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Watch: Penguins hold last scrimmage before NHL’s return to playVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins last intrasqaud scrimmage is being played today. Team Black and Team Gold will square off before the Penguins travels to Toronto for the NHL’s return to play. Watch the scrimmage below. The lineups for Team Black and Team Gold were released by the Penguins prior to the...
Steelers’ Art Rooney II acknowledges players will report next week after NFL/NFLPA pact
Pittsburgh Steelers president Art Rooney II cited “what we believe will be an exciting season on the field” in acknowledging the agreement reached Friday between the NFL and its players union that will facilitate players reporting to begin workouts next week. “We are excited to come to an agreement with...
Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: Derek Shelton’s debut was memorable in the most important waysVideo
When Derek Shelton was introduced first, the Pittsburgh Pirates rookie skipper took in the moment that was a half-century in the making and nothing like he had envisioned for his MLB managerial debut. Shelton wore a protective mask covering his face from the coronavirus, and beautiful Busch Stadium was otherwise...
Cardinals spoil Derek Shelton’s managerial debut, beat PiratesVideo
Derek Shelton finally made his long-awaited debut as Pittsburgh Pirates manager, only for the old hitting coach to find his team in a pitcher’s duel. In a battle of right-handers, Jack Flaherty outdueled Joe Musgrove to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a season-opening 5-4 win over the Pirates on...
Indians wear road jerseys in home opener to honor minoritiesVideo
CLEVELAND — For their delayed home opener, the Indians elected to wear their blue road jerseys with “Cleveland” on the front as a unified statement of solidarity for minorities as the team contemplates a name change. Owner Paul Dolan recently announced the franchise is considering changing its name from Indians,...
With no crowds, Wrigleyville has different feel for CubsVideo
CHICAGO — Laurie Shaw heard the roar of the crowd and let out a laugh. The Chicago Cubs were about to open their season at long last against the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday, and it sure sounded like a packed house at Wrigley Field. Of course, no fans were allowed...
Chiefs’ Laurent Duvernay-Tardif first to opt out of 2020 NFL seasonVideo
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Offensive lineman Laurent Duvernay-Tardif of the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs became the first player to opt out of the upcoming NFL season because of the coronavirus pandemic Friday. Duvernay-Tardif earned a medical degree from McGill University in Canada and has been working to fulfill...
Schmidt nails 1st hole-in-one, surges to finish Sunnehanna AmateurVideo
JOHNSTOWN — Peters Township’s Connor Schmidt simply ran out of holes Friday during the final round of the 67th Sunnehanna Amateur. The Drexel senior, who carded his first hole-in-one, made a run on the back nine and finished the four-day tournament at Sunnehanna Country Club tied for fourth at 9-under-par...
Michael Thompson, Richy Werenski share lead at 3M Open at 12-underVideo
BLAINE, Minn. — Michael Thompson and Richy Werenski topped the 3M Open leaderboard going onto the weekend, Tony Finau and Talor Gooch climbed within a stroke and stars Brooks Koepka and Tommy Fleetwood struggled again Friday. In warmer and windier conditions on the quiet, spectator-free TPC Twin Cities course, the...
Pirates manager Derek Shelton stands behind a kneeling Jarrod Dyson before season openerVideo
As Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals players held black fabric during the national anthem as a symbol of their unity in combating racial and social injustice, Jarrod Dyson took a knee and bowed his head. Before his MLB debut as Pirates manager, Derek Shelton showed support for his starting...
Sources: NFL players can opt-out; salary cap slashedVideo
NFL training camps are set to open after the league and the players’ union reached agreement on several issues, including future salary cap mechanisms and how players can opt out of the upcoming season because of the coronavirus. The NFL Players Association’s executive committee and 32 player representatives approved the...
Division III’s Middle Atlantic Conference postpones fall sports
The walls continue to close in on college athletics. The Middle Atlantic Conference became another Division III league to postpone fall sports — with the intention of playing them in the spring, pending improvements on the coronavirus front. The move also will delay the start of winter sports to after...
Jared McCann is ready to meet the hefty demands of being the Penguins’ No. 3 centerVideo
It doesn’t carry the same hallowed reverence as … let’s say … being an Art Ross Trophy winner for the Pittsburgh Penguins or a goaltender for the Montreal Canadiens. But there certainly is a legacy affixed to the role. For the past decade-plus, there have been few positions in hockey...
