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Penguins sign Zach Aston-Reese to 2-year deal, avoiding arbitration
Zach Aston-Reese’s original plans for Monday morning included sitting in a meeting room in Toronto and listening to his employer talk about all the things he isn’t good at. He is awfully glad plans changed. Aston-Reese agreed to a new two-year contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday, minutes before...
Patriots’ Tom Brady draws backlash over cliff jump post
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has some people questioning his parenting skills after posting a video of himself and his daughter jumping off a cliff while on vacation in Costa Rica. Brady posted the video to his Instagram Saturday with the caption, “If Vivi is going to be an...
Pitt picked to finish 4th in ACC Coastal; opening-night opponent Virginia ranks 1st
If a poll of 173 media members is to be believed, Pitt’s opener against Virginia on Aug. 31 at Heinz Field will be one of its most difficult games of the season. Virginia received 82 votes to win the ACC Coastal in a poll conducted last week at the ACC...
Pitt extends football, basketball broadcast deals with 93.7 FM
Pitt’s athletic department has entered into a multi-year broadcast partnership with Entercom, a media and entertainment company, that will keep the university’s football and basketball games on 93.7 FM for the 10th consecutive season. The station has provided play-by-play for both teams since the 2010-11 seasons, but for the first...
Tim Benz, Mark Madden preview Steelers training camp, discuss Pirates’ stumble
In this week’s “Madden Monday,” Mark Madden of 105.9 the X joins me to preview the 2019 Steelers training camp. Are we relying too much on “addition by subtraction” for hope this year? We also kick around a few position concerns such as cornerback, safety and kicker. Then we get...
Former Pirates infielder Dale Berra reflects on ‘unique’ childhood
Dale Berra was a first-round draft choice in 1975, reached the big leagues at age 20 and won a World Series ring with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1979. But all of those events — spawned through his athletic gifts and hard work — can’t compare to the one of which...
First Call: Questions about fan on field at PNC Park during Pirates-Phillies game
In “First Call” Monday, I have so many questions about that fan who got on the field at PNC Park. Also tarp terrors and a Big Ten coach should just keep preachin’ on. I’m so confused A fan casually walked up to home plate in the middle of the Pirates-Phillies...
Tim Benz: Le’Veon Bell channels Antonio Brown in social media rant
Did former Pittsburgh Steeler Le’Veon Bell just have a “Mr. Big Chest” moment? It sure looks that way. OK, he didn’t dye any of his facial hair blonde. Nor did he rant on a treadmill during a midnight workout session. But at least Antonio Brown did that stuff in the...
Steelers 2-a-days: Stephon Tuitt poised for big season? Alejandro Villanueva another Pro Bowl?
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...
Tim Benz: 1 stubborn stance about Steelers that Mike Tomlin must drop
Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is still spinning the same yarn. Circus? Distractions? There was never anything crazy about the Steelers locker room! When speaking to ESPN last week, Tomlin made the following statement when asked if he expected a “calmer locker room” this year. “I don’t know that our...
‘Huddle Up with Gus’: Mike Jarvis discusses his rise through high school, NCAA coaching
As a high school basketball player in Cambridge, Mass., Mike Jarvis stepped into Boston Garden, and he was hooked. Jarvis, a senior, and his Rindge Technical High School teammates won the championship in front of 13,000-plus fans. But a junior-college scout also had seen the tournament, and he got a...
West Point Major team opens Little League state tournament with win
West Point Little League Major Division baseball team got three RBIs from Cameron Elder and opened the state tournament Sunday at Camp Hill with a 9-5 victory against Harborcreek. Elder had a double and single and earned the save in relief. Dylan Firmstone had two hits and Jacob Hornyak had...
Pirates’ Clint Hurdle, Neal Huntington recognize human side of trade deadline
Francisco Liriano has been traded four times, three times in the lead-up to the trade deadline –including once by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Melky Cabrera has been dealt three times as a major-leaguer himself; he’s changed teams seven times. The two men combine for more than 70 years of life and...
