PITTSBURGH – Ketel Marte homered twice and the Arizona Diamondbacks won at Pittsburgh for the ninth straight time, 11-2 over the Pirates on Wednesday night.
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PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Steelers have reiterated repeatedly during an eventful offseason that quarterback Ben Roethlisberger remains the team’s unquestioned leader. They have handed him a new deal to prove it.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs acquired pass rusher Frank Clark from the Seattle Seahawks for a package of picks Tuesday, then quickly agreed with him on a $105 million, five-year contract, as they continue to overhaul their much-maligned defense.
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The phone started ringing in the days after Tiger Woods won the Masters.
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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. – The New York Jets hit the field together for the first time this offseason – without their star running back.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pirates reliever Nick Burdi left in tears with a right arm injury, a chilling low point for Pittsburgh in a 12-4 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night.
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PITTSBURGH – Buster Posey kept insisting the longest homerless drought of his career wasn’t weighing on him even as days turned into weeks and weeks stretched into months. The San Francisco Giants catcher believed if he simply kept showing up for work, then the ball would eventually find its…
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Cole Tucker hits two-run homer in debut to lift Pirates over Giants in shortened game.
The NFL will hold its draft later this week, allowing the Steelers to completely turn the page on the receiver who is no longer here.
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Some of the top offensive players, by position, available in the NFL draft, which takes place April 25-27 in Nashville, Tennessee (x-indicates early entrant to draft):
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jordan Lyles cruised through six innings before taking a line drive off his pitching hand, Starling Marte and Erik González were also pulled following a collision in the field, and the short-handed Pittsburgh Pirates beat the San Francisco Giants 4-1 Friday night.
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The XFL, the startup football league founded by World Wrestling Entertainment chairman Vincent McMahon, announced that former Pittsburgh Steelers tight end and South Fayette High School standout Jonathan Hayes will be the head coach of the league’s St. Louis franchise.
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PITTSBURGH – Antonio Brown is gone.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Tampa Bay Lightning ended up on the wrong side of NHL history, getting swept in the first round of the playoffs after one of the best regular seasons ever.
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The Tampa Bay Lightning carved out their own slice of NHL history during a dominant regular season in which they tied the league record for most victories.
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. – The stadium that will house Los Angeles’ NFL teams has reached another milestone with its opening less than 16 months away.
NEW YORK – Just as he had the true touch when he threw passes, set records and won two Super Bowls, Peyton Manning has the right approach when looking at some of the NFL’s greatest moments.
For Marcell Ozuna, the atmosphere in the Estadio de Beisbol de Monterrey made it feel like a home game. Not in St. Louis, but back in the Dominican Republic.
The Celtics have been at their best this season when they are forcing turnovers, spacing the floor and knocking down outside shots.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. – Fallen hero, crippled star, and now a Masters champion again.
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RICHMOND, Va. – Martin Truex Jr. had about 40 laps to go and Clint Bowyer closing fast.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. – Francesco Molinari was gracious in defeat, despite losing control of the Masters following a wet and disappointing back nine.
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PITTSBURGH — The New York Islanders don’t play a particularly sexy brandy of hockey. They forecheck. They backcheck. They block shots and take few risks, more focused on fundamentals than flash.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Chris Archer dropped his appeal and began serving a five-game suspension Sunday for setting off a benches-clearing altercation on April 7.
The hits have just continued to come for the Steelers. And many of the shots continue to come from former players apparently trying to stay relevant.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. – Francesco Molinari blocked out the buzz from Tiger Woods charging up the leaderboard Saturday at the Masters and produced solid golf that looks spectacular only on the scorecard.
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PITTSBURGH – Pittsburgh quarterback Kenny Pickett took the snap, looked to his right and heaved the ball toward the corner of the end zone. When wide receiver Tre Tipton outwrestled a teammate for a 22-yard touchdown, Pickett and Tipton reunited at the goal line and celebrated with an intric…
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Tampa Bay Lightning, the NHL’s best team, lost their first two playoff games at home to the Columbus Blue Jackets and are vulnerable without their top scorer for Game 3.
