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Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam optimistic about season, but not putting playoff pressure on team
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — The pressure to win is intense and the expectations are heightened for the Cleveland Browns. Failure is not an option. They’re in win-now mode. With a talented roster and quarterback Deshaun Watson available for his first full season with the team following an 11-game NFL...
How Penn State football has changed from the Rose Bowl to Big Ten media days
Penn State football fans, we’ve (almost) made it. The 2022 season is in the rearview mirror. Spring camp came and went. So did the NFL draft and a pair of transfer portal windows. June and July afforded players and coaches down time, to some extent. But now the 2023 campaign...
Ledecky wins gold at the swimming worlds to tie mark set by Phelps
FUKUOKA, Japan — Katie Ledecky won the gold medal in the women’s 1,500-meter freestyle in dominating fashion at the swimming world championships on a day that saw fellow American Ryan Murphy triumph in the men’s 100 backstroke. Ledecky led throughout her race Tuesday to win in 15 minutes, 26.27 seconds....
Saquon Barkley, Giants settle on 1-year deal worth up to $11 million, AP source says
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Saquon Barkley and the New York Giants settled on a contract for the star running back just in time for training camp, with him signing a one-year contract worth up to $11 million, a person close to the negotiations told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The...
First Call: Ex-Steeler may join Ravens; trade interest in David Bednar; potential domino falls on Erik Karlsson watch
A domino may have fallen in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ pursuit of Erik Karlsson. A former Steelers draft choice has a new home, while another may be closing on a deal with Baltimore. Plus there is trade interest in Pirates closer David Bednar. All that in Tuesday’s “First Call.” What does...
Metro free agency: Devils add proven scorer by acquiring Tyler Toffoli via trade
In his introductory press conference after being named Penguins director of hockey operations, Kyle Dubas explained how he evaluates his team against its opposition. “I think that the major focus, No. 1, is inside our division. That’s the way I always looked at things,” Dubas said. “Rather than try to...
Tim Benz: Backslide from Mitch Keller is most concerning aspect of 2023 Pirates
A lot has gone wrong for the Pittsburgh Pirates since their 20-8 start to open up the season. By “a lot” I mean pretty much … everything. • As a team, the Pirates have sunk to 44-56, good for a last place in the National League Central division. • Because...
Tim Benz: Complaints by NFL running backs swallowed up by reality
On Sunday, a group of NFL running backs did what a lot of us did during the height of the coronavirus pandemic. They hopped on Zoom with each other and complained. The only difference is, these running backs are griping over how many more millions of dollars they should be...
Steelers 2-a-days: TE Darnell Washington a mountain of a rookie, CB Chris Wilcox with 4th team
Editor’s note: From the end of minicamp through the day the team reports to training camp at Saint Vincent College, the Trib will be running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, assessing each player’s outlook for the 2023 season. The breakdown will go through the roster in mostly-alphabetical order, (at...
Pirates hope Quinn Priester’s trust in his ability, teammates leads to success
The most important lesson rookie Quinn Priester took away from his first major-league victory Monday night was the advisability to trust. “Trust myself,” he said on the AT&T SportsNet postgame show. “(Monday), we trusted the plan, trusted myself a lot more.” The result was an 8-4 Pittsburgh Pirates victory against...
Pirates slug 4 home runs in 8-4 victory against Padres
Carlos Santana shrugged when he was reminded that he hit one of his two home runs Monday night after fouling a pitch off his foot. He never mentioned the pain he ignored while lifting the baseball into the air, even though he stepped gingerly out of the batter’s box at...
Pirates’ Tucupita Marcano injures knee trying to avoid tag, leaves game against Padres
Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Tucupita Marcano left the game in the fifth inning Monday night in San Diego’s Petco Park after injuring ligaments in his right knee while trying to advance from first to third base on Liover Peguero’s infield single. Marcano appeared to twist his knee while stepping on...
Longtime Riverhounds, Quaker Valley soccer coach Gene Klein dies after battle with brain cancer
Gene Klein did not have just an iconic, hall-of-fame coaching career. He lived an exemplary, hall-of-fame life, according to those who knew him best. The former Quaker Valley soccer coach, who was inducted into the WPIAL, Quaker Valley and Pittsburgh Riverhounds halls of fame, died Monday at age 71 after...
