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Mark Madden: Capitals, Bruins, Flyers could all win division but have flaws, just like Penguins
Covid forced the NHL into restructuring its divisions. Popular opinion holds that the realignment was not kind to the Pittsburgh Penguins. I’m not sure that’s true. Washington has the NHL’s oldest roster. It lost starting goalie Braden Holtby, and Holtby’s replacement, Henrik Lundqvist, won’t play because of heart problems. Top-four...
Unfiltered: Tim Benz and Mark Madden wrap up Steelers’ playoff loss to BrownsVideo
Tim Benz and Mark Madden return for this week’s edition of “Unfiltered” on TribLive’s Facebook page to wrap up what happened in the Pittsburgh Steelers loss to the Cleveland Browns in the Wild Card round game on Sunday night at Heinz Field. The Browns eliminated the Steelers from the playoffs...
Penguins fans won’t be able to attend January games at PPG Paints Arena
The Pittsburgh Penguins announced Monday they will not be able to have fans at the four scheduled home games at PPG Paints Arena in January. Protocols put in place by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, as well as local officials, limit gatherings to 500 people at indoor arenas. Penguins and arena...
5 things we learned: Late-season nosedive becoming a trend for Steelers
Five things we learned from Browns 48, Steelers 37: 1. Slip sliding away Once a team known for strong finishes, the Steelers experienced a late-season collapse for the third season in a row. In 2018, it was four losses in a five-game stretch that resulted in the Steelers missing the...
Penguins Prospect Watch: Chase Yoder scores first career NCAA goalsVideo
While the NHL and most leagues in North America have been on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic, several leagues in Europe and a handful in North America have already opened play for the 2020-21 season. Twenty of the Penguins’ prospects or minor leaguers have played this season, primarily in...
NHL taxi squads to help teams stay on ice in pandemic
The NHL is bracing for bumps as it aims to pull off a season during the covid-19 pandemic, and they’re hoping taxi squads will help teams overcome outbreaks to stay on the ice. Alas, the defending Western Conference champion Dallas Stars have already had to postpone their season-opening game later...
Defenses rise to task in NFL postseason
The lasting memory of the offenses for Seattle, Tennessee and Chicago this weekend is how offensive they were. Not in a good way. Even in a league where scoring was at an all-time high, with more touchdowns than ever, defense becomes a priceless commodity in the postseason. Ask the quarterbacks...
Madden Monday: Mike Tomlin was ‘outcoached by someone who wasn’t even there’
During that agonizing 28-0 first quarter of Sunday night’s Steelers playoff loss to the Cleveland Browns, a forlorn fan sent me this tweet. Starting to feel nostalgic for all those years when we simply failed to make it to the playoffs.— Rob (@WildernessRob) January 11, 2021 Sir, I hate to...
First Call: Deshaun Watson wanted Omar Khan in Houston, Lions trying to lure Kevin Colbert
Sunday night was “last call” for the Pittsburgh Steelers. But that doesn’t mean we stop doing “First Call” at “Breakfast With Benz.” Apparently, Steelers executive Omar Khan was closer to getting that Houston Texans general manager job than we thought. The Detroit Lions are still trying to bring back current...
Tim Benz: ‘Airing of Grievances’ after Steelers suffer humiliating playoff defeat to Cleveland
It was just the latest in a long list of games that the Steelers couldn’t possibly lose, which inevitably they lost. To Washington and the Cincinnati Bengals this year. To the New York Jets last year. To the Oakland Raiders and Denver Broncos back in 2018. To Ryan Mallett and...
Emotional Ben Roethlisberger sat on bench long after Steelers’ loss; was it his last game?
Long after the Cleveland Browns joyously left the Heinz Field playing surface and almost all of his Pittsburgh Steelers teammates had sulked their way into the locker room, Ben Roethlisberger sat on a heated bench on the sideline. His longest-tenured teammate, Maurkice Pouncey, eventually joined him. NBC cameras caught what...
19 Steelers set for unrestricted free agency, including up to 10 starters
The 2021 Pittsburgh Steelers who take the field together for the first time figure to look plenty different than the ones that ended the 2020 season Sunday night. Nineteen players are scheduled to hit unrestricted free agency in the spring, plus tight end Vance McDonald has a team option that...
