Pistons finish comeback against Magic for 1st playoff series win in 18 years
DETROIT — Cade Cunningham had 32 points and 12 assists, Tobias Harris added 30 points and the Detroit Pistons beat the Orlando Magic, 116-94, in Game 7 on Sunday to win a playoff series for the first time in 18 years. Cunningham averaged 32.4 points for Detroit, which last won...
Celtics’ Tatum heads into offseason with no regrets
BOSTON — Jayson Tatum believes he would have been able to play if the Boston Celtics advanced to the second round of the NBA playoffs. But when the Celtics star experienced stiffness in his left knee before his team’s Game 7 home loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday, it...
Chase Elliott wins at Texas, is 2nd to win multiple NASCAR Cup Series races this season
FORT WORTH, Texas — Chase Elliott went low, got a push from his Hendrick Motorsports teammate and held on to become only the second NASCAR Cup driver with multiple wins this season. Elliott stayed ahead of Denny Hamlin for the closing four laps after a final restart Sunday at Texas...
Cameron Young finishes wire-to-wire win at Cadillac Championship
DORAL, Fla. — The only person who gave Cameron Young any trouble Sunday was, well, Cameron Young. He called a one-stroke penalty on himself while playing the par-4 second hole, after he caused his ball to move in the fairway. And then he made par anyway. It was that sort...
Kimi Antonelli wins Miami Grand Prix for his 3rd straight F1 victoryVideo
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Kimi Antonelli made history as the first driver to win his first three Formula 1 races from the pole when the 19-year-old Mercedes driver won the Miami Grand Prix on Sunday. It was the third consecutive victory for Antonelli, the current points leader who is proving...
Former 5-star Penn State OL has chance to turn heads as undrafted free agent
Five years ago, the Indianapolis Colts selected a Penn State offensive lineman with one of the last picks of the 2021 NFL Draft — and it worked out pretty well for them. The Colts took Penn State’s Will Fries with the No. 249 pick in the seventh round. Fries earned...
Konnor Griffin doubles, scores winning run, Braxton Ashcraft blanks Reds as Pirates sweepVideo
Konnor Griffin has been on a tear since the end of his teenage years, and the Pittsburgh Pirates rookie shortstop put the perfect finish on a three-game sweep of the National League Central-leading Cincinnati Reds. Griffin hit a two-out double off the center-field wall in the eighth inning, then scored...
Winchester Thurston grad Will Loevner wins 1st Pittsburgh Marathon; Jane Bareikis earns 3-peat
Will Loevner had been close before but wasn’t able to break the winner’s tape in the Pittsburgh Marathon. He was runner-up in 26.2-mile race two years ago and fifth last year. On Sunday, no one stopped the Winchester Thurston graduate from realizing a dream. Loevner completed the course in a...
Fullback Riley Nowakowski could find key role in Mike McCarthy’s ‘2-back offense’ with Steelers
Mike McCarthy designed quarterback-friendly passing attacks in both Green Bay and Dallas, but he always found room in his offense for a lowly fullback. The Pittsburgh Steelers had none on the roster until they used a Day 3 draft pick on Indiana’s Riley Nowakowski, a multi-positional player who could expand...
Penguins forward Connor Dewar found a fit. But will he stay?Video
It’s not the most creative name for a line. After all, it’s just the first letter of the last name of all three forwards who skate on it. But the Pittsburgh Penguins’ fourth line of Blake Lizotte, Noel Acciari and Connor Dewar stood out for a variety of reasons. “The...
Gallery: Images from the 2026 Pittsburgh Marathon
The weather was cold, but the runners were ready for the 2026 Pittsburgh Marathon. Racers took off Sunday morning — some starting as early as 6:50 a.m. — along their 26.2- or 13.1-mile trek through Pittsburgh’s neighborhoods. It was a brisk 35 degrees at the race’s start, but that didn’t...
Cold start to Pittsburgh Marathon doesn’t dampen spirits of runners, spectators
The weather was warming up throughout the morning as Pittsburgh Marathon runners took off in high spirits Sunday for their annual trek through the city’s neighborhoods. The temperature was just 35 degrees at the start, but the cold conditions didn’t seem to dampen the spirits of the runners or spectators....
Penguins A to Z: Noel Acciari did his job but it’s time to move onVideo
With the Pittsburgh Penguins entering the offseason after a brief return to the postseason, TribLive will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 53 individuals signed to an NHL contract — including those whose deals do not begin until future seasons — with the organization. Starting with...
