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Former Penguins forward Kasper Bjorkqvist signs with Ilves in Finland
Former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Kasper Bjorkqvist has signed a two-year contract with Ilves of Finland’s Liiga, the top-tier league in that country. The transaction was announced via a release by that team Tuesday. The contract allows the 26-year-old to opt out of the second year to play abroad. A second-round...
Jason Kelce will join ESPN and be part of ‘Monday Night Football’ pregame show
Jason Kelce will join ESPN’s “Monday Night Countdown” after retiring from the Philadelphia Eagles earlier this year, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. The person confirmed the deal to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity on Monday because it was not expected to be announced...
Draft pick Payton Wilson brings passion to Steelers LB corps
What Payton Wilson lacks in a prominent piece of fibrous connective tissue, he makes up for in knowing exactly the right things to say. Call it a different way of displaying a high football IQ, at least when it came to Wilson’s words during his conference call with Pittsburgh media...
Cowboys bring back star RB Ezekiel Elliott
DALLAS — The Dallas Cowboys are reuniting with running back Ezekiel Elliott after agreeing to terms on a contract with the former two-time rushing champion, a person with knowledge of the deal said Monday. Elliott returns to the Cowboys a year after they let him go in a cost-cutting move....
Penguins sign goaltender Filip Larsson to 2-year contract
The Pittsburgh Penguins signed goaltender Filip Larsson to a two-year, two-way contract that carries an NHL salary cap hit of $775,000 on Monday. Larsson, 25, spent the 2023-24 season with Leksands IF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), that country’s top league. Appearing in 28 SHL games, Larsson had a...
Seattle Kraken fire coach Dave Hakstol after leading the franchise for its first 3 seasonsVideo
SEATTLE — The Seattle Kraken fired coach Dave Hakstol on Monday after the third-year franchise took a significant step back on the heels of a playoff appearance in their second season. Hakstol was a finalist for the Jack Adams Award as coach of the year last season as Seattle finished...
Analysis: The NHL playoffs are off to an odd start, from the net outVideo
The greatest goal-scorer of his generation was held without a point for the first time in a series in his nearly two-decade NHL career. The best goaltender in the league this season has given up a first round-high 19 goals. Vancouver has lost a Vezina Trophy finalist, used three different...
Penguins sign forward Sam Poulin to 2-year contract extension
The Pittsburgh Penguins signed rookie forward Sam Poulin to a two-year, two-way contract extension that carries an NHL salary cap hit of $775,000 on Monday. Poulin, 23, was scheduled to become a restricted free agent this upcoming offseason. He is in the final year of a three-year entry-level contract that...
Chiefs, tight end Travis Kelce agree to 2-year extension
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs signed Travis Kelce to a new two-year, $34.25 million contract Monday, wrapping up their star tight end as they attempt to win an unprecedented third straight Super Bowl, a person familiar with the terms told the Associated Press. Kelce’s deal with Kansas...
Penguins forward Valtteri Puustinen added to Finland’s roster for Euro Hockey Tour
Pittsburgh Penguins rookie forward Valtteri Puustinen has been added to Finland’s A national team roster as an injury replacement for the upcoming Euro Hockey Tour (EHT) tournament in Czechia in May. The Finnish Ice Hockey Association announced Puustinen’s inclusion via a release on Monday. He replaces forward Lauri Pajuniemi who...
Pitt reserve cornerback Jahvante Royal enters transfer portal
Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi lost a veteran special teams player and reserve cornerback to the transfer portal Monday, a day after he received a verbal commitment from a transfer who plays the same position. I am officially in the Portal as a Grad Transfer !!! pic.twitter.com/ucEnkcKiop— JAHVANTE A. ROYAL (@jahvante_royal)...
After unfulfilling year at Tennessee, Norwin grad Jake Kendro finds his groove with Pitt baseball
During his freshman baseball season at Tennessee, Jake Kendro did not have to face LSU’s Paul Skenes, who became, of course, the No. 1 overall pick in the MLB Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Not that the Norwin grad would have backed down from the challenge. Skenes wasn’t the only...
Highlands grad Cassidy Davis leaps to prominence during freshman track and field season at Slippery Rock
Cassidy Davis, a freshman on the Slippery Rock women’s track and field team, has a lot in common with her event coach, Tabitha Bemis. Like Bemis, she is competing for a PSAC school (Bemis was a standout at Edinboro). She also is competing in one of the same events —...
