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Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes signs historic 10-year deal worth more than $500MVideo
The Kansas City Chiefs made sure they’ll have Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes around as long as possible. Mahomes agreed to a 10-year extension worth $503 million, according to his agency, Steinberg Sports. The deal is worth $477 million in guarantee mechanisms and includes a no-trade clause and opt-out clauses...
Double Team: Kings, Penguins both lucky to have had Luc Robitalle
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...
Steelers’ James Conner, JuJu Smith-Schuster make surprise home purchases for family members
James Conner and JuJu Smith-Schuster keep taking care of the ones they love. A month after buying his father a new GMC black pickup truck, Conner surprised his mother, Kelly Bibbs, with a new house over the weekend. Smith-Schuster then revealed Monday that he also bought a house for his...
Steelers’ Ben Roethlisberger appropriately welcomes 7 new members to family
Seven really must be Ben Roethlisberger’s lucky number. For a quarterback who has carved a 16-year NFL career while wearing the No. 7, it’s fitting Roethlisberger added that many members to his household over the weekend. No, his wife did not have septuplets. But his dog, Dakota, did. The Roethlisbergers...
Native American groups ask NFL to force Redskins name changeVideo
WASHINGTON — Several Native American leaders and organizations sent a letter to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday calling for the league to force Redskins owner Dan Snyder to change the team name immediately. The letter obtained by the Associated Press is signed by 15 Native American advocates. It demands...
Oakmont assistant pro leads Tri-State PGA Falling Rock Classic
Oakmont Country Club assistant pro Chris Zumpano shot a 2-under par 70 on Monday to grab a three-shot lead at the Tri-State PGA Falling Rock Classic at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort. Zumpano, 32, lead Oakmont head pro Devin Gee and Saxonburg’s Joe Boros, who both shot a 1-over 73 on the...
Mt. Lebanon, 32 student-athletes and 2 coaches honored as Positive Athlete award winners
Thirty-two student-athletes, two coaches and one high school were honored Monday as the 2020 Western Pennsylvania Positive Athlete award winners. One athlete was honored from each sport, as well as two multi-sport athletes and two coaches, Mike Shrader from Bentworth and Amanda Anderson from Plum. Mt. Lebanon was named the...
Colin Kaepernick, ESPN team up for documentary series on his lifeVideo
Colin Kaepernick will be featured in a documentary series produced by ESPN Films as part of a first-look deal with The Walt Disney Co. The deal between Kaepernick’s production arm, Ra Vision Media, and The Walt Disney Co. was announced Monday. The partnership will focus on telling scripted and unscripted...
West Penn Amateur postponed; announcement of new dates expected later this week
It has been a tough year for people trying to run golf tournaments. The West Pennsylvania Golf Association, Tri-State PGA and Pennsylvania Golf Association have been forced to change their schedules because on the coronavirus pandemic. Because Allegheny County shut down bars and restaurants and restricted gatherings to no more...
Braves ‘ultimate pro’ OF Nick Markakis opts out of seasonVideo
ATLANTA — Atlanta Braves outfielder Nick Markakis opted out of the 2020 season Monday because of increased concerns about the coronavirus pandemic. Markakis is the second Atlanta veteran in two days to announce plans to sit out the 60-game season. He follows right-hander Felix Hernandez, the former Cy Young winner...
Nationals, Astros call off workouts because of covid testing delaysVideo
WASHINGTON — Baseball’s two World Series finalists canceled workouts Monday because of covid-19 testing delays that one executive worried could endanger the baseball season. The defending champion Washington Nationals and reigning American League champion Houston Astros called off their training camp practices after not receiving test results from Friday. The...
PGA Tour, Memorial tournament scrap plans to admit limited number of fansVideo
The PGA Tour and the Memorial scrapped state-approved plans to have limited spectators next week because of what it described as rapidly changing dynamics of the covid-19 pandemic. The Memorial, hosted by Jack Nicklaus on his Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, was in line to be the first...
Kiski Area’s Jack Dilts is packing on the pounds and the scholarship offers
Kiski Area defensive end Jack Dilts had quite the holiday. Before the fireworks went off, Dilts was on the phone with Akron, and the conversation ended with the 6-foot-5, 250-pounder receiving a scholarship offer. Dilts has also received offers from Robert Morris, Albany, Bucknell, Duquesne, Penn and Toledo. “I’ve been...
