Kye Robinson, Colin Mitchell help Mary Washington edge Emory for 1st D-III championshipVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — Kye Robinson scored 27 points and Colin Mitchell scored on a putback at the buzzer as Mary Washington withstood a furious Emory rally for a 75-73 victory on Sunday to win its first Division III championship. Mitchell grabbed a miss by Robinson and scored the winner for Mary...
UCLA storms past South Carolina to claim its 1st NCAA women’s basketball title
PHOENIX — It’s mission accomplished for UCLA. Gabriela Jaquez, Lauren Betts and the rest of the UCLA seniors secured the first NCAA women’s basketball national championship in school history — a goal that was set after losing in the first Final Four last season. Jaquez scored 21 points, Betts added...
Sidney Crosby, Rickard Rakell lead Penguins past Panthers to close in on playoffs
Sidney Crosby was satisfied reaching one more career milestone. And Rickard Rakell was content in continuing to score. But for each of them, the only thing that mattered on Sunday was getting another win and inching their way closer to a return to the postseason. That’s what happened as the...
Steelers’ Mike McCarthy, Patrick Graham have options deploying Jalen Ramsey this season
PHOENIX — In looking for clues to how the Pittsburgh Steelers plan deploy their defensive backs under a new coaching staff this season, consider how coach Mike McCarthy answered the first question he was asked about free-agent signing Jaquan Brisker. The first player he mentioned wasn’t Brisker. It was Jalen...
Scottie Scheffler arrives at Masters with infant son and a game he hopes is readyVideo
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Two-time Masters champion Scottie Scheffler arrived at Augusta National on Sunday, and he brought the whole family with him. All four of them. Scheffler, who tends to keep his golf separate from his home life, had not shared any information since withdrawing from the Houston Open two...
Pace Prosser’s double-double helps Gannon beat Lander 84-61 in Division II championship game
INDIANAPOLIS — Pace Prosser totaled 28 points and 11 rebounds and Gannon beat Lander 84-61 on Sunday to win the Division II Championship. Prosser made 10 of 19 shots with four 3-pointers for the Golden Knights (34-3) in a battle between two teams aiming for a first national championship. Prosser...
Ryan O’Hearn homer highlights 4-RBI day as Pirates beat Baltimore to sweep 3-game series
What the Pittsburgh Pirates lacked more than pop in the middle of the lineup last season was the synergy to support a strong starting pitching performance. Braxton Ashcraft got both as he recorded a career-best eight strikeouts without a walk in six innings for a quality start against the Baltimore...
Masters ’26: Augusta’s ‘beautiful little hole’ at No. 7 has turned much nastier
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Go back through 89 previous editions of the Masters, every shot on every hole, and no one will ever match what Byron Nelson did on the par-4 seventh hole at Augusta National. Nelson drove the green and two-putted for birdie in 1937 on his way to his...
Islanders fire Patrick Roy after 4 straight losses, name Peter DeBoer as replacement
NEW YORK — Patrick Roy was fired as coach of the New York Islanders on Sunday, another late-season change in the NHL that comes with the team in the middle of a spring tailspin that has put its playoff chances in jeopardy. First-year general manager Mathieu Darche announced the abrupt...
Penguins recall forward goaltender Taylor Gauthier, forward Avery Hayes
Prior to their home game against the Florida Panthers on Sunday, the Pittsburgh Penguins recalled goaltender Taylor Gauthier from Wheeling of the ECHL and forward Avery Hayes from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL). The team announced both transactions shortly before warmups began and also revealed goaltender Stuart Skinner...
Penguins goaltender Stuart Skinner sidelined by injury
Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Stuart Skinner will be scratched for a game against the Florida Panthers at PPG Paints Arena on Sunday due to an apparent facial injury. Shortly before warmups, the team announced Skinner’s status. While no substantive details as to Skinner’s status were offered, Skinner displayed a visible abrasion...
Pirates place infielder Jared Triolo (knee) on 10-day IL, recall outfielder Billy Cook
Just as the Pittsburgh Pirates were figuring out the left side of their infield, a knee injury has sidelined Jared Triolo and caused them to create a platoon at third base. The Pirates placed Triolo, a 2024 National League Gold Glove winner as a utility fielder and 2025 finalist, on...
Belle Vernon grad Quinton Martin in fight for playing time at Penn State after strong finish in 2025
Penn State’s offense had to make a go of it in the Pinstripe Bowl without Kaytron Allen and Nick Singleton. The two rushing standouts, who combined for more than 7,600 career yards during their collegiate careers, were not available against Clemson in the Nittany Lions’ final game of the 2025...
