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Price has 29 saves as Canadiens top Maple Leafs, 3-1, in Game 7Video
TORONTO (AP) — Carey Price made 29 saves, and the Montreal Canadiens advanced to the second round by beating the Toronto Maple Leafs, 3-1, in Game 7 on Monday night. Brendan Gallagher, Corey Perry and Tyler Toffoli scored for the Canadiens, who stormed back from a 3-1 deficit for the...
Vegas’ Ryan Reaves suspended 2 games for hit vs. Avalanche
DENVER — Vegas forward Ryan Reaves was suspended two games by the NHL on Monday for his roughing and unsportsmanlike conduct on Colorado’s Ryan Graves during the Golden Knights’ 7-1 loss in Game 1 of their second-round series Sunday. The NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced earlier in the day...
Serena says dealing with media scrutiny made her strongerVideo
Serena Williams says she can identify with anxiety regarding news conference scrutiny and has experienced it frequently after matches. “Many of them I’ve been into where I’ve been — very difficult to walk in in those moments,” she said. “But, you know, it made me stronger.” Williams made her comments...
Arkansas top seed in NCAA Tournament after dominant SEC run
OMAHA, Neb. — Arkansas was rewarded Monday for its dominant run through the Southeastern Conference, landing the No. 1 national seed in the NCAA baseball tournament. The Razorbacks (46-10) won all 10 of their SEC series and wrapped up their first conference tournament championship on Sunday. After losing three straight...
Golf notebook: WVU’s Goetz named to All-Region team
West Virginia senior Mark Goetz was named to the Division I PING All-Midwest Region Team, announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America. Goetz is the second player in school history named to the PING All-Midwest Region Team. Matthew Sharpstene earned the same honor in 2019. The Greensburg native and...
Pitt basketball adds Stony Brook graduate transfer forward Mouhamadou Gueye
Jeff Capel continued rebuilding his roster Monday, adding a fifth new player when he received a verbal commitment from 6-foot-9 Stony Brook graduate transfer Mouhamadou Gueye. The addition of Gueye gives the Panthers some help in the paint for 6-9 John Hugley, who was recently reinstated from a suspension after...
NASCAR returns to sense of normalcy at CharlotteVideo
CONCORD, N.C. — Practice, qualifying, happy fans and a Hendrick Motorsports driver winning at Charlotte Motor Speedway: It doesn’t get much more normal than that in NASCAR. “It just feels like we’re back,” car owner Rick Hendrick said Sunday night after his newest driver, Kyle Larson, won the Coca-Cola 600...
Virginia edges Maryland to repeat as NCAA lacrosse champVideo
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — Matt Moore and Connor Shellenberger scored four goals apiece and goalie Alex Rode made a huge save in the final seconds, and Virginia held off previously unbeaten Maryland 17-16 Monday to win its second straight NCAA men’s lacrosse championship. The Cavaliers (14-4) won their seventh national...
Westmoreland Campus Clippings: More accolades for Seton Hill’s Pellis
Tommy Pellis could land with a major league organization with the draft looming. The Seton Hill grad student outfielder will have plenty of awards on his resume for the scouts. Pellis’ latest honor in an All-American nod from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. His career season earned him a...
4-time Slam champion Naomi Osaka pulls out of French Open
Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open on Monday and wrote on Twitter that she would be taking a break from competition, a dramatic turn of events for a four-time Grand Slam champion who said she has “suffered long bouts of depression.” Osaka’s agent, Stuart Duguid, confirmed in an email...
Osaka: ‘Best thing’ for French Open would be her withdrawal
Naomi Osaka wrote on Twitter on Monday that “the best thing for the tournament” would be if she withdrew from the French Open, a dramatic turn of events for the four-time Grand Slam champion and former No. 1-ranked player. A spokeswoman for the tournament said the French Open was not...
Pitt baseball left out of NCAA Tournament field
Mike Bell embraced his team’s success this season, but he also wanted to address head-on its biggest disappointment. “Collectively and quietly,” he said Monday when Pitt’s baseball team was not included in the NCAA Tournament’s field of 64. So, minutes before the selection show appeared on ESPN2, he met with...
Ex-Penguins goaltending prospect Emil Larmi signs in Finland
Less than a week following their disappointing loss in the first round of the playoffs, a change has been made to the Penguins’ goaltending. Former prospect Emil Larmi has signed a two-year contract with the Lahden Pelicans of Finland’s Liiga. The team announced Larmi’s signing with a release. A native...
