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Capitals out in 1st round for 4th time since winning Cup in 2018
WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin thinks it’s pretty messed up that the Washington Capitals haven’t won a playoff series since hoisting the Stanley Cup in 2018. This time, they have only themselves to blame. “We have it, but we just blow it away,” Ovechkin said Friday night after his team’s Game...
Zach Thompson extends scoreless streak to 12 innings; Pirates snap skid
Zach Thompson looked spent as the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-foot-7 right-hander stood on the mound, enduring a muggy, 78-degree day from the first pitch and a scoreless streak that gained gravity with every inning. Thompson faced the first 19 Cincinnati Reds batters Saturday night without allowing a hit, until Brandon Drury...
Max Domi, Antti Raanta help Hurricanes close out Bruins in Game 7
RALEIGH, N.C. — Max Domi scored twice in the second period, and Antti Raanta had 27 saves to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Boston Bruins, 3-2, on Saturday to win the deciding Game 7 of their first-round playoff series. Teuvo Teravainen also scored for the Hurricanes, who finally put...
Muñoz keeps Byron Nelson lead with local star Spieth 1 backVideo
McKINNEY, Texas — Sebastián Muñoz will be the “other” local guy in the final pairing of the final round of the Byron Nelson. It’s cool by the Colombian who now calls the Dallas area home and has at least shared the lead after all three rounds. Muñoz shot a 6-under-par...
From bummer to baby, Kyle Busch heads to Kansas on high noteVideo
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Kyle Busch stalked away from his battered car in controversial fashion last weekend at Darlington, his once-promising run in NASCAR’s throwback race having ended in frustration after Brad Keselowski’s blown front tire sent him spinning. It didn’t take long for Busch’s week to get a whole...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Tom Brady deal a waste of money
In 22 years of playing football, Tom Brady has made $300 million. Brady just signed a 10-year contract with Fox Sports to be their lead NFL analyst upon his retirement from football. He’ll make $375 million. That’s quite a disparity even when accounting for inflation and gas prices. Fox is...
Djokovic back in a big final at Italian Open, vs. TsitsipasVideo
ROME — This is just what Novak Djokovic needed a week before the French Open. The top-ranked Serb beat Casper Ruud, 6-4, 6-3, on Saturday at the Italian Open to reach his biggest final of the year. Having missed a big portion of the season because he wasn’t vaccinated against...
Freeport grad Bob White was part of 2 football national title teams at Penn State
When Bob White was a sophomore in high school, he moved from Haines City, Fla., to Freeport. A big factor that helped ease the change of scenery was his love for sports. White ended up fitting in well in the middle of the football team’s defense. He was an all-state...
Penguins profess optimism going into Game 7 against Rangers
Sidney Crosby made his highly anticipated return on Saturday. To practice. An optional practice. That was limited in duration. And had about as much contact as a Sadie Hawkins dance. But he was on the ice, doing whatever he can to recover from a suspected head injury. And considering how...
Seton Hill softball wins Atlantic Region title
It was a super Saturday for Seton Hill. The softball team took another step toward its first national championship by advancing to the NCAA Division II Atlantic Super Regional for the first time. The Griffins left little doubt that they belonged in the next round of the postseason. They dusted...
Penguins forward Sidney Crosby returns to practice
Penguins forward Sidney Crosby participated in an optional practice in Cranberry on Saturday, a handful of days after suffering a presumed head injury. Sidelined since being struck on a high hit by New York Rangers defenseman Jacob Trouba on Wednesday in Game 5 of an ongoing first-round playoff series, Crosby...
Steelers sign Connor Heyward, Mark Robinson, Chris Oladokun to rookie contracts
Three more draft picks signed four-year rookie contracts with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Sixth-round pick Connor Heyward and both seven-rounders, Mark Robinson and Chris Oladokun, signed their deals Saturday. All three players signed while attending the team’s rookie minicamp at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. Second-round draft pick George Pickens signed his...
‘Of course I want to hit more home runs’: Pirates 3B Ke’Bryan Hayes focuses on hard hits
Ke’Bryan Hayes knows the old baseball adage — home runs are thrown, not hit — so the Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman isn’t focusing on the fact that he has yet to hit a homer this season entering Saturday. Hayes has good reason to pay more attention to the positive numbers...
5 things: Goaltending failing Penguins during recent playoff runs
Five stats-based observations about the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 5-3 loss in Game 6 on Friday that forced a deciding Game 7 at the New York Rangers in the team’s first-round playoff series: 1. Nothing in net The goalies themselves differ, the situations vastly so. But recent Penguins playoff flameouts have one...
Pirates farm report for May 13, 2022: Cal Mitchell clouts 10th-inning homer for Indy
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 16-16) scored two in the top of the 10th to beat Charlotte (White-Sox), 7-5. LF Cal Mitchell (.312) went 2 for 5 with a pair of two-run home runs, including the game winner. They were his first two long balls of the year. 1B Mason Martin (.245) went...
Special teams failures big reason why Penguins haven’t closed out Rangers
Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan believes his team has been “really good” at 5-on-5 during its first-round series against the New York Rangers. So why did the Penguins miss two chances to close out the series heading into Sunday’s Game 7? “I am probably stating the obvious,” Sullivan said, “but...
Steelers rookie WR Calvin Austin III uses speed to overcome size disadvantage
As little Calvin Austin III — he’s 5-foot-8, 170 pounds — spoke with reporters at Pittsburgh Steelers rookie minicamp Saturday, he recalled the biggest slight he has heard as a football player. Of course, it had to do with his size. It always does when it comes to Austin, the...
Former Pitt football player Chris Curd raises flag for league without tackling
Among Chris Curd’s last public appearances as a Pitt football player, there he was leaning on crutches at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas, a large brace strapped to his leg. Curd had made his first start at wide receiver opposite Larry Fitzgerald on Sept. 27, 2003, against Texas A&M,...
Game 7 of Penguins-Rangers series set for evening faceoff Sunday
For the first time in five years, the Pittsburgh Penguins will take part in a winner-take-all Game 7 on Sunday. The NHL announced that the deciding game of the Penguins’ first-round series against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden would faceoff at 7 p.m. The game will be...
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...