NFL Draft top prospect profile: Makai Lemon, USC WR
TribLive is highlighting the top prospects leading up to the 2026 NFL Draft in Pittsburgh. The three-day event is April 23-25. Makai Lemon Position: Wide receiver Height/weight: 5-foot-11/192 pounds College: USC Lemon won the 2025 Biletnikoff Award as the most outstanding college receiver. Six of the past seven winners of...
‘I deserve to be booed’: DH Marcell Ozuna tries to snap out of funk, win over Pirates fans
When Marcell Ozuna came to bat, he was met with a chorus of boos from Pittsburgh Pirates fans at PNC Park. It was only his second home game, but Ozuna understands why they are voicing their displeasure. Ozuna was one of the Pirates’ big-ticket free agents — signing for $12...
Minor league report: Penguins beat Phantoms, Nailers’ win streak reaches 10Video
A hat trick and an assist by forward Aaron Huglen led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 6-2 win against the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms at the PPL Center in Allentown on Saturday. Linemate Rutger McGroarty had a goal and two assists for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (43-16-6-2), which has won six consecutive games,...
Michigan overpowers Arizona and reaches national title game with 91-73 win
INDIANAPOLIS — Michigan overpowered Arizona early and humbled the ‘Cats all night long, turning the Final Four meeting billed as the Game of the Year into a 91-73 Wolverines highlight reel Saturday night. Junior center Aday Mara scored a career-high 26 points and had nine rebounds, a dinged-up Yaxel Lendeborg...
Sabres clinch a playoff spot to end the longest drought in NHL history
Bring on postseason hockey in Buffalo. The Sabres’ playoff drought is finally over. Following an NHL-record 14 seasons of futility, during which the team finished no better than 19th in the league, the Sabres clinched a berth Saturday when the New York Rangers defeated the Detroit Red Wings in regulation....
Riverhounds score clutch goal to earn draw at Indy
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds scored a dramatic goal in second-half stoppage time to pull out a 1-1 draw on the road against Indy Eleven on Saturday night. Trailing 1-0, the Hounds threw everything they could at Indy’s Eric Dick, the goalkeeper for Pittsburgh’s championship team a season ago. In the 91st...
Pirates farm report for April 4, 2026: Henry Blanco Jr. homers in Greensboro win
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple A, 1-7) lost 7-5 to Columbus (Guardians) in a game shortened to seven innings by rain. LF Billy Cook (.333) went 3 for 4 with a homer and two runs scored. RF Esmerlyn Valdez (.280) went 2 for 4 with a double. 3B Davis Wendzel (.308) went 1...
Thomas scores 20 as West Virginia downs Creighton 87-70 in CBC
LAS VEGAS — DJ Thomas helped lead West Virginia over Creighton on Saturday with 20 points off of the bench in an 87-70 victory in the College Basketball Crown. West Virginia plays Oklahoma, which beat Baylor, 82-69, in the other semifinal, for the CBC title Sunday. Thomas shot 9 for...
UConn reaches 3rd national title game in 4 seasons, beating Illinois 71-62 behind Mullins and Reed
INDIANAPOLIS — Dan Hurley had UConn ready for another Final Four fight night. Again, his Huskies scored a knockout. Fabulous freshman Braylon Mullins made another last-minute 3-pointer — his only basket of the second half — and the Huskies muscled their way past Illinois, 71-62, on Saturday to reach their...
Penguins rout Panthers as Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin reach milestones
Things are quite different for the Pittsburgh Penguins and Florida Panthers than they were 365 days ago. One is fighting to reach the playoffs and one is not. That dichotomy became official on Saturday when the Penguins trampled the defending back-to-back Stanley Cup champions, 9-4, at PPG Paints Arena. With...
Nick Yorke walks it off for Pirates, who top Orioles to win series, 4th straight game
Staying ready for when your number is called is a bit of coach-speak that transcends sports. In the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 3-2 walk-off win over the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday at PNC Park, multiple players proved they were primed for the moment. Nick Yorke, originally entering the game as a pinch-runner,...
Dawn Staley eyes another title as South Carolina meets UCLA in the NCAA women’s final
PHOENIX — Dawn Staley has fond memories of her first trip as a coach to the NCAA championship game. It ended with South Carolina’s first national title nine years ago. She hopes that UCLA’s first time playing for an NCAA title won’t end the same way for the Bruins, who...
