May 21, 2023 7:55 am
BALTIMORE (AP) — Bob Baffert’s National Treasure has won the Preakness Stakes, hours after another of the Hall of Famer’s horses was euthanized on the track with a racing injury. The sport was already facing questions after a tumultuous leadup to the Kentucky Derby that included seven horses dying of various causes over a 10-day span at Churchill Downs. Derby winner Mage finished third in the Preakness. His defeat means there will not be a Triple Crown winner for a fifth consecutive year. Blazing Sevens finished second by a head. Baffert won the Preakness for a record eighth time.
May 21, 2023 7:45 am
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Brooks Koepka has fired a second straight 4-under 66 to surge into the lead through three rounds at the PGA Championship. Koepka let a chance to win the Masters get away in the final round at Augusta National last month. He’s responded with three solid and occasionally spectacular days of golf at rain-soaked Oak Hill to put him in position to win the fifth major of his career. Viktor Hovland is one back at 5 under following a 69, alongside Corey Conners, who shot 70. Conners led for most of the day before a double bogey at the par-4 16th hole.
May 20, 2023 4:10 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ke’Bryan Hayes had three hits and three RBIs, Bryan Reynolds homered for the first time in six weeks and drove in four runs and the Pittsburgh Pirates rolled over ace Zac Gallen and the Arizona Diamondbacks 13-3 on Friday night. Gallen (6-2) lasted just 3 2/3 innings and allowed a career-high eight runs – five earned – and eight hits as his six-game winning streak ended. Gallen had given up a total of six runs in his previous seven starts. Andrew McCutchen, Ji Hwan Bae and Josh Palacios also had three hits apiece as part of the Pirates’ 17-hit outburst. (Photo: AP)
May 20, 2023 4:11 am
CLEVELAND (AP) — Jim Brown was both extraordinary and extraordinarily complicated. One man. Many versions. His greatness on the football field is beyond reproach. For generations, Brown, who died Thursday night peacefully at his home in Los Angeles, has long been the standard of excellence for running backs, a freakish blend of brute power and blazing speed who in many ways changed the NFL forever. But Brown, who retired to pursue a film career, was also a civil rights pioneer whose image was tarnished by accusations of domestic violence against women.
May 19, 2023 3:44 pm
(AP) – NFL legend, actor and social activist Jim Brown has died at the age of 87. Brown shattered records during a relatively short NFL career, leading the Cleveland Browns to their last championship in 1964 — and retired in his prime to become an actor. Brown appeared in more than 30 films, including “The Dirty Dozen” and “Any Given Sunday.” Brown was also a prominent leader in the Black power movement of the 1960s and dedicated much of his life to social causes.
May 19, 2023 2:57 pm
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers have signed backup quarterback Mitch Trubisky to a three-year contract. Trubisky was about to enter the second season of a two-year deal he signed with Pittsburgh last spring. The agreement gives the Steelers some salary cap relief and some stability behind starter Kenny Pickett as they head into the 2023 season. Trubisky began 2022 as the starter in Pittsburgh before being replaced by Pickett at halftime of what became a loss to the New York Jets in Week 4.
May 19, 2023 4:11 am
Thursday was the busiest day of the baseball/softball playoffs for area teams. Chartiers-Houston, Carmichaels and Waynesburg won softball quarterfinals. Burgettstown, Charleroi, Jeff-Morgan and West Greene were eliminated in the softball brackets. On the baseball side, Carmichaels advanced while Avella, Bentworth, Charleroi, Chartiers-Houston, Ft. Cherry and Waynesburg have been eliminated. There are no games on Friday’s schedule. Click for WPIAL Softball WPIAL Baseball
Thursday, May 18–Softball Quarterfinals
SB 1A #4 Chartiers-Houston 11, #5 West Greene 3
SB 1A #3 Frazier 12, #6 Jeff-Morgan 2
SB 1A #2 Carmichaels 13, #7 Leechburg 3
SB 2A #5 Greensburg Central Catholic, 4, #4 Charleroi 3
SB 2A #1 Neshannock 10, #8 Burgettstown 0
SB 3A #3 Waynesburg 3, #11 Ligonier Valley 2
Baseball First Round
BB 1A #9 Sewickley Academy 13, #8 Ft. Cherry 6
BB 1A #7 Rochester 6, #10 Avella 4
BB 1A #5 Carmichaels 11, #12 Cornell 0
BB 2A #10 Riverview 7, #7 Charleroi 2
BB 2A #5 South Side 8, #12 Bentworth 3
BB 2A #11 Ligonier Valley 9, #6 Chartiers-Houston 8
BB 3A #4 East Allegheny 6, #13 Waynesburg 0
May 19, 2023 3:45 am
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Matthew Tkachuk beat Frederik Andersen in the final seconds of the fourth overtime to lift the Florida Panthers past the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 early Friday to open their Eastern Conference final series. Tkachuck took a feed from Sam Bennett after Florida had won a battle for the puck as Carolina tried to clear the puck. He then whipped a shot from the right circle past Andersen with 12.7 seconds left for the winner. It marked the longest game in either franchise’s history, as well as the sixth-longest game in NHL history.
May 19, 2023 3:46 am
DENVER (AP) — Jamal Murray scored 23 of his 37 points in the fourth quarter, propelling the Denver Nuggets to a 108-103 come-from-behind win over the Los Angeles Lakers for a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals. Nikola Jokic had another triple-double for the Nuggets, who have never been this close to reaching the NBA Finals before. Game 3 is Saturday night at Crypto.com Arena, where LeBron James and the Lakers are 8-0 in the playoffs. The Nuggets have lost to the Lakers all three times they’ve advanced to the Western Conference Finals in 1985, 2009 and 2020 in the NBA bubble.
May 18, 2023 3:52 am
DETROIT (AP) — Rich Hill gave up one hit in six innings, Austin Hedges drove in three runs and the Pittsburgh Pirates rolled to an 8-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday. The 43-year-old Hill, the oldest active player in the majors, gave up an infield single to Matt Vierling and two walks while striking out seven. A trio of relievers completed the shutout as Pittsburgh won for just the third time in 15 games. Rodolfo Castro homered and knocked in two runs, while Bryan Reynolds contributed three hits and scored two runs.