Minor league report: Penguins drop Game 2, Nailers win seriesVideo
Goaltender Sergei Murashov made 24 saves on 26 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 2-1 loss to the rival Hershey Bears in Game 2 of an Atlantic Division semifinal series at Mohegan Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. The best-of-five series is tied, 1-1. Murashov’s postseason record slipped to 1-1....
Pirates farm report for May 2, 2026: Murf Gray homers twice in Bradenton win
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple A, 11-21) allowed 16 hits and at least one run in every inning but the fifth and eighth in a 13-4 loss to Memphis (Cardinals). 2B Tyler Callihan (.227) went 2 for 4 with a home run to lead off the game and two RBIs. 1B Nick Cimillo...
Hurricanes keep rolling, easily defeat Flyers to open series
RALEIGH, N.C. — Logan Stankoven scored twice to continue his postseason tear and the Carolina Hurricanes smothered the Philadelphia Flyers in a 3-0 victory Saturday night to open the second-round series. Jackson Blake also scored for Carolina, and Frederik Andersen stopped 18 shots for his second shutout of these playoffs...
Cameron Young still in control at Doral, leads Cadillac Championship
DORAL, Fla. — Cameron Young didn’t have as easy of a time in the third round of the Cadillac Championship as he did while building a big lead Thursday and Friday. It didn’t seem to matter, either. Young is still in full control at Trump National Doral, after his round...
Joel Embiid leads 76ers’ Game 7 win over Celtics
BOSTON — Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals, beating the Jayson Tatum-less Boston Celtics, 109-100, on Saturday night to complete the NBA’s 14th comeback from a 3-1 deficit. Embiid finished with 34 points, 12 rebounds and six assists. Tyrese Maxey added 30 points, 11...
Riverhounds’ home winning streak snapped by Phoenix
Under a grey cloudy sky with temps in the low 40s, the conditions were less than Groovy for a pair of USL Championship sides facing off at F.N.B. Stadium on Saturday evening. The host Pittsburgh Riverhounds held court with visitor Phoenix Rising as their opponent, with both teams wanting to...
Carson Hocevar starting up front again after breakthrough NASCAR Cup victory
FORT WORTH, Texas — Carson Hocevar is suddenly spending a lot of time out front in NASCAR and already is feeling different as a Cup race winner. Hocevar will start on the front row at Texas for the second year in a row Sunday, a week after his breakthrough victory...
Golden Tempo takes Kentucky Derby as Cherie DeVaux becomes 1st woman to train its winner
Cherie DeVaux spent the week talking a lot about the possibility of becoming the first woman to train a Kentucky Derby winner as she got ready to be just the 18th to enter a horse in the crown jewel of horse racing’s Triple Crown with Golden Tempo. Charging from the...
Carmen Mlodzinski strikes out 10 as Pirates pound 19 hits, 11 walks to beat Reds
The Pittsburgh Pirates bounced back from a four-game sweep by the St. Louis Cardinals to clinch a series win over the National League-leading Cincinnati Reds with their most dominant performance of the season. Carmen Mlodzinski recorded a career-best 10 strikeouts as the Pirates had season highs with hits (19), walks...
Duquesne’s new big man Ege Demir brings pro experience
With nearly all its bigs having departed, Duquesne has added a sizable presence to its 2026-27 men’s basketball roster with the addition of Oregon transfer Ege Demir, a 6-foot-11, 275-pound senior with professional playing experience in Turkey. The Nigerian-born Demir, who Saturday posted his decision on his Instagram page, averaged...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Ben Kindel is Sidney Crosby’s heir
Ben Kindel isn’t and won’t be the player that Sidney Crosby is. But in some ways, Kindel is Crosby’s heir. He’s incredibly serious for a 19-year-old. (Just turned.) He sits next to Crosby in the dressing room, absorbing like a sponge. He’s known for watching video, constantly being on the...
Size, speed, military background make Steelers’ Robert Spears-Jennings an atypical 7th-rounder
Content with his place among the organizational hierarchy — and perhaps self-aware of his lane and his strengths — Pittsburgh Steelers assistant head coach Joe Whitt Jr. gave an honest answer when asked when seventh-round pick Robert Spears-Jennings first got onto his personal radar. “When (the scouting department) gave me...
