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Pitt loses defensive end Sam Okunlola, running back T.J. Harvison to transfer portal
The number of Pitt football players who have opted to enter the transfer portal increased to 12 Monday when two young players — defensive end Sam Okunlola and running back T.J. Harvison — decided to take their talents elsewhere. Okunlola, a redshirt freshman, is a significant loss after he was...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Pitt-Greensburg announces Hall of Fame class
Pitt-Greensburg announced its 2024 Athletics Hall of Fame class. It includes a team, an administrator and a pair of athletes. The inductees are the 2002-03 women’s basketball team, Dr. Frank Cassell, men’s soccer star Adam DiCarlo (Class of 2006) and cross country runner Zach Kocian (‘08). • The women’s team...
Steelers sign former Penn State QB Trace McSorley to practice squad
In the wake of Kenny Pickett undergoing surgery Monday to repair a high ankle sprain, the Pittsburgh Steelers signed former Penn State quarterback Trace McSorley to the practice squad. McSorley, a sixth-round draft pick of the Baltimore Ravens in 2019, was on the New England Patriots’ roster in the preseason....
James Franklin breaks down new Penn State OC Andy Kotelnicki after Peach Bowl berth
James Franklin, sitting in an airport, called in to back-to-back Zoom news conferences Sunday night, hours after it was announced that Penn State would play in the Peach Bowl. On the first call, Franklin and Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin exchanged pleasantries and spoke broadly about each other’s teams they...
Arizona rises to No. 1 in the AP Top 25 poll; Gonzaga and North Carolina crack top 10, Duke tumbles
It is Arizona’s turn to sit atop The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll. The Wildcats rose to No. 1 in Monday’s poll for the first time in nearly nine years, making Tommy Lloyd’s squad the third team to hold the top spot this season. Last week’s No....
Heisman winner Caleb Williams to skip USC’s Holiday Bowl trip, fueling NFL expectations
LOS ANGELES — Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Caleb Williams will not play for Southern California in the Holiday Bowl, fueling the expectation he will enter the upcoming NFL draft. Williams won’t be in the lineup when the Trojans (7-5) face Louisville in their bowl game in San Diego on Dec. 27,...
Former Pirates player Cole Tucker reportedly marries actress Vanessa Hudgens
Former Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Cole Tucker has a new position to play: husband. The Pirates’ first-round draft pick in 2014 married “High School Musical” actress Vanessa Hudgens over the weekend, according to several media reports. People Magazine broke the story, reporting the couple married on Saturday in Tulum, Mexico. TMZ...
After ankle surgery, Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett ruled out against PatriotsVideo
Quarterback Kenny Pickett had surgery Monday to repair a high ankle sprain and won’t play Thursday night when the Pittsburgh Steelers face the New England Patriots at Acrisure Stadium. Coach Mike Tomlin ruled out Pickett at his weekly press conference Monday, which was conducted less than 24 hours after Pickett...
Young Pitt-Greensburg men’s basketball team already seeing signs of growthVideo
At 4:45 a.m., most people are still fast asleep and likely will be for another couple of hours before the alarm beckons them to start their day. Not Matthew Marinchak. In the wee hours of many mornings during the basketball offseason, the Ligonier Valley grad was up and ready to...
Kiski Area grad Bella DeVito gets off to solid start in college wrestling career at Lock Haven
When he got Isabella DeVito into the wrestling room at Lock Haven, second-year coach Matt Lackey immediately was struck by her demeanor. For someone who competes in such a high-intensity sport, she was, in Lackey’s words, “very mild mannered.” But once she got on the mat, that demeanor changed. Under...
After drubbing by Cardinals, look back at some of the Steelers’ worst losses under Mike TomlinVideo
It’s hard to think of a worse loss than Sunday’s 24-10 drubbing of the Pittsburgh Steelers by the 2-10 Arizona Cardinals with Mike Tomlin as coach. Was Sunday’s the worst? Feels like it today. But there are so many more. We could write this story annually after a bad loss....
49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw, Eagles security chief Dom DiSandro ejected in NFC title game rematch
PHILADELPHIA — San Francisco 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw was ejected from Sunday’s 42-19 win against Philadelphia for putting his hand in the face of the Eagles’ chief security officer. Dom DiSandro, a constant presence on the Eagles’ sideline and whenever players are out in public, pulled Greenlaw off Eagles wide...
Mark Madden: The Steelers will remain broken, in plain sight. That’s the new standard
The Steelers are never under much real pressure to fix their problems. Their failures hide in plain sight, aided and abetted by a dopey fan base that thinks playing “Renegade” is a strategy and a stooge media that allows accountability to be shirked. For example, Kenny Pickett stinks. Anybody that...
