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Keone Kela declines to confirm or deny reported altercation with Pirates officialVideo
Keone Kela looked relaxed, comfortable, even happy, as he sat in front of his locker Wednesday afternoon in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ clubhouse. Certainly not like a player who had spent the past two games on the Pirates’ suspended list. There was a report from Yahoo Sports on Tuesday night that...
West Point Major team eliminated from state tournament
West Point Major Division baseball team suffered an offensive power outage in its final two games at the Pennsylvania Little League state tournament at Camp Hill. After winning its first game of the tournament, West Point was outscored 25-0 over the final two games including 6-0 to Exeter on Wednesday....
Ryan Blaney hoping to right inconsistent season at Pocono
It has been a season of inconsistency for Ryan Blaney. On one hand, the driver of the No. 12 Team Penske Ford has run well enough to win. Through 20 races, he has led 362 laps and posted six top-five and eight top-10 finishes. Ranked 11th in the standings, he...
Pirates notebook: Jameson Taillon suffers setback during rehab
Pitcher Jameson Taillon received bad news in his attempt to return from an elbow strain. While throwing from 90 feet in the past four days, Taillon experienced a recurrence of his right forearm discomfort that has kept him on the Pittsburgh Pirates injured list since May 4. The next step...
Column: Bengals ready for fresh start under new coach Zac Taylor
CINCINNATI — Zac Taylor looks young because he is young. The new coach of the Cincinnati Bengals turned 36 in May. “New ideas,” Duke Tobin, the team’s director of player personnel, said Tuesday at the Bengals’ annual pre-training camp luncheon. “New way of doing things.” “Fresh energy,” said Mike Brown,...
Dustin Johnson, Thomas both with titles to defend at WGC event in Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Dustin Johnson made it clear. Even though he won the last time the PGA Tour visited TPC Southwind, he is not the defending champion. That would be Justin Thomas, who is looking to become the first repeat winner at this World Golf Championships event since Tiger Woods...
Patriots adjust to life without Rob GronkowskiVideo
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The Super Bowl champion New England Patriots are back at work, and things are already a lot quieter. Rob Gronkowski has retired, and the locker room is a more serious place without the fun-loving tight end who once declared himself the life of the party — in...
Julian Alaphilippe, Geraint Thomas bracing for Tour de France showdown
GAP, France — Picture the final showdown in “High Noon.” But at more than a mile above sea level. With an Alpine trilogy of stages including six climbs in rarefied air, forecasts of stormy weather and only 39 seconds separating five riders determined to topple yellow jersey holder Julian Alaphilippe,...
Tribute planned at nationals for late runner Gabe Grunewald
DES MOINES, Iowa — Justin Grunewald carries a lock of her hair with him as a remembrance. He has countless photos of her on his phone, along with rich stories from so many. He feels closest to his late wife, Gabriele — “Gabe” to everyone — at random moments: on...
Dominant Clemson, Alabama sit atop college football throneVideo
Clemson and Alabama have turned college football largely into a two-team show with blowouts wins, conference domination and national championships. The Tigers and Crimson Tide have split the last four national titles, matching the combined number of losses they’ve had against the rest of the country. They are making league...
Browns coach Freddie Kitchens wants players to embrace expectations
BEREA, Ohio — Cleveland Browns coach Freddie Kitchens doesn’t want his players fearing the sky-high expectations being placed on them. “I want everybody to understand this: Our goal here with the Cleveland Browns is always to win the Super Bowl,” he said. “I don’t want to ever be scared to...
Dedicated group serves as umpires for Freeport International Baseball Invitational
Chris Speer’s umpiring career started by accident. Sitting in the stands getting ready to watch a game 10 years ago, an umpire failed to show. Speer answered the call so the game could be played. Now, he is one of the more prominent umpires at the Freeport International Baseball Invitational....
Penguins Prediction Rewind: Derick Brassard spent some time on wing before departure
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 How much...