Penguins deadline acquisition Jeff Carter expected to be vital cog
Over the decade’s worth of NHL trade deadline-day deals between 2010-20, the Pittsburgh Penguins twice added former All-Stars, twice reunited with old friends and even twice added future Hall of Famers. But over that time span they never added a player who made an impact like Jeff Carter did after...
Lightning beat Hurricanes 2-1 in series opener
RALEIGH, N.C. — Andrei Vasilevskiy turned away almost everything, while Barclay Goodrow came through with an opportunistic go-ahead goal midway through the third period. And just like that, the Tampa Bay Lightning responded to another road environment with the confidence forged amid last year’s Stanley Cup championship run. Goodrow beat...
Avalanche blaze past Knights 7-1 in penalty-filled Game 1
DENVER — The book on Nathan MacKinnon and the Colorado Avalanche: They’re extremely speedy. An overlooked chapter in that book: They can turn physical, too, when push comes to shove. MacKinnon and Gabriel Landeskog each scored twice and the well-rested Avalanche made quick work of Vegas with their speed, beating...
Chase De Jong savors start for Pirates, shows he’s a ‘completely different pitcher’
When Chase De Jong came out in the sixth inning, he took a deep breath and soaked in the chance to start a game again in the major leagues. It was a moment the 27-year-old right-hander didn’t take for granted. Despite allowing one run on five hits and two walks...
Minor league report: Nailers edged by Swamp RabbitsVideo
Goaltender Tommy Nappier made 33 saves on 36 shots for the Wheeling Nailers in a 3-2 road loss to the Greenville Swamp Rabbits at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena at Greenville, S.C. on Sunday. Defenseman Patrick McNally and forward Patrick Watling each scored goals for Wheeling (21-37-6-1) while forward Austin...
This date in sports history: May 31Video
1927 — Detroit first baseman Johnny Neun records an unassisted triple play in the ninth inning to end the 1-0 win over the Cleveland Indians. Neun grabs a Homer Summa line drive, tags Charlie Jamieson at first and outruns Glenn Myatt to tag second. 1938 — Henry Armstrong beats Barney...
Kyle Larson gives Hendrick record-breaking win at Coca-Cola 600Video
CONCORD, N.C. — Kyle Larson ended six years of struggles at Charlotte Motor Speedway, winning the Coca-Cola 600 in dominating fashion to give team owner Rick Hendrick a record-setting victory. It was the 269th career Cup Series victory for Hendrick Motorsports, passing Petty Enterprises for the most in NASCAR history....
Pirates farm report for May 30, 2021: Fabricio Macias belts 2 grand slams for Grasshoppers
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 11-12) lost 7-2 to Omaha (Royals). DH Ke’Bryan Hayes went 0 for 4 with three strikeouts in a rehab assignment as he recovers from a wrist injury. He is 6 for 24 (.250) in seven games. RF Bligh Madris (.295) was 2 for 4, and SS Kevin Kramer...
SEC matches record with 7 teams named NCAA regional hosts
OMAHA, Neb. — The Southeastern Conference matched its record with seven teams among 16 regional hosts announced Sunday for the NCAA baseball tournament. The hosts have locked up spots in the national tournament, and the rest of the 64-team field will be revealed on Monday. Each regional will be made...
CP: NHL working on Canadian travel exemption for playoffs
OTTAWA — The NHL and health authorities reportedly are working on a travel exemption that would let the winner of the all-Canadian North Division and an American opponent cross the border during the final two rounds of the playoffs, including the Stanley Cup Final. The exemption would let teams enter...
Naomi Osaka threatened with suspension for skipping media
PARIS — Naomi Osaka was fined $15,000 when she skipped the news conference after her first-round victory at the French Open on Sunday — and drew a stunning warning from all four Grand Slam tournaments that she could face stiffer penalties, including disqualification or even suspension, if she continues to...
More fans, May weather: 2021 French Open is closer to normalVideo
PARIS — Still not quite its packed, pre-pandemic self, Roland Garros bubbled with tennis, cheers and sun-kissed pleasures again Sunday as this year’s tournament began with some color back in its cheeks compared to the bland edition held in the autumnal chill last year. Nearly 5,400 people per day are...
