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SAN FRANCISCO — A peek at practice Saturday wouldn’t have suggested the Golden State Warriors are trailing the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals. Stephen Curry was making most of his shots, as usual. Klay Thompson was bobbing his head in time with the music in between his own shot...

The Pittsburgh Pirates are promoting outfielder Travis Swaggerty in time for Sunday’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, a team source confirmed. Swaggerty, 24, signed for a $4.4 million after being drafted with the No. 10 overall selection in 2018 out of South Alabama, where he was regarded as one of...

SAN FRANCISCO — Brittney Griner hasn’t been forgotten at the NBA Finals. The WNBA star has been detained in Russia for more than 100 days — wrongfully so, U.S. officials insist — and some members of the Boston Celtics are using their platform at the NBA’s title series to add...

DETROIT — Helio Castroneves won his first race on Belle Isle, in his seventh start for Team Penske, and basically in boss Roger Penske’s backyard. Castroneves celebrated that victory by exiting his car and climbing one of the fences surrounding the temporary street course. The Spider-Man climb became his signature,...

CARDIFF, Wales — Far from battlefields and Russian invaders, the Ukrainian footballers exempted from military service are trying to complete the mission to lead their country to the World Cup. When they prepare to face Wales on Sunday in a playoff final, they will have a little extra inspiration in...

After hitting the first walk-off home run of his career and receiving a celebratory ice bath, Jack Suwinski couldn’t suppress his smile. On Faith Night at PNC Park, he turned Pirates fans into believers. Just when the Pittsburgh Pirates rookie outfielder was satisfied with extending his ninth-inning at-bat against Arizona...

Ke’Bryan Hayes quickly has earned a reputation as one of the best defensive players in baseball, so the Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman shakes his head when he looks at one important statistic. Hayes had seven errors through the first 50 games this season — including three in a five-game span...

The Penguins’ Mike Sullivan was not a finalist for this year’s Jack Adams Award. It’s given annually to the NHL’s best coach, except quite often it isn’t. Sullivan finished eighth in the year’s voting, which is done by NHL broadcasters. He didn’t necessarily deserve to win the award, but he...

PARIS — Iga Swiatek’s winning streak began to feel like a burden, she said, with all of the attention it gained as it grew, all of the pressure to keep it going, especially with a Grand Slam title in the offing. As good as her forehand is, as skilled as...

Palmer Jackson was on the Hannastown Golf Club course June 2 playing against his good friend, Mark Goetz. No offense to Goetz, but Jackson would have rather been in Phoenix playing in the NCAA Division I Championship. But Jackson wasn’t pouting. He was preparing to play in the United States...

A nagging shoulder injury stunted his progress in his final collegiate wrestling season, but Michael Kemerer is moving on to his next venture in the sport. The former Iowa and Franklin Regional standout has joined the Spartan Combat RTC, a world-class training outfit in Ithaca, N.Y. Spartan Combat RTC specializes...

On a busy recruiting weekend with 14 prospects making official visits to campus, Pitt landed six verbal commitments in an approximate span of 24 hours that ended Saturday night. What does it mean? Before Lakeland, Fla., defensive back Shadarian Harrison triggered the commitment blitz Friday, Pitt’s two-man 2023 recruiting class...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 26-25) rallied past Omaha (Royals), 5-2. CF Travis Swaggerty (.280) went 2 for 4 and hit a go-ahead three-run homer, his fourth, in the seventh inning. He also doubled. In his last seven games, Swaggerty is 12 for 29 with two home runs and eight RBIs. 1B Mason...

NEW YORK — Mika Zibanejad scored in the third period, Igor Shesterkin stopped 29 shots and the New York Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning, 3-2, on Friday night to take a 2-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference finals. K’Andre Miller and Kaapo Kakko scored in the first period,...

The first season of the second chapter of Pittsburgh Maulers football will not end with a playoff berth. Darius Victor ran for 87 yards and three touchdowns, leading the New Jersey Generals to a 28-19 victory, eliminating the 1-7 Maulers from USFL playoff contention. The Maulers turned to Slippery Rock...

IRVING, Texas — The Big 12 will distribute a record $426 million of revenue to its 10 schools for the 2021-22 school year, a nearly 25% increase over last year and 10% higher than its peak before the pandemic. “We find ourselves in a very strong position today,” Texas Tech...

Pitt coach Jeff Capel added the seventh new player to his roster Friday when junior college shooting guard Cashius McNeilly committed to the Panthers. McNeilly previously committed to Texas A&M in 2019 and TCU before last season, but never played for those schools before enrolling at Northern Oklahoma College-Tonkawa. During...

JT Brubaker’s worst enemy returned, as the right-hander set an ominous tone for the Pittsburgh Pirates by serving up long balls. Brubaker surrendered three home runs, including a two-run shot to Ketel Marte for the go-ahead runs, as the Arizona Diamondbacks went deep five times. Then it almost came back...

MADISON, Ill. — Kyle Larson is willing to drive just about anything with four wheels and an engine, and his ability to jump between NASCAR’s highest level and small-town late model races on dirt should come in handy this weekend. You see, Larson showed up to World Wide Technology Raceway...