Sierocky leads Latrobe Legion to win in state tournament opener
It was a perfect start for the Latrobe American Legion baseball team during the opening of the state tournament Winning pitcher Haden Sierocky, who struck out 13, helped his own cause with a two-run single and a key sacrifice bunt, and host Latrobe defeated Wesleyville, 7-1, at Rosa-Oglietti Park. The...
Annual Freeport International Baseball Invitational gets underway in FreeportVideo
Under clear skies with a game-time temperature of 80 degrees, the Hawks 13-14 age team from France took to James E. Swartz Sr. Memorial Field in Freeport Borough on Monday evening for a game against the Backyard Bucs, a similar-age travel team with players from communities including Fox Chapel, Natrona...
Contract disputes steal the spotlight from start of NFL training campVideo
NFL camps open this week with most of the focus on players who aren’t showing up. All-Pro defensive tackle Chris Jones skipped Sunday’s first workout with the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs over a contract dispute. Veterans with the New York Giants and Las Vegas Raiders are scheduled...
Harman the hunter bags the biggest trophy of his career at British Open
HOYLAKE, England — All anyone seemed to care about concerning Brian Harman was his skill with a bow, not with a putter. How he could harvest elk and skin a deer, not dissect a landscape dotted with pot bunkers at Royal Liverpool. Instead of birdies, Harman can spin tales about...
New Zealand’s suddenly popular Women’s World Cup team seeks spot in knockout rounds
AUCKLAND, New Zealand — New Zealand is potentially one win away from advancing to the knockout stage of the Women’s World Cup for the first time in team history, and the tournament co-hosts have quickly embraced their Football Ferns. A day after New Zealand opened the first 32-team Women’s World...
Armed with new contract, Steelers OLB Alex Highsmith believes ‘best ball is in front of me’
On the heels of his most productive season, Alex Highsmith received a five-year, $70 million contract that makes him one of the NFL’s 10 highest-paid pass rushers. Highsmith is determined to show the Pittsburgh Steelers he is worth the investment. “I know my best ball is in front of me,”...
Bills RB Nyheim Hines will miss season after being hit by jet ski, AP source says
PITTSFORD, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills running back Nyheim Hines will miss the season after he sustained a knee injury when he was struck by a jet ski, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Monday. Hines was expected to be the Bills’ primary kick returner...
Highlands grad Gabe Norris ready to impress new Robert Morris men’s soccer coach Jonathan Potter
Transfer? Though he never expressly used the word, Gabe Norris said “there was definitely a lot of thought” after coach Jason O’Keefe stepped down as coach of the Robert Morris men’s soccer program after the 2022 season. Certainly, the Highlands grad isn’t the first college athlete to experience a coaching...
Passion for running fuels North Huntingdon’s Dansak family
July 4 was Earth’s hottest day on record at the time, but something very cool happened to a family of runners from North Huntingdon. Five female members of the Dansak family — a mom, three daughters, and an aunt ranging in age from 11 to 48 — brought home a...
With position switch, coaching change, Ligonier Valley grad Christian Jablonski ready for senior season with Lehigh
A little over a year ago, after a spring workout, Christian Jablonski walked off the field convinced he had seen his last game action for the Lehigh football team. The workout was light — no pads were involved — and the Ligonier Valley graduate had been executing his techniques against...
Browns QB Deshaun Watson ‘in a different space’ after suspension-shaped 1st season in Cleveland
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — There’s a noticeable difference in Deshaun Watson, a switch in his demeanor, his actions and words. This summer, football, the game that kept him on course while growing up in rural Georgia, is again at the forefront for the Cleveland Browns quarterback, who believes he’s...
Mark Madden: Steelers fans should be happy when Kenny Pickett is compared to Kirk Cousins
In the dull heat of a summer collapse by the Pirates, refreshing sports notes are like a cold Coors Light from a Styrofoam cooler on a Steelers training camp hillside. Sharky’s or Dino’s? There’s no bad choice! • Ratings are out for the Madden video game. The Steelers’ Kenneth Pickett...
