on township-owned property off Route 30, they announced Thursday. Five outdoor fields and a multi-purpose indoor facility will be built over the next six years at the 42-acre parcel. The...


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