PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bryan Reynolds hit a two-run homer with one out in the ninth inning — after Oneil Cruz hit a mammoth shot early — to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 6-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night. Reynolds launched a 422-foot shot to left field off Taylor Rogers ...
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — Koby Altman’s midseason trade for James Harden was supposed to be the move that got the Cleveland Cavaliers back to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2018. After the New York Knicks dominated in their four-game sweep of the Cavaliers in the Eastern ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Leslie Dowdle called it. Months before her son Rico entered free agency after running for more than 1,000 yards for Carolina, Leslie Dowdle rang Rico just minutes after the Pittsburgh Steelers announced that Mike McCarthy would replace Mike Tomlin as head coach in January. “She called me and said, ‘You’re going to Pittsburgh,’” Rico Dowdle said Thursday. “Like, soon as he got hired, that’s the first thing she said.” As McCarthy joked a few minutes later, “mothers know best.” Or in this case, at least she knows a good match when she sees it. ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Angel Martínez had an RBI single during Cleveland's four-run first and made a key defensive play in the second inning as the Guardians held on for a 4-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Friday night. Cleveland's Chase DeLauter and Kyle Manzardo broke out of slumps with ...
GRANVILLE — The Morgantown Regional started off with a bang, and Kentucky won the battle to come out on top. The No. 3-seeded Wildcats had a four-run sixth inning to edge out No. 2-seeded Wake Forest to win 6-5, advancing to the winners' bracket of the region. Kentucky (32-21) awaits the ...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The last time Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder played a Game 7 it was the ultimate game of ultimate games, one that decided last season's NBA championship. And that's why, as the NBA's two-time Most Valuable Player spoke about the Game 7 that looms ...
