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Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Todd Reirden had to be Penguins’ sacrificial lamb, but will things change with power play?
Todd Reirden is a sacrificial lamb. Like ex-Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Matt Canada before him. Next up: Pirates hitting coach Andy Haines. Canada got blamed for not being able to polish excrement, specifically quarterback Kenny Pickett. Haines is taking heat because, for one thing, Oneil Cruz never learned how to...
What time does the 2024 Kentucky Derby start?
The 2024 Kentucky Derby will be an all-day affair at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., and the 2024 event has even more meaning with Saturday being the historic 150th Run for the Roses. The 2024 Derby has a 6:57 p.m. EDT scheduled post time with TV coverage on NBC and...
The Kentucky Derby is turning 150 years old. It’s survived world wars and controversies of all kinds
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — As a record crowd cheered, American Pharoah rallied from behind and took aim at his remaining two rivals in the stretch. The bay colt and jockey Victor Espinoza surged to the lead with a furlong to go and thundered across the finish line a length ahead in...
‘Get one day better, every day’: Coach Ed Helbig inspires Baldwin athletes through cancer battle
Baldwin track coach Ed Helbig has a favorite saying that he offers up as motivation to athletes on his team: “Get one day better, every day.” With tears in his eyes Friday at the Baldwin Invitational, Helbig shared a story about how the cross country team took a detour to...
Minor league report: Nailers drop Game 1 to Walleye in overtime
Goaltender Jaxon Castor made 33 saves on 35 shots for the Wheeling Nailers in a 2-1 overtime loss to the Toledo Walleye in Game 1 of a Central Division final series at the Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio. Forward Jordan Martel scored the only goal for Wheeling. Former Nailers forward...
Jared Jones sizzles, Jack Suwinski delivers walk-off single as Pirates beat Rockies
As Jared Jones walked off the field in the seventh inning, a chorus of cheers erupted from the rain-drenched fans in honor of the best start yet by the Pittsburgh Pirates rookie right-hander. Jones allowed only one hit in seven scoreless innings while tying his career best with 10 strikeouts...
Pirates farm report for May 3, 2024: Jake Lamb collects 2 more hits for Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 15-13) was knocked around by Buffalo (Blue Jays), 10-4. RHP Wily Peralta (5.40) started and was mostly effective, giving up one run on three hits with four strikeouts and no walks. RHP JC Flowers (2-1, 6.59) came on and allowed three runs, two earned, on two hits and...
9th inning rally falls short, as Pirates fall to lowly Rockies for 5th straight loss
If their Friday night loss to the Colorado Rockies proves anything for the Pittsburgh Pirates, it’s that playing one of MLB’s worst teams offers no antidote to their ongoing issues, namely figuring out how to emerge from a frustrating multi-week offensive slump. The Rockies, who came to PNC Park with...
After favorites Fierceness and Sierra Leone, Kentucky Derby wide open
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Fate has not been kind to Mike Repole in the Kentucky Derby. The outspoken owner is 0 for 7, although he is perhaps best known for his two champions that never made the starting gate. In 2011, Uncle Mo was scratched the day before the race because...
Kiski Area youth wrestler earns spot on Team USA, inspires younger brother
Kiski Area’s Mario Hutcherson, 15, is headed to El Salvador to compete for Team USA at the Pan-American Wrestling Championships on June 11-16. Hutcherson earned his spot on the team by winning the U.S. Open in the 15U 75 kg division April 28 in Las Vegas. Hutcherson put on a...
Amid offensive struggles, Pirates demote catcher Henry Davis to Triple-A
As one of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ No. 1 overall draft picks closes in on a highly anticipated MLB debut, Friday afternoon brought news that another will navigate an early career disruption. All eyes are on pitcher Paul Skenes, selected atop the 2023 MLB Draft by the Pirates, who is expected...
Tyler McCandless ready to defend title at Pittsburgh Marathon
Tyler McCandless hopes to defend his Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon title Sunday morning. The Fort Collins, Colo., resident, who covered the 26.2 mile course through several Pittsburgh neighborhoods and downtown streets in 2 hours, 16 minutes, 8 seconds last year to claim gold, hopes to become the first repeat...
