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Pirates farm report for May 12, 2022: Ernny Ordonez belts grand slam for Greensboro
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 15-16) was doubled up by Charlotte (White-Sox), 8-4. RHP Osvaldo Bido (0-2, 3.91) started and gave up four runs on five hits and two walks in 4.2 innings. RHP Eric Hanhold (6.39) was touched up for three runs in an inning of relief. RF Bligh Madris (.232) went...
Seton Hill softball makes winner’s bracket final at NCAA regional
Morgan Ryan threw five scoreless innings and catcher MacKenzie Zang drove in two runs to lead Seton Hill to a 3-0 victory over Clafin, S.C. on Thursday in the 2022 NCAA Atlantic Regional at Shippensburg. The Griffins also got a key RBI hit from Brooklyn Fukushima. Seton Hill is now...
Top-seeded Virginia Tech rallies for win at ACC softball tournament at Pitt
Top-seed Virginia Tech scored single runs in the third and fourth innings and rallied to defeat Syracuse, 2-1, in an ACC quarterfinal Thursday at Pitt. Bre Peck won the game with a home run. The Hokies face Clemson, which defeated Notre Dame, 7-3, in the 1 p.m. semifinal. Duke, which...
Minor league report: Penguins drop Game 2, Nailers swept by WalleyeVideo
Goaltender Tommy Nappier made 30 saves on 34 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 6-2 road loss to the Springfield Thunderbirds in Game 2 of an Atlantic Division semifinal series at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, Mass. on Thursday. The Falcons lead the best-of-five series, 2-0. Defensemen P.O Joseph...
Bruins beat Hurricanes to force 7th game
BOSTON — Brad Marchand scored one goal and assisted on another, and Jeremy Swayman stopped 23 shots to lead the Boston Bruins past the Carolina Hurricanes, 5-2, on Thursday night and send their first-round playoff series to a decisive seventh game. The home team has won all six games in...
Former Pirates pitcher Connor Overton shuts out old teammates in Reds’ 4-0 win
Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton was impressed with how Connor Overton kept the Pirates’ bats under control Thursday night. “Second time in a row, he kept us off the barrel,” Shelton said after the Cincinnati Reds almost effortlessly defeated the Pirates, 4-0, in front of a crowd of 9,470 at...
Munoz shoots 60 at Byron Nelson, record 2nd this seasonVideo
McKINNEY, Texas — Sebastian Munoz was standing in the middle of the fairway on the 18th hole thinking about his shot at a 59 in the first round of the Byron Nelson. After missing the green, he became the first player in PGA Tour history with two rounds of 60...
Rams to host Bills to open NFL season; Broncos at Seattle
To the Super Bowl winner goes the spoils of opening the entire schedule at home. So the Los Angeles Rams will host the Buffalo Bills on Thursday night, Sept. 8, to begin the 2022 season. It’s a juicy matchup of the team generally considered the title favorite by oddsmakers in...
Steelers kick off season on road for 8th year in row, face Bengals for 1st time in opener
The 2022 NFL season begins for the Pittsburgh Steelers with a game against the defending AFC champion, and it ends with back-to-back matchups against their other two division rivals. The Steelers will open on the road Sunday, Sept. 11, at Paul Brown Stadium where they will face the Cincinnati Bengals...
Cole Tucker’s demotion from Pirates to Triple-A opens door for Rodolfo Castro
Cole Tucker took the bad news of his demotion to Triple-A Indianapolis like his manager expected. “I shouldn’t say very well in that he was excited about it,” Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton said. “But very professionally. I think he knows there are some things he needs to work on....
Broncos receiver Jerry Jeudy arrested in connection with domestic violence investigation
Broncos receiver Jerry Jeudy was arrested Thursday in Arapahoe County in connection with a domestic violence investigation. Jeudy was booked into the jail on Thursday for investigation of “second-degree criminal tampering with a domestic violence enhancer, a misdemeanor”, according to the sheriff’s office. He is currently being held without bond....
Steelers QB Mitch Trubisky, wife welcome new baby
There’s a new member of Steelers Nation. Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mitch Trubisky and his wife, Hillary, welcomed a baby boy, Hudson David, on May 9. The couple announced the birth Thursday on Instagram. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Hillary???? (@hill_trubisky) The couple announced the pregnancy on...
