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Hempfield’s Callie Sowers, Penn-Trafford’s Emma Little lead Bloomsburg softball on improbable runVideo
In 35 years in the dugout at Bloomsburg, coach Susan Kocher has seen a lot of softball. She has seen plenty of milestones, plenty of ups, plenty of downs. But few of her experiences could match what her team did this spring. The Huskies had to win a game on...
Plum grad Silvio Ionadi produces strong freshman season for Penn State Behrend baseball
Silvio Ionadi enjoyed a standout high school career with the Plum baseball team, but he knew nothing he did with the Mustangs would matter once he crossed over to college baseball. Especially as a freshman. For first-year college players, playing time often is hard to come by. So when he...
Alex Palou’s record run earns Chip Ganassi 3rd straight Indy 500 pole
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Alex Palou will lead the field to green in the Indianapolis 500 after the young Spaniard put together the fastest four-lap pole run in history Sunday, edging Rinus VeeKay and Felix Rosenqvist to give Chip Ganassi Racing its third consecutive pole in “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.”...
PGA Championship becomes a ‘Block party’ celebrating club pro finishing tied for 15th
PITTSFORD, N.Y. — Michael Block recalled how only a week ago he was having drinks at the Pittsford Pub — a few par-5s away from where the PGA Championship was being held at Oak Hill in suburban Rochester, N.Y. — and no one knew who he was. On Sunday, the...
Carmelo Anthony retires from NBA, after 19-year career, NCAA title, 3 Olympic gold medals
Carmelo Anthony, the star forward who led Syracuse to an NCAA championship in his lone college season and went on to spend 19 years in the NBA, announced his retirement on Monday. Anthony, who was not in the NBA this season, retires as the No. 9 scorer in league history....
Mark Madden: Attendance doesn’t lie when it comes to Brittney Griner’s return to WNBA
Brittney Griner made her return to the WNBA on Friday when her Phoenix team visited Los Angeles. Griner missed the 2022 season while she was imprisoned 10 months in Russia for carrying a controlled substance (cannabis vape cartridges) through a Moscow airport. Vice President Kamala Harris attended. So did tennis...
Westmoreland County campus clippings: Penn-Trafford grad Tyler Horvat earns PAC honors
One of the most versatile players in all of Division III baseball, Tyler Horvat has been the ultimate dual-threat player for Washington & Jefferson. The senior pitcher and outfielder earned two major awards from the Presidents’ Athletic Conference because of the respect he demands. The Penn-Trafford alum was named player...
Penguins A to Z: Filip Hallander’s departure hurt a limited pool of prospectsVideo
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...
Kenny Pickett, Merril Hoge share personal reasons for helping to aid cancer research
Early Saturday morning, on one of his last days before the start of Pittsburgh Steelers OTAs, second-year quarterback Kenny Pickett made his way through the rain outside of Stage AE. As the first-ever honorary event chair of the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center “Rush to Crush Cancer,” Pickett served as the...
First Call: Ben Roethlisberger admits he ‘didn’t want (Kenny Pickett) to succeed’ early on; Antonio Brown rips Arena team
We have some interesting self-reflection from former Pittsburgh Steeler Ben Roethlisberger. And it involves current quarterback Kenny Pickett. Mason Rudolph shares some details about his spin through free agency. Antonio Brown is mad at his National Arena League team. And things are looking worse for the Pirates heading into their...
Tucupita Marcano becoming a bright spot for Pirates while serving as a stopgap at shortstop
Tucupita Marcano came to bat with two runners on base in the fifth inning but got behind in the count after swinging at a slider and fouling off a changeup against Arizona’s Merrill Kelly. Marcano worked a full count then smacked a tying, two-run double to the right-field corner for...
Madden Monday: Anger over Pirates’ decisions a matter of perspective on team’s potential
The Pittsburgh Pirates lost two out of three games to the Arizona Diamondbacks this weekend. They have played six series this month and have lost five. The only series they didn’t lose was splitting a two-game road trip to Detroit last Tuesday and Wednesday. The team’s 20-8 start has been...
Kyle Larson dominates NASCAR All-Star race, takes home $1 million
NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. — Kyle Larson turned in a dominating effort to win his third All-Star race and earn $1 million Sunday night in the Cup Series’ return to North Wilkesboro Speedway following a 27-year absence. Larson became only the fourth driver to win the All-Star race at least three...
