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Former Pirates manager Danny Murtaugh to be inducted into Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame
Danny Murtaugh won two World Series and 1,115 games in 15 seasons as Pittsburgh Pirates manager, but he never visited Ireland, the country of his ancestors. The next-best thing for Murtaugh’s legacy will occur May 22 at PNC Park when the Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame will posthumously induct...
Astros starter Ronel Blanco suspended 10 games after being ejected when foreign substance found in gloveVideo
HOUSTON — Astros starter Ronel Blanco received a 10-game suspension Wednesday for violating MLB’s prohibitions on foreign substances after being ejected from the game against the Oakland Athletics. The suspension was announced by Michael Hill, MLB’s senior vice president of on-field operations. The suspension will begin Wednesday night unless Blanco...
Steelers’ schedule includes back-to-back road games to open season, Christmas game with Chiefs
For the first time in 25 years, the Pittsburgh Steelers are scheduled to open the season with back-to-back road games. They will close it with consecutive home games for the first time in almost a decade. They won’t face a divisional foe until Week 11 and then will play six...
Brewers swallow up Martin Perez, Pirates with 5 home runs in 10-2 victory
Martin Perez twice this season surrendered runs in chunks of seven over two games, first in mid-April and also earlier this month. Giving up seven runs in two games isn’t ideal (especially when it’s done twice), but at least it was better than what happened to Perez on Wednesday in...
ACC commissioner Jim Phillips holding out hope for ‘really good ending’ despite league turmoil
AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. — With the future of the Atlantic Coast Conference in question, commissioner Jim Phillips expressed optimism Wednesday that the league can still be salvaged. The path forward is unclear but not without hope. “You have to stay optimistic, and you work through these things,” Phillips said at...
3 Penguins, including Kris Letang, undergo postseason surgeries
Three Pittsburgh Penguins players — defensemen Kris Letang and John Ludvig, plus forward Matt Nieto — underwent offseason surgeries recently, president of hockey operations/general manager Kyle Dubas announced Wednesday. Letang had a fractured finger on his left hand repaired Friday, with an expected recovery time of eight weeks. On April...
Pirates send Quinn Priester to Triple-A, recall relief pitcher Carmen Mlodzinski
A day after losing his fourth decision among five starts, Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Quinn Priester was optioned back to Triple-A Indianapolis on Wednesday, meaning the end to the short-lived six-man rotation. In Priester’s place on the 26-man roster, right-handed relief pitcher Carmen Mlodzinski was reinstated from the injured list....
Mark Madden: WNBA needs to better showcase Caitlin Clark to break out of niche status
This space predicted three months ago that women’s basketball would blow it with phenom Caitlin Clark. That’s already started. Her first WNBA game wasn’t played on the big stage of, say, New York City. It was played Tuesday night at an arena in a Connecticut casino. Clark’s Indiana Fever lost...
NFL schedule: Aaron Rodgers and Jets will face Vikings on Oct. 6 in London
NEW YORK — Aaron Rodgers will be facing a familiar opponent, albeit in a different uniform and in a new location. Rodgers and the New York Jets will kick off this year’s slate of games in London, when they are the visiting team against the Minnesota Vikings on Oct. 6...
Caitlin Clark finishes with 20 points, 10 turnovers as Indiana falls to Connecticut in WNBA opener
UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Caitlin Clark struggled early in her WNBA debut before finishing with 20 points and 10 turnovers as the Indiana Fever fell to the Connecticut Sun 92-71 on Tuesday night. Alyssa Thomas led the Sun with 13 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds, registering the 12th triple-double of...
FIFA moves toward ending soccer tradition and letting league games be staged in other countries
GENEVA — FIFA moved Wednesday toward ending decades of soccer tradition by ordering a review of its policy that currently blocks domestic league games being played in other countries. Fans are likely to object to their teams’ home matches potentially being moved thousands of miles away, though it has become...
Penguins A to Z: For now, Dillon Hamaliuk looks like another throw-inVideo
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...
On Sports: Yet another veteran WR tied to Steelers; Paul Skenes pledges money for KsVideo
From trades for Brandon Aiyuk or Deebo Samuel or Courtland Sutton to signings of Tyler Boyd or Zay Jones or Michael Gallup, there have been no shortage of veteran wide receivers projected to end up with the WR-needy Pittsburgh Steelers over the past two months. A prominent ESPN analyst has...
