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Rain and environmental activists affect play on Day 3 at Wimbledon. Iga Swiatek eases into 3rd roundVideo
WIMBLEDON, England — Rain again was affecting play at Wimbledon on Day 3, and environmental activists halted two matches. Intermittent showers Wednesday forced matches on the outside courts to be suspended twice, while play in the main stadiums was also stopped for a short time because of the weather. That...
Flying commercial takes toll on WNBA players
Breanna Stewart knew where she wanted to go. Someone was in her way. During games, that’s not a problem for the WNBA MVP. While boarding a commercial flight, it’s a bit trickier. On a recent connecting flight carrying the New York Liberty from Atlanta to Las Vegas, Stewart had to...
Penguins forward Drew O’Connor files for salary arbitration
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Drew O’Connor has filed for salary arbitration as a restricted free agent. On Wednesday, the NHL Players’ Association announced 22 players had elected to file for arbitration with O’Connor being the lone member of the Penguins doing so. O’Connor, 25, broke through as a full-time NHLer last...
Sparked by Elly De La Cruz, Cincinnati Reds are taking joy in winning
WASHINGTON — Elly De La Cruz walked through the clubhouse wearing a shirt with his face and nickname, “La Cocoa,” on it. Sitting at his locker facing the rest of the room, Joey Votto joked to a nearby coach that he should let the kids play. The kids are playing,...
Former Penguins forward Patric Hornqvist retires at age 36Video
Patric Hornqvist, a vital component of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ Stanley Cup championships in 2016 and 2017 who played as if he would never quit, has retired. The 36-year-old power forward announced his retirement in an interview with journalist Per Bjurman of Swedish outlet Aftonbladet on Wednesday. A veteran of 15...
Presidents’ Athletic Conference football games to be televised on Pittsburgh’s CW
Presidents’ Athletic Conference football will be on display for a television audience this fall. KDKA-TV announced Wednesday it will broadcast Division III college football on its sister station, Pittsburgh’s CW, on Saturdays this fall. Games also will be streamed on KDKA.com and the CBS News Pittsburgh app. “We are very...
Steelers 2-a-days: Special-teams captain Miles Killebrew, ball-hawking safety Damontae Kazee
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,...
VisitPittsburgh CEO competing in National Senior Games in his own city
Rain was falling hard as Jerad Bachar rode his Cannondale gravel bike on the 40-mile course of Rush to Crush Cancer in May. Pittsburgh area roads were slick. The ride was uncomfortable. But he kept pedaling. “It was grueling,” said Bachar, president and CEO of VisitPittsburgh, of the inaugural event...
Mark Madden: Kyle Dubas improved Penguins’ bottom 6, but work remains to rebuild roster
The Dubas debut is well underway. New president of hockey ops Kyle Dubas has made quite an impact on the Pittsburgh Penguins roster during his brief tenure, and it feels like he’s just getting started. The bottom six is improved. Lars Eller and Noel Acciari are efficient, pragmatic centers. The...
Penguins forward prospect Luke Devlin reaches for NHLVideo
This spring, Luke Devlin had something of an offseason job, albeit temporarily. Ambulance driver. A native of Toronto, Devlin had to help his father, Toronto Raptors television play-by-play broadcaster Matt Devlin, get to the hospital after a mishap. “It was an early morning, me and my brother (Ian) were getting...
Rose Zhang is making everyone look in the U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble Beach
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Rose Zhang set the women’s course record at Pebble Beach and hardly anyone noticed outside of her local caddie, Stanford teammates and college golf enthusiasts. Ten months later, Zhang walked toward the 17th green at Pebble Beach with three amateurs in the U.S. Women’s Open and...
Morgan Pressel makes transition from 18th green to 18th tower for NBC
Morgan Pressel considered extending her playing career so she would have the opportunity to play in this week’s U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble Beach. Even though she stopped playing two years ago, Pressel will still have an excellent vantage point for all four rounds of the first Women’s Open at...
Rain, environmental activists affect Wimbledon play on Day 3Video
WIMBLEDON, England — Rain is again affecting play at Wimbledon on Day 3 of the grass-court tournament, and two environmental activists halted one match as well. Intermittent showers Wednesday forced matches on the outside courts to be suspended twice, while play in the main stadiums was also stopped for a...
