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Serena Williams says she’s healthy, ready for Wimbledon
WIMBLEDON, England — It’s hard to know exactly what Serena Williams will be able to do over the next two weeks at the All England Club. On the one hand, partly because of an injured left knee, Williams is short on matches and training time this season, factors she cited...
Women’s World Cup roundup: Sweden, Netherlands advance to semifinals
With Germany out of the way, Sweden believes it could win it all. Stina Blackstenius scored the go-ahead goal just minutes into the second half, and Sweden surprised Germany with a 2-1 quarterfinal victory Saturday night at the Women’s World Cup. It was Sweden’s first victory over Germany in a...
Receiver Donte Moncrief catching on with Steelers
On the retreat to his Georgia lakehouse in May, Ben Roethlisberger brought along 10 of the Pittsburgh Steelers skill position players. Among the collection of wide receivers, tight ends and a running back, nine were Roethlisberger’s teammate last season. The 10th was someone who had been with the organization for...
Megan Rapinoe makes statement with play for U.S. women
PARIS — With a colorful vocabulary and manner to match her pinkish-purple hair, Megan Rapinoe stands out simply by being Megan Rapinoe. She celebrated her two goals in the quarterfinal match against France at the Women’s World Cup by raising both arms in victory, reminiscent of Russell Crowe in “Gladiator.”...
Blackhawk grad Brendan McKay wins MLB pitching debut for Rays
Blackhawk graduate Brendan McKay didn’t disappoint in his major league debut Saturday. Given an audition with the Tampa Bay Rays, McKay took a perfect game into the sixth inning and wound up throwing six shutout innings, giving up only one hit and one walk while striking out three. He earned...
NASCAR returns to Chicago after wild finish last year
JOLIET, Ill. — When Kyle Busch looks back on last year’s dramatic finish at Chicagoland Speedway, nothing in particular stands out to him. He remembers every little detail. Moving into the lead. Getting slowed by lapped cars at the back of the field. Winning a last-lap duel with Kyle Larson....
Solo canoes, pack boats becoming more popular with paddlers
As boats go they often are overlooked, or at least have been in recent years, as evidenced by the ebb and flow of consumer wants and demands. But perhaps that is changing. Solo canoes and more especially pack boats — a canoe-kayak hybrid — are, if not surging in popularity,...
Outdoors notices for June 30, 2019
Notices Outdoors RIFLE/TRAP LEAGUES There were 122 shooters who competed in the Twi-Night Trap League on Thursday, and seven managed perfect 25 straights. Ruffsdale finished in first place with a score of 193 targets. Connellsville (188), Hecla (188), East Huntingdon (186) and Youngwood (182) rounded out the scoring. Connellsville (72.5)...
Penguins GM Jim Rutherford has no shortage of trade chips to play
As Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford wrapped up an uneventful trip to Vancouver for last weekend’s NHL Draft, he admitted the next few days — the time leading up to the start of the league’s free-agent signing period Monday — would be his best chance to make the deals...
A quick overview of the NHL free agent player pool
The Pittsburgh Penguins will need to shed serious salary to become significant players in the free-agent market, but regardless of what they do, there will be some fireworks around the league when the signing period opens at noon Monday. Here’s a quick overview. BIG TICKETS The Columbus duo of high-scoring...
North Huntingdon native Austen Swankler signs with OHL’s Erie Otters
North Huntingdon native Austen Swankler will be playing much closer to home next season. The 17-year-old winger signed with the Ontario Hockey League’s Erie Otters on Friday. Swankler spent last season in the United States Hockey League, starting in Waterloo, Iowa, before being traded to Sioux Falls, S.D. He had...
Steelers 2-a-days: Xavier Grimble gets big opportunity; Trey Griffey back
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...
Greensburg’s Rocco Mediate advances in U.S. Senior Open; Knapp, Cooper do not
Rocco Mediate will playing this weekend. That’s because the Greensburg native made the cut at the USGA U.S. Senior Open on Friday at Notre Dame’s Warren Golf course in South Bend, Ind. Mediate shot a 1-under par 69 and is 1-over for the tournament. He is tied for 53rd. Two...
