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Bushy Run Legion team falls short after amazing run
It was a disappointing end to an amazing season for the Bushy Run American Legion baseball team. The hottest team coming into the Pennsylvania American Legion Region 7 tournament at Latrobe picked a bad team to cool off against and not play its best. After opening the tournament with an...
Fishing report: Crappie biting at Shenango Reservoir
• Anglers are finding plenty of panfish at Shenango Reservoir, with live bait such as crickets or worms providing a solid option as far as bait is concerned. Crappie are also biting for fishermen who are casting out into the deeper areas of the reservoir. • The Kinzua Reservoir is...
Kurt Warner played in Super Bowl at 37, believes Ben Roethlisberger can do it, too
The last time the Pittsburgh Steelers won the Super Bowl, Ben Roethlisberger outdueled 37-year-old quarterback Kurt Warner to bring the franchise its sixth Lombardi Trophy. This year, the tables have turned on Roethlisberger. He is the same age Warner was on that February night in 2009 at Tampa’s Raymond James...
Penguins Prediction Rewind: Kris Letang piled up pluses during bounce-back season
Last summer, beat writer Jonathan Bombulie made a series of predictions leading up to the start of the 2018-19 season. Some were OK. Some were hilariously off the mark. In this series, Bombulie will explain what he was thinking and where his logic went off course. THE QUESTION Will Kris...
What music gets the Steelers hyped for training camp?
There’s no doubt about what Steelers guard Ramon Foster is listening to in order to get hyped up for 2019 training camp. “ ‘Racks in the Middle,’ by Nipsey Hussle,” Foster said without missing a beat at Saint Vincent College. “I think that’s the only one worthy of mentioning.” Likewise,...
Chartiers Valley grad Joe Westrick reaching milestones for Gannon cross country
Perhaps Joe Westrick was born to run, but he wasn’t necessarily hard-wired to race. That was something he needed to develop. As he prepares for his senior season with the Gannon cross country team, the Chartiers Valley graduate is nearing the finish line of one of the most decorated careers...
North Allegheny grad Zach Petronic excels at USRowing Nationals
North Allegheny graduate and McCandless rower Zach Petronic has had to make changes, and it’s paying off. Petronic, 27, took first place in the men’s intermediate 1x final at the USRowing National Championships on July 9-14 in Bethel, Ohio. “I’ve had to learn a lot about balancing the workload and...
Hampton grad Brett Scheib makes mark in swimming at Mount Union
Brett Scheib was a four-time WPIAL qualifier and three-time state qualifier for the Hampton swimming program. Though he admits choosing a college was a tough decision, the transition has been smooth. Scheib, a 2018 graduate, established himself as one of the top young freestyle swimmers in the Ohio Athletic Conference...
Antonio Brown makes grand Raiders camp entrance in hot-air balloon
I guess you could say he’s comin’ in hot. Antonio Brown, he of grand training camp entrances, made his Oakland Raiders camp debut Friday in … drum roll … a hot-air balloon. Float like a butterfly, sting like AB.#RaiderNation X @AB84 pic.twitter.com/68X0EWlDRp— Oakland Raiders (@Raiders) July 26, 2019 “I thought...
With playoff hopes all but gone, what’s next for Pirates?
Except for a few notable exceptions earlier this decade, interest in baseball wanes among area sports fans the day the Pittsburgh Steelers report to training camp. This year, it was remarkable how the two events coincided. The last-place Pirates fell to 2-11 since the All-Star break on Thursday while the...
Penguins pick up defense prospect John Marino in trade with Edmonton
The Pittsburgh Penguins took a stab at acquiring a prospect on defense Friday, trading a conditional sixth-round pick in the 2021 draft to the Edmonton Oilers for John Marino. The Oilers will acquire the pick if Marino, a rising senior at Harvard, signs with the Penguins before the 2021 draft....
Kevin Gorman: When Maurkice Pouncey speaks, the Steelers are listening
If you were looking for leadership on the first day of training camp for the Pittsburgh Steelers, it showed up in a black SUV and parked in front of Rooney Hall at Saint Vincent College. Maurkice Pouncey arrived early Thursday with little fanfare and few words. There wasn’t much to...
