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Mark Madden: Sports are oversaturated. That’s ruining the games and viewability
How we ruin sports (one in a series): We are saturated with sports: Too many sports, leagues, teams and games. Demand (or lack thereof) doesn’t matter. All we ever get is more. Not better. More. How many times does spring football have to fail before it never gets resuscitated again?...
Capitals promote Chris Patrick to GM, Brian MacLellan remains president of hockey operations
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Washington Capitals named Chris Patrick as their general manager on Monday with longtime GM Brian MacLellan remaining president of hockey operations. Patrick, 48, who was also named as a senior vice president, has worked for the Capitals in various capacities since 2009 and served as assistant...
John Cena announces his retirement from professional wrestling after 2025 season
John Cena announced Saturday night that he will retire from professional wrestling next year after two decades in the ring. The wrestler-turned-actor delivered a heartfelt speech to a stadium of World Wrestling Entertainment fans in Toronto, who booed in disappointment as Cena said the 2025 season would be his last....
First Call: Local pitching product, multiple ex-Pirates make MLB All-Star Game; Martavis Bryant still wants the NFLVideo
Monday’s “First Call” has All-Star game nods for a few former Pirates and a Western Pa. product out in Oakland. Also, one ex-Steeler is hoping to make a comeback from injury, and another is trying to make a comeback into the league. Former Pirates parade While Paul Skenes and Bryan...
Tim Benz: Kyle Dubas gave the same speech to his young players that he did to the fans. Now Penguins must make it happen
Before last month’s NHL draft in Las Vegas, Penguins president of hockey operations and general manager Kyle Dubas made a clear statement about the direction he wants to go with the organization. “We need to make sure that we have the flexibility and the options to bring in younger, hungrier...
Steelers A to Z: Well-traveled DB Nathan Meadors seeks path to gain notice
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...
Madden Monday: Starting Pirates’ Paul Skenes would give the All-Star Game ‘a bit more meaning this year’
The Major League Baseball All-Star selection process got it right. Pittsburgh Pirates rookie Paul Skenes has been named to the National League team. Now NL manager Torey Lovullo needs to do the right thing as well and name Skenes the starter. That’s just my opinion, but the numbers make a...
Bronny James scratched from Lakers game with swelling in knee
SAN FRANISCO — Bronny James was scratched from the Los Angeles Lakers’ second California Classic game Sunday because of a swelling in his left knee, a day after scoring four points in his NBA Summer League debut. Lakers Summer League coach Dane Johnson didn’t provide many details after the team’s...
Mets’ Pete Alonso to compete in Home Run Derby for 5th time
Pete Alonso will participate in his fifth straight Home Run Derby, with the New York Mets first baseman trying to win for the third time. Baltimore’s Gunnar Henderson and Philadelphia’s Alec Bohm also have committed to the July 15 event at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. Alonso made the...
Alex Bowman wins rainy Chicago street race, grabs NASCAR playoff spot
CHICAGO — Alex Bowman secured a spot in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs Sunday when he held on for the victory on a rainy street course in downtown Chicago. It was Bowman’s first victory since Las Vegas in March 2022 and No. 8 for his career. He is the 12th...
District 31 Legion regular-season concludes; playoffs next
The District 31 American Legion regular season concluded Sunday with two games. Unity rallied in the sixth inning to defeat Derry, 9-7, and Somerset topped Trafford, 16-8. The 14-team league was divided into two divisions — Eastern and Western. The top two teams in each division will be seeded in...
Penguins 1st-round pick Owen Pickering gets chance to compete at camp
The Pittsburgh Penguins are hosting their prospect development camp at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry, and Owen Pickering is among the handful of first-round picks competing. It’s been two years since Pickering was drafted No. 21 overall in the 2022 NHL Draft. Pickering hopes this can be his year...
