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MLB umpire apologizes after ejecting Madison Bumgarner
PHOENIX — MLB veteran umpire Dan Bellino issued an apology after ejecting Arizona Diamondbacks star pitcher Madison Bumgarner from a game in Miami this week. The Diamondbacks said Friday they received a copy of Bellino’s apology from MLB. “I would like to address my actions on May 4th involving Madison...
Jack Campbell shines, Maple Leafs beat Lightning in Game 3
TAMPA, Fla. — Jack Cambell had 32 saves — including three to protect the lead on a late power play — and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Tampa Bay Lightning, 5-2, in Game 3 of their first-round playoff series Friday night. Ilya Mikheyer had two empty-net goals in the...
Pirates farm report for May 6, 2022: Omar Cruz has strong start in Altoona win
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 13-12) and Louisville (Reds) were rained out. Thursday’s game, which was suspended with the score tied 5-5 in the ninth inning, will be completed at 5:30 p.m. Saturday before the teams play a regular nine-inning game at 6:35 p.m. Friday’s game will be made up as part of...
Minor league report: Penguins shut out Bears in Game 1Video
Goaltender Tommy Nappier made 23 saves and led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 3-0 shutout victory at home against the rival Hershey Bears in Game 1 of their Atlantic Division first-round series at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Friday. Forward Radim Zohorna had a goal and an assist for...
Brad Marchand helps Bruins past Hurricanes in Game 3
BOSTON — Brad Marchand had a goal and two assists Friday night to help the Boston Bruins take their first lead against the Hurricanes all season — and hold onto it for a 4-2 victory over Carolina in Game 3 of their first-round playoff series. Rookie Jeremy Swayman stopped 25...
Dan Ventrelle out as Raiders president after raising issues
Las Vegas Raiders president Dan Ventrelle has left the organization less than a year after taking over the job. Owner Mark Davis announced in a statement Friday that Ventrelle “is no longer with the Raiders organization” but divulged no details around the decision. Ventrelle said in a statement to the...
Paul Newberry: Spring football’s time has come … and goneVideo
Pro football in the springtime. An idea that once had so much promise. Now, no matter how many of these leagues keep popping up, there’s little chance of carving out even a tiny niche on the American sports scene. Give it up, USFL. Ditto for you, XFL. This isn’t the...
Jason Day handles rain, expands lead at Wells FargoVideo
POTOMAC, Md. — Jason Day shook his head vigorously after holing an 11-footer for birdie on his ninth hole at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm — not out of disgust, but to whip the excess water off his cap. For the rest of the round, Day shed the hat entirely....
Running to honor their father’s memory, Latrobe twins finish among leaders at Pittsburgh Marathon
Latrobe twins Lexie and Lizzie Planinsek ran their first marathon May 1. It probably won’t be their last. The Latrobe seniors decided to skip their track season to prepare for the Pittsburgh Marathon, and they did it in honor of their father, the late (Michael) Nick Planinsek, who died unexpectedly...
Penguins searching for ways to fix suddenly slumping penalty kill
Statisticians will say reading too much into a small sample sizes is folly. But when it comes to the recent performance of the Pittsburgh Penguins penalty-killing unit, coach Mike Sullivan isn’t going to let its failures attribute to math. “No,” Sullivan said Friday when it was posited that a recent...
Alle-Kiski Valley campus clippings: Heilman comes up aces at Merychurst
Jarrett Heilman (Freeport) has been a steady force for the Mercyhurst baseball team. The sophomore crafted a 7-0 record in 10 games — eight starts — through a complete-game 14-2 victory over Seton Hill in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference action April 29. In seven innings that day, Heilman gave up...
Chase De Jong embraces grinder persona, multi-inning pitching role for Pirates
When the Pittsburgh Pirates purchased his contract last month, Chase De Jong received a text message from his agent that read: Congratulations. You deserve it. You’re the epitome of resiliency. A second-round draft pick who made his major league debut at age 23, De Jong never would have imagined his...
Friday’s Pirates-Reds game postponed by rain, rescheduled as July 7 split doubleheader
The Pittsburgh Pirates’ game against the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night at Great American Ball Park has been postponed due to rain and rescheduled as part of a split doubleheader on July 7. The Pirates and Reds already were scheduled to play on that date. Now, Game 1 will start...
