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Rookie Taillon takes no-hitter into 7th, Pirates blank Mets 4-0

NEW YORK (AP) - Jameson Taillon took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning of his second major league start, dominating the New York Mets while pitching the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-0 victory that snapped their five-game losing streak Tuesday night.Jung Ho Kang and Starling Marte each hit a two-run homer for the Pirates, backing eight efficient innings of two-hit ball from an impressive Taillon. One of baseball's top pitching prospects, the sturdy right-hander held New York hitless until Curtis Granderson grounded a leadoff single in the seventh, squeezing it through the shift between ...

Harrison back to win another Super Bowl ring

PITTSBURGH (AP) - James Harrison's main motivation for returning to the Pittsburgh Steelers is a third Super Bowl ring.The former NFL Defensive Player of the Year briefly mulled retirement before announcing last month he would be back for a 14th season.The 38-year-old linebacker insisted during the team's first day of mandatory minicamp on Tuesday that his return isn't about playing time, a starting job or becoming the franchise leader in sacks. He just wants another championship."The ultimate goal is to win a Super Bowl," Harrison said. "If that's not your goal, you might as well get ...

Gilmore reports for Bills mandatory practices

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) - After skipping the Buffalo Bills' entire spring schedule of voluntary workouts, cornerback Stephon Gilmore provided one good reason why he showed up for practice on Tuesday."It's mandatory," Gilmore said.Rather than risk being fined by the Bills for refusing to report, Gilmore was a grudging participant in opening the team's three-day mandatory minicamp.Even then, his participation was limited to taking part in stretching and individual drills while observing the rest of practice from the sideline.Saying his surgically repaired shoulder has fully healed, Gilmore ...

Penguin paradise:

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A turnaround season for the Pittsburgh Penguins ended with Sidney Crosby once again holding the Stanley Cup.Crosby set up Kris Letang's go-ahead goal midway through the second period and the Pittsburgh Penguins won the fourth Stanley Cup in franchise history by beating the San Jose Sharks 3-1 in Game 6 of the final Sunday night.Brian Dumoulin opened the scoring with a power-play goal and Patric Hornqvist added a late empty-netter. Matt Murray made 18 saves to give the Penguins a championship seven years to the day after they beat Detroit for their third title.The ...

Sullivan pushing all the right buttons for Pens

PITTSBURGH (AP) - There is no magic button, even if the correlation between Mike Sullivan's deft attempts to a get player's attention and that player almost immediately elevating his game is unmistakable.The Pittsburgh Penguins coach insists he's just doing his job, one that has brought the underachieving team to within three periods of a Stanley Cup that seems as inevitable now as it seemed unlikely when he took over in mid-December.Pittsburgh headed home Tuesday with a firm 3-1 lead over the San Jose Sharks in the tightly contested but ultimately one-sided best-of-seven after Evgeni ...

On the brink: Penguins take Game 4 to move within 1 win of Stanley Cup title

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Bounce-back performances from two key players moved the Pittsburgh Penguins to the brink of winning the Stanley Cup.Evgeni Malkin scored his first goal of the series and Matt Murray made 23 saves after a shaky Game 3 to lead the Penguins to a 3-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Monday night for a 3-1 series lead.Malkin woke up after being held pointless in the first three games of the series by setting up Ian Cole's goal to open the scoring. He added one of his own on the power play to give Murray all the support needed.Eric Fehr sealed it with a late goal ...