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Lefty Kevin Vaupel joins short but elite list of Seton Hill baseball players to be drafted

When pitcher Kevin Vaupel was selected in the 16th round of the MLB Draft on Tuesday, he joined a list of Seton Hill alumni who have found their way into pro baseball. Vaupel, a South Park alum who was taken by the Miami Marlins with the 473rd pick, is the...
Being a bottom-6 forward is personal for new Penguins center Noel AcciariVideo

Brandon Tanev’s tenure lasted only two seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Claimed in the 2021 expansion draft by the Seattle Kraken, Tanev became something of a cult hero in Western Pennsylvania despite only playing 100 regular-season games for the Penguins. His frantic, energetic, all-gas, no-brakes style of play — to...
With its own Major League, cricket looks for a foothold in the United States

George Bernard Shaw asserted “the English are not very spiritual people so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity.” It has been a long game, traditionally. While cricket has flourished in England and some of its former colonies, it has never taken off to the same degree...
Aryna Sabalenka reaches Wimbledon semifinals

WIMBLEDON, England — Aryna Sabalenka reached the semifinals at Wimbledon for the second straight time, with a one-year break in between because she was banned from the tournament in 2022. Sabalenka, a Belarusian who is seeded second at the All England Club, had to sit out last year’s competition along...
Mark Madden: Nice draft pick, Pirates. Now don’t screw it up

The Pittsburgh Pirates took LSU pitching phenom Paul Skenes with the first pick of the MLB Draft. That’s step one. Step two is to not screw it up. Don’t keep Skenes in the minors till June next season by way of manipulating an extra year of team control via Super...
Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: Starting with Paul Skenes, Pirates went all in on drafting pitchers

After the Pittsburgh Pirates won the inaugural lottery for the No.1 overall pick in the MLB Draft, general manager Ben Cherington intentionally decided not to see any of the top prospects play live. “That was because I don’t trust myself to not bring bias into the room when I do...
Steelers 2-a-days: DL James Nyamwaya a late-bloomer project, veteran Larry Ogunjobi returns to 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,...
First Call: Flyers social media mishap; Steelers lose data analyst; ex-Pirate is All-Star MVP

There surely have been more than a few instances of Zoom calls originating in Western Pennsylvania that have included the words “Flyers (stink)” and another word that begins with the same letter. But Tuesday, it happened on a call staged by Philadelphia Flyers employees themselves. During a live stream of...
National League snaps All-Star Game losing streak, tops AL behind Elias Díaz homerVideo

SEATTLE — Elias Díaz hit a two-run homer off Félix Bautista in the eighth inning, and the National League snapped a nine-game losing streak in the All-Star Game with a 3-2 win over the American League on Tuesday night. The NL won for the first time since an 8-0 victory...
World Cup showcases inequity within women’s soccer

As the Women’s World Cup approached, Jamaican players started to panic. They were uncertain about training camps, accommodations and even pay heading into what for many would be the biggest tournament of their careers. So they took to social media. A number of the Reggae Girlz, as they are affectionately...
MLB experimenting with pearl white baseballs to rid sticky stuff problem

SEATTLE — Pristine white baseballs that would not require rubbing are under consideration by Major League Baseball as a way to solve the issue of pitchers using sticky substances for better grip. “We continue to work with the people at Dow Chemical on developing a tacky ball,” Commissioner Ron Manfred...
Pirates’ Mitch Keller gives up home run, records strikeout in All-Star debut

In an All-Star Game defined by a pair of catches at the wall in the first inning, Mitch Keller had no such luck. The Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander gave up the game’s first run on a solo homer by Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Yandy Diaz to give the American League...
Steelers LS Christian Kuntz brings pickleball to youth

Tre Tipton had not picked up a pickleball paddle before Tuesday. In fact, the former Apollo-Ridge football standout who went on to play at Pitt said he didn’t even know pickleball existed before teaming up with Pittsburgh Steelers long snapper and Chartiers Valley grad Christian Kuntz and former Steeler Charlie...
‘Take what the draft gives you’: Pirates continue run on college players in MLB Draft

When the Pittsburgh Pirates owned the No. 1 overall pick in 2021, they employed a strategy to sign Louisville catcher Henry Davis to a below-slot bonus and used the savings to entice four top-100 prep prospects to bypass college scholarships with over-slot bonuses. This year, after the Pirates selected LSU...
Mikala Jones, Hawaii surfer known for filming inside waves, dies in surfing accidentVideo

HONOLULU — Mikala Jones, a Hawaii surfer known for shooting awe-inspiring photos and videos from the inside of massive, curling waves, died after a surfing accident in Indonesia. He was 44. Jones had gone out into the ocean Sunday morning during a trip to the Mentawai Islands off the western...
Lars Eller embraces Penguins’ 3rd-line center role

This isn’t anything new for Lars Eller. He already has been a third-line center behind two high-end All-Stars on the depth chart. For parts of seven seasons, he inhabited that station as a member of the Washington Capitals with Nicklas Backstrom and Evgeny Kuznetsov in front of him. So joining...

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