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What was the Penguins’ best draft class ever?
Oskar Sundqvist hasn’t been a member of the Penguins organization for three years. In 2017, the two-way forward was sent to the St. Louis Blues as part of a doomed — from the Penguins’ perspective — trade for enforcer Ryan Reaves. Yet, even with that much separation, Penguins goaltender Matt...
Pirates continuing restructuring, laying off 15 members of baseball operations department
The Pittsburgh Pirates had another round of layoffs on Friday, this time letting go 15 members of the baseball operations staff in a restructuring of the department, a source confirmed to the Tribune-Review. The employees were informed they would not be involved in the organizational plans following this season, so...
Mark Madden: Liverpool’s worldwide fanbase can savor long-awaited championship
It took 30 difficult years. But at day’s end, it was relatively easy. Liverpool FC have been a juggernaut of epic proportion on the way to the pinnacle of English football for the first time since 1990. Their seven remaining games will determine their exact place in history, but that’s...
NHL not planning to quarantine players for training campsVideo
Jason Spezza’s confidence in the NHL returning has not been shaken by word of 11 fellow players testing positive for the coronavirus. Given his involvement in NHL Players’ Association talks, the veteran Toronto forward knew from doctors’ input there would be positive test results in hockey just as there have...
NBA, players sign off on final terms for restarted seasonVideo
The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association finalized terms of the deal that will allow the league to restart the season at the Disney World campus near Orlando, Fla., next month. The league and the union made the announcement Friday. Many of the details were already known, such as...
Riverhounds learn group opponents for USL Championship season
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds have learned who their group opponents will be for the 2020 USL Championship season. Over the past two days, the USL Championship has been revealing their eight groups for the 2020 season. It was announced on Friday that the Riverhounds will be competing in Group F with...
From ‘fringy’ to fabulous, one tool turned Pirates 1st-round pick Nick Gonzales into the NCAA batting champ
Many Pirates fans have become familiar with the story of Pirates first-round draft choice Nick Gonzales. From underrecruited walk-on at New Mexico State to NCAA batting champ to Cape Cod League MVP to seventh overall pick in the MLB draft in just three years. But his former coach at New...
Double Team: Joe Mullen became a Hall of Famer with the Flames and PenguinsVideo
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...
Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: Predicting the Pirates’ 30-man roster and taxi squad
If you listened to Derek Shelton’s weekly appearance on 93.7 FM, the Pittsburgh Pirates manager dropped a bit of a bombshell when he discussed potential designated hitters. Oh, Shelton has warned us before that he has no plans to designate one player as DH, as much as that might be...
‘Burgh’s Best to Wear it, No. 66: Iconic moments made Mario Lemieux timeless
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. 66: Mario Lemieux As the No. 1 overall pick in the 1981 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s draft, Mario Lemieux wanted to prove he...
Goran Ivanisevic, the coach of Novak Djokovic, tests positive for coronavirus
ZAGREB, Croatia — Former Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic, who now coaches Novak Djokovic and attended the top-ranked player’s exhibition series in Serbia and Croatia, said Friday he has tested positive for the coronavirus. The Croatian great, who won his only Grand Slam title at the All England Club in 2001,...
First Call: Ditching the Hall of Fame Game isn’t a catastrophe, but it’s something
For Friday’s First Call, let’s take a look at the cancellation of the NFL’s Hall of Fame Game. It was supposed to feature the Steelers against the Dallas Cowboys on Aug. 6 in Canton, Ohio. Because of the coronavirus, that ain’t happenin’. Neither is the induction ceremony that would’ve included...
MLB rule changes give new Pirates manager Derek Shelton flexibility with pitching staff, DH
Now that MLB has decided to play a 60-game season featuring regional matchups, new Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton is switching his strategy from a marathon to a sprint and preparing for rule changes. Shelton believes that benefits him, given the Pirates will be playing opponents from the NL Central...
Steelers 2-a-days: Derwin Gray seeks roster spot; Joe Haden returns from Pro Bowl seasonVideo
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: Jarome Iginla, Marian Hossa, tainted history and butterfly effects
When former Steelers Troy Polamalu, Bill Cowher and Donnie Shell were elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame a few months ago, the news was met with celebration in Pittsburgh. A practical Black and Gold caravan was planned to leave Western Pa. and head to Canton, Ohio, for induction...
Rangers’ Artemi Panarin suggests NHL players shouldn’t report without escrow reform
NEW YORK — NHL MVP candidate Artemi Panarin said Thursday he has concerns about the health and safety of players if the season resumes and about finances beyond that. The New York Rangers winger posted a statement on Twitter saying he’s worried about the “long-term prosperity of the NHL.” His...
Ex-boxing champ Roberto Duran tests positive for coronavirus
PANAMA CITY — Panamanian boxer Roberto Durán, who held world championships in four weight classes during his more than three-decade career, has tested positive for the coronavirus but has had only mild symptoms so far, one of his sons said Thursday. Robin Durán said his 69-year-old father was tested after...
Golden Cavs hold off late surge to start WPBL season 2-0
When the Kiski Area Golden Cavs took on Gateway last Thursday in the Western Pennsylvania Baseball League, they didn’t score until the fourth inning. So, for Thursday’s contest against the Independent Players, Kiski Area coach Aaron Albert asked his team to get started a little quicker and his team answered...
Liverpool clinches Premier League title, ends 30-year droughtVideo
LIVERPOOL, England — The 30-year wait is over. Liverpool is champion of England again. Liverpool clinched its first Premier League title since 1990 on Thursday, ending an agonizing title drought without the players even having to take the field. Instead, the league crown was secured when Chelsea beat second-place Manchester...
Dodgers, Twins report some positive tests for covid-19Video
LOS ANGELES — Some people in the Los Angeles Dodgers and Minnesota Twins organizations have tested positive for covid-19, officials with the teams said Thursday. Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said on a video conference call that it’s “a delicate subject,” and he declined to identify those with...
Panthers coach Matt Rhule considers kneeling during national anthemVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers coach and former Penn State linebacker Matt Rhule said he is considering kneeling alongside his players during the national anthem this season in support of the movement against racial injustice. “I would consider anything as we move forward,” Rhule said Thursday on a Zoom conference...
Red Wings have shot to win NHL lottery, draft Alexis LafreniereVideo
The once-proud Detroit Red Wings hope to win the NHL draft lottery, giving them a shot to select Canadian Alexis Lafreniere. Detroit desperately needs a boost after easily being the worst team in the league during the pandemic-shortened season that was put on ice in March. Lafreniere, an 18-year-old winger,...
NASCAR hopes new fans join the sport in push for equalityVideo
This is NASCAR in 2020: An opening weekend that had a visit from the president and a death-defying crash. A pandemic-forced hiatus that drove the virtual racing popularity boom. Empty grandstands. And suddenly, perhaps surprisingly, a prominent role in the push for racial equality. All with the second half of...
Phil Mickelson added to field in U.S. Open without qualifyingVideo
The USGA is leaning a little more on the world ranking and a lot more on tournament results over the next two months to fill the 144-man field for a U.S. Open that will be without open qualifying for the first time in nearly a century. The exemption categories announced...
Mackenzie Hughes shoots 60 for 3-shot lead at Travelers ChampionshipVideo
CROMWELL, Conn. — Mackenzie Hughes shot a career-low 60 on Thursday to take the first-round at the Travelers Championship as the PGA Tour tried to switch its focus back to golf amid growing concerns about the coronavirus. Hughes, a 29-year-old Canadian, had a chance to shoot the 12th sub-60 round...
