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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...
Adjustments with mechanics at LSU helped vault Pirates’ No. 1 pick Paul Skenes from ‘good to next level’
When Wes Johnson is asked about Paul Skenes — especially, the pinpoint control this season at LSU and his ceiling in the big leagues — the response is usually the same. “I can’t give you a short answer on that,” he said. Not that Skenes, the Pittsburgh Pirates’ No. 1...
Steelers training camp preview: What you need to know
The Pittsburgh Steelers return to Saint Vincent College for training camp this week, a time-honored tradition that stretches back to 1966. After spending 54 consecutive summers on campus, the coronavirus pandemic forced the team into a two-year hiatus from the Unity Township facilities. But after returning last July, the tradition...
Metro free agency: Blue Jackets boost defense through trades
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...
Steelers’ 2023 training camp positional breakdown: Specialists
SPECIALISTS 9 CHRIS BOSWELL · 6-2 · 185 Last season was by far the second-worst of Boswell’s eight with the Steelers, and durability is becoming a question. But it was only 11 months ago he signed what was then an NFL-record contract for a kicker. 3 B.T. POTTER · 5-10...
Steelers 2-a-days: CB Levi Wallace a returning starter, RB Jaylen Warren might get bigger role
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...
Madden Monday: Steelers’ team-building approach only good enough to beat lesser NFL teams
There’s no doubt what the main topic is heading into the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 2023 training camp. It’s tracking the growth of the offense as the franchise embarks on its second year with Kenny Pickett as the quarterback. As Mark Madden of TribLIVE and 105.9 The X said during this week’s...
5 players to watch as Steelers report to training campVideo
From the first training-camp practice Thursday, the eyes of Steelers Nation will be fixated on Kenny Pickett. After all, the former Pitt star is taking to the Saint Vincent fields as the Steelers’ starting quarterback for the first time. High-profile rookies Broderick Jones and Joey Porter Jr. have — and...
First Call: Najee Harris joins other RBs in strategy session; news on 2 former Steelers
Steelers running back Najee Harris is part of a group of players at his position trying to influence change in the NFL’s cost structure that is deflating their salaries. There’s news regarding two former Steelers in other cities and surrounding the Cleveland Browns. Plus we see how the Pittsburgh Steeltoes...
Erik Karlsson tells Swedish outlet he has spoken to Penguins, and he’s not OK with staying in San Jose
We still don’t know if the San Jose Sharks are going to trade defenseman Erik Karlsson to the Pittsburgh Penguins. But now we do know that he has spoken to the Pens, and we know he doesn’t want to stay with his current franchise. Karlsson confirmed both angles to the...
Pirates farm report for July 23, 2023: Bubba Chandler allows 1 hit, fans 6 in Grasshoppers’ win
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 44-51) dropped a 9-4 decision to Iowa (Cubs). 2B Alika Williams (.305) was 2 for 4 with three RBIs. RF/LF Canaan Smith-Njigba (.254) was 2 for 3 with a double and RBI. SS Rodolfo Castro (.115) was 1 for 5 with a run scored. C Jason Delay (.214)...
Showdowns between young Jets Garrett Wilson, Sauce Gardner highlight campVideo
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Garrett Wilson sprinted down the field as Aaron Rodgers launched a deep pass, looking for a big gain. Sauce Gardner, step for step with his New York Jets teammate, stuck out his left arm just as the ball arrived and deftly knocked it away. Advantage: Gardner....
