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Oilers stave off elimination with blowout of Panthers in Game 5 of Stanley Cup Final

EDMONTON, Alberta — Connor McDavid scored, “La Bamba” played in the Edmonton Oilers locker room, and the Stanley Cup Final is heading back to Florida after a statement win. McDavid scored his first goal of the series as part of a four-point performance, Stuart Skinner was spectacular in making 32...
Rockies pound Jared Jones, bullpen to hand Pirates most lopsided loss of season

Jared Jones had matched his career high in earned runs when Colorado Rockies third base coach Warren Schaeffer noticed that Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Yasmani Grandal was lobbing the ball back to the mound. So Schaeffer, a Vandergrift native and Greensburg Central Catholic graduate, tipped Ryan McMahon to be on alert....
Pirates farm report for June 15, 2024: Matt Gorski, Joshua Palacios homer in Indy win

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 29-37) handled Jacksonville (Marlins), 6-2. CF Matt Gorski (.262) went 2 for 4 with double and his 13th home run. LF Joshua Palacios (.238) went 2 for 5 with a double and his first Triple-A homer of the season. SS Andres Alvarez (.267) went 4 for 4 with...
Riverhounds’ winless streak hits 6 with loss at Hartford

A slow start to the 2024 season for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds has dragged on into the middle of June. Michee Ngalina scored twice in the first 17 minutes of the match, and the Riverhounds were unable to mount a comeback, losing 2-0 at Hartford Athletic on Saturday night. The Riverhounds...
Penguins to play preseason game in Northern Ontario

The Pittsburgh Penguins will play an exhibition game in Northern Ontario in the fall. The Penguins will face the Ottawa Senators on Sunday, Sept. 29, as part of the NHL’s Kraft Hockeyville contest, which was won by Elliot Lake, Ontario. It will be the third Hockeyville appearance by the Penguins,...
Pirates place Henry Davis on concussion IL, recall Jason Delay to serve as backup catcher

When Henry Davis took a foul ball off the face mask Friday night at Colorado, it proved to be worse than expected. Not only was the Pittsburgh Pirates catcher removed from the game but he was placed the catcher on the seven-day concussion injured list before Saturday’s game against the...
Palmer Jackson ends up 3rd at Sunnehanna Amateur

Palmer Jackson was hoping to capture one of the biggest victories in his amateur career Saturday. But University of Minnesota senior Ben Warian had other ideas. Warian shot a 6-under-par 64 during the final round of the 70th Sunnehanna Amateur and walked away with the title by finishing with a...
DeChambeau a one-man show at Pinehurst No. 2 and leads US Open by 3Video

PINEHURST, N.C. — Bryson DeChambeau ducked outside the ropes to a private area in the woods, flat on his back as trainers worked on hips that felt too tight. Moments later, he unleashed a swing that sent his drive 347 yards, leaving a wedge to set up birdie and another...
Collin Morikawa thought a 66 would give him a shot at the US Open. Then came Bryson DeChambeauVideo

PINEHURST, N.C. — Collin Morikawa woke up Saturday nine shots off the lead and figuring he would have to get back to even par to have any chance of winning the U.S. Open. He did his part, shooting a bogey-free 66. What Morikawa wasn’t counting on was big Bryson DeChambeau...
Celtics take season’s worth of lessons into Game 5 of NBA Finals vs. Mavericks

BOSTON — The Celtics picked the most inopportune time to play their worst game of the season. Boston’s 122-84 Game 4 loss to Dallas had all kinds of superlatives, and none of them were good. It ended the Celtics’ 10-game playoff win streak. It was the Celtics’ lowest-scoring output of...
NASCAR’s Cup Series comes to Iowa, but it’s not same track drivers remember

NEWTON, Iowa — Christopher Bell likes that the NASCAR Cup Series will be at Iowa Speedway for the first time. Heading into Sunday’s race, the .875-mile track isn’t quite the one he remembers. Bell has seven top-five finishes in nine starts at the track in NASCAR’s other series, including two...
Former Stanley Cup champion Vladimir Tarasenko playing key role for Florida

EDMONTON, Alberta — Minutes after winning Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final to move to the verge of a second championship in six years, Vladimir Tarasenko had no interest in revisiting the events that occurred on the ice. “The game is over,” he said. “There is no need to...
After penalty stroke, Mt. Lebanon’s Neal Shipley shoots 71 in 3rd round of U.S. Open

Mt. Lebanon’s Neal Shipley is 4-over par after three rounds of the U.S. Open at Pinehurst. If his ball hadn’t moved a matter of millimeters at an inopportune time Saturday, he’d be 3-over par. Shipley was assessed a one-stroke penalty on the 13th hole when his ball, sitting on an...
Steelers A to Z: Grayland Arnold among many options for slot/nickel, across secondary

Editor’s note: From now until the first practice of training camp at Saint Vincent College, TribLive is running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, looking at each player and assessing his outlook for the 2024 season. The breakdown will run in alphabetical order with at least two players each day...
‘Exit velocity is king’: Pirates’ Oneil Cruz aware of, but not infatuated by, omnipresent metricVideo

As Major League Baseball reaches a decade in the Statcast era, advanced metrics are at the fingertips of fans, players and coaches alike. One analytic arguably reigns supreme by virtue of its ubiquitous presence in discussing the sport today: exit velocity. In the words of Pittsburgh Pirates designated hitter Andrew...
Steelers A to Z: Spencer Anderson showed versatility as rookie, specializing at guard this camp

Editor’s note: From now until the first practice of training camp at Saint Vincent College, TribLive is running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, looking at each player and assessing his outlook for the 2024 season. The breakdown will run in alphabetical order with at least two players each day...

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