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PITTSBURGH (AP) – Kris Letang scored in the final round of a shootout to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 4-3 victory over the New York Rangers. Letang ripped a backhand over Igor Shesterkin to put the Penguins in front. Tristan Jarry collected his first win of the season when he stuffed New York’s Tony DeAngelo moments later. Bryan Rust and Jared McCann collected their first goals of the season for Pittsburgh and Teddy Blueger scored his second. Filip Chytil, Adam Fox and Kaapo Kakko scored for the Rangers but New York let a two-goal lead slip away.

The Pittsburgh Pirates announced a change to their coaching staff. Christian Marrero was added to the staff as the Assistant Major League Hitting Coach. Marrero comes to the Pirates from the Phillies organization where he spent the last three years as a hitting coach at Lakewood, and Williamsport. The former outfielder played parts of 12 seasons in the minor leagues with the White Sox, Pirates, Braves and Phillies organization. Marrero will work with hitting coach Rick Eckstein. Marrero will replace Mike Rabello. He is transitioning to a new position on the big league staff as Major League Field Coordinator.

(AP) – The Kansas City Chiefs will have their starting quarterback for the AFC championship game. Patrick Mahomes has been cleared from the league’s concussion protocol after his third consecutive day of practice and will be under center when Kansas City plays the Bills on Sunday. Mahomes was hurt in the third quarter of the Chiefs’ divisional-round win over Cleveland.

ATLANTA (AP) – The baseball great and one-time home run king Hank Aaron has died. The Atlanta Braves said he died peacefully in his sleep early Friday. No cause was given. Aaron endured racist threats with stoic dignity during his pursuit of Babe Ruth but went on to break the career home run record in the pre-steroids era. “Hammerin’ Hank” set a wide array of records during a 23-year career spent mostly with the Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves, including RBIs, extra-base hits and total bases. But the Hall of Famer will be remembered for one swing above all others, the one that made him baseball’s home-run king., died early Friday. Hank Aaron was 86.