June 22, 2023 4:35 am
Henrik Lundqvist headlines the Hockey Hall of Fame’s goaltender-heavy class of 2023. Fellow netminders Tom Barrasso and Mike Vernon were also among the five players elected. Former NHL forward Pierre Turgeon and Canadian women’s hockey star Caroline Ouellette were also chosen. Stanley Cup-winning coach Ken Hitchcock and late executive Pierre Lacroix were picked in the builder category. Lundqvist is set to be inducted into the Hall in his first year of eligibility after winning Olympic gold for Sweden in 2006 and a pro career that included backstopping the New York Rangers to 11 playoff appearances in 12 seasons.
June 22, 2023 4:31 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Clark Haggans, an outside linebacker who won a Super Bowl with the Pittsburgh Steelers during a 13-year career that included stops in Arizona and San Francisco, has died. He was 46. The Larimer County coroner’s office responded to a residence in Fort Collins, Colorado, on Monday to investigate the death of a male identified as Haggans. An autopsy was performed Wednesday with the cause and manner of death pending further investigation. Haggans spent eight of his 13 NFL seasons with the Steelers. His best year came in 2005 when he had a career-high nine sacks and added another in the Super Bowl as the Steelers beat Seattle. He retired after the 2012 season with 46 1/2 sacks.
June 20, 2023 4:40 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Marcus Stroman held Pittsburgh to five hits over seven masterful innings as the Chicago Cubs beat the reeling Pirates 4-0. Stroman (9-4) struck out five against one walk and never let the Pirates get to third base while winning his seventh straight start. Stroman needed just 97 pitches to get 21 outs, dropping his ERA to 2.28, tops in the National League. Tucker Barnhart hit his first home run of the season for Chicago. Michael Tauchman added his second homer in three games for the Cubs. The Pirates have dropped eight straight games.
June 21, 2023 4:41 am
PARIS (AP) — Officials say French investigators have searched the Paris Olympic organizers’ headquarters as part of corruption investigations into contracts linked to the Games. This is the third straight time graft allegations have dogged a Summer Olympics. The Paris organizing committee said in a statement that a search was underway Tuesday at their headquarters in the suburb of Saint-Denis. It said it was cooperating. It would not comment further. An official with the financial prosecutor’s office said the search was linked to two preliminary investigations related to the Olympics that had not previously been made public. The official was not authorized to be publicly named according to office policy.
June 20, 2023 4:42 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Drew Smyly gave up three hits in five innings and the surging Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-0. Smyly (7-4) worked around five walks to win his second straight start following a three-game losing streak. Mike Tauchman finished with three hits and drove in three runs for Chicago. Dansby Swanson added two hits as Chicago spoiled the major-league debut of highly touted Pirates prospect Henry Davis. Davis, the top pick in the 2021 draft, doubled in his first major-league at-bat but couldn’t stop the Pirates from losing their seventh straight.
June 20, 2023 4:39 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eight-time major champion Tom Watson is the latest to want answers on the PGA Tour’s new business partnership with Saudi backers of LIV Golf. He has sent a letter to PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan asking if the deal was the only way to solve the tour’s financial hardship. The tour has an agreement with the Saudi sovereign wealth fund and the European tour to pool businesses in a new for-profit company. One person who has seen the agreement says it contains assurances the tour would keep a controlling voting interest no matter how much money the Saudis invested.
June 19, 2023 4:39 am
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates are calling up heralded prospect Henry Davis. the top pick in the 2021 draft, to help the team that has lost six straight games and tumbled from the top spot in the NL Central. Pirates manager Derek Shelton said after Sunday’s 5-2 loss to division-leading Milwaukee that Davis, who has played catcher and outfield, will join the team at PNC Park on Monday for the start of a three-game series against the Chicago Cubs. The 23-year-old Davis is hitting .284 with 11 home runs and 30 RBIs in 51 combined games Double-A and Triple-A this season.
June 19, 2023 4:44 am
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Raimel Tapia’s sacrifice fly to deep center put Milwaukee ahead in a four-run eighth inning for the Brewers, who rallied to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 on Sunday and sweep the three-game series. The Brewers remain a half game ahead of the Reds in the National League Central. Pittsburgh is now two and a half games behind Milwaukee and has lost six straight. Tapia’s deep fly to center, which Ji Hwan Bae caught as he crashed into the wall, appeared as though it might carry over the fence for a grand slam.
June 19, 2023 4:41 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wyndham Clark has won the U.S. Open for his first major championship, beating Rory McIlroy by one shot at Los Angeles Country Club. The 29-year-old from Denver was playing in just his seventh major and had never finished better than 75th. His even-par 70 was good enough to outlast four-time major champion McIlroy, who also shot 70. Clark finished at 10-under 270. He tapped in for the victory, pumped his fists, hugged his caddie and then covered his face with his cap. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler also shot 70 and finished third, three shots back.
June 18, 2023 6:00 am
Seven WPIAL teams went to Penn State over the weekend, looking for PIAA gold. Thursday wins by Shaler and Riverside baseball teams gave District 7 hopes of hitting the motherload. Unfortunately, the rest of the pans revealed only silver. Softball squads went 0-4 including one-run losses by Montour, Union and Shaler, the latter in nine innings.
Saturday afternoon, Mt. Lebanon’s drive for a second baseball championship ended in a loss to District 12 champion Father Judge. Mt. Lebanon took a 1-0 lead in the third on Matt Delvaux’s RBI single to left. Father Judge’s starter, David Rodriguez then slammed the door, retiring the next 10 batters. Meanwhile, the Crusaders scored twice in the fifth off the Blue Devils’ starter, David Shields, the first post-season runs against the sophomore left-hander who left the game one out into the seventh. Father Judge plated a pair of insurance runs off reliever Tyler Smith. The Blue Devils loaded the bases with two out in the seventh, but couldn’t tie the game, forced to settle for second place 25 years after winning their only state baseball championship.
Thursday, June 15
6A Softball North Penn 1, Hempfield 0
5A Baseball Shaler 9, Strath Haven 8 (8 inn.)
4A Softball Blue Mountain 3, Montour 2 (WJPA-AM)
3A Baseball Riverside 4, Camp Hill 0
Friday, June 16
1A Softball Tri-Valley 6, Union 3
Saturday, June 17
6A Baseball Father Judge 4, Mt. Lebanon 1 (WJPA-AM)
5A Softball Northern York 3, Shaler 2 (9 inn.)
