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Pitt forward Jorge Diaz Graham out 8 weeks after core muscle surgery
Pitt soon-to-be junior Jorge Diaz Graham suffered more bad luck on the injury front, the Panthers announced Friday, as the 6-foot-11 forward underwent surgery to repair a core muscle injury. Diaz Graham is expected to miss eight weeks. This past season, he appeared in 16 games for Pitt off the...
Last year’s Steelers QB3 saved their season. Kyle Allen is prepared if needed in 2024 too
With his fifth NFL franchise over a six-year span, Kyle Allen doesn’t flinch at joining a completely revamped Pittsburgh Steelers quarterbacks room. “I have been on a lot of teams,” Allen said with a smile after an organized team activities session last week. “So I am used to getting to...
Mark Madden: Adding Negro League stats to MLB is dishonest, factually incorrect
As of Tuesday, MLB’s all-time batting average leader never took a swing in MLB. That’s stupid. Black players being excluded from MLB till Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947 is a dark, inexcusable piece of baseball history. It’s also something that can’t possibly be fixed. It’s a wrong...
The NBA Finals are set, with Boston set to face Dallas for the Larry O’Brien Trophy
Kyrie Irving returning to Boston. Luka Doncic’s first trip to the title round. Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum, getting another chance at a ring. Kristaps Porzingis facing his former team, too. Pick a storyline. There are many in these NBA Finals. The matchup is now set: It’ll be Boston against...
10-time major winner Annika Sorenstam to play in U.S. Senior Women’s Open at Fox Chapel Golf Club
Women’s golf icon Annika Sorenstam has entered to play in the sixth U.S. Senior Women’s Open set for Aug. 1-4 at Fox Chapel Golf Club. Sorenstam, who has 96 career wins, including 10 major championships, has played in the Pittsburgh area before. She is familiar with nearby Oakmont Country Club,...
Penguins A to Z: John Ludvig will keep fighting, literally, for a roster spotVideo
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 52 individuals signed to an NHL contract — including those whose deals do not begin until next season — with the organization, from fourth-line...
Tim Benz: Bryan Rust’s comments about Rangers speak to a much bigger issue surrounding Penguins’ failures
I’ve always been a fan of Bryan Rust. There are few Pittsburgh Penguins players that I’ve enjoyed covering more than him. A clutch performer. A two-time Stanley Cup champion. A stand-up guy who owns every good game and bad game. But I think he went off the grid on this...
First Call: Giants keep signing former Steelers; Allen Robinson surprised at release
Friday’s “First Call” shows us yet another Pittsburgh Steeler heading to New York. An ex-Steeler describes why he was surprised at his release from Pittsburgh. Isaiah Buggs got sassy with the media covering his animal cruelty case. And the Pirates have a Spider-Man meme opponent in Canada this weekend. Big...
Pirates reliever Carmen Mlodzinski seeks return to solid 2023 form
Last week, as the Pittsburgh Pirates prepared to welcome the Atlanta Braves to PNC Park for three games, manager Derek Shelton offered some thoughts on the club’s bullpen. Shelton had much to reflect on, as the Pirates had just lost two straight games to the San Francisco Giants in which...
Luka Doncic’s 36 points spur Mavericks to NBA Finals
MINNEAPOLIS — Luka Doncic had a 20-point first quarter on his way to 36 points for his high this postseason, and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Minnesota Timberwolves, 124-103, on Thursday night to breeze through the Western Conference finals in five games. Kyrie Irving also scored 36 points for the...
Panthers beat Rangers 3-2 in Game 5 to move within win of Stanley Cup Final returnVideo
NEW YORK — Anton Lundell broke a tie on a deflected shot with 9:38 left, and the Florida Panthers moved within a victory of returning to the Stanley Cup Final, beating the New York Rangers, 3-2, in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference final Thursday night. Gustav Forsling and Sam...
Pirates farm report for May 30, 2024: Jack Suwinski homers, strikes out 4 times for Indy
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 24-28) was swept by Omaha (Royals) in a doubleheader. In the first game, a 3-2 Indianapolis loss in eight innings, CF Jack Suwinski (.250) went 2 for 4 and hit his first Triple-A home run of the season. C Henry Davis (.296) went 1 for 3 with a...
