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Jack Suwinski homers, Henry Davis doubles in 1st game with Pirates following promotionsVideo
Roughly two weeks removed from being demoted to Triple-A Indianapolis because of major offensive struggles, Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Jack Suwinski got the call back to the big leagues Tuesday. While, to Suwinski’s credit, he had looked better with the Indians (slashing .250/.276/.429 at Triple-A compared to .177/.269/.319 through 50 games...
Pirates farm report for June 4, 2024: Altoona gives Bubba Chandler no run support
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 24-32) was clobbered by Columbus (Guardians), 15-4. Three Indianapolis pitchers – LHP Michael Plassmeyer (1-5, 9.00), RHP Isaac Mattson (5.40) and RHP Wily Peralta (6.61) – each gave up four runs. Peralta recorded only one out. C Jason Delay (.313) went 2 for 4 with a double and...
Coco Gauff, defending champion Iga Swiatek to meet in French Open semifinals
PARIS — Coco Gauff’s long and successful Tuesday at Roland Garros began when she arrived at about 8:15 a.m. There was a warmup session. A couple of meals. A couple of matches. Oh, and a couple of victories — first, one to reach the singles semifinals, and then one to...
Stefon Diggs pushes against Super Bowl talk in 1st comments since trade from Buffalo
HOUSTON — When Stefon Diggs was dealt to Houston from Buffalo in April, many believed the addition of the superstar receiver vaulted the Texans into Super Bowl contention. Speaking to reporters Tuesday for the first time since the trade, Diggs said it’s far too early to be talking about winning...
Parnelli Jones, previous oldest living Indianapolis 500 winner, dies at 90
TORRANCE, Calif. — Parnelli Jones, the 1963 Indianapolis 500 winner, died Tuesday at Torrance Memorial Medical Center after a battle with Parkinson’s disease, his son said. Jones was 90. At the time of his death, Jones was the oldest living winner of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” Rufus Parnell Jones...
Jared Jones tosses 6 shutout innings, Jack Suwinski homers as Pirates blank Dodgers
Jared Jones was full of adrenaline and battling nerves, a Los Angeles kid facing the Dodgers for the first time in his major league career and a lineup that featured three MVPs at the top of the batting order. Jones came out throwing heat, as the rookie right-hander attacked Mookie...
UConn gives Geno Auriemma a 5-year contract extension, valued at $18.7 million
STORRS, Conn. — It looks like Geno Auriemma isn’t retiring anytime soon as UConn announced a five-year extension for its women’s basketball coach Tuesday. Auriemma’s contract extension, which runs through 2029, is valued at $18.7 million over the five-year term and includes the opportunity to earn additional compensation in the...
Vikings look to Justin Jefferson for even greater leadership role
EAGAN, Minn. — The wide receiver position in the NFL has been home over the years to some of the most dynamic yet moody superstars in the sport. Justin Jefferson was voted a team captain for his age-24 season by his Minnesota Vikings teammates. For all the accomplishments on the...
Reflective side of Kyrie Irving front and center in run to NBA Finals with Mavericks
DALLAS — Kyrie Irving directed obscene gestures and profanity at a hostile crowd in Boston the last time the star Dallas guard saw the Celtics, one of his former teams, in the playoffs two years ago. It was one tumultuous moment of many in a tension-filled tenure with Brooklyn that...
‘Attack him quick’: Pirates pitchers weigh in on facing Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani
Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani occupies a prominent place within the Murderers’ Row of batters Los Angeles has assembled atop its lineup. Mookie Betts, Ohtani and Freddie Freeman (Los Angeles’ usual 1-2-3 hitters) have captured a combined four MVPs as well as numerous other accolades including All-Star appearances and Silver Sluggers....
Celtics’ Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown feel better equipped this time
BOSTON — For almost the entirety of their time together in Boston, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown have been linked. They were drafted by the Celtics third overall in back-to-back years. They possess similar skillsets — two explosive and skilled wing players with an ability to score from nearly every...
On paper, vets see Titans receivers among their best group yet
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — DeAndre Hopkins is a three-time All-Pro wide receiver who built a strong connection with a rookie quarterback last season. Calvin Ridley turned his big season into a nice, new contract. And there’s also Tyler Boyd, a proven slot threat who knows new Tennessee coach Brian Callahan’ s...