Penguins forward Michael Bunting named to Canada’s roster for IIHF World Championship
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Michael Bunting was selected to Canada’s roster for the upcoming International Ice Hockey Federation’s (IIHF) World Championship tournament. Hockey Canada announced its roster via a release Friday. A native of Scarborough, Ontario, Bunting joined the Penguins late in the 2023-24 season as the primary return in a...
Lakers fire coach Darvin Ham after just 2 seasons in charge and 1st-round playoff exit
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers fired coach Darvin Ham on Friday after just two seasons in charge. The Lakers announced on social media that they were dismissing Ham four days after their season ended with a first-round playoff loss to Denver in five games. Ham led Los Angeles...
Mark Madden: Steelers have bigger issues than Najee Harris’ 5th-year option
The Najee Harris situation is being blown out of proportion. Like all situations involving the Pittsburgh Steelers. Not picking up Harris’ fifth-year option wasn’t a good decision or a bad one. It was a meh decision involving a meh player. Harris still will be a Steeler this coming season. He’s playing...
Penguins fire associate coach Todd Reirden
Marcus Pettersson hijacked the conversation. Not in a malicious or vindictive way. But out of a sense of appreciation. In mid-April, late in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ prematurely ended season, a reporter pointed out to the defenseman that he was enjoying the best season of his seven-year career in part because...
After adjustment period, Pirates counting on improved outfield with Michael A. Taylor in CF
When the Pittsburgh Pirates signed Michael A. Taylor, it was with the intention of adding a pure center fielder with a Gold Glove on his resume to improve their outfield defense. What they got for the first eight games of the season was a player whose bat was better than...
2024 Pittsburgh Marathon facts and figures
The 2024 Dick’s Sporting Good Pittsburgh Marathon will be held Sunday morning in Downtown Pittsburgh. The handcycle division starts Sunday’s events at 6:50 a.m., and the marathon, half-marathon and marathon relay all begin at 7 a.m. The 4-mile fitness challenge will commence at 9:30 a.m. Here are some interesting facts...
First Call: Veteran WR market gets thin for Steelers; was Danny Smith teasing about Justin Fields returning kicks?
In Friday’s “First Call,” are the Pittsburgh Steelers really planning to have Justin Fields return kicks? The pickings are getting slim at wide receiver if general manager Omar Khan is planning to make a move. A former Pitt Panther is getting a look from the Steelers. And No. 66 is...
Penguins A to Z: Sidney Crosby doesn’t need to prove a thing. But he probably still wants toVideo
With the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2023-24 season coming to an end without any postseason action, the Tribune-Review will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 51 individuals signed to an NHL contract — including those whose deals do not begin until next season — with the organization, from...
Tim Benz: Steelers’ call on Najee Harris’ option says more about the past than it does the future
There’s no glaring criticism of the future to be made about Thursday’s decision by the Pittsburgh Steelers to decline Najee Harris’ fifth-year option. In either direction. By rejecting the option, if Harris gets hurt or underperforms in 2024, his contract will expire, and they can let him walk and get...
A look at Pirates’ offensive numbers finds little reason for immediate hope
I’m not sure the phrase “swept by the Oakland A’s” really needs much contextualizing, but let’s do that from a Pittsburgh Pirates’ perspective as they return home from a brutal California swing. Not only did the Pirates lose three in a row against the vagabond franchise from Oakland, but they...
Pirates farm report for May 2, 2024: 2 Bradenton pitchers take no-hitter into 9th
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 16-13) beat Buffalo (Blue Jays), 6-4. LF Billy McKinney went 2 for 4 with a double and a two-run homer, his second of the season. 1B Jake Lamb (.388) went 1 for 3 with a double. DH Canaan Smith-Njigba (.281) went 2 for 4 with a double and...
USGA tees up for 2025 U.S. Open with $4.8M Oakmont Country Club expansion
With the U.S. Open golf tournament returning to Oakmont in just over a year, the United States Golf Association is working to expand and upgrade the Oakmont Country Club in anticipation of massive crowds flocking to the Allegheny Valley borough. The golf association is in the midst of a $4.8...
Matt Wallace takes 1-shot lead at Byron Nelson
McKINNEY, Texas — Matt Wallace was relegated to watching the Masters amid a self-described “terrible” season when he found himself pondering what makes some of the best golfers in the world so good. Asked if Scottie Scheffler was among the players he was watching, Wallace stumbled over his words just...
