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Nazem Kadri scores buzzer-beating goal as Avalanche beat BluesVideo
EDMONTON, Alberta — Nazem Kadri scored a buzzer-beating power-play goal to give the Colorado Avalanche a 2-1 comeback victory over the defending Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues in Western Conference round-robin play Sunday night. Kadri’s shot crossed the goal line with 0.1 seconds on the clock. The NHL reviewed...
Carter Hart has 34 saves in Flyers’ win over BruinsVideo
TORONTO — Carter Hart and the Philadelphia Flyers sure didn’t look stale following a 4 1/2-month pause to the NHL season. Hart stopped 34 shots, and the Flyers got a balanced and opportunistic attack in opening the expanded playoffs seeding round with a 4-1 win over the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Boston...
Justin Thomas holds on to win in Memphis, Peters native Todd fades down stretchVideo
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Justin Thomas wants to make his second stint as No. 1 in the world last longer than the first time around. “I hope so,” Thomas said Sunday after winning the FedEx St. Jude Invitational to take the No. 1 spot for the first time since June 2018....
Marcus Pettersson and John Marino remain resolute on Penguins blue line
John Marino picked a rotten year to be a rookie defenseman. Not so much because of everything else that made 2020 a rotten year. But because he has so much company. One of the defining traits of the NHL’s 2019-20 campaign was there were so many freshman blue liners who...
Pirates swept by Cubs, waste Steven Brault’s strong start
When analyzing the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 2-1 loss to the Chicago Cubs in 11 innings Sunday, you must consider the painful truths: • The Pirates (2-7) are not taking advantage of the gift runner rule inserted into baseball in this 60-game season. They have started four extra innings in two games...
Brad Keselowski wins in New Hampshire for 3rd win since shutdownVideo
LOUDON, N.H. — Brad Keselowski won at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday for his third victory of the NASCAR season and 33rd of his career. Keselowski and Denny Hamlin swapped stage wins and had the lead a combined 18 times before Keselowski, who is in a contract year for...
Phil Kessel helps Coyotes hold off Predators in series openerVideo
EDMONTON, Alberta — Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored the first of Arizona’s three first-period goals, former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Phil Kessel had two assists and the Coyotes held on to beat the Nashville Predators, 4-3, on Sunday to open their Stanley Cup qualifier series. The Coyotes made the most of their first...
Penguins coach Mike Sullivan endorses duo of Jack Johnson, Justin Schultz
Penguins coach Mike Sullivan is typically hesitant to blame any individual player or select groups of players for any on-ice performance. He normally will defend them all. Such was the case when he was asked about the third defensive pairing of Jack Johnson and Justin Schultz on Sunday. During Saturday’s...
Penguins’ Conor Sheary on missed penalty shot in Game 1: ‘A bad move, I guess’
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Conor Sheary joined a somewhat select but certainly futile group of company during Saturday’s 3-2 overtime loss to the Montreal Canadiens in Game 1 of their qualifying-round series at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena. He became the seventh player in franchise history to attempt a postseason penalty shot but...
Jimmy Butler misses Heat practice, teammate hints he’s isolatingVideo
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Jimmy Butler was not with the Miami Heat for practice Sunday, and one of his teammates suggested he was quarantining away from the team. The Heat said only that Butler, who scored 22 points in Miami’s restart-opening win over Denver on Saturday, had “an excused...
Mets slugger Cespedes leaves team, opts out of 2020 seasonVideo
ATLANTA — New York Mets slugger Yoenis Cespedes opted out of the 2020 season on Sunday because of the coronavirus pandemic, providing some clarity after the team said it was unable to locate him. Cespedes did not report to the ballpark for the Mets’ game at Atlanta, and the team...
Pac-12 football players urge opt-out amid covid-19 concernsVideo
A group of Pac-12 football players on Sunday threatened to opt out of the coming season unless their concerns about competing during the covid-19 pandemic and other racial and economic issues in college sports are addressed. The players posted a statement on The Players’ Tribune website and social media with...
John Steigerwald: Not time for Penguins fans to panic; this series could go the distance
Now what? The Penguins are down 1-0 in a best-of-five series. Is it time to panic? Not really. A good time to panic might be if/when the Canadiens score first in Game 2. All the solutions are out there: Get Patric Hornqvist in front of the net, and sit Patrick...