Pirates farm report for May 14, 2024: Domingo German makes 1st start for Bradenton
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 17-19) and Toledo (Tigers) were rained out. The game will be made up as apart of a doubleheader Thursday. Next: Wednesday vs. Toledo (Tigers), 1:35 p.m. ALTOONA (Double-A, 8-26) gave up two runs in the bottom of the ninth to lose 2-1 to Akron (Guardians). RHP Braxton Ashcraft...
Pirates offense fails to build momentum in loss to Brewers
When Quinn Priester was asked Tuesday night about the lack of run support from his Pittsburgh Pirates teammates, he was decisive with his answer. “I’m focusing on what I’m doing to help the team,” he said on the SportsNet Pittsburgh postgame show. “Certainly, when we score some runs, I’ll get...
17 champions looking to defend titles at WPIAL track and field championships
It’s the day track and field athletics have had circled all season. The WPIAL track and field championships begins 11 a.m. Wednesday at Slippery Rock. Athletes will try to become the best in the district and earn a spot in the PIAA championships, which are May 24 and 25 at...
Basketball broadcaster Doug Gottlieb to take over as Green Bay coach
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Longtime basketball radio analyst Doug Gottlieb will make his college head coaching debut next season at Green Bay. Green Bay announced Tuesday that Gottlieb will take over for Sundance Wicks, who left the Phoenix after one year to take over Wyoming’s program. Green Bay went 18-14...
Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker rails against Pride month, working women in commencement speech
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker railed against Pride month, working women, President Biden’s leadership during the covid-19 pandemic and abortion during a commencement address at Benedictine College last weekend. The three-time Super Bowl champion delivered the roughly 20-minute address Saturday at the Catholic private liberal...
Avalanche try to forge ahead after losing Valeri Nichushkin to 6-month suspension
DENVER — The nameplate above the locker for Valeri Nichushkin already has been removed at the Colorado Avalanche’s practice facility. It could be just for now — or possibly for good. For a second consecutive year, the Avalanche are on the brink of elimination from the playoffs with Nichushkin, one...
Scheffler never happier with his life, wife and son. Now he’s ready to grab another major at PGAVideo
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Scottie Scheffler has never spent much time reflecting on anything he has done, especially with something grand — another major championship — on the immediate horizon. But for that moment in Dallas last week, when wife Meredith came home with their first baby, it was hard not...
Pirates notebook: Derek Shelton says slumping Rowdy Tellez will continue to get opportunities
Veteran first baseman Rowdy Tellez, who is hitting .178 with a .486 OPS, was not in the starting lineup Tuesday night in Milwaukee, but Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton said he wants to continue to give him an opportunity to end his season-long slump. “We need a full lineup to...
Final Preakness at Pimlico before rebuilding stirs nostalgia mixed with relief for needed fixesVideo
BALTIMORE — Preakness days in recent years have featured water and plumbing miscues. A large section of the grandstand at Pimlico Race Course has been rendered unusable because it’s condemned, and much of the rest of the storied but decaying track is a relic to the sport of kings’ heyday...
Wheeling Nailers captain Justin Addamo scores twice for FranceVideo
A look at how players with connections to the Pittsburgh Penguins have done in the ongoing International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship Tournament: After being added to France’s roster on Monday, Wheeling Nailers forward Justin Addamo scored two goals in a 4-2 win against Poland in a preliminary round...
5 things to watch for with Steelers schedule set to be released
Following in the footsteps of the Super Bowl, combine and first day of the draft, the annual schedule release has become a tent-pole event for the NFL. What once took place in April during the run-up to the draft, the schedule release keeps getting pushed back deeper into May. After...
Duquesne plans tour for fans to get close look at its Atlantic 10 men’s basketball trophy
Duquesne’s Atlantic 10 men’s basketball championship trophy is going on tour. The athletic department announced Tuesday where the trophy will be on display at various sites throughout the region. The 2023-2024 Dukes and coach Keith Dambrot claimed the trophy in March by winning four games in four days at the...