Pirates farm report for May 21, 2023: Quinn Priester shines again in Indians victory
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 21-23) beat Iowa (Cubs), 5-1. RHP Quinn Priester (5-3, 4.12) tossed five shutout innings, allowing five hits with two walks and two strikeouts to earn his fourth straight win this month. He threw 84 pitches, including 58 strikes. 1B Malcom Nunez (.244) was 2 for 3 with a...
Hovland endures another near miss at a major at PGA, believes his time is comingVideo
PITTSFORD, N.Y. — Viktor Hovland knows his moment on golf’s biggest stage is coming. Of course, he would be fine if it would just hurry up and get here already. For the third straight major, the 25-year-old Norwegian with the incandescent wardrobe and the even more vibrant game found his...
Penguins forward Drew O’Connor scores twice for United States in rout of FranceVideo
A look at how players with connections to the Pittsburgh Penguins have done in the ongoing International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship Tournament: Two goals by Penguins forward Drew O’Connor, including the opening score, led the United States to a 9-0 rout of France in a preliminary round game...
Brooks Koepka delivers another major performance to win PGA Championship
PITTSFORD, N.Y. — All those injuries that made Brooks Koepka wonder if he was still among golf’s elite were put to rest Sunday at Oak Hill when he beat the strongest field of the year and won the PGA Championship for his fifth major title. Determined as ever to restore...
Seton Hill baseball team sweeps Mercyhurst, advances to NCAA Super Regional
Late Friday afternoon, SHU Baseball Complex on the campus of Seton Hill went eerily silent shortly after Mercyhurst stunned the 13th-ranked Griffins baseball team with a walk-off grand slam to send Seton Hill into the losers’ bracket at the NCAA Division II Atlantic Region II Tournament. It meant the Griffins...
Pirates doomed by wild pitches, errors in loss to Diamondbacks
Whether it was wild pitches or errant throws, the Pittsburgh Pirates were off the mark against the Arizona Diamondbacks, and it cost them a chance at a series win. Five wild pitches and a trio of throwing errors were the most prominent mistakes to doom the Pirates in an 8-3...
Seton Hill CF Jack Whalen makes SportsCenter’s No. 1 play with diving catch
Jumpin’ Jack Flash continues to make his mark at Seton Hill. And he’s only a freshman. Jack Whalen made a outstanding, over-the-shoulder catch in Saturday’s Atlantic Region elimination game against East Stroudsburg and the play was the No. 1 highlight on ESPN SportsCenter’s Top 10. The center fielder out of...
Long a fan of team with old-school mentality, FB Monte Pottebaum fits in as Steeler
If a Pittsburgh Steelers draft that included the son of Joey Porter, a bruising offensive tackle and a player who modeled his game after T.J. Watt wasn’t enough to tickle the fancy of the team’s old-school fans, just wait until Yinzer Nation gets a hold of whom the team signed...
Shaler notebook: Extreme sports athlete competes in Russian sky running event
Richard Burgunder III returned to competition this year and was one of the outsiders at the International Festival Red Fox Elbrus Race at Mount Elbrus, Russia. Burgunder, a 43-year-old Shaler native, was one of two Americans competing in the event. Following a seven-year layoff from competition, Burgunder placed 49th in...
Baldwin grad Ashley Barker caps 2-sport career at Pitt-Greensburg
Ashley Barker’s college story is one of perseverance. The Baldwin grad wrapped up her collegiate athletic career as a four-year, two-sport athlete at Pitt-Greensburg. The 5-foot-6 guard finished her basketball career with a college career-high 15 points against Behrend, connecting on 5 of 5 triples in the AMCC semifinals at...
Murrysville’s Jared Smith takes bronze at World Karate Federation event
Pennsylvania Shotokan Karate Club athlete Jared Smith earned a bronze medal in April at the World Karate Federation K1 Series A event in Vancouver, Canada. A Franklin Regional grad and current student at Carnegie Mellon, Smith finished third in the 75-kilogram division for kumite fighting. He competed against martial artists...
Pirates farm report for May 20, 2023: Henry Davis belts 10th homer for Altoona
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 19-23) dropped both ends of a doubleheader to Iowa (Cubs), managing a total of one run. In the opener, a 2-1 loss, RHP Vince Velasquez (0.00), rehabbing an elbow injury, started and went 4.2 innings, allowing four hits and one walk, striking out two. LHP Daniel Zamora (3.78)...
