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Plum Legion meets Monroeville with regional tournament berth on line
The Plum and Monroeville American Legion baseball teams split their two-game Allegheny South season series. Plum won the most recent matchup 3-1 seven days ago. The teams meet for the third and final time at 8 p.m. Monday at Gateway High School. The winner advances to the Region 6 tournament...
Adam Scott among players perusing Royal Portrush ahead of British Open
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Adam Scott already has spent seven days at Royal Portrush, three of them with Darren Clarke, and the advice was invaluable to the end. They stood off the 18th green Sunday as Scott listened intently to a British Open champion whose game was forged on these...
Novak Djokovic edges Roger Federer in 5 sets for 5th Wimbledon title
WIMBLEDON, England — For nearly five tight, tense and terrific hours, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer traded the lead, playing on and on and on until an unprecedented fifth-set tiebreaker was required to settle their memorable Wimbledon final. In the end, it was Djokovic who emerged victorious, coming back to...
Steelers 2-a-days: Ben Roethlisberger not aging; can Pine-Richland’s Kevin Rader make team?
Editor’s note: From now until the first practice of training camp at Saint Vincent, the Trib will be running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, assessing each player’s outlook for the 2019 season. The breakdown will go through the roster in mostly alphabetical order, (at least) two per day, between...
Kurt Busch outduels little brother to win at Kentucky
SPARTA, Ky. — Kurt Busch did everything possible to get the upper hand on his little brother in a door-to-door overtime battle at Kentucky Speedway. Busch was the victor in a Saturday night showdown between the brothers that gave him his first victory with Chip Ganassi Racing and a spot...
Ratief Goosen’s woes suit Scott Parel fine at Senior Players Championship
AKRON, Ohio — Scott Parel took advantage of Retief Goosen’s problems Saturday to take the third-round lead in the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship, the fourth of the PGA Tour Champions’ five major tournaments. Seven strokes behind Goosen at the start of the day, Parel birdied two of the last three...
Cameron Tringale, Andrew Landry atop crowded leaderboard at John Deere ClassicVideo
SILVIS, Ill. — Cameron Tringale and Andrew Landry topped the John Deere Classic leaderboard Saturday, with a half-dozen guys right behind them. Winless on the PGA Tour, Tringale shot a 6-under-par 65 to match Landy at 16-under 197 at TPC Deere Run. Landry had a 67. He won the Valero...
Wicker leads Hempfield East Legion team to district title game
Matt Wicker hasn’t been asked to pitch much for the Hempfield East American Legion team this summer. Coach Scott Smith was saving him after he threw a lot of innings during the high school season. Wicker, a Greensburg Salem grad and the Golden Lions’ ace this past spring, answered the...
Mark Goetz takes 5-shot lead in Westmoreland County Amateur
Mark Goetz was a late entry into the Westmoreland County Amateur. The Greensburg native and West Virginia golfer entered the field Friday, along with returning champion Brady Pevarnik of Latrobe. Goetz, who led the West Penn Amateur for 53 holes last week, shot a 7-under-par 65 during the first round...
Roger Federer takes aim at record 9th Wimbledon title
WIMBLEDON, England — If Roger Federer’s going to win a record ninth championship at Wimbledon, he will need to follow up a victory over Rafael Nadal with one over defending champion Novak Djokovic. Federer has played both at the same Grand Slam tournament only once: the 2011 French Open. He...
AD3: Anthony Davis joins Lakers with championship plansVideo
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Anthony Davis’ year of uncertainty finally felt finished when he stood in the Los Angeles Lakers’ training complex and proudly held up his new gold jersey while LeBron James looked on approvingly. After months of upheaval around his departure from New Orleans, the superstar forward is...
Bushy Run completes sweep of Unity, advances to District 31 Legion finals
Drop by the field before a Bushy Run District 31 baseball game, and it sounds like a rock concert. Speakers blasting 80s music out of the home dugout have set the tone this season for Bushy Run. Bushy Run didn’t need special effects for its stage show Saturday afternoon. The...
Jordan Lyles pulled in 1st, Starling Marte homers twice in Pirates lossVideo
CHICAGO — Jon Lester showed he still has it all going on in his 14th major league season. Lester homered, tied a career high with three RBIs and pitched effectively into the seventh inning to lead the Chicago Cubs past the Pittsburgh Pirates, 10-4, on Saturday. All-Star catcher Willson Contreras’...
