NEW YORK — On the eve of opening day, Paul Skenes set forth lofty goals for the Pittsburgh Pirates. “We want to win the division. We want to make the playoffs. That’s it. How we do that, who knows?” the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner said Wednesday. “I don’t want to put a ...
NEW YORK — Paul Skenes thought he could get out of a jam in the first inning on opening day. He never got the chance. After giving up five runs and getting only two outs Thursday in an 11-7 loss at the New York Mets, the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner got the hook from manager Don Kelly ...
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 ...
