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‘We want to add to the team’: Pirates GM Ben Cherington turning to trade market for offense
With the Pittsburgh Pirates in the thick of wild-card contention, Bob Nutting and Ben Cherington are in regular discussions about adding a major-league bat to improve their chances of making the playoffs. Given that the July 30 trade deadline is still five weeks away, the Pirates general manager explained Saturday...
Drake Troutman proves he can hang with the big boys during Firecracker weekend at Lernerville
Drake Troutman and his group of young helpers are teens living out a dream. Troutman, 19, has been going up and down the road following the Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model tour with a crew of kids the same age or younger than him, and there have been some humbling...
Christopher Bell spoils surprise that Chase Briscoe is headed to JGR
LOUDON, N.H. — Christopher Bell knew the instant he spilled the tea — without even the courtesy of a spoiler alert — that he would catch grief for prematurely disclosing Chase Briscoe was headed to Joe Gibbs Racing in 2025. Bell’s goof was the talk of NASCAR — well, for...
Mark Madden’s hot take: NHL badly needs the great theater of Game 7
Three games into this year’s Stanley Cup Final, it was a big nothingburger. Florida was poised to complete a three-season journey from 2022 Presidents’ Trophy winner to losing the ’23 final to grabbing the Cup via sweep. For Connor McDavid, Edmonton captain and hockey’s best player, his wait for a...
Steelers A to Z: Jalen Elliott trying to stick after several stints on practice squad last season
Editor’s note: From now until the first practice of training camp at Saint Vincent College, TribLive is running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, looking at each player and assessing his outlook for the 2024 season. The breakdown will run in alphabetical order with at least two players each day...
Pitt’s 2025 recruiting class grows to 17 high school seniors
Pat Narduzzi couldn’t have ordered a better weekend than the one that concluded Sunday. Pitt’s coach received five verbal commitments from class of 2025 propsects on the final official visit weekend of June, four who confirmed their decision on social media and one who remains unidentified. Pitt’s class now includes...
Penn Hills Eagles track club looks forward to regional, national competitions
Penn Hills Eagles track and field coach Chuck Carter knows from experience that the young athletes in his program respond well to any weather conditions. Having to train and compete in the recent heat wave won’t dampen their spirits at all. “The kids just like summer, there’s something about it,”...
Local coach, Franklin Regional grad help Team USA win gold at Pan Am karate championships
USA Kumite head coach Dustin Baldis, chief instructor at the Pennsylvania Shotokan Karate Club in Level Green, took part in dozens of international competitions during his days as an athlete. He sometimes finds coaching to be harder. “It tends to be a little stressful based on wanting each and every...
Ahead of 2025 U.S. Open, Oakmont Country Club remains ‘a cathedral of the game’
Birds in the trees surrounding the No. 1 tee box at Oakmont Country Club on Friday were singing their usual morning melody. Carts were headed in several directions. Golfers teed up opening drives. Noisily, groundskeepers kept busy. Oakmont head professional Devin Gee watches over much of that activity every day,...
New Steelers receivers coach thinks greatness is ‘right there’ for George Pickens
As he prepares to enter his third NFL season, George Pickens is the unquestioned leading wide receiver on the Pittsburgh Steelers. Strictly based on numbers, he is assuredly the most prolific. He is the only one on the roster with a 1,000-yard season, and he led the NFL last season...
From phone call to handshake: How David Bednar and the Pirates close out a win
The lights go out. “Renegade” is blaring. As David Bednar jogs to the mound to save the game, Pittsburgh Pirates fans are cheering. As the Styx song blares, the PNC Park scoreboard shows a montage of Bednar’s best strikeouts. It’s a grand introduction for the Mars alum, who doesn’t really...
Steelers A to Z: DeShon Elliott becomes next safety in line to pair with Minkah Fitzpatrick
Editor’s note: From now until the first practice of training camp at Saint Vincent College, TribLive is running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, looking at each player and assessing his outlook for the 2024 season. The breakdown will run in alphabetical order with at least two players each day...
19-year-old Drake Troutman earns emotional feature victory at Lernerville Speedway
With tears in his eyes, Drake Troutman shook his head while he was standing in victory lane. The moment was washing over the 19-year-old native of Hyndman in Bedford County. He was a Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model Dirt Series winner. Troutman took the lead for good on lap 9...
