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Braves place reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Chris Sale on injured listVideo
MIAMI — The Atlanta Braves placed reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Chris Sale on the 15-day injured list Saturday because of a fractured left rib cage. “He was doing his exercises (Friday) and felt like something wasn’t right,” manager Brian Snitker said before the Braves’ game Saturday against the...
Minjee Lee has 1st bogey-free round, takes Women’s PGA lead
FRISCO, Texas — Two-time major champion Minjee Lee took over the lead with the first bogey-free round for anyone during a windy week at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, a 3-under-par 69 in the third round Saturday to move four strokes ahead of Jeeno Thitikul. Lee got to 6-under 210...
Tommy Fleetwood seizes control at Travelers Championship
CROMWELL, Conn. — Tommy Fleetwood avoided the blunders by Scottie Scheffler and Justin Thomas, never missing a fairway Saturday and seizing on the good scoring conditions for a 7-under-par 63 for a three-shot lead going into the final round of the Travelers Championship. At stake for Fleetwood is a chance...
Club World Cup crowds swing from empty seats to ‘hostile’ atmospheres
MIAMI — As kickoff approached it was clear — the fans weren’t coming. The Club World Cup, soccer’s shiny, new competition, has been billed as the event to breathe new life into the world’s most popular sport. It began a week ago in the United States, where sports stadiums of...
NBA Finals: 2 teams, 1 game, 1 trophy. Pacers at Thunder will decide a champion
OKLAHOMA CITY — It started with 30 teams, most of them fairly optimistic about their chances when the season began eight months and 1,320 games and 35,543 3-pointers and 299,608 points ago. Only two teams remain. For one game. Game 7. The NBA season ends Sunday night when the Indiana...
Rangers bullpen shuts down Pirates, who drop another 1-run game for 7th loss in past 9
For a fleeting moment, the Pittsburgh Pirates looked like they had a chance to tie the score in the ninth inning against the Texas Rangers when Henry Davis drilled a ball 393 feet to center field. The ball landed in Evan Carter’s glove at the warning track, and the symbolism...
Denny Hamlin celebrates new son with top spot for NASCAR race at PoconoVideo
LONG POND — Pocono Raceway paints its signature black rocks outside the garage in gold lettering with a last name and race car number highlighted to honor some of NASCAR’s greats. Jimmie Johnson has one. So does Richard Petty, among others. So where’s the celebratory boulder for Denny Hamlin, who...
Full Count: Difference between Pirates under Don Kelly, Derek Shelton a tale of 2 1st halves
As the Pittsburgh Pirates approach the halfway point of the season, it feels like they already have played two halves: one with Derek Shelton as manager and another under the direction of Don Kelly. Where Shelton was fired May 8 amid a 12-26 start — a .316 winning percentage —...
Duke’s Cooper Flagg, Rutgers’ Ace Bailey headline NBA Draft’s available forwardsVideo
Cooper Flagg and Ace Bailey were the first two names mentioned last summer when it came to college basketball’s top incoming freshmen. Now they’re the headliners among forwards in the NBA Draft. Flagg led Duke to the Final Four and became only the fourth freshman named Associated Press men’s national...
Bucs Q&A: Pirates CF Oneil Cruz a ‘normal guy’ when it comes to making mental mistakes
What did you see on the ball that got past you in the first inning Friday night against the Rangers? It was just a hard line drive right at me. I think I trusted myself too much, and it just went by me. I just made a mistake. What has...
Bryan Reynolds returns to Pirates from paternity leave; Ryan Borucki to 15-day IL
After missing three games and part of another for the birth of his third child — another boy — two-time All-Star outfielder Bryan Reynolds returned from paternity leave to rejoin the Pittsburgh Pirates. Reynolds will start in right field and bat third in the order against the Texas Rangers on...
Steelers A to Z: Tight end JJ Galbreath an undrafted rookie to keep an eye on
Editor’s note: From now until reporting day to training camp at Saint Vincent College, TribLive is running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, looking at each player and assessing his outlook for the 2025 season. The breakdown will run in alphabetical order with at least two players each day between...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: T.J. McConnell has shown guts on, off the court
“Betting on yourself” is an overused phrase. It’s showbiz. Most people bet on themselves. Not doing so is to turn away from self-reliance. But T.J. McConnell is on the verge of winning the NBA championship because he bet on himself. The 2011-12 collegiate season had concluded. McConnell had finished his...