Kevin Newman homers as Pirates rally past Brewers
MILWAUKEE — After back-to-back wins in which the Pittsburgh Pirates scored in double digits, they had to scratch out a victory against the Milwaukee Brewers. Kevin Newman homered and extended his hitting streak to 18 games, and the Pirates rallied with two late runs to beat the Brewers 3-2 on...
Pirates minor league report for June 28, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 41-37) fell to Gwinnett (Braves), 8-1. RHP Yefry Ramierez (1-3, 4.24) allowed five runs in 4 1/3 innings in the loss. He struck out six, walked one and gave up four hits. CF Jason Martin (.232) drove in the Indians’ run with a double in the fifth inning....
Despite win, U.S. learns challengers to throne are gaining strength
PARIS — The world is coming for the U.S. women’s soccer team. If the early stages of the knockout round at the World Cup have offered a lesson, it’s that France, England and other nations that are investing in women’s soccer are catching up to the skill, fitness and mental...
Nate Lashley shoots 67 to keep Rocket Mortgage Classic lead
DETROIT — Cameron Champ played one of the best stretches on the PGA Tour this season, matching the lowest nine-hole score and the longest birdie-eagle streak. Champ had an 8-under-par 28 on the front nine thanks, shooting under par for six straight holes. “The hole looked pretty big for a...
Skating doesn’t slow Penguins top picks Samuel Poulin, Nathan Legare in scrimmage
When the Pittsburgh Penguins used their first two picks in last weekend’s NHL draft to select power forwards Samuel Poulin and Nathan Legare, the question came almost immediately. Do they skate well enough to be impact players in the modern game? It was fitting, then, that the team’s annual development...
Analysis: In big-money times, NBA teams face biggest risks
Golden State owner and CEO Joe Lacob often uses the same phrase when asked about how much money the Warriors are willing to spend to keep a championship-contending roster together. “Whatever it takes,” Lacob says. In the NBA, those words never have been as weighty. The summer spending starts Sunday...
Penguins hire AHL champ Mike Vellucci as Wilkes-Barre/Scranton head coach
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have a new coach with strong championship credentials. The Penguins announced Friday night that WBS coach Clark Donatelli had resigned for personal reasons and was replaced by Mike Vellucci, who parted ways with the Carolina Hurricanes organization earlier in the day. Vellucci, 52, coached Carolina’s AHL team,...
Rays officially add Blackhawk’s Brendan McKay, who will debut Saturday
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tampa Bay Rays two-way prospect and Blackhawk graduate Brendan McKay will get two outings on a big league mound to show what he has got. The Rays added McKay to the taxi squad in preparation for his major league debut, a start Saturday against Texas. “Without...
Mark Madden: Refreshing slices from today’s sports landscape
Checkmate, honey, you’re the only one who’s got to choose … whether to read refreshing sports notes. Grab yourself a slice. We’re live from fabulous Las Vegas. • Keeping Phil Kessel would be arduous for the Penguins on many levels. But doing so while not extending coach Mike Sullivan’s contract...
Yankees, Red Sox set to bring America’s pastime to London fans
LONDON — High cheese comes to the land of high tea Saturday. When Boston’s Rick Porcello throws the first pitch to the New York Yankees at Olympic Stadium, the national pastime of the onetime colony will try to plant itself in the mother country. After looking at the cozy distance...
Sewickley Academy grad Summer Thorpe to use NCAA meet experience as ‘springboard’
Sewickley Academy graduate and Notre Dame junior track and field athlete Summer Thorpe was overawed at her first NCAA Division I outdoor championship meet June 5-8 at Texas. Thorpe (13.51 seconds) placed 22nd in the women’s 100-meter hurdles and ninth in her heat. Notre Dame tied for 30th in the...
Norwin martial artists to represent Team USA at WKC world championships
Fourteen members of the Viola Allegheny Shotokan Karate dojo earned top honors and secured a spot on the prestigious Team USA Karate Kickboxing team after their performances last month in Detroit. The martial artists competed at the World Karate and Kickboxing Commission’s national championships and team trials June 8-9. “In...
