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Experience vs. youth

While John Tortorella has only been coaching the Vegas Golden Knights for a little over six weeks, they are his sixth NHL team and he is coming up on his 22nd anniversary of hoisting the Stanley Cup. Through all that, he still wonders something about playoff hockey. "I'm not sure what's ...

Rockies get by Pirates 10-4

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mickey Moniak doubled, tripled, and homered on his 28th birthday, Jake McCarthy had the first unassisted double play by a left fielder in the majors since 2013, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-4 on Wednesday night. The Rockies ended a three-game ...

A pair of leaders

RUSSELL — Eisenhower has gone through a lot of growing pains this baseball season and, with only one victory, it has been up to its two seniors — Caleb Jakubczak and Ben Lindberg — to provide the leadership for this young team. “We have been lucky to have had both Caleb and Ben,” Knights head coach Parker Neal said. “They have both been exceptional leaders who have helped with their positive contributions, both on and off the field.” Jakubczak is an accomplished athlete in both baseball and football. In the latter, he was the region Player of the Year as he was a ...

Broncos and Chiefs open Monday Night slate

NEW YORK (AP) — The Denver Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs will play Sept. 14 in the first game of ESPN's "Monday Night Football" schedule. Where that game will be played was not part of Tuesday morning's announcement. The location has not been determined yet with the NFL still finalizing things ahead of Thursday night's 2026 season schedule release. The Cincinnati Bengals will play the Atlanta Falcons in Madrid on Nov. 8 as part of the NFL-record nine international games in 2026 spanning span four continents, seven countries and eight stadiums. This game announced Tuesday afternoon ...

Skenes loses no-hit bid in the seventh

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes saw his no-hit bid against the Colorado Rockies broken up in the seventh inning on Tuesday night by Mickey Moniak's clean single. The reigning National League Cy Young Award winner struck out 10 and walked none while facing the minimum 19 batters before Moniak stepped to the plate with one out in the seventh. Moniak hit a sinking line drive to left-center that bounced in front of centerfielder Oneil Cruz. Skenes retired the next two batters to preserve a 2-0 lead. The 23-year-old Skenes' only miscue before Moniak singled came ...

Skenes shines, Pirates topple Rockies

PITTSBURGH — Paul Skenes allowed two hits over eight masterful innings to help the Pittsburgh Pirates toppled the Colorado Rockies 3-1 on Tuesday night. The reigning National League Cy Young winner carried a no-hitter into the seventh while retiring 18 of the first 19 batters he faced. Colorado's Mickey Moniak broke up the no-hit bid when he dumped a single into left-center field with one out in the seventh. Skenes (6-2) retired Hunter Goodman and TJ Rumfield to end the threat. Skenes returned for the eighth, giving up a one-out double to Troy Johnston before getting a flyout ...