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Panthers beat Capitals in OT, win 1st playoff series since 1996Video
WASHINGTON — On the wrong side of a comeback effort this time, the Florida Panthers rebounded in overtime and made sure they wouldn’t need to go home to finish their first-round series. Carter Verhaeghe scored the OT winner to send the Panthers to the second round by beating the Washington...
Tim Benz: ‘Rattled’ Penguins can’t write a better ending to familiar script
After 40 minutes of the Penguins-Rangers game Friday night, it dawned on me. Are we all really here at PPG Paints Arena for Game 6? Or is this a weird out-of-body experience? Are 18,187 of us just watching a hologram replay of Wednesday’s Game 5? As was the case Wednesday,...
Bruce Boudreau to return as coach of Canucks
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Bruce Boudreau will return as coach of the Vancouver Canucks next season after helping to turn the struggling NHL club around as a midyear replacement. Speaking Friday afternoon after completing a “rough round” of golf, the 67-year-old Boudreau said “we have some unfinished business in Vancouver,...
Penguins’ Brian Boyle laves Game 6 after 2 shifts because of lower-body injury
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Brian Boyle suffered a lower-body injury early during Friday’s playoff game, taking only two shifts in Game 6 of the first-round series against the New York Rangers. After the game — a 5-3 loss that forced a Game 7 — coach Mike Sullivan said Boyle was being...
Penguins drop Game 6 to Rangers, head back to New York
The Penguins were not at their best on Friday. And how could they be? Their wonderful captain, Sidney Crosby, convalescing from a suspected head injury, was not in the lineup. And that void was amplified by the absences of starting goaltender Tristan Jarry, stout defenseman Brian Dumoulin and skilled top-six...
Pirates manager Derek Shelton doesn’t hide disgust after Reds pound Mitch Keller
With Mitch Keller still searching for his first major-league victory in almost a year after getting lit up by the Cincinnati Reds, Derek Shelton didn’t bother to disguise his disgust. The Pittsburgh Pirates manager made no excuses for Keller giving up five runs on five extra-base hits, blaming it squarely...
Steelers sign veteran offensive lineman Trent Scott
The Pittsburgh Steelers added some versatile veteran depth to their offensive line Friday, announcing a one-year contract with Trent Scott. The 6-foot-5, 320-pound Scott has played 53 games with 19 starts over four NFL seasons since making the Los Angeles Chargers as an undrafted free agent in 2018. He has...
Phil Mickelson decides not to defend title at PGA ChampionshipVideo
Phil Mickelson withdrew Friday from the PGA Championship, electing to extend his hiatus from golf following his incendiary comments he made about a Saudi-funded rival league he supports and the PGA Tour he accused of greed. Mickelson authored one of the most stunning victories last year when he won the...
Padres sign Robinson Cano, plan to use him off the benchVideo
ATLANTA — The San Diego Padres signed veteran second baseman Robinson Cano to a major-league contract and plan to use him as a left-handed bat off the bench. Cano was not in Friday’s lineup against the Atlanta Braves. Acting manager Ryan Christenson said he could get some occasional starts at...
Girlfriend of Broncos WR Jerry Jeudy asks for case against him to be dismissedVideo
DENVER — The girlfriend of Denver Broncos wide receiver Jerry Jeudy asked a judge on Friday to dismiss a misdemeanor case against him stemming from a dispute between them. The woman, who has a one-month-old child with Jeudy, told Judge Chantel Contiguglia that she did not feel threatened during the...
Seton Hill softball gets past Shippensburg to reach NCAA regional final
Jenna Osikowicz scored the game-winning run on a sacrifice fly by Brooklyn Fukushima in the bottom of the 10th inning, and Seton Hill defeated Shippensburg, 3-2, Friday in the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional at Shippensburg. The win advances the Griffins to Saturday’s championship at noon. Osikowicz, who had three...
Steelers rookie camp notes: George Pickens confident he can make seamless leap from SEC to NFL
George Pickens played on the best team in the best conference in college football last season. The rookie wide receiver, therefore, isn’t intimidated by making the leap to the NFL. “It’s not really a huge transition depending on (coming from) the SEC or what conference you came from,” Pickens said...
Penguins forward Evan Rodrigues promoted (again) in Sidney Crosby’s absence
Evan Rodrigues has been in this position before. And that’s because he can play a whole bunch of positions. Once again, the versatile Penguins forward is likely to be pressed into an elevated role for Friday’s home contest against the New York Rangers in Game 6 of their first-round playoff...
