Shear brilliance: Rookie Sheary delivers OT winner as Pens take 2-0 lead in Cup Finals

June 2, 2016

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Conor Sheary started the season in the minor leagues.Safe to say the Pittsburgh rookie is not heading back there anytime soon. If ever.Sheary's shot from just inside the left circle zipped by Martin Jones' glove and into the net 2:35 into overtime to give the Penguins a 2-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday night and a 2-0 lead in the Stanley Cup Final. Game 3 is Saturday night in San Jose.Sharks defenseman Justin Braun tied it with 4:05 left in regulation but San Jose fell to 0-4 when pushed to overtime in the playoffs. Sidney Crosby won a faceoff in the ...

Crosby back on top of his game for Pens

June 1, 2016

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Sidney Crosby does not have an off switch. If there was one, Patric Hornqvist believes he would have found it by now.Not once over the last two years while playing alongside one of the NHL's most popular players has Hornqvist seen an exasperated sigh, a roll of the eyes or so much as a smirk from the superstar who has dutifully served as one of the faces from the league from the moment the Pittsburgh Penguins drafted him No. 1 overall in 2005 and he became tasked with restoring the languishing franchise to glory."It's crazy how well-prepared he is for everything," ...

Marlins top Pirates as Fernandez outduels Cole

June 1, 2016

MIAMI (AP) - Jose Fernandez pitched seven scoreless innings to help the Miami Marlins beat Gerrit Cole and the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-1 on Tuesday night.Christian Yelich had a tiebreaking RBI single in the seventh, J.T. Realmuto had three hits for the Marlins, and A.J. Ramos pitched a shaky ninth for his 16th save.Miami's Ichiro Suzuki had two hits to tie Sam Crawford for 31st on MLB's all-time hit list with 2,963.Fernandez (8-2) struck out six and gave up three hits while throwing 62 of 88 pitches for strikes. He improved to 22-1 at home and lowered his season ERA to 2.53.Cole (5-4) ...

Obama congratulates Villanova for winning NCAA championship

June 1, 2016

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama congratulated the Villanova University men's basketball team Tuesday for winning what he described as "maybe the best title game of all time" in this year's NCAA tournament.Forward Kris Jenkins provided the winning shot with a 3-point field goal as time expired.Jenkins did so just a few seconds after North Carolina had managed to tie the game with a remarkable shot as well.Obama, a basketball enthusiast, welcomed the Wildcats to the White House East Room. He singled out several Wildcats and their coach, Jay Wright."Coach Wright and this team ...

Position-by-position look at the NBA Finals

June 1, 2016

A position-by-position look at the matchups in the NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers:CENTER: Andrew Bogut vs. Tristan Thompson. The Warriors turned around the finals last year once they benched Bogut and went small, so who knows how much time he gets now after he was needed against Oklahoma City's big men in the Western Conference finals. Thompson averaged 13 points in the 2015 finals and could have those opportunities again against small lineups. Edge: Even.POWER FORWARD: Draymond Green vs. Kevin Love. Love is making his NBA Finals debut and will have ...

Bills tackle Henderson set to rejoin team after 2 operations

June 1, 2016

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) - Buffalo Bills offensive tackle Seantrel Henderson is ready to resume his career after an offseason in which he had two operations on parts of his intestines to reduce the effects of Crohn's disease.The player's agent, Alan Herman, confirmed to The Associated Press on Tuesday that Henderson is preparing to travel to Buffalo this week following one final checkup scheduled on Wednesday at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota."He's going to be able to play football," Herman said. "There's no problem with his ability to lift weights, get into good shape, compete in training ...