Mark Madden: Immediately grading a draft is meaningless — but the Steelers get an A. Yay!
The NFL Draft is mercifully over. But the hype preceding wasn’t the low point. The post-draft is even worse. The draft itself was pretty cockeyed, too. More than three-quarters of a million people gathered in downtown Detroit. This wasn’t Woodstock. It was young people being assigned a workplace with no...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Hempfield grad Jacob Boord returns from injury at PAC championships
He didn’t defend his conference title, but the fact that Jacob Boord was able to compete at all came with a sizable measure of gratification. A senior at Allegheny College and a Hempfield graduate, Boord was medically cleared from a foot injury to compete around 8:15 a.m. Thursday. With less...
Penguins forward Radim Zohorna joins Czechia’s roster for Euro Hockey Tour tournament
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Radim Zohorna has joined Czechia’s A national team roster for the upcoming Euro Hockey Tour (EHT) tournament in that country in May. The Czech Ice Hockey Association announced the addition of Zohorna and several other players with NHL contracts via a release on Monday. This tournament between...
Penguins A to Z: There isn’t a wrong choice with Joel BlomqvistVideo
With the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2023-24 season coming to an end without any postseason action, the Tribune-Review will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 49 individuals signed to an NHL contract — including those whose deals do not begin until next season — with the organization, from...
First Call: Steelers reportedly reached out about a Courtland Sutton trade; Joey Porter Jr.’s cousin getting Steelers camp invite
At least one report says the Pittsburgh Steelers did make a trade inquiry about Denver receiver Courtland Sutton. Another supposed Steelers draft target says he was expecting to wind up in Pittsburgh when his phone rang in the second round. A cousin of Joey Porter Jr. is getting a camp...
Tim Benz: Subtle nuggets for each Steelers draft choice that could help them make an impact
We’ve spent a lot of time getting to know the Steelers’ new draft class based on how they performed at the college football level. But what will make them good fits in Pittsburgh, specifically with the current roster constructed as it is? Let’s go pick-by-pick with some subtleties and nuggets...
Madden Monday: Steelers’ solid draft won’t yield a spike in win total
According to Mark Madden of 105.9 The X and TribLIVE, the Pittsburgh Steelers checked some important boxes when it comes to the NFL Draft. Specifically, adding a lot of talent up front on offense by drafting Washington tackle Troy Fautanu and West Virginia center Zach Frazier. “I think they did...
‘He’s not scared’: Pirates RHP Hunter Stratton checks another box by earning 1st MLB win
The firsts came in waves so fast that Hunter Stratton almost had to pinch himself while standing at his locker in the home clubhouse at PNC Park, recounting his amazement at his string of monumental moments. On the day his first child was due, the right-handed reliever learned that he...
Rangers finish off sweep of the Capitals, move on to the 2nd round of the NHL playoffsVideo
WASHINGTON — Artemi Panarin scored the go-ahead goal on the power play early in the third period, Igor Shesterkin made 23 saves and the New York Rangers advanced to the second round of the playoffs by finishing off a sweep of the Washington Capitals with a 4-2 victory in Game...
Pitt secures commitment from Kentucky transfer defensive back Jaremiah Anglin Jr.
After losing seven players to the transfer portal since spring practice ended, Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi secured a verbal commitment Sunday from former Kentucky defensive back Jaremiah Anglin Jr. H2P ???? #Committed pic.twitter.com/r5tAAmKP3g— Jaremiah Anglin Jr. (@jaremiahhjr) April 28, 2024 Anglin was redshirted last year in his freshman season at...
Denny Hamlin holds off Kyle Larson late to win NASCAR Cup race at Dover
DOVER, Del. — Denny Hamlin called his shot ahead of Dover, guaranteeing a win on his podcast, then followed through on his bold boast that would have made the Bambino proud and held off Kyle Larson down the stretch to park his Toyota in victory lane. Hamlin wiggled past lapped...
Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry rally to win Zurich Classic team event in a playoff
NEW ORLEANS — Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry won the Zurich Classic of New Orleans team event Sunday, beating Chad Ramey and Martin Trainer with a par on the first hole of a playoff. Trainer pushed a 6-foot par putt to the right of the cup to end it, with...