Jordan Love throws 3 TD passes, Packers beat Chiefs 27-19 for 3rd straight win
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Jordan Love showed the Kansas City Chiefs just how much he’s learned since the last time he faced them. Love connected with Christian Watson on two of his three touchdown passes and the resurgent Green Bay Packers won their third straight game, 27-19 over Patrick Mahomes...
5 things we learned: Welcome to worst December home loss in Mike Tomlin era
Five things we learned from Cardinals 24, Steelers 10: 1. Worst of the worst? In his 17 years as coach, Mike Tomlin’s resume includes some late-season stinkers to teams with losing records. Just three years ago, the Steelers lost a 27-17 decision in December to Ryan Finley and the 2-10-1...
Steelers vs. Cardinals: What they’re saying in Arizona after 24-10 win in Pittsburgh
For a team from the desert, the Arizona Cardinals showed the Pittsburgh Steelers how to dominate in the rain. The Steelers gave the Cardinals their third win of the season — in Week 13 — at Acrisure Stadium, a game with two weather delays as storms rolled through the region....
Madden Monday: Steelers ‘a bad team that thinks they’re good’; Penguins’ power play stinks and may get worse
Simply put, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 24-10 loss to the Arizona Cardinals was horrible. Top to bottom. Mike Tomlin’s team played poorly at home against a lousy team and damaged their playoff hopes as a result. In this week’s “Madden Monday” podcast, Mark Madden of 105.9 The X and TribLive suggests...
First Call: James Conner had vision of big return to Pittsburgh; Jim Leyland moments
Monday’s “First Call” captures James Conner’s successful return to Pittsburgh as his Cardinals upset the Steelers 24-10 on Sunday afternoon. Another former Steeler had a big game in the NFC South. And we look ahead to what could be an ugly game between the Patriots and Steelers on Thursday night....
Pirates A to Z: OF Joshua Palacios brought energy, delivered homers in dramatic fashionVideo
During the offseason, the Tribune-Review will offer Pirates A to Z, an alphabetical, player-by-player look at the 40-man roster. Player: Joshua Palacios Position: Outfielder Bats: Left Throws: Right Age: 28 Height: 6-foot-1 Weight: 200 pounds 2023 MLB statistics: Batted .239/.279/.413 with nine doubles, two triples, 10 home runs and 40...
Minor league report: Taylor Gauthier, Nailers shut out WingsVideo
Goaltender Taylor Gauthier stopped all 24 shots he faced and led the Wheeling Nailers to a 4-0 shutout of the Kalamazoo Wings at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling, W.Va. on Sunday. The shutout was Gauthier’s first of the season at the ECHL level and boosted his record to 5-5-0. Forward Dillon...
Steelers express faith in Trubisky with Pickett likely out
Diontae Johnson put his palm down and raised his hand up above his head. “My faith is up here,” Johnson said, “with Mitch.” After the ankle injury suffered by Kenny Pickett on Sunday, by Thursday the Pittsburgh Steelers truly don’t have much of a choice but to believe in Mitch...
Peach Bowl odds: Penn State opens as betting favorite vs. Ole Miss
James Franklin and Penn State have won its last three New Year’s Six bowl appearances — and the Nittany Lions are favored to make it four in a row. Penn State opened as a slight favorite over Ole Miss ahead of the teams’ Peach Bowl matchup on Dec. 30 at...
Matthew Stafford throws 3 TD passes as Rams win 3rd straight, 36-19 over BrownsVideo
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Matthew Stafford threw three touchdown passes, Puka Nacua became the first Rams rookie wide receiver to reach 1,000 yards in a season and Los Angeles extended its winning streak to three games with a 36-19 victory over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday. The Rams have won three...
Former Pirates manager Jim Leyland wins election to baseball’s Hall of Fame
On the night he was immortalized as a Hall of Fame manager, Jim Leyland had given up hope. The former manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates was told by National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum officials that — if he was voted in by the Contemporary Era Committee — he...
Cardinals’ James Conner has big game during ‘special’ win over Steelers in return to Pittsburgh
Whatever positive capital James Conner had built up with the Pittsburgh fanbase by wearing a Pitt t-shirt to his postgame news conference Sunday, he perhaps squandered away by making an admission about the Pittsburgh Steelers’ traditional late-game hype song. “I didn’t like ‘Renegade,’” Conner said. “That got the defense turned...
