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After completing his 12th NFL season in 2022, Cameron Heyward spent considerable time in the winter thinking about the “R” word. Just not the one that immediately springs to mind when it involves a 34-year-old defensive tackle who is much closer to the end of his career than the beginning....

For the 20th straight season, the WPIAL will hold its baseball championships at Wild Things Park in Washington. There will be three games each on May 30 and 31. Trib HSSN will have video stream broadcasts of all six title games, presented by First National Bank. The five consolation games...

Vince Velasquez was back in the Pittsburgh Pirates clubhouse Wednesday morning, repacking his suitcase in preparation for a road trip that should include his first start in three weeks. The 30-year-old right-hander is expected to return to the rotation perhaps as soon as this weekend when the Pirates visit the...

Longtime Hampton athletic director Bill Cardone won’t be making as many trips to Mars or Moon, but soon he’ll have plenty of free time to travel the world. Cardone, 67, is retiring this summer after nearly three decades at his alma mater, where he graduated in 1973 as a three-sport...

There’s a reason a statue of Rafael Nadal stands outside Court Philippe Chatrier on the southwest outskirts of Paris. No player ever lorded over any Grand Slam tennis tournament the way Nadal has ruled the French Open, winning it year after year after year for a read-it-again-to-make-sure total of 14...

The National Football League has instituted yet another dumb rule change in the name of player safety. What is really unsafe at this point, though, is the NFL’s radioactive level of hypocrisy. Like, we’re talking about the “open the valves” scene in “Chernobyl” level of radioactive hypocrisy. On Tuesday, the...

Wednesday’s “First Call” looks at a veteran pass rusher the Pittsburgh Steelers may attempt to sign. Quarterback Kenny Pickett describes his efforts to bulk up. We’ve got projected salaries for a few free agent Penguins and gambling odds on the next Pens general manager. Plus, Brian Burke has a new...

Duane Underwood Jr. was not minimizing the solo home run he surrendered to the Texas Rangers’ Josh Jung on Tuesday night at PNC Park. The game was a lost cause at that point — top of the eighth inning of what became the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 6-1 loss to the American...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 21-24) saw a ninth-inning rally fall short in a 6-5 loss to Columbus (Guardians). LF Canaan Smith-Njigba (.222) hit a solo home run, his third, and walked. C Endy Rodríguez (.248) doubled twice, walked and scored a run. DH Aaron Shackelford (.255) hit an RBI double, and 3B...

Ben Roethlisberger openly admitted he initially did not want Kenny Pickett succeed as his replacement as Pittsburgh Steelers franchise quarterback. But that was before Roethlisberger earned respect for Pickett’s abilities and before the two began to forge a friendship. Speaking to media for the first time since Roethlisberger’s comments on...

Even though the Pittsburgh Pirates struggled from the start against the Texas Rangers, Rich Hill wasn’t in the mood to make excuses or shift blame to anyone or anything else. On a night the 43-year-old left-hander recorded nine strikeouts, Hill took full responsibility for the three-run sixth inning that allowed...

For the second time in his pro career, Kenny Pickett on Tuesday took to the field for the first team drills of a new season. This time, though, differed markedly from the first for Pickett, who last year at this time was a freshly drafted rookie taking third-string reps. On...

HOUSTON — The Houston Texans aren’t simply handing C.J. Stroud the starting job despite drafting the quarterback second overall in this year’s draft. The Ohio State star worked with the second-team offense Tuesday while last year’s starter Davis Mills ran with the starters. “This team has been very accepting of...

Two years ago, when Gilbert Brown was hired as Pitt’s Director of Alumni and Player Development, Papa Kante started appearing on Jeff Capel’s radar. Capel might have noticed Kante, anyway. A 6-foot-10, 225-pound player with a 7-foot-4 wing span who can hit 3-pointers is hard to miss. Still, Brown —...

Mitch Trubisky could have played out the final year of his contract and then used free agency to find a team willing to let him compete for a starting quarterback position. Instead, he accepted a two-year extension that will keep him with the Pittsburgh Steelers through 2025. “We got really...

Based on two moves that were made in the offseason — one a free-agent signing, the other a first-round draft pick — the Pittsburgh Steelers showed their intention of improving the left side of their offensive line. The trickle-down effect of the Steelers signing guard Isaac Seumalo to a three-year,...

If you’re one of those who might get the Pittsburgh Penguins GM job, here’s a user’s guide: • Be the boss. The Penguins haven’t won a playoff series since 2018. They need your ideas. You don’t need theirs. Insist on having complete power over personnel and input on coaching. You’ll...