Sports category, Page 2025
NASCAR wants 30,000 fans at All-Star race in TennesseeVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR is set to allow up to 30,000 fans at the track in Bristol next month when it moves the All-Star race out of Charlotte Motor Speedway for just the second time in the history of the race. If the expected attendance count holds, NASCAR would open...
Pirates convince 2nd-round pick Jared Jones to skip scholarship to Texas and sign to go pro
Nine years ago, the Pittsburgh Pirates took a University of Texas recruit in the second round of the MLB Draft and gave him a record $5 million signing bonus to convince him to play pro baseball. That risk paid off when Josh Bell became an All-Star first baseman. The Pirates...
Central Catholic sophomore-to-be leads Tri-State Open
There is a surprise leader after Round 1 of the Tri-State Open on Monday. Rocco Salvitti, who just finished his freshman year at Central Catholic, is leading at Williams Golf and Country Club. Salvitti shot a 5-under par 67 that included six birdies. He soared into the lead by making...
Mike Gundy’s OAN support angers star Oklahoma St. running back Chuba Hubbard, othersVideo
OKLAHOMA CITY — Star Oklahoma State running back Chuba Hubbard suggested Monday he may boycott the program after coach Mike Gundy was photographed wearing a T-shirt displaying the One America News Network, a far-right news channel that has been praised by President Donald Trump. Gundy is seen in a photograph...
Sal Frelick, who has Greensburg ties, one to watch in 2021 MLB Draft
This year’s MLB Draft, as short and sweet as it was, is in the books. But it is never too early to look ahead to next year. One player to keep an eye on plays at Boston College but has ties to Westmoreland County. Rising junior Sal Frelick, who attended...
Gregor Meyer takes low honors at state amateur qualifier
Fox Chapel graduate and former WPIAL champion Gregor Meyer shot 3-under-par 67 Monday on his home course to earn medalist honors at an 18-hole Pennsylvania Amateur qualifying tournament. Meyer, a member at host Hannastown Golf Club and a rising sophomore at High Point, made three birdies and one bogey to...
Allegheny Township resident cards 6th hole-in-one
Allegheny Township resident Steve Vak knows his way around a golf course. Although he didn’t start playing the sport until he was in his 40s, Vak has had a lot of success on the links. Just last week, the 73-year-old former Kiski Area superintendent carded the sixth hole-in-one of his...
Baseball season in jeopardy as fight between owners, players gets uglierVideo
The MLB Players Association said it is “disgusted” MLB commissioner Rob Manfred backtracked from his assertion that there “unequivocally” would be a baseball season this summer, accusing the league of “negotiating in bad faith since the beginning.” When asked by ESPN if there was going to be a season in...
Versatile Neil Walker reflects on Pine-Richland days in baseball and football
Trib HSSN has been fortunate to cover a lot of great athletes these last two decades. While the “Best of the Century” contest continues, we now feature some of these high school stars from the last two decades twice a week on Monday and Thursday on the Rebel Yell podcast....
Doyle out as Iowa strength coach; Barta standing by FerentzVideo
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa athletic director Gary Barta gave a vote of confidence to longtime football coach Kirk Ferentz on Monday after deciding to cut ties with a strength coach accused of mistreating African American players. Ferentz has dealt seriously in addressing former and current players’ concerns about the...
Penn State’s Micah Parsons ready to ‘step out of comfort zone’ as leader, still ‘be dominant’
Since the early days of his recruitment as a highly sought-after high school prospect in Harrisburg, Micah Parsons has been known for his outgoing, gregarious personality. But now that over the span of about 18 months Parsons has moved on from being a precocious Penn State freshman to a veteran...
Former Penn State QB Christian Hackenberg trying to switch to baseball
Could former Penn State quarterback Christian Hackenberg be the next Tim Tebow? Like Tebow, Hackenberg is looking to make the switch from the football field to the baseball diamond after fizzling out in the NFL. “I feel like I’ve got a lot left in the tank,” Hackenberg told NBC Philadelphia....
