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Steelers lose salary cap manager to Carolina Panthers
The first departure of the offseason for the Pittsburgh Steelers is not a player or coach, but a member of the organization’s front office. Samir Suleiman, the team’s football administration coordinator who helped managed the salary cap, is leaving to take a similar job with the Carolina Panthers. Panthers owner...
Penguins Justin Schultz, Dominik Simon practice fully; Dominik Kahun has concussionVideo
Justin Schultz was back on the ice with teammates at Pittsburgh Penguins practice Monday, and neither the defenseman nor his coach would rule out the possibility of returning to game action Tuesday at the Philadelphia Flyers. A day after leaving Sunday’s win against the Boston Bruins because of a hip...
3-star junior safety Javon McIntyre commits to Pitt
With Pitt’s 2020 recruiting class nearly complete, coach Pat Narduzzi received the third verbal commitment from a member of the class of 2021 when safety Javon McIntyre tweeted his intention to enroll next year. He committed to Pitt over the weekend while visiting campus with several teammates from the Imhotep...
Mark Madden: Penguins fans’ jeering of Matt Murray was despicable
I’ve been a Penguins fan since I was 6. Working in journalism has made me hide that occasionally. But I’ve never done a great job at it, or even felt the need to. On Sunday, I was embarrassed to be a Penguins fan. Matt Murray struggled in goal at game’s...
Baylor jumps Zags to give AP poll record-tying seventh No. 1
Baylor and Gonzaga were the only two teams in the top five that took care of business last week. That doesn’t mean they didn’t move around, too. The Bears (15-1) leaped over the Bulldogs and into the No. 1 spot in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll on Monday,...
Weekend College Top 10: IUP women surge past Cal (Pa.)
Every Monday, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: 1. No. 8 IUP women outlast No. 20 Cal (Pa.) in PSAC showdown Lexi Griggs (Vincentian) recorded a season-high 22 points as the Crimson Hawks downed the Vulcans, 76-61, on Saturday in a rematch of last...
Tim Benz, Mark Madden lay into fans booing Matt Murray, break down state of Penguins, Super Bowl matchupVideo
Was the jeering of Matt Murray warranted? And what does his play of late mean for the Penguins’ goaltending situation? Tim Benz and Mark Madden discuss the state of the Penguins coming off a 4-3 come-from-behind victory over the Boston Bruins on Sunday. Mark lambastes the fan base for getting...
Gaby Lopez wins LPGA tournament in Florida in 7-hole playoffVideo
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Having already battled for five extra holes into darkness without producing a champion a day earlier, Gaby Lopez and Nasa Hataoka showed up to work at 8 a.m., just like regular folks. The early wake-up call and extra golf was worth it for Lopez, who...
Tim Benz, Mark Madden discuss Penguins beating Bruins, Super Bowl matchup, Astros scandal
This week’s “Madden Monday” with Mark Madden features three big topics: • The Penguins comeback win Sunday against the Boston Bruins • The AFC and NFC championship games • The Houston Astros cheating controversy We start with the Penguins. How big of a deal is it that they got at...
Diontae Johnson confident he showed Steelers made wise 3rd-round investment in himVideo
A second-team All-Pro as a rookie? Even if it wasn’t at his given position, that’s a good start. Eyebrows were raised in April when the Pittsburgh Steelers used their pick at the top of the third round on Diontae Johnson, a smallish wide receiver from Toledo. By January, though, Johnson...
Tim Benz: How Penguins flipped the script against troublesome Bruins
Normally, Pittsburgh’s obsession with losing to teams from New England is focused on the football field. This week, it bled onto the hockey rink, too. Whatever success the Penguins seemed to spin against the rest of the league this season, it had failed to manifest against the Boston Bruins. The...
Tim Benz: Hard to find sympathy for ‘cheated’ Astros rivals who stood silent
For the past week, the news cycle surrounding the Houston Astros sign-stealing controversy has been constant. And so has the bloodletting. Manager A.J. Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow have been fired. Because they were formerly members of the Astros, Red Sox manager Alex Cora and Mets manager Carlos Beltran...
John Steigerwald: Super Bowl matchup proves NFL now belongs to young QBs
The old guys are staying home. There will be no grizzled veteran quarterback in the Super Bowl this year. Patrick Mahomes, 24, will go to Miami in two weeks with the Kansas City Chiefs, and 28-year-old Jimmy Garoppolo will be there with the San Francisco 49ers. Tom Brady, 43, Drew...
