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CCAC Boyce baseball falls just short in district championship series
Monroeville’s CCAC Boyce baseball team started the 2024 season 3-11. Austin Long, who returned to the program last fall after having previously coached Boyce in 2018 and 2018, said he saw the team come together more in the second half of the schedule, and they went 9-10 over their final...
Grayson Murray’s parents say the two-time PGA Tour winner died of suicide
Grayson Murray’s parents said Sunday their 30-year-old son took his own life, just one day after he withdrew from a PGA Tour event. The family asked for privacy and that people honor Murray by being kind to one another. “If that becomes his legacy, we could ask for nothing else,”...
Aussie Cameron Johnston steps in as Steelers’ replacement for Pressley Harvin at punter
Scott Township native Christian Kuntz is just getting to know the new colleague he’ll be working closest with on a daily basis over the ensuing months and maybe years. And while Kuntz so far has enjoyed his interactions with Australian Cameron Johnston, there’s one way in particular the Pittsburgh Steelers’...
Riverhounds’ league-play unbeaten streak ends in Memphis
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds saw a seven-game unbeaten streak in USL Championship play come to an end with a 2-0 loss at Memphis 901 FC on Saturday night. The Riverhounds (3-4-4), who trailed most of the match after falling behind in the seventh minute, were 3-0-4 in their previous seven games...
Pirates farm report for May 25, 2024: Domingo German gives up 5 runs in Indy start
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 22-24) lost 6-5 to Toledo (Tigers). RHP Domingo German (6.97), making his second Triple-A start, allowed five runs, four earned, on six hits and four walks in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out five. LHP Geronimo Franzua (5.61) gave up a run on three hits in 1 2/3...
Davis Riley leads Scottie Scheffler by 4 at somber Colonial after the news of player’s deathVideo
FORT WORTH, Texas — Davis Riley was finishing a 4-under-par 66 for a four-shot lead over surging Scottie Scheffler at Colonial while PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan conducted interviews about the death of two-time tour winner Grayson Murray. Another week, another dose of unsettling news off the course, this time...
Naomi Osaka has more going on than tennis at the French Open: Her daughter is learning to walk
PARIS — The big news in Naomi Osaka’s life has nothing to do with the French Open or clay-court tennis: Her 10-month-old daughter, Shai, is taking her first steps. “Yesterday, she walked for the first time, so I was really happy about that,” Osaka said at Roland Garros on Saturday,...
Mitch Keller delivers quality start despite delays as Pirates beat Braves
Mitch Keller wasn’t watching the clock, but he was ready to warm up the minute it was determined the rain delay that interrupted the fifth inning would allow him to ample time to return to the mound. After a 30-minute break, the Pittsburgh Pirates All-Star right-hander continued a strong start...
IUP evens Super Regional series with Seton Hill to force decisive Game 3 Sunday
Let’s play three. IUP’s Davin Landers stroked a three-run homer in the eighth inning Saturday, and the Crimson Hawks edged Seton Hill, 9-8, to even the best-of-three NCAA Division II Atlantic Super Regional series at a game apiece and send the teams to a third, deciding game Sunday. “Nothing better...
‘Once a Buc, always a Buc’: Pirates turn back time to honor 1979 World Series champions
When Kent Tekulve wore his white Pittsburgh Pirates No. 27 jersey again, it was like he was transported in time. The 77-year-old submariner felt like he was 32 again, swapping stories with his old teammates as the Pirates celebrated the 45th anniversary of their 1979 World Series champions before Saturday’s...
Penguins defenseman Marcus Pettersson scores for Sweden in semifinal lossVideo
A look at how players with connections to the Pittsburgh Penguins have done in the ongoing International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship tournament: Penguins defenseman Marcus Pettersson scored a goal for Sweden, which lost to Czechia, 7-3, in a semifinal round game at the 02 Arena in Prague on...
Josef Newgarden was on top of the world after winning the Indy 500. This year feels much different
INDIANAPOLIS — A social media post designed to introduce drivers in the Indianapolis 500 to the general public put Josef Newgarden in an awkward light when the reigning race winner was asked a simple question. “Which IndyCar driver would you take on a road trip?” asked the questionnaire. “Solo” Newgarden...
Russell Wilson embraces newness of Steelers organization, teammates, offense
After spending 10 years with the Seattle Seahawks, Russell Wilson is getting accustomed to having a change of scenery. It happened in 2022 when he was traded to the Denver Broncos. It happened again this past week when he practiced for the first time as a member of the Pittsburgh...
