NEW YORK — Brett Baty laced a bases-loaded triple and the New York Mets chased Paul Skenes in the first inning of his worst major league start, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-7 on Thursday in their season opener at Citi Field. Carson Benge homered in his first career game, going ...
OTTAWA, Ontario — Ben Kindel scored the shootout winner to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night. Rickard Rakell scored twice and had an assist, and Erik Karlsson also scored for the Penguins, who moved into second in the Metropolitan ...
PRAGUE — Kaori Sakamoto’s music, “Time to Say Goodbye”, was charged with emotion as she led the short program in her chase for a fourth world figure skating title before retirement. Sakamoto shouted with joy and clapped as she learned her score of 79.31, a season-best which put her into first place by less than a point from her fellow Japanese skater Mone Chiba on a personal-best 78.45. There’s a strong U.S. challenge for the medals with Amber Glenn third and Isabeau Levito fourth. Olympic gold medalist Alysa Liu withdrew from the world championships amid a hectic media ...
Mirror sports writer John Hartsock came up with a list of the top 10 things that need to happen for the Pittsburgh Pirates to have a successful 2026 season. 1). Changing the narrative After drawing the ire of their fan base with a 10-year postseason drought, four last-place National League ...
The NFL will open the season on a Wednesday night for the second time ever with the defending champion Seattle Seahawks set to host the first game of the 2026 season. The NFL announced on Wednesday that the Seahawks will play the traditional opener as Super Bowl champions on Sept. 9, a day ...
NEW YORK — The NBA is now officially looking at expansion, with Seattle and Las Vegas the two targeted cities. A vote Wednesday by the league’s board of governors — part of a two-day series of meetings in New York — cleared the way for formal talks between potential ownership groups in those two cities and NBA officials to take place, a process that likely will start before too long. Commissioner Adam Silver wants the league to know by the end of 2026 if expansion will happen. The league said investment bank PJT Partners has been brought on “as a strategic adviser to ...
