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Former Penguins coach Dan Bylsma hired by Seattle Kraken as AHL assistant
Former Penguins coach Dan Bylsma has been hired by the Seattle Kraken as an assistant coach for the club’s AHL affiliate in Charlotte. Charlotte will have shared affiliation with Seattle and the Florida Panthers this season. Its head coach will be a Panthers employee, Geordie Kinnear. Bylsma was let go...
Column: After good start in Rio, Olympic golf hits stride in TokyoVideo
KAWAGOE, Japan — Her heart rate hit its peak only when Nelly Korda stood on the Olympic podium, not when she had a putter in her hand with a gold medal hanging on every shot. Six days earlier, the father of Xander Schauffele was the essence of calm as he...
Eagles starters, including Jalen Hurts, will play preseason opener vs. SteelersVideo
PHILADELPHIA — Nick Sirianni and his staff “are still talking through” how playing time will be allocated in Philadelphia’s preseason opener Thursday against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Eagles’ first-year coach indicated Jalen Hurts will start at quarterback, and most healthy players will see action. Left tackle Andre Dillard won’t play...
Alabama preseason No. 1 in coaches poll; Penn State comes in at No. 20Video
Defending national champion Alabama is the preseason No. 1 in the USA Today Sports AFCA Coaches Poll released Tuesday. The Crimson Tide got 63 of the 65 first-place votes, and No. 3 Oklahoma got the other two. Clemson is No. 2, with Ohio State and Georgia rounding out the top...
Pirates notebook: Derek Shelton willing to shuffle batting order, except for 3-hole
Derek Shelton warned the Pittsburgh Pirates changes were coming, giving players new opportunities over the final 50 games of the season. That explains why Hoy Park is getting a long look at the leadoff spot and making his first start at second base, and Anthony Alford was batting cleanup Tuesday...
Steelers’ Kevin Dotson agrees with Mike Tomlin’s decision to put him on 2nd team
As he enters his second NFL season with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Kevin Dotson is content getting his initial snaps of training camp with the second-team offense. Despite being a projected starter after the departure of the team’s top two guards, Dotson didn’t expect to be thrown immediately into the mix...
Aaron Rodgers unlikely to play in any of Packers’ preseason gamesVideo
GREEN BAY, Wis. — MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers probably won’t appear in any of Green Bay’s three preseason games as the Packers look to get 2020 first-round draft pick Jordan Love as much work as possible. Packers coach Matt LaFleur said Tuesday that Love will play the majority of the...
Lionel Messi signs 2-year contract with Paris Saint-GermainVideo
Lionel Messi finally signed his eagerly anticipated Paris Saint-Germain contract on Tuesday night to complete the move that confirms the end of a career-long association with Barcelona and sends PSG into a new era. PSG said in a statement that the 34-year-old Argentina star signed a two-year deal with the...
Browns star Myles Garrett out with hamstring injuryVideo
BEREA, Ohio — Browns All-Pro defensive end Myles Garrett is dealing with a hamstring injury and could miss some time. Coach Kevin Stefanski didn’t provide any specifics on Garrett’s injury but said he’ll be held out of Tuesday’s practice and is day-to-day going forward. The Browns play their exhibition opener...
QB Mason Rudolph to start again as Steelers will stick with same plan for 2nd preseason game
Mason Rudolph will start at quarterback again for the Pittsburgh Steelers in their second preseason game against the Philadelphia Eagles, and he figures to have largely the same roster around him as in last week’s Hall of Fame Game. “It will be very similar to last week for who you...
Weather delay halts 2nd round of U.S. Amateur Championship
With lightning in the area and storms approaching, play was suspended Tuesday afternoon at the 121st U.S. Amateur at 1:34 p.m. There were 243 players that had not finished the second round of stroke play at Longue Vue Club and Oakmont Country Club when the stoppage occurred. The top 64...
Mike Tomlin unconcerned by T.J. Watt’s lack of practice reps during contract negotiations
Mike Tomlin wouldn’t reveal who made the decision that star defender T.J. Watt would sit out team drills during this Pittsburgh Steelers training camp. But Tomlin said he is unconcerned that Watt is limited in his work while his representatives and the team negotiate a contract extension. “The business is...
Joe Haden’s agent reaches out to Steelers about contract extension
If Joe Haden has his way, his fifth season with the Pittsburgh Steelers won’t be his last. Drew Rosenhaus, Haden’s agent, confirmed to the Tribune-Review he has approached the organization about signing his client to a contract extension. Haden, 32, is entering the final season of his deal that is...
