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‘Burgh’s Best to Wear It, No. 44: Brooks Orpik was the first part of the Penguins’ renaissance
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. 44: Brooks Orpik When Brooks Orpik was called up to the NHL for the first time in 2002, the Penguins weren’t far removed from...
Steelers 2-a-days: OT Alejandro Villenueva, rookie DT Calvin Taylor among NFL’s tallest players
Editor’s note: Leading up to a unique Pittsburgh Steelers training camp staged at Heinz Field this year, the Tribune-Review will be running through the team’s 90-man roster, assessing each player’s outlook for the 2020 season. The breakdown will go through the roster, in mostly alphabetical order, two per day, between...
Watch: Penguins holding intra-squad scrimmage ahead of NHL’s returnVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins are playing a familiar foe today: themselves. The team is holding an intra-squad scrimmage at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry. Watch the scrimmage below. Team black has the likes of Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang and Tristan Jarry, among others. Team white has Jared...
Edmonton CFL club reportedly will drop ‘Eskimos’ nameVideo
EDMONTON, Alberta — The Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League reportedly will change their name. The team would not confirm the two reports. TSN and Postmedia said Friday the team will make a switch following a decision to do the same by Washington’s NFL team. “We acknowledge and appreciate...
Daniel Bard makes Rockies roster after seven-year absenceVideo
DENVER — Daniel Bard never ran from the mental hiccups that derailed a promising pitching career with the Boston Red Sox. Through a half-dozen comeback attempts since his last appearance in the big leagues in 2013, Bard couldn’t rediscover his control and finally settled into a job last year as...
Monmouth jockeys pick up Haskell rides because of covid-19Video
Jockey Joe Bravo has an unexpected chance to win the $1 million Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park on Saturday. Bravo has been the leading rider 13 times at the New Jersey track. He gets a boost for the Haskell after the New York Racing Association decided to bar its jockeys...
Lots of room for NASCAR fans at Texas due to coronavirus restrictions, searing heat
FORT WORTH, Texas — The massive grandstands at Texas Motor Speedway are two-thirds of a mile long and were empty for the last race there. On Sunday, the NASCAR Cup Series race becomes the first major sporting event in Texas in more than four months to allow spectators. It could...
Double Team: Ruslan Fedotenko scored big goals for the Lightning and Penguins
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
Tony Finau, Ryan Palmer share early lead at Memorial as Tiger Woods hangs onVideo
DUBLIN, Ohio — Tony Finau figured he was on the right track when he shot 59 at Victory Ranch last week in Utah. That kind of score isn’t happening at Muirfield Village, where the greens are getting faster by the hour. No matter. Finau took enough confidence from playing with...
Penguins notes: Mike Sullivan pleased with depth, Jason Zucker fits in on 2nd lineVideo
Even while down one of the team’s highest-profile forwards and without a defenseman who has played 73 games for them over the past two seasons, the Pittsburgh Penguins still find themselves with a surplus of players when compiling an 18-man lineup during practice this week. For coach Mike Sullivan, it’s...
Day before full intrasquad scrimmage, Penguins practice features rare 5-on-5 simulated game
Sidney Crosby went to the center-ice dot. Jared McCann, too. A third party dropped the puck. And off they went. There was no clock, the scoreboard was turned off, it lasted no more than a total of 15 minutes and line changes were relegated to a special whistle blown to...
NFL doctors tell union boss DeMaurice Smith that training camps can open on time
The NFL and its players’ union have several health and economic issues to work out before training camps are scheduled to open July 28. Delaying the start of summer practices because of the coronavirus pandemic apparently isn’t among them. NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith said based on information he received...
Penguins’ Sam Lafferty has proven he belongs in NHL, but will he be in playoff lineup?Video
Sam Lafferty spent much of his first 24 years of life wanting to play for the Pittsburgh Penguins and hoping he one day would be good enough to do so. After only 50 games with the Penguins, Lafferty is convinced he belongs. “I think I have shown I can definitely...
