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Minor league report: Penguins finish season with loss to BearsVideo
Defenseman Cam Lee had a goal and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins who concluded their season with a 5-2 road loss to the rival Hershey Bears at the Giant Center in Hershey on Sunday. Forward Drew O’Connor also scored a goal for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (13-13-4-2) while goaltender Brett Brochu made...
Pirates farm report for May 16, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 7-4) defeated Toldeo (Tigers), 6-5. 1B Christian Bethancourt (.333) hit a walk-off single to score CF Travis Swaggerty (.200) in the bottom of the ninth. Swaggerty hit his third home run and had three RBIs. LF Chris Sharpe (.258) and RF Dustin Fowler (.258) also homered. RHP Shea...
Seton Hill baseball sweeps Mercyhurst, moves to PSAC championship series
The No. 7 Seton Hill baseball team was staring at only its fifth loss of the season Sunday when Jack Oberdorf stepped to the plate against Mercyhurst in the top of the ninth inning. One swing of the bat gave the Griffins a three-run lead in the second game of...
Sam Houston wins FCS title with late TD over South Dakota StateVideo
FRISCO, Texas — Eric Schmid threw for three touchdowns, including a 10-yarder to Ife Adeyi with 16 seconds left, and Sam Houston wrapped the longest and most unusual college football season with its first FCS national title, beating top-seeded South Dakota State 23-21 on a rain-drenched Sunday. Jequez Ezzard caught...
K.H. Lee gets 1st PGA Tour win at Nelson, qualifies for PGAVideo
McKINNEY, Texas — K.H. Lee was more than happy to play through a steady downpour in the final round of the AT&T Byron Nelson and didn’t mind waiting out a weather delay of more than two hours Sunday. The reward was the final spot next week in the PGA Championship....
Tim Benz: Islanders goal-scorers were on point while Penguins’ Tristan Jarry was off the mark
When New York Islanders coach Barry Trotz casually described the Pittsburgh Penguins goaltending as “inexperienced” in the week leading to the playoffs, it was an easy critique to dismiss. While Trotz was accurate — given the combined one playoff appearance between Tristan Jarry and Casey DeSmith — the easy response...
Rafael Nadal’s weapon, his forehand, helps him beat Novak Djokovic in Italian OpenVideo
ROME — The heavy topspin. That lefty spin. The loopy trajectory. Rafael Nadal’s forehand gave Novak Djokovic fits in the latest installment of the most-played rivalry in modern men’s tennis. A whopping 26 forehand winners — 15 in the first set alone — helped Nadal to a 7-5, 1-6, 6-3...
Bowman parks 48 in familiar spot in victory lane at DoverVideo
DOVER, Del. — Alex Bowman parked the No. 48 Chevrolet in its familiar spot in victory lane at Dover International Speedway, leading a dominant outing for Hendrick Motorsports on Sunday. Bowman led Hendrick Motorsports to a sensational 1-2-3-4 finish in the NASCAR Cup Series race. Kyle Larson was second, Chase...
‘Freddy Hockey’ again scores in Penguins playoff game — this time, for the Penguins
The last time Frederick Gaudreau played in the Stanley Cup playoffs, it involved the Pittsburgh Penguins. It involved some Gaudreau goals, too. Sunday, though, Gaudreau’s scoring benefited the Penguins. In his Penguins playoff debut and ninth playoff game of his career, Gaudreau scored his fourth postseason goal. That almost matches...
Penguins notes: Isles’ Semyon Varlamov does not play, Pens’ Evan Rodriguez does
To open their postseason, the Pittsburgh Penguins could not take advantage of facing a rookie goalie making his NHL playoff debut in net. Ilya Sorokin, a 2014 third-round pick, started for the New York Islanders because Semyon Varlamov was unavailable because of an undisclosed injury. Sorokin might have just 22...
Jacob Stallings injured, Pirates strand nine runners in loss to Giants
If the Pittsburgh Pirates were going to beat the San Francisco Giants, it would require the third walk-off win in as many games. Not only that, but the Pirates were without the player who hit the heroic home run Saturday night as catcher Jacob Stallings was removed from the game...
Penguins drop Game 1 in overtime to Islanders
Having qualified for the postseason for 15 consecutive years — the longest such active streak in major North American professional sports — the Pittsburgh Penguins have been blessed with an abundance of goaltending during that span. Whether it be Marc-Andre Fleury, Tomas Vokoun, Matt Murray or even Jeff Zatkoff, the...