David Moore: Cowboys’ Micah Parsons is a star. That doesn’t mean he’s a leader
FRISCO, Texas — No one should question Micah Parsons’ drive to be great. No one should question the hard work he puts in to achieve that goal because he chooses to do much of his training away from the Dallas Cowboys facility during the voluntary phase of the offseason program....
Hurricanes’ Jaccob Slavin becomes 2-time Lady Byng winner for sportsmanship
NEW YORK — Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Jaccob Slavin won the NHL’s Lady Byng Memorial Trophy for sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct for the second time Thursday. Also the 2021 winner, he’s the second blue-liner to win it twice, joining Red Kelly, who was a four-time winner, with three coming as a...
Yuka Saso survives, Nelly Korda shoots 80 to start U.S. Women’s Open
LANCASTER — Former champion Yuka Saso leaned on her putter to survive a brutally tough start to the U.S. Women’s Open on Thursday, an opening round that featured Nelly Korda making a 10 on her third hole and only four players barely beating par. Saso had three big par putts...
David Skinns shoots 8-under 62 to take 1st-round lead in RBC Canadian OpenVideo
HAMILTON, Ontario — David Skinns had six birdies in a seven-hole stretch and shot an 8-under-par 62 on Thursday at Hamilton Golf and Country Club to take the first-round lead in the RBC Canadian Open. Playing in the afternoon with the greens still mostly receptive after rain earlier in the...
Oilers-Stars even after wild swings of momentum, big comebacks
DALLAS — There have been wild swings of momentum in the Western Conference final, and something that has happened only one other time this late in the NHL playoffs. After Edmonton and Dallas both came back from multiple-goal deficits to win while splitting the past two games, this is now...
NBA media negotiations enter 4th quarter with outcome in doubt
The conference finals and Bronny James’ decision to remain in the draft are far from the only things dominating NBA conversations lately. In fact, both have been trumped by the drama surrounding where fans will be able to watch games for at least the next decade. The NBA media rights...
Mark Robinson running out of chances to make impact as ILB with Steelers
For all that can be said about Mark Robinson going from small-school college running back to young NFL linebacker, he certainly can’t complain he’s had no one to look up to and learn from in plying his craft. Since the Pittsburgh Steelers made him a seventh-round draft pick in 2022,...
NFL teams are using 2 tight ends less frequently, but those that do still find it effectiveVideo
HENDERSON, Nev. — Michael Mayer appreciated the reassuring call from the Raiders after they selected Brock Bowers with the No. 13 pick in April, though he wasn’t exactly thrilled they drafted a tight end. Mayer’s position. But once he had a chance to reflect, Mayer decided to embrace the situation....
Suspension taught Steelers safety Damontae Kazee ‘I definitely got to change’ tackling technique
A three-game suspension at the end of the 2023 regular season convinced Damontae Kazee he must alter his approach to tackling. Kazee was suspended for his violent hit on Indianapolis’ Michael Pittman in a mid-December game that sent the Colts wide receiver to concussion protocol. He was ejected and then...
All Pro special-teamer Miles Killebrew on re-signing: ‘I’m a Pittsburgh Steeler. I love it here’
Sixty-five players appeared in at least one game for the 2023 Pittsburgh Steelers. Only two earned AP NFL All-Pro status. One was T.J. Watt. The other entered the offseason as a free agent. But to hear Miles Killebrew talk, there wasn’t much desire to sign with another team. “I’m a...
Former Jeannette defensive lineman Anthony Johnson transfers to Pitt
Pitt appears to be the final stop on Anthony Johnson’s twisting and turning tour of college football. Johnson, a burly pass rusher who has become a regular in the NCAA transfer portal, announced he is joining the Panthers after initially committing to Mississippi State and, before that, to Illinois. A...
NCAA, states reach agreement to permanently allow multiple-transfer athletes to compete
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The NCAA and a coalition of states suing the organization announced a proposed settlement of a lawsuit Thursday that would allow athletes to be immediately eligible to play no matter how many times they transfer and give them an extra year of eligibility. Under the agreement, a...
Kickoff times, TV details released for 5 Pitt football games
Kickoff times and television broadcast details for five of Pitt’s 2024 football games were revealed Thursday, including the 107th edition of the Backyard Brawl with West Virginia, set for Sept. 14 at Acrisure Stadium. The Panthers and Mountaineers will kick off at 3:30 p.m., with either ESPN or ESPN2 handling...
