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Minor league report: Avery Hayes gives Penguins overtime winVideo
A goal by forward Avery Hayes at 2:09 of overtime gave the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins a 3-2 win against the rival Hershey Bears at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Forward Atley Calvert scored both regulation goals for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (34-18-7-1) while goaltender Sergei Murashov made 24 saves on 26 shots...
Pirates option Henry Davis, select RHP Hunter Stratton, DFA Joshua Palacios in roster moves
The Pittsburgh Pirates took steps toward finalizing their Opening Day roster by making a handful of roster moves Saturday, including one that involves a former No. 1 overall pick. The Pirates selected right-handed reliever Hunter Stratton to their major league roster, designated outfielder Joshua Palacios for assignment and optioned catcher...
Kyle Larson trying to avoid another disappointing weekend at HomesteadVideo
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Kyle Larson is tired of his weekends at Homestead-Miami Speedway ending in disappointment. The Hendrick Motorsports driver has won a NASCAR Cup Series race and Xfinity Series race in his career at the South Florida track, but he mostly just remembers the heartbreaks there. Last year it...
NCAA Tournament roundup: John Calipari, Arkansas beat Rick Pitino, St. John’sVideo
Moon native John Calipari is heading to the Sweet 16 for the 16th time, and this one could be the sweetest of all. Calipari’s Arkansas Razorbacks beat longtime nemesis Rick Pitino and No. 2 seed St. John’s, 75-66, on Saturday, sending their itinerant coach to the second weekend of the...
JJ Qunierly’s 27 points lifts West Virginia women to NCAA tourney win
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — JJ Quinerly scored 27 points, including the 2,000th of her career, Jordan Harrison matched a career-high with 23 and sixth-seeded West Virginia led wire-to-wire in a 78-59 victory over 11th-seeded Columbia on Saturday in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament. Quinerly also had seven...
Penguins’ remaining games still mean somethingVideo
It wasn’t an order. Or even a guarantee. More of a suggestion. “Enjoy the show!” That’s what forward Boko Imama said to a Pittsburgh Penguins broadcaster Friday after a morning skate in Cranberry. Approximately eight hours later, Imama dazzled just anyone watching his team’s 6-3 win against the Columbus Blue...
Paul Skenes sharp in final spring training outing, but Pirates no-hit by Baltimore
After his fifth and final spring training outing Saturday afternoon, only a few days stand between Pittsburgh Pirates phenom Paul Skenes and the regular-season opener, which he’s set to start Thursday at Miami. Skenes delivered 3 1/3 scoreless innings Saturday against the Baltimore Orioles, throwing 51 pitches (33 for strikes)...
Who’s No. 1, Andy Toole’s current Colonials or Matt Furjanic’s Robert Morris teams from the ’80s?
Andy Toole said he might get text messages from people challenging his claim that this season’s Robert Morris team is the best in school history. Matt Furjanic didn’t send a text, but he certainly could have an argument with Toole. Furjanic coached the first Robert Morris teams that went to...
5 positions that bear watching for Steelers as free agency winds down, draft talk intensifies
As NFL free agency nears the end of its second week, it’s a good time to analyze what the Pittsburgh Steelers did — and, more importantly, didn’t do — to improve the roster. That correlates with the draft, which is a month away, and where the organization might allocate its...
Penguins no strangers when it comes to playing overseas
On Tuesday, the NHL announced the Pittsburgh Penguins and Nashville Predators would be playing a pair of games in Sweden next season. The contests will take place Nov. 14 and 16 at the Avicii Arena in Stockholm. This will mark the second time the Penguins have played games in Sweden...
3 Periods: Clock is ticking for the Penguins to sign 2 prospects
March has been a busy month for the Pittsburgh Penguins when it’s come to signing prospects. Things kicked off March 3 when the Penguins signed 20-year-old defenseman Finn Harding, chosen by the club in the seventh round (No. 223 overall) of the 2024 NHL Draft, to a three-year entry-level contract...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Has Tristan Jarry saved his future in Pittsburgh?
When goalie Tristan Jarry cleared waivers and got sent to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League in mid-January, his Pittsburgh Penguins tenure seemed over. Perhaps his NHL career, too. But since being recalled to Pittsburgh three weeks ago, Jarry has rallied. Jarry has done so under very little pressure, true....
