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Tim Benz: By need or design, Steelers’ 3-man weave at outside linebacker needs to stay
For the Steelers, it could have been a case of necessity being the mother of invention. Or maybe a successful rollout of a grand plan. Either way, Mike Tomlin doesn’t want to talk much about the three-man rotation at outside linebacker we saw from his defense during Sunday’s Week 1...
Kicker converts 2nd chance, lifts Washington past Giants
LANDOVER, Md. — Dustin Hopkins made a 43-yard field goal on an untimed down — after a penalty negated his miss seconds earlier — and Washington beat the New York Giants 30-29 on Thursday night. Hopkins missed his first attempt to win the game, but he was given a reprieve...
Things to know before attending Steelers/Pitt games at Heinz Field
It’s not just a new home season kicking off for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Sunday marks the first time in almost two years for a full capacity crowd at Heinz Field on Pittsburgh’s North Shore. Here are some refreshers for fans planning to attend the game at 1 p.m. Sunday, when...
Moon beats North Hills, backs up No. 1 ranking in Class 5A
For now, the title of top-ranked team in Class 5A seems to fit Moon quite nicely, thank you. The Tigers (4-0) celebrated their first week with that title in the Trib HSSN rankings with a 38-7 victory over fourth-ranked North Hills in a Class 5A showdown. The tone for the...
Pirates farm report for Sept. 16, 2021: Matthew Fraizer, Oneil Cruz homer for Curve
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 54-62) got shut out by St. Paul (Twins), 8-0. RHP James Marvel (5-7, 5.35) got the start, allowing eight runs (five earned), walking two and striking out two over six innings. RHP Keury Mella (7.20), RHP Matt Eckelman (5.16) and RHP Hunter Stratton (4.34) each delivered a scoreless...
Pitt basketball set to open ACC play Dec. 3 at Virginia
After seven nonconference games, Pitt will open its ninth season in the ACC on Dec. 3 at Virginia. The entire Pitt men’s basketball schedule was released Thursday night on the ACC Network. The Panthers’ final home game March 1 will be a historic event — Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski’s final...
Young, stacked U.S. team faces familiar battle in Ryder Cup
The Americans would seem to have a lot in their favor at the Ryder Cup. They are on home soil at Whistling Straits along the Wisconsin shores of Lake Michigan. A full house is expected, along with louder than usual cheering for the Stars & Stripes because of covid-19 travel...
5 things to watch in WPIAL football Week 3: Coaches like nonconference tune-ups
The sprint to the WPIAL playoffs starts now. The nonconference portion of the football schedule is over for many WPIAL teams, meaning every week matters from here on out. But for the first time in years, all teams were able to ease into conference play with a preseason-like experience where...
Former Penguins coach, player Lou Angotti dies
From a certain perspective, Lou Angotti might have been the Penguins’ most successful coach in franchise history. Because he essentially helped save the franchise by doing exactly what was expected. He lost. A lot. As steward of the infamous 1983-84 team, Angotti directed the Penguins to a franchise-worse 16-58-6 record....
New Ken resident, Shady Side Academy grad Moore eager for return to Pittsburgh with W. Michigan
Skyy Moore found out early in his freshman year at Western Michigan that the Broncos would be making the trip to Pittsburgh to play Pitt at Heinz Field. “I was super excited to know I was going home to play,” said Moore, a New Kensington native and 2019 Shady Side...
Eric Ebron, Carlos Davis do not practice for Steelers because of injury
Tight end Eric Ebron and defensive lineman Carlos Davis did not practice for the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday because of injury, but linebacker Robert Spillane returned to work. Spillane suffered a shin injury during warm-ups for Sunday’s game at the Buffalo Bills. That prevented him from playing and also kept...
Robert Morris set to hit the road to start 2021-22 men’s basketball season
Robert Morris will open its 46th season of NCAA Division I basketball with a three-game road trip that will take the Colonials to Orlando, Fla., Lexington, Ky., and Athens, Ohio, before they finally return to the UPMC Events Center for the home opener. The season starts Nov. 10 at Central...
Connor Overton impressive in 1st MLB start but Reds beat Pirates to prevent series sweep
Seeking their first series sweep of the season, the Pittsburgh Pirates were trailing the Cincinnati Reds but had two runners in scoring position and a count in their favor in the bottom of the ninth inning. After giving up the winning run to the Pirates a night earlier, Reds right-hander...
