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Pirates squander short-lived lead, get swept by CubsVideo
CHICAGO — This wasn’t the way the Pittsburgh Pirates wanted to come out of the All-Star break. The Pirates entered the break a game under .500 (44-45) and 21⁄2 games behind the first-place Chicago Cubs. A sweep would vault the Pirates into first place in the NL Central. But the...
John Steigerwald: NFL finds another way to give fans less for their money
“Eighteen games is straight baloney, either way you cut it.” You wonder how many NFL players agree with that tweet from Pittsburgh Steelers defensive end Cameron Heyward on Saturday. According to Andrew Beaton of the Wall Street Journal, the owners are going to try to sell the players on an...
Ex-AAF players hope experiences translate into jobs with Steelers
Winston Craig was between practice reps on a warm early April afternoon in San Antonio. Suddenly, he and his teammates noticed something peculiar. Media videographers were trickling onto the field. The San Antonio Commanders, a member of the fledgling Alliance of American Football, typically would have welcomed the coverage —...
Federer dominates Djokovic in every stat except final score in Wimbledon loss
WIMBLEDON, England — Roger Federer won more points than Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final. Federer was the first of the pair to come within a point of taking the championship Sunday, too. Had two such chances in the fifth set. Indeed, Federer dominated the historic match in nearly every...
Royals trade right-hander Homer Bailey to A’s for prospect
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals traded Homer Bailey to the Oakland Athletics for minor league infielder Kevin Merrell on Sunday after scratching the veteran right-hander about 45 minutes before his scheduled start of their series finale against Detroit. The 33-year-old Bailey has rebounded this season with the...
Plum Legion meets Monroeville with regional tournament berth on line
The Plum and Monroeville American Legion baseball teams split their two-game Allegheny South season series. Plum won the most recent matchup 3-1 seven days ago. The teams meet for the third and final time at 8 p.m. Monday at Gateway High School. The winner advances to the Region 6 tournament...
Adam Scott among players perusing Royal Portrush ahead of British Open
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Adam Scott already has spent seven days at Royal Portrush, three of them with Darren Clarke, and the advice was invaluable to the end. They stood off the 18th green Sunday as Scott listened intently to a British Open champion whose game was forged on these...
Novak Djokovic edges Roger Federer in 5 sets for 5th Wimbledon title
WIMBLEDON, England — For nearly five tight, tense and terrific hours, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer traded the lead, playing on and on and on until an unprecedented fifth-set tiebreaker was required to settle their memorable Wimbledon final. In the end, it was Djokovic who emerged victorious, coming back to...
Steelers 2-a-days: Ben Roethlisberger not aging; can Pine-Richland’s Kevin Rader make team?
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...
Kurt Busch outduels little brother to win at Kentucky
SPARTA, Ky. — Kurt Busch did everything possible to get the upper hand on his little brother in a door-to-door overtime battle at Kentucky Speedway. Busch was the victor in a Saturday night showdown between the brothers that gave him his first victory with Chip Ganassi Racing and a spot...
Ratief Goosen’s woes suit Scott Parel fine at Senior Players Championship
AKRON, Ohio — Scott Parel took advantage of Retief Goosen’s problems Saturday to take the third-round lead in the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship, the fourth of the PGA Tour Champions’ five major tournaments. Seven strokes behind Goosen at the start of the day, Parel birdied two of the last three...
Cameron Tringale, Andrew Landry atop crowded leaderboard at John Deere ClassicVideo
SILVIS, Ill. — Cameron Tringale and Andrew Landry topped the John Deere Classic leaderboard Saturday, with a half-dozen guys right behind them. Winless on the PGA Tour, Tringale shot a 6-under-par 65 to match Landy at 16-under 197 at TPC Deere Run. Landry had a 67. He won the Valero...
Wicker leads Hempfield East Legion team to district title game
Matt Wicker hasn’t been asked to pitch much for the Hempfield East American Legion team this summer. Coach Scott Smith was saving him after he threw a lot of innings during the high school season. Wicker, a Greensburg Salem grad and the Golden Lions’ ace this past spring, answered the...
