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Penn State wrestling great Bo Nickal scores UFC KO, announces baby on way with Hempfield grad wife
Former Penn State wrestler Bo Nickal improved to 5-0 with a 38-second knockout at UFC 290 on Saturday night, but rising in the ranks of MMA isn’t the goal foremost on his mind these days. “I’m a husband. I’m also going to be a father soon. My wife is pregnant,”...
Pirates farm report for July 8, 2023: Termarr Johnson homers in Bradenton loss
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 40-45) gave up three runs in the top of the ninth and lost 8-7 to Memphis (Cardinals). RHP Juan Minaya (0-1, 3.86) took the loss, allowing three runs on four hits and a walk while recording two outs in the ninth. 1B Aaron Shackelford (.241) went 2 for...
Riverhounds threaten in 2nd half but settle for scoreless draw with Sacramento
The score was the same as last week, but how the Pittsburgh Riverhounds got there was different. They were fairly lifeless in the final third for most of the second half against Louisville City a week ago, but Saturday night, the Hounds had the top team in the Western Conference,...
Pirates prospect walks twice, Fox Chapel native closes out Futures Game as NL blanks AL
SEATTLE — Miami’s Nasim Nuñez hit a three-run double off Toronto’s Yosver Zulueta in the sixth inning, and the National League beat the American 5-0 Saturday in the annual All-Star Futures Game of top prospects. Milwaukee’s Jeferson Quero had an RBI single and Philadelphia’s Justin Crawford — a son of...
Bob Huggins says he never resigned as West Virginia’s coach and wants his job back, attorney claimsVideo
Bob Huggins says he never resigned as West Virginia’s basketball coach following a drunken-driving arrest and wants his job back, according to a letter from his attorney to the university. Huggins’ Cleveland-based attorney, David A. Campbell, wrote to the university Friday that Huggins “never signed a resignation letter and never...
Nasa Hataoka turns in prime-time show to lead U.S. Women’s Open
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Neither the wind at Pebble Beach nor the stage of a U.S. Women’s Open could stop Nasa Hataoka, who delivered the best round in the toughest conditions Saturday for a 6-under-par 66 and a one-shot lead. Hataoka not only posted the low score of the championship,...
Chase Elliott looking for 1st 2023 win as he returns to home track in Atlanta
HAMPTON, Ga. — Chase Elliott says he can’t rely on repeating last summer’s success, starting with his home track at Atlanta Motor Speedway, as his path to NASCAR’s playoffs. Elliott, the 2020 Cup Series champion, has endured too much adversity in 2023 to assume he’ll extend his streak of seven...
At rainy Wimbledon, Carlos Alcaraz among those playing day after day — and winning
WIMBLEDON, England — Carlos Alcaraz played for the second straight day at Wimbledon and won again. So did Christopher Eubanks, Aryna Sabalenka and Petra Kvitova. Stefanos Tsitsipas also won a match for the second day in a row, but on his fifth consecutive day on court. The rain early in...
Pirates squander Mitch Keller’s 7 scoreless innings as Diamondbacks get walk-off win
For almost six innings, Mitch Keller was unhittable. For seven innings, the All-Star right-hander held the Arizona Diamondbacks scoreless. What Keller started, the Pittsburgh Pirates couldn’t finish. The Diamondbacks tied the score on an Alek Thomas solo home run in the eighth inning, and Corbin Carroll hit a bases-loaded single...
3 Tigers pitchers combine to no-hit Blue Jays in 2-0 victory
DETROIT — Three Detroit Tigers pitchers combined to no-hit the Toronto Blue Jays in a 2-0 win on Saturday. It was the first combined no-hitter in Tigers history. Matt Manning (3-1) pitched 6 2/3 innings and Jason Foley got four straight outs. Tigers closer Alex Lange came in for the...
With No. 1 choice, Pirates can take best prospect or spread wealth
For the sixth time in franchise history, the Pittsburgh Pirates have the opportunity to select the best prospect in baseball with the first overall pick in the MLB Draft. Whether they will do so remains to be seen. With a deep draft class where LSU teammates Dylan Crews and Paul...
Bushy Run rallies past Hempfield East, Latrobe tops Murrysville in American Legion semifinal openers
Bushy Run baseball coaches said they requested a morning start time for Saturday’s semifinal opener because several players were going to a wedding in the afternoon. With a late rally in its first extra-inning game of the season, Bushy Run left visiting Hempfield East at the altar. Brody Hoffman homered...
