Trib HS Insider Q&A: North Allegheny’s Brendan Coniker
By Kevin Gorman, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewBrendan Coniker is one of only two North Allegheny players (Patrick Kugler is the other) who started on the Tigers’ 2010 PIAA Class AAAA championship ...
View ArticleGreensburg Central boys gain size, speed for Section 3-AA
By Brian HungerThe Greensburg Central Catholic boys basketball team lost a lot of experienced players from last year’s PIAA quarterfinalist team. The Centurians (2-0) finished the 2011-12 ...
View ArticleGuard’s return boosts Hempfield’s chances of defending title
By Paul Schofield, Tribune-ReviewMike Nauman’s sophomore basketball season at Hempfield was a memorable one but for the wrong reasons. After starting and averaging nine points during the 2010-11 ...
View ArticlePeters Township’s Hannan flying high for Purple Eagles
By Joe SagerLast holiday season was good for Jeff Hannan and the Niagara University hockey team. Once the calendar turned to 2012, the Purple Eagles went 12-5-3, ...
View ArticleCharleroi girls open ‘5’ play with 51-32 win
By The Valley IndependentIt didn’t take new Charleroi coach Joe Grodz long to pick up his first section victory. The Lady Cougars traveled to Beth-Center in a Section ...
View ArticleMcGrath, Nagy blue-line brothers at Holy Cross
By Joe SagerRyan McGrath and Nilan Nagy grew up about 12 miles apart in suburban Pittsburgh. It took them another 600 miles to become teammates. The two ...
View ArticleLate surge helps Ford City girls basketball team earn victory
By Staff ReportsThe youth of both Ford City’s and West Shamokin’s girls basketball teams likely contributed to a topsy-turvy Section 1-AA opener Thursday night. Ford City (2-2, ...
View ArticleCrosby dissatisfied with NHL labor developments
By Rob Rossi and Josh YoheFrustration over the NHL’s labor dispute is boiling over in Pittsburgh. The NHL and its players’ association have not negotiated since talks in New York ...
View ArticleKovacevic: Some extra pepper for PirateFest
By Dejan Kovacevic, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewEver wanted to be a baseball beat reporter? Well, come one, come all, pay the requisite $12 admission plus Convention Center parking, and spend your ...
View ArticleClairton seniors hurdle tragedies, find success
By Kevin Gorman, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewThe story of the Clairton Bears giving hope and pride to a distressed school district and depressed steel town through their high school football team ...
View ArticleSteelers to field thin secondary at Dallas
By Alan Robinson, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewJosh Victorian went from being on the street to covering the streak in a few days’ time. It doesn’t sound easy, and it wasn’t. The ...
View ArticleMonmouth, Quinnipiac leave NEC
By Paul Schofield, Tribune-ReviewThe ever-changing landscape of college athletics finally hit the Northeast Conference on Friday. That’s when Monmouth and Quinnipiac announced they were leaving the NEC...
View ArticleClairton wins 4th straight PIAA title
By Chris Harlan, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewHERSHEY — A long list of contributors has helped sustain Clairton’s record-setting run, a spectacular span that now includes 63 victories and a fourth...
View ArticlePIAA championship notebook: Injured Clairton receiver still plays a role in...
By Keith Barnes, McKeesport Daily NewsHERSHEY — Titus Howard had been dreading this moment all week. Clairton was walking from the locker room and about to take the field for ...
View ArticlePIAA Class A play of the game: Clairton’s score just before halftime sent...
By Keith Barnes, McKeesport Daily NewsHERSHEY — The Clairton offense has a reputation for quick strikes and scoring touchdowns in droves. So it was somewhat stunning when Clairton, leading 6-0 ...
View ArticlePitt football notebook: Chryst downplays Wisconsin ‘buzz’
By Jerry DiPaola, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewThe Wisconsin job remains vacant. Questions toward Pitt coach Paul Chryst remain alive. Speaking publicly to local reporters for the first time since his name...
View ArticlePirates notebook: Walker wants long-term deal
By Rob Biertempfel, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewNeil Walker has reached the first of his four years of arbitration eligibility, a period when his salary can rapidly escalate. Yet the second baseman ...
View ArticleNHL files suit against union
By Rob Rossi, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewThe NHL lockout has landed in federal court. The league on Friday filed a class-action complaint in New York federal court in an effort to ...
View ArticleSteelers notebook: Woodley, Harrison ready for Cowboys
By Ralph N. Paulk, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewLinebackers LaMarr Woodley and James Harrison are among nine Steelers who are probable for Sunday’s game against Dallas at Cowboys Stadium. Both practiced...
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