Sports category, Page 2531
Pitt basketball lands 3-star small forward from Indiana
Pitt received its first basketball commitment from the Class of 2019 on Monday when small forward Gerald Drumgoole announced on Twitter his plans to enroll. Drumgoole, 6-foot-6, 200 pounds, is rated a three-star prospect by Rivals.com, which ranks him 133rd on its list of the top 150 prospects in the...
Impatient CEO Derek Jeter eager to see Marlins become winners
MIAMI — Derek Jeter stood and chatted a few rows from home plate Monday morning at Marlins Park. His words were sometimes drowned out by noises coming from construction crews: steel clanging against steel in an area getting built behind the center-field wall, or the whirring of engines moving heavy...
Column: Hendrick sends statement with sweep to open Daytona
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Rick Hendrick was telling the truth when he insisted this year was going to be much improved from last season, the worst in team history. He moved personnel and split up seven-time NASCAR Cup champions Jimmie Johnson and Chad Knaus. He had a Navy SEAL deliver...
Texans star J.J. Watt to serve as Daytona 500 grand marshal
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Houston Texans star J.J. Watt will serve as the grand marshal for the Daytona 500, making him the first NFL player to give the command for drivers to starts their engines before NASCAR’s most famous race. Daytona International Speedway made the announcement Monday, six days before...
Pitt hopes to climb from ACC basement at Boston College
Pitt and Boston College inhabit the bottom third of the ACC standings, but there still will be plenty at stake Tuesday night when the teams get together in Chestnut Hill, Mass. Pitt (12-12, 2-9) is tied for last place with Miami. Boston College (11-11, 2-8) is trying to elude the...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Former P-T kicker transfers to Shippensburg
Nick Tarabrella had two signing days. The first when the strong-legged kicker was coming out of Penn-Trafford to solidify his pledge to Ashland (Ohio). When he had a change of heart, the college sophomore found himself signing his name again last Wednesday, only with a different Division II program: Shippensburg....
Pitt great Clancy: Size doesn’t matter when it comes to rebounding
Sam Clancy played in 116 games at Pitt, which leaves him 20 short of standing among the school’s top 10 players in that category. He stands 6-foot-7, but nearly four decades later, he remembers vividly how often there were taller players on the floor. “Every game,” he said. But no...
Pirates outfielder Gregory Polanco is step closer to recovering from shoulder surgeryVideo
BRADENTON, Fla. — For Gregory Polanco to take a step closer to a comeback from shoulder surgery, it required his target to take more than a dozen steps backward. The Pittsburgh Pirates rightfielder stretched out his left arm by throwing the longest distance of his rehabilitation, estimating that he soft-tossed...
Mark Madden: Any rule that shortens MLB games is good rule
The National League will not use the DH until at least 2022, according to reports. That’s quite understandable. What’s the hurry? The National and American leagues have illogically differed in this regard since 1973. What’s three more years? Those three years, of course, will be filled with the merciless kvetching...
Pair of starters kicked off WVU men’s basketball team
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia starters Esa Ahmad and Wes Harris were dismissed from the team for undisclosed violations of athletic department policies. The Mountaineers announced the dismissals Monday night without elaboration. Ahmad was the team’s third-leading scorer this season at 12 points per game and the third-leading rebounder at...
A-K Valley campus clippings: Geist among world’s best in shot put
Jordan Geist continues to prove himself one of the top throwers in the world. The Arizona sophomore, a Knoch graduate, threw a season-best 69 feet, 4.75 inches in the shot put at Saturday’s Texas Tech Shootout. That mark ranks second this season in the NCAA and fourth in the International...
Steelers’ esports partner, Pittsburgh Knights, receives sponsorship deal
The Pittsburgh Knights, an esports organization that includes the Pittsburgh Steelers as a partner, received official sponsorship Monday from HyperX, a leader in the professional video game industry. HyperX will provide the Knights with gaming headsets, keyboards, mousepads and internal memory products, the company said in a news release. “The...
