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NFL Network to carry both Steelers preseason home games
The NFL Network will air 13 preseason games live this summer, and two of the Pittsburgh Steelers games are on the list, although viewers will have to live outside the region to watch them. The preseason opener Friday, Aug. 9 against Tampa Bay and the Saturday, Aug. 17 game against...
Former Steelers WR Antonio Brown must help pay for boy’s college
Former Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Antonio Brown will help pay for the college education of the toddler who nearly was hit by furniture Brown was accused of throwing off a balcony in 2018, according to court documents released this month. A settlement reached in a lawsuit brought by the boy’s grandfather,...
Pro Football Focus lists Steelers as 3rd-best offensive line in preseason rankings
Despite offseason upheaval that included the trade of wide receiver Antonio Brown and the official departure of running back Le’Veon Bell, one area of the Pittsburgh Steelers offense remains a constant. And Pro Football Focus took notice. The web site devoted to analyzing NFL players and teams compiled its preseason...
Arbitration date set for Penguins winger Zach-Aston Reese
The arbitration hearing for Pittsburgh Penguins winger Zach Aston-Reese is set for July 22 in Toronto. Aston-Reese, 24, recorded eight goals and 17 points in 43 games with the Penguins last season while making $925,000. Evolving Wild’s contract projections suggest he is in line for a two-year deal worth about...
Tim Benz: How Alison Riske nearly seized opportunity at Wimbledon
There was no raising of the Jolly Roger at Wimbledon’s Centre Court. No one waved a Terrible Towel. And “Renegade” was never played. London ain’t ready for that much Pittsburgh n’at, anyway. Peters Township product Alison Riske gave it her best against Serena Williams during the Wimbledon quarterfinals. But the...
Peters Township’s Alison Riske falls to Serena Williams in Wimbledon quarterfinals
WIMBLEDON, England — A day after toppling the top seed at Wimbledon, Peters Township’s Alison Riske couldn’t pull off what would’ve been the next-biggest win of her life. Serena Williams, the No. 11 seed and seven-time Wimbledon champion, defeated Riske, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, on Tuesday to advance to the semifinals....
First Call: Steelers a playoff sleeper in 2019?
In “First Call” for Tuesday, optimism for a bounce-back Steelers season. The TV ratings are good for the Women’s World Cup. And creative use of a player’s day with the Stanley Cup. Don’t sleep on the Steelers Some in the media and the fanbase seem to think the Steelers will...
West Point 12U claims District 26 baseball title
Sean Walker drove in three runs and had three hits, including two doubles, to help lead the West Point 12-year-old all-star baseball team to a 9-0 victory against Kess in the District 26 championship game. Dylan Firmstone, who pitched 51/3 innings, and Anthony Scarton blanked Kess on only four hits....
Steelers 2-a-days: Talented Travon McMillian seeks role; Donte Moncrief the No. 2, 3 or 4 WR?
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...
U mad, bro? Readers blast Tim Benz over USWNT opinions
People are so mad at me over my recent columns about the United States Women’s National Team, I thought we should have a special edition today of “U mad, bro?” And because the vast majority of the responses I got were negative ones from women or on behalf of women,...
Tim Benz: Who are the 2019 Pittsburgh Pirates?
At the Major League Baseball All-Star break, the 2019 standings do a nice job telling the story of the National League Central. I’m not sure that they do as good of a job telling the story of the 2019 Pittsburgh Pirates. Come to think of it, I don’t know how...
Pirates’ Josh Bell bows out in first round of Home Run Derby
CLEVELAND — Josh Bell knows a baseball game when he sees one. What unraveled Monday night at Progressive Field during the MLB’s Home Run Derby had bats and balls, TV cameras everywhere you turned and an announced crowd of 36,119. But Bell knows this: “It wasn’t really baseball in my...
Jefferson-Morgan grad Teasdale to wrestle at Iowa
After Gavin Teasdale left the Penn State wrestling program in January, many wrestling fans wondered where he would land. Would it be Lock Haven, West Virginia, Pitt, Campbell University or North Carolina? It was none of the above. The 2018 Jefferson-Morgan grad and former Trib HSSN Wrestler of the Year...
