Duquesne’s new big man Ege Demir brings pro experience
With nearly all its bigs having departed, Duquesne has added a sizable presence to its 2026-27 men’s basketball roster with the addition of Oregon transfer Ege Demir, a 6-foot-11, 275-pound senior with professional playing experience in Turkey. The Nigerian-born Demir, who Saturday posted his decision on his Instagram page, averaged...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Ben Kindel is Sidney Crosby’s heir
Ben Kindel isn’t and won’t be the player that Sidney Crosby is. But in some ways, Kindel is Crosby’s heir. He’s incredibly serious for a 19-year-old. (Just turned.) He sits next to Crosby in the dressing room, absorbing like a sponge. He’s known for watching video, constantly being on the...
Size, speed, military background make Steelers’ Robert Spears-Jennings an atypical 7th-rounder
Content with his place among the organizational hierarchy — and perhaps self-aware of his lane and his strengths — Pittsburgh Steelers assistant head coach Joe Whitt Jr. gave an honest answer when asked when seventh-round pick Robert Spears-Jennings first got onto his personal radar. “When (the scouting department) gave me...
Jared Triolo returns from rehab assignment, increases Pirates’ infield defensive options
Jared Triolo didn’t know which position he would be playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates nor did he seem to care. Triolo was just happy to be healthy and back in the home clubhouse. “Always itching to get back. Don’t like being down,” Triolo said. “But yeah, I feel like this...
Joe Starkey: Evgeni Malkin has earned proper sendoff from Penguins
The great Evgeni Malkin deserves a farewell tour. This should be an easy call, and if president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas isn’t willing to make it, then the Pittsburgh Penguins’ new owners should: bring back Malkin for one more season and send him off with all the respect and...
Alex Zanardi, auto racing champ who won Paralympic golds between life-altering accidents, dies at 59
ROME — Alex Zanardi, the Italian auto racing champion-turned-Paralympic gold medalist whose career was marked by two life-altering accidents, has died. He was 59. Zanardi’s family announced his death on Saturday, saying that he passed away on Friday night. “Alex died peacefully, surrounded by the affection of those closest to...
Penguins goaltender Arturs Silovs impresses despite injury
There weren’t many more ways Arturs Silovs could impress onlookers than with the determined effort he offered in net for the Pittsburgh Penguins in their final three games of the postseason. But on Friday, he managed to do that. During the team’s exit interviews in Cranberry, the goaltender revealed he...
Pirates farm report for May 1, 2026: Jhostynxon Garcia homers on rehab with Bradenton
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple A, 11-20) lost 11-7 to Memphis (Cardinals). RF Esmerlyn Valdez (.252) went 1 for 5 with a two-run homer, his fifth. C Rafael Flores Jr. (.223) went 2 for 4 with two RBIs. CF Ronny Simon (.385) went 1 for 2 with two walks and three runs scored....
Pistons rally from 24 down, beat Magic to force Game 7
ORLANDO, Fla. — Cade Cunningham scored 32 points, and the top-seeded Detroit Pistons pulled off an incredible rally Friday night, erasing a 24-point deficit and beating the Orlando Magic, 93-79, to force a Game 7 in their Eastern Conference first-round series. Detroit trailed by 22 at the half, and Orlando’s...
Mitch Keller’s strong start, offensive outburst help Pirates beat Reds, snap 5-game skid
Searching for a way to snap a five-game losing streak, the Pittsburgh Pirates found the most unlikely suspects to be their best candidates. Henry Davis and Marcell Ozuna – both batting below the Mendoza Line – combined for three home runs and five RBIs as the Pirates battered the National...
Minor league report: Nailers drop Game 4 to Royals
Forward Mike Posma had a goal and an assist for the Wheeling Nailers, who lost, 3-2, in overtime to the Reading Royals in a North Division semifinal round series at Santander Arena in Reading on Friday. The Nailers lead the best-of-seven series, 3-1. Forward Nolan Renwick scored Wheeling’s other goal...
Sabres beat Bruins to reach 2nd round for 1st time since 2007
Alex Tuch and Mattias Samuelsson scored in the first period, Zach Benson added another early in the third and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins, 4-1, on Friday night in Game 6 to advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since 2007....
