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Former Penguins forward prospect Dillon Hamaliuk signs in SlovakiaVideo
Former Pittsburgh Penguins forward prospect Dillon Hamaliuk has signed with HC Nove Zamky of the Slovak Extraliga. That team announced the transaction via Instagram on Friday. The Penguins acquired Hamaliuk from the San Jose Sharks via a trade in August as a spare part of the blockbuster deal that also...
Paris Olympics athletes post fit checks, cardboard beds on social media
Though the 2024 Paris Olympics presents an opportunity for athletes to show what they’re made of on the international summer sports stage — it also gives them a chance to give social media followers a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the games. Four-time Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles shared a photo of...
Whether at linebacker or defensive end, Penn State expects Abdul Carter to make an impact
INDIANAPOLIS — Abdul Carter certainly looks like a Big Ten defensive end. The former first-team All-Big Ten linebacker made the move to edge rusher prior to spring drills, and Carter is listed at 6-foot-3, 249 pounds on the Penn State roster. But new defensive coordinator Tom Allen is a fan...
Mark Madden: Maybe it’s time to lighten up on Pete Rose
HBO’s new four-part, four-hour documentary on Pete Rose reveals little new but is nonetheless provocative. That’s because Pete Rose is provocative. He’s everyman, a monument to hard work maximizing skill. If you don’t believe that, ask Rose. He’ll tell you. His ban from MLB for betting on baseball is something...
In addition to being clubhouse spark plug, Pirates’ Joshua Palacios seeks offensive improvementVideo
In a number of ways, Joshua Palacios’ New York City upbringing is noticeable in the person he is today. For starters, a few seconds of listening to the Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder speak gives away his Brooklyn roots. At age 28, the accent is still strong. When it comes to his...
Paris Olympics off to rough start, with sabotaged trains and weather dampening mood before opening
PARIS — The Paris Olympics were getting off to a rough start Friday, with suspected acts of sabotage targeting France’s flagship high-speed rail network and cloudy skies and forecast rains over the French capital ahead of its sprawling, ambitious opening ceremony. On a day of utmost importance for France and...
First Call: A Steelers WR trade prospect adjusts his contract; AFC North news; odd injury for Bethel Park’s Mason Miller
Friday’s “First Call” removes one name from the Steelers wide receiver rumor mill. There’s lots of information from the team’s rivals in the AFC North and one headline from a Penguins rival within the Metropolitan Division. And we’ve got odd injury news for Bethel Park’s Mason Miller in Oakland. Bad...
Tim Benz: Omar Khan better be right about the Steelers’ WR group, or he better improve it soon
On Thursday at Steelers training camp, general manager Omar Khan was asked if the team was in the midst of pursuing a pass catcher for the thin wide receiver room. “There’s nothing going on right now,” Khan said. That’s probably accurate only insofar as at the literal moment Khan was...
Oakland All-Star closer Mason Miller breaks left pinky finger pounding training table in frustrationVideo
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Oakland Athletics All-Star closer Mason Miller broke the pinky finger on his non-pitching hand when he pounded a table in frustration after he was reminded he had to do postgame lifting following Monday night’s game against Houston. The 25-year-old right-hander, the hardest-throwing pitcher in the major leagues...
Clayton Kershaw makes 2024 debut with Dodgers, strikes out 6
LOS ANGELES — Clayton Kershaw made his season debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday, striking out six and allowing two runs and six hits in his return from offseason shoulder surgery. With his return to the lineup against the San Francisco Giants, Kershaw became the only pitcher to...
Pirates farm report for July 25, 2024: Mike Burrows tosses four innings in Triple-A rehab outing
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 43-52) took down Iowa (Cubs), 7-2. In his first Triple-A rehab outing after Tommy John surgery, RHP Mike Burrows (2.25) allowed one run on four hits with five strikeouts in four innings of a no-decision. RHP Aaron Shortridge (1-0, 1.13) picked up the win in relief after giving...
Bridgeman shoots an 8-under 63 at the TPC Twin Cities to take the 3M Open leadVideo
BLAINE, Minn. — Jacob Bridgeman birdied five of his last seven holes for an 8-under-par 63 and a one-stroke lead over Mackenzie Hughes on Thursday after the first round of the 3M Open. Patrick Rodgers, Martin Trainer and Andrew Novak were two shots back at the TPC Twin Cities. Billy...
