Devils part ways with longtime GM Tom Fitzgerald
NHL, Sports
By By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer 
April 7, 2026
General manager Tom Fitzgerald is parting ways with the New Jersey Devils, the latest NHL team to make an abrupt late-season change in the front office or behind the bench. Co-owner David Blitzer anno...
Jason Day among golfers speaking up about Woods
Sports
April 7, 2026
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Tiger Woods was a big part of the conversation Monday at the Masters without even being at Augusta National. His absence stemming from his arrest on suspicion of driving under the ...
Timberwolves aren’t where they want to be entering playoffs
NBA, Sports
April 7, 2026
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Earlier this season, Minnesota Timberwolves coach Chris Finch found a precise if unusual way to describe why his deep, experienced and well-rounded team had slipped into another fun...
Sports
April 7, 2026
COLLEGE BASEBALL 5:30 p.m. - SECN — Louisville at Kentucky 7 p.m. - ACCN — Charlotte at North Carolina 7 p.m. - ESPN2 — Florida at Florida St. COLLEGE SOFTBALL 8:30 p.m. - SECN — Samford at Mississipp...
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
April 7, 2026
There would be no hoisting of the cone for the Pittsburgh Pirates, who encountered a traffic jam on the bases against the San Diego Padres. The Pirates followed a sweep of the Baltimore Orioles with t...
SA grad Pikula hits another milestone at IUP
High school, Sports
VALLEY PIPELINE
By JEREMY SELLEW 
April 6, 2026
The former Gladiator star notched her 200th career hit with the Crimson Hawks. IUP’s Madison Pikula continues to show why she was one of the most prolific softball players to come out of the Mon Valle...
Gannon wins D-II championship
NCAA, Sports
April 6, 2026
INDIANAPOLIS — Pace Prosser totaled 28 points and 11 rebounds and Gannon beat Lander 84-61 on Sunday to win the Division II Championship. Prosser made 10 of 19 shots with four 3-pointers for the Golde...
’Burgh sports zip into a 180
Pittsburgh, Sports, Sports Columns
SPORTLIGHT
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
April 6, 2026
You can call me a homer if you want, but what I’m about to say is based more on fact than sentimentality. Name for me one other professional sports city whose fortunes have made a quicker about-face t...
O’Hearn homers, drives in four as Bucs sweep Orioles
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
April 6, 2026
What the Pittsburgh Pirates lacked more than pop in the middle of the lineup last season was the synergy to support a strong starting pitching performance. Braxton Ashcraft got both as he recorded a c...
McCarthy revamping wide receiver room
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
April 6, 2026
PHOENIX — The Pittsburgh Steelers are going big when it comes to reshaping their wide receivers corps. Literally and figuratively. Two-plus months into the tenure of new coach Mike McCarthy and with f...
Latest mocks show Steelers targeting offensive tackles
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS HARLAN TribLive 
April 6, 2026
The arrival of spring brings longer days and longer mock drafts. ESPN, CBS Sports and NFL. com were among the outlets this week that projected multiple rounds of the upcoming NFL Draft. The three-day ...
Sabres clinch playoff spot to end 15-year drought
NHL, Sports
By By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer 
April 6, 2026
Bring on postseason hockey in Buffalo. The Sabres’ playoff drought is finally over. Following an NHL-record 14 seasons of futility, during which the team finished no better than 19th in the league, th...
New champion will be crowned as Panthers eliminated
NHL, Sports
April 6, 2026
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Maybe the end for the Florida Panthers came when Brad Marchand was shut down for the season last month. Or maybe it was when Seth Jones broke his collarbone and wound up missing 2...
Auriemma apologizes for exchange with Staley
NCAA, Sports
April 6, 2026
PHOENIX (AP) — UConn coach Geno Auriemma has apologized for his actions during a heated exchange with Dawn Staley at the end of the Huskies’ loss to South Carolina in the women’s Final Four. A visibly...
Rakell, Crosby lead Penguins closer to playoff berth
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
April 6, 2026
With four games remaining in the regular season, the Pens sit in 2nd place in the Metro. Sidney Crosby was satisfied reaching one more career milestone. And Rickard Rakell was content in continuing to...
UCLA storms past South Carolina for women’s crown
NCAA, Sports
April 6, 2026
PHOENIX (AP) — It’s mission accomplished for UCLA. Gabriela Jaquez, Lauren Betts and the rest of the UCLA seniors secured the first NCAA women’s basketball national championship in school history — a ...
Sports
April 6, 2026
Registration open for Steel City hoops Any players interested in playing in the premier girls summer basketball league can still register for the Steel City SBL until May 1. The league is open to play...
Leps give Andrisko win over Trojans
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
April 4, 2026
Maddox Ceccarelli tossed a three-hit shutout to lead Belle Vernon to a 10-0 win over California. When Taylor Andrisko was coaching the California baseball team, there would be a group of students in t...
Yough beats Lig. Valley to extend winning streak to 6
High school, Sports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
April 4, 2026
Yough used a six-run fifth inning to break open a scoreless game and roll past Ligonier Valley, 7-2, in Section 1-3A play Friday. The Lady Cougars (7-2, 2-0) were quiet through the first four innings ...
Pirates’ Griffin, 19, looks more than ready
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
April 4, 2026
PITTSBURGH (AP) — All of the emotions were there, from joy to jitters and everything in between. Well, almost everything. The one thing Konnor Griffin didn’t feel when the Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop...