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Penguins yield NHL rights to pair of defensive prospects
The Pittsburgh Penguins yielded the NHL rights to two of their prospects Thursday, defensemen Santeri Airola and Ryan McCleary. Per NHL rules, the deadline for the Penguins to retain both players was 5 p.m. A team spokesperson confirmed the decison to not sign either player. They were part of a...
Patience pays off as Penguins get their man in Kyle Dubas
David Beeston was true to his word. On April 14, the day previous general manager Ron Hextall and president of hockey operations Brian Burke were fired by the Pittsburgh Penguins, Beeston, Fenway Sports Group executive and Penguins alternate governor, indicated finding replacements would not be a hurried endeavor. “We would...
USFL president Daryl Johnston hypes evolution during league’s 2nd season
The USFL is three weeks from wrapping up its second regular season, and preparations are underway for the 2023 playoffs, which will conclude with the championship game July 1 in Canton, Ohio. The playoffs will kick off with the North Division championship at 8 p.m. June 24, followed by the...
Young cornerbacks catching Patrick Peterson’s eye as Steelers amp up offseason workouts
Patrick Peterson could be forgiven for thinking the calendar had taken a time jump two months ahead. Instead of it reading June 1, it seemed like August for Peterson. Not just because of the sweltering heat and temperature that reached 90 degrees. It also was because of the intensity he...
U.S. Soccer’s Nations League roster includes Folarin Balogun’s first call-upVideo
LOS ANGELES — Two days after B.J. Callaghan was officially being named interim U.S. men’s national team coach, he called up his first roster Thursday, inviting 24 players to training camp at Dignity Health Sports Park to prepare for the final four of the CONCACAF Nations League later this month...
Mirra Andreeva, a teen who doesn’t like homework, wins easily at French OpenVideo
PARIS — Mirra Andreeva is the latest teen sensation in tennis, a 16-year-old Russian who is the youngest player to win a match in the women’s main draw at the French Open since 2005. Do the math: That’s before she was born. The 143rd-ranked Andreeva made her way through qualifying...
Hempfield’s Bandieramonte honors memory of late father with WPIAL title-clinching homer
The softball sailed high and true, carrying deep into the night sky until gravity finally took over. It clanked off the left-field bleachers some 240 feet from home plate. Mia Bandieramonte had hit home runs before, but none quite like the one she sent out of Cal (Pa.)’s Lilley Field...
Kyle Dubas: Penguins’ primary focus must be stacking up in Metropolitan Division
New Pittsburgh Penguins president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas, with not yet a full day in the saddle in Pittsburgh, has an abundance of pressing matters to address. The NHL Draft begins June 28, followed a few days later July 1 by the start of the league’s annual summer free...
Avonworth beats Southmoreland to repeat as WPIAL 3A softball champs
Southmoreland had a sendoff at school Thursday morning for the WPIAL 3A softball championship. Applause and support from teachers and students followed the team to the bus. But Avonworth — annoying, thorn-in-their-side Avonworth — sent the Scotties home with another postseason loss. Despite a positive start, the Scotties stumbled defensively...
New president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas couldn’t pass on chance to run Penguins
Kyle Dubas said he wasn’t going anywhere. As recently as May 15, Dubas pledged as much. During a season-ending press conference in Toronto, Dubas said his time as the highly scrutinized general manager of the Maple Leafs was so taxing on his family that he wouldn’t immediately take a job...
Tim Benz: The gap between a better Steelers team in ’23 and a better win total
Watching a lot of football in shorts over the past two weeks at Pittsburgh Steelers’ OTAs, I find myself daydreaming about football when it actually means something. In September. In pads. When the guy on the other side of the ball is actually trying to knock your block off. When...
Penguins A to Z: Evgeni Malkin can still be a dangerous playerVideo
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...
U mad, bro?: Readers are grouchy about George Pickens’ quote, Mike Sullivan, Guns N’ Roses and ‘Succession’ spoilers
We start June with a lot of manufactured outrage in this week’s “U mad, bro?” Distaste over comments from Pittsburgh Steelers receiver George Pickens to my “Succession” spoilers to the Guns N’ Roses concert at PNC Park. Don’t you folks have anything legit to be mad about? After all, it’s...
First Call: A new team for former Steelers TE; news surrounding 49ers QBs ahead of season opener in Pittsburgh
Thursday’s “First Call” has a new home for a former Pittsburgh Steelers tight end. We also have a reward for a former Penguins great, news on the Steelers’ opposing QB for Week 1, and some Pirates trade speculation. New home in New Orleans Former Steelers tight end Jesse James has...
Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: After a miserable May, Pirates must prove they can win at home
Where the Pittsburgh Pirates sounded ready to send Mayday distress signals at the start of their series at San Francisco, they talked like Giants killers after taking two out of three against baseball’s hottest team for their first series win in a month. The Pirates entered May with a 20-9...
Pirates farm report for May 31, 2023: Nick Gonzales belts grand slam for Indy
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 25-27) clobbered Toledo (Tigers), 13-1. 2B Nick Gonzales (.252) went 1 for 4 with a grand slam, his fifth homer of the season. LF Canaan Smith-Njigba (.241) went 2 for 4 with a two-run homer, his sixth. RF Cal Mitchell (.271) went 2 for 5 with a solo...
8th-inning homer off Seneca Valley ace lifts Hempfield to WPIAL 6A softball championship
Hempfield brought in a pitching machine recently to simulate the speed of Seneca Valley pitcher Lexie Hames. The Spartans had it cranked up to 70-plus mph. Mia Bandieramonte was up to speed. The senior designated player and No. 9 hitter turned on a Hames pitch and launched it over the...
Shane Ray’s NFL comeback bid from wrist injury takes him from CFL to Buffalo BillsVideo
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Through the woe-is-me low points, wrist surgeries, mood swings, counseling sessions and tryout obstacles created by the covid-19 pandemic that Shane Ray experienced over the past five years, the one-time promising NFL edge rusher never lost sight of his desire to play football. If it meant...
Packers debate term ‘rebuild’ as they adjust to life without Aaron RodgersVideo
GREEN BAY, Wis. — The exit of four-time MVP Aaron Rodgers has led to some debate among the Green Bay Packers regarding exactly what constitutes a rebuild. Most Packers insist they’re not rebuilding even as they try to break in new starting quarterback Jordan Love after getting three decades of...
Memorial boasts stacked field in crowded PGA Tour schedule
DUBLIN, Ohio — The Memorial has a loaded field, just like always, and that much was evident by pockets of crowds spread around Muirfield Village for the pro-am Wednesday. Also playing Wednesday were Masters champion Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and 38 of the top 50 players in the...
Jimmy Butler, Nikola Jokic lead Heat, Nuggets into NBA Finals after unconventional paths
DENVER — Nikola Jokic wasn’t supposed to be here. Neither was Jimmy Butler, for that matter. Jokic was drafted behind 40 other players in 2014. Butler was drafted behind 29 others in 2011. Jokic grew up in Serbia, not even thinking about the NBA. Butler didn’t have the easiest upbringing...
2 teams, 2 chances at titles: Heat, Panthers ready for their finals tests
DENVER — They were No. 8 seeds. They barely got into the playoffs after up-and-down regular seasons. They had to face the No. 1 overall seeds in Round 1 of the postseason. They had to win Games 7 in Boston just to keep their seasons alive. They are Eastern Conference...
Mitch Keller serves as stopper as Pirates beat Giants for 1st series win in a month
Mitch Keller served as the stopper for another Pittsburgh Pirates streak and put his name in the club’s record books in the process. Inspired by another strong start from Keller and an offensive outburst, the Pirates beat the San Francisco Giants, 9-4, on Wednesday afternoon at Oracle Park for their...
Jersey that Steelers’ James Harrison wore when getting 1st sack, touchdown in 2004 up for auction
The white road uniform that Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison wore when recording his first sack and also when scoring his first NFL touchdown are up for auction. Harrison’s uniform is part of the Lelands auction house spring focus 2023 collection. The jersey has been photo-matched to the games during...
Center Mason Cole: Steelers’ line should be motivated by record, not additions
Despite improved play by the offensive line in the second half of the 2022 season, the Pittsburgh Steelers signed three free agents and used two draft picks, including their first-rounder, to fortify the position room. Center Mason Cole, whose position was the only one on the line not addressed in...
