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Sheary leads Pens past Bruins

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Conor Sheary is in the midst of a career-best stretch — and he enjoyed another big game against his hometown team.The Pittsburgh forward scored two goals, Sidney Crosby added his league-leading 28th and the Penguins won their fourth straight game, 5-1 over the Boston ...

Emrick will get to call Bucs-Cubs on MLB Network Friday

Hockey has never been my sport of choice but I will watch if Mike “Doc” Emrick is calling the game.Part of it has to do with the fact that Emrick is connected to two institutions near and dear to my heart. He was a professor at Geneva College and a part-time hockey writer at the Beaver ...

Penguins fun to watch again

For the first time in I can’t tell you how long, I actually sat down and watched an entire NHL hockey game on Tuesday night. Not only did I get to see the Penguins eliminate the Capitals (albeit in about the most nerve-wracking way possible), but I was reminded about just how great a ...

Hated or not, Jagr one of the all-time greats

PITTSBURGH — Had things worked out differently, Jaromir Jagr might be back with the Pittsburgh Penguins, enjoying a possible victory tour that would end his NHL career where it started.Instead, he’s playing — and playing well — for the Florida Panthers. He celebrated his 44th birthday ...

Pittsburgh fans fortunate when you look at Philadelphia

“Better here than in Philadelphia.”Legend has it that the great comic actor of the ‘30s and ‘40s, W. C. Fields, had that written on his tombstone. Unfortunately, the legend is false. His tombstone reads. “W.C. Fields 1880-1946.”I don’t know if W.C. was a sports fan, but, if he ...