April 16, 2025 9:17 am
The Penguins have announced that defenseman Kris Letang has undergone successful heart surgery. A statement released by President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Kyle Dubas says Letang had “successful close of a patent foramen ovale (PFO; small hole in the heart). The procedure was performed at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. The expected recovery time is four to six weeks.
April 16, 2025 4:28 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — James Wood led off the game with a home run and Jake Irvin pitched seven scoreless innings to lead the Washington Nationals to a 3-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night. Irvin (1-0) allowed three hits, struck out six and walked one while snapping the Nationals’ three-game losing streak. The Pirates never got a runner past second base in losing for the fourth time in five games. Jose A. Ferrer and Kyle Finnegan pitched one inning each to finish the four-hitter. Finnegan notched his sixth save in as many opportunities. The shutout came a night after the Pirates scored a season-high in runs while beating the Nationals 10-3.
April 16, 2025 4:26 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates have placed catcher/first baseman Endy Rodriguez on the 10-injured list with a lacerated right index finger. Rodriguez was catching when he got hurt during Monday night’s 10-3 victory over Washington. He was hit on the hand by a pitch in the dirt by Paul Skenes, and the injury required five stitches. The Pirates recalled right-hander Chase Shugart from Triple-A Indianapolis. Rodriguez has made nine starts at first base and five at catcher this season, hitting .178 with two RBIs. The injury leaves the Pirates thin at two positions.
April 16, 2025 4:31 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Washington Nationals third baseman Paul DeJong was hit in the face by a pitch from Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Mitch Keller on Tuesday night and left the game in the sixth inning. The pitch struck DeJong on his left cheek. After being attended to by athletic trainers, DeJong walked off the field. Amed Rosario pinch ran for DeJong with the Nationals leading 1-0. DeJong was 0 for 2 and is hitting .204 in 16 games this season. He signed with the Nationals as a free agent during spring training after hitting 24 home runs with the Chicago White Sox and Kansas City last season.
April 15, 2025 4:16 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes bounced back from the worst start of his career and teamed up with catcher Henry Davis to make a little history as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat Washington 10-3. Skenes and Davis became the first pitcher/catcher battery in Major League history comprised of players selected first overall in the draft. Skenes (2-1), the top pick in 2023, allowed two runs, one earned, while striking out six in six innings. Davis, taken first in 2021, added a single after taking over for injured starter Endy Rodriguez. The Pirates snapped a three-game losing streak.
April 15, 2025 4:26 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Paige Bueckers is headed to Dallas as the first pick in the WNBA draft. The versatile UConn star is the latest Huskies standout to go No. 1, joining former greats Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi, Maya Moore and Breanna Stewart. Bueckers will have plenty of company, especially with the WNBA having its first expansion team in 17 years and the Golden State Valkyries making their debut draft selection at No. 5 overall. The first round will feature 12 picks, with 13 in each of the final two rounds.
April 15, 2025 4:29 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President JD Vance ended the Ohio State football team’s visit to the White House by fumbling the trophy the players won as their sport’s national champion. After speeches Monday by President Donald Trump, Buckeye coach Ryan Day and himself on the South Lawn, Vance, an Ohio State graduate, gathered up the trophy from a table in front of the team and tried to hoist it aloft. He didn’t count on the gold top of the trophy being designed to pull away from its black base, though. After some struggling, the vice president managed to dramatically drop both pieces.
April 14, 2025 4:24 am
CINCINNATI (AP) — Hunter Greene pitched seven sparkling innings, and the Cincinnati Reds completed a three-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 4-0 victory. Greene allowed two hits, struck out eight and walked one. The 6-foot-5 right-hander extended his scoreless streak to 18 2/3 innings. Reds pitchers retired their final 23 batters. Santiago Espinal hit a two-run single against Carmen Mlodzinski in the third. Elly De La Cruz added an RBI single in Cincinnati’s two-run fifth.
April 14, 2025 4:26 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Elias Lindholm had a goal and an assist, Joonas Korpisalo made 24 saves and the Boston Bruins beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1. Fabian Lysell, Morgan Geekie and Jakub Lauko also scored for the Bruins, who ended the Penguins’ three-game home winning streak. David Pastrnak and Pavel Zacha each had two assists. Rickard Rakell had the lone goal for Pittsburgh and Tristan Jarry made 28 saves.
April 14, 2025 4:29 am
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Rory McIlroy turned another major collapse into his grandest performance of all, hitting a wedge into 3 feet for birdie in a sudden-death playoff Sunday to finally win the Masters and take his place in golf history as the sixth player to claim the career Grand Slam. What should have been a coronation along the back nine at Augusta National turned into a heart-racing, lead-changing jaw-dropping finish at golf’s greatest theater that ended with McIlroy on his knees sobbing with joy and disbelief. Right when it looked as though he would blow another major, he delivered two majestic shots when nothing less would do.
