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Mark Madden: After Penguins blow series, it’s time for decisive action from Fenway Sports
Immediately after the Pittsburgh Penguins’ season-ending 4-3 overtime loss Sunday at New York, Jake Guentzel paid tribute: “I thought we had something special here.” Guentzel did: He scored eight goals against the Rangers, the first time that’s happened in a playoff series since 2009. The Penguins used to: They were...
Steelers sign 4 players from rookie tryout camp, including Wake Forest kicker Nick Sciba
Four players from the recently concluded rookie minicamp earned summer jobs with the Pittsburgh Steelers. They’ll get a chance to extend their stay by proving their worth on the practice field. The Steelers signed four players who attended rookie minicamp on a tryout basis: defensive tackle Trevon Mason, cornerback Carlins...
Seton Hill lacrosse standout Jackie Frank pointing the way
One of the leading scorers in NCAA Division II lacrosse played one varsity game as a high schooler. Let that sink in. It suffices to say Seton Hill graduate student Jackie Frank has made up for lost time, as she has 43 goals and 65 assists this season and was...
Antonio Brown tweets that he wants to retire as a Steeler
Antonio Brown has burned bridges with several of his former NFL teams. He’d like to repair one with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Brown, who remains a free agent after walking out on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers late last season, wrote on his verified Twitter account Monday that he wants to end...
Penguins forward Brian Boyle undergoes knee surgery
Forward Brian Boyle underwent surgery on his left knee Monday, the Pittsburgh Penguins announced via a news release. Boyle did not play in the Penguins’ season-ending Game 7 overtime loss at the New York Rangers on Sunday after he suffered an injury early during Game 6 on Friday. The team’s...
Penguins enter an offseason unlike any other
NEW YORK — In the spring of 2010, Sidney Crosby was asked about the Pittsburgh Penguins’ former home, then named Mellon Arena, which the franchise was about to vacate in a matter of weeks. It was an outdated venue full of leaky pipes, moldy ceiling tiles, narrow hallways and unpleasant...
‘My job is to beat the pitcher’: Pirates DH Daniel Vogelbach a must-hear voice on hitting
From the end of the dugout where Derek Shelton watches games, the Pittsburgh Pirates manager can hear the constant chatter coming from their biggest player, in terms of size and volume. With every pitch, Daniel Vogelbach is earning a reputation as hitter’s hitter, someone who analyzes everything from a pitcher’s...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Hempfield grads earn 1st-team honors for Seton Hill
Coming back to Seton Hill for a fifth season has brought Jenna Osikowicz riches: an NCAA Division II Atlantic Region title, a second straight PSAC West title and now, a second consecutive PSAC West Athlete of the Year award. An outfielder from Hempfield, Osikowicz also made the all-conference first team....
Madden Monday: ‘Penguins blew it. Choked is too strong of a word. Or maybe it’s not.’
A lot of Pittsburgh Penguins fans seem to have sympathy for the club even though it blew a 3-1 series lead to the New York Rangers. Sunday’s 4-3 overtime result in favor of New York finished off the series comeback for the Blueshirts and ended the Penguins’ season. After all,...
First Call: Melvin Ingram signs with a team Steelers will face in 2022; Steelers schedule deemed tougher than numbers indicate
Monday’s “First Call” has a landing spot for a former Pittsburgh Steeler. The Steelers schedule may be even harder than we thought. The Pirates are getting another look at the Chicago Cubs already. The pitcher who helped no-hit the Pirates during a loss discusses the odd set of circumstances. And...
Tim Benz: Blown leads result in blown series as Penguins season ends in New York
The Penguins-Rangers first-round Eastern Conference playoff series lasted seven games and 13 days. With all that happened during that time, it felt like it lasted 70 games and 130 days. We witnessed: • A triple-overtime Penguins win in Game 1 and an overtime Rangers win in Game 7. • The...
5 things: Like series on whole, stats say Penguins ‘deserved’ to win Game 7
Five stats-based observations about the Pittsburgh Penguins’ season-ending, 4-3 Game 7 loss to the New York Rangers on Sunday: 1. Get what you deserve? Let’s get this out of the way first: the team that has the most goals/points/runs is always the one that “deserves” to win a game. In...
Minor league report: Penguins swept by Thunderbirds
Despite two goals by forward Sam Poulin, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins’ season came to an end on Sunday with a 7-6 home loss to the Springfield Thunderbirds in Game 3 of their Atlantic Division semifinal series at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre. Springfield swept the best-of-five series. Forward Filip Hallander had...
