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Under 1% of MLB employees test positive for virus antibodiesVideo
NEW YORK — Just 0.7% of Major League Baseball employees tested positive for antibodies to covid-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus. Researchers received 6,237 completed surveys from employees of 26 clubs. That led to 5,754 samples obtained in the U.S. on April 14 and 15 and 5,603 records...
Chip Ganassi Racing ready to take E-racing to extreme
Fox Chapel native Chip Ganassi has never been one to shy away from innovation, and earlier this week his racing team announced its next adventurous endeavor. After celebrating its 30th anniversary earlier this year, Chip Ganassi Racing revealed it will be joining its first electrical racing venture, confirming its 2021...
Knoch grad Geist focused on future shot put events, including Olympic Trials
In the most recent world rankings for the men’s shot put, Jordan Geist checked in at No. 19, fifth among his American colleagues. Those rankings came out the last day of March, and in the weeks prior, Geist, who owns a personal record of 21.59 meters (70 feet, 10 inches),...
Tessitore, McFarland out on Monday Night Football. Here’s what ESPN is considering.Video
Joe Tessitore and Booger McFarland are out as ESPN’s Monday Night Football announcing team, two industry sources said Saturday. The network is planning to fill those two jobs internally, according to a source. Steve Levy has emerged as the most likely candidate to replace Tessitore on play-by-play, two sources said....
Poised for big season, Seton Hill baseball accepts cruel fate of emotional year
Tanner Froelich said his team’s “why” is greater than any other team’s when it comes to the disappointment felt by the cancellation of the college baseball season, the evil work of the debilitating coronavirus. “We had such a great start to the year,” said Froelich, a redshirt freshman catcher for...
John Steigerwald: Sports without fans will be dreadful, and we all know it
Good for the NFL. The league, after taking major heat for holding its draft as scheduled at the end of April, released its 2020 schedule Thursday with the intention of starting the season on time. The big question, of course, is will fans be allowed to attend the games? If...
Southwestern PA summer baseball leagues still hoping to have seasonVideo
The crack of the bat and the pop of the mitt are sounds associated with kids playing baseball or softball during the summer. Will those sounds be heard in Southwestern Pennsylvania come June or July? That is unknown, but American Legion Region 7 director, District 31 president and Latrobe manager...
Penguins A to Z: Filip Hallander has promise as a top-six winger
While the NHL is on hold due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 55 individuals under NHL contract with the organization, from mid-level prospect Niclas Almari to high-profile trade acquisition Jason Zucker. Player: Filip Hallander Position: Center Shoots:...
Springdale quarterback Ausk returns from collarbone injury bigger and better
Legend Ausk was excited about his sophomore year on the football field. The young Springdale quarterback put in a lot of time and effort during the offseason to make sure when the lights turned on at Veterans Memorial Field on Friday nights in 2019, he was the one leading the...
Mock NFL draft, 2021: Pitt’s Patrick Jones No. 9 to the Falcons, Jaylen Twyman No. 26 to the Vikings
While Pat Narduzzi continues building his 2021 recruiting class, expectations for Pitt’s 2020 season continue to increase. Taking into serious consideration that it’s nearly a full year before the real thing, two Pitt players are projected to be selected in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft, according to...
Pitt snares commitments from three players; class of 2021 ranked 21st in the nation
Pat Narduzzi made arrangements for Pitt’s present and future over a busy Mother’s Day weekend that raised the program’s national profile — at least on paper. Pitt’s coach received three verbal commitments from three-star prospects Sunday, pushing its 12-man class of 2021 to No. 21 in the nation, according to...
Pitt lands fourth graduate transfer offensive lineman in four years
When he can’t find everything he needs on his roster, Pat Narduzzi is never afraid to look elsewhere to improve his team. Pitt’s coach continued what has become an annual event when he nailed down an experienced graduate transfer for his offensive line, getting a verbal commitment Saturday night from...
Mixed feelings around hockey about holding NHL Draft earlyVideo
The NFL’s successful virtual draft and uncertainty surrounding the resumption of hockey this season have raised the possibility of an NHL Draft held before the Stanley Cup Final. After postponing its draft scheduled for June 26-27 in light of the coronavirus pandemic, the NHL is considering having it earlier in...
