Steelers release backup QB Hoyer
By Alan Robinson, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewWith Ben Roethlisberger healthy and starting again, the Steelers didn’t need a fourth quarterback. Brian Hoyer, the former backup to Tom Brady in New England,...
View ArticleNorth Allegheny advances to PIAA Class AAAA final
By Kevin Gorman, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewALTOONA — After losing to Central Dauphin on a field goal as time expired in this same round and on this same field a year ...
View ArticleDuquesne gets physical win in women’s City Game
By Chris AdamskiThe women’s edition of the City Game was physical enough that no fewer than three Pitt players gingerly left the court due to injury during ...
View ArticleTalented Bennett is work in progress for Penguins
By Jonathan BombulieIf there’s one thing in hockey that has dragged on longer than the NHL’s current labor dispute, it’s the Penguins’ never-ending quest to develop a ...
View ArticleGreensburg Salem solid in Jeannette win
By Paul Schofield, Tribune-ReviewThere’s a different man running the Greensburg Salem boys basketball team. And despite losing, 80-65, to Class AA No. 2 Jeannette on Friday night, the ...
View ArticleDuquesne, Marhold outmuscle New Orleans
By Chris Harlan, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewDuquesne’s Andre Marhold slid through the lane, launched and slammed back an offensive rebound, making good on his promise to show more aggression. “If I’ve ...
View ArticleDeer season full of ups and downs
By Bob Frye, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewDeer season means memories. Most are good. A few, fueled by greed, are not. This season was no different, even though — at times and ...
View ArticleSportsmen upset with agriculture’s lack of transparency
By Tribune-ReviewThere is finally some good news on the chronic wasting disease front. Test results for Pink 23, a captive deer from the Adams County farm ...
View ArticleGorman: Aliquippa in pursuit of perfection
By Kevin Gorman, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewAliquippa is steeped in high school football tradition, including one that seems to shout from its rooftop. When the Quips win a WPIAL championship — ...
View ArticleAliquippa runs over Richland
By Chris Harlan, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewRichland explored the creative parts of its playbook with a swinging gate formation that sent five players split wide left. It used a trick-play pass where...
View ArticleGorman: Colleges fail to keep their word
By Tribune-ReviewCollege football’s coaching carousel wasn’t the only cause for panic in Western Pennsylvania. The connect-the-dots theory that followed Bret Bielema’s leaving Wisconsin for Arkansas...
View ArticleProspect watch: Numbers boost NA’s Gonzalez
By Tribune-Reviewjeremy gonzalez 6-foot-1, 220 pounds, DL, North Allegheny Jeremy Gonzalez is hoping that North Allegheny’s extended playoff run pays dividends for his recruitment as the ...
View ArticlePitt improves to 9-1 with rout of North Florida
By Karen Price, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewNorth Florida coach and Pittsburgh native Matt Driscoll has led his team through a stacked nonconference schedule this season, with games against Memphis,...
View ArticlePitt’s prize recruit to get an early jump on college
By Jerry DiPaola, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewKENT, Ohio — At first, his friends didn’t understand. To Tra’von Chapman, the decision always made sense. Chapman, Pitt’s prize recruit in its Class of ...
View ArticleKennedy enjoys life, perks on the run
By Bill Beckner Jr.Already considered one of the best 40 prep cross country runners in the country, Kiski Area junior Brent Kennedy couldn’t help but view his trip ...
View ArticlePirates vow to improve steals, base running
By Rob Biertempfel, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewSince he took over two years ago, manager Clint Hurdle has maintained one of the best ways to utilize the Pirates’ speed is through stolen ...
View ArticleSteelers’ Dwyer eager to take on starter’s role
By Ralph N. Paulk, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewJonathan Dwyer is seemingly the last man standing among a crowded, unsettled corps of Steelers running backs. In an uneven season in which a troika ...
View ArticleWVU’s Smith preps for curtain call
By John Harris, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewMORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Did you see what West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith did last weekend? Try this: • Twenty-three completions in 24 attempts for the ...
View ArticleCan anything be done to stop college football coaches from jumping ship?
By John Grupp and Scott BrownThe 33-year-old head coach stood before a roomful of reporters in a major northeastern city and blatantly lied. He said his school, coming off an ...
View ArticleHigh school roundup: Seton-La Salle girls dominant in tournament victory
By Staff ReportsFive players scored in double digits, including Natalia Pagessi, who had 16, as Class AA No. 1 Seton-La Salle (2-0) picked up a 62-27 victory ...
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