Hobbled Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry makes valiant, ill-fated return in Game 7 lossVideo
NEW YORK – Tristan Jarry didn’t look like the goaltender who melted down less than a year ago. Almost the moment he took the ice at Madison Square Garden on Sunday in Game 7 of the Penguins’ first-round playoff series, he looked comfortable. That was evident when he coolly swallowed...
6 PSAC baseball teams headed to NCAA Atlantic Regional
Six baseball teams from the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference made the field for the NCAA Division II Atlantic Region Tournament, including Seton Hill, Slippery Rock and Gannon. The double-elimination tournament begins Thursday. There are two Atlantic Region “pods.” The winners will meet in a Super Regional for a spot in...
Penguins drop Game 7 in overtime despite returns by Sidney Crosby, Tristan Jarry
NEW YORK – The Pittsburgh Penguins emptied the tanks. With their iconic captain and All-Star goaltender (and however you want to describe Rickard Rakell) taking to the ice after being sidelined by various maladies, the Penguins dressed as strong of a lineup as they have in weeks (or at least...
Pirates farm report for May 15, 2022: Oneil Cruz, Mason Martin belt homers for Indy
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 17-16) blitzed Charlotte (White-Sox), 11-5. LF Oneil Cruz (.185) went 2 for 5 with a three-run homer, his third, and five RBIs. 1B Mason Martin (.246) was 1 for 5 with a homer, his fifth. C Jason Delay (.255) went 4 for 5 with two doubles and two...
Rematch round: Blues-Avalanche, Panthers-Lightning up nextVideo
Florida Panthers deadline addition Brandon Montour might not have had a rooting interest in Game 7 between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night. Many of his teammates who got eliminated by the Lightning were happy to see the back-to-back defending Stanley Cup champions win to...
K.H. Lee holds off hometown hero Jordan Speith, repeats as Byron Nelson champVideo
McKINNEY, Texas — K.H. Lee ran across the fairway to try to get a better view of the key shot in his second consecutive victory in the Byron Nelson. The South Korean must have known it would be close, same as the low-scoring drama around him that included hometown favorite...
Pittsburgh Maulers earn 1st win with TD on final play
The 2022 version of the Pittsburgh Maulers earned their first victory Sunday, and they did so in dramatic fashion. Quarterback Vad Lee, signed off the street five days prior, threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Bailey Gaither on the final play of the game, leading the Maulers to a 21-20...
Grant Williams has 27, Celtics make 22 3s in Game 7 rout of BucksVideo
BOSTON — Grant Williams scored a career-high 27 points and hit seven 3-pointers, Jayson Tatum added 23 and the Boston Celtics set a Game 7 record with 22 3-pointers to eliminate the NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks 109-81 on Sunday in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Boston will face top-seeded Miami beginning...
‘I’m never going to forget this day’: Pirates LHP Jose Quintana celebrates 10 years in majors
On a day when Hunter Greene no-hit the Pittsburgh Pirates for seven-plus innings, Jose Quintana quietly matched the Cincinnati Reds rookie zero for zero in the line score. Quintana celebrated 10 years of major-league service Sunday – a major milestone for the 33-year-old left-hander – by tossing seven scoreless innings...
Kurt Busch squeezes past Larson for NASCAR win at Kansas SpeedwayVideo
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Kurt Busch was slowly driving his Jordan Brand-styled ride toward victory lane at Kansas Speedway on Sunday when car owner Denny Hamlin stopped him in his tracks, ducked his head through the window and said, “We did it.” Did they ever. Busch survived a weary day...
Sidney Crosby, Tristan Jarry, Rickard Rakell return to the Penguins’ lineup for Game 7
NEW YORK — Penguins forwards Sidney Crosby, Rickard Rakell and goaltender Tristan Jarry will all be in the lineup for Game 7 of their team’s first-round playoff series with the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden. All three were listed as dressing for the game according to the NHL’s...
Penguins assistant coach Mike Vellucci out for Game 7 due to covid-19Video
NEW YORK — Penguins assistant coach Mike Vellucci is not available for Game 7 of his team’s first-round playoff series against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Sunday after being placed into the NHL’s protocols for covid-19. The team announced Vellucci’s status via Twitter about two hours...