Tim Banner resigns as baseball coach at Chatham
Tim Banner, the first baseball coach at Chatham University, has resigned after three seasons. Banner, who coached previously at North Allegheny and Woodland Hills, posted a 20-61 career record, 5-37 in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. Banner was hired in 2014, and his first team was in 2015-16. Their first conference...
Pirates farm report for July 8, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 44-44) is on all-star break until July 10. Right-handed pitchers Mitch Keller (6-3, 3.32), Montana DuRapau (1-1, 1.93) and Dovydas Neverauskas (1-1, 2.31) as well as late addition right fielder Trayvon Robinson (.322) were selected for the International League All-Star game Wednesday night. Next: Thursday at Columbus (Indians),...
World Cup champion U.S. women embrace off-the-field activist role
NEW YORK — Setting itself apart from other great American sports teams, the U.S. women’s soccer team is embracing a front-line role in social justice causes even as it savors a fourth world championship. The players are world leaders in the push for gender equity in the workplace, having sued...
Pirates’ Josh Bell bows out of Home Run Derby early; Mets’ Pete Alonso wins
CLEVELAND — Josh Bell drove a baseball 459 feet, but the Pittsburgh Pirates’ All-Star lost in the first round of the Home Run Derby, 25-18, to the Atlanta Braves’ Ronald Acuna Jr., on Monday night at Progressive Field. With best friend Jon Schwind — a hitting coach for the Triple-A...
Unity blanks Young Township to open District 31 Legion playoffs
Unity held serve in the opener of the District 31 American Legion baseball playoffs. The No. 3 seed Bulldogs jumped ahead early and went on to defeat Young Township, 14-0, on Monday at Whitney Field in Unity Township. The game was halted after five innings because of the 12-run mercy...
Seton Hill’s Pellis to play in PGCBL all-star game
Fresh off a strong junior season at Seton Hill, third baseman Tommy Pellis is honing his skills in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League, touted as the premier summer league in New York. A utility infielder for the Albany Dutchmen, Pellis was named a reserve for the PGCBL All-Star Game...
Alison Riske’s WPIAL coach talks Wimbledon upset, quarterfinals vs. Serena Williams
Peters Township tennis product Alison Riske upset the top seed and world No. 1 at Wimbledon. Her reward? A quarterfinal match against legendary champion Serena Williams. It’s at 8 a.m. Tuesday. And it’ll be played on Centre Court. No pressure. Riske, the No. 55-ranked player in the world, stunned French...
All-Stars Austin Meadows, Charlie Morton, Gerrit Cole find there’s life after Pirates
CLEVELAND — Austin Meadows made the trip to the All-Star Game on a private jet with his wife, Tampa Bay Rays teammates Brandon Lowe and Charlie Morton, and Morton’s wife and four kids. It was hard to believe fewer than 14 months ago, Meadows was hitting .448 through his first...
Maddy Grimm having MVP-type season for moh-BEEL! USA softball team
Maddy Grimm set a long list of records at Kent State. She earned Tribune-Review Athlete of the Year honors while at Ligonier Valley. She played professional softball for a season in Akron, Ohio, and spent the past year as a volunteer assistant at Pitt. The sport has provided Grimm with...
Norwin grad John Stevens among Thiel hall of fame class
John Stevens helped lead Norwin to an undefeated wrestling season in 1959. That team featured seven Westmoreland County champions. It can now say it features a Thiel College hall of famer. Stevens will be one of a half-dozen inductees going into the Thiel Athletics Hall of Fame during a ceremony...
Pittsburgh boxers take center stage at Carnegie Music Hall this weekend
On Saturday, six boxers who are based out of the Pittsburgh area will take center stage at the Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead. Among them are Ukrainian-born boxers Lyubomyr Pinchuk and Oleg Dovhun. Both will fight for title belts in their respective weight classes. Pinchuk (10-1-1) will take on Johnnie...
Justin Verlander, Hyun-Jin Ryu tabbed starting pitchers for MLB All-Star Game
CLEVELAND — Sitting next to Justin Verlander, American League manager Alex Cora cheekily declared “we’ve got the opener” as he described his pitching plans. Touché! Houston’s ace has been among the players most critical of some teams’ practice of using relief pitchers as ersatz starters for an inning or two....