Pirates farm report for Sunday, July 21, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 50-49) defeated Durham (Rays), 3-1. CF Jason Martin (.261) had two hits and an RBI. Pinch-hitter Will Craig (.247) hit his 19th homer, a solo shot. Dovydas Neverauskas (2-1) got the victory with two scoreless innings of relief. He struck out four. Starter Mitch Keller (7-4, 3.10) gave...
John Steigerwald: ’79 Pirates reminder of difficulty current small-market teams have
What will happen first: An American walking on Mars or the Pirates going to another World Series? Right now, I’d put my money on a Mars walk. The Pirates celebrated the 40th anniversary of their most recent World Series win Saturday night — the same night America was celebrating the...
Bushy Run’s season comes to shocking end
Bushy Run entered the Pennsylvania American Legion Region 7 tournament on a roll. Its pitchers didn’t allow a run in five District 31 playoff games. But after an opening-round win, Bushy Run’s season came to a sudden end two days later. Beech Creek scored four runs in the top of...
Jeannette grad Robert Kennedy pulls in pair of local offers
Coming out of Jeannette, Robert Kennedy was considered one of the better football talents — and all around athletes —- in the state. A quarterback, wide receiver and defensive back for the WPIAL and PIAA Class A champion Jayhawks two years ago, Kennedy opted to attend Lackawanna, a junior college...
Kevin Harvick edges Denny Hamlin at New Hampshire
LOUDON, N.H. — Kevin Harvick held off Denny Hamlin at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday for his first NASCAR Cup Series victory of the season. After the two made contact coming out of the final turn, Harvick finished 0.210 seconds ahead for his 46th series victory and first since...
Mariano Rivera ‘closes’ Baseball Hall of Fame inductions
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — The chants began even before baseball’s greatest closer stood to make his speech. “Mariano! Mariano! Mariano!” The former New York Yankees reliever paused and smiled. “I don’t understand why I have to always be the last,” Mariano Rivera joked at his Hall of Fame induction Sunday. “I...
Tommy Fleetwood fails to mount challenge in final round of British Open
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — The rain was verging on torrential, the putts weren’t dropping, and Tommy Fleetwood was looking thoroughly miserable on the most remote part of the soggy Dunluce Links. “Oh, Tommy,” he said, his shoulders slumping as his third shot from the middle of the fairway at the...
Trevor Williams to start Monday for Pirates after missing start because of flu symptoms
Trevor Williams felt better Sunday, and he’ll return to the Pittsburgh Pirates rotation Monday. Williams will start the opener of a four-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals after he was scratched from his scheduled return in the rotation Saturday because of what the team called “severe flu-like symptoms.” Williams...
Pirates lose game, series to Phillies on 11th-inning homer
The Pittsburgh Pirates had opportunities to win Sunday’s game in the ninth and 10th innings. The Philadelphia Phillies just needed one swing to do it in the 11th. Rhys Hoskins turned on a Chris Stratton curveball for a line-drive homer down the left-field line to lead off the 11th inning...
Team from Puerto Rico makes Freeport baseball invitational regular stop
The echos from the fireworks grand finale had yet to roll out of the valley to bring last year’s Freeport International Baseball Invitational to a close, and FIBI president Chuck Sarver already was thinking about this year’s invitational. As soon as the lights to historic Swartz Field kicked back on,...
Sye Lynch hoping to follow in dad’s footsteps at Lernerville
Every year, Ed Lynch Jr. gathers with family and friends to watch his win in the 2002 Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup at Lernerville, but he doesn’t need the video to recall every detail of the night he beat the World of Outlaws. “I remember it like it was yesterday,”...
Steelers training camp preview: 4 money-related questions
Not all training camp questions pertain to matters on the field. Historically, the Pittsburgh Steelers use August and early September to take care of “future business,” which is getting their financial house in order for beyond the upcoming season. It is the time of year the Steelers dole out new...
