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Formers Penguins coach Mike Sullivan has a new job with the Rangers. New York’s media shares its reaction to the news. Marc-Andre Fleury ends his career with the Minnesota Wild. The Steelers are looking at an interesting offensive line prospect. And one analyst thinks it is time for the club...

How long will Mike Sullivan remain unemployed after parting ways with the Penguins on Monday? Apparently less than a week. According to multiple reports, Sullivan is close to becoming head coach of the New York Rangers. ESPN, which first reported the news Thursday evening, said Sullivan’s deal will be among...

Winning in the Stanley Cup playoffs and becoming a championship-capable team, Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said, is an art. It’s something that has to be learned. Turns out, the Lightning were good teachers. And the Florida Panthers were really good students. The Lightning, unbeknownst to them at the time,...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kyle Busch was hyped for NASCAR greatness long before he was a teenager by his Hall of Fame nominee brother, who vowed “if you think I’m good, wait until you see my little brother.” Busch’s debut in a NASCAR national series race was delayed, though, when he...

Lincoln Park boys basketball coach Mike Bariski said he couldn’t imagine anyone wanting to hurt Damar Johnson, a freshman standout who was shot in the arm Wednesday night in Farrell. “I can’t even understand who wouldn’t like him,” Bariski said. “A kid with braces. Always smiling. Fifteen years old. Come...

The man who fell 21 feet over the Clemente Wall onto the right-field warning track at PNC Park has been identified as Kavan Markwood. Markwood, 20, remained in critical condition Thursday after falling during the Pittsburgh Pirates-Chicago Cubs game the previous night. A South Allegheny School District official confirmed that...

Ten days after stating his intentions to continue in his position as the Penguins’ head coach, Mike Sullivan was out. His 10-year run with the team included two Stanley Cups and the most wins in franchise history. Triblive Assistant Sports Editor Jonathan Bombulie joins host Zac Gibson to break down...

Four years after Mike Tomlin made the official announcement of the Pittsburgh Steelers seventh-round pick by first referencing his position as, “Swiss Army Knife,” Tomlin was at it again about a seventh-round pick. “He has a Swiss Army Knife skill set,” Tomlin said Saturday, not long after his team selected...

A former Pittsburgh Steeler discusses being forced into early retirement because of injury. Another ex-Steeler is forced to become a free agent once more. Also, the Penguins’ head coaching job isn’t being rated as a highly desirable position. And we check on T.J. McConnell’s contributions to the surging Indiana Pacers...

I didn’t think it was possible to find anyone who was more upset about the 2025 NFL Draft than Mel Kiper. Then I looked at my social media mentions and my email. Apparently, Mel isn’t alone. Here is this week’s “U mad, bro?” I got this unsigned email from someone...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 14-13) had a 6-2 lead after six innings and lost 9-6 to Omaha (Royals). 1B Darick Hall (.209) homered for the second straight game, hitting a two-run shot, his third of the season. He went 1 for 4. CF Ji Hwan Bae (.274) went 1 for 4 with...

A fan fell over the Clemente Wall, a 21-foot drop onto the right-field warning track at PNC Park, halting play Wednesday night in the seventh inning of the game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs. Andrew McCutchen had just reached second base following an RBI double that ricocheted off...

Giannis Antetokounmpo had to have known the question was coming. “Do you think that you can still win that second championship here in Milwaukee after a third straight first-round exit?” The question came after the Bucks’ season ended Tuesday night in Indianapolis. Antetokounmpo is surely asking himself the same question...

NEW YORK — WNBA training camps just opened, and there already are so many eyes on the 2026 season when more than 100 players will be free agents. Nearly all of the league’s top players could be on the move, including 20 of last season’s All-Stars. “It’s a fact that...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — On a crisp, clear morning, a chestnut thoroughbred thundered down the dirt strip at Churchill Downs, his exercise rider leaning forward above the saddle. Other horse-and-rider pairs followed. Dr. Will Farmer looked down from a viewing point, admiring the speed and agility of the 1,000-pound animals. The...

LA QUINTA, Calif. — Jeff Sperbeck, a business partner and former agent for NFL Hall of Famer John Elway, died Wednesday after suffering an injury last weekend at a Southern California golf resort community. He was 62. No cause of death was released, but the Riverside County coroner’s office said...

Doctors recommended that Endy Rodriguez immobilize his right index finger for another week, a setback for the Pittsburgh Pirates catcher/first baseman’s timeline to return to playing. Rodriguez suffered a laceration on top of the knuckle when a ball ricocheted off his right hand in the first inning against the Washington...