First Call: Phil Kessel’s ‘leadership’ role with Coyotes; another team in on Felipe Vazquez
In “First Call” Friday, Phil Kessel is taking on some added responsibility in Arizona. Another team in the mix for Felipe Vazquez. The worst Pirates trade of all time. Role change for Phil Phil Kessel: Leader! Yeah, I couldn’t type it with a straight face either. But that’s the picture...
Steelers training camp primer: First practice will be minus T.J. Watt
Each day of Steelers training camp, the Trib rounds up some things to pay attention to during practice at Saint Vincent: WHAT TO WATCH Football in shorts: With the exception of outside linebacker T.J. Watt, every player on the 91-man roster is expected to be healthy for the first official...
Steelers 2-a-days: Tight end Trevor Wood, kicker Matthew Wright, both undrafted rookies
Editor’s note: From now until the first practice of training camp at Saint Vincent College, the Trib will be running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, assessing each player’s outlook for the 2019 season. The breakdown will go through the roster in mostly-alphabetical order, (at least) two per day, between...
Football Footnotes: Le’Veon Bell looks familiar; Browns popularity; Larry Fitzgerald’s highlight
In this edition of Friday Football Footnotes, a first look at Le’Veon Bell in Jets green. Larry Fitzgerald keeps drinking from the fountain of youth. And the Browns keep making you take notice. Browns business is boomin’ Not that Brown. The Cleveland Browns. It sure seems like NFL fans are...
Swifter Ryan Switzer wants to take advantage of targets for Steelers
Ryan Switzer was enamored with the view at Saint Vincent and excited about the opportunity that awaited his first training camp with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Not only was the third-year slot receiver/return specialist ramped up about a potentially bigger role as a playmaker, but he rounded up his opportunity. “There’s...
Tim Benz: With questions in Steelers passing game, James Conner must be sharp from Day 1
Most of the questions on the first day of Pittsburgh Steelers training camp last year were about Le’Veon Bell, his contract status and the state of the running game in his absence. James Conner answered many of those questions and rendered many of the concerns moot with a Pro Bowl...
Pirates minor league report: July 25, 2019
Pirates INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 52-50) lost 3-2 to Syracuse (Mets). RF Kevin Kramer (.260) was 2 for 4 from the plate with a fifth-inning solo home run for the game’s first run. RF Trayvon Robinson (.309) hit a pinch-hit RBI double in the eighth inning. LHP Sean Keselica (1-5, 3.74 with...
Jeannette’s Demetrious Cox hopes to earn stripes with Bengals
While Demetrious Cox has other things lined up for after football, the former Jeannette standout is far from ready to begin the descent on his pro career. Cox is set to begin training camp this weekend with the Cincinnati Bengals after spending most of last season on the team’s practice...
Steelers podcast: Tim Benz, Kevin Gorman on Tomlin’s extension, Boswell’s challenge
It’s the first of many “Breakfast With Benz” podcasts from Saint Vincent College over the next three weeks. Steelers 2019 training camp is underway. Fellow Tribune-Review columnist Kevin Gorman and I talk about the upcoming practices as the Steelers prepare for the season ahead. The players reported. The first run...
Kevin Gorman: Reading fine print on Mike Tomlin’s deal with Steelers
If the Pittsburgh Steelers didn’t send a strong enough message this offseason that Mike Tomlin is still the man in charge, they made it official by announcing his contract extension Thursday as players were reporting to Saint Vincent. Upon missing the playoffs for the first time in five years with...
Hempfield East Legion team honors suspended coach Shamberger
After the Hempfield East baseball team was awarded medals and a trophy for winning the Pennsylvania American Legion Region 7 title for the second consecutive season Tuesday at Latrobe, players and parents started chanting for “Harry.” It was in honor of former coach Harry Shamberger, and the players summoned him...
Mike Tomlin: Steelers will ‘create a little pressure’ in camp for Chris Boswell
Conventional wisdom is Chris Boswell only can regain the trust of the Pittsburgh Steelers while performing in game situations. “In the stadiums,” as coach Mike Tomlin likes to say. Tomlin, however, disagrees. He believes the Steelers can challenge their five-year kicker on the practice fields of Saint Vincent. “We’re going...
Steelers’ T.J. Watt (hamstring) to begin training camp on PUP list
The annual Pittsburgh Steelers training camp-opening conditioning run claimed one casualty this season. But although the name is a major one, the ailment seemingly is not. Outside linebacker T.J. Watt landed on the physically unable to perform list after “experiencing some tightness” in his left hamstring during the final conditioning...
