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Column: Cranberries and ticking clock for Ryder Cup fateVideo
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — The final weekend in September in Wisconsin was expected to be bustling with good times and gigantic crowds, upward of 45,000 people and some 1,300 vendors taking part in an event steeped in tradition. But with the unpredictable nature of the covid-19 pandemic, organizers decided...
Q and A: LPGA commissioner Mike Whan talks about challenges of 2020, bright future for women’s golfVideo
Mike Whan began his tenure as LPGA commissioner 10 years ago. At the time Whan came on board, the LPGA was, in the words of 10-time tour winner Paula Creamer, “pretty much at rock bottom.” The number of events had been shrinking. Prize money was down. Interest was minimal. In...
Dale Earnhardt Jr. headlines NASCAR’s 2021 Hall of Fame classVideo
All Dale Earnhardt Jr. needed was a chance to prove he could win in stock cars. Turns out, he was a natural — on and off the track. Now the longtime fan favorite and two-time Daytona 500 winner will join his famous, late father in NASCAR’s Hall of Fame after...
Steelers cancel Friday Night Lights practice in Latrobe
The Pittsburgh Steelers won’t come to the Latrobe area for training camp, and they also have canceled their annual summer practice in the city. Steelers director of communications Burt Lauten delivered the bad news for local fans in a tweet on Tuesday, confirming the Steelers “will not be hosting their...
Conor Sheary, Penguins following NHL’s brain-tickling coronavirus safety precautions
Scattered to the wind over the past three months because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Penguins have begun to slowly reassemble at their facility in Cranberry for voluntary workouts as part of the second phase in the NHL’s plan to resume play and complete the 2019-20 season. Given the unique...
Oakmont pro Devin Gee finishes strong to win 1st Tri-State OpenVideo
WEIRTON, W.Va. — Bob Ford’s name appears on the trophy given to the winner of the Tri-State Open nine times. Eight times for winning the annual event, the other for having the trophy named after him. Ford, the former head golf professional at Oakmont Country Club, was at Williams Golf...
Bulked-up RB Noah Cain primed for big sophomore season for Penn State
Noah Cain made it a point as a true freshman last year to prove to his coaches that he was mentally mature. Then, during the offseason, his body physically matured. The combination could contribute to a breakout 2020 for a player who showed plenty of promise in limited action in...
Even with uncertain future, Conor Sheary is happy to be back with Penguins
The NHL’s pause due to the coronavirus pandemic is hardly ideal for Conor Sheary, a pending unrestricted free-agent forward. With the potentially dire economic consequences the league is already facing as a result of essentially shutting down business for the better part of three months, the salary cap, which is...
Number of WPIAL softball standouts were off to fast starts at college level
It pains some coaches and fans to think what could have been this season for a number of former WPIAL softball stars playing at the Division I college level. When the coronavirus pandemic showed up early in the spring and put a line through the NCAA softball season, it also...
Hall of Fame Game ‘highly unlikely’ to be played in front of fans, says Ohio governor
The Pro Football Hall of Fame’s business-as-usual approach to its signature events in August has met some resistance from Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine. DeWine said Tuesday that the Hall of Fame Game in Canton on Aug. 6 and the Hall of Fame induction ceremony two days later should not be...
2021 Pro Bowl to be played at new Las Vegas stadiumVideo
LAS VEGAS — The Pro Bowl is headed to Las Vegas. The NFL announced Tuesday the 2021 all-star game will be played at the new Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Sunday, Jan. 31 — one week before the Super Bowl in Tampa. Plans include what the league calls a...
Tiz the Law is class of Belmont field, Triple Crown favoriteVideo
While there won’t be school buses of fans hoping to see a New York-bred horse make Belmont history, there is a busload of Triple Crown expectations heading into Saturday’s race. Seventeen years ago, Jack Knowlton and the other owners of Funny Cide packed into school buses and headed to Belmont...
