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HOUSTON — Houston Astros third baseman Isaac Paredes has dropped out of next week’s All-Star Game to attend to a family matter. Paredes was added to the roster Wednesday after Cleveland’s José Ramírez opted out to rest a nagging Achilles tendon injury. Paredes was in the Astros’ lineup at designated...

Editor’s note: From now until reporting day to 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 2025 season. The breakdown will run in alphabetical order with at least two players each day between...

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — Golf wasn’t the first love of Cara Gainer or Gabriela Ruffels, who grew up wanting to be professional tennis players and came close to making it. Now they’re in sight of becoming an unlikely major winner in their adopted sport. Gainer, a No. 129-ranked Englishwoman, and Ruffels,...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 54-37) didn’t give up a hit until the seventh inning and beat Gwinnett (Braves), 6-1. RHP Drake Fellows (6-2, 4.85) started and threw five no-hit innings with three strikeouts. LHP Randy Labaut (4.85) didn’t allow a hit in the sixth. RHP Ryder Ryan (3.89) allowed an infield single...

For the second consecutive year, Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes has been named the starting pitcher for the National League in the All-Star Game. The 6-foot-6, 260-pound right-hander received official word Saturday in a phone call from Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, who asked for “one inning of domination.”...

SONOMA, Calif. — Shane van Gisbergen proved in his NASCAR debut to be an elite road and street course racer by winning in his first career outing. Two years later, his rivals have gotten a good look at the New Zealander’s technique and have declared him the favorite to win...

John Doyle never played a lot of organized baseball while growing up in Plum. He spent most of his time playing pickup games on the local field. “My father made it a point to make sure that we had a field to play on,” Doyle said. “He would come home...

The Pirates survived a scare in the MLB Futures Game on Saturday afternoon in Atlanta. The team’s top prospect, Konnor Griffin, was hit in the wrist by a 97 mph pitch in the fourth inning and left the game. He returned to the dugout in good spirits, however, and apparently...

In a game that had become a blowout, this was a day that belonged to Byron Buxton. The Minnesota Twins All-Star center fielder already had sandwiched two singles around a triple and a double when he came to bat with two outs in the seventh inning. When Buxton crushed Andrew...

NORTH BERWICK, Scotland — Masters champion Rory McIlroy took another step toward emerging out of the doldrums with two big shots at the end of his round Saturday that led to a 4-under-par 66 and gave him a share of the lead with Chris Gotterup in the Scottish Open. McIlroy...

Editor’s note: From now until reporting day to 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 2025 season. The breakdown will run in alphabetical order with at least two players each day between...

Editor’s note: From now until reporting day to 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 2025 season. The breakdown will run in alphabetical order with at least two players each day between...

LONDON — For years, Iga Swiatek never quite felt comfortable on Wimbledon’s grass courts, never thought she could add a trophy there to her other Grand Slam triumphs. Oh, did that turn out to be wrong. And how. Not only is Swiatek now the champion of the All England Club,...

Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski has been named to Tuesday’s MLB All-Star Game. The 23-year-old phenom has started just five games and thrown only 25⅔ innings. It’s exemplary of what the All-Star Game has become. It’s not Pete Rose turning Ray Fosse into roadkill while scoring the winning run for...

One way to put a substandard season behind you is to follow it with a more catchy year. That is what Jack Whalen did this spring with Seton Hill baseball. “Jumpin Jack” got his flash back, canvassing the outfield and delivering clutch hits from the leadoff spot. The rising senior...

John Doyle never played a ton of organized baseball while growing up in Plum. He spent most of his time playing pickup games on the local field with friends. “My father made it a point to make sure that we had a field to play on,” Doyle said. “He would...

Joey Porter Jr. is a member of a draft class that has produced three starters, two prominent backups and two contributors for the Pittsburgh Steelers. All seven picks from the 2023 draft remain with the organization as they enter their third NFL seasons. Porter is entering his second full year...

The MLB Draft is deep in college pitching and prep shortstops, positions where the Pittsburgh Pirates hit home runs with their past two first-round picks in Paul Skenes and Konnor Griffin. It’s no wonder Pirates general manager Ben Cherington has vowed to take the best player available with the No....

Pirates GM Ben Cherington said they plan to take the best player available, so why did you project them to pick Oregon State shortstop Aiva Arquette in the MLB.com mock draft? I do think that they tend to take who they think the best player is. It could very well...

Here’s a look at next week’s Pirates schedule: Home Run Derby, All-Star Game, All-Star Break 8 p.m. Monday: T-Mobile Home Run Derby (ESPN) 8 p.m. Tuesday: 95th All-Star Game (ESPN) Wednesday: All-Star break Thursday: All-Star break • Pittsburgh Pirates fans have a stake in the Home Run Derby, with Oneil...

Anthony Solometo Position: LHP Height: 6-foot-3 Weight: 205 pounds Level: Double-A Notable: Anthony Solometo once looked to be on a similar track as fellow prospects Bubba Chandler, Braxton Ashcraft and Thomas Harrington, all of whom became viewed as the next wave of Pirates pitchers who would bolster the big-league rotation...

DENVER — Mike Rodriguez needed to find 10 hoopers. And fast. It was Easter 2014. Rodriguez was the boys basketball coach at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in Moon Township, and one of his pupils had an unexpected new suitor reaching out: Pitt coach Jamie Dixon. “He just happened...

Twenty-five years into the century, the Centre Daily Times put together a panel to rank Penn State’s top 10 linebackers since 2000. That panel is made up of Neil Rudel (Altoona Mirror), Rich Scarcella (Reading Eagle), Audrey Snyder (The Nittany Dispatch), Mark Brennan (Lions247), Mark Wogenrich (Penn State on SI),...

Drew Allar has plenty to offer an NFL team searching for a franchise quarterback. Entering his third year as Penn State’s starter, he has experience. He has the size. He has a cannon of an arm. He’s played on the big stage — and is primed for more time in...