April 12, 2025 3:21 am
CINCINNATI (AP) — Jeimer Candelario hit a two-run homer to help Brady Singer and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-3. Singer pitched five innings of three-run ball in his third straight win. The right-hander allowed two hits, struck out three and walked three. Singer is in his first season with Cincinnati after he was acquired in a November trade with Kansas City. Taylor Rogers, Graham Ashcraft and Emilio Pagán followed Singer with four innings of two-hit ball. Pagán handled the ninth for his third save. Adam Frazier hit a two-run homer for Pittsburgh, and Tommy Pham had an RBI double.
April 12, 2025 3:26 am
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Justin Rose is still in the lead at the Masters. He suddenly has a lot of all-star company around him. Rose managed a 71 and was one shot ahead of Bryson DeChambeau. Rory McIlroy played bogey-free for a 66 to get back in the game. McIlroy and Corey Conners are two back. Defending champion Scottie Scheffler had his chances to catch up except for four bogeys in his round of 71. But he was in the group three behind going into the weekend. That weekend won’t include Brooks Koepka. He made quadruple bogey on the 18th and missed the cut.
April 12, 2025 3:18 am
Kentucky coach Mark Pope has dipped into the transfer portal by adding a quartet led by former Pittsburgh point guard Jaland Lowe, Alabama forward Mouhamed Dioubate, Tulane guard Kam Williams and Arizona forward Jayden Quaintance. Lowe played two seasons for the Panthers. Dioubate averaged 7.2 points and 5.9 rebounds in 16 minutes a game while helping the Crimson Tide to a second straight Final Four. Elsewhere, former Xavier guard Ryan Conwell has transferred to Louisville. Conwell averaged 16.5 points last season for the Musketeers. UCLA announced that transfers Xavier Booker from Michigan State, Jamar Brown from Missouri-Kansas City and Steven Jamerson II from the University of San Diego are joining the Bruins.
April 11, 2025 4:29 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates right-handed pitcher Thomas Harrington was optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis after making one start and one relief appearance. Harrington was a first-round pick by the Pirates in the 2022 Major League Baseball amateur draft. He was 0-1 with a 10.13 ERA. He was the starter in a 7-0 loss at Tampa Bay on April 1, allowing six earned runs on seven hits and four walks in four innings. He earned his first major league save in an 8-4 win over St. Louis on Monday, giving up three runs on four hits and a walk in four innings.
April 11, 2025 3:10 pm
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Justin Rose is in the Masters record book with his fifth time being atop the leaderboard after the opening round. That’s not the objective at Augusta National. It’s still a start he wouldn’t trade. Rose sets out to try to build on his three-shot lead on a course ever so slightly softened by some overnight rain. The previous four times Rose had at least a share of the 18-hole lead he broke par only once. Rory McIlroy had a sloppy finish to his first round and shot 72. He also plays in the morning. Scottie Scheffler plays in the afternoon.
April 11, 2025 3:11 pm
CLEVELAND (AP) — Joe Flacco is heading back to Cleveland. The veteran NFL quarterback agreed to terms with the Browns on a one-year deal. Flacco won the league’s Comeback Player of the Year award in 2023 after leading an inspiring late-season surge that carried the Browns to the playoffs. He spent last season in Indianapolis, throwing for 12 touchdowns and seven interceptions in eight games, including a 2-4 mark as a starter. The 40-year-old Flacco joins a quarterback room that includes Kenny Pickett. Cleveland acquired the former first-round draft pick in a deal with Philadelphia in March.
April 10, 2025 4:30 am
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Justin Rose showed there’s more than two players capable of winning a Masters green jacket. With all the attention on Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy he matched his personal best at Augusta National with a 65. That gives Rose a three-shot lead over Scheffler, Ludvig Aberg and Corey Conners. McIlroy took two double bogeys in the closing stretch and was seven shots behind. Rose now has led the opening round five times. That’s a Masters record. But he doesn’t have a green jacket to show for it. Scheffler says he was happy with a bogey-free start.
April 10, 2025 4:31 am
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — For a sports renowned for moving slowly, the Masters can’t get started fast enough. Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy are the main attractions for the most anticipated major of the golf season. The final day of rehearsal brought 9-hole practice rounds and the Par 3 Tournament. The Masters is so different from the other majors. It has the smallest field on the prettiest course. And players have been waiting nine months for the next major. Scheffler says it’s all about preparation. McIlroy says if players aren’t ready by now then they probably have no chance of winning a green jacket.
April 10, 2025 2:56 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Joey Bart singled in the winning run with the bases loaded in the 13th inning to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 2-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals despite six hitless innings from Erick Fedde. The Pirates loaded the bases Wednesday against Chris Roycroft with no outs as Alexander Canario and Bryan Reynolds drew walks. Andrew McCutchen hit into a force out, but Bart hit a drive that bounced into the stands and scored automatic runner Isiah Kiner-Falefa. The Cardinals took a no-hitter into the seventh inning before Endy Rodriguez ended it. Fedde was pulled after throwing 88 pitches, 51 for strikes. (Photo: AP)
April 10, 2025 2:16 am
(AP) – Longtime NHL executive Ray Shero has died. He was 62. The Minnesota Wild announced Shero’s death Wednesday. It was not immediately clear how Shero died or where he was. Shero had been a senior adviser to Wild general manager Bill Guerin. The son of Hall of Fame coach Fred Shero, Ray worked in the league since the mid-90s and was GM of the Pittsburgh Penguins when they won the Stanley Cup in 2009. (Photo: AP)
