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Injured Rangers pitchers Max Scherzer, Jacob deGrom making progress
ARLINGTON, Texas — The World Series champion Texas Rangers have two multiple-time Cy Young Award winners who could return to their rotation sometime in the middle of the summer. Three-time Cy Young winner Max Scherzer said Saturday he is progressing from December surgery to repair a herniated disk in his...
Lars Eller scores in 1,000th NHL game, helps Penguins to OT win over Canadiens
Saturday opened with a celebration for the Pittsburgh Penguins. And ended with a badly needed boost of hope. In lavish fashion, they recognized hale and hearty third-line center Lars Eller for appearing in the 1,000th NHL game of his career before a contest against the Montreal Canadiens at PPG Paints...
Jim Harbaugh pushed for Michigan to hire Sherrone Moore after leaving to lead Chargers
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan is giving Sherrone Moore a shot, hoping he can sustain at least some of the success Jim Harbaugh had toward the end of his nine-season run with college football’s winningest program. “We’re hungry for more,” Moore said Saturday after he was introduced as coach of...
Penn State buckles, gives up 14-point halftime lead in loss to Minnesota
UNIVERSITY PARK — Dawson Garcia scored 20 points, Cam Christie added 17 and Minnesota rallied from a 14-point halftime deficit and beat Penn State, 83-74, on Saturday night to snap a four-game losing streak. It was tied 70-70with 2 minutes, 50 seconds remaining before five Golden Gophers scored in a...
Patrick Mahomes faces Lamar Jackson for 1st time in playoffs with Super Bowl berth on line
BALTIMORE — Patrick Mahomes has already defeated an impressive list of quarterbacks in the playoffs: Andrew Luck, Deshaun Watson, Ben Roethlisberger, Trevor Lawrence, Joe Burrow, Jalen Hurts, Tua Tagovailoa. And of course, Josh Allen, who was eliminated for the third time by Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs last week....
Matthieu Pavon becomes 1st Frenchman to win on PGA Tour
SAN DIEGO — Matthieu Pavon made an 8-foot putt for a dramatic birdie on No. 18 at Torrey Pines South for a one-shot victory in the Farmers Insurance Open on Saturday that made him the first Frenchman to win on the PGA Tour. Pavon raised his arms in celebration and...
Penguins expected to start Tristan Jarry in net vs. Montreal
The Pittsburgh Penguins are expected to start Tristan Jarry in net Saturday night vs. the Montreal Canadiens, coach Mike Sullivan announced a few hours before puck drop. Over 30 starts this year, Jarry is 12-14-4 with a 2.56 goals-against average and .913 save percentage. Alex Nedeljkovic got the call Friday,...
Small hits clutch 3-pointer to lift Oklahoma State over West Virginia
STILLWATER, Okla. — Javon Small hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 53 seconds remaining, and Oklahoma State held on to defeat West Virginia, 70-66, on Saturday in Oklahoma State’s annual Remember the Ten game. It was 27 years ago Saturday that 10 members of the Oklahoma State basketball family died when...
Pitt fails to complete rally from 19-point deficit against Miami
Jeff Capel is too smart and has seen too many close calls in 30 years playing and coaching college basketball to get drawn into the eternal question: Was he fouled, or wasn’t he? Knowing that, no one should be surprised that Pitt’s coach declined definitive comment Saturday on the decisive...
Plenty of options available as Steelers pursue competition for Kenny Pickett at QB
Taking Mike Tomlin at his word during his end-of-season news conference, Kenny Pickett has reclaimed his role as QB1 for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Tomlin, of course, also promised “competition.” That term is open for interpretation, as are the Steelers’ methods for evaluating options in providing that aforementioned competition. It can...
Aryna Sabalenka wins back-to-back Australian Open titles
MELBOURNE, Australia — Winning her first Grand Slam title in Australia a year ago gave Aryna Sabalenka the confidence she could do it again. Losing the U.S. Open final last September gave her the extra motivation. No. 2-ranked Sabalenka clinched back-to-back Australian Open titles with a 6-3, 6-2 win over...
Duquesne pushes past Fordham for 2nd straight Atlantic 10 victory
Duquesne is showing it can win ugly. All of a sudden, that’s fine with the all-of-a-sudden resurgent Dukes. Just ask David Dixon, their electric sophomore forward, whom coach Keith Dambrot often jokes about as “taking the bad with the good.” In Saturday’s 68-59 victory against Fordham at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse,...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: How about Jurgen Klopp as Steelers’ next offensive coordinator?
