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...
Penguins forward Sidney Crosby moves into 7th place on NHL’s career scoring list
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney Crosby moved into seventh place on the NHL’s career scoring list during a home contest against the Florida Panthers at PPG Paints Arena. Recording a secondary assist on a power-play goal by forward Evgeni Malkin at 5:51 of the second period, Crosby recorded his 1,756th career...
MASTERS ’26: Capsules of notable players at Augusta National
AUGUSTA, Ga. — A capsule look at notable players in the Masters, which starts Thursday at Augusta National (listed in predicted order of finish): Scottie Scheffler Age: 29. Country: United States. World ranking: 1. Worldwide wins: 23. Majors: Masters (2022, 2024), PGA Championship (2025), British Open (2025). Masters appearances: 6....
Mavs rookie Cooper Flagg scores 51
DALLAS — Cooper Flagg didn’t get a call, and his coach and a teammate got kicked out of the game trying to stick up for the rookie No. 1 pick of the Dallas Mavericks. Less than a quarter later, Flagg became the first teenager to score 51 points in an...
Auriemma and Staley clash in tense postgame exchange after South Carolina beats UConn in Final Four
PHOENIX — Dawn Staley and Geno Auriemma’s coaching rivalry has had something for everyone on and off the court. It reached a dramatic peak Friday night, and the heated exchange between them stirred all the elements that make their matchups must-see TV. Auriemma said it started at the beginning of...
Penguins goaltender Arturs Silovs scheduled to start against Panthers
Pittsburgh Penguins rookie goaltender Arturs Silovs is scheduled to start Saturday’s game against the Florida Panthers at PPG Paints Arena. Coach Dan Muse announced Silovs’ status approximately two hours before the opening faceoff. In 35 games this season, Silovs has a 17-10-8 record, a 2.99 goals-against average, an .890 save...
Cup of Joe: Penguins, Pirates stealing spotlight from Steelers ahead of NFL Draft
Cup of Joe: Starkey on sports in 400 words or less The NFL Draft is days away, and the Steelers are suddenly the third-biggest sports story in town. The Penguins and Pirates have stolen the spotlight. It might be different if the Steelers had a top-10 pick or were weighing...
NFL Draft top prospect profile: Monroe Freeling, Georgia OT
TribLive is highlighting the top prospects leading up to the 2026 NFL Draft in Pittsburgh. The three-day event is April 23-25. Monroe Freeling Position: Offensive tackle Height/weight: 6-foot-7/315 pounds College: Georgia Freeling was a full-time starter for the Bulldogs for only one season, but the 21-year-old brings the size and...
A revamping of the Steelers WR corps is underway under Mike McCarthy
PHOENIX — The Pittsburgh Steelers are going big when it comes to reshaping their wide receivers corps. Literally and figuratively. Two-plus months into the tenure of new coach Mike McCarthy and with four weeks of free agency behind them, the Steelers have moved on from three of the top four...
Penguins assign defenseman Harrison Brunicke to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
Pittsburgh Penguins defensive prospect Harrison Brunicke was assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) on Saturday. The team did not announce the transaction but it was reflected on the AHL’s website. Brunicke, 19, completed his season at the junior level on Wednesday when the Kamloops Blazers were swept...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Bucco Fever is boiling again, and it’s an odd disease
It was a great day at the ballpark for the Pirates’ home opener Friday. I didn’t go. I’m getting prepared for that area being under martial law — worse yet, Roger Goodell’s iron fist — when the NFL Draft comes April 23-25. I can’t wait to stay away. Or till...
Tim Benz, Mike DeCourcy give 4 key storylines for this week’s Final FourVideo
Throughout the NCAA Tournament, Mike DeCourcy (Sporting News/Fox/Big Ten Network) and I have been breaking down the NCAA men’s basketball brackets region by region. Now we are down to the Final Four this Saturday in Indianapolis. Illinois plays UConn at 6:09 pm Saturday. Arizona and Michigan square off at 8:54...
Steelers target offensive tackles in latest multi-round mock drafts
The arrival of spring brings longer days and longer mock drafts. ESPN, CBS Sports and NFL.com were among the outlets this week that projected multiple rounds of the upcoming NFL Draft. The three-day event is April 23-25, in Pittsburgh. The consensus among draft analysts nowadays had the Steelers choosing an...
Pirates farm report for April 3, 2026: Alika Williams delivers 4 hits, game-winning RBI in Indy’s 1st victory
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 1-6) rallied from a 9-2 deficit with an eight-run seventh inning to beat Columbus (Guardians), 11-10, for its first victory of the season. SS Alika Williams (.667) went 4 for 5 with the go-ahead RBI single in the top of the ninth and a pair of doubles. LF...
Minor league report: Avery Hayes leads Penguins to 5th consecutive win
A goal and two assists by forward Avery Hayes led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 3-1 win against the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms at Mohegan Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Friday. Linemate Gabe Klassen contributed a goal and an assist for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (42-16-6-2), which extended a winning streak to five games....
Robert MacIntyre has big finish, builds 4-shot lead in Texas Open
SAN ANTONIO — Robert MacIntyre added the Valero Texas Open this year to be sharp for the Masters, and he looked every bit of that Friday with four birdies in his last five holes for an 8-under-par 64 and a four-shot lead over Ryder Cup teammate Ludvig Aberg. MacIntyre felt...
Konnor Griffin creates cheers, savors silence in dazzling debut for Pirates in home opener
The electric environment for the home opener was interrupted Friday afternoon when Konnor Griffin stepped into the batter’s box for his first plate appearance with the Pittsburgh Pirates. The announcement that No. 6 was now batting brought a clamoring of cheers from the sellout crowd of 38,986 at PNC Park,...