JuJu Smith-Schuster says he doesn’t regret ‘Browns is the Browns’ comment
The Browns might be the Browns, but they’re going on to the divisional round. And they aren’t forgetting what one of the Pittsburgh Steelers said about them. But even after his season ended by way of a loss to Cleveland, JuJu Smith-Schuster didn’t take back his “The Browns is the...
Turnover-prone Steelers bounced from playoffs by big-play Browns
It wasn’t supposed to end this way. Not after they won a franchise-record 11 consecutive games to start the season. Not against a team making its first playoff appearance in 18 years. Not to the Cleveland Browns, who hadn’t won any game at Heinz Field since 2003, and didn’t have...
Harris English gets 1st PGA win in 7 years at Tournament of ChampionsVideo
KAPALUA, Hawaii — Harris English went more than seven years without winning on the PGA Tour, and he didn’t mind going an extra hole to win the Sentry Tournament of Champions on Sunday. English missed a 10-foot eagle putt in regulation on the par-5 18th hole at Kapalua for a...
PGA Championship leaving Trump National in ’22 tournamentVideo
KAPALUA, Hawaii — The PGA of America cut ties to President Donald Trump when it voted Sunday to take the PGA Championship event away from his New Jersey golf course next year. The vote comes four days after the Trump-fueled riot at the nation’s Capitol as Congress was certifying the...
Drew Brees, Saints pull away for wild-card win over BearsVideo
NEW ORLEANS — Drew Brees will get to celebrate his 42nd birthday by preparing for a playoff game that will also feature the one active NFL quarterback older than him. Brees completed 28 of 39 passes for 265 yards, connecting with Michael Thomas and Latavius Murray for touchdowns, and the...
Another early playoff exit adds to Seahawks frustrationVideo
SEATTLE — For all the success through the years, there is an indisputable fact Russell Wilson, Pete Carroll and the rest of the Seattle Seahawks more veteran players can’t avoid. Since the Seahawks’ loss to New England in the Super Bowl in February 2015, their playoff performances have been complete...
Despite speculation, QB Josh Dobbs among Steelers inactives for playoff opener
The Pittsburgh Steelers played coy with it all week. But in the end, they stuck with what they’ve done all regular season long. No. 3 quarterback Josh Dobbs was among six players inactive and not in uniform for Sunday night’s wild-card playoff game against the Cleveland Browns. Dobbs had not...
Lamar Jackson ends playoff drought by leading Ravens past TitansVideo
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Lamar Jackson finally has his first postseason victory — and on the road, no less. Combine that with Baltimore smothering 2,000-yard rusher Derrick Henry, and the Ravens look playoff tough. Jackson ran for 136 yards, including a 48-yard touchdown, and threw for 179 more as the Ravens...
Source: Duquesne’s Sincere Carry plans to transfer
After missing what would have been his 64th start in less than three seasons Saturday, Duquesne junior point guard Sincere Carry is planning to transfer, a source told the Tribune-Review. Carry has been one of the team’s most important players for the past two seasons, plus the first five games...
Pitt’s men’s basketball game at Georgia Tech on Wednesday postponed
Pitt’s men’s basketball season has been interrupted again after the ACC postponed the Panthers’ game Wednesday at Georgia Tech. The postponement is because of a positive covid-19 test and subsequent contact tracing within the Yellow Jackets program. The postponement is Pitt’s fourth this season, one more conference game than the...
No. 1 Alabama looking for 6th title under Nick Saban vs. Ohio State
MIAMI — Trying to figure out which of Nick Saban’s Alabama teams is best is akin to picking Michelangelo’s greatest work of art or Ernest Hemingway’s best novel. They are all excellent in their own way. The first to win a national championship came in 2009 and remains the only...
As usual, Bryan Rust ready for new role with Penguins
As malleable as anyone who has ever dressed for the Penguins, Bryan Rust is dealing with a somewhat new experience during training camp. He knows his role to open the season. After a breakout 2019-20 campaign when he led the team with a career-best 27 goals in 55 games, he...
NHL embarks on season that will be like ’56 playoff games’
The NHL has started seasons of fewer than 82 games in January and played into the summer to award the Stanley Cup. Just not like this. When the puck drops on the regular season in five rinks Jan. 13, it will be the start of a 56-game sprint to the...