Mark Madden: Mike Lange stands among the Penguins’ all-time greats
With Mike Lange, you could watch a hockey game on radio. Sounds dumb, but it’s true. Lange brought the action to life. He conveyed the electricity, the build. Lange didn’t just call the goal. He subtly told you the goal was imminent. He had a sixth sense. That sense didn’t...
First Call: Zach Banner needles ‘Rat Bird’ Al Villanueva; former Steeler Mike Logan on Troy Polamalu’s Hall of Fame praise
Tuesday’s “First Call” shows us Mike Logan’s reaction to Troy Polamalu’s Hall of Fame speech. A volley from Pittsburgh Steeler offensive lineman Zach Banner towards an old friend in a new uniform. Bruce Arians is popping off at his players. And ex-Pirate Jameson Taillon is in good form for the...
Mike Lange’s favorite goal call, how ‘Lange-isms’ started and which was the first
Even at Heinz Field during Pittsburgh Steelers training camp, the buzz was all about Mike Lange’s retirement. After 46 years broadcasting Pittsburgh’s NHL team, the Penguins announced Monday that Lange would be stepping down from the broadcast booth before the 2021-22 season. Roughly 30 minutes before Steelers practice started, I...
Tim Benz: Departure of women’s coach Paul Colontino is latest hurdle for Robert Morris hockey
For former Robert Morris University women’s hockey coach Paul Colontino, he just couldn’t wait any longer. No more delays. No more soft deadlines. No more uncertainty. He needed a job. And a team to coach. More than two months after waiting for the RMU administration to tell him if either...
This Date in Sports History: Aug. 10
1900 — The first Davis Cup is held with the United States beating Britain, 3-0. 1949 — Ezzard Charles knocks out Gus Lesnovich in the eighth round at Yankee Stadium in his first world heavyweight title defense. 1975 — Jack Nicklaus wins the PGA Championship for the fourth time with...
Ex-Pine-Richland football coach Eric Kasperowicz joins Pitt staff as volunteer assistant
Eric Kasperowicz said he talked to “a bunch” of coaches at the high school and small college levels about resuming his coaching career. Finally, he received an offer that, he said, “I couldn’t pass up.” Kasperowicz, who coached Pine-Richland to four WPIAL championships and two PIAA titles in eight seasons...
U.S. Amateur notes: Clemson golfer ties Longue Vue’s course record
Jacob Bridgeman didn’t know who Bob Ford was when asked. But the Inman, S.C., native was impressed when he heard the credentials of the former Oakmont Country Club and Seminole Golf Club (Florida) head professional. Bridgeman shot a 7-under-par 63 on Monday during Day 1 of stroke play competition at...
Greensburg’s Mark Goetz 1 shot off lead after Day 1 at U.S. Amateur
Mark Goetz could not have drawn up a better first round at the 121st United States Golf Association’s Amateur Championship. It was nearly flawless. The Greensburg native and West Virginia University senior shot a 6-under-par 64 on Monday at Longue Vue Club. His round consisted of four birdies and an...
Inside the ropes: Mike Tomlin not pleased with Steelers after chippy practice
When Mike Tomlin meets with the media after a training camp practice, he usually starts by emphasizing all of the good work his Pittsburgh Steelers players put in that day. Not Monday. On a 90-degree day at Heinz Field, with his players donning pads for the first time since the...
Devin Bush, Zach Banner taking different paths toward returning to Steelers lineup
The second Pittsburgh Steelers starter to tear an ACL last season will be the first to return to a preseason game this year. Coach Mike Tomlin said over the weekend that inside linebacker Devin Bush will make his preseason debut Thursday at Philadelphia, and the former first-round pick acknowledged Monday...
Fewer medals, more heart for U.S. at a most unusual Olympics
TOKYO — Kara Winger is the American record-holder in the javelin throw who just wrapped up her fourth Olympics. She never has finished higher than sixth place. When she got the call over the weekend telling her she would be carrying the flag Sunday for the United States at the...
Steelers notes: OL Malcolm Pridgeon added, James Washington absent from practice
A day after leaving practice with an apparent knee injury and two days after his head coach refuted a national report that he’d requested a trade, James Washington was not on the Heinz Field grass during Monday’s Pittsburgh Steelers training-camp practice. “He’s being evaluated for medical purposes,” coach Mike Tomlin...