After cashing in on QB gambles, Niners, Chiefs in Super BowlVideo
A little more than two years ago, a pair of teams gambled on quarterbacks who had all kinds of potential but were far from a sure thing. Both teams guessed right. The Kansas City Chiefs will meet the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl on Feb. 2 in Miami....
Titans’ Derrick Henry stymied by Chiefs in AFC title gameVideo
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Tennessee Titans hoped to follow the same gameplan against the Kansas City Chiefs that had carried them to playoff wins in Baltimore and New England, giving the ball to running back Derrick Henry as much as possible. It was a bad sign that their bruising...
Chiefs’ Andy Reid headed back to Super Bowl after long absenceVideo
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Andy Reid sat inside a small dorm room on the campus of Missouri Western State six months ago, right as training camp got underway, and lamented for a moment how close his Kansas City Chiefs came to the Super Bowl last season. On Sunday, the coach...
Raheem Mostert runs wild as 49ers beat Packers in NFC championship gameVideo
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Raheem Mostert rushed for 220 yards and four touchdowns to make quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo mostly a spectator, Nick Bosa harassed Aaron Rodgers from the start and the San Francisco 49ers beat the Green Bay Packers, 37-20, on Sunday for the NFC championship. The 49ers (15-3) advanced...
Shippensburg men lean on W.Pa. contingent to overpower Seton Hill
Remnants of the WPIAL and vicinity were on display Sunday at Seton Hill, where as many as eight former basketball players from the area were on the floor at once. Carlos Carter, a former Indiana star and a sophomore forward at Shippensburg, played 11 minutes before taking a seat on...
Empty Thoughts: Penguins 4, Bruins 3
Observations from the Penguins’ 4-3 win against the Bruins. First things first, there were no updates on Penguins forwards Dominik Kahun or Dominik Simon. Both players failed to finish the game due to undisclosed injuries. Kahun’s final shift came at 1:32 into the second period while Simon’s last shift was...
Kevin Gorman: Make no mistake, Matt Murray and Jack Johnson push Penguins past BruinsVideo
Perhaps no Pittsburgh Penguins have served as lightning rods for the fan base more than goalie Matt Murray and defenseman Jack Johnson, and both were being blamed for a three-goal, first-period deficit against the Boston Bruins. Murray and Johnson took their share of abuse in the first five minutes Sunday...
Mahomes leads Chiefs past Titans, into 1st Super Bowl in 50 yearsVideo
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Arrowhead Stadium rocked to Whitney Houston’s “I Want To Dance With Somebody.” Kansas City fans’ half-century wait to boogie in the Super Bowl is over — in great part because of their quarterback’s magical feet, not to mention his majestic arm. With his best imitation of...
Conor McGregor holds all the UFC cards after impressive winVideo
LAS VEGAS — After three years without a victory, Conor McGregor needed only 40 seconds to reclaim his place at the center of the mixed martial arts world. McGregor’s dynamic stoppage of Donald Cerrone in UFC 246 on Saturday night put the Irish superstar firmly in control of the future...
Apollo-Ridge grad Jake Nulph named Edinboro football coach
Edinboro hired Apollo-Ridge grad Jake Nulph as its football coach Sunday. Nulph replaces Wayne Bradford, who parted ways with the school in November. Nulph was a defensive backs and special teams coach at IUP in 2019 and a special teams coordinator and defensive backs coach at Duquesne in ‘18. Nulph...
Pirates’ projected 2020 payroll ranks 2nd lowest in MLB at $69M
Bob Nutting, fairly or not, has developed a reputation of being a cheap owner in the eyes of many Pittsburgh Pirates fans. That perception of Nutting likely isn’t going away anytime soon. The Pirates are projected to have a $69 million payroll to open the 2020 season, according to Tribune-Review...
Derry grad Zach Baum having another strong season for Saint Vincent swimming
Derry alum Zach Baum is having another fine season on the Saint Vincent men’s swimming team but said all that matters is making the NCAA championship. A junior, Baum made a “B” cut of 48.69 seconds in the 100-yard butterfly. The time ranks him among the top Division III performers...