UNIONDALE, N.Y. – Jordan Eberle and Josh Bailey scored in the third period and the New York Islanders beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 Friday night for a 2-0 lead in their first-round playoff series.
WASHINGTON – Colin Moran had a pinch-hit, three-run homer in the 10th inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates scored five runs off Washington’s struggling bullpen in a 6-3 victory over the Nationals on Friday night.
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UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Josh Bailey scored on a rebound at 4:39 of overtime and the New York Islanders beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Wednesday night in the opener of their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series.
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CHICAGO — Jordan Lyles struck out 10 in crisp six innings to tie a career high, Francisco Cervelli and Starling Marte homered off Yu Darvish, and the Pittsburgh Pirates topped the Chicago Cubs 5-2 on Wednesday night.
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PITTSBURGH – Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan spent a significant portion of his team’s choppy season in search of healthy bodies. Ten players – including stars Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang and goaltender Matt Murray – missed at least 10 games, a spate of injuries the Penguins surviv…
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Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Chris Archer will miss a scheduled start with his suspension.
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Excuse Derick Brassard for having a little difficulty finding his bearings after the veteran center took an unorthodox cross-country route in reaching the NHL playoffs.
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PITTSBURGH – Yasiel Puig looked eager to take a big swing. And not with a bat, either.
Kyle Busch was in the race Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway, so of course, he won.
We’re just under three weeks out from the NFL Draft and there seems to be a prevailing feeling the Steelers need to trade up to acquire one of the top two inside linebackers – Devin White of LSU or Devin Bush of Michigan – in the first round or the whole process won’t be a success.
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PITTSBURGH – Erik Gudbranson didn’t want to be “that guy,” the one who whooped it up after the Pittsburgh Penguins locked down a playoff spot for the 13th straight year with a win over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night.
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CLEVELAND – A person familiar with the plans said the Cleveland Browns intend to sign former Packers and Steelers safety Morgan Burnett and quarterback Garrett Gilbert, who played in the failed Alliance of American Football.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Tyler O'Neill capped another St. Louis rally by driving in Kolten Wong for the go-ahead run in the 10th inning as the Cardinals surged past the Pirates 5-4 on Wednesday night.
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PITTSBURGH – Evgeni Malkin might be ready to get back to work. The Pittsburgh Penguins certainly need him.
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Detroit prevents the Penguins from clinching a playoff spot Tuesday night.
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BEREA, Ohio – Odell Beckham Jr. looked at quarterback Baker Mayfield seated to his left, Jarvis Landry to his right and Myles Garrett at the end of the dais.
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WASHINGTON – From the moment Bryce Harper signed his $330 million, 13-year deal with the Philadelphia Phillies, this game is the one everyone has been thinking about.
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PITTSBURGH – Morgan Burnett’s injury-marred stay with the Pittsburgh Steelers is over after only one season.
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Don’t. Even. Joke.
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PITTSBURGH – Matt Murray stopped 37 shots and the Pittsburgh Penguins inched closer to a playoff berth with a 3-1 win over Carolina on Sunday night.
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FORT WORTH, Texas – Denny Hamlin had such a fast car at Texas Motor Speedway that he was able to win even after two penalties on pit road and some other issues during green flag conditions.
Kevin Kisner made it to the Dell Technologies Match Play final for the second straight year, and this time he got it right.
Without their best player and supposedly playing out the string of a disappointing season, the Dallas Mavericks figured to be one of the less-difficult opponents as playoff-bound Oklahoma City looked to improve its postseason seed.
Alexandar Georgiev had all the answers against the Philadelphia Flyers.
Christian Yelich hit his fourth homer in the first inning and a two-run double in the ninth, leading the Milwaukee Brewers to a dramatic 5-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday.
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CINCINNATI – The Reds got a game deeper into this season before having to call one off.
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FORT WORTH, Texas – Kyle Busch has set himself up for the chance at a Texas three-step.
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FORT WORTH, Texas – Maybe Jimmie Johnson can do something old at Texas, and get back into Victory Lane.
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