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Tim Benz: Gut reactions to following Gerrit Cole as opposed to Marc-Andre FleuryVideo
When the World Series starts Tuesday night, former Pittsburgh Pirate Gerrit Cole will take the mound for the Houston Astros against the Washington Nationals in Game 1. Cole’s dominant run through the postseason hasn’t exactly been embraced in the same way that one-time Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury’s was when he...
Tim Benz: How awful ‘Mud Bowl’ Dolphins compare to awful team set to face Steelers
This Miami Dolphins team the Pittsburgh Steelers will face Monday night is bad. Really bad. Every bit as worthy of being 0-6 bad as you might assume. Offensively, the Dolphins are tied for last with the New York Jets in the NFL in points per game (10.5). They are 31st...
For Steelers rookie linebacker Devin Bush, bye week was full of ‘amazing’ honorsVideo
Devin Bush started the Pittsburgh Steelers bye by being named the AFC defensive player of the week and ended it with an even more impressive individual honor. Bush had his No. 11 jersey retired last Thursday by Charles W. Flanagan High School in Pembroke Pines, Fla. Bush is a 2016...
Palmer Jackson wins first college tournament, helps Notre Dame to team title
Palmer Jackson knows how to deliver on the golf course. He delivered in a big way for Notre Dame on Monday at the Quail Valley Collegiate tournament in Vero Beach, Fla. No. 7 Notre Dame was in a tight match with South Florida heading to the final hole of 54-hole...
Patriots blitz Darnold, Jets 33-0 to remain undefeatedVideo
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Tom Brady set the tone and the New England Patriots’ blitz-happy defense took over from there. Bill Belichick’s bunch is still undefeated after another absolutely dominant performance. Brady threw a TD pass to Phillip Dorsett, Sony Michel ran for three scores and New England forced Sam...
Pitt’s Pat Narduzzi focused on Miami, not rankings or ACC standingsVideo
Pat Narduzzi made his plea Monday to the media, knowing he might have been wasting his breath. While players and coaches try not to get distracted while preparing to play Miami on Saturday at Heinz Field, the talk surrounding Pitt’s program is about the four-game winning streak, why the Panthers...
‘Old guys’ play key roles in getting Nationals to World Series
WASHINGTON — NL MVP candidate Anthony Rendon surveyed his teammates scattered around the Nationals Park diamond, whooping it up after clinching a World Series berth. There were starting pitchers Max Scherzer and Anibal Sanchez, each 35 — and each responsible for taking a no-hit bid into at least the seventh...
Michigan State begins season as No. 1 in AP college basketball pollVideo
There isn’t much Michigan State has yet to accomplish under Hall of Fame coach Tom Izzo, from Big Ten titles and Final Four trips to winning a national championship. The Spartans can add another milestone to the list: They are No. 1 in the Associated Press Top 25 men’s college...
Browns relieved Myles Garrett incident with punching fan not worse
BEREA, Ohio — Browns coach Freddie Kitchens believes the fan who punched Myles Garrett was lucky. “I was glad the guy ran,” Kitchens cracked Monday as Cleveland returned from its off weekend. As the Browns began their break last week, Garrett was driving in downtown Cleveland when a fan pulled...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Records continue to pile up for Pitt-Greensburg women’s soccer
Let the records fall where they may at Pitt-Greensburg. The women’s soccer team is having a season to remember and rewriting the record books in the process. The Bobcats (15-0) have registered 12 shutouts and outscored opponents, 49-4. As a result of their winning streak, which broke the program record,...
Kevin Gorman: Steelers hope Mason Rudolph can make more memorable plays like the one he doesn’t rememberVideo
When Mason Rudolph recalled the Earl Thomas hit that knocked him unconscious against the Baltimore Ravens, the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback called it a “freak thing.” “Shut me off real quick, and it was the sweet spot,” Rudolph said, speaking publicly Monday for the first time about the helmet shot to...
After playing 7 of first 9 at home, Penguins embrace heading out on road
After playing seven of their first nine games at PPG Paints Arena, the Pittsburgh Penguins left Monday for a three-game road trip. Games at Florida (on Tuesday), Tampa Bay (on Wednesday) and Dallas (on Saturday) mark their only three-game road stretch of the season until the week before Christmas. There...
