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Ex-Angels employee charged in overdose death of Tyler SkaggsVideo
ANAHEIM, Calif. — A former Los Angeles Angels employee has been charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl in connection with last year’s overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs, prosecutors in Texas announced Friday. Eric Prescott Kay was arrested in Fort Worth, Texas, and made his first appearance Friday in federal...
Pitt opens training camp with no opt-outs
The question made Damar Hamlin chuckle. He considered it for a moment and gave an answer that said a lot about what will push Pitt through a season overflowing with expectations. Athletes and their coaches don’t usually like to play the what-if game with reporters. They prefer to deal with...
Long-driving Cameron Champ in contention at PGA ChampionshipVideo
SAN FRANCISCO — John Daly famously won a PGA Championship 29 years ago by swinging as hard as he could every time he got on the tee. Cameron Champ just might do the same thing this weekend at Harding Park. “Usually whenever I swing a little harder, it goes a...
Coaches to have own Hall of Fame category for next 4 yearsVideo
Coaches will have their own category for being voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame — at least for the next four years. The Pro Football Hall of Fame Board of Trustees on Friday approved a change in the selection process. Effective with the class of 2021, there will...
Penguins eliminated from playoffs after being upset by the Canadiens
When crafting his lineup on a game-by-game basis, Mike Sullivan has a basic principle he professes to abide by. What players will give his team the best chance to win? On Friday, he deemed goaltender Tristan Jarry the most worthy candidate of his options in net in achieving that overlying...
Coyotes top Predators, win playoff series for 1st time in 8 yearsVideo
EDMONTON, Alberta — Brad Richardson scored on a rebound in overtime, Darcy Kuemper stopped 49 shots and the Arizona Coyotes advanced in the postseason for the first time in eight years with a 4-3 win over the Nashville Predators on Friday. The Coyotes, the Western Conference’s No. 11 seed, took...
Gregory Polanco taking aggressive approach at the plate for Pirates: ‘Just keep swinging’
As Gregory Polanco talked with Miguel Sano, the Minnesota Twins slugger shared something with which the Pittsburgh Pirates right fielder can relate: Sano has been feeling tired since testing positive for covid-19. And it was showing in his swing, until Thursday’s game. “I said, ‘Just keep swinging,’” Polanco said to...
Brad Keselowski still seeking 1st win at home track in MichiganVideo
Ford is on a nice little winning streak at Michigan International Speedway, although it may not feel that way to Brad Keselowski. Keselowski still hasn’t won a Cup race in his home state, and it seems like every year that is a story when NASCAR comes to Michigan. Keselowski will...
2 Pittsburgh-based boxers sign profile-raising promotional deal
Since moving to Pittsburgh in the last three years, Ukrainian standouts Oleh “Ukraine Pitbull” Dovhun and Lyubomyr “Demolition Man” Pinchuk have been looking to make a name for themselves in the world of pro boxing. They took a step in that direction this week. Local boxing trainer and promoter Michael...
Islanders advance with 5-1 win over Panthers
TORONTO — Anthony Beauvillier scored twice, and the New York Islanders beat the Florida Panthers 5-1 to clinch an NHL best-of-five preliminary round playoff series in four games on Friday. Brock Nelson and Mathew Barzal had a goal and assist each in a game the Islanders never trailed. Defenseman Ryan...
Fall coronavirus cancellations affecting small college basketball too
The Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference earlier this week decided to shift most of its fall sports to the spring, a move not altogether shocking considering the volume of local college conferences doing the same thing. But when the AMCC listed the affected sports, alarm bells went off for some coaches....
PIAA delays fall sports for 2 weeks to talk with Gov. Wolf, state legislature
The PIAA heard “thousands of voices,” so it’s trying to save fall sports. The board voted Friday to delay the start of fall sports for two weeks — until Aug. 24 — giving the PIAA executive staff time to talk further with Gov. Tom Wolf, his administration, state legislators and...
Entire Cubs-Cardinals series postponed after more positive tests
ST. LOUIS — The entire three-game series between the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis at Busch Stadium was postponed Friday night after two more Cardinals players and a staff member tested positive for the coronavirus. Major League Baseball announced that the whole weekend set was off. Hours earlier, MLB said...
