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Penguins pummel Rangers, 7-2

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Sidney Crosby picked up his NHL-leading 22nd goal, Evgeni Malkin added a goal and two assists and the Pittsburgh Penguins toppled the…


Not just frontrunners

PITTSBURGH (AP) – The Pittsburgh Steelers put themselves back in the playoff conversation by stringing together four convincing victories in which they never trailed. They…


One step closer to playoffs

CINCINNATI (AP) – The Steelers took control of the AFC North by doing a little bit of everything during a month-long winning streak: throwing it,…



Steelers look to eliminate Bengals

CINCINNATI (AP) – The previous time the Steelers came to town, they knocked the Bengals out of the playoffs with a stunning last-minute rally. They’re…


Fleury’s backup plan

PITTSBURGH (TNS) – Neither Mathieu Garon nor Marc-Andre Fleury could sleep. Next door from their downtown Detroit hotel room for the 2009 Stanley Cup final,…


Rust helps Penguins top Bruins in OT

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Bryan Rust flipped a backhander past Tuukka Rask 1:24 into overtime to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 4-3 victory over the Boston…


Pens’ defense has fueled recent surge

PITTSBURGH (TNS) – Examine the Pittsburgh Penguins’ six-game winning streak, and you’re sure to find a boatload of goals. Thirty-five of them, in fact. Enough…


Penguins pulverize Coyotes

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Sidney Crosby left briefly after taking a stick to the face then returned and picked up his NHL-leading 21st goal as the…



Steelers bully Bills in snow

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) – Le’Veon Bell scored three times and set a franchise record with 236 yards rushing in finding traction on a slick,…




Pirates decide to hold on to McCutchen

OXON HILL, Md. (TNS) – At the end of baseball’s winter meetings, the conclusion general manager Neal Huntington reached regarding the face of the franchise…


High-flying Pens win again

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) – Sidney Crosby got his 18th goal and added an assist to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins over the Florida Panthers 5-1 on…


Steelers showing more balance

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Technically, the calls were different. In the Pittsburgh Steelers huddle, however, the translation was the same: Get the ball to Le’Veon Bell…


Steelers’ Cockrell coming up big

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Mike Tomlin is not a big picture guy. The Pittsburgh Steelers coach, as he likes to say, prefers not to “paint with…



Senators can’t shake off ‘Rust’

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Bryan Rust had his first career hat trick, Sidney Crosby added his NHL-leading 17th goal and the Pittsburgh Penguins raced by the…