The week ahead: Pirates face Brewers on road, host Mets
Here’s a look at next week’s Pirates schedule: at Brewers 7:40 p.m. Monday (SN PIT) 7:40 p.m. Tuesday (SN PIT) 2:10 p.m. Wednesday (SN PIT) • The Pirates had their game in Detroit rained out June 18 and Milwaukee could relate, as that same evening, the Brewers’ contest at Wrigley...
Pirates prospect watch: Yordany De Los Santos gaining traction offensively with Bradenton
Yordany De Los Santos Position: SS/3B/2B Height: 6-foot-2 Weight: 170 pounds Level: Low-A Bradenton Notable: At first glance, Yordany De Los Santos’ .236 batting average with Low-A Bradenton hardly impresses. However, with some context, the 20-year-old De Los Santos can be viewed in a different light. De Los Santos, the...
Steelers A to Z: Super Bowl champ Kenneth Gainwell brings experience in role to RB room
Editor’s note: From now until reporting day to training camp at Saint Vincent College, TribLive is running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, looking at each player and assessing his outlook for the 2025 season. The breakdown will run in alphabetical order with at least two players each day between...
Penguins A to Z: Chase Stillman is getting, and needs, a second chance
With the Pittsburgh Penguins entering the offseason for a third consecutive year without a playoff appearance, TribLive will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 58 individuals signed to an NHL contract — including those whose deals do not begin until future seasons — with the organization....
Steelers guard Isaac Seumalo does talking on field, in meeting room
Experience on the Pittsburgh Steelers offensive line skews to the extremes. Four-fifths of the anticipated starters for the 2025 season have spent two or fewer years in the NFL. Broderick Jones has made 27 starts but just one at left tackle, the position he will play this season. Zach Frazier...
LSU goes for 2nd title in 3 years, opens CWS finals vs. streaking Coastal Carolina
OMAHA, Neb. — LSU and Coastal Carolina have met only two times previously as they enter the College World Series finals Saturday night. Those games back in 2016 have not been forgotten. Coastal Carolina swept the Tigers on their home field in super regionals on the way to their first...
Jeeno Thitikul extends Women’s PGA lead; semi-retired Lexi Thompson contending
FRISCO, Texas — Semi-retired Lexi Thompson is going into the weekend contending for her first major title in more than a decade, and in a dwindling group of players under par at the KMPG Women’s PGA Championship, while Jeeno Thitikul extended her lead. Thitikul, the No. 2-ranked player in the...
Pirates farm report for June 20, 2025: Ji Hwan Bae has 2 hits on rehab assignment with Bradenton
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 42-30) lost 4-2 to Columbus (Guardians). RHP Thomas Harrington (4-7, 5.58) started and went 5⅓ innings, allowing four runs on four hits, including two homers. He walked two and struck out six. RHP Yohan Ramirez (3.76), RHP Michael Darrell-Hicks (0.00) and RHP Kyle Nicolas (3.72) combined to throw...
Behind Jacob deGrom, Rangers pound 13 hits to top Pirates
The Pittsburgh Pirates faced a Cy Young Award-winning pitcher for the second consecutive day, but before Jacob deGrom even took the mound there were signs this was going to be a long night. Josh Smith led off with a bloop single and scored when Sam Haggerty’s sharp grounder to center...
Dodgers announce $1 million donation to aid families of immigrants affected by federal raids
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers have donated $1 million to assist families impacted by two weeks of immigration raids in Southern California. The defending World Series champion Dodgers also said Friday they intend to form partnerships with the California Community Foundation, the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor...
Rutgers’ Dylan Harper headlines bevy of 1-and-done guards set to go high in NBA DraftVideo
There’s a deep set of high-end guard prospects in the upcoming NBA Draft. Rutgers point guard Dylan Harper is positioned to be the first name called after projected No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg, while Baylor’s VJ Edgecombe, Texas’ Tre Johnson, Oklahoma’s Jeremiah Fears and Illinois’ Kasparas Jakucionis are possible top-10...
Padres reliever Robert Suarez, San Diego, L.A. managers suspended after incident
NEW YORK — San Diego Padres reliever Robert Suarez was suspended for three games and fined an undisclosed amount Friday for intentionally hitting Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers with a pitch in the ninth inning Thursday night. Suarez appealed the suspension that was scheduled to begin Friday night...
