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Stewart-Haas drivers adjusting to uncertain future with NASCAR team planning to foldVideo
MADISON, Ill. — As he’s trying to race his way into the NASCAR Cup series playoffs, Chase Briscoe now faces a fresh challenge with the potential for his Stewart-Haas Racing team to deteriorate around him. Owners Tony Stewart and Gene Haas announced this week that the four-team garage would cease...
What’s next for ACC as it enters a new season amid constant change in college sports?
AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. — In each of the past three years, the ACC’s annual spring meetings ended with familiar refrains and messaging — of hope; of strength; of maintaining its place in the hierarchy of college athletics — only for massive change to imperil the conference in the months to...
Mike Tyson’s fight with Jake Paul postponed after Tyson’s health episode
Mike Tyson’s fight with Jake Paul has been postponed after the 57-year-old Tyson fell ill on a flight last weekend. Tyson and Paul said Friday that they will announce a new fight date next week. They were scheduled to meet July 20 in Arlington, Texas. Tyson became nauseous and dizzy...
Pirates rookie 2B Nick Gonzales has made immediate impact, thanks to revamped swing
When Nick Gonzales made his intention clear in spring training that he not only wanted to play in the major leagues for a long time but also to be an impact player, he still was viewed as a work in progress. After Gonzales batted .209 in 35 games during his...
Davis Schneider hits walk-off homer, Pirates lose 14-inning marathon
By the time the longest game of the season ended, the starting pitchers’ duel was but a distant memory and it had been eight-plus innings since the Pittsburgh Pirates got a hit. Davis Schneider hit a two-out, two-run home run off Kyle Nicolas to lift the Toronto Blue Jays to...
Olympic hopeful Jordan Geist of Knoch headlines WPIAL Hall of Fame class
Jordan Geist, who smashed records as a high school thrower for Knoch’s track team, caught a mid-week flight home from Europe so he could be inducted Friday night into the WPIAL Hall of Fame. He was overseas competing in Germany and the Czech Republic and hopes to fly back across...
Pirates farm report for May 31, 2024: Matt Gorski belts 10th homer in Indianapolis loss
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 24-29) lost 4-1 to Omaha (Royals) despite having an 8-5 advantage in hits. CF Matt Gorski (.268) went 2 for 3 with a double and his 10th home run. RHP Domingo German (0-2, 6.46) started and went five innings, allowing three runs on three hits with five walks...
Freeport International tournament link brings French girl back to area to hone baseball skills
Last July, during the busy week of the Freeport International Baseball Invitational, a youth team from France, the Hawks of La Guerche de Bretagne, played several competitive games with a number of local clubs from the Alle-Kiski Valley. Greg Penfornis, the manager of the team, noticed the talent level of...
Wichanee Meechai has big start and leads U.S. Women’s Open
LANCASTER — Wichanee Meechai became the latest surprise in a U.S. Women’s Open filled with them. She started Friday with four straight birdies and matched the low score of the week with a 3-under-par 67 for a two-shot lead going into a weekend that won’t include Nelly Korda. Meechai is...
Gable Steveson switches from wrestling to football, joins Bills
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Olympic gold medal wrestler Gable Steveson is seeking to trade the mat for the gridiron by signing a standard undrafted rookie free agent contract with the Buffalo Bills on Friday. The Bills list the 24-year-old Steveson as a defensive lineman in hopes his leverage techniques and...
NBA’s Mavericks and NHL’s Stars chase Dallas double
DALLAS — Dereck Lively II of the Dallas Mavericks tossed the question back at the reporter when the rookie center was asked if he knew why so many fans shouted “Stars” during the national anthem at his home games. “You tell me why,” Lively said, prompting the explanation that supporters...
Stefanos Tsitsipas eases into French Open 4th round
PARIS — Stefanos Tsitsipas was in a reflective mood after beating Zhang Zhizhen, 6-3, 6-3, 6-1, to reach the fourth round of the French Open on Friday. The 2021 runner-up says tennis plays a fundamental part in shaping his thinking. “I get the feeling that without tennis my life would...
President Joe Biden hosts Chiefs, breaks unofficial rule about headwear
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden welcomed the Kansas City Chiefs to the White House on Friday, lauding the back-to-back Super Bowl champion team for its sportsmanship on and off the field, and breaking an unofficial political rule about headwear. He tried on a Chiefs helmet the team gave him as...