Pirates 3rd baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes ‘relatively pain-free,’ resumes baseball activities
Ke’Bryan Hayes is showing “very encouraging” signs of recovering from the low back inflammation that has kept the Pittsburgh Pirates Gold Glove third baseman on the injured list. Pirates director of sports medicine Todd Tomczyk said Hayes has resumed all baseball activities, taking ground balls and batting practice before Saturday’s...
91-year-old Korean War vet Alex Vasselo helps grandson, Pens alum Ryan Malone, raise mental health awareness for veterans
Even at the age of 91, Alex Vasselo remembers the movie he went to see that night while he was serving in the Korean War. “From Here to Eternity.” He also remembers the circumstances that allowed him to be there in the first place. “You had to stand in formation...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Pirates must trade prospects to bolster MLB roster, maximize Paul Skenes’ window
The Pittsburgh Pirates’ window to contend extends as long as they have pitcher Paul Skenes. That’s through somewhere around 2028 or so, whenever owner Bob Nutting mandates trading Skenes to avoid paying him $25 million or whatever via arbitration. There’s no point fantasizing that the Pirates can keep Skenes into...
Rangers even series with Florida with OT win
NEW YORK — Barclay Goodrow scored at 14:01 of overtime and the New York Rangers beat the Florida Panthers, 2-1, on Friday night in Game 2 to even the Eastern Conference final. Goodrow fired a snap shot from above that circles over goalie Sergei Bobrovsky’s right shoulder, sending the Madison...
Golf team wins 1st women’s NCAA title for Carnegie Mellon
Carnegie Mellon captured the first women’s NCAA title in school history Friday when the golf team rolled to a 14-stroke victory at the Division III team championships at Keene Trace Golf Club in Kentucky. The victory came one year and five days after the men’s golf team gave CMU its...
Doncic’s last-second 3 lifts Mavericks over Wolves for 2-0 series leadVideo
MINNEAPOLIS — Luka Doncic hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with Rudy Gobert guarding him at the top of the key with 3 seconds left — posting his fifth triple-double of the playoffs — to lead the Dallas Mavericks to a 109-108 victory and a 2-0 lead over the Minnesota Timberwolves in...
Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner rebounds in playoffs
DALLAS — Edmonton Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner has gone from getting pulled to being praised again this postseason. “He’s a huge part of this team. Ever since he let ‘Picks’ get in there for two games against Vancouver he’s come back, and he’s been on fire,” Oilers defenseman Mattias Ekholm...
Pirates farm report for May 24, 2024: Righty Patrick Reilly throws 5 no-hit innings for Greensboro
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 22-24) managed four hits in a 12-0 blowout loss to Toledo (Tigers). DH Henry Davis (.315) went 1 for 4 with a double. RF Jake Lamb (.341) also went 1 for 4. CF Gilberto Celestino (.283) went 2 for 3. Indianapolis hitters struck out 10 times and walked...
Union leader: NCAA antitrust settlement won’t slow efforts to unionize players
BOSTON — Efforts to unionize college athletes will continue, advocates said Friday, even with the NCAA’s landmark agreement to allow players to be paid from a limited revenue-sharing pool. “With this settlement, the NCAA continues to do everything it can to avoid free market competition, which is most appropriate in...
Bailey Falter sharp, Pirates put up 11 in win over Braves
Looking at the Pittsburgh Pirates’ starting rotation, Bailey Falter is, in a sense, the odd man out. Unlike Mitch Keller, who’s signed long-term, or Martin Perez, a major offseason acquisition, there’s not much of an organizational investment in Falter. Nor does the 27-year-old possess the draft pedigree/potential of rookie phenoms...
Jets promote associate coach Scott Arniel to replace Rick Bowness
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — The Winnipeg Jets promoted associate coach Scott Arniel to head coach Friday, replacing the retired Rick Bowness. The move comes almost three weeks after Bowness retired. A former Jets left wing, Arniel joined Bowness’ staff in 2022. The 61-year-old Arniel helped Bowness lead the Jets to a...
Pro Women’s Hockey League season deemed a success, though challenges remain entering Year 2Video
Stan Kasten never promised the inaugural season of the Professional Women’s Hockey League would go off without a few hitches. While challenges remain, the PWHL advisory board member also could boast Friday how attendance figures, merchandise sales, and, most important, the on-ice product, exceeded many expectations. “I will tell you...
