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Cole Tucker, Jared Oliva left off Pirates’ alternate training site roster for ‘skills development’
The Pittsburgh Pirates announced that their alternate training site will be comprised of 31 players who will play 13 games in April, though two players on their 40-man roster are conspicuously absent. Pirates manager Derek Shelton said Saturday that shortstop Cole Tucker and outfielder Jared Oliva remain in Florida for...
This date in sports history: April 3Video
1930 — The Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup with a two-game sweep of the Boston Bruins. 1933 — Ken Doraty’s overtime goal gives the Toronto Maple Leafs an 1-0 victory over the Boston Bruins in semifinals of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The goal comes at 1 hour, 44 minutes,...
Kyle Dake routs Jason Nolf to get shot at Olympic berth at wrestling trials
FORT WORTH, Texas — Kyle Dake made fast work of his two opponents at the U.S. Olympic wrestling trials on Friday night to earn his much anticipated shot against Jordan Burroughs. Dake, the two-time world champion looking to go to the Olympics for the first time, posted an 11-0 technical...
Arizona upsets UConn in women’s Final Four
SAN ANTONIO — Aari McDonald scored 26 points and led a smothering defensive effort for Arizona as the Wildcats beat UConn 69-59 Friday night to advance to the women’s NCAA Tournament championship game for the first time in school history. The Wildcats never trailed against the favored and fabled Huskies,...
Stanford tops South Carolina to reach women’s title game
SAN ANTONIO — Haley Jones came up with a big shot, and Stanford got a little bit of luck to get back to the national championship game for the first time in 11 years. Jones scored 24 points, including the go-ahead jumper with 32 seconds left, to help Stanford beat...
Minor league report: Nailers edge Fuel
Goaltender Taran Kozan made 36 saves on 37 shots for the Wheeling Nailers in a 2-1 road win against the Indy Fuel at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis on Friday. Forwards Austin Fyten and Nick Rivera each scored goals for Wheeling (12-23-5-0). Highlights: The Nailers’ next game is a...
Cameron Tringale leads after 2nd round at Texas Open, nears 1st PGA winVideo
SAN ANTONIO — Cameron Tringale made a move for his first PGA Tour victory with a 3-under-par 69 Friday and a two-shot lead after two rounds of the Valero Texas Open. Tringale, a 12-year veteran, was at 9-under 135 after a round that included five-straight birdies and leads Jordan Spieth...
State lawmakers tout PNC Park as ideal spot for relocated MLB All-Star Game
In the wake of Major League Baseball’s decision to pull the All-Star Game from Georgia as a reaction to that state’s sweeping new voter regulations, a pair of Pennsylvania state senators have touted PNC Park as a replacement venue. State Democratic leader Jay Costa, D-Forest Hills, and Chariman of the...
Texas-sized party as Baylor, Houston reunite in Final FourVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — Somebody will be doing a joyful Texas two-step after Baylor and Houston meet Saturday night in the Final Four. It could be Bears coach Scott Drew, who built his now-mighty program from the ashes of one of the worst scandals in sports history. Led by guards Jared Butler,...
Former Blue Jackets player fans flames on social media in Crosby vs. Ovechkin debateVideo
It seems as if NHL media and fans have been debating whether Sidney Crosby or Alex Ovechkin is the better player since they entered the NHL in the 2005-06 season. Now Brandon Dubinsky of the Columbus Blue Jackets has joined the argument. In a tweet posted Friday morning, Dubinsky seems...
Underdog UCLA next up against undefeated GonzagaVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — Next up on the long list of wannabes eager to stop, or even slow, the undefeated Gonzaga Bulldogs is a team basketball fans might have heard of: UCLA. In a strange twist that typifies a strange year, the legacy program with more national championships than anyone is a...
Former Pitt forward Karim Coulibaly decides to transfer to St. Bonaventure
Abdoul Karim Coulibaly, one of five Pitt players who entered the NCAA transfer portal since the latter days of the season, said Friday he has decided to transfer to St. Bonaventure. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Abdoul Karim Coulibaly (@abdoul_k12) Coulibaly, a 6-foot-8, 215-pound forward, started...