Steelers add James Washington, Jaylen Samuels to reserve/covid list, waive 8 others
James Washington and Jaylen Samuels were added to the reserve/covid list by the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, becoming the third and fourth players to be placed on the list since training camp began July 28. The Steelers also waived eight players: quarterback J.T. Barrett, running back Ralph Webb, wide receiver...
Pirates place Mitch Keller, Michael Feliz on injured list, acquire pitcher Tyler Bashlor from the Mets
Pittsburgh Pirates pitchers Mitch Keller and Michael Feliz, who left the game Saturday night in Chicago, were placed on the 10-day injured list Sunday. On a busy day for transactions and news about pitchers, the Pirates also acquired right-hander Tyler Bashlor from the New York Mets in exchange for cash....
Mark Madden: Penguins should make several lineup changes before Game 2 against Canadiens
It’s only one game. That was, no doubt, the phrase that pays in the Penguins locker room after Saturday’s 3-2 overtime loss to Montreal. It’s only one game. The Penguins lost their first playoff game to the New York Islanders last season, also in OT. That was only one game....
Toe tap led Pirates’ Colin Moran to head of class among home-run hitters
Colin Moran is swinging the bat so well through the Pittsburgh Pirates’ first eight games that even a foul ball deserves mention. His manager, Derek Shelton, can’t stop talking about one Moran hit Friday night against Chicago Cubs left-hander Kyle Ryan. “It was aggressive,” said Shelton, who mentioned it before...
Mike Wilder drives Catch The Fire to Adios victory
Mike Wilder knows the track at The Meadows very well. The harness racing veteran and Washington resident also knows what it is like to compete for one of the sport’s premier championships. Wilder, who owns more than 8,000 career victories, had previously recorded a trio of fourth-place finishes in the...
Wild’s Matt Dumba kneels, NHL puts focus on Black Lives Matter movement
Minnesota’s Matt Dumba became the first NHL player to kneel during the U.S. national anthem when he did so before the opening playoff game between Edmonton and Chicago in Edmonton, Alberta. Dumba knelt at center ice Saturday while fellow Black players Malcolm Subban of Chicago and Darnell Nurse of Edmonton...
‘Burgh’s Best to Wear It, No. 29: Fan-favorite Marc-Andre Fleury a Penguins’ Cup-winning iconVideo
The Tribune-Review sports staff is conducting a daily countdown of the best players in Pittsburgh pro and college sports history to wear each jersey number. No. 29: Marc-Andre Fleury To perhaps best illustrate Marc-Andre Fleury’s popularity in Pittsburgh, consider that during the 2017-18 season that followed the Penguins’ most recent...
Empty Thoughts: Simpler could be better for the Penguins
Observations from the Penguins’ 3-2 overtime loss to the Canadiens. The Penguins often speak of “keeping things simple” or “simplifying our game” when they deal with an impediment out of their control. They could be facing a stagnant defensive team or sloppy ice or a world-wide pandemic and they’ll cite...
Tim Benz: Penguins better finish or they’ll be finished a lot quicker than we thought
For a team that is supposed to have a lot of finishers, the Penguins haven’t finished much of anything during the playoffs lately. And if that trend doesn’t change fast, they’ll be finished in the reformatted 2020 NHL postseason a lot quicker than the hockey world anticipated. The Penguins lost...
Rob Manfred confident MLB can get through playoffs despite virus
NEW YORK — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says he’s confident his sport can get through the regular season and postseason without being stopped by the coronavirus, though not every club might play all 60 games and winning percentage could be used to determine playoff teams. During an interview Saturday with...
Penguins’ power play struggles in Game 1 overtime loss to Canadiens
These aren’t the Montreal Canadiens who have plaques hanging on walls a few blocks away in the Hockey Hall of Fame. There’s not a Maurice Richard or Jean Beliveau on this roster. There isn’t even a Vincent Damphousse or Mike Cammalleri, members of Canadiens teams who sparked upsets of superior...
Mitch Keller, Michael Feliz leave with injuries in Pirates’ 4-3 loss to Cubs
The Pittsburgh Pirates have scored five runs in the ninth inning of their two losses in the past two nights to the Chicago Cubs — a total of one in the other 16. Sounds like a team that doesn’t quit. Actually, right now that’s the best remark you can make...
