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Penguins forward Jason Zucker is close to a potential return (again)Video
Penguins forward Jeff Carter was demoted Wednesday. And he was happy about it. That’s because second-line winger Jason Zucker was back on the ice in practice. The oft-injured Zucker participated in full-contact fashion during Wednesday’s session at the team’s facility in Cranberry, primarily skating on the left wing of a...
Pirates to serve up Pittsburgh food and drink this season at PNC Park
The Pirates and PNC Park teamed with restaurants and chefs to bring a taste of Pittsburgh into the stadium this baseball season. New menu items include Fat Head’s beer from the South Side, a burger from Station in Bloomfield, and a Reuben hot dog topped with house-made corned beef from...
Steel City Ice Renegades, Selects hockey teams capture national championships
The Steel City Ice Renegades boys Tier II 16U 3A and Steel City Selects girls Tier II 19U A hockey teams were not to be denied Monday as they finished title runs at their respective USA Hockey national championship tournaments. Both teams played six games. The Ice Renegades finished 5-1,...
Attorneys General warn NFL to improve treatment of women
NEW YORK — The attorneys general of six states have written to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell , expressing concern over the league’s treatment of female employees and admonishing him for a lack of improvement to the league’s workplace culture. Without improvement, the attorneys general warned of potential legal action. The...
Locked in: MLB set for delayed openers after a long winter
It’ll end up being 157 days between the moment Freddie Freeman and the Atlanta Braves won last year’s World Series and the start of the 2022 baseball season. Everything in between? Tough to sum that up quickly. A record spending spree on free agents. A bitter work stoppage that delayed...
Bills’ Stefon Diggs agrees to 4-year contract extension
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills receiver Stefon Diggs will never have to feel undervalued again. The fifth-round draft pick who blossomed into one of the NFL’s top playmakers after being traded by Minnesota to Buffalo two years ago agreed to a four-year contract extension worth $96 million, a person...
AP source: Ramírez, Guardians agree on 5-year, $124M deal
CLEVELAND — José Ramírez forced the Guardians to go deep into their pockets. The All-Star third baseman agreed to a $124 million, five-year contract on the eve of opening day with Cleveland, a franchise that hasn’t been able to swing with baseball’s big spenders over the years. Ramírez’s deal runs...
Good friends, Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas have same Masters goal
Augusta, Ga. — Jordan Spieth is a little frustrated he has just one green jacket. Justin Thomas is just as frustrated he has only won one major championship — and it didn’t come with a green jacket. If their motivations this week at the Masters are similar it shouldn’t come...
Mark Madden: With playoff series looming, Penguins-Rangers matchup has extra importance
Thursday’s matchup between the Pittsburgh Penguins and host New York Rangers isn’t a playoff game. But it’s got implications beyond a mere regular-season contest. The Penguins and Rangers are a good bet to play in the first round of the playoffs. The Rangers have beaten the Penguins two straight times,...
Duquesne football player Roman Macek gets offer to pursue pro wrestling dream at WWE performance center
For Duquesne football player Roman Macek, he figured it was worth a try. What’s the worst that could happen? They laugh him out of Texas? He’d only be gone for a few days. His coaches and teammates were behind him. The flight would land early enough Saturday that he could...
Q&A with Pirates manager Derek Shelton: ‘I trust that we’re going to win in Pittsburgh’
On the opening day of his third spring training as Pittsburgh Pirates manager, Derek Shelton discussed how nothing about his two-year tenure has been normal — and why it’s made him a better leader. Serving as the steady hand steering a sinking ship, Shelton has endured a roster reconstruction as...
Pirates lefty reliever Aaron Fletcher finds funky delivery suits his style, gives bullpen a new look
Aaron Fletcher will be the first to tell you he’s funky. The left-handed reliever has a low-quarters delivery and relies more on movement than overpowering pitches. Fletcher didn’t share that he throws sidearm when he joined the Pittsburgh Pirates in spring training after being claimed off waivers from the Seattle...
Court: Browns QB Deshaun Watson must address history with therapists
HOUSTON — Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson must say whether he had sex with 18 massage therapists who supported him last year following criminal complaints, a judge in Texas ruled Tuesday. USA Today reported that Watson has 30 days to comply. He previously would not address his past with the...