Former Penguins forward Billy Tibbetts back in jail
Former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Billy Tibbetts is back behind bars. According to a report in the Patriot-Ledger in Quincy, Mass., Tibbetts was taken into custody after a courtroom outburst Tuesday and was ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation. The earliest he could be released is Oct. 23. Tibbetts was...
Maple Leafs sign former Penguins winger Garrett Wilson
Garrett Wilson, who played 50 games as a fourth-line winger for the Pittsburgh Penguins last season, has signed a one-year deal with the Toronto Maple Leafs. The 28-year-old Wilson started last season as Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s captain in the AHL before working his way into the NHL lineup and recording two goals,...
Can Chris Boswell rebound? That’s the $2 million question for Steelers kicker
The final drill of offseason workouts pitted Pittsburgh Steelers kicker Chris Boswell against his 2018 failures as much as it did Boswell versus his competition for a roster spot. To conclude minicamp in mid-June, the Steelers conducted a hurry-up offense drill, with the goal for the offense to set up...
Jaguars’ Jalen Ramsey arrives at training camp in fake armored truck
Jacksonville Jaguars outspoken cornerback Jalen Ramsey arrived at training camp on Wednesday in a fake armored truck. The truck, parked near the entrance to camp, was emblazoned with Adidas logos “Feel the Boost” and “Boost.” Ramsey signed with the sports apparel company last month. Comedian Ha Ha Davis stepped down...
Some of the grandest arrivals to training camp by Steelers
One of the first players to arrive at Pittsburgh Steelers training camp earlier this decade privately confided with gleeful excitement about a teammate’s grand entrance. “Wait til you see it,” the player said eagerly, “it’ll be the best one yet.” A couple of years later, another player, when told of...
First Call: Former Steeler may become a Patriot, another tears ACL
In “First Call” Wednesday, one former Steeler may become a Patriot. Another is out for the year. A baby shark. A sinkhole horse. And a second cycle. New life in New England? Pittsburgh Steelers fans kept waiting for athletic wide receiver Justin Hunter to morph into a decent weapon for...
Pirates’ Keone Kela reportedly suspended because of altercation with team employee
Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitcher Keone Kela was suspended as a result of an altercation in the clubhouse with a team employee, Yahoo! Sports reported Tuesday night. According to sources, Pirates reliever Keone Kela was suspended by the club due to an altercation with Hector Morales, team’s director, cultural readiness and...
Podcast: View from Seattle on challenges Penguins legend Ron Francis will face as GM
Seattle is getting an expansion NHL franchise. And they are getting a Penguins legend to run it. Hall of Famer Ron Francis is getting a second crack at being a general manager. This time it’ll be in the Pacific Northwest for the yet-to-be-named expansion team. Francis went 0 for 4...
Tim Benz: Mysteries of 2019 Steelers won’t be solved in training camp
I feel like I’m alone on this. I know why. But I can’t come off my island on this one. Based on nothing but anecdotal conversations with some of my colleagues in the media and fans who follow the Pittsburgh Steelers, I get the sense there is heightened curiosity for...
Steelers 2-a-days: T.J. Watt one of Steelers’ better 1st-rounders, RB Ralph Webb tore up SEC
Editor’s note: From now until the first practice of training camp at Saint Vincent, 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 June...
Tim Benz: 13-year-old Franklin Park kart star looking for major win
It could’ve been really bad. A blow to the face after a Little League game. Right around the eye. He got knocked out. “I was walking home, drinking my apple juice,” said Franklin Park’s Luca Mars, describing the worst injury of his life. “And a girl on the swings with...
Ex-Penguin Phil Kessel puts Pittsburgh-area house on market for $2.1 million
Phil Kessel became a popular player with Pittsburgh Penguins fans over the past four years in large part because of his everyman appeal. Not just anyone could afford his house. Now that he’s been traded to the Arizona Coyotes, Kessel has put his Marshall Township home up for sale with...