Pat Narduzzi interviewed Western Michigan coach Tim Lester for Pitt offensive coordinator job in 2017
The conversation started as a job interview, but it ended with two coaches “talking ball,” according to Western Michigan coach Tim Lester. Pitt was looking for an offensive coordinator when Matt Canada left after the 2016 season, and one of the candidates to replace him was Lester, then the quarterbacks...
Dominant game has Steelers’ Cameron Heyward aiming for notice as NFL’s best defensive linemanVideo
A few days after he seemingly had taken up residence in the Buffalo Bills’ offensive backfield, Cameron Heyward wasn’t quite willing to say it was the best game of his career. “I don’t really try to rank them as an individual performance,” Heyward said Thursday. Polite modesty after pressuring Josh...
Former Steelers QB Devlin ‘Duck’ Hodges heads to Canada
Canada geese are a common sight throughout Pennsylvania. And now a Duck that made his home in Pittsburgh is heading north to Canada. Quarterback Devlin “Duck” Hodges signed a three-year contract with the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League, the team announced Thursday. “Usually ducks migrate south around this...
Jake Guentzel, Jason Zucker lead the Penguins from the left wing
In advance of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ upcoming training camp, the Tribune-Review will look at the team’s depth position-by-position. Today, the left wingers: Jake Guenztel’s place in Penguins history is secure. He ensured that during the 2017 postseason when he set a handful of franchise postseason scoring records while helping the...
Best of the best: AP ranks the top Games of the Century
The mere idea of trying to rank the greatest “games of the century” doesn’t make sense, which makes it perfect for college football. The national champion, after all, for decades was determined by educated guess, which meant there could be multiple games deemed once-in-lifetime events played within a span of...
NHL expects 98% of players to be vaccinated before season
Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said Thursday the NHL expects 98% of players to be fully vaccinated against covid-19 by the start of the season. The league projects that only between 10 and 15 of roughly 700 players will not be vaccinated by the time the season begins Oct. 12. The...
Digital hunting licenses become reality for Pennsylvania hunters
Digital hunting licenses now are available to Pennsylvania hunters, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission. The commission authorized hunters and trappers to carry digital licenses and permits, and the change to a new online license-issuing system, HuntFishPA, has brought the capability for digital licenses with it. But paper harvest tags...
Tarp or tossed? Ump says he didn’t ‘eject’ O’s grounds crew
Even for baseball fans who’ve seen everything, this was a bizarre sight: The entire Baltimore Orioles’ grounds crew, perched behind the tarp and poised to spring into action as a storm approached, suddenly got told by an umpire to scram. That’s how it looked Wednesday night at Camden Yards as...
Minkah Fitzpatrick’s creativity in Steelers secondary brings up memories of Troy Polamalu
The way Minkah Fitzpatrick was deployed on defense in the season opener for the Pittsburgh Steelers, it was reminiscent of a certain safety who just a few weeks earlier was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Defensive coordinator Keith Butler isn’t calling Fitzpatrick the next Troy Polamalu, but...
Matt Canada gives winning grade to Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger’s Week 1 performance
Offensive coordinator Matt Canada didn’t grade Ben Roethlisberger’s performance at Buffalo as harshly as Pro Football Focus, which rated the Pittsburgh Steelers passer as the NFL’s worst quarterback in Week 1. Yes, he was ranked even lower than Aaron Rodgers, who finished with a 36.8 passer rating in a 38-3...
Penn State’s PJ Mustipher earns high praise from James Franklin: ‘He’s literally the example I use all the time’
STATE COLLEGE — When James Franklin watches his Penn State players come onto the field for practice, the eighth-year coach typically sees the same two players come out before the rest of the Nittany Lions: safety Jaquan Brisker and defensive tackle PJ Mustipher. And the two team captains aren’t on...
Cardinals soar into playoff position behind ageless arms
NEW YORK — On the morning of the trade deadline in late July, the St. Louis Cardinals were a .500 team sitting 7 1/2 games outside a playoff spot. Even with new slugger Nolan Arenado at third base, a season that began with big expectations appeared to be slipping away....
