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Double Team: Penguins’ mistake with Sergei Zubov was Stars’ reward
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
Pirates lock up entire draft class, signing pitchers Carmen Mlodzinski, Jared Jones, Nick Garcia
The Pittsburgh Pirates have signed their entire 2020 draft class, locking up right-handed pitchers Carmen Mlodzinski, Jared Jones and Nick Garcia, the team announced Thursday. Jim Callis of Baseball America reported Mlodzinski, a competitive-balance round pick, signed for a $2.05 million bonus, which was less than the slot value for...
Former GCC standout AnnaMarie Gatti promoted to assistant with St. Francis (Pa.) softball
When she played college softball, AnnaMarie Gatti was known as a drop-ball pitcher, one who could induce ground ball outs to stifle opposing rallies. But now that she has entered the coaching ranks, the former WPIAL star is on the rise. Gatti, an overpowering pitcher at Greensburg Central Catholic before...
Teenage racing phenom Heim comes to Western Pa. for 1st time
More than a decade ago, Ray Heim tore it up on the asphalt racing track at Lanier National Speedway in Braselton, Ga., and the Pittsburgh area native, who lived in West Deer and Verona and graduated from Riverview, enjoyed numerous top finishes. His son, Corey, watched on at the track...
Fantasy sports podcast: What a short season means for Josh Bell and Bryan Reynolds, Cam Newton impact
Is this for real? A fantasy sports podcast where we can actually talk about sports!? Will wonders never cease? Major League Baseball teams are reporting for spring training 2.0. So, fantasy leagues that never ended up drafting are finally doing so. Jeff Erickson of RotoWire joins me to discuss strategy...
Upper St. Clair native Abby Matheny collects swimming honor at Williams College
Upper St. Clair graduate Abby Matheny earned her first honor as a member of the Williams women’s swimming team, and it was a big one. Matheny, 20, a sophomore, was named a Division III All-American in the 500-yard freestyle by the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America. Matheny...
Penn Hills’ Longue Vue Club celebrating 100th anniversary, gearing up for next year’s U.S. AmateurVideo
This place has come a longue way. Situated high atop Penn Hills Township, the venerable Longue Vue Club is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a look at its storied past and an eye toward a promising future. Longue Vue, a registered National Historic Place and one of the top multiservice...
Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: Pirates ready to follow protocol, play ball as camp starts at PNC Park
This will be a baseball season of so many firsts, especially with the Pittsburgh Pirates having a new team president, general manager and field manager preparing for a 60-game regular season with the universal designated hitter and an extra-innings rule. But their first focus is on a second edition of...
Schenley alumni D.J. Kennedy, DeAndre Kane in search of 5th title at The Basketball Tournament
Since they were kids, Schenley alumni D.J. Kennedy and DeAndre Kane have felt at home on the basketball court. From winning a state championship in high school to creating a career for themselves overseas on the hardwood, basketball has taken the duo a lot of places. But over the past...
Pirates manager Derek Shelton took time to ‘listen to our players’ about social justice issues
Derek Shelton waited two decades to become a major league manager, only to have his Pittsburgh Pirates managerial debut delayed by the coronavirus crisis. As the Pirates are about to embark on a second spring training — this one dubbed by MLB as Summer Camp — Shelton was asked to...
Steelers 2-a-days: 1st-year offensive linemen Jarron Jones, John Keenoy seek to stand outVideo
Editor’s note: Leading up to a unique Pittsburgh Steelers training camp staged at Heinz Field this year, the Tribune-Review will be running through the team’s 90-man roster, assessing each player’s outlook for the 2020 season. The breakdown will go through the roster, in mostly alphabetical order, two per day, between...
Tim Benz: Did the Patriots get off easy for Spygate 2.0? Will Cam Newton recruit Antonio Brown?
For our Thursday post, we bring in TribLIVE Radio founding father Ken Laird for a bonus podcast. He now works at WEEI-FM in Boston. And he is a go-to guy for us this morning. Because there are a ton of topics surrounding the New England Patriots that need to be...
