July 5, 2025 3:50 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers signed general manager Omar Khan to a three-year extension Thursday after an offseason that saw the team bring in quarterback Aaron Rodgers. The Steelers announced the deal that will keep Khan with Pittsburgh through the 2028 season. He was hired as the team’s GM in 2022. Khan and coach Mike Tomlin are building their offense around Rodgers, the four-time MVP who’s returning for a 21st season. The 41-year-old Rodgers signed a one-year deal after a season in which Justin Fields and Russell Wilson combined to lead the Steelers to a 10-7 record and a playoff berth.
July 4, 2025 3:55 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clayton Kershaw has reached an incredible milestone, becoming the 20th pitcher in MLB history to record 3,000 career strikeouts. On Wednesday night, he struck out Vinny Capra of the Chicago White Sox with a slider in the sixth inning. The 37-year-old Dodgers pitcher joins an elite group, including just three other left-handers, to achieve this feat. Fans at Dodger Stadium gave Kershaw a standing ovation as he tipped his cap and acknowledged his family in the stands. Despite not earning the win, Kershaw expressed gratitude for his teammates and the moment, calling it a special achievement in his 18th season.
July 4, 2025 2:25 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pirates didn’t look like a last-place team during a 6-0 homestand in which they outscored the New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals by 43-4. Despite their season-high six-game winning streak, the Pirates are 38-50 — including 26-24 since Don Kelly was promoted from bench coach on May 8 after manager Derek Shelton was fired. Pittsburgh was 14 games behind the NL Central-leading Chicago Cubs entering play on Wednesday. The Pirates became the first team since at least 1901 to score 43 runs or more and allow four runs or fewer in a six-game span.
July 3, 2025 4:39 am
NEW YORK (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers will have three fan-elected starters in the All-Star Game, with first baseman Freddie Freeman and catcher Will Smith joining designated hitter Shohei Ohtani as winners in final ballot totals. Detroit will have three fan-picked starters for the first time since 2007 after second baseman Gleyber Torres along with outfielders Riley Greene and Javier Báez were voted in at their positions for the July 15 game at Atlanta’s Truist Park. Pete Crow-Armstrong and Kyle Tucker of the Chicago Cubs were picked for the NL outfield along with Ronald Acuña Jr. of the host Braves.
July 3, 2025 4:35 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clayton Kershaw has reached an incredible milestone, becoming the 20th pitcher in MLB history to record 3,000 career strikeouts. On Wednesday night, he struck out Vinny Capra of the Chicago White Sox with a slider in the sixth inning. The 37-year-old Dodgers pitcher joins an elite group, including just three other left-handers, to achieve this feat. Fans at Dodger Stadium gave Kershaw a standing ovation as he tipped his cap and acknowledged his family in the stands. Despite not earning the win, Kershaw expressed gratitude for his teammates and the moment, calling it a special achievement in his 18th season.
July 3, 2025 4:38 am
The PGA Tour is changing how it pays $100 million in bonus money for the FedEx Cup. Instead of the FedEx Cup champion getting a $25 million bonus at the end of the Tour Championship, there will be payouts at two other points along the way. The top player going into the postseason gets a $10 million bonus. The No. 1 seed after the second event at the BMW Championship will get $5 million. And the winner of the Tour Championship gets $10 million. If the No. 1 seed stays on top throughout the postseason, he still gets $25 million.
July 3, 2025 7:28 am
MADRID (AP) — Liverpool player Diogo Jota and his brother were killed in a car accident in Spain, police have said. The Spanish Civil Guard confirmed to The Associated Press that Jota and his brother were found dead after their car went off a road near the northwestern city of Zamora. Police were investigating the causes. They said there were no other vehicles involved. The 28-year-old Jota and his brother, 25-year-old André Silva, both Portuguese players, were in the car. Jota also played for Portugal’s national team. Silva played with Portuguese club Penafiel in the lower divisions.
July 1, 2025 4:27 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Catcher Henry Davis drove in the game’s only run with a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning and preserved the lead with a tag at the plate in the ninth, giving Pittsburgh a 1-0 win over St. Louis Cardinals 1-0 as Pirates ace Paul Skenes’ winless streak reached six starts. Pittsburgh’s Ke’Bryan Hayes led off the bottom of the eighth with a single off Phil Maton (1-3). Pinch-hitter Adam Frazier doubled to right and Hayes scored on Davis’ fly ball to center. St. Louis had runners on second and third with one out in the ninth when Victor Scott hit a slow chopper that first baseman Spencer Horwitz fielded and threw to Davis, who tagged Jose Fermin at the plate.
July 2, 2025 4:31 am
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins are parting ways with one of their goalies. They have dealt Alex Nedeljkovic, who has a $2.5 million salary, to the San Jose Sharks for a 2028 third-round pick. Now, the Penguins have nine selections in the 2028 draft and 28 picks in the next three drafts — 16 of which are in the first three rounds. Nedeljkovic was with the Penguins for two seasons, playing 38 games in each. Last season, he posted a .894 save percentage. He also became the first goalie in NHL history to score a goal and record an assist in a single game. The trade clears a spot for the Penguins to bring up younger goalies to the NHL, like Joel Blomqvist or Sergei Murashov.
July 2, 2025 4:33 am
LONDON (AP) — Coco Gauff has become just the third woman in the Open era to lose in the first round at Wimbledon right after winning the championship at the French Open. Gauff was eliminated 7-6 (3), 6-1 by unseeded Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine. The No. 2-ranked Gauff made mistake after mistake at No. 1 Court, finishing with just six winners and a total of 29 unforced errors that included nine double-faults. It was just a little more than three weeks ago that Gauff was celebrating her second Grand Slam title by getting past No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the final at Roland-Garros.
