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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Francisco Liriano showed improvement Saturday night but not enough for the Pittsburgh Pirates left-hander to beat a team he has dominated in…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Adam Wainwright has 121 wins in his 12-year career along with two World Series rings and two second-place finishes in the NL…

DETROIT (AP) — Gordie Howe, the rough-and-tumble Canadian farm boy whose boundless blend of talent and toughness made him the NHL’s quintessential star during a career…

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Martin Jones stopped everything. The seemingly endless barrage of shots the Pittsburgh Penguins threw his way. Pittsburgh’s long-awaited house party more than…

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Pinch-hitter Wilmer Flores’ bloop single with the bases loaded in the 10th inning drove in the go-ahead run for the New York…

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Juan Nicasio retired his first 12 batters and got his second win in six starts, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the New…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Neil Walker’s homecoming will have to wait one more day. The scheduled game between the New York Mets and Pittsburgh Pirates was…

SAN JOSE, Calif. (TNS) – The Penguins are one victory away from a Stanley Cup. They defeated San Jose, 3-1, at the SAP Center on…

The Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Penguins knew going into the Stanley Cup final that San Jose was the bigger team. That its…

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Albert Pujols hit a two-run home run off Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Tony Watson in the top of the eighth inning to lead…

LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Dale Earnhardt Jr. tweeted this week that he had become a fan of the cult series “The Walking Dead.” Fitting,…

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The fans in San Jose waited 25 years for their first Stanley Cup Final. A few extra minutes for an…

PITTSBURGH (TNS) – Sidney Crosby saw the entire play – a faceoff win to Kris Letang, who passed the puck forward to Conor Sheary for…

MIAMI (AP) – Christian Yelich hit a walk-off double in the bottom of the 12th inning to lift the Miami Marlins to a 4-3 victory…

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Conor Sheary started the season in the minor leagues. Safe to say the Pittsburgh rookie is not heading back there anytime soon….

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Sidney Crosby does not have an off switch. If there was one, Patric Hornqvist believes he would have found it by now….

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Nick Bonino’s main job for the Pittsburgh Penguins is to get to the front of the net and create chaos. The well-bearded…

Nick Bonino scored with 2:33 left to help the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the San Jose Sharks 3-2 in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final…

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — John Jaso singled on the second pitch from Yu Darvish in the Japanese right-hander’s first start in the majors in almost…

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jeff Banister shared hugs, handshakes and laughs with Pittsburgh’s Clint Hurdle and his players and coaches before the Texas manager’s first…