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PITTSBURGH (AP) – Angel Pagan hit a grand slam during a seven-run fourth inning, Johnny Cueto shut down Pittsburgh into the seventh and the San…

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Jeff Locke followed consecutive horrible starts with 6 2/3 scoreless innings, Erik Kratz hit his first home run since 2014 and the…

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – LeBron James cradled the shiny gold trophy and struggled to sum up what might be his sweetest championship yet, the one…

CHICAGO (AP) — Jordy Mercer insisted the Pittsburgh Pirates will keep searching for a way to stop this freefall. They looked like they were on…

CHICAGO (AP) — Francisco Liriano and the Pittsburgh Pirates trailed by two after the left-hander’s second pitch. It was that kind of day. Liriano dropped…

NEW YORK (AP) – Neil Walker and Michael Conforto gave the Mets an immediate jolt in their return from nagging injuries, and Bartolo Colon pitched…

NEW YORK (AP) – Noah Syndergaard struck out 11 and took a shutout into the ninth inning, Wilmer Flores homered and drove in four runs,…

NEW YORK (AP) – Jameson Taillon took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning of his second major league start, dominating the New York Mets…

PITTSBURGH (AP) – James Harrison’s main motivation for returning to the Pittsburgh Steelers is a third Super Bowl ring. The former NFL Defensive Player of…

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Booed every time he touched the ball, LeBron James cut through Golden State’s defense and made layups look easy. Dunks and…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The city prepared for a victory parade to celebrate the Penguins’ Stanley Cup championship as its police and other public safety officials…

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Back in December, the Pittsburgh Penguins looked like a lost team bound to miss the playoffs. Sidney Crosby and the…

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Sharks remarkable season, and their historic playoff run, has come to an end. The Sharks, who played from behind for…

The Associated Press The Pittsburgh Penguins are Stanley Cup champions. Brian Dumoulin, Kris Letang and Patric Hornqvist scored and Matt Murray made 18 saves as the…

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…

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…

Associated Press It will be speed vs. speed in the Stanley Cup final between the San Jose Sharks and Pittsburgh Penguins. San Jose got through…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — During his first day on the job in mid-December, Mike Sullivan looked around the Pittsburgh Penguins’ dressing room and saw a couple…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Facing Pirates ace Gerrit Cole, the Arizona Diamondbacks gave themselves plenty of chances to break the game open and grab a win….

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Sidney Crosby is in no mood to get caught up in his own personal narrative, the one eager to attach whatever happens…

PITTSBURGH (AP) – David Freese hit a long two-run home run to cap a four-run fifth inning, Sean Rodriguez also homered and the Pittsburgh Pirates…

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Gregory Polanco hit a three-run homer and drove in a career-best five runs as the Pittsburgh Pirates rolled by the Arizona Diamondbacks…

TAMPA, Fla. — The Penguins talked an awfully good game in the day or so leading up to Game 6 of the Eastern Conference final….

TAMPA, Fla. — Matt Murray will be the Penguins’ goaltender for Game 6 of the Eastern Conference final tonight. Coach Mike Sullivan confirmed his decision…

The Associated Press Coach Mike Sullivan offered little clarity to the team’s goaltending situation before the Penguins left Monday afternoon for Tampa, Fla., telling reporters…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pirates pitcher Ryan Vogelsong was hit in the head by a pitch in the second inning and left the game against the…

PITTSBURGH (AP) – On the diamond, Juan Nicasio demonstrated part of the problem with Pittsburgh’s rotation, allowing a pair of quick extra-base hits Sunday. Off…

PITTSBURGH (AP) – The Tampa Bay Lightning are one win away from a return trip to the Stanley Cup Final. Tyler Johnson deflected Jason Garrison’s…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mark Melancon was philosophical after his first loss of the season. Rookie infielder Cristhian Adames’ first career home run capped a four-run…

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Ninety minutes before the opening faceoff, Jon Cooper talked about what the Tampa Bay Lightning needed to do to get back…

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Few NHL teams have the quickness, speed, skill and depth to overwhelm the Tampa Bay Lightning, which the Pittsburgh Penguins have…

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Gregory Polanco homered and tripled, John Jaso collected three hits and the Pittsburgh Pirates rolled by the Atlanta Braves 8-2 on Thursday…