Pirates farm report for April 5, 2022: Indy opens with loss
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 0-1) dropped its season opener to Omaha (Royals), 4-1. RF Cal Mitchell produced Indianapolis’ only run on a solo homer in the sixth. SS Oneil Cruz went 0 for 3 with two strikeouts and a walk. 1B Mason Martin and LF Canaan Smith-Njigba each went 2 for 4....
Toby Sims nets pair of goals in 1st experience at midfield, leads Riverhounds to win
Toby Sims saw his name penciled in as a midfielder on the lineup board after Monday’s practice and did a double take. “I was like … I’ve never played that position before,” he said. Sims is a defender by trade, but Riverhounds coach Bob Lilley gave him an opportunity to...
Penguins can’t keep up with powerful AvalancheVideo
The Penguins aren’t the best team in the NHL. Far from it. A quick glance at the standings would confirm that notion. That observation would also display that the Colorado Avalanche stand as the league’s top outfit this season based on points. The Penguins got a first-hand account of what...
Kansas’ victory most-viewed men’s title game on cable TV
NEW YORK — Kansas’ comeback victory over North Carolina to win the NCAA basketball championship was the most-viewed men’s title game on cable television. The Jayhawks’ 72-69 win averaged 18.1 million viewers on TBS, TNT and truTV. It is also a 4% increase over last year’s title game between Baylor...
Kansas wins NCAA title 3 years in the makingVideo
NEW ORLEANS — The Great Kansas Comeback, as it forever will be known in the history books, is about more than just one stifling, scintillating 20-minute stretch of Jayhawks basketball. The championship KU captured Monday night traced its roots to 2020, when the Jayhawks were a team that looked to...
World No. 1 Scheffler playing Masters ‘like it’s my last’Video
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The world’s top-ranked golfer is uncomplicated. He likes board games. He likes to “hang out,” a phrase Scottie Scheffler uses repeatedly when asked what he does in his free time, even if he’s almost pathologically vague on what exactly hanging out entails. “Trying to describe yourself is...
St. Peter’s standouts Daryl Banks, Matthew Lee, Doug Edert enter transfer portalVideo
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Three of the stars of Saint Peter’s remarkable run to the Elite Eight have put their names in the transfer portal after coach Shaheen Holloway’s departure for Seton Hall. Starting guards Daryl Banks III and Matthew Lee and backup Doug Edert tweeted about their moves Wednesday....
Penguins assign forward Filip Hallander to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
A day after recalling him under emergency conditions, the Penguins assigned forward Filip Hallander to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) on Tuesday. Hallander was summoned to the NHL roster on Monday after forwards Anthony Angello, Danton Heinen and Kasperi Kapanen were absent from practice in Cranberry on Monday...
Pat Narduzzi short on details while Kedon Slovis, Nick Patti compete for Pitt QB job
If Jordan Addison eludes defensive backs as effectively as Pat Narduzzi deflects questions about his quarterbacks, Pitt will have a back-to-back winner of the Biletnikoff Trophy. Reporters tried different variations of queries Tuesday, hoping to get an idea of how the competition between Kedon Slovis and Nick Patti is evolving....
Sign of times: MLB gives OK to electronic pitch calling
NEW YORK — In a move that ends a tradition dating more than 150 years, Major League Baseball approved the use of an electronic device for catchers to signal pitches in an effort to eliminate sign stealing and speed games. Since the beginning of baseball in the 19th century, catchers...
Phillies pound Pirates in Grapefruit League finale, as spring training injury toll mounts
The Pittsburgh Pirates limped out of spring training with a loss. The injuries hurt more than the outcome. With the two players vying for the starting job in left field, Anthony Alford and Greg Allen, both headed for the injured list, the Pirates relied upon the positional versatility of their...
Pirates make final cuts of spring training but don’t have a backup catcher on 28-man roster
The Pittsburgh Pirates made their final cuts of spring training, though there are likely more moves to come. The Pirates reassigned five players, including three catchers, to the minor leagues following a 5-1 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies in their Grapefruit League finale Tuesday afternoon at BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater,...
