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The Associated Press A look at what’s happening all around the majors today: CALLING ALL STARS Major League Baseball announces starters and backups for the…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Coming into Friday night’s game, the San Francisco Giants had scored 311 runs in the 2017 season, the fourth-lowest total in the…

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Jameson Taillon scattered seven hits over 6 1/3 innings, Gregory Polanco and John Jaso hit solo home runs and the Pittsburgh Pirates…

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Jose Osuna doubled twice and drove in two runs and rookie Josh Bell hit his 15th homer of the season as the…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — David Freese was thinking about throwing the ball before it was in his glove. He never got the chance to wing it….

The Associated Press Paul Kariya always felt as if he knew where Teemu Selanne was on the ice when they had spectacular chemistry together as…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The chants of “YA-DI! YA-DI! YA-DI!” were punctuated by the sharp crack of his bat. Yadier Molina, the veteran catcher scratched…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — When it comes to taking one for the team, the Pirates can count on Josh Harrison. Harrison was hit by a…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates super-utilityman John Jaso usually has one chance to make an impression in a game. On Friday night, he made…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Travis Shaw and Corey Knebel were too much for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Shaw drove in three runs with a home run and…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Marc-Andre Fleury took the stage at T-Mobile Arena in a brand-new Vegas Golden Knights jersey, and his new fans welcomed him…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — What has happened to the House of Horrors? The Pirates batted around in a six-run first inning Tuesday at Miller Park and…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — These nights don’t come around often, and one arrived at a perfect time for the Pirates. They banged baseballs around Miller Park…

The Associated Press Six days ago, Anthony Rizzo’s name occupied the top line on the Chicago Cubs lineup card for the first time. After leadoff…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The way Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon figures it, the list of relievers with better stuff than Pittsburgh’s Felipe Rivero is short….

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Anthony Rizzo just missed a chance at making history at the start of the game but was happy with the ending. Rizzo…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Marc-Andre Fleury knew this day was coming, though the winningest goaltender in Pittsburgh Penguins history did his best to push the idea…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Colorado Rockies, road warriors? Believe it. Ian Desmond hit his fourth home run of the season and rookie German Marquez pitched…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The first two months of the season were a mess for Andrew McCutchen and John Jaso, a mish-mash of strikeouts and missed…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins’ Stanley Cup championship victory parade will be held Wednesday morning. The parade will begin at 11 a.m. and follow…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Even Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins are going to be challenged trying to top this. Crosby was awarded his second…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pirates spent most of Saturday looking for a big hit to break through against the Miami Marlins. They finally got it…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton kept taking aim at the batter’s eye high above the center field fence at PNC Park during batting practice on…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The night started with a catfish throw. It ended with haymaker after haymaker — both literal and proverbial — from Sidney Crosby…

BALTIMORE (AP) — Trey Mancini sat in the dugout for more than three hours before finally getting the chance to grab a bat. Two big…

BALTIMORE (AP) — With a power-laden lineup that thrives on the long ball, the Baltimore Orioles are built to come back from almost any deficit….

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Frederick Gaudreau sure is doing his best to earn his own locker with the Nashville Predators with a Stanley Cup Final…

NEW YORK (AP) — David Freese and the Pittsburgh Pirates picked a fine time to pad their lead — in-between a bizarre pair of seventh-inning…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins are still leading the Stanley Cup Final, no thanks to their scuffling power play. The Penguins went 0-3…

NEW YORK (AP) — With catcher Francisco Cervelli feeling ill and ace Gerrit Cole struggling again, Pittsburgh needed a boost at the plate. Elias Diaz…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A good night’s sleep has P.K. Subban more confident than ever about what the Nashville Predators will do on their own…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — By coach Peter Laviolette’s math, the Nashville Predators have been pretty good for all but 10 minutes of the Stanley Cup Final….

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Robbie Ray apologized for keeping reporters waiting at his locker after the game. He’s used to having a little more time to…

PITTSBURGH (TNS) – A fan-flung catfish was the most threatening thing Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne saw during the second period Monday night. For much of…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Terry Collins, the oldest current manager in the major leagues, did not have a happy 68th birthday as his New York Mets…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — By his own admission, Neil Walker’s homecoming to Pittsburgh a year ago was a bit of a headache. Relentless requests for tickets,…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins kept getting by even as their star players kept skating off the ice in pain. Even as the targets…

ATLANTA (AP) — Clint Hurdle was managing to get one run in the 10th inning. His Pittsburgh Pirates got it, then smacked three straight homers…

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Craig Anderson and the Ottawa Senators bounced back nicely two days after a blowout loss put them on the brink of…

ATLANTA (AP) — Matt Adams’ first home run with the Braves came down near the right-field restaurant that had been the landing spot for a…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan calls it “getting to our game.” It means he wants his team to attack opponents with speed,…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates seem to have a little more bounce in their step when Ivan Nova takes the mound. “We love when…

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — In a race built on brave, bold moments, Kyle Busch used one to win NASCAR’s annual All-Star race and its $1…

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Matt Murray was back — and so was Sidney Crosby. Crosby had a goal and an assist, Murray made 22 saves…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Adam Frazier is making the most of his chance as Pittsburgh’s new left fielder. Frazier had a career-high four RBIs, Josh Bell…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Gerrit Cole spent the last six weeks stringing together dominant performance after dominant performance with little to show for it, thanks to…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bryce Harper has known for about a year that PNC Park was the only stadium in the National League where the Washington…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Sullivan calls the energetic back-and-forth on the Pittsburgh Penguins bench “a man’s argument.” If his players have something to say, Sullivan…

The Associated Press Draft and develop is the most common way to win in the salary-cap NHL, and with eight of the past 11 playoff…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — By his own estimate, it took Ottawa’s Bobby Ryan a full 82 games to adjust to first-year coach Guy Boucher’s system. Consider…