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Pitt fires softball coach Jodi Hermanek after 5 seasons
Pitt athletic director Heather Lyke continued to weed out the unsuccessful coaches in her department Monday when softball’s Jodi Hermanek was dismissed after five seasons. In the past two months, women’s basketball coach Lance White and gymnastics’ Samantha Snider were fired. Hermanek was hired at the end of the 2018...
Norwin grad Emily Brozeski becomes master of ‘multi’ tasking for Duquesne track and field
The Brozeski house in North Huntingdon was always lively. With four girls following the lead of parents who were college athletes, there was always some “sporting event” going on in the back yard, even football and wrestling. “Not your average ‘girl’ things, I guess,” said Emily Brozeski, 22, noting she...
Former Highlands teammates Jess Cekada, Jaycee Haidze form part of promising young group for IUP softball
Going through a period of adjustment is not unusual for a freshman college athlete. There’s the speed of the game, the amount of work required away from regular practices, not to mention juggling school work and all the other trappings of college life. But on a team with plenty of...
Mark Madden: Steelers would be smart to pursue edge rusher Kyle Van Noy
If refreshing sports notes are wrong, you don’t want to be right! Something for everybody! • Pro Football Focus projects the Pittsburgh Steelers as a possible landing spot for free-agent veteran edge rusher Kyle Van Noy. Sounds like a good idea. Fourth-round draft pick Nick Herbig isn’t a known commodity....
Penguins A to Z: Peter DiLiberatore was simply a throw-inVideo
With the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2022-23 season coming to an end without any postseason action, the Tribune-Review will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 49 individuals signed to an NHL contract — including those whose deals do not begin until next season — with the organization, from...
First Call: Steelers get an ‘A’ offseason grade; Omar Khan deflects knowledge of Jets’ draft plans before trade
Pittsburgh Steelers management is still downplaying any prearranged knowledge of how pick No. 14 would work out upon completion of their draft-night trade with the New England Patriots. The Steelers are getting high marks for that deal as well as the rest of their offseason. The Pittsburgh Passion honors Franco...
Madden Monday: On Steelers’ offseason, ‘people act like they have solved all of their problems — they haven’t’
A lot of praise is being thrown at the feet of the Pittsburgh Steelers for their offseason. By most accounts, their haul of draft choices was quite good. General manager Omar Khan appeared to do a solid job during his first run through NFL free agency by beefing up all...
Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: Pirates seeking to find another flip side amid 7-game losing streak
Following a 10-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday, Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton attempted to explain how his team went from the hottest team in baseball to the coldest almost overnight. On April 23, the Pirates had won seven consecutive games to improve to 16-7 and move...
Tim Benz: Pirates doing a lot to prove skeptics right; they better stop the trend this week
A week ago, the Pittsburgh Pirates looked like a team that could do no wrong. Now, for the Bucs, it’s a case of anything that can go wrong will go wrong. For as good as April was for the Pirates (ending the month 20-9), May has been every bit as...
Verstappen, Red Bull are in class of their own with 2nd straight win at Miami Grand Prix
MIAMI — The inaugural Miami Grand Prix last year ushered in a new era for Formula One. The second edition of the race Sunday proved it’s all here to stay. It’s true of both the sport in its new Miami Gardens home — the crowd around Hard Rock Stadium was...
Pirates farm report for May 7, 2023: Chris Owings’ 4 hits, 3 RBIs lift Indy past Toledo
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 15-17) beat Toledo (Tigers), 9-5. SS Chris Owings (.273) was 4 for 5 with a home run and three RBIs. LF Ryan Vilade hit a solo homer. 1B Aaron Shackelford (.301) was 2 for 3 with a home run and two RBIs. 3B Josh Bissonette (.246) was 1...
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week for May 7, 2023
A Trib HSSN baseball player of the week can come in many shapes and sizes. Sometimes it’s a young man having a strong season by adding to his super stats. Other times it’s a monumental performance that stands out. This week, we tip our cap to a young man who...
Deon Cain’s late kickoff return touchdown lifts Birmingham Stallions past Pittsburgh Maulers
The Pittsburgh Maulers looked to be in line for a second straight victory Sunday night. It took 11 seconds for that to change. Deon Cain’s highlight-reel 91-yard kickoff return with 6 minutes, 52 seconds remaining gave the defending USFL champion Birmingham Stallions a 23-20 win over the Maulers at Tom...