Pitt’s Tre Tipton and Chase Pine, Kevin Greene’s son among tryouts at Steelers rookie camp
Kenny Pickett isn’t the only former Pitt player taking part in Pittsburgh Steelers rookie minicamp this weekend. Linebacker Chase Pine and receiver Tre Tipton also were among the 51 players on the field Friday at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex for the first day of camp. The identities of 17 of...
Kenny Pickett using Steelers rookie minicamp as foundation to compete for starting QB job
Forgive Kenny Pickett if he didn’t get caught up in the excitement Thursday night surrounding the release of the Pittsburgh Steelers schedule for the upcoming season. The team’s first-round draft pick had other, more pressing matters on his mind. Such as studying the playbook in preparation for his first official...
Analysis: Amazon Prime Video gets solid 1st slate from NFL
A defensive coordinator trying to put together a game plan to stop Justin Herbert or Patrick Mahomes has an easier task than the NFL trying to put together the schedule for Thursday Night Football. There’s trying to put together intriguing matchups, only four teams can play multiple Thursday games, and...
Americans bet $125B on sports in 4 years since legalization
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Americans have bet more than $125 billion on sports with legal gambling outlets in the four years since a U.S. Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for all 50 states to offer it. On Saturday’s anniversary of the decision in a case brought by New Jersey,...
Penguins forward Sidney Crosby ruled out for Game 6Video
Penguins forward Sidney Crosby will not play in Game 6 of his team’s first-round playoff series against the New York Rangers at PPG Paints Arena on Friday. Coach Mike Sullivan announced Crosby’s status following Friday’s morning skate and indicated Crosby took to the ice before the skate, working out with...
Detention of WNBA’s Brittney Griner in Moscow extended for 1 month
The lawyer for WNBA star Brittney Griner said Friday her pre-trial detention in Russia has been extended by one month. Alexander Boykov told The Associated Press he believed the relatively short extension of the detention indicated the case would come to trial soon. She has been in detention for nearly...
Pirates farm report for May 12, 2022: Ernny Ordonez belts grand slam for Greensboro
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 15-16) was doubled up by Charlotte (White-Sox), 8-4. RHP Osvaldo Bido (0-2, 3.91) started and gave up four runs on five hits and two walks in 4.2 innings. RHP Eric Hanhold (6.39) was touched up for three runs in an inning of relief. RF Bligh Madris (.232) went...
Seton Hill softball makes winner’s bracket final at NCAA regional
Morgan Ryan threw five scoreless innings and catcher MacKenzie Zang drove in two runs to lead Seton Hill to a 3-0 victory over Clafin, S.C. on Thursday in the 2022 NCAA Atlantic Regional at Shippensburg. The Griffins also got a key RBI hit from Brooklyn Fukushima. Seton Hill is now...
Top-seeded Virginia Tech rallies for win at ACC softball tournament at Pitt
Top-seed Virginia Tech scored single runs in the third and fourth innings and rallied to defeat Syracuse, 2-1, in an ACC quarterfinal Thursday at Pitt. Bre Peck won the game with a home run. The Hokies face Clemson, which defeated Notre Dame, 7-3, in the 1 p.m. semifinal. Duke, which...
Minor league report: Penguins drop Game 2, Nailers swept by WalleyeVideo
Goaltender Tommy Nappier made 30 saves on 34 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 6-2 road loss to the Springfield Thunderbirds in Game 2 of an Atlantic Division semifinal series at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, Mass. on Thursday. The Falcons lead the best-of-five series, 2-0. Defensemen P.O Joseph...
Bruins beat Hurricanes to force 7th game
BOSTON — Brad Marchand scored one goal and assisted on another, and Jeremy Swayman stopped 23 shots to lead the Boston Bruins past the Carolina Hurricanes, 5-2, on Thursday night and send their first-round playoff series to a decisive seventh game. The home team has won all six games in...
Former Pirates pitcher Connor Overton shuts out old teammates in Reds’ 4-0 win
Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton was impressed with how Connor Overton kept the Pirates’ bats under control Thursday night. “Second time in a row, he kept us off the barrel,” Shelton said after the Cincinnati Reds almost effortlessly defeated the Pirates, 4-0, in front of a crowd of 9,470 at...
