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Penn State’s Sean Clifford named to Davey O’Brien Award watch list
Sean Clifford, Penn State’s junior quarterback, is one of 30 quarterbacks in Division I football named to The Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award watch list released Tuesday. The award is presented annually by the Davey O’Brien Foundation to the nation’s best college quarterback. It is the oldest national quarterback award,...
Riverhounds’ Jordan Dover, Robbie Mertz named to USL Championship Team of the Week
Robbie Mertz and Jordan Dover paced the Riverhounds to their first victory of the 2020 season Sunday when they defeated Louisville City, 3-1, in their inaugural game at Lynn Family Stadium. Now, the two Riverhounds veterans have reaped the rewards as they were named to the USL Championship Team of...
Lehigh’s Josh Luchini, other WPIAL grads react to Patriot League canceling fall sports
Josh Luchini was looking forward to his junior soccer season at Lehigh this fall and was dead set on building on what he accomplished during his sophomore season. The former North Allegheny Tiger was named the 2019 Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year after he scored 11 goals and...
Draisaitl, MacKinnon, Panarin named Ted Lindsay Award finalists
NEW YORK — NHL leading scorer Leon Draisaitl of the Oilers, Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon and Rangers winger Artemi Panarin were named finalists for the Ted Lindsay Award on Tuesday. The trophy goes to the league’s most outstanding player as voted by fellow players. None of them has won the...
Clock is ticking for Steelers to sign OLB Bud Dupree to long-term contract
Nearly five months after saying he wanted Bud Dupree to finish his career with the Pittsburgh Steelers, general manager Kevin Colbert is running out of time to make that happen. For this season, at least. The Steelers and Dupree face a 4 p.m. deadline Wednesday to come to terms on...
Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: Joe Musgrove states his case to be Pirates’ Opening Day starter
Another day of training camp saw another intrasquad scrimmage on Monday, but the Pittsburgh Pirates showed off some potential storylines for the start of the season. Josh Bell crushed a homer. Joe Musgrove was humming. The pitching piggyback made its debut. Jarrod Dyson rounded the bases, too. The best news...
Penguins’ Kris Letang on why he decided to play, David Morehouse on NHL schedule for 2020-21
On Monday, the Penguins opened training camp to prepare for 2020’s rebooted “NHL in a bubble” format. The quest for the Stanley Cup officially resumed in Cranberry at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex. But first there is the quest to escape practices without the whole team contracting coronavirus. Easier said...
5 big 2020 Pirates questions: What should be done with Cole Tucker?
The Pirates are ramping up to their 60-game sprint of a season at PNC Park’s “Spring Training 2.0.” The Major League Baseball schedule starts for the Pirates on Friday, July 24 in St. Louis. So each day this week at “Breakfast With Benz,” we will be examining the five most...
Steelers 2-a-days: Can Tuzar Skipper make an impact? JuJu Smith-Schuster in a contract yearVideo
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...
First Call: Praise for Steelers T.J. Watt, criticism of James Conner, odds on Washington’s nickname, NFL face shields
Tuesday’s “First Call” finds praise for Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt, but criticism for running back James Conner. Also a peek at the new design for NFL faceguards in the covid-19 era. And betting odds for Washington’s new NFL nickname. My idea won’t win. But it is the best of the...
Pitt’s Pat Narduzzi eager to begin ride on college football’s wave of uncertainty
With the Atlantic Ocean at his back, Pat Narduzzi looked happy and relaxed Monday morning while sitting on the porch of his Rhode Island vacation home. “I feel good about everything this time of year,” Pitt’s coach told ACC Network hosts Mark Packer and Wes Durham during a live interview....
Fox Chapel grad Gregor Meyer is having a winning summer on the golf course
Not too many Western Pennsylvania golfers have had a summer quite like Gregor Meyer’s. The Fox Chapel grad has won four tournaments — two this past week, including a course-record 62 at Edgewood Country Club on Thursday to win the Pennsylvania Open qualifier. Meyer capped his successful week with back-to-back...