WNBA plans to play 22-game season in Florida starting late JulyVideo
NEW YORK — The WNBA has announced plans to play a reduced season, with a 22-game schedule that would begin in late July without fans in attendance. The league still is finalizing a partnership with IMG Academy in Florida to play all the games at the facility in Bradenton or...
Penguins A to Z: Jason Zucker finds a fitVideo
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 53 individuals under NHL contract with the organization, from mid-level prospect Niclas Almari to high-profile trade acquisition Jason Zucker. Player: Jason Zucker Position: Left winger...
US Tennis Association intends to hold Open if government OKsVideo
The U.S. Tennis Association intends to hold the U.S. Open in New York starting in August without spectators if it gets governmental support — and a formal announcement could come this week. Like many sports, the professional tennis tours have been suspended since March because of the coronavirus pandemic. The...
Agent: Cowboys star Ezekiel Elliott tested positive for coronavirusVideo
Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott tested positive for the coronavirus, according to his agent. Rocky Arceneaux told the NFL Network on Monday that Elliott was feeling OK and recovering. Arceneaux did not immediately return messages seeking comment, but a person with direct knowledge of the diagnosis told the Associated...
Robert Morris coaches react to move to Horizon League
Robert Morris University announced Monday that the Colonials will be competing in the Horizon League in men’s and women’s soccer, volleyball, women’s cross country and indoor and outdoor track and field, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s golf and softball. Here’s what Robert Morris coaches had to say about the move,...
Robert Morris officially joins Horizon League for most sports; football to become Big South member
The Robert Morris men’s basketball team won the Northeast Conference’s championship game with a 77-67 victory over St. Francis at UPMC Events Center on March 10. The Colonials celebrated with a trophy and began to cut down the net. But they never got to enjoy the ultimate reward of that...
‘Burgh’s best to wear it, No. 77: The Penguins found somebody worthy in Paul Coffey
The Tribune-Review sports staff is conducting a daily countdown of the best 100 players in Pittsburgh pro and college sports history to wear each jersey number. Roughly two decades before finding a “winger for Sid” became a prevailing pursuit, finding anyone for Mario Lemieux to play with was the clarion...
West Virginia football player tests positive for covid-19
A West Virginia University football player has tested positive for covid-19. On Monday, the WVU athletic department announced a Mountaineer football player contracted the virus that has kept many athletic teams separated for the past three months. The player will enter a self-isolation period for the next 14 days. Voluntary...
Steelers 2-a-days: Devin Bush, Isaiah Buggs showed draft round-worthy value as rookiesVideo
Editor’snote: 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 June...
Steelers add 2 minority investors to ownership group
Another group of minority investors has joined the Pittsburgh Steelers ownership group. Wall Street financiers Josh Harris and David Blitzer, who also own the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils, acquired a stake in the NFL franchise estimated at less than 5%. The news was first reported by Bloomberg News....
Mark Madden: NBA players should continue to dribble, but not shut up
Some NBA players don’t want to resume the season in Orlando’s Disney World bubble. The most outspoken among them is Brooklyn’s Kyrie Irving, who is leading the movement via conference calls on Zoom. Irving feels the NBA resuming could take focus off the Black Lives Matter movement. I get it....
Denny Hamlin wins on a long day at Homestead
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Denny Hamlin found the magic at Homestead-Miami Speedway, once again. Hamlin went to the lead for the final time with 30 laps left and held off Chase Elliott for his record-tying third NASCAR Cup Series victory at Homestead. Former drivers Tony Stewart and Greg Biffle are the...
Unfiltered: Tim Benz and Mark Madden discuss impact of social issues on sportsVideo
On this week’s edition of Unfiltered, Tim Benz and Mark Madden discuss the impact of social issues on sports. Madden talks about Brooklyn Nets player Kyrie Irving pushing back against the NBA’s plan to restart games in July in Orlando. Madden empathizes with Irving but says it’s easy for Irving...