Mark Goetz takes 5-shot lead in Westmoreland County Amateur
Mark Goetz was a late entry into the Westmoreland County Amateur. The Greensburg native and West Virginia golfer entered the field Friday, along with returning champion Brady Pevarnik of Latrobe. Goetz, who led the West Penn Amateur for 53 holes last week, shot a 7-under-par 65 during the first round...
Roger Federer takes aim at record 9th Wimbledon title
WIMBLEDON, England — If Roger Federer’s going to win a record ninth championship at Wimbledon, he will need to follow up a victory over Rafael Nadal with one over defending champion Novak Djokovic. Federer has played both at the same Grand Slam tournament only once: the 2011 French Open. He...
AD3: Anthony Davis joins Lakers with championship plansVideo
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Anthony Davis’ year of uncertainty finally felt finished when he stood in the Los Angeles Lakers’ training complex and proudly held up his new gold jersey while LeBron James looked on approvingly. After months of upheaval around his departure from New Orleans, the superstar forward is...
Bushy Run completes sweep of Unity, advances to District 31 Legion finals
Drop by the field before a Bushy Run District 31 baseball game, and it sounds like a rock concert. Speakers blasting 80s music out of the home dugout have set the tone this season for Bushy Run. Bushy Run didn’t need special effects for its stage show Saturday afternoon. The...
Jordan Lyles pulled in 1st, Starling Marte homers twice in Pirates lossVideo
CHICAGO — Jon Lester showed he still has it all going on in his 14th major league season. Lester homered, tied a career high with three RBIs and pitched effectively into the seventh inning to lead the Chicago Cubs past the Pittsburgh Pirates, 10-4, on Saturday. All-Star catcher Willson Contreras’...
Steelers’ Vince Williams strives to connect with fans on social media
Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Vince Williams has a gift for forging a fun connection with his fans. Like that time in 2017 when, after Ben Roethlisberger, Antonio Brown, Le’Veon Bell and Chris Boswell were receiving acclaim as the team’s “Killer Bs,” he changed his Twitter name to Bince Williams and declared...
Pittsburgh athletes trying to find ways to avoid social media messes
On many summer nights, 25 ticking time bombs can be located on the ground floor of PNC Park. In the fall, 53 incendiary devices can be found Sundays at Heinz Field. In the winter, there often are 23 potential explosives on the premises at PPG Paints Arena. In the era...
Angels reflect on honoring Tyler Skaggs with amazing no-hitterVideo
ANAHEIM, Calif. — When the Los Angeles Angels think about Tyler Skaggs in the months and years ahead, Andrew Heaney is grateful they’ll have the memory of one incredible night to assuage their sadness. With Skaggs’ name and No. 45 on all of their jerseys Friday night, the Angels played...
Outdoors notices for July 14, 2019
Notices Outdoors RIFLE/TRAP LEAGUES There were 130 shooters who competed in the Twi-Night Trap League on Thursday, and eight managed perfect 25 straights. Connellsville finished in first place with a score of 195 targets. Hecla (192), East Huntingdon (188), Youngwood (186) and Ruffsdale (179) rounded out the scoring. Connellsville (77.5)...
Pass-rusher Tuzar Skipper out to gain notice at Steelers camp after making roster as tryout
After going undrafted in April, Tuzar Skipper attended the Pittsburgh Steelers rookie minicamp on a tryout in May. After Rocket-ing his way to a contract, Skipper joined a couple old buddies in the Steelers locker room. An outside linebacker, Skipper joins position mate Ola Adeniyi and third-round rookie receiver Diontae...
Simona Halep wins Wimbledon, stops Serena Williams’ bid for 24th SlamVideo
WIMBLEDON, England — Clutching her trophy 20 minutes after becoming Wimbledon’s champion, Simona Halep checked out the board inside Centre Court that lists tournament winners. Below all of the mentions of Serena Williams, her opponent in Saturday’s final, there already was inscribed: “Miss S. Halep.” Halep was not concerned with...
Angels complete combined no hitter on eve of Tyler Skaggs’ birthday
Los Angeles Angels pitchers Taylor Cole and Felix Pena threw a combined no-hitter Friday night against the Seattle Mariners, on the eve of what would have been Tyler Skaggs’ 28th birthday. Skaggs’ mother, Debbie, took his place on the mound surrounded by his wife, Carli, his stepfather and stepbrother, to...
