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PHOENIX (AP) — Whether it was ill will or just an accident, a fastball to the face stirred more bad blood between the Arizona Diamondbacks…

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Jason Botterill has no second thoughts over leaving the defending champion Pittsburgh Penguins while they are in the midst of yet…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Marc-Andre Fleury thanked his stick and flashed a smile so wide it could be seen through his mask. This was vintage Fleury,…

The Associated Press Game 7 may be the most exciting phrase in sports to a lot of people. Probably not for the Washington Capitals and…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Washington Capitals are well aware of their franchise’s inglorious past, one filled with unmet expectations and gut-wrenching collapses. And they don’t…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — This one was easy for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Chris Taylor hit a grand slam during a six-run first inning, Alex…

The Associated Press Baseball’s new 10-day disabled list seems to be quite a hit so far. The 15-day DL timetable was reduced to 10 this…

WASHINGTON (AP) — It was quiet in the Washington Capitals’ locker room during the second intermission as they stared down the prospect of the end…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates have asked Wade LeBlanc to do a little bit of everything out of the bullpen the first month of…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins were a puck-hogging, ice-tilting blur last spring, overwhelming opponents with an avalanche of shots and sustained offensive pressure that…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Forget about revenge for the brutal cross-check that knocked Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby out of the playoffs indefinitely. Marc-Andre Fleury didn’t…

CINCINNATI (AP) — Three batters in, the game looked grim for Tyler Glasnow. The right-hander walked the first two, gave up Joey Votto’s homer and…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby left Game 3 of his team’s playoff series against Washington after taking a hit to the head…

MIAMI (AP) – The Miami Marlins took a look at a collage of Ichiro Suzuki’s career and began to swing the bat better. Suzuki was…

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Sidney Crosby wasn’t beating the Washington Capitals putting the puck through his legs, he was doing it belly down on the…

MIAMI (AP) — The hits piled up in a hurry early and continued throughout the game for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Francisco Cervelli drove in three…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sidney Crosby outdueled Alex Ovechkin in a vintage goal-for-goal showdown between the NHL’s top teams, and Nick Bonino and Marc-Andre Fleury put…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Gift Ngoepe might not have had the weight of the world on his shoulders but he felt like a continent was counting…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Kyle Hendricks spent the first weeks of 2017 trying to recapture the stuff he dealt so easily a year ago while posting…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Dale Earnhardt Jr. abruptly announced his retirement at the end of the season Tuesday, a decision that will cost NASCAR its…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jason Heyward is getting tired of talking about his rebuilt swing. Considering what the Chicago Cubs center fielder is doing at the…

The Associated Press The Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants are both in last place, and that’s not even their biggest problem at the moment….

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Chris Carter spent most of the winter waiting for the phone to ring and a good portion of the spring waiting for…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — CC Sabathia’s left arm felt fine. The radar gun suggested otherwise. So did the results. Josh Bell hit his second home run…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The puck fluttered into the net and the Columbus Blue Jackets thrust their arms into the air, certain they had tied the…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Columbus coach John Tortorella hates the kind of music his players often blare in the dressing room. Still, he really wanted…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mike Leake doesn’t have too many secrets on the mound. For the Cardinals right-hander, location is everything. Leake owned the strike…

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Lance Lynn pitched seven shutout innings, Kolten Wong homered and the St. Louis Cardinals stopped a three-game losing streak, beating the…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — With help from Sidney Crosby, Jake Guentzel and the defending champion Pittsburgh Penguins are on the verge of sweeping their opening…

CHICAGO (AP) — Andrew McCutchen got to Wrigley Field on Saturday and was happy to see a 24 mph wind. “You definitely have quite the…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Sullivan’s decision to throw together Sidney Crosby, Conor Sheary and Jake Guentzel was two parts pragmatism and one part experimentation. The…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Marc-Andre Fleury will remain in net for the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 2 of their playoff series against Columbus while Matt Murray…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Marc-Andre Fleury spent the regular season saying all the right things — and just as importantly, doing all the right things —…

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Forget about past history and playoff experience. The Pittsburgh Penguins insist those things won’t matter when the puck drops on Wednesday night…

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Eugenio Suarez and Scooter Gennett hit solo home runs and the Cincinnati Reds pounced on a wild night by Pittsburgh’s Tyler Glasnow…

NEW YORK (AP) — With little at stake in the regular-season finale, the Rangers and Penguins just wanted to get through it unscathed. Now both…

TORONTO (AP) — At about this point last year Leo Komarov had his bags packed and plane ticket home to Finland almost ready to go,…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The images were jarring. Snow flurries swirling at PNC Park and Andrew McCutchen jogging out to right field instead of center in…

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins clinched home-ice advantage for their first-round playoff series against the Columbus Blue Jackets, and it was the role…

BOSTON (AP) – Sandy Leon hit a three-run homer in the 12th inning – his third hit of the game – and Chris Sale pitched…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins downplayed the idea they tried to send a message during a decisive 4-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets…

BOSTON (AP) — The Red Sox bid farewell to a legend at the end of last season. This season opened with a big day for…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Sullivan keeps insisting his team isn’t looking ahead. That the Pittsburgh Penguins haven’t let their eyes creep ahead to next week…

The World Series never would have a 52-year-old pitch in Game 7. But Major League Baseball doesn’t have a dead man like the Undertaker. Could…

NEW YORK (AP) — Sidney Crosby came through to help the Pittsburgh Penguins pull out another close win. The Penguins’ captain scored a goal and…

NEW YORK (AP) — When Chris Archer throws the first pitch of the 2017 Major League Baseball season on Sunday, he’ll unleash all sorts of…

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Pirates outfielder Gregory Polanco will not travel with the team when it heads north on Thursday for two exhibition games in…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ron Hainsey arrived in Pittsburgh from Carolina a month ago on the verge of reaching the playoffs for the first time in…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Considering the way the last six months have gone for the Pittsburgh Pirates, simply playing meaningful games should provide a measure of…