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Blues on cusp of 1st Stanley Cup after beating Bruins
BOSTON — Jordan Binnington stopped 38 shots, and Ryan O’Reilly and David Perron scored for St. Louis on Thursday night to give the Blues a 2-1 victory over the Boston Bruins and a 3-2 lead in the Stanley Cup Final. The Blues have won two straight since a 7-2 loss...
Pirates minor league report: June 6, 2019
Pirates INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 34-23) defeated Toledo (Tigers), 3-2. CF Jason Martin (.254) went 2 for 4 with an RBI single in the seventh inning to score the go-ahead run for the Indians. LHP Brandon Waddell (1-2, 6.84) recorded the win allowing a run, the tying score to make it 2-2,...
Pitt adds 6-9 grad transfer Eric Hamilton
Jeff Capel added an important piece to his front line Thursday when grad transfer Eric Hamilton, a 6-foot-9, 250-pound power forward, announced on his Twitter account his plans to enroll this season. #ShockerNation ??#UNCG ??#ZooEra it’s our time NOW ???? #BetOnYourself pic.twitter.com/OMzEUYKD6t— Eric Hamilton (@iAM_EH25) June 6, 2019 Hamilton, who...
Keegan Bradley leads by 1 after 1st round of Canadian Open
ANCASTER, Ontario — Keegan Bradley had a 7-under-par 63 for a one-shot lead after the first round of the RBC Canadian Open on Thursday. “Today I was in complete control of my ball,” Bradley said. “Then when you couple that with feeling good on the greens, that’s when a 63...
Alec Stopperich paces field with 66 at West Penn Amateur qualifier
There was no stopping Alex Stopperich. The Valley Brook Country Club member was the medalist with a 6-under-par 66 and 11 other players joined him as qualifiers for the 119th Western Pennsylvania Golf Association Amateur. Stopperich eagled the 344-yard par-4 first hole and made six birdies to pace the 72-player...
Trainer Bill Mott trying to win Belmont, and without mayhem
NEW YORK — Standing outside his barn at Belmont Park and wearing a New York Yankees cap, trainer Bill Mott was finishing a conversation about Roger Maris. Mott had thought the man who broke Babe Ruth’s record was from his home state, South Dakota. Actually it was North Dakota, although...
Kevin Gorman: Pirates need Starling Marte, Gregory Polanco to change narrativeVideo
There are perhaps no Pittsburgh Pirates who frustrate the fan base more than Starling Marte and Gregory Polanco, not so much for what they are but what they aren’t. The Pirates’ starting center fielder and right fielder, respectively, are two of their highest-paid players, but they aren’t the perennial All-Stars...
Top college football programs discover European recruits
Jairo Faverus, a defensive back from Amsterdam, was hanging out in Alabama’s football facility for about 20 minutes before a Crimson Tide staffer let him know who, exactly, he was waiting to meet. “He was like, ‘Nick Saban wants to see you.’ Oh. Oh,” Faverus recalled his reaction, with a...
Warriors investor banned for 1 year, fined after shoving Kyle LowryVideo
OAKLAND, Calif. — Toronto guard Kyle Lowry wanted the Golden State Warriors executive who shoved him during an NBA Finals game ousted from the league. The NBA decided a one-year ban and $500,000 fine is enough for now. Mark Stevens, a Warriors investor and a member of the team’s executive...
Bartender at Boston Bruins games doubles as national anthem singer
BOSTON — Todd Angilly’s co-workers have gotten used to him showing up late. The TD Garden bartender often arrives after the opening faceoff when the Boston Bruins are playing at home, but he has a good excuse: He is two floors down, singing the national anthem on the ice. When...
Amanda Anisimova, 17, tops French Open champ Simona Halep
PARIS — Amanda Anisimova smacked one last backhand winner to complete her upset of defending champion Simona Halep in the French Open quarterfinals, flung her racket and covered her mouth with both hands. Eyes wide, Anisimova then spread her arms with palms up and said, “What?!” In a tournament filled...
Pirates’ Corey Dickerson waiting for his chance to be a hero again
In the “Toy Story” movie series, Buzz Lightyear is often the hero. Corey Dickerson borrowed that persona Thursday when the Pittsburgh Pirates players and staff dressed as superheroes for the trip to Milwaukee. When he arrives, he hopes to get off the injury list he has been on since April...