Oilers beat Panthers to force a Game 7 in Stanley Cup Final
EDMONTON, Alberta — Leon Draisaitl made his first major impact in the Stanley Cup Final, and the series is heading back to South Florida. Draisaitl set up Warren Foegele’s early goal, Adam Henrique and Zach Hyman scored in the second period and the Edmonton Oilers forced a Game 7 by...
Mt. Lebanon product Neal Shipley hits highs, lows in 2nd pro round
It will be a round Neal Shipley will remember. His second round as a pro featured a great start and a disastrous ending. The Mt. Lebanon native began the second round of the PGA Tour Americas — the Beachlands Victoria Open — with five birdies in his first seven holes....
Pirates farm report for June 21, 2024: Bubba Chandler’s 10 strikeouts carry Curve to victory
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 32-39) topple Iowa (Cubs), 5-2. DH Joey Bart (.667), on a rehab assignment, hit a three-run double as part of a five-run seventh inning. He was 2 for 3. CF Ji Hwan Bae (.356) was 0 for 3. RF Josh Palacios was 2 for 4 with an RBI....
Alex Ferree has legacy at Lernerville through his car, name
Every time Alex Ferree is on a racetrack, he helps carry on multiple legacies. There’s the legacy of his last name, which he shares with his hall of fame father Ed. There’s also the prestige of the #1 Cochran car he drives, which once was piloted by another hall of...
Pirates allow 17 hits, 3 homers to Rays, drop bullpen game
In three games earlier this month, good results followed when the Pittsburgh Pirates turned to their bullpen to cover a full nine innings of work. The Pirates went with a bullpen game once again Friday night at PNC Park vs. the Tampa Bay Rays, but this time, it ended in...
Tom Kim builds a 2-shot lead over leaders at Travelers Championship
CROMWELL, Conn. — Tom Kim is looking at the long term with his golf game and is getting short-term results at the Travelers Championship, where he followed an opening 62 with a 5-under-par 65 on Friday for the lowest 36-hole score of his career and a two-shot lead. Kim had...
Reds, Brewers, Nationals on pace to post highest stolen-base totals of any MLB team since 1990s
MILWAUKEE — Cincinnati’s Elly De La Cruz understands how much of a distraction he causes to opposing pitchers whenever he gets on base. “It seems like they get a little bit nervous right there when I go out there,” De La Cruz, who has a major league-leading 37 steals, said...
Stuart Skinner making timely saves to help Oilers claw back
EDMONTON, Alberta — Stuart Skinner sprawled to his right to glove a shot by Carter Verhaeghe on a 2-on-1 early in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final that maintained the Edmonton Oilers’ lead. Less than a minute into Game 5, he lunged the same direction to deny Aaron Ekblad...
Pirates promote outfielder Charles McAdoo, lefty Jaden Woods to Double-AVideo
The Pittsburgh Pirates announced the promotion of a pair of prospects, outfielder Charles McAdoo and left-handed pitcher Jaden Woods, to Double-A Altoona Friday evening. McAdoo, 22, is ranked as the Pirates’ No. 30 overall prospect, per MLB Pipeline. In 60 games at High-A Greensboro, McAdoo was hitting .336 with nine...
Pirates’ Martin Perez, Joey Bart, Ji Hwan Bae to begin rehab assignments
Three injured Pittsburgh Pirates — pitcher Martin Perez, catcher Joey Bart and infielder/outfielder Ji Hwan Bae — are set to begin an important step toward returning to action by beginning a rehabilitation assignment with Triple-A Indianapolis this weekend. Bae and Bart were in the Indians’ lineup Friday vs. the Iowa...
Steelers sign WR Jacob Copeland
The Pittsburgh Steelers signed Jacob Copeland to their 90-man training camp roster, adding the former University of Florida leading receiver to the organization for a third time. The 5-foot-11, 201-pound Copeland had separate 21- and six-day stints on the Steelers’ practice squad last season, one from Week 2 through Week...
Steelers A to Z: Former Georgia RB Daijun Edwards looking to carve role in backfield
Editor’s note: From now until the first practice of training camp at Saint Vincent College, TribLive is running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, looking at each player and assessing his outlook for the 2024 season. The breakdown will run in alphabetical order with at least two players each day...
