Bucs fall to Orioles
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) – J.J. Hardy, Jonathan Schoop and Mark Trumbo all homered as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Pittsburgh Pirates to 6-5 on Thursday….
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1st teams to reach Elite 8 using painful memories as lessons
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Losing in the NCAA Tournament is downright painful. Several teams still in the hunt for the title are using the unpleasant…
Pirates hang on for 6-5 win
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) – Andrew McCutchen homered for the fifth time in seven games, helping the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-5 Wednesday. McCutchen’s…
McCutchen homers for 5th time in 7 games
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Andrew McCutchen homered for the fifth time in seven games, helping thePittsburgh Pirates beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-5 Wednesday. McCutchen’s solo drive…
Sheary comes up big for Pens
PITTSBURGH (TNS) – Conor Sheary got overlooked by a lot of teams when he was in college. And it wasn’t necessarily just because he stands…
Pirates split pair of spring games
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Juan Nicasio kept up his shutout streak, striking out eight in five innings as the split-squad Pittsburgh Pirates beat the…
Glut of ACC teams in Sweet 16 is great, but so are underdogs
The Associated Press The NCAA Tournament has reached the Sweet 16, and many of the usual suspects made it. There also are a few surprise…
Penguins throttle Capitals, 6-2
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Rookie Tom Kuhnhackl had a goal and two assists on his way to a career-best three points and the Pittsburgh Penguins denied…
‘House of Cards’ star dons ‘Spacey Facey’ at Panthers game
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — On a night that the Florida Panthers handed out cardboard cutouts of actor Keven Spacey’s face, the “House of Cards” star…
Penguins top Flyers 4-1 in playoff chase for rivals
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Trevor Daley, Carl Hagelin and Chris Kunitz each scored and Marc-Andre Fleury made 16 saves Saturday, sending the Pittsburgh Penguins past Philadelphia…
Ravens CB Tray Walker dies of dirt bike crash injuries
BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore Ravens cornerback Tray Walker, who played one season in the NFL, died Friday of injuries from a dirt bike crash in…
McCutchen has his power back
BRADENTON, Fla. (TNS) – After launching a mammoth home run that cleared the left-field bleachers at Ed Smith Stadium on Wednesday, Andrew McCutchen opened up…
Nicasio fans 10 Orioles in four innings
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) – Right-hander Juan Nicasio struck out 10 Orioles in four innings in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 9-3 loss to Baltimore on Wednesday. Nicasio,…
NFL links football to CTE
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – The NFL is standing behind a top executive’s acknowledgement that the brain disease CTE can be linked to football. The comments by…
Penguins win in shootout
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Pittsburgh’s Kris Letang scored the only goal of the shootout with a pretty backhand past New York Islanders rookie goalie Jean-Francois Berube…
Vogelsong looks sharp in Pirates’ win over Red Sox
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) – Pablo Sandoval hit his first home run of the spring and Dustin Pedroia had two hits for the Red Sox…
Pens rough up Rangers
NEW YORK (AP) – With one of their top players out for several weeks, the Pittsburgh Penguins are going to need some help to make…
Upcoming season may be up in smoke for Steelers’ Bryant
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Martavis Bryant is facing a one-year suspension from the NFL for violating the league’s substance abuse policy for…
Harvick nips Edwards in wild finish for 8th Phoenix win
AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Kevin Harvick and Carl Edwards twice bumped on the final lap before Harvick inched over the finish line first in an…
Penguins star Malkin out 6-8 weeks with upper-body injury
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins will have to make their push for a playoff spot without star center Evgeni Malkin. General manager Jim Rutherford…