Fun times camping sometimes born of chaos
There was giggling amid the chaos. That’s always a good sign. We had spent the morning hiking, the afternoon swimming and the first part of evening eating ice cream. We followed that with a dinner of simple but delicious pizza mountain pies. The next morning promised a guided striped bass...
Chase Winovich keeping low profile in early workouts with Patriots
While he was in college at Michigan, Chase Winovich was known for his wild hair and his controversial comments. Now that he is employed by the New England Patriots, the Thomas Jefferson graduate has toned down half of his act. Winovich’s hair remains long, but he’s kept his comments generic...
Dressed as superheroes, Pirates are ready to embrace a 10-game road trip
The Pittsburgh Pirates turned their clubhouse into a phone booth Thursday afternoon. That’s where superheroes change into their costumes. While most of the players were comic-book heroes, ranging from closer Felipe Vazquez as Deadpool to pitcher Nick Kingham as Wolverine, relievers Richard Rodriguez (Jesus Christ) and Kyle Crick — who...
Grant Woods offers advice on hunting mature bucks
It’s a different world deer hunters live in these days. That’s what Grant Woods believes, in at least one sense. Creator of GrowingDeerTV.com, Woods hunts all over the country. One change is evident everywhere he goes. “When I was a boy, growing up in Missouri, the only food plot was...
After ‘valuable’ OTAs, Steelers QB Mason Rudolph looking ahead to more on-job training
Ben Roethlisberger’s regular presence at organized team activities this spring typically would portend less work with the first-team offense for the Pittsburgh Steelers backup quarterbacks. Mason Rudolph, however, said the opposite was true this year. The second-year passer from Oklahoma State said he got more work with the “ones” than...
S City Outdoors hosting charity fishing tournament in Chartiers Park
Dan Krivanek’s passion for the outdoors has been a way for him to give back. A teacher with the Chartiers Valley School District, a few students took notice of fishing photos on his desk. The students asked if Krivanek would take them fishing and teach them about the outdoors. He...
Chartiers Valley grad Alexa Golden making transition from college basketball player to coach
After her freshman season with the Kent State women’s basketball team, Alexa Golden lost some of her passion for the game. The Golden Flash won six games overall and only three in the Mid-American Conference. A new coaching staff, headed by Todd Starkey, came in the next season, and Golden,...
Tom Brady setting his own pace for 20th season with PatriotsVideo
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Entering his 20th year in the NFL, Tom Brady probably has seen everything and tried everything to prepare himself for the rigors of the next season. Perhaps that’s why nobody connected with the New England Patriots has been terribly alarmed that their veteran quarterback has skipped voluntary...
Phil Kessel trade talk reminiscent of summer of 2014, James Neal deal
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: The Pittsburgh Penguins are shopping an incredibly productive winger in the hopes that the move will improve not their skill level or goal scoring but their overall style of play. It describes the summer of 2019, with Phil Kessel on the block....
Chris Archer leads Pirates to victory against BravesVideo
The baseball left Freddie Freeman’s bat at 106.3 mph, and Chris Archer immediately knew. When it landed 405 feet from home plate in the shrubbery beyond PNC Park’s center-field fence, Archer put his hands on his knees and bowed his head. It bothered him because it could have been avoided....
Rookie Ian Berryman latest to take on Jordan Berry in quest to be Steelers punter
When the draft ended early in the evening April 27, Ian Berryman nervously sat through some excruciating moments. “It felt like an eternity,” said Berryman, then a recent graduate of Western Carolina, “but it was probably like 5 minutes after the draft they called.” The “they” was the Pittsburgh Steelers....
Rookie Davis says ‘let chips fall’ in 1st start Friday for the Pirates
The pain in Rookie Davis’ hip was intense and it wouldn’t go away. But the competitor inside him said, “Keep working. That’s who you are.” Finally, an imaging of the area in question revealed a torn labrum and bone spurs. Davis had surgery to repair the problem after the 2017...
Pitt to host Rutgers basketball in Big Ten/ACC Challenge
The Pitt men’s basketball team will host Rutgers in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge on Dec. 3 at Petersen Events Center, the university announced Thursday. Pitt is 2-3 all-time in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, going 1-1 at home. The Panthers lost at No. 14 Iowa, 69-68, last year. “The Big Ten/ACC...
