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With eye on more fans in stands, the Steelers, Penguins and Pirates urge people to get covid vaccine

Representatives of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Steelers and Penguins joined U.S. Sen. Bob Casey on Friday to reiterate their commitment to help educate and facilitate vaccination of people who remain hesitant to get the covid-19 vaccine. The teams were among the first organizations in the region to open venues to host...
Tokyo Olympic head says IOC President Thomas Bach visit to Japan could be ‘tough’

TOKYO — The president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee said Friday that a visit to Japan this month by IOC President Thomas Bach seemed unlikely with a state of emergency order being extended by the government to Tokyo and other areas until May 31. Canceling the trip could be...
Mark Madden: NHL’s response to Tom Wilson incident means players will police the game

The latest Tom Wilson incident is over. But the implications have the potential to be long-reaching. The NHL is being nudged back to the era of each team having an enforcer. That doesn’t mean a return to the anarchy of the 1970s. But each team will have a fourth-line goon....
Empty Thoughts: Penguins 8, Sabres 4

Observations from the Penguins’ 8-4 win against the Sabres: Four goals in a game isn’t exactly the be-all, end-all achievement for an NHL player. After all, the record is seven, as established in the earliest days of the NHL by Quebec Bulldogs star Joe Malone in a 10-6 home win...
Pirates farm report for May 6, 2021

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 2-1) defeated Iowa (Cubs), 5-4. Tony Stokes, Jr. blasted a pinch-hit solo homer in the seventh inning for what proved to be the winning run. SS Cole Tucker went 2 for 4 with a triple and two runs scored. Cody Ponce started and went 2⅔ innings and allowed...
Trib 10: Teams solidifying positions in baseball, softball power rankings

There were no changes from last week’s Trib 10 baseball and softball power rankings. Perhaps part of the reason that all 20 teams are still feeling the power is because they are stepping up their game as the regular season winds down and the playoffs are a week and a...
Jeff Carter’s 4 goals lead Penguins to rout of Sabres

Thankfully for Jeff Carter, his shot is better than his memory. On Thursday, the forward, just over three weeks into his tenure as a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins, set a career-high with four goals and led his team to an 8-4 rout of the bumbling Buffalo Sabres at PPG...
Blast from past as Mickelson opens with 64 at Quail HollowVideo

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Phil Mickelson has gone nine months since he finished among the top 20, and it looks as though that streak is about to end at the Wells Fargo Championship. The 50-year-old Mickelson kept his focus Thursday at Quail Hollow and blistered the course for a 7-under-par 64...
For Wexford’s Michael Houser, preparation pays off in opportunity with SabresVideo

Michael Houser has witnessed big moments in Civic Arena and PPG Paints Arena before. He was in attendance for Game 6 of the 2008 Stanley Cup Final, when the Detroit Red Wings beat the Pittsburgh Penguins for the championship. And thanks to his former junior teammate, ex-Penguins defenseman Olli Maatta,...
Paul Newberry: The NHL embarrasses itself again as MMA On IceVideo

The National Hockey League is an embarrassment. This is not a new development, but it’s worth revisiting. As long as the league condones the sort of mindless, reckless violence we’ve seen this week, it will never be anything more than MMA On Ice. To contend the carnage that went on...
Mandaloun and Essential Quality won’t run in PreaknessVideo

Kentucky Derby favorite Essential Quality and runner-up Mandaloun will not run against Medina Spirit in the Preakness, trainer Brad Cox said Thursday. Cox said he will skip the second jewel of the Triple Crown with those two horses and Caddo River, who was scratched from the Derby for spiking a...
Forward Sidney Crosby selected as Penguins’ MVP

Forward Sidney Crosby has been named as the Penguins’ MVP for the 2020-21 season. Voting on the award is conducted amongst the team’s players. Crosby, 33, has appeared in 53 games this season and leads the team with 60 points (23 goals, 37 assists). This is the ninth time Crosby...
Westmoreland players Skrabak, Osikowicz lift Seton Hill softball team into PSAC semis

Seton Hill softball players Jenna Osikowicz and Christiana Skrabak were as impactful in Thursday’s 16-0 runaway against Mercyhurst in the deciding game of a best-of-three Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference quarterfinal series as they have been all season. Osikowicz is a senior with perspective — and a bonus year to play...
Penn State men’s soccer falls to Georgetown in NCAA Tournament

The Penn State men’s soccer team fell to Georgetown, 3-2, on Thursday in the third round of the NCAA Tournament in Cary, N.C. The unseeded Lions (9-2-2) attempted to erase a two-goal deficit in the second half, but the No. 8-seed Hoyas (10-1-2) were able to sit on their lead...
Penguins sign forward prospect Valtteri Puustinen to entry-level contractVideo

The Penguins have signed forward prospect Valtteri Puustinen to a two-year entry-level contract which will begin at the start of the 2021-22 season. According to Cap Friendly, Puustinen’s deal will carry a salary cap hit of 842,500. A seventh-round pick (No. 203 overall), the 21-year-old Puustinen enjoyed a productive 2020-21...
Pitt eliminates UCF, eases into NCAA soccer quarterfinals

Over much of the past two decades, Jay Vidovich has coached, analyzed and competed against some of the best men’s soccer teams in the NCAA. He won a championship at Wake Forest in 2007 and 271 other games, plus five ACC championships, while leading his team into 13 NCAA Tournaments....

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