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• Woods keeps it dry at TPC

  Tiger Woods had the last word against Sergio Garcia by winning The Players Championship on Sunday.

  May 12, 2013 1 Photo

• Kenseth leaps hurdles to win for JGR

  Matt Kenseth has rarely been more pleased in victory than he was this weekend at Darlington Raceway. Maybe that’s because of what he overcame to achieve the win.

  May 12, 2013 1 Photo

• Rangers, Maple Leafs both force Game 7s

  Henrik Lundqvist stopped 27 shots in earning his seventh NHL playoff shutout, and Derick Brassard scored a second-period goal for the New York Rangers, who stayed alive with a 1-0 victory over the Washington Capitals on Sunday that forced a Game 7 in the first-round series.

  May 12, 2013

• Penguins advance on overtime goal

  Brooks Orpik’s goal would have been memorable even if wasn’t in overtime and didn’t put the Pittsburgh Penguins into the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
  When you are a defensive-minded defenseman with only 12 goals in nine NHL seasons, they all tend to stand out.

  May 12, 2013 1 Photo

• Liriano key to Pirates' victory

  Francisco Liriano finally got to pitch for Pittsburgh and, just like that, the Pirates looked like a much better team.
  He struck out nine and the Pirates teed off on New York’s pitching for an 11-2 win over the Mets on Saturday.

  May 12, 2013 1 Photo

• Shade softball thriving on Karl’s watch

  Frank Karl coached the majority of the girls who comprise Shade High School’s softball team from the time they played T-ball and coach pitch.
  Karl was there when the group, as elementary-school students, once rallied from an 18-run deficit to win a game, and he hoped to be there when the group reached the varsity level.

  May 12, 2013

• MIKE MASTOVICH: Junior put his stamp on tourney

  This year, Junior won’t be on the Point Stadium field for the pregame hoopla associated with opening night of the 69th annual AAABA Tournament.
  He won’t watch as dozens of Corvettes and hundreds of baseball players enter through the left-field gate with their respective teams from cities such as Baltimore, New Orleans, New Brunswick and Altoona.

  May 12, 2013 1 Photo

• East Stroudsburg wins PSAC championship

  Senior Brian Ernst threw eight innings without allowing an earned run on just two days rest and East Stroudsburg University used a five-run fifth inning to secure its first PSAC baseball championship since 1971 with a 7-1 win over defending champion West Chester on Saturday at Point Stadium.
  The Warriors (33-16), who set a school record with their 33rd win, earned the PSAC’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Tournament thanks in large part to an outstanding effort by Ernst, who was named the PSAC Tournament MVP.

  May 11, 2013 1 Photo

• Steelers Hall of Famer Jack Butler dies at 85

  Jack Butler, who helped revolutionize the way cornerbacks played in the NFL during his Hall of Fame career with the Pittsburgh Steelers, died Saturday after a lengthy battle with a staph infection. He was 85.
  Butler’s son, John, said his father’s heart stopped suddenly Saturday morning. The elder Butler had spent the last several months in the hospital dealing with a staph infection that had plagued him since his career ended in 1959.

  May 11, 2013

• MIKE KOVAK| Blending schedules a challenge for athletic directors

  Bishop McCort basketball gets it. So does Greater Johnstown basketball.
  Go ahead and count Somerset baseball among the mix. The same goes for Ligonier Valley softball and Northern Cambria volleyball.
  What is it that these different programs from various locations within The Tribune-Democrat coverage area get exactly?

  May 10, 2013 1 Photo

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