Troubled running back Kareem Hunt signs with Browns
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Browns’ signing of Kareem Hunt once again shines a spotlight somewhere other than the team’s on-field performance. Hunt, who was released 2½ months ago by Kansas City after a video surfaced showing the star running back pushing and kicking a woman, signed with Cleveland on Monday....
Kyler Murray chooses NFL over baseball and Athletics
MESA, Ariz. — When Kyler Murray won the Heisman Trophy, the Oakland Athletics knew there was a chance he might choose football over baseball. That is exactly what happened. On the day the A’s started spring training workouts, Murray said he will pursue a career in the NFL. “We took...
Former Penn-Trafford standout kicker Nick Tarabrella switching college programs
Nick Tarabrella had two signing days. The first when the strong-legged kicker was coming out of Penn-Trafford and pledged to Ashland (Ohio). The second came last Wednesday when he had a change of heart. Tarabrella, a sophomore, found himself signing his name with a different Division II program this time:...
Saint Vincent’s Alona Sleith named to softball watch list
Saint Vincent softball infielder and pitcher Alona Sleith is expected to have a big sophomore season. But it isn’t just her coaches, teammates and Presidents’ Athletic Conference opponents who have the ready-made expectations. Sleith, a Yough graduate, was named Monday to the Schutt Sports and National Fastpitch Coaches Association National...
Pirates pitcher Chris Archer starting slowly but plans to be ready for seasonVideo
BRADENTON, Fla. – Don’t call it a rehab. Chris Archer has been here for weeks. That was the message from the Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Monday, when pitchers and catchers reported to Pirate City. Archer had surgery in late November to repair a bilateral hernia, and is long past his expected...
Penguins add minor-league defenseman in trade with Columbus
The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired minor-league defenseman Blake Siebenaler from the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday in exchange for a conditional draft pick. Siebenaler, 22, was a third-round pick in the 2014 draft. The 6-foot-2, 207-pound right-handed shooter was known for his skating and puck-moving skills in junior hockey with the...
Weekend College Top 10: Historic start for Robert Morris women
Every Monday, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: 1. Robert Morris women make history with victory Isabella Posset (Beaver) made a layup with 38 seconds left, and the Colonials clipped Bryant, 59-56, on Saturday to become the first women’s team in Northeast Conference history...
With Browns signing Kareem Hunt, how do AFC North running back groups fare?
By signing controversial running back Kareem Hunt on Monday, the Cleveland Browns reinforced what already was a formidable position group heading into free agency and the NFL Draft. When Hunt is activated from the commissioner’s exempt list after the NFL completes its investigation into his alleged assault incident – a...
Country music legend Garth Brooks pitch perfect with Pirates in spring trainingVideo
BRADENTON, Fla. — Corey Dickerson didn’t recognize the newcomer taking batting practice right away Monday at Pirate City but the Gold Glove winner didn’t mind sharing space with him in left field. Country music legend Garth Brooks, the first artist to have seven albums reach diamond status in the U.S.,...
Penguins’ Garrett Wilson has tasted success against Flyers’ rookie goalie Carter Hart
PHILADELPHIA – The long-standing rivalry between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers will feature a new element Monday night. For the first time in a long time, the Flyers have a goaltender to be excited about. Carter Hart, a 20-year-old rookie, is expected to start against the Penguins. He’s 8-0...
Penguins coach Mike Sullivan takes steps to fix shorthanded goal problem
PHILADELPHIA – After watching his team give up 12 shorthanded goals this season, Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan appears to have finally reached his breaking point. At morning skate as the Penguins prepared to take on the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday night, Sullivan had two defensemen on each power-play unit....
Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin probable to play against Flyers
PHILADELPHIA – After missing the five previous games with an upper-body injury, Evgeni Malkin is probable to play against the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday night, Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. Malkin was injured on a hit by Tampa Bay’s Dan Girardi in a Jan. 30 game. The Penguins went...
Tennessee remains at No. 1 in AP poll, ahead of Duke
The NCAA Division I Basketball Committee slated Duke as the No. 1 overall seed in its initial tournament rankings over the weekend. Voters in the AP Top 25 stuck with Tennessee as their top team. The Vols received 40 of 64 first-place votes from a media panel in the poll...