‘Monday Night Football’ sacking Booger McFarland, Joe TessitoreVideo
The cringeworthy Booger McFarland-Joe Tessitore “Monday Night Football” booth is no more, according to Richard Deitsch and several other published reports. They somehow managed to lose their jobs even though the NFL season is far from a certainty. The pair was, at best, uneven in two years doing Monday nights....
After Tommy John surgery, former Fox Chapel left-hander Monteverde motivated to take career to next level
A year ago, former Fox Chapel left-hander Pat Monteverde was coming off one of the best innings of his life. The then-sophomore at Seton Hill had thrown 10 pitches and struck out three Augustana batters during the Griffins’ spring break trip to Florida. Augustana was the defending NCAA Division II...
Penguins A to Z: Jake Guentzel could get a second chance
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 55 individuals under NHL contract with the organization, from mid-level prospect Niclas Almari to high-profile trade acquisition Jason Zucker. Player: Jake Guentzel Position: Left winger...
Last surviving player from ‘A League of Their Own’ team diesVideo
Mary Pratt, who played for the Rockford Peaches and Kenosha Comets in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, died. She was 101. Pratt died Wednesday. Her nephew, Walter Pratt, told The Patriot Ledger she passed away peacefully at a nursing home. Pratt pitched in the women’s league from 1943-47. The...
As pandemic threatens to scramble Triple Crown schedule, trainers and historians say they’ll welcome races wheneverVideo
BALTIMORE — From the first year the Preakness Stakes was run in 1873 until the race settled into its current place on the calendar in 1932, it preceded the Kentucky Derby 11 times and was contested on the same day twice. In 1945, as thoroughbred racing emerged from a blackout...
Dave Hyde: Shula and ‘Beli-cheat’ — it would have become increasingly uncomfortableVideo
A group of old-time South Florida sports writers and TV types now spread across the country had a Zoom talk Friday about Dolphins Hall of Fame coach Don Shula. Thoughts. Memories. Laughs. A virtual goodbye, of sorts, after his death on Monday. Amid the storytelling Chuck Dowdle, the former host...
Where have you gone, Evgeni Malkin? Local bettors turn to obscure Russian hockey leagueVideo
Even while all major North American team sports are shut down because of the coronavirus, Pittsburgh continues to add to its reputation as a hockey town. While gamblers usually would be making wagers on the NBA and NHL playoffs and the early part of the MLB season at this time...
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins forward Ben Sexton retiresVideo
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins forward Ben Sexton announced his retirement via Twitter on Saturday. Sexton, 28, was signed to a one-year AHL contract but did not play at all in 2019-20 because of concussion issues. In 26 games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton during the 2018-19 season, Sexton scored 10 points (seven goals, three assists)....
Steelers’ Anthony McFarland ‘idolizes’ Le’Veon Bell, but will forge own path as No. 26Video
He’s been given high praise on a national stage by a legend at his position. A college teammate who’s joined him in the pros can’t say enough good things about him. A prominent new teammate has taken a liking to him, and he has quite the “in” with a notable...
Recently retired Ramon Foster a guest speaker at Steelers virtual rookie minicamp
Eleven years ago, Ramon Foster took part in the Pittsburgh Steelers rookie minicamp as an undrafted offensive lineman desperate to earn a job. Foster not only did that, he became a starter throughout the course of his career, the past several seasons of which as a sage left guard on...
Steelers’ Mike Tomlin: No team facilities should open until all NFL team facilities can open
Even if Allegheny County’s “yellow light” turns green, that will have little to do with if the Pittsburgh Steelers can get back to the football field. At least, that’s Mike Tomlin’s opinion. The Steelers coach said Saturday he believes no NFL teams should be permitted access to their facilities until...
Coaches exposing him to ‘a lot,’ but Steelers rookie Antoine Brooks’ first focus is safetyVideo
Antoine Brooks appealed to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the draft because of his versatility. Less than two weeks into his pro career, that remains true. But it’s his given position — safety — that is Brooks’ primary focus during this weekend’s virtual rookie minicamp. “(Coaches) have let me know a...