After All-Star exclusion, Pirates’ Mitch Keller focused on strong 2nd-half performance
The trials and tribulations of Pirates pitcher Mitch Keller are now well-known outside of Pittsburgh. In large part, it was Keller’s dominant start to the 2023 campaign, culminating with his first All-Star selection, that brought his story as a big-leaguer to a more national audience. As Pirates fans can recall,...
Pato O’Ward wins Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio in debut of hybrid engine
LEXINGTON, Ohio — Pato O’Ward bounced back on multiple levels with an IndyCar victory Sunday he was confident of achieving with a new hybrid engine he found to his liking. The combination helped him reduce a big time deficit to Alex Palou and pounce on the slimmest window of opportunity....
Davis Thompson wins with lowest score in John Deere Classic history
Davis Thompson had been working toward a moment like this, and he wasn’t about to let anything stop him — not a soft golf course that produced the best scores of the week, not the pressure of trying to win for the first time on the PGA Tour. He started...
7 Phillies, 6 Dodgers picked for MLB All-Star GameVideo
The major league-leading Philadelphia Phillies had a big league-high seven selections for the MLB All-Star Game on Sunday. Three rookies were picked for the July 16 game in Arlington, Texas: Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Paul Skenes, Chicago Cubs pitcher Shoto Imanaga and San Diego outfielder Jackson Merrill. Philadelphia pitchers Zack Wheeler,...
Pirates rookie pitcher Paul Skenes, outfielder Bryan Reynolds selected to All-Star Game
Paul Skenes can add another accomplishment in his accelerated rise to superstardom, as the 22-year-old right-hander became the first Pittsburgh Pirates rookie pitcher ever selected to the All-Star Game. A second All-Star appearance is the latest achievement on Bryan Reynolds’ resume after the Pirates outfielder signed the richest contract in...
Mets score 2 runs off Aroldis Chapman in 9th to rally past Pirates
A game that was scoreless through seven innings suddenly got interesting when the Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Mets turned to their closers with multiple All-Star appearances. Instead of closing the door, they left it open. When the Mets brought in Edwin Diaz with two on and two out in...
Brazil tops Latvia 94-69, claims spot in Paris Olympics basketball field
Brazil is going to the Paris Olympics, after a 19-0 run over the final 3:21 of the first quarter set the tone in what became a surprisingly easy 94-69 victory over Latvia in the first of four men’s basketball qualifying tournament finals being played Sunday. Bruno Caboclo led Brazil with...
Ferguson wins BMW International Open for 3rd European tour title and seals place at British Open
MUNICH — Ewen Ferguson won the BMW International Open by two shots on Sunday for his third European tour title — and clinched a spot in the British Open taking place in his native Scotland this month. The 168th-ranked Ferguson smiled as he rotated both of his shoulders before tapping...
Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner reach Wimbledon quarterfinals; Coco Gauff loses
LONDON — There Carlos Alcaraz was, down on his backside at a baseline below the Royal Box, briefly taking a seat in the grass after doing the splits when he slipped while running to hit a forehand during his fourth-round match Sunday. So now what? Give up on the point...
Pirates place LHP Bailey Falter on 15-day IL, select contract of RHP Brent Honeywell Jr.
The Pittsburgh Pirates placed starting left-handed pitcher Bailey Falter on the 15-day injured list with left triceps tendinitis Sunday, then shook up a bullpen that was depleted by his injury. Falter, who is 4-7 with a 4.08 ERA and 1.20 WHIP in 90 1/3 innings over 17 starts, was removed...
Inaugural America’s Mile welcomes runners of every ability to North Shore
A new one-mile race is coming to Pittsburgh, which promises to feature some elite runners sprinting across the North Shore. The inaugural America’s Mile seeks amateur and accomplished runners to test themselves on the roads of the Steel City and vie for several substantial cash prizes. The event takes place...
Steelers A to Z: Ryan McCollum the forgotten option at center
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...
Steelers A to Z: Guard Mason McCormick an intriguing middle-round draft pick
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...