Former Cy Young winner Mike McCormick dies at age 81Video
CORNELIUS, N.C. — Longtime Giants pitcher Mike McCormick, who won the Cy Young Award in 1967, has died. He was 81. The Giants say McCormick died Saturday at his home in North Carolina after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. McCormick played 16 years in the majors from 1956-71 with...
Pirates GM Ben Cherington encourages frustrated baseball fans to ‘hold us accountable’
Ben Cherington said he remains optimistic MLB and the Players Association will find a way to play this summer, but the Pittsburgh Pirates general manager doesn’t blame baseball fans for feeling frustrated over how their negotiations have dragged on. Cherington encouraged fans to “express that frustration and continue to hold...
Gov. Andrew Cuomo gives go-ahead for U.S. Open tennis in New York in August
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday the U.S. Open tennis tournament will held on its scheduled dates starting in late August as part of the state’s reopening from shutdowns caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. Tennis Association had decided to go forward with its marquee event in New...
Craig Heyward, Steve Wisniewski among those on 2021 College Football Hall of Fame ballot
Craig Heyward, Steve Wisniewski and Matt Cavanaugh are among those with local ties who were listed on the ballot for the College Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2021 that was announced Tuesday. Heyward was a 1987 consensus All-American after leading the nation in rushing yards for Pitt. The late...
Latrobe grad Taylor Miller earns CSCAA All-American honors
Latrobe graduate Taylor Miller did not get to qualify for this season’s NCAA Division I women’s diving championship meet but earned a top honor by coming close. Miller, an Ohio University sophomore, was selected as an All-American on the 3-meter board by the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of...
Reigning NFL MVP Lamar Jackson will appear on Madden 21 cover
Lamar Jackson? Of course, Lamar Jackson. With no mystery. The EA Sports Madden cover release usually carries some suspense, but Jackson let it slip a couple of months ago that he had been approached about appearing on this year’s game cover. On Tuesday, EA Sports made it official: The Baltimore...
Sabres change course, fire GM Jason Botterill after 3 seasons
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Sabres owners Terry and Kim Pegula reversed course by firing general manager Jason Botterill on Tuesday as part of a drastic cost-cutting purge of front-office staff and scouts on a team preparing to sit idle for what could be the remainder of the calendar year. The...
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell encourages teams to sign Colin Kaepernick
Roger Goodell would like to see Colin Kaepernick back in the NFL this season. The NFL commissioner said during ESPN’s “The Return of Sports” special Monday that he is encouraging teams to sign the 32-year old quarterback, who hasn’t played the past three seasons. Kaepernick was with the San Francisco...
RMU coach Andy Toole discusses jumping to Horizon League, recruiting challenges, travel
That Robert Morris Northeast Conference championship game back on March 10 was a send-off in a number of ways. The Colonials 77-67 victory over St. Francis (Pa.) not only was the final sporting event in Pittsburgh prior to the covid-19 shutdown. It also turned about the school’s last game in...
Steelers 2-a-days: WR Deon Cain a true camp wild card, LS Kameron Canaday has new contract
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: Lamar Jackson vs. a jet ski, NHL hub city sleeper, Pirates’ Jameson Taillon lashes out
Tuesday’s “First Call” looks at Lamar Jackson’s sand football/jet ski mishap. Belief in the Browns. And an update on the NHL hub city discussion. This must’ve gone over big in Baltimore How quickly do you think John Harbaugh passed out after watching this? First of all, it’s star quarterback Lamar...
Tim Benz: Saints open old wounds for Steelers fans
One of the most painful regular season losses in Steelers history was the team’s Week 16 defeat in New Orleans back in 2018. You remember. • The awful pass interference call against Joe Haden in the end zone. • The other awful pass interference call later in the game. •...
‘Burgh’s Best to Wear it, No. 76: Steelers’ John Banaszak coached 2 college teams, reached 3 Halls of Fame
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. 76: John Banaszak Under-recruited out of high school and undrafted after college, John Banaszak still found a way to make an indelible mark no...