U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe announces she’ll retire after the NWSL season
CHICAGO — Days before heading to her fourth World Cup, Megan Rapinoe announced Saturday she’ll retire at the end of the National Women’s Soccer League season. Rapinoe, 38, made the announcement on Twitter, saying she “never could have imagined the ways in which soccer would shape & change my life...
Septuagenarian sprinter from Pittsburgh who beat cancer ready to shine at National Senior Games
Charles Allie, once known as the fastest man in the world over 70, will show his hometown how he earned that nickname as the National Senior Games kick off at venues all over the Pittsburgh area this week. Allie is planning on running the 50, 100, 200 and 400 meters...
Hannastown Golf Club ready to host West Penn Amateur for 1st time
For the first time in the 123-year history of the Western Pennsylvania Golf Association Amateur Championship, Hannastown Golf Club in Greensburg will host the event. Hannastown pro Craig Mankins said the course will serve as a great test. Its membership also will be well represented in the field of 78....
Pirates’ Henry Davis makes big-league catching debut in Friday’s loss to ArizonaVideo
The Pittsburgh Pirates’ 7-3 loss to Arizona late Friday evening was looking like it would go down as an unmemorable event. However, a late-game development might have offered a glimpse into the club’s future. Trailing by four runs entering the bottom of the eighth inning, with starting catcher Austin Hedges’...
North Allegheny graduate guides Penn State to club baseball national championship
The second-seeded Penn State baseball club took a 6-3 lead into the ninth inning against UW Whitewater in the National Club Baseball Association World Series championship game June 1. Pitcher Tyler Reinert came in firing, dropping three strikes to catcher Dom Campana, and the rest was history. With the win,...
Penn Township’s Terry Eguaoje excited for opportunity to coach at FIFA World Cup
While many people head to the beach for a summer vacation, Terry Eguaoje is spending his time as an assistant coach for the Nigerian women’s soccer team. The Penn Township resident and PA West Soccer’s director of coaching is on the staff of Pitt’s women’s head coach Randy Waldrum, who...
Steelers 2-a-days: Jonathan Marshall in D-line mix, Ryan McCollum a rare pure center on roster
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,...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Top-of-rotation talent Paul Skenes is best choice for Pirates
Mitch Keller deserves lots of credit for making the Pittsburgh Pirates’ season interesting. The right-handed pitcher is 9-4 with a 3.52 ERA. Keller has made 11 quality starts out of 18. Keller is an All-Star and could contend for the National League Cy Young Award. The Pirates aren’t yet very...
The Penguins’ bottom 6 forwards are different. Are they better?
Mike Sullivan didn’t have much to say. The Pittsburgh Penguins coach wasn’t all that eager to get into the details of why his third line was thoroughly ineffective — again — after a humbling 5-2 thumping at home by the New Jersey Devils. A fairly innocuous query over the play...
Pirates produce little offense against Arizona ace Zac Gallen in loss to D-Backs
One evening after mustering just four hits in a series-ending loss to the Dodgers, the Pittsburgh Pirates were once again limited offensively Friday, this time by Arizona Diamondbacks ace Zac Gallen, in the first game of three against the Diamondbacks in Phoenix. The Pirates, down Andrew McCutchen and Ke’Bryan Hayes,...
Pirates farm report for July 7, 2023: Luke Brown delivers homer, walk-off single for Greensboro
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 40-44) got past Memphis (Cardinals), 2-1. RHP JC Flowers (9.10) worked as an opener, pitching a scoreless first. RHP Jared Jones (1-1) followed and threw four innings, allowing one run on one hit and two walks with seven strikeouts, to earn the win. LHP Jose Hernandez (0.00) pitched...
Liberty Mile sets participation record; Edinboro runner is top pro woman
Another Friday night with nearly perfect weather conditions greeted runners of all ages for the annual Fleet Feet Liberty Mile in Downtown Pittsburgh. “It was beautiful with a little breeze,” said Troy Schooley, the CEO of P3R, the local running organization charged with coordinating all aspects of the event. “It...
Cameron Young leads John Deere Classic by 2
SILVIS, Ill. — Cameron Young shot a 7-under-par 64 on Friday to take a two-stroke lead halfway through the John Deere Classic and put himself into position to erase an unwelcome distinction from his PGA Tour resume. Young was at 13-under 129 at TPC Deere Run, with Garrick Higgo (66),...
