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Cavs, OKC lead conferences, but are playing for more

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The East is a runaway. The West is a bigger runaway. And the NBA hasn’t seen anything quite like this in nearly 40 years. While all the attention is on your NCAA brackets this week (by the way, here are some tips for the men’s and women’s tournaments), it’s safe to go ahead and ...

Skenes highlights opening day starters

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Pittsburgh right-hander Paul Skenes, the reigning National League Rookie of the Year award winner, will be the youngest pitcher in 11 years to start a season opener when he takes the mound for the Pirates next week. Skenes will be 22 years and 302 days old on March 27 when Pittsburgh plays at ...

Engvall gets tiebreaking goal, Islanders surge to beat Penguins

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PITTSBURGH — Pierre Engvall scored the tiebreaking goal in New York’s four-goal third period, and the Islanders rallied to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2 on Tuesday night. Kyle Palmieri had a goal and two assists, Noah Dobson added a goal and an assist, and Simon Holmstrom also scored ...

Pens and Preds to play Global Series games in Stockholm

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MANALAPAN, Fla. — The Country Music Association Awards ceremony kicks the Nashville Predators out of their arena for a long stretch every November. This year, they’ll use that absence to travel to Sweden. The NHL announced Tuesday the Predators are facing the Pittsburgh Penguins in ...

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YSU baseball wins second straight The Youngstown State baseball team drew 15 walks and posted 11 hits while scoring a season-high 15 runs in a 15-5 midweek victory over Mercyhurst on Tuesday evening at Eastwood Field. The Penguins trailed 2-0 after the top of the second inning before ...