Penguins have no shortage of goaltending prospects
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
April 4, 2025
Joel Blomqvist is probably the most accomplished goaltender the Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton Penguins have on their roster. At least at the American Hockey League level. An All-Star during the 2023-24 seaso...
Can Pirates torpedo Yankees’ record-setting blasts with new bats?
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
April 4, 2025
Torpedo bats are the talk of baseball, thanks to the number of New York Yankees using them while smashing records in the opening weekend. The Yankees hit nine home runs against the Milwaukee Brewers i...
Steelers announce partnership with German soccer club
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
April 4, 2025
Black and gold are uniting from across the pond. The Pittsburgh Steelers and German soccer club Borussia Dortmund announced a partnership Thursday that binds two prominent, blackand- gold wearing “foo...
Skenes helps Pirates snap 4-game losing skid
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
April 3, 2025
Paul Skenes threw seven strong innings as Pittsburgh beat Tampa Bay, 4-2. Looking to snap a four-game losing streak, the Pittsburgh Pirates needed Paul Skenes to stand tall and serve as the stopper. T...
Jarry wants to remain in the Penguins’ picture
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
April 3, 2025
Monday was picture day for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Members of the roster and employees of the franchise lumbered onto the ice at PPG Paints Arena. Some stood on top of risers while others sat in fold...
One pre-draft goal should exist for Omar Khan
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By TIM BENZ TribLive 
April 2, 2025
Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Omar Khan said so little in his media Q&A at the NFL league meetings in Florida on Monday that he made Mike Tomlin’s comments on Sunday read like a State of the Uni...
Despite gaffes, Pirates lead MLB in stolen bases
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
April 2, 2025
The 2025 Pittsburgh Pirates are not off to a hot start. Following Monday evening’s 6-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays, the Pirates are 1-4, having dropped three of four contests in their season-opening se...
Pitt hopefuls grind in Pro Day
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA TribLive 
March 28, 2025
Former Pitt safety P.J. O’Brien started playing football at the age of 3 in a league called Super Pee Wee in Pompano Beach, Fla. And there he was Wednesday — 19 years later — still chasing footballs, ...
Pitt players, coaches carry on after Alexander’s death
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA TribLive 
March 12, 2025
Pat Narduzzi opened practice Tuesday in the same manner that marked his 10 previous spring sessions as Pitt’s head football coach. There were the usual calisthentics, drills and meetings on and off th...
Hayes says he’s nearly pain free after back injury cost him 2024
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
February 13, 2025
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Ke’Bryan Hayes is not entirely pain free. The Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman knows he may never be. Yet the doubt that crept into the former Gold Glove winner last fall as he ...
Fields, not Wilson, is greatest source of intrigue from Steelers QB reports
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By TIM BENZ Trib Total Media 
February 13, 2025
When Fox’s Jay Glazer threw a log on the fire of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offseason quarterback conversation last week, I got the impression a lot of us were talking about the wrong part of what he sa...
Take 5: Health of Hayes tops spring training storylines
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
February 12, 2025
Ke’Bryan Hayes knows his best ability for the Pittsburgh Pirates is his availability, and lingering injuries have been the biggest liability of his major-league career When healthy, Hayes is an elite ...
Kiner-Falefa set to take over at shortstop for Pirates
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
February 6, 2025
With the Pirates committed to Oneil Cruz in CF, the spot is opened for the former Gold Glove winner. When the Pittsburgh Pirates moved Oneil Cruz to center field late last August, it solved a problem ...
Austin’s 3-pointer gives Panthers win over Buckeyes
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
November 30, 2024
By JERRY DIPAOLA Trib Total Media Zack Austin hit the winning 3-point shot Friday afternoon with 0.04 seconds left in overtime to lift Pitt to a 91-90 victory against Ohio State, but there he was in a...
Smith: North Carolina job ‘not my focus’
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
November 30, 2024
Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith said Thursday that he has been contacted by the University of North Carolina about its head coaching vacancy but that he’s not interested at the ...
Steelers look to solve short-yardage struggles
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
November 30, 2024
When it comes to what Mike Tomlin likes to call the weighty moments, especially when the offense has a thirdand- 1 or fourth-and-1, the Pittsburgh Steelers have been coming up short. After struggling ...
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH Trib Total Media 
November 30, 2024
Bryan Rust is no stranger to adversity. After all, he is a Detroit Lions fan. That makes Thanksgiving something of a double-edged sword of emotions for him given that franchise’s futility — its last c...
Taking a wise man’s advice?
Pittsburgh, Sports, Sports Columns
I’M JUST SAYIN’
November 19, 2024
So how many out there thought the Steelers would be sitting at 8-2 so far this season? I didn’t. I know many of you didn’t either. It’s OK, you can admit it. The success, I’ll take it though, and I’ll...
Fleury bests Penguins in final trip to Pittsburgh
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
October 30, 2024
The Minnesota goaltender stopped 26 shots as Pittsburgh lost its sixth straight game. The Pittsburgh Penguins celebrated a major component of the franchise’s glorious past Tuesday as former goaltender...
5 things we learned in the Steelers’ win over NY
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI Trib Total Media 
October 30, 2024
Five things we learned from Steelers 26, Giants 18: 1. 400 reasons From the start of the 2021 season through the game two weeks ago in Las Vegas, the Steelers had gone through six starting quarterback...