On deck The Pirates will open the 2020 season against the Tampa Bay Rays on the road on Thursday, March 26, in a three-game series. The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — The Pirates will head into the offseason searching for a new voice after firing Clint Hurdle. The Cincinnati Reds may have ...

NFL Week 4 Who: Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, Monday, 8 p.m. TV: ESPN Line: Steelers by 42 Records: Both teams are 0-3 on the season. The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — The familiar faces that fueled the hostility between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals are ...

Had the night of June 12 gone differently, maybe NHL rivals would be looking to the Boston Bruins as the model to follow to win the Stanley Cup. “We were one game away to change the narrative of how teams should be structured,” Bruins defenseman Torey Krug said. The Bruins lost Game 7 ...

By John Perrotto The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Joe Musgrove finished his season on a good note and then made a young boy happy. Musgrove pitched three-hit ball through six innings as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat Chicago 9-5 on Thursday night and extended the Cubs’ losing streak to ...

From Mirror, wire reports PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers have acquired tight end Nick Vannett from the Seattle Seahawks for a fifth-round pick in the 2020 draft. Pittsburgh is in need of help at tight end. The team placed Xavier Grimble on injured reserve Wednesday with a calf ...

Pens win it in third period PITTSBURGH — For two periods in Pittsburgh, the Detroit Red Wings hung with the Pittsburgh Penguins. They couldn’t keep it up in the third, however, as the Penguins won, 4-2, on Wednesday night. Pittsburgh’s Brandon Tanev opend the scoring just over three ...

The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle, who is under contract through 2021, told The Athletic on Wednesday that he has received assurances from team management that he will return next year for his 10th season. This came out on the night the Pirates beat ...

By Teresa M. Walker The Associated Press It’s an NFL rite each season that young quarterbacks find themselves playing early whether because of high draft status, injuries or simply a struggling team looking for a spark. Injuries already have forced Gardner Minshew of the Jaguars, Mason ...

PITTSBURGH — The freefalling Chicago Cubs committed five errors, including two in a seven-run seventh inning, and moved to the brink of elimination with a 9-2 defeat to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night that extended their losing streak to seven. Chicago dropped to 82-75 and would be ...

NEW YORK — Through three weeks, the NFL’s big four are as dominant as ever. The New England Patriots, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Rams and Dallas Cowboys, all division winners last year, are undefeated so far and occupy the top four spots in the AP Pro32 poll for the second ...

PITTSBURGH — Mason Rudolph’s career as an NFL starting quarterback is six quarters old. Yet he knows how it goes. When things don’t go well, the first order of business is placing the blame squarely on your shoulders. So Rudolph did after a 24-20 loss to San Francisco on Sunday ...

PITTSBURGH — Evgeni Malkin was talking about himself. The longtime Pittsburgh Penguins center might as well have been talking about his team. “I want to show to everyone I’m not done,” Malkin said. “(I want to show) everything — power skating, stickhandling, scoring, play in the D ...

Lafferty sent down Hollidaysburg graduate Sam Lafferty was one of eight players the Pittsburgh Penguins sent down to Wilkes Barre/Scranton on Monday. The team cut its roster to 27 players following Sunday’s preseason game against Detroit, in which Lafferty played and took four shots on goal.

By Josh Dubow The Associated Press SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers gave away everything but the game. Jimmy Garoppolo threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Dante Pettis with 1:15 remaining and the 49ers overcame five turnovers to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 24-20 on Sunday for ...

By Jimmy Golen The Associated Press FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Antonio Brown says he is finished with the NFL. In a Twitter rant on the morning his most recent team was getting ready to play without him, the former New England Patriots receiver says, “Will not be playing in the NFL ...

The following are the highlights and lowlights from the Steelers’ 24-20 loss to the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif.: Play of the game: With 5:36 left in the game and the Steelers holding a 20-17 lead, running back James Conner fumbled on a ...

By Josh Dubow The Associated Press SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Mason Rudolph delivered two big plays in his first career start in place of the injured Ben Roethlisberger. Rudolph and the rest of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offense couldn’t do much of anything outside of those two long ...

By Rich Rovito The Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Eric Thames and Orlando Arcia had been hushed at the plate during the Milwaukee Brewers’ crucial homestand. They made some noise Sunday. Thames hit two home runs, Arcia also connected and the Brewers took a combined perfect game into the ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Two straight losses to open the year, a season-ending injury to the franchise quarterback, and a West Coast trip to face an undefeated team all add up to many people writing off the Pittsburgh Steelers before the end of September. That’s just the way coach Mike ...

COLUMBUS — The Pittsburgh Penguins fell to 1-1-1 in the NHL preseason Saturday afternoon, thanks to a 3-1 loss at Columbus. Pittsburgh scored in the first period and was shut out the rest of the way. On a pass from Andrew Agozzino, with an extra assist from defenseman John Marino, the ...