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Andrew McCutchen started the weekend by staring down then shouting at the umpire after his controversial called third strike cost the Pittsburgh Pirates the go-ahead run in a loss to the San Diego Padres. The 38-year-old designated hitter challenged his teammates in a closed-door meeting by telling them to earn...

The “Madden Monday” podcast with Mark Madden of TribLive and 105.9 The X will be off next week. I’ll be back with Madden again on June 16. That’s when “Madden-Benz: Unfiltered” will come back as well. That certainly feels like a long time from now. One question I have heading...

LEBANON, Tenn. — Ryan Blaney kicked off the second half of the NASCAR season by running away down the stretch for his first Cup Series race of the year Sunday night at Nashville Superspeedway. The 2023 Cup champ had been racing well with five top-five finishes over the first half...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 31-24) was crushed 11-1 by Nashville (Brewers). CF Jack Suwinski (.253) hit his seventh home run of the season. He went 2 for 3 with a walk. 1B Billy Cook (.220) was 2 for 4 with a double. 3B Tsung-Che Cheng (.195) tripled. SS Nick Gonzales (.194) was...

The first day of June in New Kensington marked a nostalgic celebration at the city’s downtown JFK Park, bringing to it a collection of Who’s Who among friends and family of two city basketball legends. They had come to honor Baron “B.B.” Flenory and Tom Pipkins, two of the most...

Andrew McCutchen moved into a tie with a franchise icon, but the Pittsburgh Pirates blew a chance to win successive series for the first time this season. McCutchen got the Pirates going when he hit a two-run home run in the third inning — his 240th with the Pirates —...

The Pittsburgh Penguins have relinquished the rights to forward prospect Cooper Foster. A deadline to extend a qualifying offer to several prospects around the NHL to maintain rights expired at 5 p.m. on Sunday. A team spokesperson confirmed Foster did not receive an offer. Foster, 19, was a sixth-round draft...

Oklahoma City spent most of the regular season alone atop the Western Conference standings and just kept adding to its lead. Indiana didn’t spend a single day atop the Eastern Conference standings and was still under the .500 mark in early January. Different paths, same destination. It will be the...

As Bubba Chandler plays the waiting game to be promoted, the man who makes that call remains non-committal about a timeline for baseball’s top pitching prospect to make his major-league debut. Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington said Sunday on his weekly radio show that Chandler’s efficiency and where he...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida coach Paul Maurice keeps the day-to-day routine simple. Show up for work early and have copious amounts of coffee. Trust assistant coaches to do their jobs. Sit in on meetings when needed. Hammer home a consistent message with players. Swear a little bit sometimes, swear...

From the pristine fairways and lightning-fast greens to the punishing bunkers and club-twisting rough, Oakmont Country Club is one of the toughest tests for even the world’s best golfers, who will descend upon Western Pennsylvania for the 125th U.S. Open from June 12-15. TribLive is producing a hole-by-hole look at...

PARIS — Triumphant after its historic Champions League victory, Paris Saint-Germain put on an open-top bus parade through Paris on Sunday for roaring fans, an outburst of joy overshadowed by the deaths of two people and some 200 injuries during overnight celebrations. Brandishing their trophy, the winners of European club...

PARIS — Elina Svitolina saved three match points and came back to eliminate 2024 runner-up Jasmine Paolini 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-1 on Sunday, earning her fifth French Open quarterfinal appearance. The 13th-seeded Svitolina, who is from Ukraine, is a three-time Grand Slam semifinalist — getting that far twice at Wimbledon...

ROME — British rider Simon Yates cruised to overall victory in the Giro d’Italia on Sunday — finally winning the race that had eluded him so often. After attacking on the gravel-road climb to take the pink jersey in the penultimate stage on Saturday, Yates finished nearly four minutes ahead...

Daniel Summerhays wasn’t even supposed to play in the 2016 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club. Fate earned him a spot in the field, and, thanks to one of the greatest stretches of golf in the history of Oakmont Opens, he finished in the top 10. In the second round,...

Robert Woods embraces the comparison, and why wouldn’t he? The Pittsburgh Steelers’ newest veteran wide receiver is surely familiar with the franchise leader in all major receiving categories. “A little bit of Hines,” Woods said last week in reference to his playing style’s similarity to former Steelers star Hines Ward....

Bailey Falter brought new meaning to Mayday, causing opponents to use the distress signal with a masterful month on the mound. The Pittsburgh Pirates left-hander completed one of the best months for a starting pitcher in franchise history, finishing with only three earned runs for an 0.76 ERA in six...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 31-23) doubled up Nashville (Brewers), 8-4. RF Matt Fraizer (.271) went 2 for 3 with a double and his second homer. He walked twice, stole two bases and scored three runs. C Brett Sullivan (.211) went 2 for 4 with two RBIs. CF Liover Peguero (.246) went 1...

With May coming to a close, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds played Rhode Island on Saturday at Highmark Stadium in a Group 4 USL Jagermeister Cup match. The teams faced each other a week prior at the Pawtucket’s new 10,500 seat Centreville Bank Stadium. The Hounds handed Rhode Island a loss, the...