Presidents’ Athletic Conference postpones football, most other fall sports
The NCAA Division III Presidents’ Athletic Conference is postponing “high- and medium-contact” sports including football, men’s and women’s soccer, women’s volleyball and men’s and women’s cross country, to the spring because of the coronavirus outbreak. Women’s tennis and men’s and women’s golf, considered “low-contact” sports, are allowed to continue in...
Giants pitcher Sam Coonrod explains why he didn’t kneel during Black Lives Matter moment of unityVideo
LOS ANGELES — Citing his faith as a Christian man and his desire to remain consistent in his beliefs, Giants reliever Sam Coonrod explained why he didn’t kneel during a pregame moment of unity at Dodger Stadium Thursday. “I meant no ill will by it,” Coonrod said. “I don’t think...
‘Everybody cheers’ as Sidney Crosby returns to Penguins practice
The digital clock affixed to the wall had just hit 11:00 a.m. A whistle was blown, and Penguins players gathered around the boards near the “visitors” bench on their main rink at their Cranberry facility Friday morning. Coach Mike Sullivan began scribbling schematics with a felt marker on a dry...
Division I leagues urge patience from NCAA on fall sportsVideo
More than two dozen Division I conferences have urged the NCAA Board of Governors to hold off on making any decision about conducting fall championships until a majority of leagues determine whether to hold regular-season competition during the pandemic. A letter from College Commissioners Association president and Ohio Valley Conference...
MLB opener was most-viewed regular-season game in 9 yearsVideo
BRISTOL, Conn. — The pandemic-delayed Major League Baseball opener was the sport’s most-watched regular-season game on any network in nine years. The New York Yankees’ rain-shortened 4-1 win at the Washington Nationals on Thursday night averaged 4 million viewers on ESPN, according to Nielsen fast national ratings. The game peaked...
Riverhounds look to get back on track against New York Red Bulls II
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds suffered a disappointing ending to their regular-season home unbeaten streak Wednesday when Indy Eleven’s Tyler Pasher delivered a left-footed strike in the final moments to secure a 1-0 win. The black and gold were 14-0-11 in their past 25 regular-season games at Highmark Stadium heading into their...
NBA Eastern Conference preview: Bucks hope to finish the jobVideo
There were no defenders nearby. There wasn’t even another team on the court. Giannis Antetokounmpo’s shooting display was nothing spectacular. Dozens, perhaps hundreds of NBA players would knock down a few 3-pointers in a row under the same circumstances. None has the Greek Freak’s combination of size and athleticism. So,...
Robert Morris extends basketball coach Andy Toole’s contract through 2025-26
As Robert Morris transitions to a new basketball conference, it will do so with men’s coach Andy Toole signed for six more seasons. The university extended Toole’s contract through the 2025-26 season, athletics spokesman Ethan Woy confirmed Friday. Toole, 39, finished his 10th season as coach this winter. His career...
NBA Western Conference preview: It’ll be a wild race for eighth — and ninthVideo
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Add this plot twist to an unusual NBA season: To get the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference, a whole bunch of teams will enter the final two weeks of the regular season trying to finish ninth. Yes, ninth. All the drama in the...
‘Burgh’s Best to Wear It, No. 37: Carnell Lake a stalwart of great 1990s Steelers defensesVideo
The Tribune-Review sports staff is conducting a daily countdown of the best players in Pittsburgh pro and college sports history to wear each jersey number. No. 37: Carnell Lake How many college linebackers can say they made an NFL Pro Bowl … during a season in which he was a...
Blue Jays to play in Buffalo minor league park amid pandemic
TORONTO — The displaced Toronto Blue Jays will play in Buffalo, N.Y., this year amid the pandemic. The Blue Jays said in a statement Friday that the greater part of their home schedule will be played at Sahlen Field in Buffalo, home of the club’s Triple-A affiliate Buffalo Bisons. General...
AP sources: ACC, Notre Dame eye 2020 football membership
The Atlantic Coast Conference and Notre Dame are considering whether the Fighting Irish will give up their treasured football independence to play as a member of the league for the 2020 season that has been thrown into question by the coronavirus pandemic. Two people involved in the ACC’s discussions about...