Young takes 5-stroke lead into weekend at Doral
DORAL, Fla. — Cameron Young finally made his first bogey of the week at the Cadillac Championship. It barely put a dent into his lead going into the weekend. Young shot a 5-under-par 67 on Friday to get to 13-under and take a five-shot lead at the midway point of...
Riverhounds hope to keep home momentum going before pair of USL road matches
May has arrived, signaling not just the change in weather, but fortunes for many teams jockeying for position in the chase for playoff tickets into the 2026 USL Championship race. The defending champion Pittsburgh Riverhounds have shaken off a wobbly start, and as they enter Saturday’s intra-conference matchup against Phoenix...
Walks and game time up, pitches in strike zone down through first full month of MLB’s robot umpires
NEW YORK — Walks are up 7.3% as pitches in the strike zone dropped markedly and the average time of games increased by 5 minutes through the first full month of MLB’s initial season with robot umpires. Average attendance increased 2.8%, and the big league batting average went up by...
H.S. coach calls Steelers 2nd-round pick Germie Bernard ‘the complete package’
In the days leading up to the NFL Draft, Alabama receiver Germie Bernard heard from his agent that the Pittsburgh Steelers were interested at pick 53. So, once Day 2 of the draft got underway, family and friends gathered at his parents’ house in Las Vegas to count along with...
Hurricanes emerge from lengthy between-rounds pause to face Flyers
RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes had a long wait for Round 2 of the NHL playoffs, even to find out they would be playing the Philadelphia Flyers. The Eastern Conference’s top seed closed a four-game sweep of Ottawa last Saturday, then spent four days waiting for the Flyers to...
Penguins forward Sidney Crosby will ‘wait and see’ for contract extension
The Penguins have several pending free agents this offseason, and forward Evgeni Malkin is, by far, the most prominent. But one player’s contractual status looms over all others. Sidney Crosby. Crosby will be entering the final year of his current contract and is eligible to sign an extension as of...
Robusta is in the Kentucky Derby field, giving Cristian Torres the chance to ride
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Cristian Torres waited his whole life to ride in the Kentucky Derby. In line to get his first chance on Saturday, it looked like the rising-star jockey would have to wait at least another year when the horse he was supposed to be on was ruled out....
‘I’m still kind of sick to my stomach’: Penguins’ Ben Kindel using last shift against Flyers as motivationVideo
Most Pittsburgh Penguins fans can’t tolerate rewatching Cam York’s series-ending overtime goal for the Philadelphia Flyers. Meanwhile, it sounds like Penguins rookie Ben Kindel can’t stop replaying it in his mind. “I’m still kind of sick to my stomach thinking about that last shift and how the season ended,” Kindel...
No clear favorite and plenty of contenders: The 152nd Kentucky Derby is a 20-horse puzzle
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The chaos at the start of the Kentucky Derby sometimes decides the most exciting two minutes in sports in a matter of seconds. Twenty horses bursting out of the starting gate to varying degrees of success makes it a mad dash to the turn. Calling the race...
Prosecutor elects not to press charges against Steelers’ DK Metcalf for incident with Lions fan
Citing, in part, that the fan involved in the alleged incident was not injured, a prosecutor from the Detroit area denied a request to charge Pittsburgh Steelers receiver DK Metcalf for his role in an altercation with a Detroit Lions fan during a game in December. A spokesperson for the...
Women make the Kentucky Derby happen
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Just 17 women have trained a horse that ran in one of the first 151 renditions of the Kentucky Derby. Only six women have ridden in the race. Far more have a hand in making the opening jewel of the Triple Crown happen. As Cherie DeVaux looks...
Evgeni Malkin and the Penguins will move forward, with or without one another
Evgeni Malkin understands quite well what a youth movement can mean. He saw it firsthand two decades ago when he helped usher in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ greatest era as a 20-year-old along with a handful of 19-year-olds in Sidney Crosby and Kris Letang. Today, approximately three months shy of his...
Bucs Beat Q&A: Pirates rookie shortstop Konnor Griffin reflects on 1st month in majors
Konnor Griffin made his major-league debut for the Pittsburgh Pirates in their home opener and lived up to the hype of being baseball’s consensus top prospect by hitting an RBI double in his first at-bat, then scoring a run in the 5-4 win over the Baltimore Orioles on April 3...
