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MLB reaches 2 million total runs; Twins’ Donaldson scores it
MINNEAPOLIS — Josh Donaldson of the Minnesota Twins scored the 2 millionth run in Major League Baseball history on Saturday, trotting home in the first inning on a ground-rule double by Nelson Cruz against Kansas City. The Elias Sports Bureau confirmed Donaldson touched the plate for the milestone mark. The...
Seton Hill baseball moves 1 win from national finals
The Seton Hill baseball team is one win away from advancing to the finals of the NCAA Division II tournament. Vincenzo Rauso hit a three-run home run and starting pitcher Ben Vicini threw five effective innings as the Griffins defeated Millersville 5-2 in their second game at the Atlantic Regional...
Buzzing again: Indy 500 is biggest sports event of pandemic
INDIANAPOLIS — The milk is on ice, celebrities are in the house and Indianapolis Motor Speedway is buzzing again both with the roar of engines and the largest crowd at a sporting event since the start of the pandemic. The Indianapolis 500 will welcome a sold-out 135,000 spectators Sunday —...
Seton Hill’s Sam Hartman wins pair of national track titles
Sam Hartman had so much fun winning a national track championship that he decided to do it twice. The headband-clad junior from Seton Hill doubled down at the NCAA Division II outdoor track & field championships by winning titles in the 110- and 400-meter hurdles Saturday in Allendale, Mich. He...
JT Brubaker tosses 6 scoreless innings as Pirates top Rockies, snap 6-game losing streak
JT Brubaker pitched six scoreless innings as the Pittsburgh Pirates snapped a six-game losing skid with a 7-0 win over the Colorado Rockies in the first game of a seven-inning doubleheader Saturday afternoon before an announced crowd of 5,279 at PNC Park. It was a makeup of Friday’s game, which...
Ex-Steeler Hines Ward announces ‘little MVP coming soon’ as wife is pregnant
Steelers Nation could soon be cheering for another MVP named Ward. This as fan-favorite wide receiver, Hines Ward, announced on Instagram that he and second wife, Lindsey Georgalas-Ward, whom he married in 2014, are pregnant. Ward posted a picture of the soon-to-be-proud parents, with Ward cradling her stomach like a...
Open-wheel racing at peace 25 years after CART/IRL split
INDIANAPOLIS — Michael Andretti hears the line repeatedly. Yes, he’s led more Indianapolis 500 laps than any driver who never reached victory lane. He also knows it’s a title that could have been avoided if the Championship Auto Racing Teams series and the Indy Racing League hadn’t parted ways in...
Hendrick eyes all-time Cup Series win record at Charlotte
CONCORD, N.C. — Those who’ve been around Hendrick Motorsports over the past few years know all about the record. It’s impossible not to. Car owner Rick Hendrick has made no secret to his employees about how badly he wants to surpass Petty Enterprises for the most Cup Series wins in...
Mark Eaton, shot-blocking king and Utah Jazz legend, dies at 64
Mark Eaton, the 7-foot-4 shot-blocking king who twice was the NBA’s defensive player of the year during a career spent entirely with the Utah Jazz, has died. He was 64. The team announced his death Saturday but did not give a cause or details, saying only that it was “unexpected.”...
Norwin grad has career year for Seton Hill baseball
Owen Sabol got a taste of college baseball right away when he arrived at Seton Hill. He played in 10 games and started nine of them. But then the pandemic kicked in and the season was sawed off 13 games in. That’s when the waiting game began for 2021. It...
Tyson Alualu details emotional journey that brought him back to Steelers for 2 more years
Tyson Alualu could have spent the past week in Jacksonville, taking part in the first week of organized team activities under new football coach Urban Meyer. He could have shared a locker room with an old quarterback turned tight end in Tim Tebow and a new franchise passer in Trevor...
Penguins forward Kasperi Kapanen finds a ‘home’
Kasperi Kapanen’s first campaign as a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins didn’t go smoothly. When your individual season is delayed because you’re stuck on another continent because of a bureaucratic snafu related to a global pandemic, nothing is smooth. But when the talented winger was on the ice, he more...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Bringing back Mike Sullivan is not a no-brainer for Penguins
Mike Sullivan will probably coach the Pittsburgh Penguins next season. But there might be some debate in management’s mind. Sullivan won Stanley Cups in 2016 and ’17. But his Penguins have been eliminated in the first round of the playoffs for three straight seasons. Recent bias does Sullivan no favors....