Pirates slugger Jack Suwinski leans upon foundation built by response to slumpVideo
When Jack Suwinski endured an 0-for-29 slump last year, the Pittsburgh Pirates slugger couldn’t swing his way out of it and ultimately drew a demotion to Triple-A Indianapolis. Amid another 0-for-29 funk this season, Suwinski had something to draw upon. He turned to a foundation built last season, improved during...
Steelers 2-a-days: Will Broderick Jones start Week 1? Can Manny Jones work into DL mix?
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,...
Pirates rally in 9th inning to shock Dodgers, 9-7
There was a promise of fireworks at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday night, and the Pittsburgh Pirates and Los Angeles Dodgers delivered — even before the postgame sky show started. The game featured five home run blasts in front of a Fourth of July crowd of 51,487. The Dodgers hit four...
Pirates farm report for July 4, 2023: Miguel Andujar’s 5 RBIs, Ji Man Choi’s homer pace Indy’s victory
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 38-43) took down Memphis (Cardinals), 8-5. DH Ji Man Choi (.400) was 2 for 5 with a two-run homer and two runs scored. 1B/RF Miguel Andujar (.356) was 3 for 5 with five RBIs, including a three-run home run. C Endy Rodriguez (.258) was 2 for 4 with...
Trinity Rodman could be poised for breakout in World Cup debut for U.S.Video
Trinity Rodman collected the ball just outside the penalty area and needed just one more touch to send it into the lower-left corner of the net. About a month shy of her 20th birthday, she’d scored her first goal for the U.S. women’s national team. That was April 2022 in...
Brazil soccer star Neymar fined $3.3M for illegal artificial lake at mansion outside RioVideo
SAO PAULO — Brazilian soccer star Neymar was fined more than $3.3 million for violating local environmental rules during renovations at his mansion in the city of Mangaratiba outside Rio de Janeiro. The Mangaratiba city hall said in a statement Monday night it had issued four fines totalling about 16...
Burkey leads Hempfield East to playoff victory
Hempfield East pitcher Connor Burkey missed part of the season with a hand injury. He recovered in time for the District 31 American Legion playoffs, which began Tuesday, and he didn’t miss a beat. Burkey pitched a complete game with nine strikeouts as Hempfield East defeated Young Township, 10-1, in...
Pirates closer David Bednar added to National League All-Star roster, will make 2nd appearance
It took a few days to make it official, but Pittsburgh Pirates closer David Bednar on Tuesday was added to the National League roster for the All-Star Game. It will be Bednar’s second consecutive appearance in the All-Star Game, which is 8 p.m. July 11 in Seattle. The Renegade returns....
Column: U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble reminds veterans what they’re missingVideo
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — The sun tried to poke through a thick marine layer in the late afternoon, which would have illuminated Pebble Beach on what already had been a special occasion. The “Reunion of Champions” was for all past U.S. Women’s Open winners. They gathered for a group photo...
West Virginia AD Wren Baker looks for ‘smoother waters’ after challenging first 7 monthsVideo
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Wren Baker couldn’t have imagined the challenges he would face over his first seven months as West Virginia’s athletic director. Baker has earned his keep — and then some — by making multiple hiring decisions since coming from North Texas. There will be at least a few...
Andy Murray gets a win at rainy Wimbledon and a thumbs-up from Roger FedererVideo
WIMBLEDON, England — On a day filled with far more rain drops than drop shots at Wimbledon — light, but persistent, showers prevented the completion, or even start, of dozens of matches — Roger Federer and Andy Murray provided the highlights. The retired Federer, who won a men’s-record eight of...
Pirates infield prospect Liover Peguero promoted from Double-A Altoona to Triple-A Indianapolis
Middle infielder Liover Peguero, ranked No. 7 among Pittsburgh Pirates prospects by MLB Pipeline, was promoted Tuesday from Double-A Altoona to Triple-A Indianapolis. Acquired before the 2020 season in a trade with the Arizona Diamondbacks for Starling Marte, Peguero, 22, was slashing .260/.333/.453 this season, his second in Altoona, with...