‘Burgh’s Best to Wear It, No. 60: Ben McGee arrived too soon to enjoy Steelers’ super success
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. 60: Ben McGee When the nickname “Steel Curtain” was coined in the early 1970s, it publicized a defensive line that included the best player...
U mad, bro?: Readers emote about fans at games, protests, anti-maskers, Cam Newton and … Dan Marino?
There’s no reason to ask if you were mad this week. Everybody got mad at something at some point. Coronavirus numbers spiked. Bars were shut down again. A partial travel quarantine went back in place. Worst of all, the New England Patriots upgraded at quarterback! Yuck! What a terrible week....
Utah defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley to keep job after reviewVideo
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley will remain on staff but take a pay cut and must undergo diversity training after being suspended for using a racial slur in a 2013 text message. Utah announced Wednesday that Scalley will participate in diversity and inclusion education and have...
Those around NBA say this title will be toughest to winVideo
The 2020 NBA champion, if one is crowned, will have emerged as the ultimate winner from a season that lasted more than a full year from start to finish. A season that saw political unrest between the NBA and China, the deaths of David Stern and Kobe Bryant, racial issues...
PIAA optimistic football season starts on time as some states delay their kickoffs
High school football season won’t start on time in neighboring New Jersey, but Pennsylvania has no plans to delay kickoff. “We’re not discussing pushing it back,” PIAA executive director Bob Lombardi said Wednesday. “We’re still cautiously optimistic about starting practice on time. We’re just going to take it day by...
Webb Simpson back on PGA Tour after family coronavirus scareVideo
DETROIT — Webb Simpson is competing on the PGA Tour again after his family had a coronavirus scare. One of Simpson’s daughters tested positive for covid-19, leading to him withdraw from last week’s tournament as a precaution. “The first test was positive, but (she) got tested again by the more...
Source: NFL cutting preseason in half, pushing back startVideo
The NFL will cut its preseason in half and push back the start of exhibition play so teams have more time to train following an all-virtual offseason made necessary by the coronavirus pandemic, a person with knowledge of the decision told the Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of...
Ex-Pirate Bobby Bonilla still outearns some notable Major League Baseball playersVideo
Former Pirate Bobby Bonilla hasn’t played in the major leagues since 2001, when he suited up for the Cardinals. But he’s still collecting a check — $1,193,248.20 every July 1, per his buyout agreement with the New York Mets in 2000. It’s known derisively as Bobby Bonilla Day. The agreement...
McCarthy rallies to win 2nd Frank B. Fuhrer Jr. InvitationalVideo
Daniel McCarthy earned his second Frank B. Fuhrer Jr. Invitational victory Wednesday by rallying to edge Penn-Trafford graduate Dan Obremski during the final round. It was a par on the final hole that gave McCarthy the one-stroke win. He also won in 2018. Obremski’s brilliant birdie on No. 17 allowed...
Healthy Kessel expected to give Coyotes a boost in return
GLENDALE, Ariz. — The start of Phil Kessel’s desert tenure did not go according to plan, for him or the Arizona Coyotes. Expected to give the Coyotes a scoring jolt, Kessel instead labored, in large part due to a string of injuries. The NHL’s pandemic-caused pause has give the 32-year-old...
Penn State AD: Beaver Stadium unlikely to be full – if there is a football season at all this fall
Penn State athletic director Sandy Barbour was about as open and forthcoming as she could be during a video conference call with media that lasted almost an hour Wednesday. But, as with just about everything else in the world over the past four months, the answers she didn’t have outnumbered...
Pirates manager Derek Shelton ‘fired up’ to see baseball activity at PNC Park as players report
It’s not quite baseball in a bubble, but Derek Shelton on Wednesday got his first chance to watch players work out at PNC Park as Pittsburgh Pirates manager. As Pirates players are in the process of reporting for summer camp, the three-week preparation period for the 60-game regular season, Shelton...
Penguins notebook: Assistant coach Jacques Martin cautious but not scared of coronavirus risks
Pittsburgh Penguins assistant coach Jacques Martin has a distinguished career with 613 wins as a head coach as well as the two Stanley Cup rings he claimed with Pittsburgh in 2016 and ’17. He also has the distinction of being the NHL’s oldest coach at age 67. According to the...