North Allegheny senior brings home synchronized skating gold
At the U.S. Figure Skating Eastern Championships in Hershey on Jan. 24, the Steel City Blades Open Juvenile (Blue) synchronized skating team was chosen to go first among the 23 competing teams. As nervous as the team felt just being in the championships, the thought of having to perform their...
Penguins assign defenseman Sebastian Aho to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Pittsburgh Penguins assigned defenseman Sebastian Aho to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) on Saturday. Recalled to the NHL club March 11 under emergency roster conditions, Aho (5-foot-10, 176 pounds) had been shuffled between the NHL and AHL rosters repeatedly in paper transactions before Saturday’s assignment. A healthy...
Pirates hearing Matt Hague crystal clear, as new hitting coach attempts to speak their language
Matt Hague had headphones on from the home dugout at LECOM Park and was talking with the SportsNet Pittsburgh broadcast crew when the Pittsburgh Pirates’ new hitting coach addressed the nature of his job. “We’re therapists sometimes, trying to be their hitting bilinguist sometimes,” said Hague, 40, who played professionally...
Minor league report: Penguins blasted by BruinsVideo
Forward Sam Poulin had a goal and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, who were routed by the Providence Bruins, 10-2, at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Friday. Goaltender Filip Larsson started the contest and absorbed the loss after he stopped 18 of 25 shots he faced. His record...
Penn State nears 4th straight national title as all 10 wrestlers earn All-American honors
PHILADELPHIA — Penn State is closing in on its fourth straight Division I men’s wrestling championship and its 12th in 14 years under coach Cael Sanderson. All 10 Penn State wrestlers earned All-American status Friday. The Nittany Lions join Minnesota’s 2001 squad as the only teams to have that many...
George Foreman, the glowering heavyweight who became a lovable champion, dies at 76
George Foreman, the fearsome heavyweight who lost the “Rumble in the Jungle” to Muhammad Ali before his inspiring second act as a 45-year-old champion and a successful businessman, died Friday night. He was 76. Foreman’s family announced his death on social media, not saying how or where he died. “A...
Jacob Bridgeman leads Valspar; Viktor Hovland among those 1 back
PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Viktor Hovland is searching for his swing and found himself in contention Friday at the Valspar Championship, where Jacob Bridgeman has a one-shot lead and a host of others were right behind going into the weekend at Innisbrook. Bridgeman was among several players atop the leaderboard...
Alex Nedeljkovic strong in net as Penguins turn back Blue Jackets
Mike Sullivan wants to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets each and every time he encounters them. After all, he coaches the Pittsburgh Penguins and they are Metropolitan Division rivals. But like just about anyone with a soul, Sullivan harbors veneration for the Blue Jackets in how they’ve mustered up enough...
Mitch Keller finishes spring training with strong start, but Red Sox rally in 8th to beat Pirates
Mitch Keller put a punctuation mark on a strong spring training in his final start, striking out five of the 10 batters he faced in three scoreless innings against the Boston Red Sox on Friday. The Pittsburgh Pirates also got a fourth consecutive scoreless appearances from left-hander Caleb Ferguson, a...
Penguins welcome Butler County native Marc Fogel to game
During Friday’s game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Columbus Blue Jackets, Marc Fogel, a former teacher from Oakmont who spent more than three years in a Russian prison, was recognized on the video board. The presentation took place at the midpoint of the first period. Fogel wore a No. 71...
Capitals are 1st to clinch a playoff spot after being last in last year
WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals became the first NHL team to clinch a playoff spot this season, doing so after winning in their 69th game and getting the help they needed elsewhere around the league. They are the only team since the playoffs expanded to 16 teams...
NCAA Tournament roundup: Favored No. 12 seed Colorado St. beats short-handed MemphisVideo
Kyan Evans made a career-high six 3-pointers and scored 23 points to lead No. 12 seed Colorado State past fifth-seeded Memphis, 78-70, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday. Nique Clifford, the Mountain West Tournament MVP, had his quietest scoring night in a month, finishing with 14...
Tobacco Road is front and center of March Madness
DURHAM, N.C. — Oregon women’s basketball coach Kelly Graves was excited when he saw his team was headed to Duke to play in the NCAA Tournament. The Ducks had success there when they played in the 2017 NCAA Tournament, advancing also as a 10 seed. But more importantly, it meant...
