June 17, 2022 1:53 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Minkah Fitzpatrick is staying in Pittsburgh. The Steelers have signed their star safety to a new five-year contract. NFL Network reported the deal is worth $73.6 million, which would make Fitzpatrick the highest-paid safety in the league. The 25-year-old Fitzpatrick was ready to enter the final year of his rookie contract. He has been spectacular at times since arriving in Pittsburgh in a trade with Miami in September 2019 and was selected to the Pro Bowl and the All-Pro team in each of his first two seasons with the Steelers. Fitzpatrick called the signing “just the beginning” of what he hopes is a long and successful stay in the city.
June 16, 2022 3:49 am
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Bryan Reynolds hit a tie-breaking two-run homer in the seventh inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates ended a nine-game skid, beating the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4. Reynolds hit his 11th homer of the season after Tucupita Marcano singled with two outs off reliever Andre Pallante. Wil Crowe threw two scoreless innings in relief for the win, and David Bednar picked up his 11th save by pitching the final 2 2/3 innings. Jack Flaherty made his first appearance of the season for the Cardinals, who lost for the second time in their past nine home games. The 26-year-old right-hander worked the first three innings, allowing four runs, three earned.
June 16, 2022 3:55 am
DENVER (AP) – Andre Burakovsky scored 1:23 into overtime and the Colorado Avalanche opened the Stanley Cup Final with a 4-3 victory over the two-time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning Wednesday night. Burakovsky ended it after the Avalanche failed to score on a power play that began late in regulation when three-time champ Patrick Maroon put the puck over the glass. Burakovsky is one of only two Avalanche players who have won the Cup. The game likely wouldn’t have even reached OT if not for big penalty kills by the Avalanche, who were 3 for 3 against Tampa Bay’s potent power play. The final kill featured a crucial save by goaltender Darcy Kuemper and a series of clears by Norris Trophy finalist defenseman Cale Makar.
June 15, 2022 12:35 pm
According to multiple reports, Minkah Fitzpatrick has agreed to a four-year extension with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The deal is reportedly worth over $18.4 million per season with $36 million guaranteed at signing. That’s the highest annual average salary and the most money guaranteed at signing for any safety in the league.
June 15, 2022 3:52 am
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Miles Mikolas was one strike from a no-hitter when he gave up a double to Cal Mitchell with two outs in the ninth inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals routed the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-1 to sweep a doubleheader. Mitchell drove a 2-2 curveball over the head of Gold Glove center fielder Harrison Bader and just beyond his outstretched mitt as he tried to make a running catch with his back to home plate. The ball bounced on the warning track 383 feet from the plate and over the wall in straightaway center for a ground-rule double. The hit came on the 129th pitch from Mikolas, most in the majors this season and 14 more than his previous career high set last month. The Pirates lost their ninth straight.
June 15, 2022 3:54 am
UPDATED (AP) – Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson says he’s determined to keep fighting to clear his name and insists he never committed sexual misconduct. He stood by previous comments proclaiming his innocence. Watson is facing civil lawsuits from 24 massage therapists in Texas accusing him of sexual assault and harassment. But Watson says he never assaulted, harassed or disrespected anyone. Watson was speaking for the first time since March 25, a week after the Browns signed him to a fully guaranteed $230 million contract despite his complex legal situation. Since then, his legal entanglements have grown with two more women filing lawsuits.
June 15, 2022 3:53 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – The Pittsburgh Penguins have promoted Chris Pryor to assistant general manager. The move is one of several made by general manager Ron Hextall as he restructures the team’s front office. Longtime video coordinator Andy Saucier is now the team’s hockey operations analyst, which is a new position created exclusively for Saucier. In addition, Erik Heasley has been named the general manager of the franchise’s American Hockey League affiliate in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.
June 15, 2022 3:55 am
UNDATED (AP) – Bruce Cassidy has been hired to coach the Vegas Golden Knights a week after being fired by the Boston Bruins. Cassidy becomes the Golden Knights’ third coach. He replaces Peter DeBoer, who was fired after Vegas missed the playoffs for the first time in its five-year history. Cassidy had a 245-108-46 record and led the Bruins for the playoffs for six straight seasons. He was fired on June 6, a month after the Bruins lost a seven-game first-round series to Carolina.
June 14, 2022 2:05 am
Burgettstown’s best baseball season ever came to a close Monday night with a 9-inning, 2-1 loss to Neshannock. Brodie Kuzior scored in the second for the Blue Devils, a margin that stood until the bottom of the sixth when the Lancers put three hits together to tie the game. Then, in the bottom of the ninth, Neshannock went single, double, intentional walk, bloop single to walk it off and beat Burgettstown for the third time in the playoffs in the past 13 months, all in their last at-bat. Neshannock advances to Thursday’s state championship game while Burgettstown’s first-ever trip to the state playoffs ends after a couple wins, one short of the state finals.
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Semifinals, Monday, June 13
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2A Neshannock 2, Burgettstown 1, 9 innings
4A Montour 2, West Mifflin 1
5A Bethel Park 8, Donegal 5
June 14, 2022 3:51 am
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Paul Goldschmidt hit a two-run homer, Matthew Liberatore pitched five shutout innings and Yadier Molina passed Ivan Rodriguez for the most putouts by a catcher in MLB history during the St. Louis Cardinals’ 3-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. It was the first game of a day-night doubleheader. With his 11 putouts, Molina reached the high-water mark of 14,870 putouts over his 18 seasons. Liberatore struck out five, walked two and gave up three hits. Giovanny Gallegos earned his ninth save in 12 chances. Pirates starter JT Brubaker earned just two of the three runs, allowed seven hits and struck out five in 5 1/3 innings.