20 horses, full house: Kentucky Derby returns with no limits
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Twenty eager colts breaking from the starting gate, a full house for the first time in three years, and a Kentucky Derby lacking a dominant favorite. Things could get interesting Saturday at Churchill Downs, where the winners in 2019 and 2021 were disqualified. The biggest question for...
Rain again cancels Friday evening racing at Lernerville Speedway
Rain has yet again forced Lernerville Speedway officials to cancel Friday night racing. The announcement came Friday morning after steady precipitation began to fall late Thursday and continued to drench the area. The forecast calls for additional showers well into the day Saturday. Racing is scheduled to resume next Friday,...
Penguins’ Jason Zucker practices, Rickard Rakell skates, Brian Dumoulin ‘day to day’
The bombshell dropped that Casey DeSmith would miss the rest of the postseason and the Pittsburgh Penguins would be forced to rely on their No. 3 goalie for the foreseeable future, but there were other injury updates after practice Friday. Forward Jason Zucker took part in an optional practice at...
Penguins goalie Casey DeSmith out for playoffs after undergoing surgery
Move over Mr. Game 1. Welcome, Mr. First Round? Six years ago, Jeff Zatkoff forever earned him a place in Pittsburgh Penguins lore when, as a third-string goalie, he started and won the first game of the first-round playoff series en route to the franchise’s fourth Stanley Cup. A few...
Mark Madden: Goaltending leaves Penguins at grave disadvantage vs. Rangers
A good story does not equate to a good player. Don’t confuse the two. Louis Domingue is a good story. He’s the first goalie to enter a playoff game during its second overtime. He ate spicy pork and broccoli during a prior intermission Tuesday because he didn’t think he’d play....
First Call: 2 names emerge to start 2nd round of Steelers GM interviews; how Malik Willis learned of Kenny Pickett’s selection
Friday’s “First Call” zooms in on a second round of Pittsburgh Steelers’ general manager interviews. The Seattle Seahawks may not be at the top of the Baker Mayfield sweepstakes after all. We also found out how Malik Willis discovered the Steelers were drafting Kenny Pickett instead of him. And the...
Steelers GM Kevin Colbert’s revealing take on how NFL ready Kenny Pickett may truly be
As I look ahead to Pittsburgh Steelers training camp this summer, my brain actually goes back to Saint Vincent College in 2010. That’s when we knew Ben Roethlisberger was going to be suspended for at least the first four (and perhaps six) games of the season. So we were all...
5 things: Result differs in Game 2, but once again Penguins carry play vs. Rangers
Five stats-based observations about the Pittsburgh Penguins after a series-evening 4-2 loss to the New York Rangers in Thursday’s Game 2 at Madison Square Garden (analytics courtesy naturalstattrick.com unless specified otherwise): 1. Everything but the goals The Penguins had more shots on goal Thursday, they had more attempted shots, they...
Tim Benz: Penguins still have a long way to go before they figure out Igor Shesterkin
How did Don Henley put it? “In a New York minute Everything can change In a New York minute Things can get pretty strange” OK. Maybe not a minute. But that was the experience in New York City over less than 48 hours for goaltender Louis Domingue and the rest...
Penguins’ Jeff Carter enrages Rangers by colliding with star goalie Igor Shesterkin
In the third period of the New York Rangers’ 5-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 2 of their first-round series Thursday night, forward Jeff Carter stirred up a bit of a hornet’s nest. With less than three minutes left in the game, Rangers goalie Igor Shesterkin, the favorite...
District college notebook: Heder steps down at IUP; Judy breaks another record at Gannon
After two decades on the sidelines, IUP women’s soccer coach Adel Heder is retiring. A former Kiski Area boys soccer coach from 1987-2001, Heder guided the IUP program since ‘01. His overall record of 220-139-24 is the best in program history and he led the Crimson Hawks to two regular-season...
Pirates farm report for May 5, 2022: Henry Davis homers again for Greensboro
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 13-12) was suspended due to weather against Louisville (Reds). The game was tied 5-5 in the ninth with the Indians up to bat in the bottom of the inning. The game will be completed at 5:30 p.m. Friday before the regularly scheduled game. Next: Friday at Louisville (Reds),...
