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PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Philadelphia Flyers are trying to balance desperation and cool heads as they make a last-gasp, late-season run at a spot in…

FONTANA, Calif. (AP) — Kyle Larson hopes his NASCAR Xfinity race victory will catapult him to a weekend sweep at Fontana. The way this season…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Embattled goaltender Jaroslav Halak is glad to be back and contributing to the New York Islanders’ run to the playoffs. Halak, after…

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — The Ottawa Senators got a big win, but lost a player in the process. Kyle Turris and Bobby Ryan scored in…

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Ever since his son was little, Troy Crosby tried to stress the importance of having a good backhand. Not only as a…

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – Nick Bonino scored the go-ahead goal with 5:29 left and the Pittsburgh Penguins clinched their 11th straight playoff berth with a…

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) – Pittsburgh’s Jordy Mercer and Jose Osuna each hit two-run homers and Adam Frazier had three hits in the Pirates’ 5-4 win…

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Sidney Crosby again picked up the slack with Evgeni Malkin out, getting his 10th career hat trick Sunday and leading the Pittsburgh…

AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The NASCAR kids keep coming on strong. Five of the highest-starting eight drivers in NASCAR’s lineup for its Monster Energy Series…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Their MVP candidate center, the one that’s not Sidney Crosby, is hurting. Four of their top seven defensemen are in street clothes…

The Associated Press A look at some interesting things in Friday’s opening round the NCAA Tournament: THIRD CHANCE Marquette graduate transfer Katin Reinhardt will play…

The Associated Press A look at some interesting things in Thursday’s opening round the NCAA Tournament: CHANCE TO REPEAT Villanova comes into the tournament not…

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Kris Versteeg and the Calgary Flames tied a team record Monday night that was set long before any of their current…

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — When Jordy Mercer looks around the Pirates’ clubhouse, the term he instinctively goes to in referring to his teammates isn’t the…

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) – The Pittsburgh Penguins had too much firepower for Vancouver on Saturday night, even with an outstanding performance from Canucks goalie…

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins had too much firepower for Vancouver on Saturday night, even with an outstanding performance from Canucks goalie…

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Connor McDavid stretched his lead atop the NHL scoring race. However Sidney Crosby’s Pittsburgh Penguins got the even more important two…

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Free to test the market – and maybe make more money in the process – for the first time in his career,…

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) – Nick Bonino had a hat trick, Evgeni Malkin scored twice and added an assist and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Winnipeg…

PITTSBURGH (TNS) – A sense or nervousness surrounds Kris Letang’s upper-body injury. Uncertainty and frustration could probably fit there, too. Letang won’t accompany the Penguins…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — His team flat, listless and basically overwhelmed during a miserable first period against Buffalo on Sunday, Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan looked…

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Before he broke his hand while taking a swing last June, Francisco Cervelli already had been on the disabled list at…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mark Streit was dealt from Philadelphia to Tampa Bay to Pittsburgh in the span of a few hours at the trade deadline…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court has handed Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Jung Ho Kang a suspended two-year prison sentence for fleeing the…

CHICAGO (AP) – Patrick Kane had his second hat trick in three games, Scott Darling made 36 saves and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Pittsburgh…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — James Harrison is returning to the Pittsburgh Steelers. The five-time Pro Bowl linebacker has signed a two-year contract with the team that…

DALLAS (AP) – Antoine Roussel capped Dallas’ three-goal third period and the Stars rallied for a 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night….

PITTSBURGH (AP) – The Pittsburgh Steelers want to make running back Le’Veon Bell a part of the organization “for life.” The team took an expected…

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Outlaw, Smoke and Gronk turned the Daytona 500 into party central. The good times were just getting started in…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The pomp. The circumstance. The spectacle. Sidney Crosby’s used to all of it. So the message the Pittsburgh Penguins captain and the…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mother Nature appears ready to make a kick save on spring ahead of the Stadium Series game between the Philadelphia Flyers and…

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) – Starling Marte, the guy displacing Andrew McCutchen in center field for the Pittsburgh Pirates this year, hasn’t played the position regularly…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – Sidney Crosby scored the go-ahead goal on a deflection in the second period, and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Carolina Hurricanes…

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates missed the playoffs last season for the first time in four years, but that won’t cause chairman Bob…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Admittedly not where they want to be in the standings, the Detroit Red Wings still have plenty of fight left. That much…

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The first official NASCAR event of Speedweeks was postponed by rain at Daytona International Speedway. The rain began during driver…

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Clint Bowyer hasn’t won a race since 2012, hasn’t made the playoffs in three years and is coming off an…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — It was, in many ways, Sidney Crosby’s remarkable career distilled to its essence. Game on the line. A wide-open net. A race…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers are following through on their promise to offer All-Pro wide receiver Antonio Brown a new contract. General manager Kevin…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – Reliever Tony Watson has gone to arbitration with the Pittsburgh Pirates, asking for a raise from $3.45 million to $6…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The quality Mike Sullivan appreciates the most in Evgeni Malkin is the one that separates the Pittsburgh Penguins star from just about…

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Pittsburgh Penguins forward Bryan Rust’s upper-body injury may be worse than the team initially feared. Coach Mike Sullivan classified Rust’s injury as…

The Associated Press 1. What can we expect from the front of the rotation? The front? Surely you mean the back, right? Usually the front…

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Connor Murphy was the first to acknowledge that he isn’t a big goal scorer. The one he put in the net…

OCALA, Fla. (AP) — Tony Stewart has returned to sprint car racing, though his first race back provided him more frustration than frivolity. Stewart finished…

DENVER (AP) — Sidney Crosby’s quest for 1,000 points has to wait a little longer. Much to his chagrin, because he’d just as soon get…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby’s pursuit for 1,000 career points hit a speed bump — not to mention a couple of posts — against Calgary’s…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Five years ago, Sidney Crosby spent a winter working out in solitude wondering when the pain in his neck would ease and…

HOUSTON (AP) — Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and the rest of the New England Patriots have long been reluctant to rank their victories. They’ve refused…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — After going four consecutive games without a goal, Sidney Crosby came up big against the St. Louis Blues. Crosby scored twice…