State legislator urges PIAA to keep high school sports in fall
The governor wants high school sports delayed until January, but at least one member of the state legislature disagrees. House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff, R-Bellefonte, sent a letter Friday to the PIAA in support of playing sports in the fall. Benninghoff’s letter stressed that Gov. Tom Wolf’s recommendation “is not...
Tim Benz, Mark Madden dissect what went wrong in Game 4 in ‘Hockey in the Hub’ postgame show
The Penguins’ season is over. The Montreal Canadiens, the 24th seed and last team in the NHL’s expanded format, defeated the Penguins, 2-0, in Game 4 of their qualifying-round series on Friday and eliminated Pittsburgh from Stanley Cup playoff consideration. Trib columnists Tim Benz and Mark Madden break it down...
2 more top-10 women drop out of U.S. Open
NEW YORK — Two more top-10 women — Elina Svitolina and Kiki Bertens — will miss the U.S. Open, joining No. 1-ranked Ash Barty in skipping the Grand Slam tennis tournament during the coronavirus pandemic. The fifth-ranked Svitolina, a Ukrainian who was a semifinalist at Flushing Meadows a year ago,...
WR James Washington returns to active roster for Steelers
Wide receiver James Washington was activated from the reserve/covid-19 list Friday, reducing the number of Pittsburgh Steelers players on the list to two. Washington was placed on the newly created list Aug. 2. Cornerback Justin Layne and running back Jaylen Samuels remain on the list. Washington, who is entering his...
Penguins to start goaltender Tristan Jarry in Game 4
With their season on the line, the Penguins will start goaltender Tristan Jarry for Friday’s Game 4 of their qualifying round series against the Montreal Canadiens in Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena. Coach Mike Sullivan announced Jarry as his starter via video conference from Toronto but declined to get into specifics as...
Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: Having Kevin Newman available to pinch-hit paid off for Pirates
Derek Shelton has made some head-scratching moves this season, even for a rookie manager, and the Pittsburgh Pirates skipper has taken the most heat for constantly shuffling the lineup. But his decision to sit shortstop Kevin Newman in favor of JT Riddle paid off handsomely on Thursday afternoon, as it...
First Call: Pitt, Notre Dame ACC odds, Big Ten coaches exchange barbs, Gerrit Cole vs. Tyler Glasnow
Friday’s “First Call” gives us gambling odds for Pitt football in the ACC. And for Notre Dame, too. We also try to scout the Pittsburgh Pirates’ next opponent. A pair of former Pirates pitchers square off this weekend. And an epic Big Ten rivalry just got more salty. Irish odds...
To stay alive, Penguins must offset Canadiens’ blue line contribution
Whatever you pick, you aren’t wrong. Just about any complaint you want to raise about the Pittsburgh Penguins in their preliminary-round series against the Montreal Canadiens, you are right. • They aren’t scoring enough. • They are getting out-worked. • They are getting out-coached. • Montreal’s goalie has been better....
Tim Benz: Steelers coaches insist the defense can get even better. OK, let’s find out where.
Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin was already on record as saying his defense can do more in 2020. Even in the turnover department, where the franchise led the NFL last year with 38. “It’s reasonable to expect us to improve in that area and to improve in all areas,”...
‘Burgh’s best to wear it, No. 24: Barry Bonds leads a strong group of all-time greatsVideo
The Tribune-Review sports staff is conducting a daily countdown of the best players in Pittsburgh pro and college sports history to wear each jersey number. No. 24: Barry Bonds The first remarkable fact that comes to mind about Barry Bonds — other than his all-time record 762 home runs, an...
Vegas takes big step toward clinching top seed in WestVideo
EDMONTON, Alberta — Mark Stone scored the go-ahead goal on a deflection with under 7 minutes left, and the Vegas Golden Knights took a big step toward clinching the top seed in the Western Conference by beating the St. Louis Blues, 6-4, in round-robin play Thursday night. Vegas would be...
Covid-19 concerns can’t dampen Clemson coach Dabo Swinney’s enthusiasmVideo
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney couldn’t hide the wide grin as he talked at last about watching the Tigers workout on the field. “Once we got on the field, it was awesome,” Swinney said Thursday after the opening practice of fall camp. “Just a blessing to be able...
