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NBA free agency opens after recent waves of player movement
Victor Wembanyama has another big man to help him out in San Antonio. The Houston Rockets continued their offseason overhaul. And Orlando and Atlanta made moves with eyes on contending this coming season Monday as the NBA’s free agency period got underway. The Spurs lured center Luke Kornet away from...
Rebuilding Pac-12 gets its needed 8th football school with addition of Texas State
SAN MARCOS, Texas — Texas State is joining the Pac-12, giving the rebuilding conference the eighth football-playing school it needed to maintain its status as an FBS conference. The Pac-12 and Texas State announced Monday that the Bobcats from the Sun Belt Conference will join holdovers Oregon State and Washington...
Tim Benz: Details of Steelers-Dolphins trade are easier to figure out than the big picture
If you are trying to wrap your brain around the pros and cons of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ trade with the Miami Dolphins on Monday morning, I don’t blame you. I’ll let you know when I finish doing that myself. Here’s what I do know. I know that Jonnu Smith and...
Steelers A to Z: 7th-round pick Donte Kent to battle for punt-return job, longshot for DB role
Editor’s note: From now until reporting day to training camp at Saint Vincent College, TribLive is running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, looking at each player and assessing his outlook for the 2025 season. The breakdown will run in alphabetical order with at least two players each day between...
2-time MVP Bryce Harper returns from wrist injury to give Phillies boost in NL East race 
PHILADELPHIA — Phillies slugger Bryce Harper got to a point where the condition of his right wrist — bothered by inflammation that stuck him on the injured list — was pretty much as good as it gets. So it’s time to play. Harper returned from a nearly monthlong layoff with...
Penguins' negotiations continue with Conor Dewar, Philip Tomasino
Pittsburgh Penguins forwards Connor Dewar and Philip Tomasino did not receive qualifying offers as pending restricted free agents by the NHL’s deadline to extend such offers at 5 p.m. Monday. But that does not necessarily mean they will be leaving the club. Earlier in the day, Penguins president of hockey...
Rookie Paige Bueckers named WNBA All-Star starter; Nneka Ogwumike picked for 10th time 
NEW YORK — Paige Bueckers will play in her first WNBA All-Star Game, and Nneka Ogwumike earned her 10th selection, the league announced Monday as it named the players who will join Caitlin Clark and Napheesa Collier as All-Star starters. Bueckers, who was the No. 1 overall draft pick by...
Carlos Alcaraz needs 5 Wimbledon sets to beat Fabio Fognini
LONDON — Carlos Alcaraz, locked in a five-set struggle at Centre Court, looked toward his coach Monday and shouted something about how Fabio Fognini — 38, retiring after this season, winless in 2025 — looked as if he could keep playing until he’s 50. “I don’t know why it’s his...
Carter Sanderson, Brady Peddle go from USHL Clark Cup adversaries to Penguins draft picks
The 2025 Clark Cup Finals to determine the United States Hockey League champion was a series to remember. Pitting the Waterloo Black Hawks against the Muskegon Lumberjacks, it went the distance, requiring five games before Muskegon triumphed 4-3 in overtime. As it turned out, two of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2025...
Penguins president Kyle Dubas doesn't expect to be aggressive in free agency
Kyle Dubas was beaming about his club’s future. In a somewhat ostentatious presentation by the Pittsburgh Penguins at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry on Monday, Dubas stood up on the stage constructed on the main rink of the facility and showcased each member of the Penguins draft class from...
Penguins announce development camp roster
The Pittsburgh Penguins unveiled their development camp roster a few days before welcoming a host of prospects to UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry from Thursday through July 7. All sessions in Cranberry, culminating with a prospect tournament at noon July 7, are free and open to the public. The...
Is EA Sports reviving its college basketball video game franchise?
EA Sports sent a cryptic tweet on Monday that hints at the revival of its college basketball video game franchise. Although not as popular as its college football franchise that was revived last year, EA was among the industry’s leaders in basketball gaming in the early 2000s. Its NCAA Basketball...
