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Longtime WCCC pitching coach Terry Mularski calls it quits
Terry Mularski is retiring from a job he loves — coaching baseball. The 64-year-old, who retired from teaching after 40 years last year, is hanging up his jersey after 28 years as the Westmoreland County Community College baseball team’s pitching coach. “The decision to retire as a coach was harder...
Pirates sign four more draft choices
The Pittsburgh Pirates have 29 of their 42 draft choices under contract after four, including sixth-round outfielder Will Matthiessen of Stanford, agreed to terms Monday. Matthiessen, 6-foot-7, 220 pounds, hit .322, with 12 home runs and 52 RBIs in 57 games for Stanford this season. .@willmatthiessen is headed to the...
Georgia cornerback Hunter Sellers commits to Pitt, fifth verbal in two days from class of 2020
Pat Narduzzi received his fifth commitment in two days Monday night when cornerback Hunter Sellers announced his plans to enroll next year. Sellers, a rising senior at Woodward Academy in College Park, Ga., was part of a group of more than 20 prospects who visited Pitt’s campus over the weekend....
Claret Jug to make stop in area ahead of Open Championship
With three of golf’s four major championships — The Masters, PGA Championship and U.S. Open — completed, one final title remains to be decided at the Open Championship. The winner of the major known for decades as The British Open — “The champion golfer of the year” — gets the...
Deep draft could be boon for prospect-depleted Penguins
Over the last decade-plus, the Pittsburgh Penguins have treated their first-round draft pick like a colonoscopy appointment. They know they should make it. They know it’s important for their long-term health. Ultimately, they decide to worry about it next year. Five times in the past six drafts, the Penguins traded...
Analysis: Gary Woodland hits his ‘game-winner’
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — The stage was among the best in the land. Thousands were watching him. Victory was in his grasp. Gary Woodland didn’t just dream of such a moment. He genuinely expected it would happen. Just not like this. Woodland always imagined being at Allen Fieldhouse, not Pebble...
Five names to remember on defense at this weekend’s NHL Draft
Here are five names to remember on defense at the NHL draft this weekend in Vancouver. — Bowen Byram: A dynamic all-around talent with great skating ability, Byram is the top defenseman in the draft by a large margin. A 17-year-old defenseman leading the WHL in playoff scoring is practically...
Police: 4 shot, 2 arrested at Raptors rally in TorontoVideo
TORONTO — Four people were shot and wounded at a rally Monday for the NBA champion Raptors, and two people were arrested “with firearms,” police said. Droves of Raptors fans ran from the shooting in a stampede from the City Hall square, which was packed with tens of thousands of...
Tiger Woods likely to be idle until British Open next month
Tiger Woods never really was able to gain much traction at the U.S. Open and seemed poised for a truly dismal Sunday after starting with bogeys on four of his first six holes. But he played his final 12 holes at 6-under-par, rallying into a tie for 21st (his 69...
Mark Madden: Load management works, but Penguins won’t consider it
Toronto is NBA champion. Kawhi Leonard was playoff MVP. Load management is a thing. Load management is the concept of resting players when they’re not hurt in order to keep them healthy and refreshed for the playoffs. It’s been done before, in small doses. But Toronto took it to the...
For reeling Pirates, upcoming schedule only makes things tougher
The most troubling thought that followed the Pittsburgh Pirates home from their 2-8 road trip wasn’t a pitching staff that seems to be in various stages of disarray and ineffectiveness. Hard to believe, but there is worse news than a 5.12 team ERA (27th in MLB) and 1.45 WHIP (26th),...
Pelicans primed to draft Zion Williamson – and another top-5 prospect
NEW ORLEANS — Now that six-time All-Star Anthony Davis’ trade request has been honored, it’s time for the New Orleans Pelicans to start a new era by drafting the next face of the franchise. Duke star Zion Williamson is widely seen as the top pro prospect to enter any NBA...
Babe Ruth Yankees jersey sells for record $5.64 million
Babe Ruth is still producing eye-popping numbers 84 years after his baseball career ended. A Yankees jersey said to have been worn by him during the team’s “Murderers’ Row” period of the late 1920s fetched $5.64 million at an auction over the weekend. That set a record, by more than...
