Trib HSSN baseball team of the week – Ellwood City Wolverines

How long will Mike Sullivan remain unemployed after parting ways with the Penguins on Monday?

Jackson Walsh threw a one-hitter with eight strikeouts as North Allegheny took two of three in a Section 1-6A baseball series Thursday with an 8-0 victory over rival North Hills.

Jill Sobule, the award-winning singer-songwriter whose witty and poignant writing first attracted widespread attention with the gay-themed song “I Kissed a Girl,” died in a house fire Thursday. She was 66.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Jack Eichel scored his first goal of the series to give the Vegas the lead late in the second period, and Adin Hill held it up on a 29-save night to spur the Golden Knights onto the second round with a 3-2 victory in Game 6 that ousted the Minnesota Wild on Thursday.

EL PASO, Texas — The Defense Department said Thursday that it has designated a second stretch on the U.S. border with Mexico as a military zone to enforce immigration laws.

DETROIT — Jalen Brunson scored 40 points, Mikal Bridges had 25 points and OG Anunoby added 22 to lead the New York Knicks to a 116-113 win over the Detroit Pistons on Thursday night and into the second round of the NBA playoffs.

Fox Chapel Area School District officials announced school is canceled for students Friday due to power outages, multiple road closures, and downed electrical wires.

The Quaker Valley School District will be closed Friday as municipalities continue to clean up after this week’s storms.

OTTAWA, Ontario — Max Pacioretty scored a tiebreaking goal with less than six minutes remaining in the third period, leading the Toronto Maple Leafs to a series-clinching 4-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night in Game 6 of the first-round matchup.

As storm recovery progresses, Penn Hills School District’s food services department will distribute meals from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, May 2, at the high school, 309 Collins Drive.

McKINNEY, Texas — Scottie Scheffler is happy to be back at his hometown event and showed it.

This is the time of the year to which athletes competing in track and field look forward.

Here are the top performers in the WPIAL as of May 1:

Though power was restored to more than 300,000 customers in Western Pennsylvania since Tuesday’s severe weather, about 160,000 remained without electricity in the region as of 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.

John “JT” Thompson has been the football coach at Greensburg Central Catholic for two seasons. He will have additional duties as he prepares for a third.

A man is dead and another hospitalized as a result of a shooting Thursday in Penn Hills.

Winning in the Stanley Cup playoffs and becoming a championship-capable team, Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said, is an art. It’s something that has to be learned.

Mt. Pleasant is looking for a new swimming coach.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Ian Wilkes viewed the reporters outside his barn as a sign he must be doing something right.

LOS ANGELES — LeBron James wasn’t ready to make any decisions about his future in the painful moments immediately after his 22nd NBA season ended with the Los Angeles Lakers’ first-round playoff exit.

Joe Bodick has never loved the smell of hot dogs more than he did Wednesday night.

A former National Guard member accused of lying to the federal government, defacing Jewish religious property in Squirrel Hill and testing a pipe bomb in a State College forest will remain jailed pending trial because of concerns he might pose a threat.

Prosecutors have valid concerns that a key witness against a Clairton man accused in the 2023 shooting of a Monroeville police officer could flee or die before next month’s trial, a Westmoreland County judge ruled.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kyle Busch was hyped for NASCAR greatness long before he was a teenager by his Hall of Fame nominee brother, who vowed “if you think I’m good, wait until you see my little brother.”