Sports category, Page 105

Editor’s note: From now until the first practice of training camp at Saint Vincent College, TribLive is running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, looking at each player and assessing his outlook for the 2024 season. The breakdown will run in alphabetical order with at least two players each day...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 35-45) topped Louisville (Reds), 3-2. 2B Ji Hwan Bae (.346) was 1 for 4 with a double and RBI. He also made an over the shoulder catch and threw back to second to complete a walk-off double play in the ninth inning. SS Alika Williams (.279) was 2...

WASHINGTON — New York Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo missed Monday night’s game against the Washington Nationals after fainting in his hotel room overnight and hitting his head when he fell. Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said Nimmo cut his forehead but did not have a concussion. “He went through all the...

Former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Vinnie Hinostroza has signed a two-year, two-way contract with the Nashville Predators. The deal carries a salary cap hit of $775,000. An unrestricted free agent signing by the Penguins in July of 2023, Hinostroza appeared in 14 NHL games for the team last season and posted...

Results, Tim Keefer said, did not always come in the form of wins and losses on the court. The only men’s basketball coach in Carlow University history didn’t try to squeeze everything into one bay. A narrow thinker he is not; a bloodhound who detects the hardest workers on the...

The signs that the U.S. national team’s dominance was slipping started to emerge back at the Tokyo Olympics. The United States was vying to become the first team to win an Olympic gold medal after winning a Women’s World Cup. But the team stumbled along the way. The U.S. lost...

Jayson Tatum is the newest member of the NBA’s $300 million club. The Boston Celtics star agreed to a five-year, $314 million contract extension to remain with the reigning NBA champions, a person with knowledge of the situation told the Associated Press on Monday. The new pact will begin with...

It wouldn’t be entirely accurate to look at Anthony Beauvillier’s career and label him as a journeyman. But if you glance at his 2023-24 season, yes. He journeyed a lot. Opening the campaign as a member of the Vancouver Canucks, he was dealt to the Chicago Blackhawks on Nov. 28,...

As the NHL’s free-agency signing period opened Monday, things were different for Kyle Dubas than a year ago. On July 1, 2023, he opened the Pittsburgh Penguins’ coffers and splurged by signing the likes of defenseman Ryan Graves and forward Lars Eller and re-signed goaltender Tristan Jarry. Only 366 days...

The Pittsburgh Penguins re-signed forward Emil Bemstrom to a one-year contract worth $775,000. The 25-year-old was a pending restricted free agent but did not receive a qualifying offer by the NHL’s deadline of 5 p.m. on Sunday, allowing him to become an unrestricted free agent. A right-handed shot, Bemstrom (6-foot,...

Editor’s note: From now until the first practice of training camp at Saint Vincent College, TribLive is running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, looking at each player and assessing his outlook for the 2024 season. The breakdown will run in alphabetical order with at least two players each day...

Former Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins defenseman Jack Rathbone has signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Buffalo Sabres. Puckpedia reported the transaction. The Pittsburgh Penguins traded for Rathbone in mid-October, acquiring him from the Vancouver Canucks in a multi-player deal. Spending the entire season at the American Hockey League level, the 25-year-old...

With music pulsing, bats swinging and gloves at the ready, it was a busy morning of baseball at Gateway High School. For the youth in attendance, it was an opportunity to take part in an event that does not come around too often. Pirates third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes hosted a...

DALLAS — Klay Thompson has taken off his Golden State jersey for the last time. And the Warriors say they’re going to retire it to commemorate his time with them. Thompson is moving on from the Warriors, with the four-time league champion agreeing to join the Western Conference champion Dallas...

LEBANON, Tenn. — Back-to-back Indianapolis 500 champion Josef Newgarden has a driving dream he still harbors, even knowing that challenges with schedules and sponsors make it likely impossible to ever achieve. Newgarden not only wants to drive a stock car someday, he wants to do The Double. Yes, the Indianapolis...

Pittsburgh Penguins president of hockey operations/general manager Kyle Dubas met with members of the media Monday afternoon in Cranberry and discussed a variety of matters pertinent to the club and the start to NHL free agency. During his Q&A, Dubas revealed the Penguins had come to terms with former Los...

WIMBLEDON, England — Naomi Osaka had not won a match at Wimbledon in six years. Hadn’t even played there in five. Grass courts never were her favorite surface. Twelve months ago at this time, Osaka was off the tour while becoming a mother — her daughter, Shai, turns 1 on...

The Pittsburgh Penguins made several moves to restock their farm system Monday, particularly at the American Hockey league level, to kick off the start of NHL free agency. Inking 26-year-old defenseman Nathan Clurman represents one such acquisition. Clurman’s deal carries a $775,000 salary cap hit at the NHL level. The...

Continuing a busy start to NHL free agency Monday, the Pittsburgh Penguins announced the signing of forward Bokondji Imama to a one-year deal worth $775,000. The 27-year-old appeared in six games for the Ottawa Senators last year and previously skated in nine NHL games over parts of two seasons with...

Fresh off winning the Calder Cup last month with the AHL’s Hershey Bears, forward Jimmy Huntington was signed by the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday. Huntington, 25, agreed to a one-year contract with a salary cap hit of $775,000 at the NHL level. He had 33 points (16 goals, 17 assists)...