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Victor Wembanyama’s NBA education is underway. The French teen is passing the early tests
Here’s some of what San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama has experienced so far in the NBA: Scoring 38 points in a game, playing in a back-to-back for the first time, being part of two 40-point losses, wasting a huge lead and losing, overcoming a huge deficit and winning. It’s been an...
Diana Taurasi in new role as she chases history and 6th Olympic gold medal
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Diana Taurasi is settling into a new role with USA Basketball. She is trying to earn a spot on the U.S. Olympic roster for the 2024 Paris Games, which would be her sixth. But this one feels like her first. Ignore that she turns 42 before the...
Steinbrenner consulted with players over whether Boone should return as Yankees manager
NEW YORK — Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner questioned current and former players along with staff on whether to keep Aaron Boone before deciding the New York manager will return next year. New York faded from contention by mid-August and finished 82-80, missing the playoffs for the first time since 2016....
Penn State QB Drew Allar breaks down the ‘huge challenge’ of facing Michigan’s No. 1 pass defense
Drew Allar is coming off arguably his best game in a Penn State uniform. The young quarterback was sharp at Maryland. He threw for four touchdowns, completed 73.5% of his passes, fit a few into tight windows and didn’t turn the ball over. He looked poised and confident, the kind...
Steelers great Terry Bradshaw sells his $22.5M horse ranch
NFL Hall of Famer Terry Bradshaw has just unloaded his $22.5 million, 744-acre ranch just north of Dallas-Fort Worth. The former Steelers quarterback and four-time Super Bowl champion said in a press release that selling the ranch has been “a long and winding road.” He said he and wife, Tammy,...
Mike Tomlin: Rookie Broderick Jones expected to make another start at right tackle for SteelersVideo
First-round draft pick Broderick Jones did enough in his starting debut at right tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers that he has earned another. Coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday at his weekly press conference that Jones is expected to start ahead of veteran Chuks Okorafor at right tackle Sunday when the...
Family, friends and teammates gather to remember fallen hockey player Adam Johnson
HIBBING, Minn. — Adam Johnson was humble, kind and smart, and most of all an athlete. Thousands gathered Monday to remember the 29-year-old American hockey player who died after his neck was cut by a skate blade. The 29-year-old Johnson died late last month after being cut by a blade...
Tim Benz: Steelers’ run game must seize on rare chance for positive reinforcement
When it comes to the run game, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offense has finally stumbled into something it can use. Positive reinforcement. Through most of the first seven games of the season, when examining tape, Steelers coaches and players could only walk away from what they witnessed and say, “We’re not...
Pirates A to Z: Ji Hwan Bae showed speed in stealing bases, making catches in center field
During the offseason, the Tribune-Review will offer Pirates A to Z, an alphabetical, player-by-player look at the 40-man roster. Player: Ji Hwan Bae Positions: Second baseman/center fielder Throws: Right Bats: Left Age: 24 Height: 5-foot-11 Weight: 185 pounds 2023 MLB statistics: Batted .231/.296/.311 with 17 doubles, two triples, two home...
Desmond Claude’s 25 points lead Xavier past Robert Morris
CINCINNATI — Desmond Claude’s 25 points helped Xavier defeat Robert Morris, 77-63, in a season opener Monday night. Claude was 10 of 17 shooting, including 2 for 4 from 3-point range, and went 3 for 4 from the line for the Musketeers. Quincy Olivari shot 5 for 10, including 2...
First Call: Mike Tomlin credited for ‘most impressive coaching job’ in 2023; pending tryouts for Martavis Bryant
Tuesday’s “First Call” has some midseason accolades for Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin. We also look at the potential return of Martavis Bryant to the NFL, Tuesday’s rematch between the Penguins and Anaheim Ducks, and an AFC North team dealing with an ill-timed run of injuries. Pump the brakes NFL.com’s...
Punt return sets tone as Chargers thump Jets
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Derius Davis returned a punt 87 yards for a touchdown, Austin Ekeler ran for two scores, and Joey Bosa and Los Angeles’ defense stifled Zach Wilson and the New York Jets’ bumbling offense in the Chargers’ 27-6 victory Monday night. Justin Herbert didn’t have to do...
