June 15, 2023 4:34 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Brooks Koepka says he enjoys chaos. He’s come to the right place at this U.S. Open. Players have been trying to digest the news of the PGA Tour’s shock partnership with LIV Golf’s Saudi Arabian backers. And then PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan had to turn off day-to-day control to two executives because of what’s described as a medical situation. Still to be determined is what kind of chaos Los Angeles Country Club delivers. The U.S. Open starts Thursday on a course smack dab in the middle of LA on a course that looks big and plays small.
June 14, 2023 11:53 am
(WPXI) – The Pittsburgh Penguins have named Jason Spezza as assistant general manager. Spezza will report directly to President of Hockey Operations Kyle Dubas and assist club management in all hockey operations departments. “After a decorated playing career, Jason fully immersed himself on the management side of the game learning all facets of hockey operations this past season while with Toronto,” said Dubas in a news release. “He showed tremendous work ethic, curiosity, and ability to build relationships throughout all departments at the team facility. His move from the roster to the front office staff also helped make the hockey operations department, coaching staff and playing roster a more cohesive and collaborative unit. We are thrilled to have Jason join the Pittsburgh Penguins today as he will add a great perspective to our Club, and we are excited to watch him reach his potential in management.”
June 13, 2023 2:34 am
Matthew Delvaux allowed two runs and four hits over six innings and five different batters drove in at least one run leading the Mt. Lebanon baseball to a semifinal win over District 3 champion Cedar Cliff, the Blue Devils’ 6th straight win and 13th in the last 14 games. Mt. Lebanon took an early 2-0 lead, pushed it to 7-0, and cruised to earn a spot in its second PIAA championship game, the first since winning the 1998 title. Click for State Softball State Baseball
PIAA Semifinals (WPIAL teams)
Tuesday, June 13
6A Baseball Mt. Lebanon 7, Cedar Cliff 2
5A Baseball Shaler 9, Bonner-Predergast 3
Monday, June 12
6A Softball Hempfield 6, Cumberland Valley 1
5A Softball Shaler 8, Armstrong 5 (8 innnings)
4A Softball Montour 4, Elizabeth-Forward 1
2A Softball Everett 9, Neshannock 6
1A Softball Union 10, Claysburg-Kimmel 8
4A Baseball Bellefonte 6, Hopewell 5
3A Baseball Riverside 8, Punxsutawney 5
June 14, 2023 4:33 am
CHICAGO (AP) — Ian Happ hit a three-run, first-inning drive for his first home run since May 5, Christopher Morel added a three run homer in the eighth and the Chicago Cubs routed the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-3. Happ had four RBIs and scored three runs for the Cubs, who outhit the Pirates 14-7. Jack Suwinski had a pair of solo homers for the Pirates, who have lost four of six after a six-game winning streak. Suwinski has four homers in his last four games and a team-high 15.
June 14, 2023 4:37 am
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Golden Knights delivered their city a true Vegas-style party from dazzling passes to a Mark Stone hat trick to all-out goal celebrations. The Knights captured the young organization’s first Stanley Cup with a 9-3 romp Tuesday over the beaten up and exhausted Florida Panthers. Coach Bruce Cassidy started five of the original Vegas players known as the Misfits and put the sixth on the second shift. Cassidy sounded confident the day before the game that his team would play well, and it certainly did. Vegas blew open a one-goal game in the second period to lead 6-1.
June 13, 2023 4:30 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Stan Savran, who spent nearly five decades in sports broadcasting chronicling Pittsburgh’s rise to the “City of Champions,” has died. He was 76. WTAE-TV, where Savran worked as a sports anchor in the 1980s and early 1990s, announced Savran’s death. No official cause of death was given but Savran had been very public about his battle with lung cancer in recent years. Savran was known best known for the long-running “SportsBeat” regional cable show he hosted for nearly 20 years in the 1990s and early 2000s, most of them alongside good friend Guy Junker.
June 13, 2023 4:35 am
DENVER (AP) — Confetti flying in Denver. The Nuggets sharing hugs while passing around the NBA championship trophy. Scenes that for decades seemed impossible finally turned into reality for the Nuggets. Denver outlasted the Miami Heat 94-89 in an ugly, frantic Game 5 that did nothing to derail Nikola Jokic, who bailed out his teammates with 28 points and 16 rebounds on a night when nothing else seemed to work. The win gave the Nuggets their first title in 47 years in the league. Jokic was named MVP and is the first player to lead everyone in points, rebounds and assists in a single playoffs.
June 13, 2023 4:36 am
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Golden Knights owner Bill Foley was aggressive from the beginning. He said he wanted to win the Stanley Cup in six years. Vegas nearly won it the first year. The Knights made the Stanley Cup Final before losing in five games to the Washington Capitals. High expectations came from the top and came early for the six players who remain from that team. The Knights take a 3-1 series lead into Tuesday’s Cup Final against the Florida Panthers. This is Vegas’ sixth season.
June 12, 2023 4:43 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Andrew McCutchen collected his 2,000th career hit, Jack Suwinski hit his 12th home run and the Pittsburgh Pirates edged the New York Mets 2-1. McCutchen became the 291st player and fifth active player to reach 2,000 hits when he turned on a slider from Carlos Carrasco (2-3) leading off the bottom of the first and laced it to left field. Mitch Keller allowed just two hits in seven innings for the Pirates, who went 6-3 during a season-long nine-game homestand. Jeff McNeil hit his third homer of the season for New York. The Mets have dropped eight of nine.
June 12, 2023 4:45 am
TORONTO (AP) — Nick Taylor became the first Canadian in 69 years to win his national open, holing a 72-foot eagle putt on the fourth playoff hole to beat Tommy Fleetwood in the RBC Canadian Open. Taylor tossed his putter into the air and jumped into the arms of his caddie after the longest made putt of his PGA Tour career. Fellow Canadian players Mike Weir, Corey Conners and Adam Hadwin were among those who ran out to the green to congratulate him. Hadwin was tackled on the green by a security guard. The last player from Canada to win the Canadian Open was Pat Fletcher in 1954 at Point Grey in Vancouver.
