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Steelers’ Art Rooney II acknowledges players will report next week after NFL/NFLPA pact
Pittsburgh Steelers president Art Rooney II cited “what we believe will be an exciting season on the field” in acknowledging the agreement reached Friday between the NFL and its players union that will facilitate players reporting to begin workouts next week. “We are excited to come to an agreement with...
‘Burgh’s Best to Wear It, No. 37: Carnell Lake a stalwart of great 1990s Steelers defensesVideo
The Tribune-Review sports staff is conducting a daily countdown of the best players in Pittsburgh pro and college sports history to wear each jersey number. No. 37: Carnell Lake How many college linebackers can say they made an NFL Pro Bowl … during a season in which he was a...
Steelers announce signings of all 6 draft choices
Delayed by factors related to this unique summer, the Pittsburgh Steelers at last formally announced the signing of their draft choices Friday. Though four of the six were known via the players’ social-media accounts, a team release acknowledged all six picks had signed: second-round wide receiver Chase Claypool, third-around outside...
Steelers 2-a-days: Change-of-pace back Kerrith Whyte, defensive tackle Chris Wormley
Editor’s note: 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...
MLB predictions: Who will be this year’s big winners?
Tribune-Review staff writer Chris Adamski offers his predictions for the 2020 MLB season, including award winners and playoff and championship participants. National League MVP Ronald Acuna, Braves Before he turned 22 in December, Acuna had accumulated 67 home runs, 53 steals, 205 runs and 165 RBIs — in just 267...
Penguins practice has ‘different feel’ as Patric Hornqvist rejoins teammatesVideo
Most of the Pittsburgh Penguins have been skating and working out on the ice at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex for more than six weeks now. That the facility was closed to the public was not the only reason their practice sessions had been more quiet than usual. That changed Wednesday,...
Penguins’ Thursday scrimmage designed as full dress rehearsal for gameday
In regards to the structure of the day’s schedule, everything about Thursday is being designed to mimic a normal game day for the Pittsburgh Penguins. The team’s latest intrasquad scrimmage has a 7 p.m. faceoff similar to the regular season in a regular season. Nine days later, the Penguins begin...
Penguins will bring 4 goalies with them to Toronto for playoffs
Many are debating which goalie should start for the Pittsburgh Penguins when the NHL’s postseason begins next week. But another consequential competition is at the bottom of the depth chart. Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said Wednesday that the team will bring four goalies with it when it travels to Toronto...
Sidney Crosby skates before Penguins practice; Patric Hornqvist takes part in team session
Sidney Crosby was back on the ice Wednesday at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry, skating on his own prior to the team’s practice session. The Pittsburgh Penguins captain did not take part in the practice. Crosby had not been seen during any media availability period since he left the...
Steelers 2-a-days: Practice-squad RB Ralph Webb, veteran former PSU OL Stefan WisniewskiVideo
Editor’s note: 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...
Rest of preseason wiped out for Steelers, NFL
It’s official: No Tom Brady in Pittsburgh in 2020. No Drew Brees, either. No Pittsburgh Steelers late-summer trip to the shadow of the Big Apple. And no installment in the annual preseason “rivalry” with the Carolina Panthers. In fact, no August football at all this year. The 2020 NFL preseason...
Opening Day is close, but Major League Baseball’s return hasn’t been easyVideo
It seemed impossible with anxiety related to the coronavirus at its peak in early April, doubtful as MLB and its union argued over finances in May and perilous a few weeks back as new covid-19 hotspots emerged across the country. But now that MLB has made it to within 48...
Ben Cherington: ‘A lot of people … spending time on’ facilitating PNC Park hosting Blue JaysVideo
“A lot of people” from the Pittsburgh Pirates and Toronto Blue Jays organizations continue to discuss and work through the logistics of PNC Park hosting Blue Jays “home” games this season, Pirates general manager Ben Cherington said Tuesday, and a final decision for Blue Jays’ home base is expected within...
‘Burgh’s Best to Wear It, No. 41: Pirates’ Jerry Reuss a player of the decadesVideo
The Tribune-Review sports staff is conducting a daily countdown of the best players in Pittsburgh pro and college sports history to wear each jersey number. No. 41: Jerry Reuss When Jerry Reuss was added to the Pittsburgh Pirates roster for their stretch run in September 1990, he was just an...
Steelers 2-a-days: Long-tenured LB Vince Williams, XFL sack leader Cavon WalkerVideo
Editor’s note: Leading up to a unique Pittsburgh Steelers training campstaged 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 9...
Former Pine-Richland, Pitt QB Ben DiNucci agrees to terms with Dallas CowboysVideo
Former Pine-Richland and Pitt quarterback Ben DiNucci agreed to terms with the Dallas Cowboys to a four-year rookie contract. DiNucci, a seventh-round pick, led James Madison to the FCS national championship game last year. DiNucci was at Pitt from 2015-17, playing in 12 games and making six starts. Prior to...
Steelers 2-a-days: Derek Watt cashes in this year, but T.J.’s next contract will dwarf big bro’sVideo
Editor’s note: 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...
Steelers 2-a-days: Corliss Waitman to compete at punter, time for James Washington’s emergence?Video
Editor’s note: 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...
Steelers 2-a-days: OT Alejandro Villenueva, rookie DT Calvin Taylor among NFL’s tallest players
Editor’s note: 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...
Penguins notes: Mike Sullivan pleased with depth, Jason Zucker fits in on 2nd lineVideo
Even while down one of the team’s highest-profile forwards and without a defenseman who has played 73 games for them over the past two seasons, the Pittsburgh Penguins still find themselves with a surplus of players when compiling an 18-man lineup during practice this week. For coach Mike Sullivan, it’s...
Day before full intrasquad scrimmage, Penguins practice features rare 5-on-5 simulated game
Sidney Crosby went to the center-ice dot. Jared McCann, too. A third party dropped the puck. And off they went. There was no clock, the scoreboard was turned off, it lasted no more than a total of 15 minutes and line changes were relegated to a special whistle blown to...
Penguins’ Sam Lafferty has proven he belongs in NHL, but will he be in playoff lineup?Video
Sam Lafferty spent much of his first 24 years of life wanting to play for the Pittsburgh Penguins and hoping he one day would be good enough to do so. After only 50 games with the Penguins, Lafferty is convinced he belongs. “I think I have shown I can definitely...
Steelers 2-a-days: CB Cameron Sutton, WR Ryan Switzer seek defined roles in contract yearVideo
Editor’s note: 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...
Horizon League – Robert Morris’ new home – postpones sports until Oct. 1
The Horizon League will postpone the start of all of its fall sports until at least Oct. 1, the conference said in a statement, delaying the first competitive events for Robert Morris in its new conference home. “All fall sports competition (championship and non-championship) will be delayed with the understanding...
Browns’ Myles Garrett calls helmet swing at Steelers Mason Rudolph ‘small bump in the road’Video
Days after signing a contract that made him the highest-paid defensive player in NFL history, Myles Garrett said he and the Cleveland Browns have “moved past” his infamous helmet-swinging incident from last season. “My life’s much bigger than one moment,” Garrett said during a video conference call with members of...