Penn State drops Delaware State in Mike Rhoades’ debut as coach
UNIVERSITY PARK — Kanye Clary scored 22 points, and Jameel Brown came off the bench to add 20 as Penn State cruised to a 79-45 season-opening win over Delaware State on Monday night in the debut of Mike Rhoades as coach of the Nittany Lions. Penn State has won its...
Duquesne basketball holds on to win season opener vs. Cleveland State
A season of promise at Duquesne began Monday night with a heart-throbbing, two-point victory for a college basketball program that has been starving for substantial success. “That’s pretty much exactly how I thought it would go,” Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot said. Dae Dae Grant, voted to the Atlantic 10 Conference...
West Virginia puts tumultuous offseason behind, beats Missouri State in opener
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Quinn Slazinski scored 18 points, Jesse Edwards had 13 points and 13 rebounds and West Virginia overcame a rough start to beat Missouri State, 67-59, in their season opener Monday night. Seth Wilson scored all 11 of his points in the second half for West Virginia. The...
Freshman Bub Carrington records 5th triple-double in school history as Pitt dominates opener
Bub Carrington went to the bench with five minutes left in Pitt’s 100-52 season-opening victory against North Carolina A&T, his work apparently done for the night. In his first collegiate game, the freshman point guard — whose given name is Carlton, although everyone calls him Bub — already had recorded...
Burrow’s resurgence has 5-3 Bengals in playoff race again
CINCINNATI — The first eight games of the season brought panic, disappointment, bewilderment, hope and elation for the Cincinnati Bengals and their fans. Often, it was a combination of all those things. At the center of all that, as usual, was superstar quarterback Joe Burrow. His play usually dictates the...
In the Pits: Ryan Blaney adds to Ohio family legacy with 1st NASCAR championship
AVONDALE, Ariz. — The Blaney name long has been renowned in motorsports throughout the Midwest, where the Ohio-based family won in sprint cars, won on dirt tracks and racked up championships for three generations. It began with George Blaney, a lumber operator who also owned a race team. His son,...
Ravens on a roll — along with rest of AFC NorthVideo
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — In his own tongue-in-cheek way, Baltimore coach John Harbaugh gave the rest of the AFC North his respect as the Ravens head into a couple of key divisional matchups these next two weeks. “It’s really awesome that we have such a great division, and I’d be...
Westmoreland County college basketball preview: Bryce Butler looks to write final chapter at Charleston
The next chapter of Bryce Butler’s sparkling college basketball career is in the jump circle. Curiosity and opportunity led the former Latrobe standout to a Division I program, the College of Charleston, where he will spend his fifth season. Butler emerged as one of the top Division II players in...
Packers increasingly relying on younger players as matchup with Steelers awaitsVideo
GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay Packers are doubling down on their youth movement. Green Bay had the NFL’s youngest roster at the start of the season, well before it lost 32-year-old offensive tackle David Bakhtiari to a knee injury and sent 29-year-old cornerback Rasul Douglas to the Buffalo...
Analysis: Deshaun Watson’s solid game in return brightens outlook for BrownsVideo
CLEVELAND — Deshaun Watson unbuckled the chin strap and pulled off his orange helmet. He headed to Cleveland’s sideline, where he watched the final minutes of Sunday’s game. For the first time in weeks, this was a positive development. Watson’s return to the field was just what the Browns (5-3)...
Capitals’ Nicklas Backstrom unlikely to play again this season
ARLINGTON, Va. — Washington Capitals general manager Brian MacLellan said it’s unlikely Nicklas Backstrom plays again this season after the Swedish center stepped away from the team last week, citing the ongoing issues with his surgically repaired left hip. MacLellan stopped short of ruling Backstrom out for the remainder of...
Miguel Andujar claimed by Oakland as Pirates lose 2 more players to waivers
The Pittsburgh Pirates took a gamble by placing a half-dozen players on waivers last week and lost two more Monday to waiver claims. The Oakland A’s claimed outfielder Miguel Andujar and the Atlanta Braves claimed left-handed reliever Angel Perdomo. Andujar, 28, batted .250/.300/.476 with seven doubles, four home runs and...
Staffer shares docs with Michigan, shows Big Ten team had Wolverines’ signs
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A former employee at a Big Ten football program said Monday it was his job to steal signs, and he was given details from multiple league schools to compile a spreadsheet of play-calling signals used by Michigan last year. The employee said he recently shared the...
