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Fleury ready to bloom one more time for Pens

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP — There was a time when Marc-Andre Fleury would take days like Friday for granted. Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang, too. Days when the four players most closely associated with the Pittsburgh Penguins’ run of excellence 2008-17 — an era in which they ...

Pirates break out the big bats in crushing Braves

ATLANTA — Spencer Horwitz went 3 for 3 with two homers and four RBIs, Tommy Pham added a two-run shot and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Atlanta Braves 9-3 on Friday night. Nick Gonzales, Bryan Reynolds, Nick Yorke and Henry Davis each had two of Pittsburgh’s 14 hits. Matt Olson and ...

International media entertained by Steelers’ QB Aaron Rodgers

MAYNOOTH, Ireland — Aaron Rodgers was dressed in black, appropriately, to field questions about Guinness. The Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback spoke to the international media Friday at a resort hotel where the team is staying ahead of Sunday’s game against the Minnesota Vikings. Can’t ...

Steelers’ trip to Ireland special for Rooney family

DUBLIN — No trip to Newry was complete for the late Pittsburgh Steelers chairman Daniel M. Rooney until he stopped by the Whitegates community center that he helped get off the ground in the 1990s. “Always visited for half an hour for a cup of tea with the people,” recalled local ...

Celtics owner Bill Chisholm willing to spend more to win

BOSTON — The Boston Celtics are expecting a smooth ownership transition — and not just because much of the old brain trust is sticking around. New owner Bill Chisholm says he isn’t going to mess with the success of the people who won two NBA championships in their 23 years in ...