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Malkin returns on 1-year deal

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Evgeni Malkin is going to get a chance to finish what he started in Pittsburgh. The Penguins re-signed the franchise icon to a one-year deal worth $5.5 million on Tuesday, answering perhaps the club's biggest offseason question before the offseason truly starts. Malkin, ...

Pirates deliver Cubs 10th straight loss

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Esmerlyn Valdez hit a two-run home run to cap a five-run first inning on Tuesday night and the Pittsburgh Pirates routed the skidding Cubs 12-1 to extend Chicago's losing streak to 10 games. The rookie became the seventh player in Pirates' history to hit two home runs ...

Sweet Silver

SHIPPENSBURG — Eisenhower’s Ethan Beers saved his best triple jump for last as his third and final attempt earned him a second-place finish at the PIAA state championship track meet on Saturday morning. Beers’ final jump carried him 45 feet, 1-inch, which was good enough to earn a ...

Warren’s Spiegel takes 10th in state high jump

Warren Area High School junior Max Spiegel just missed the podium Saturday at the PIAA State Track and Field Championships at Shippensburg University. Spiegel’s signature event, the high jump, had a slight change of events due to Mother Nature not cooperating. The event had to be moved ...

Davis homer lifts Pirates

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Henry Davis hit a go-ahead solo home run in the seventh inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates sent the Chicago Cubs to their ninth straight loss with a 2-1 victory on Monday. Davis turned on a 91 mph cutter from Cubs reliever Trent Thornton (2-1) and sent it well over the ...

Briefs

RUSSELL — Behind a pair of birdies, Lou Swanson swept gross and net honors with a 36 and 31 respectively in the fifth week of the Senior Men’s League at Cable Hollow Golf Course. Randy Lawson recorded the most points (8.5) and is the season points leader (16.5); Andy Sveda collected three ...