The Steelers are trying to convince a promising young offensive mind to take the job as offensive coordinator and conquer the notion that you can’t shine excrement. They might have to settle for older and recycled. Here’s the solution: Pull a reverse “Ted Lasso” and hire Jurgen Klopp. Klopp just...
Jim Harbaugh pushed for Michigan to hire Sherrone Moore after leaving to lead Chargers
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan is giving Sherrone Moore a shot, hoping he can sustain at least some of the success coach Jim Harbaugh had toward the end of his nine-season run with college football’s winningest program. “Jim talked effusively about Sherrone before the season, after the season and in...
Royals agree with versatile former Pirates utility man Adam Frazier on $4.5 million, one-year contract, AP source says
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals and utility man Adam Frazier agreed to a $4.5 million, one-year contract to provide the club with a left-handed bat and some versatility in the lineup, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Saturday. Frazier will make...
Man convicted of manslaughter in the killing of former New Orleans Saints star Will Smith
NEW ORLEANS — A man who shot former New Orleans Saints star Will Smith following a traffic crash nearly eight years ago has been convicted of manslaughter. The jury deliberated for more than four hours and reached its verdict in the retrial of Cardell Hayes just after midnight Saturday, news...
Lefty Anthony Solometo makes Top 100 debut as MLB Pipeline ranks 5 Pirates prospects
Left-handed pitcher Anthony Solometo made his Top 100 debut, as MLB Pipeline released its new Top 100 list Friday night that features five Pittsburgh Pirates prospects. Right-hander Paul Skenes, the No. 1 pick of the 2023 MLB Draft, is ranked No. 3 overall. Second baseman Termarr Johnson (No. 44), right-handed...
Following own-goal gaffe, Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin draws confidence from late-game scoreVideo
Evgeni Malkin had not enjoyed being the butt of jokes around the NHL over the last several days as a result of an embarrassing incident in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 5-2 road loss to the Arizona Coyotes on Monday. That night, with about 16 minutes left in regulation, a delayed penalty...
Minor league report: Sam Poulin scores twice as Penguins beat Phantoms
Two goals and an assist by forward Sam Poulin led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 4-3 road win against the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms at the PPL Center in Allentown on Friday. Forwards Marc Johnstone and Jesse Puljujarvi had a goal and an assist for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (23-14-5-0) which has won...
Penguins’ Kris Letang at center of physical, emotionally charged matchup with Florida
Following a second-period collision Friday night with Florida captain Aleksander Barkov, Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang played the remainder of the game with a target on his back. Or perhaps more accurately, his face. Later in the period, by which point Letang had become involved in more physical interactions with...
Penguins rally in final minute but lose to Panthers in shootout
The Florida Panthers do not instill fear in the Pittsburgh Penguins. They inspire. Mired in the middle of the melancholy mediocrity that is the Eastern Conference’s playoff race, the current edition of the Penguins can look to the 2022-23 edition of the Panthers for a blueprint on postseason success. The...
Rangers still have no agreement with ALCS MVP Adolis García after signing Robertson, Jankowski
ARLINGTON, Texas — The World Series champion Texas Rangers finalized deals Friday with veteran reliever David Robertson and outfielder Travis Jankowski but still have no agreement with AL Championship Series MVP Adolis García in advance of salary arbitration hearings. Robertson will get $10 million in 2024 and has a mutual...
Final 4 teams in NFL playoffs rely heavily on tight ends
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Few people proselytize about the importance of tight ends more than San Francisco’s George Kittle. He helped the NFL create a “holiday” to honor the position each October and launched the annual Tight End University where scores of players gather to share tips of the trade....
Deebo Samuel cleared to play for 49ers in NFC title game vs. Lions
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel was cleared to play in the the NFC championship game against the Detroit Lions on Sunday after leaving last week’s game with a shoulder injury. Samuel was a full participant in practice Friday and has no injury designation as...
Jackie Robinson statue stolen from Kansas park
WICHITA, Kan. — A prized statue of Jackie Robinson was stolen from a public park in Kansas, spurring a police search Friday and outrage across the city of Wichita. The statue honors the first player to break Major League Baseball’s color barrier, in 1947. Surveillance video was released of two...