Penn State softball coach resigns
The Penn State athletic department will begin a nationwide search for a new softball coach after Amanda Lehotak resigned Monday. Lehotak will be pursuing other professional opportunities outside of softball, the school said. She coached the Nittany Lion softball program for the last seven seasons. She led the 2016 team...
Mark Madden: NFL players have no leverage to make training camp demandsVideo
We have no sports. But we still can have refreshing sports notes! Some are lengthy, others brief. All were conceived and written while wearing a mask. • According to ProFootballTalk.com, the NFL Players’ Association wants the following during training camp: no preseason games. No mandatory hotel stays. No 11-on-11 field...
It’s official: Pirates open 60-game MLB season at St. Louis, play Brewers in home opener
The Pittsburgh Pirates will open the 2020 season on July 24 at the St. Louis Cardinals, then return July 27 for their home opener against the Milwaukee Brewers at PNC Park, MLB Network announced Monday night in a schedule release special. The trip to St. Louis will be a three-game...
Baseball is returning to Wild Things Park on July 9
Baseball will be played at Wild Things Park this summer, after all. Late last week, the Washington Wild Things, along with three other teams, announced a four-team league that will play Thursday through Sunday, starting July 9. Opening Day July 9th at Wild Things Park pic.twitter.com/uOFCIreHCn— Washington Wild Things (@WashWildThings)...
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins sign forwards Zach Nastasiuk and Nick Schilkey
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have signed forwards Zach Nastasiuk and Nick Schilkey to one-year American Hockey League contracts. A second-round pick of the Detroit Red Wings in 2013, Nastasiuk, 25, appeared in 53 AHL games with the San Antonio Rampage last season and recorded 11 points (four goals, seven assists). Schilkey,...
WPIAL, PIAA football gold pave way for Thomas Jefferson to take Trib Cup 5A title
The Thomas Jefferson football team did more than bring WPIAL and PIAA gold back to Jefferson Hills. The Jaguars also led the way to a Trib HSSN Sports Cup championship in Class 5A. The Jaguars football team claimed its fourth WPIAL title in the last five years and captured PIAA...
Unfiltered: Tim Benz and Mark Madden discuss players not playing, NHL playoff format, Cam Newton joining PatriotsVideo
While it seems like there’s not much new about sports starting up again in the U.S., the number of pro sports players who have come out to say that they are not going to play this year has crept up. Tim Benz wonders if this will get to the point...
Report: Penn State basketball coach Patrick Chambers made noose comment to player
In January 2019, amid a 0-10 Big Ten start that very nearly got Patrick Chambers fired, the Penn State men’s basketball coach had a talk with his freshman guard Rasir Bolton. He had played Bolton only six minutes in a 71-56 home loss to Michigan State after having given the...
Trump lashes out at NASCAR, Bubba Wallace over noose incident, Confederate flag ban
WASHINGTON — NASCAR’s layered relationship with President Trump took a sharp turn Monday when Trump blasted the series for banning the Confederate flag and wrongly accused the sport’s only full-time Black driver of perpetrating “a hoax” when a crew member found a noose in the team garage stall. Trump suggested...
‘Burgh’s Best to Wear It, No. 56: Russ Grimm excelled on the field no matter the positionVideo
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. 56: Russ Grimm Russ Grimm left Southmoreland High School as a quarterback, linebacker and punter. After arriving at Pitt, he was moved to center...
MLB set to announce regular-season schedule
Major League Baseball will announce its long-awaited, truncated 2020 schedule at 6 p.m. Monday on the league’s television network. Teams will play a 60-game schedule, 40 games against division opponents and 20 against the corresponding division from the other league. In the case of the Pirates, that means 40 games...
Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: Pirates’ first days of camp were ‘filthy,’ with talk of mash and rash
The Pittsburgh Pirates opened their second training camp (aka The Deuce) on Friday at PNC Park, but closed it to the media in an effort to follow a late Allegheny County order to limit gatherings to 25 people. Somehow, we saw more fireworks than baseball this holiday weekend, even though...