A year after PGA Tour’s surprise deal with Saudis, still no clarity on where golf is headed
DUBLIN, Ohio — PGA champion Xander Schauffele was on the 10th tee at Muirfield Village for a late Monday afternoon practice round to start the week of the Memorial. Just the sight of him was enough to bring back memories of golf then and now. So much has changed. So...
Tua Tagovailoa not ‘concerned’ about contract situation but wants something done; Hill talks future
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Tua Tagovailoa searched for the words to describe how he feels about his current contract situation with the Miami Dolphins. Frustrated? Concerned? “Not frustrated, but I’m another word,” Tagovailoa said Tuesday at the Dolphins’ first day of mandatory minicamp. After a brief pause, Tagovailoa lifted his...
MLB strengthens U.K. ties with Mets-Phillies London Series after Paris won’t play ball
LONDON — Summertime in Paris with reservations not far from the Eiffel Tower. Sounds dreamy. Major League Baseball’s plans to play a series in the French capital fell through, though. You know what city doesn’t disappoint when it comes to American sports? London. The New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies...
Rangers’ core focuses on next season as it looks to end Stanley Cup Final drought
TARRYTOWN, N.J. — Seven years ago, after the Henrik Lundqvist-led New York Rangers lost in the second round of the playoffs to Ottawa, there was talk of the team’s veteran core soon being dismantled. None of that chatter existed Tuesday as the Rangers vowed to return next season to finish...
Austin Lemieux wins Tri-State Section PGA Open Championship
For the third consecutive year an amateur won the annual Tri-State Section PGA Open Championship. This time it was Austin Lemieux, the son of Pittsburgh Penguins hall-of-famer Mario Lemieux. Austin Lemieux shot a 3-under-par 69 and finished the 18-hole event at 2-under 142. Treesdale Golf and Country Club director of...
Van Jefferson embraces role as Steelers most veteran WR, confident he can be WR2
Van Jefferson revealed Tuesday that, despite an admiration for his new head coach from afar, upon joining the Steelers he might have been the only person in Pittsburgh unaware of an oft-recited factoid of admiration for Mike Tomlin. “I didn’t know,” Jefferson said Tuesday from the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex,...
Former Penguins defenseman Simon Despres signs in Scotland
Former Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Simon Despres has signed with the Glasgow Clan, a team based in Scotland that competes in the United Kingdom’s Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL). That team announced the transaction via a release Tuesday. A first-round pick (No. 30 overall) in the 2009 NHL Draft, Despres spent...
Robert Morris receives $450K gift to support hockey programs
A Robert Morris graduate is gifting his alma mater $450,000 to support the school’s men’s and women’s hockey Division I teams. Welling Fruehauf, a 1963 RMU graduate and president and CEO of his company, Fruehauf Manufacturing Group LLC, also made a $250,000 contribution to help rejuvenate the programs, which returned...
West Virginia rides coach Randy Mazey’s final season to 1st super regional in program history
Randy Mazey is going to have to put off retirement for at least another week, and he hopes longer than that. The celebratory double ice water bath dumped on him Sunday was evidence West Virginia’s season would keep going with the next stop being Chapel Hill, N.C., for the program’s...
Panthers goalie Sergei Bobrovsky isn’t slowing down at age 35, and the Stanley Cup Final awaits
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Sergei Bobrovsky baffles his own teammates at times. Florida’s starting goaltender has his own schedule and regimen — slowing gliding across the entirety of the ice to begin his process of getting ready in the morning, an extremely strict diet and some moves in the weight...
NFL teams actually care about kickoffs in practice again after radical rule change
FRISCO, Texas — The Kansas City Chiefs are considering the possibility of safety Justin Reid handling some kickoffs. The Dallas Cowboys are hoping tiny return man KaVontae Turpin might finally break a big one two years after he basically made the team doing exactly that in the preseason. Mostly, coaches...
NASCAR grants Larson a waiver to compete in playoffs after missing Coca-Cola 600 for Indy 500
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR on Tuesday granted Kyle Larson the waiver he needs to remain eligible to compete in this year’s playoffs despite missing the Coca-Cola 600 because he instead ran the Indianapolis 500. The decision came after nearly nine days of internal NASCAR debate over whether Larson should be...
Dallas Stars’ Joe Pavelski says he’s done after 1,533 games, 18 NHL seasons
FRISCO, Texas — Joe Pavelski says he has played his last game after 1,533 games over 18 NHL seasons without ever getting to raise the Stanley Cup. Pavelski, who just wrapped up his fifth season with the Dallas Stars and turns 40 next month, revealed his decision Tuesday. It came...