Steelers’ Vince Williams strives to connect with fans on social media
Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Vince Williams has a gift for forging a fun connection with his fans. Like that time in 2017 when, after Ben Roethlisberger, Antonio Brown, Le’Veon Bell and Chris Boswell were receiving acclaim as the team’s “Killer Bs,” he changed his Twitter name to Bince Williams and declared...
Pittsburgh athletes trying to find ways to avoid social media messes
On many summer nights, 25 ticking time bombs can be located on the ground floor of PNC Park. In the fall, 53 incendiary devices can be found Sundays at Heinz Field. In the winter, there often are 23 potential explosives on the premises at PPG Paints Arena. In the era...
Angels reflect on honoring Tyler Skaggs with amazing no-hitterVideo
ANAHEIM, Calif. — When the Los Angeles Angels think about Tyler Skaggs in the months and years ahead, Andrew Heaney is grateful they’ll have the memory of one incredible night to assuage their sadness. With Skaggs’ name and No. 45 on all of their jerseys Friday night, the Angels played...
Outdoors notices for July 14, 2019
Notices Outdoors RIFLE/TRAP LEAGUES There were 130 shooters who competed in the Twi-Night Trap League on Thursday, and eight managed perfect 25 straights. Connellsville finished in first place with a score of 195 targets. Hecla (192), East Huntingdon (188), Youngwood (186) and Ruffsdale (179) rounded out the scoring. Connellsville (77.5)...
Pass-rusher Tuzar Skipper out to gain notice at Steelers camp after making roster as tryout
After going undrafted in April, Tuzar Skipper attended the Pittsburgh Steelers rookie minicamp on a tryout in May. After Rocket-ing his way to a contract, Skipper joined a couple old buddies in the Steelers locker room. An outside linebacker, Skipper joins position mate Ola Adeniyi and third-round rookie receiver Diontae...
Simona Halep wins Wimbledon, stops Serena Williams’ bid for 24th SlamVideo
WIMBLEDON, England — Clutching her trophy 20 minutes after becoming Wimbledon’s champion, Simona Halep checked out the board inside Centre Court that lists tournament winners. Below all of the mentions of Serena Williams, her opponent in Saturday’s final, there already was inscribed: “Miss S. Halep.” Halep was not concerned with...
Angels complete combined no hitter on eve of Tyler Skaggs’ birthday
Los Angeles Angels pitchers Taylor Cole and Felix Pena threw a combined no-hitter Friday night against the Seattle Mariners, on the eve of what would have been Tyler Skaggs’ 28th birthday. Skaggs’ mother, Debbie, took his place on the mound surrounded by his wife, Carli, his stepfather and stepbrother, to...
Steelers 2-a-days: 10-year veteran Maurkice Pouncey, late rookie add Damian Prince
Editor’s note: From now until the first practice of training camp at Saint Vincent, the Trib will be running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, assessing each player’s outlook for the 2019 season. The breakdown will go through the roster in mostly alphabetical order, (at least) two per day, between...
Plum’s Moss continues to build on sophomore season
Last season was an interesting breakout performance for Plum point guard Connor Moss. As the youngest player on the basketball team, Moss finished second in scoring with 14.1 points per game, was a top rebounder and shot 83% from the free-throw line. A year earlier, Moss averaged 9.9 points and...
Pirates farm report for July 12, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 45-45) fell 9-1 to Columbus (Indians). The Indians gave up all nine runs in the first two innings. RHP Eduardo Vera (5-7, 6.27) took the loss after allowing nine runs in 1 2/3 innings with two strikeouts, a walk and nine hits surrendered. SS Cole Tucker (.287) knocked...
Former Ligonier Valley star Maddy Grimm voted an ASBA all-star
Former Ligonier Valley star Maddy Grimm will play in the American Softball Association All-Star Game Saturday night at Pat Hick Field in Alabama. A power-hitting shortstop and third baseman for Team moh-BEEL! USA, Grimm was voted into the game, which will benefit St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. A...
Pirates’ Francisco Cervelli says he hopes ‘to catch again’
Francisco Cervelli, who hasn’t played since May 25 after suffering a sixth concussion, posted on Instagram on Friday that his catching career is not over. “Saying that I quit from my catcher responsibilities is inaccurate,” he wrote. “My hope is to catch again.” View this post on Instagram “Saying that...
