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Tim Benz: Yogi Berra documentary is fun baseball nostalgia, well-crafted storytelling
Nostalgia is a powerful emotion. For many, two things are frequent triggers of that warm sense of yearning for days gone by. Baseball and movies. It’s even better when the subject matter at hand is about one of the more likable personalities the game has known. Those two pastimes intersect...
Penguins hire Jason Spezza as assistant general manager
Nearly two weeks after taking over as president of hockey operations, Kyle Dubas added an All-Star to the organization. On Wednesday, the team hired former NHL forward Jason Spezza as assistant general manager. Spezza’s duties with the Penguins were not specified. Per a release from the team, Spezza will “report...
Penguins A to Z: Sam Poulin remains a part of the futureVideo
With the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2022-23 season coming to an end without any postseason action, the Tribune-Review will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 49 individuals signed to an NHL contract — including those whose deals do not begin until next season — with the organization, from...
Steelers defensive coordinator Teryl Austin on how long before ILB Mark Robinson may start
According to some of the Pittsburgh Steelers at OTAs, inside linebacker Mark Robinson is making a noticeable jump in his second year. Not just because of growth after his rookie season. But he also made a position switch from running back at Ole Miss before his final year with the...
First Call: Mike Tomlin showers praise on Stan Savran; Danny Smith on kickoff controversy; Brewers blow it in the 9th
Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin showers praise on the late Stan Savran. Danny Smith has some curious remarks on the new kickoff rule. A blown lead by the Brewers helps the Pirates in the National League standings. And Phil Kessel is a Stanley Cup champion, again. All that in Wednesday’s...
Simplified swing has Pirates outfielder Jack Suwinski hitting home runs in bunches
Jack Suwinski has a habit of hitting home runs in bunches, and the Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder credits his success to a simplified swing philosophy: Less is more. “When I’m feeling good and able to see the ball and be quiet in the box and do what I’m trying to do,”...
Mark Madden: The Steelers aren’t as good as you think … unless they are
In the new-age media tradition of compiling endless lists and providing content that would be more apropos in, say, 10-12 weeks, I present: Top 5 reasons the Steelers aren’t as good as you think 1. Defense doesn’t win. Not even elite defense, and it’s a big leap to assume the...
Phil Kessel is a 3-time Stanley Cup champion
No matter when you read this, there’s a better than average chance Phil Kessel is still celebrating somewhere in Las Vegas. Kessel will have his name engraved in the Stanley Cup for the third time after the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Florida Panthers, 9-3, Tuesday night to finish off...
Pirates farm report for June 13, 2023: Henry Davis hits 1st Triple-A homer
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 29-33) took care of Iowa (Cubs), 7-4. C Henry Davis (.227) went 1 for 5 with his first Triple-A homer, a two-run shot. 3B Jared Triolo (.266) went 3 for 4 with a double and a solo homer, his first. 2B Nick Gonzales (.254) went 2 for 3...
Jack Suwinski homers twice but Cubs pummel Pirates’ bullpen in blowout win
Jack Suwinski returned home to Chicago with a bang, hitting a pair of solo shots against the Chicago Cubs — including one that sailed over the scoreboard — for his fourth multi-homer game of the season. But Ian Happ also hammered his hometown team, as the Mt. Lebanon native hit...
Golden Knights blast Panthers in Game 5 to capture 1st Stanley Cup titleVideo
LAS VEGAS — The Golden Knights delivered their city a true Vegas-style party from dazzling passes to Mark Stone’s hat trick to all-out goal celebrations, capturing the young organization’s first Stanley Cup with a 9-3 romp over the beaten up and exhausted Florida Panthers on Tuesday night. Coach Bruce Cassidy,...
‘Rock star’ Stan Savran left indelible mark on co-workers, fans during iconic career
After diabetes stole some of his toes, Stan Savran’s co-workers at AT&T SportsNet would drive the iconic sportscaster two blocks down North Shore Drive and drop him off at the Bill Mazeroski statue outside PNC Park. “He’d open the door, and it was like a rock star getting out,” said...
Column: Le Mans effort brought pride, joy to NASCAR industryVideo
LE MANS, France — So many viewed NASCAR’s trip to the 24 Hours of Le Mans as a bit of a joke, nothing more than an expensive “science project” marketing play to take a beast of a car to the most elite endurance race in the world. The Next Gen...
