Malara leads Mt. Pleasant boys to victory
By Staff ReportsMarcus Malara scored a game-high 23 points to lead the Mt. Pleasant boys basketball team to a 69-50 win over host Yough in a Section ...
View ArticleCrosby eyes Europe; Letang lands in Russia
By Josh Yohe, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewSidney Crosby’s time in Pittsburgh could be down to a week. The league has said it will cancel the season by Jan. 11 if no ...
View ArticleClairton wide receiver Boyd commits to Pitt
By Mark Kaboly, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewIt may have taken a couple of extra weeks, but Pitt finally landed a highly recruited WPIAL wide receiver. At least for now. Clairton’s Tyler ...
View ArticleRutgers starts fast, tops No. 24 Pitt, 67-62
By Kevin Gorman, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewPISCATAWAY, N.J. — The game plan for Pitt was to use its height advantage and get the ball inside, and the Panthers went directly to ...
View ArticlePitt basketball notebook: Lineup change backfires for Panthers
By Kevin Gorman, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewPISCATAWAY, N.J. — Pitt coach Jamie Dixon tinkered with the starting lineup, only to see the move backfire when Rutgers made a corresponding tweak to ...
View ArticleTalented Penguins trio struggles as Baby Pens falter
By Jonathan BombulieThe plan was simple enough for winger Eric Tangradi and defensemen Brian Strait and Robert Bortuzzo heading into this season: Go down to Wilkes-Barre for ...
View ArticleOutdoor notebook: Can you quarter a deer in the woods?
By Tribune-Reviewaround the game commission • If you shoot a deer in Pennsylvania, do you have to drag the whole thing out of the woods, or ...
View ArticleDebate rises over when to get kids involved hunting
By Bob Frye, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewThe debate about whether Pennsylvania should do an about-face is under way. The state — to great fanfare nationally — was the first in the ...
View ArticleCommission, sportsmen pay for fences around deer farm
By Tribune-ReviewSportsmen have paid to keep wild deer from accessing a farm connected to the discovery of chronic wasting disease this past fall. The bill, to ...
View ArticleHigh school roundup: Chartiers Valley knocks off Montour to stay unbeaten
By Staff ReportsSpencer Casson scored 10 points to go with 17 rebounds and 13 blocks to lead Class AAA No. 1 Chartiers Valley past No. 3 Montour, ...
View ArticleShaler senior discovers comfort zone
By Chris Harlan, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewShaler’s Geno Thorpe had just transferred home after seven weeks in Florida, a surprising decision much like his unexpected move there, so his coach sought ...
View ArticleDistrict roundup: WVU loses Big 12 debut
By Staff and Wire ReportsMORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Romero Osby had 21 points and nine rebounds for Oklahoma to negate an outstanding day by West Virginia freshman Terry Henderson Saturday ...
View ArticleRMU drops second in a row
By Paul Schofield, Tribune-ReviewIt’s been awhile since Robert Morris has started Northeast Conference play with consecutive losses. But that’s where the Colonials (8-7, 0-2) find themselves after...
View ArticleHigh school notebook: Kiski Area girls looking to turn things around
By Bill Beckner Jr.Kiski Area’s girls basketball team started the season with high expectations. The Cavaliers were No. 9 in the Trib Total Media Class AAAA preseason rankings ...
View ArticleSpringdale swimmers adjust on fly, make strides
By Jesse HubaSpringdale’s boys and girls swimming teams don’t have a pool, but they’ve learned to carpool. Team members are responsible for finding their own way to ...
View ArticleHigh school notebook: Vincentian Academy teams having perfect seasons
By Staff ReportsIt’s been a perfect season for Vincentian Academy. As the basketball schedule reaches its second month, the Royals girls and boys teams remain undefeated, making ...
View ArticlePens’ worries reside overseas
By Rob Rossi, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewDavid Morehouse’s greatest fear as Penguins CEO is not taking a call from NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and hearing the season is lost. It is ...
View Article10 ways to fix the Steelers
By Alan Robinson, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewEvery three years, the Steelers go through their own accelerated version of a leap year. It happened in 2000, ’03, ’06, ’09 and, yes, in ...
View ArticleStarkey: Capitalizing on Penn State
By Joe Starkey, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewHealing process? Seems like more of a wheeling-and-dealing process. Happy Valley has become the land of opportunity, or maybe just a land for opportunists in ...
View ArticleRobinson: Steelers’ dollars go to defense
By Tribune-ReviewJames Harrison and Troy Polamalu are the faces of the Steelers’ defense, a pair of well-known and well-paid players who have 12 Pro Bowl appearances, ...
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