Robert Morris football schedules September road game at Hawaii
If a college football season is actually played this fall, Robert Morris will take a Hawaiian vacation in the middle of it. The University of Hawaii announced Monday that it will play host to the Colonials on Sept. 26. Hawaii is looking for opponents after Fordham canceled a scheduled Sept....
West Liberty senior leads Pittsburgh Open
For most of the first round of the Pittsburgh Open on Monday, Darin Kowalski’s name appeared on top of the leaderboard. But late in the afternoon, amateur Alex Easthom of Ravenswood, W.Va., emerged as the leader in the Tri-State PGA event at South Hills Country Club. That’s because the scoring...
Pucks, masks prevalent as 24 NHL teams open training campVideo
St. Louis Blues goalie Jordan Binnington is so accustomed to wearing a mask, he didn’t mind doing so for the past four months during the coronavirus pandemic. “Sometimes, I forgot I’m wearing it while driving,” Binnington said Monday, when the Blues were among the NHL’s 24 teams to open training...
Major league teams try to ramp up the competition in campVideo
Well-traveled Milwaukee Brewers first baseman-outfielder Logan Morrison figures it will be easy for him to adjust to games without spectators this season. “I played for the Rays and the Marlins, so I’m used to it,” Morrison said. The Brewers and other major league teams worked out again Monday in mostly...
Stimmel, Goetz lead 7 Western Pa. golfers into state match play final 16
Rick Stimmel had it going during the qualifying round of the R. Jay Sigel State Amateur on Monday. The Pittsburgh native bogeyed his third hole of the day, No. 12, and then he got hot. Change that to sizzling. He birdied seven of 12 holes and then eagled No. 9,...
Penguins resume practicing … with a new normal
None of this is normal. Just look at the calendar. It’s July. The Penguins should not be practicing. They should be doing single-leg box hops in a home gym during the morning then catching rainbow trout off a pontoon boat in an Ontario lake with a five-syllable name by the...
Jake Guentzel returns to Sidney Crosby’s line on 1st day of Penguins camp
One of the few questions of intrigue regarding the Penguins’ lineup entering training camp involved the left wing spots on the top two lines. Where would a recuperating Jake Guentzel and Jason Zucker be lined up? It took all of five minutes to find out. During the early stages of...
Pirates pitcher JT Brubaker making up for lost time
JT Brubaker called it a “hiccup.” No pain, just “tightness.” Yet the strain in his right forearm robbed the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 26-year-old right-hander of all but four starts in Triple-A Indianapolis last season. No doubt, he has some catching up to do in spring training 2.0. He was the Pirates...
Freeport International Baseball Invitational set to start next week
Next week’s Freeport International Baseball Invitational is still a go, and roughly two dozen teams are ready to take part in games at four area fields. Because of the ongoing covid-19 pandemic, the week of activities, in some respects, will have a different feel from past tournaments, said FIBI vice...
Crew scrambles to get Muirfield prepared for 2nd consecutive PGA Tour eventVideo
DUBLIN, Ohio — The final group at the Workday Charity Open was making its way down the 13th fairway when the radio of a tournament official at Muirfield Village crackled to life with what was described as “breaking news.” Everyone within earshot moved closer to the cart waiting for the...
Rockets star Westbrook tests positive for coronavirusVideo
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Russell Westbrook of the Houston Rockets said Monday he tested positive for coronavirus, and he plans to join his team eventually at the restart of the NBA season. Westbrook made the revelation on social media. As recently as Sunday, the Rockets believed that Westbrook and...
Several rookies could have an impact in MLB’s abbreviated seasonVideo
CHICAGO — Baseball’s 60-game season is plenty of time for a young slugger or pitcher to play a pivotal role in a playoff run. Here is a closer look at a handful of rookies who could grab a starring role this year: • OF Luis Robert, Chicago White Sox: The...
Pirates, Indians schedule 3 exhibition games prior to start of season
The Pittsburgh Pirates will launch the competitive portion of their baseball season Saturday at PNC Park with the first of three exhibition games against the Cleveland Indians. The opener will be followed by a trip to Progressive Field in Cleveland on July 20 and a return to PNC Park on...