Penguins hope ‘Playoff Jake’ Guentzel can continue to produce if Sidney Crosby misses timeVideo
The question seems fair. Can Jake Guentzel produce goals at his customary high level if his high-profile, Hall of Fame center isn’t available to him? On Wednesday night, Guentzel didn’t wait long to provide an answer. Try, two shifts. Guentzel scored the second time he took the ice after Crosby’s...
Penguins recall Radim Zohorna ahead of Game 6 vs. Rangers
There is no replacing what Sidney Crosby does for the Pittsburgh Penguins, but the man who perhaps might take his lineup spot could be Radim Zohorna. The 6-foot-6, 220-pound forward was recalled by the Penguins from their AHL affiliate Thursday afternoon, a day after Crosby left Game 5 of the...
Matthews, McDavid, Shesterkin are finalists for Hart Trophy
NEW YORK — Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews and Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid are two of the finalists for the Hart Memorial Trophy, the NHL’s most valuable player award. New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin is also in contention for the prize awarded “to the player adjudged to...
Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike not running in Preakness
Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike will not run in the Preakness. Owner Rich Dawson made the stunning announcement Thursday, 10 days before the race in Maryland. It means there will not be a Triple Crown winner for a fourth consecutive year. Dawson said he and trainer Eric Reed agreed to...
Former Gateway gymnast Olivia Miller sets high bar athletically, academically at Pitt
Olivia Miller went from misfortune to good fortune this spring as her collegiate academic and athletic tenure at the University of Pittsburgh came to a close. The Gateway graduate saw her 17-year gymnastics career come to a sudden end at the Eastern Atlantic Gymnastics League championships March 19 at George...
Pitcher Cam Alldred’s dad wakes up to the good news: His son is joining the Pirates
When Cam Alldred got word of his callup to the Pittsburgh Pirates late Tuesday night, he was shocked and almost speechless. “I blacked out,” he said. Not exactly. He was conscious enough to know what he wanted to do next. “I wanted to call my dad and tell him. I...
Rangers’ Jacob Trouba reportedly won’t be disciplined for hit on Penguins’ Sidney Crosby
Almost 30 years after Adam Graves became Pittsburgh’s biggest villain, another New York Rangers player is drawing Penguins fans’ ire for injuring their star player. Unlike Graves, though, Jacob Trouba won’t be suspended. According to multiple reports, Trouba will not be subjected to a hearing with the NHL’s Department of...
Mark Madden: Jacob Trouba hit on Sidney Crosby was ugly, intentional and typical for NHL
If Sidney Crosby’s series is over, so is the Pittsburgh Penguins’ season. Sure, the Penguins lead their first-round series with the New York Rangers, 3-2. But for Friday’s Game 6, they may be without their best player/captain/first-line center, their starting and second-string goalies, a top-pair defenseman and a top-six winger....
Penguins forward Sidney Crosby to be evaluated for potential head injuryVideo
NEW YORK – Penguins forward Sidney Crosby will be evaluated once his team returns to Pittsburgh on Thursday after he suffered a presumed head injury during a 5-3 road loss to the New York Rangers in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday. In...
5 things: Evan Rodrigues is Penguins’ likely Plan B if Sidney Crosby is out
Five stats-based observations about the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 5-3 loss in Game 5 on Wednesday that pulled the New York Rangers to within a game of evening the team’s first-round playoff series: 1. E-Rod time Evan Rodrigues was something of an odd man left out after Sidney Crosby’s injury during Game...
First Call: Pitt’s possible partners in proposed ACC football scheduling changes; Capitals blow lead, on cusp of elimination
Thursday’s “First Call” provides some updates about potential changes to the ACC football conference. The Penguins-Rangers game at Madison Square Garden wasn’t the only crucial result to track in the NHL playoffs. The upcoming Pirates-Reds series this weekend has a different tone to it than the one they played last...
U mad, bro?: Steelers fans already sounding off about quarterback decisions; Penguins fans in goalie mode
Pittsburgh Steelers fans are in regular-season mode already when it comes to quarterback conversation. It’s playoff time, so Penguins fans are in a lather. And we discuss zoology on the North Side. It’s quite the collection of reader responses in this week’s “U mad, bro?” We begin with Jonathan. He...
Minor league report: Penguins drop Game 1 to ThunderbirdsVideo
Goaltender Tommy Nappier made 23 saves on 26 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-1 road loss to the Springfield Thunderbirds in Game 1 of an Atlantic Division semifinal series at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, Mass. on Wednesday. Forward Felix Robert scored the lone goal for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Springfield...