Column: Golf has too many balls in the air to debate distanceVideo
LOS ANGELES — Professional golf rarely has been this divided, bordering on hostile, and there is no simple solution. It was always going to be a hot topic at the U.S. Open. So maybe the USGA should be thankful no one is talking about rolling back the golf ball. “It,...
Odell Beckham Jr. suits up for first time in 16 months as Ravens begin minicampVideo
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Odell Beckham Jr. is finally back. For the first time in 16 months, Beckham participated in a live practice Tuesday as the Baltimore Ravens opened mandatory minicamp. And even for a player who earned Pro Bowl acclaim his first three seasons and helped the Los Angeles...
Stan Savran’s connection to the Penguins was one of mutual respect
Stan Savran was an experienced interviewer. He had talked to the titans of sport ranging from Muhammad Ali to Arnold Palmer. So talking to Mario Lemieux was nothing out of the ordinary for Savran. But the circumstances were simply spectacular. In the late fall and early winter of 2000, Lemieux,...
In 2nd year as coordinator, Teryl Austin adjusting to new faces on Steelers defense
Teryl Austin was a young defensive backs coach with the Seattle Seahawks in 2005 when they faced the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Super Bowl. This was before the vaunted “Legion of Boom” years in Seattle, and Austin recalled the team undergoing considerable turnover on defense in a short time span....
Steelers minicamp notes: Joey Porter Jr. on 1st-team defense, Kenny Pickett wears new helmet
When the first of three mandatory minicamp sessions wrapped up with a two-minute drill simulation Tuesday, rookie cornerback Joey Porter Jr. was on the field with the first-team defense for what is always a spirited and competitive drill. “Just great to be out there with the ‘ones’ and all the...
Drug deal likely sparked Denver mass shooting after Nuggets’ NBA win, police sayVideo
DENVER — A shooting in downtown Denver amid fans celebrating the Nuggets’ first NBA championship victory likely was sparked by a drug deal gone wrong, police said Tuesday. The violence left 10 people wounded, including one of two suspected shooters. All of the injured are expected to survive, including five...
Steelers’ Najee Harris ‘advocating’ for more respect, better pay for running back position
Saquon Barkley has an ally in Najee Harris. Harris is under contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers and not in a position to hold out like Barkley, the New York Giants star running back and Penn State product who isn’t attending minicamp while trying to negotiate a long-term contract. Still, Harris...
T.J. Watt, Pressley Harvin, Ryan McCollum excused absences from Steelers minicamp
Two years after he pulled off the first “hold in” from Pittsburgh Steelers summer practices, T.J. Watt missed the first day of 2023 minicamp entirely. The former NFL defensive player of the year’s absence was excused by coach Mike Tomlin. Speaking Tuesday afternoon following the first of three days of...
Part-time Uber driver Henson travels world to get to U.S. OpenVideo
LOS ANGELES — Berry Henson always imagined moments like this. He is at the U.S. Open, playing practice rounds with Phil Mickelson and soaking up whatever information he can get for his first major championship against the best players in the world. He just didn’t imagine it would take him...
Bethel Park, WVU alum Nick Kwiatkoski with Steelers on tryout
He went to high school about 10 miles down Route 19 from Pittsburgh and played in college another 80-minute drive or so to the south. But it took until just days after his 30th birthday for Nick Kwiatkoski to suit up for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Kwiatkoski, a veteran linebacker of...
Denver’s Nikola Jokic adds missing piece to impressive resume with NBA titleVideo
DENVER — There are no more holes in Nikola Jokic’s impressive resume. Denver’s do-it-all center commandeered these playoffs, smashing a 56-year-old playoff record with 10 triple-doubles, and he completed a transcendent two-month stretch by leading the Nuggets past the Miami Heat, 94-89, on Monday night in a hard-fought Game 5...
Rangers hire Peter Laviolette as coach to replace Gerard GallantVideo
The New York Rangers hired Peter Laviolette as their next coach, bringing in a seasoned veteran with Stanley Cup-winning experience to replace Gerard Gallant. The team announced the selection of Laviolette on Tuesday, putting the U.S.-born leader in NHL coaching victories in charge at a time of great expectations, with...