Denny Hamlin bumps Kyle Larson for lead on final lap to win at Kansas
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Denny Hamlin bumped Kyle Larson off the lead heading onto the backstretch of the final lap Sunday, giving him a clear path to the finish line at Kansas Speedway and ending his Hamlin’s 33-race winless drought in the NASCAR Cup Series. Hamlin went to the front...
Wyndham Clark holds off Xander Schauffele for 1st PGA win at Wells Fargo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Wyndham Clark shot 68 on Sunday for a four-shot victory over Xander Schauffele at the Wells Fargo Championship to earn his first career win on the PGA Tour. The 29-year-old Clark struggled to hold back tears as he sank a bogey putt on the 18th hole to...
Blue Jays pound Pirates, who suffer 2nd consecutive sweep, drop 7th loss in a row
After suffering a second consecutive sweep that stretched their losing streak to seven games, the Pittsburgh Pirates can take comfort in one thing: At least they don’t play in the American League East. The Toronto Blue Jays followed the Tampa Bay Rays in sweeping a three-game series over the Pirates,...
Penn State football’s season opener against West Virginia will mark a Beaver Stadium first
Penn State football will open its 2023 season with a night game, the athletics department announced. The season opener will kick off at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 2 in Beaver Stadium against West Virginia University. According to a press release, it’s the first season opener night game since 2001. The game...
Stench of death overwhelms Kentucky Derby
They came 150,000 strong for the party of the year, adorned in the gaudiest of hats and sipping on mint juleps, witnesses to what, at its best, is the most thrilling 2 minutes in sports. Sadly, the stench of death overwhelmed the Kentucky Derby and its magnificent athletes on Saturday....
Vida Blue, who led Oakland to 3 World Series titles, dies at 73Video
Vida Blue, a hard-throwing left-hander who became one of baseball’s biggest draws in the early 1970s and helped lead the brash A’s to three straight World Series titles before his career was derailed by drug problems, died Saturday, according to the team. He was 73. Oakland did not announce a...
Westmoreland HS notebook: 5 from county make all-state basketball teams
Five players from Westmoreland County were named to the all-state boys basketball teams. They were represented in four classifications, and all of them made the third team. The players are: Zion Moore, a sophomore at Belle Vernon (Class 4A), junior Terek Crosby of Yough (3A), juniors Tyree Turner and Franco...
North Hills grad Margo Malone wins Pittsburgh Marathon in hometown
Margo Malone was no stranger to running marathons, but Sunday’s 26.2-mile race on the streets of Downtown Pittsburgh was her first in her hometown. Hearing the cheers from the thousands of spectators who lined the course and the loud response heading down the home straightaway, the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team...
Penn-Trafford notebook: P-T grad Alex Turowski honored by Mountain East Conference
Alex Turowski, a sophomore at Fairmont State, was honored by the Mountain East Conference following his second round at the MEC Spring Classic at Edgewood Country Club. The Penn-Trafford graduate earned MEC honorable mention honors. The All-MEC men’s golf team is selected based on individual performances by players during five...
Pirates farm report for May 6, 2023: Henry Davis doubles twice for Curve
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 14-17) clobbered Toledo (Tigers), 9-1. LF Cal Mitchell (.233) went 3 for 5 with a double and his third home run. 1B Ryan Vilade (.288) went 3 for 5 with his second homer, three RBIs and three runs scored. RF Canaan Smith-Njigba (.182) went 2 for 5. 2B...
Blue Jays batter Johan Oviedo early, get 14 hits to hand Pirates 6th consecutive loss
From the very first pitch, when George Springer belted Johan Oviedo’s 96 mph fastball for a single, the Toronto Blue Jays showed they arrived ready to hit. It took the Pittsburgh Pirates five innings to answer. The Blue Jays jumped out to a seven-run lead and pounded 14 hits to...
William Byron, Kyle Larson give Hendrick Motorsports front row at Kansas
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — William Byron scraped the wall in practice at Kansas Speedway, then proceed to set the fastest time in qualifying, and will be joined on the front row by Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race. Byron turned a lap of 179.206 mph...