Seneca Valley fights off Norwin upset bid to win 4th WPIAL softball championship
CALIFORNIA — Caught in the throes of a surprising three-run deficit against the underdog of these playoffs, Seneca Valley sprang to life late and reprised its role as the top dog in WPIAL 6A softball. Senior right fielder Kylie Staudt capped a 4-for-4 day with a walk-off single in the...
Pitt forward Jorge Diaz Graham out 8 weeks after core muscle surgery
Pitt soon-to-be junior Jorge Diaz Graham suffered more bad luck on the injury front, the Panthers announced Friday, as the 6-foot-11 forward underwent surgery to repair a core muscle injury. Diaz Graham is expected to miss eight weeks. This past season, he appeared in 16 games for Pitt off the...
Last year’s Steelers QB3 saved their season. Kyle Allen is prepared if needed in 2024 too
With his fifth NFL franchise over a six-year span, Kyle Allen doesn’t flinch at joining a completely revamped Pittsburgh Steelers quarterbacks room. “I have been on a lot of teams,” Allen said with a smile after an organized team activities session last week. “So I am used to getting to...
Mark Madden: Adding Negro League stats to MLB is dishonest, factually incorrect
As of Tuesday, MLB’s all-time batting average leader never took a swing in MLB. That’s stupid. Black players being excluded from MLB till Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947 is a dark, inexcusable piece of baseball history. It’s also something that can’t possibly be fixed. It’s a wrong...
The NBA Finals are set, with Boston set to face Dallas for the Larry O’Brien Trophy
Kyrie Irving returning to Boston. Luka Doncic’s first trip to the title round. Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum, getting another chance at a ring. Kristaps Porzingis facing his former team, too. Pick a storyline. There are many in these NBA Finals. The matchup is now set: It’ll be Boston against...
10-time major winner Annika Sorenstam to play in U.S. Senior Women’s Open at Fox Chapel Golf Club
Women’s golf icon Annika Sorenstam has entered to play in the sixth U.S. Senior Women’s Open set for Aug. 1-4 at Fox Chapel Golf Club. Sorenstam, who has 96 career wins, including 10 major championships, has played in the Pittsburgh area before. She is familiar with nearby Oakmont Country Club,...
Penguins A to Z: John Ludvig will keep fighting, literally, for a roster spotVideo
With the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2023-24 season coming to an end without any postseason action, TribLive will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 52 individuals signed to an NHL contract — including those whose deals do not begin until next season — with the organization, from fourth-line...
Tim Benz: Bryan Rust’s comments about Rangers speak to a much bigger issue surrounding Penguins’ failures
I’ve always been a fan of Bryan Rust. There are few Pittsburgh Penguins players that I’ve enjoyed covering more than him. A clutch performer. A two-time Stanley Cup champion. A stand-up guy who owns every good game and bad game. But I think he went off the grid on this...
First Call: Giants keep signing former Steelers; Allen Robinson surprised at release
Friday’s “First Call” shows us yet another Pittsburgh Steeler heading to New York. An ex-Steeler describes why he was surprised at his release from Pittsburgh. Isaiah Buggs got sassy with the media covering his animal cruelty case. And the Pirates have a Spider-Man meme opponent in Canada this weekend. Big...
Pirates reliever Carmen Mlodzinski seeks return to solid 2023 form
Last week, as the Pittsburgh Pirates prepared to welcome the Atlanta Braves to PNC Park for three games, manager Derek Shelton offered some thoughts on the club’s bullpen. Shelton had much to reflect on, as the Pirates had just lost two straight games to the San Francisco Giants in which...
Luka Doncic’s 36 points spur Mavericks to NBA Finals
MINNEAPOLIS — Luka Doncic had a 20-point first quarter on his way to 36 points for his high this postseason, and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Minnesota Timberwolves, 124-103, on Thursday night to breeze through the Western Conference finals in five games. Kyrie Irving also scored 36 points for the...
Panthers beat Rangers 3-2 in Game 5 to move within win of Stanley Cup Final returnVideo
NEW YORK — Anton Lundell broke a tie on a deflected shot with 9:38 left, and the Florida Panthers moved within a victory of returning to the Stanley Cup Final, beating the New York Rangers, 3-2, in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference final Thursday night. Gustav Forsling and Sam...