Penguins’ Mike Sullivan ‘hams’ his way through questioning the usefulness of morning skatesVideo
Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan isn’t alone among modern NHL personnel in questioning the usefulness of the gameday morning skate. But he’s one of the few who called it “the most overrated practice in hockey.” And he’s most certainly the only coach, player or executive who compared morning skates to...
Devlin Hodges ‘not disappointed at all’ about returning to No. 2 QB role
Devlin “Duck” Hodges spent his four-day break on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ bye week in Canada. The purpose of the trip was — what else? — duck hunting. When Hodges returned to practice with his teammates Monday, he did so as the Steelers’ No. 2 quarterback, the role he served until...
Steelers QB Mason Rudolph says he doesn’t remember play that knocked him out
Mason Rudolph remembers — if only “faintly”— being assisted to the sideline by teammates. He remembers receiving attention from Pittsburgh Steelers medical personnel in the locker room and being whisked away to a hospital for observation. Rudolph remembers most aspects of the concussion that knocked him from the third quarter...
Transgender cyclist wins gold, sets record at World ChampionshipsVideo
The latest transgender athlete to make headlines is cyclist Rachel McKinnon, who picked up a gold medal Saturday and set a women’s world record in the process at the 2019 Masters Track Cycling World Championships in Manchester, England. A philosophy professor at the College of Charleston, McKinnon, 37, was defending...
With returns of several injured forwards nearing, Penguins insist they’ll stick to adopted styleVideo
Two of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ top nine forwards are close to returning to action after extended absences because of injury. Two others in that category inched closer to returns of their own. It’s a welcomed development for a team whose forward lineup has been depleted over the first three weeks...
Weeekend College Top 10: Pitt men’s soccer earns historic upset
Every Monday, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: 1. Pitt men’s soccer shocks No. 1 Virginia Johan Penaranda made four saves, and the Panthers upset the host Cavaliers, 2-0, on Friday for the team’s first win over a No. 1-ranked team in program history....
Browns RB Kareem Hunt cleared to practice during NFL suspension
BEREA, Ohio (AP) — The Browns came back from their bye week with Kareem Hunt. The suspended running back is practicing with teammates for the first time since August after being cleared to return by the NFL while serving the final two games of his eight-game ban for two violent...
First Call: Schooner crash, great onside kick, Duquesne running back pushes the pile
We start Monday with a “First Call” featuring a Sooner Schooner skid. One of the toughest runs you’ll ever see. And a creative onside kick. Oh, those onside kicks Onside kicks are getting fun again. Cam Sutton made a great play on one for the Steelers last week in Los...
Tim Benz, Brian Metzer discuss Penguins’ goalies, Marc-Andre Fleury’s play
No Madden Monday this week, as Mark Madden is off for a few days. So consider this a “Metzer Monday.” Brian Metzer of the Penguins Radio Network joins me for his weekly hockey chat a day earlier than normal. And why not? It was a busy weekend of Pittsburgh Penguins...
Tim Benz: An airing of grievances even without a Steelers gameVideo
So I’m sure you’re thinking, with no Pittsburgh Steelers game this week, there will be no “Airing of Grievances” on “Breakfast With Benz.” C’mon. You know me better than that. Just because the Steelers give us so much to complain about, that doesn’t mean we can’t complain without them. Especially...
Tim Benz: Some Steelers superlatives as the bye week endsVideo
Now that the bye week is done, it’s time to look at some Pittsburgh Steelers superlatives thus far in the 2019 season. After all, Mike Tomlin always likes to say how much self-evaluation he likes to do of his team during the bye. So we did a little of our...
Cowboys run over Eagles, take 1st in NFC East with 37-10 winVideo
ARLINGTON, Texas — Ezekiel Elliott ran over safety Malcolm Jenkins on his way to 111 yards and a touchdown, Dak Prescott threw an easy scoring pass on a great fake to his star running back before a TD run and the Cowboys rolled to a 37-10 victory over the Philadelphia...
Clemson defensive back Andrew Booth has to ride bus home for punching opponentVideo
Andrew Booth had to take the long way home. Booth, a freshman defensive back for Clemson, was ejected Saturday from a game against Louisville for throwing a punch during a punt. For punishment, Tigers coach Dabo Swinney made the Georgia native see what it’s like to ride the 450 mile-trip...