This date in sports history: May 29Video
1922 — The Supreme Court rules organized baseball is primarily a sport and not a business and therefore not subject to antitrust laws and interstate commerce regulations. 1946 — Two-year-old fillies Chakoora and Uleta become the first thoroughbreds to complete a transcontinental flight. They are flown from New York to...
Pirates farm report for May 28, 2021: Jase Bowen homers twice for Bradenton
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 11-10) lost to Omaha (Royals), 3-0. Four Omaha pitchers combined to throw a two-hitter. RHP Steven Wright, the veteran knuckleballer, allowed two runs on six hits in 5.2 innings, striking out five. He’s 1-1 with a 1.84 ERA. LHP Austin Davis pitched 1.1 scoreless innings of relief. DH...
Spieth holds solo lead at Colonial; PGA champ Mickelson misses cutVideo
FORT WORTH, Texas — Jordan Spieth has started playing well again just about everywhere he goes. He always has felt comfortable close to home at Colonial, where he is in the lead. PGA champion Phil Mickelson was headed home to California after he bogeyed two of his last three holes,...
Alex Dixon powers Riverhounds to 1st win of season
Alex Dixon had a goal and a highlight-reel assist to help the Pittsburgh Riverhounds to a 3-0 victory over New York Red Bulls II Friday night in Montclair, N.J. It was the first win of the season for the Riverhounds (1-2-1). Dixon and Danny Griffin scored seven minutes apart as...
Trade-deadline acquisitions making big difference in NHL playoffsVideo
Just when the New York Islanders got finished with Jeff Carter lighting it up against them with Pittsburgh, they face another significant trade deadline pickup in Taylor Hall and the Boston Bruins. The Islanders might not even be in the second round if not for a trade to get Kyle...
Similar Islanders, Bruins face off in 2nd-round mirror matchVideo
When the Boston Bruins look in the mirror, they see the New York Islanders. “We’re playing ourselves a little bit,” Boston coach Bruce Cassidy said of the Bruins’ second-round opponent in the playoffs. “They have a lot of our attributes: They want to be structured. They want to play with...
Steelers jerseys once worn by Dwight White, L.C. Greenwood, Donnie Shell up for auction
It will be difficult to top a collection that featured a container once housing Jack Lambert’s false teeth, but the folks at Lelands auction house have put more Pittsburgh Steelers memorabilia up for bidding. Lelands’ mid-spring classic auction runs through June 4 and contains 25 pieces of Steelers memorabilia, including...
IndyCar veterans still going strong as careers wind downVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — Tony Kanaan sat in Chip Ganassi Racing’s suite one day this May, savoring a rare second IndyCar farewell tour. At age 46, running a part-time schedule with no future guarantees and a talented crop of young drivers chasing them, Kanaan and his fellow veterans can see the sunset...
Pirates rookie first baseman Will Craig on his epic error in rundown: ‘I messed up’Video
A day after the biggest blunder of his baseball career went from a rundown choke into a running joke, Pittsburgh Pirates rookie first baseman Will Craig took full responsibility for his epic error against the Chicago Cubs. Craig’s chaotic chase of Javier Baez toward home plate in the third inning...
Plum native Bjorn Fratangelo qualifies for French OpenVideo
Plum native Bjorn Fratangelo will play in this year’s French Open after winning a qualifier Thursday in Paris. The nine-year pro secured his spot with a 6-2, 7-6 (3) win over Australia’s Alexsandar Vukic. Fratangelo, 27, will enter his 11th Grand Slam tournament. He is 2-10 in 12 Grand Slam...
Penguins players brace for changes after latest playoff flameout
Bryan Rust’s future came into focus this week. He became a father. With his wife, Kelsey, welcoming son Hunter to the world, the Pittsburgh Penguins winger was succinct on what Sunday was like. “It’s the best day of my life.” As for life at the rink? That’s another matter for...
Pirates-Rockies game postponed, rescheduled as a split 7-inning doubleheader Saturday
Friday night’s game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Colorado Rockies has been postponed due to inclement weather and rescheduled as a split seven-inning doubleheader Saturday at PNC Park. The first game of the doubleheader will begin at 12:05 p.m., with the second game expected to start at 4:05 p.m. or...