Injured Penguins forward Teddy Blueger practices with full contact
Teddy Blueger appears to be on the verge of rejoining the Penguins’ lineup. On Friday, Blueger participated in a practice session at Warrior Ice Arena in Boston. Coach Mike Sullivan said Blueger skated without any restrictions on contact. He has missed the past nine games due to an undisclosed injury....
The Penguins are happy to have ‘maniac’ Brandon Tanev back
Jason Zucker is a family man. He knows better than to speak any foul language in a public forum. So when the Penguins forward was asked to offer a transcription of what teammate Brandon Tanev bellowed at a member of the Boston Bruins at the end of the second period...
An advanced-stats look at this year’s Final Four teams
Gonzaga and Baylor breezed through their regions without much difficulty. Houston played four double-digit seeds but was still tested in a couple close games. UCLA started in the First Four and needed overtime just to advance from that — but the Bruins have kept winning ever since. The participants in...
MLB moving All-Star Game from Atlanta in response to voting restrictions
NEW YORK — Atlanta lost Major League Baseball’s summer All-Star Game on Friday over the league’s objections to sweeping changes to Georgia voting laws that critics — including the CEOs of Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines and Coca-Cola — have condemned as being too restrictive. The decision to pull the July...
Covid outbreak hits Nationals; 3-game series vs. Mets off
WASHINGTON — The entire season-opening three-game series between the Washington Nationals and New York Mets was called off on Friday because of a covid-19 outbreak on the 2019 World Series champions, who had four players test positive for covid-19. The Nationals announced the postponement of games scheduled for Saturday and...
Amid glow of Opening Day, cloud looms over MLB All-Star Game
ATLANTA — Amid the glow of baseball’s opening day, there is a cloud looming over the All-Star Game still more than three months away. Georgia’s new voting law — which critics say unfairly limits access to the ballot box, especially for people of color — has prompted calls from as...
MLB foreign-born players drop slightly for 4th straight year
NEW YORK — More than 28% of Major League Baseball players were born outside the 50 states. That represents a drop for the fourth straight season, although this decrease was particularly small. MLB said Friday there were 256 such players of the 906 on opening day rosters, injured lists, the...
Stick man: Black Keys drummer to fill in for Indians regular
CLEVELAND — The Indians will use a pinch-drummer for their home opener. With long-time drummer and ballpark fixture John Adams recovering from heart surgery and unable to attend his first opener in Cleveland in 48 years, Black Keys drummer and life-long Indians fan Patrick Carney will fill in and pound...
WPIAL legends come together for Stop the Violence Shootout
It’s not often WPIAL legends have the opportunity to get together and give back to their respective communities, but since 2018, Wilkinsburg alum Taz Williams and co-organizer Drew Schifino have brought some of the best basketball players in WPIAL history together. In 2018, an alumni game between Wilkinsburg and Penn...
A different Augusta National awaits newcomers from November
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Paul Casey needed only 11 holes to realize a Masters in November was an experience unlike any other at Augusta National. He had a 6-iron to a left pin on the par-5 second hole at Augusta National. Any other year — any April, really — he would...
NFL’s move to 17 games could alter record books
The NFL could finally see its first 2,000-yard receiver. The 5,000-yard passing club might be ready to induct a few more members with Peyton Manning’s single-season record of 5,477 yards possibly in jeopardy. The accomplishment of 1,000-yard seasons rushing or receiving will become more common and a little more devalued....
Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: Duane Underwood Jr. tone setter as Pirates bullpen shines in opener
It wasn’t lost on Duane Underwood when he was acquired by the Pittsburgh Pirates that they opened the season against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field, or that he could pitch against his former team. So there was no shortage of motivation for Underwood going from the Cubs to the...
Mark Madden: Jason Zucker is valuable asset, but the Penguins could get solid return in trade
The NHL trade deadline is a little over a week away (it’s April 12), and it looks like it will be difficult for Penguins GM Ron Hextall to make an impactful deal. Hextall just doesn’t have much trade capital that might bring meaningful return. That’s unless Hextall shops left winger...