Pirates prospects Konnor Griffin, Esmerlyn Valdez named to All-Star Futures Game
Two Pittsburgh Pirates prospects, shortstop Konnor Griffin and outfielder Esmerlyn Valdez, have been named to the National League roster for the All-Star Futures Game. The 26th edition of the showcase of baseball’s top prospects will be played July 12 at Atlanta’s Truist Park. The 19-year-old Griffin, the ninth overall pick...
North Allegheny basketball coach Dave DeGregorio retires after 31 seasons at 4 schools
After three decades as a boys basketball coach, Dave DeGregorio knew saying goodbye would never be easy. “It was a difficult decision from the perspective of working with this group of kids,” he said. “I really like this group of kids. But like my wife said, ‘That will be every...
Steelers acquire All-Pro DB Jalen Ramsey, TE Jonnu Smith from Dolphins, send Minkah Fitzpatrick to Miami 
Jalen Ramsey joined the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday, becoming the newest high-profile acquisition for the organization this offseason. Jonnu Smith also came aboard, providing the Steelers another option on an offense that is minus its top wide receiver from last season. The Steelers continued their roster reconstruction when they acquired...
Cleveland, Detroit, Philadelphia set to join WNBA as expansion franchises starting in 2028
NEW YORK — The WNBA is expanding to 18 teams over the next five years, with Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia all set to join the league by 2030. Cleveland will begin play in 2028, Detroit in 2029 and Philadelphia the season after, assuming they get approval from the NBA and...
Penguins hire Mike Stothers as assistant coach
The Pittsburgh Penguins hired Mike Stothers as an assistant coach. That appointment was announced Monday. Stothers, 63, is expected to oversee the team’s defensemen and penalty kill. A native of Toronto, Stothers has an extensive history as a coach at various levels, starting in 1991 when he was an assistant...
Mark Madden: Dave Parker was a Pirate, was Pittsburgh and a worthy successor to Roberto Clemente
Dave Parker was the last in line. See how he shined. Parker is likely the final player that will go into the Baseball Hall of Fame as a Pittsburgh Pirate. Unless the Hall wises up and finally inducts Al Oliver. It took way too long for Parker. No great player will...
First Call: Football camp walks back criticism of George Pickens; Tyler Boyd discusses prospect of joining Steelers 
There is an odd twist in the story about former Steeler George Pickens bailing on that youth football camp. Pitt product Tyler Boyd discusses the prospect of playing with the Steelers. The Mets are getting ripped for how they played this weekend in Pittsburgh. And there are some local connections...
Cranberry's Matt Vogt ties course record at Indianapolis golf club
Weeks after hitting the first shot in the U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club, golfer Matt Vogt tied a record at a course near Indianapolis. The Cranberry native posted photos on social media Sunday showing he scored 62, tying the record set in 2020 by Eric Steger at Highland Golf...
Wimbledon is bracing for record-breaking Day 1 temperatures as the tournament gets started
LONDON — Wimbledon was preparing for the possibility of record-breaking Day 1 heat as the oldest Grand Slam tournament got started Monday. The temperature shortly before play was scheduled to begin in the first matches at 11 a.m. local time was 82 degrees — not yet quite reaching the 85-degree...
'A good learning experience': After benching, Pirates star Oneil Cruz blasts out of his funk
Oneil Cruz endured a week in which he was benched for his lack of effort and energy and dropped down from the leadoff spot into the middle of the batting order in hopes he would find his way out of a funk. The Pittsburgh Pirates even held him out of...
Steelers A to Z: Massive guard Steven Jones a big addition to offensive line depth
Editor’s note: From now until reporting day to training camp at Saint Vincent College, TribLive is running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, looking at each player and assessing his outlook for the 2025 season. The breakdown will run in alphabetical order with at least two players each day between...
'Ohhhh, David Gene': A picture of Dave Parker tells a thousand words 
Like a lot of young Pittsburgh Pirates fans who were introduced to baseball in the 1970s, I had a Dave Parker poster on my wall. A shot of him with his massive chest opened toward the camera after a swing — one hand on the bat about to drop it...
Madden Monday: Expect Sidney Crosby to retire a Penguin, but 'this year will test him'
My anticipation heading into the NHL draft was that the Pittsburgh Penguins would use one of their two first-round draft picks while parlaying the other for a player who could bolster the 2025-26 roster. Instead, they ended up acquiring a third pick in the first round and using all three...


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