Andrei Vasilevskiy, Connor Hellebuyk, Tuukka Rask picked as Vezina finalistsVideo
Andrei Vasilevskiy of the Tampa Bay Lightning was selected as a Vezina Trophy finalist for the third consecutive season, with a shot at becoming the first back-to-back winner of the NHL’s top goalie award in 12 years. Winnipeg’s Connor Hellebuyk and Boston’s Tuukka Rask rounded out the list of finalists...
Edmonton Oilers’ arena deemed structurally sound after stormVideo
Edmonton’s mayor said a preliminary assessment shows storm damage to Rogers Place is not structural, and the arena will be able to hold upcoming NHL games. Don Iveson said photos of Thursday night’s flooding and damage to the arena’s roof are concerning. “The damage is cosmetic and is to the...
Washington owner Dan Snyder vows culture change amid sexual harassment allegations
Washington NFL owner Dan Snyder said Friday he’s committed to improving the culture inside the team after allegations of sexual harassment, while the league will wait for a law firm’s review before taking action. The Washington Post reported Thursday that 15 female former employees said they were sexually harassed during...
Pa. teams ask state to allow fans in the stands
HARRISBURG — As Pennsylvania approached 100,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus Friday, several professional, semi-professional, amateur and college sports teams have submitted plans to the state Department of Health to have fans in the stands, the agency said. The Wolf administration declined to reveal which organizations, teams or colleges have...
For Pirates, right-hander Joe Musgrove the natural choice to earn Opening Day start
Upon being named Opening Day starter for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Joe Musgrove’s mind couldn’t help but drift to the man who shared his love of baseball and pushed him to chase his dream of playing in the majors. “I just think about how proud my dad probably is right now,”...
Pirates confirm starting right fielder Gregory Polanco has tested positive for covid-19
The Pittsburgh Pirates’ starting lineup suffered a big blow with the announcement Gregory Polanco has tested positive for covid-19, which threatens to force the right fielder to miss the start of the season. Pirates manager Derek Shelton confirmed the positive test Friday afternoon after receiving consent from Polanco to go...
Atlantic 10 postponement of fall sports affects 9 Duquesne teams
When she was the 23-year-old women’s basketball coach at Georgia Tech, Bernie McGlade’s concerns were simple: • Zone over man-to-man defense? • Who will be the point guard? • What time does the bus leave? Today, in the midst of the covid-19 pandemic, Bernadette V. McGlade is entering her 13th...
Mark Madden: Penguins’ Jake Guentzel isn’t the only NHL player returning from injury, you know
Covid-19 and that flood in Edmonton permitting, the NHL playoffs are two weeks away. But the puck drops for refreshing hockey notes right here, right now! • Penguins fans crow about Jake Guentzel returning from injury because of the pause, but the Penguins aren’t alone in benefiting. Columbus got back...
Pirates place closer Keone Kela on 10-day injured list
The Pittsburgh Pirates placed closer Keone Kela on the 10-day injured list, according to MLB transactions. The 27-year-old right-hander has not participated in training camp for undisclosed reasons. Kela was ordained the closer by new Pirates manager Derek Shelton at the outset of spring training at Pirate City in Bradenton,...
Report: CAA cancels fall sports competition, including Pitt’s game against Richmond
The Colonial Athletic Association will cancel its fall sports seasons to avoid covid-19 issues, likely leaving Pitt without an early-season nonconference opponent, FOX Sports’ Bruce Feldman has reported. An official announcement is expected later Friday. SOURCES: The CAA conference is expected to announce tomorrow that the league will not be...
Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: Discussing what Derek Shelton can’t, Pirates players with covid-19
One of the most uncomfortable interactions with coaches involves asking why a player didn’t participate in practice, attempting to clarify whether it’s for a disciplinary, illness, injury or personal matter. Derek Shelton won’t discuss it. Because he can’t discuss it. That’s the reality of the covid-19 sportsworld, when teams aren’t...
’Burgh’s Best to Wear It, No. 45: Schenley’s DeJuan Blair stayed home, almost led Pitt to Final Four
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. 45: DeJuan Blair DeJuan Blair stood 6-foot-4 in eighth grade when he was first spotted dunking a basketball. That feat occurred at the Ammons...