Sharks sign D Erik Karlsson to monster 8-year deal
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Jose Sharks have re-signed pending free agent defenseman Erik Karlsson to an eight-year deal. The Sharks announced the deal on Monday, two weeks before Karlsson was eligible to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1. TSN first reported the deal that is expected...
Newly acquired Dominik Kahun looking forward to teaming up with Penguins stars
When he heard he was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins, the first thing forward Dominik Kahun did was pause the video game he was playing against his brother at his offseason home in Germany. The second thing he did was think about the teammates he was about to play with....
Pitt’s Pat Narduzzi adds 5 rising seniors during recruiting weekend
Pitt’s big recruiting weekend started Saturday with the first of five of these tweets, signaling Pat Narduzzi had received a verbal commitment from a coveted prospect. PITT IS IT!!! #H2P #2ManyLights0n pic.twitter.com/g5nzT7DsRT— Pat Narduzzi (@CoachDuzzPittFB) June 16, 2019 By Sunday night, there had been plenty of tweets from Narduzzi’s account,...
Warriors take out full-page ad in Toronto Star to congratulate Raptors
Cliche? Sure. But the Golden State Warriors have been there before, and they sure acted like it. The Warriors took out a congratulatory full-page ad in the Toronto Star, honoring the Toronto Raptors’ first NBA championship. The Raptors defeated the Warriors, 4-2, in the NBA Finals. Classy move by @warriors...
Penguins GM discusses why Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang haven’t been labeled untouchable
Looking to change up his roster after a disappointing playoff exit, Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford has yet to include Evgeni Malkin or Kris Letang on a list of untouchable players in any public comments he’s made this offseason. He still hasn’t, but in a radio interview on 93.7...
Kiski Area’s Hepler earns medal at national track and field meet
Kiski Area rising sophomore CJ Hepler placed sixth in the freshman discus competition Friday at the New Balance Nationals Outdoor Championships in Greensboro, N.C. Using a disc slightly lighter than what is used for high school competitions, Hepler completed a toss of 164 feet, 1 inch on his first of...
Fan takes in baseball game while enjoying tub of mayonnaise
File this one under … huh? A fan took in a Memphis Redbirds minor league baseball game this weekend while enjoying a tub of mayonnaise. Mayo. Out of the jar. Alone. Cameras captured the man at various times during the game eating the mayonnaise and the Redbirds’ Twitter account posted...
Pitt’s Kenny Pickett invited to Manning family quarterback camp
When Archie Manning is asked how much contact his famous sons have with campers and counselers at the Manning Passing Academy, he is quick with an answer. “Every minute for 24 years,” he said Monday. Or, every minute for as long as the camp has been in existence. That’s what...
Georgia cornerback Tee Denson joins Pitt’s Class of 2020
When one of Pitt’s graduate assistants heard a scream coming from coach Pat Narduzzi’s office Sunday morning, he walked in to see if something was wrong. Actually, it was good news. Cornerback Tee Denson of Atlanta told Narduzzi he planned to enroll at Pitt next year. “He was just really...
First Call: Carl Hagelin stays with Capitals; another Carmody commits to Notre Dame
For “First Call” Monday, the Stanley Cup celebration in St. Louis was quite a show. There were a few hockey signings of note for Penguins fans. And another WPIAL star is heading to South Bend. Home for Haggy Carl Hagelin is staying with Washington. The former Penguin played in Pittsburgh,...
Steelers 2-a-days: Punter Jordan Berry to be pushed by Ian Berryman
Editor’s note: From now until the first practice of training camp at Saint Vincent College, 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 alphabetical order, (at least) two per day, between...
Tim Benz, Mark Madden talk Olli Maatta trade, Steelers running backs, Pirates quandary
In this week’s “Madden Monday” podcast, Mark Madden and I discuss whether Jim Rutherford did the right thing by trading Olli Maatta to Chicago. We also investigate the quality of the return in Dominik Kahun. Maatta took a lot of grief in Pittsburgh. We debate whether it was warranted. Another...