West Point 12U bounces back; 10U team falls
It was a 50/50 day for the West Point Little League baseball teams in the Pennsylvania State Tournament. At Newville, the West Point 12U team defeated Coventry, 2-1, in a losers’ bracket game. West Point scored two runs in the first inning and held on for the win despite being...
Bears’ Jonathan Owens leaves camp to support wife Simone Biles at Olympics
LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Most NFL players wouldn’t take five days off during the peak of job battles at training camp. Then again, most NFL players aren’t Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens. The sixth-year backup is taking the time away to watch his wife, Simone Biles, compete for the U.S....
Canada women’s soccer coach removed over drone controversy
PARIS — The Canadian Olympic Committee removed women’s national soccer coach Bev Priestman for the remainder of the Paris Games following an alleged drone spying scandal. The COC said in a statement released early Friday that assistant coach Andy Spence would lead the defending gold medalists for the remainder of...
Browns coach Stefanski holding onto calling plays; 2 defensive starters out injured as camp opensVideo
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — The Cleveland Browns intend to follow the same steps that got them to the playoffs last season. After one day of training camp, it already feels like 2023 again. Moments after the team finished its first practice at Greenbrier Resort, coach Kevin Stefanski revealed that...
Latrobe, Seton Hill alum Kollar gets promoted to Padres’ Triple-A affiliate
A day after his 26th birthday, pitcher Jared Kollar received a gift: a promotion in the minor leagues. Kollar, a Latrobe and Seton Hill alum, is headed to Triple-A with the San Diego Padres. His 9-3 record and 3.04 ERA in 15 starts were good enough to earn him a...
Pirates sign prep pitcher Levi Sterling to a $2.5 million bonus, plus 2 more draft picks
The Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday signed three more draft picks, including prep pitcher Levi Sterling, who is a top-100 prospect, and assigned them to the Florida Complex League in Bradenton. Sterling, who was selected No. 37 overall in the Competitive Balance-A round, was signed by scout Brian Tracy for a...
Steelers’ Justin Fields embraces opportunity to take 1st-team reps with Russell Wilson out
So, there was some uncertainty about who would take first-team reps at quarterback when the Pittsburgh Steelers opened training camp, after all. Just not for the reason some predicted. Justin Fields ran with the starting offense on Day 1 of camp at Saint Vincent on Thursday. It wasn’t because coach...
At Paris Olympics, anti-doping leaders accept that some cheating is inevitableVideo
PARIS — The days are over when Olympic organizers and anti-doping officials would typically predict “the cleanest Games ever.” Not at the Paris Olympics. “It’s not our role to do it,” World Anti-Doping Agency President Witold Banka said Thursday. “It’s not that now we want to assure that every single...
Penguins sign 2023 1st-round pick Brayden Yager to entry-level contractVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins signed forward prospect Brayden Yager to a three-year entry-level contract Thursday. According to Puckpedia, the contract will carry a salary cap hit of $950,000. A first-round round pick (No. 14 overall) in 2023, the 19-year-old Yager spent the 2023-24 season at the junior level with the Moose...
Australian team soaks up baseball, American culture while in town for Freeport International
Kye Hodges loves baseball and loves to be on the field with his teammates. It’s that simple formula that has the 15-year-old Central Coast, Australia, resident — nicknamed Big Sexy by his hometown friends — excited to be in Freeport this week with a group of baseball players from Down...
Subtle changes by 1st day make clear this Steelers training camp is… different
Mike Tomlin’s booming voice still carried well over Chuck Noll Stadium. His command of practice was the same, and the dark sunglasses and full, cropped beard appeared as familiar as ever. Still, there was something that longtime observers of Pittsburgh Steelers training camp found jarringly different about Tomlin during the...
Pirates place OF Bryan Reynolds on bereavement list, add Ji Hwan Bae to taxi squad
The Pittsburgh Pirates announced they have placed Bryan Reynolds on the major-league bereavement list Thursday, which requires a minimum stay of three games. That means the All-Star outfielder will miss at least two games against the Arizona Diamondbacks this weekend. Reynolds was a late scratch from Wednesday’s 5-0 win over...
Steelers GM Omar Khan on prospective trade for WR: ‘There’s nothing ongoing’
General manager Omar Khan left open the possibility the Pittsburgh Steelers would yet acquire a veteran wide receiver before the regular season begins. At some points during a news conference Thursday, Khan made it sound not all that unlikely that, over the next six weeks, they might trade for or...