Horse racing has more questions than answers post-PreaknessVideo
BALTIMORE — After a week dominated by the failed drug test of trainer Bob Baffert’s Kentucky Derby-winning Medina Spirit, horse racing enjoyed a rare moment to celebrate at the Preakness when unheralded Rombauer gave owners John and Diane Fradkin and trainer Michael McCarthy a victory in their first Triple Crown...
Pirates GM Ben Cherington hopes Colin Moran, Phillip Evans can avoid rehab assignments
The Pittsburgh Pirates are hoping first baseman Colin Moran and corner infielder/outfielder Phillip Evans return from the injured list this week and “perhaps even avoid a rehab assignment,” general manager Ben Cherington said Sunday afternoon on his weekly radio show. Moran (groin) and Evans (hamstring) were placed on the 10-day...
Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin out for Game 1 against Islanders
Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin will not play in Game 1 of his team’s first-round series against the New York Islanders at PPG Paints Arena on Sunday. Malkin is believed to be laboring with a right knee injury that forced him to miss 23 games during the late stages of the...
Playoff no-hitter highlights big year for Pine-Richland grad at Penn State Behrend
Thomas Zbezinski first realized he had a no-hitter going in the fourth inning of Penn State Behrend’s AMCC quarterfinal game with Pitt-Greensburg on May 8. It was a fleeting thought. He went right back into his routine. A couple of innings later, however, the reality of the situation started to...
Penguins goaltender Casey DeSmith remains ‘day to day’
Penguins backup goaltender Casey DeSmith did not skate Sunday morning prior to his team’s opening playoff game against the New York Islanders at PPG Paints Arena. Sidelined since suffering an undisclosed injury May 3, he remains “day to day” according to coach Mike Sullivan who stopped short of outright ruling...
Nic Dowd scores in OT, Capitals beat Bruins in Game 1
WASHINGTON — T.J. Oshie’s goal song, John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” echoed through Capital One Arena and its 25% capacity crowd. It turned out the credit technically belonged elsewhere, but Capitals fans were in no mood to nitpick. Nic Dowd’s deflection of Oshie’ shot from the blue line...
Minor league report: Kasper Bjorkqvist leads Penguins to overtime winVideo
An overtime goal by forward Kasper Bjorkqvist gave the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins a 2-1 road win against the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms at the PPL Center in Allentown on Saturday. Goaltender Alex D’Orio made 23 saves on 24 shots in the victory for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (13-12-4-2) while forward Jonathan Gruden also scored...
Man-down Riverhounds play to draw with Hartford Athletic
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds allowed a goal three minutes into stoppage time, leading to a 1-1 draw with Hartford Athletic on Saturday night at Dillon Stadium in Hartford, Conn. Luka Prpa scored for Hartford (2-0-1), heading in a free kick from Danny Barrera. The Hounds (0-1-1) played a man down after...
Pirates farm report for May 15, 2021: 4 Bradenton pitchers combine on no-hitter
BRADENTON (Low-A, 7-4) Four pitchers combined on a no-hitter in a 2-0 victory over Dunedin (Blue Jays). RHP Jose Maldonado, an international free agent signing, started and went two innings, striking out four and walking one. RHP Cameron Junker, a 2019 10th-round pick out of Notre Dame, followed with a...
Jacob Stallings hits 2-run, walk-off home run to lift Pirates past Giants
Echoing a rallying cry from their glory days, Pittsburgh Pirates fans chanted the surname of Johnny Cueto in an attempt to once again rattle the San Francisco Giants starting right-hander at PNC Park. Unlike the 2013 NL wild card game, Cueto didn’t drop the ball. By the end, however, Pirates...
Hempfield alums Holmberg, Orie win conference track & field titles
A pair of Hempfield alums were crowned conference champions at the NCAA Division I level Saturday. Penn State grad student Maddie Holmberg won the heptathlon at the Big Ten Championships in Champaign, Ill., while DePaul sophomore Mackenna Orie won the shot put title at the Big East Championships in Geneva,...
NASCAR’S Kyle Larson repays Urban Youth Racing School with virtual visitVideo
DOVER, Del. — Kyle Larson made a quick Zoom stop Saturday before he zipped off to his latest sprint car race: the NASCAR star had to say hello to the students at the Urban Youth Racing School. “It’s good to be back racing again in NASCAR,” he told the class....
AP: Albert Pujols signing with Los Angeles DodgersVideo
LOS ANGELES — A person with knowledge of the deal says the Los Angeles Dodgers are signing veteran first baseman Albert Pujols to a major league deal. The source spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity Saturday because the deal isn’t expected to be finalized until Monday. The...
