THE BLACK-N-GOLD-NEWS
PENGUINS
Our Penguins playoff series with the New York Rangers was in full swing last week. How's the playoff beard look? The Pens fell to NY at Consol last Saturday, 4-2, to even the series at 1 game each. On Sunday, the Pens shuffled the roster, sending the perpetually-moving F Tom Sestito back to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.
On Tuesday, the series shifted to Madison Square Garden and featured rookie Matt Murray in goal for the Black-N-Gold. Murray proceeded to earn his 1st NHL playoff victory in the 3-1 win. The Pens made another move when they sent G Tristan Jarry down to WB/S.
Thursday night was another 1st for Murray. He recorded his 1st NHL playoff shutout, blanking the Blue Shirts 5-0. Congrats to the rook for his historic week!
This past Saturday afternoon, the series returned to Consol with the Pens up 3-1 in the series. Our boys closed it out in front of a raucous crowd in great fashion. They routed the Rangers 6-3 and knocked "King" Henrik Lundqvist off his throne and on his butt.
We learned yesterday that the Pens will faceoff against the Washington Capitals in 2nd round action. The Caps have home-ice advantage in this round. No announcement has been made yet regarding dates for this series. What is known is that they won't play on Friday in DC. Justin Bieber has a concert scheduled at that venue. Suffice it to say, our Pens will be raring to go when the puck does drop on this series. We want the Cup! Let's Go Pens!!!
PIRATES
Former Pirates manager Jim Leyland made the news last week. It was announced that the former Bucco skipper would manage Team USA for the 2017 edition of the World Baseball Classic. Congrats, Skip!
Our Pirates opened their 3-game series at home against the Milwaukee Brewers last week with an 8-4 loss on Friday night. They followed that up with their 1st shutout of the season, a 5-0 blanking of the Brewers. The Bucs took the finale on Sunday, 9-3. Hey, 2 outta 3 ain't bad.
The Buccos received some good news on 2 players that are on the DL. Both 3B Jung Ho Kang and RH Jared Hughes began their rehab assignments with Triple A Indy.
Meanwhile, the Pirates traveled out west, where they began a 3-game set with the San Diego Padres. The Bucs dropped the opener 5-4 They didn't fare any better the next night, losing 8-2. Our favorite Black-N-Gold baseball team was able to salvage the finale in San Diego, pounding the Pardres 11-1.
They made roster moves this week, too. 1B/OF Mike Morse was released. The Pirates then called up 1B Jason Rogers and sent INF Cole Figueroa to Triple A Indy.
The Pirates continued their road trip when they began a 3-game set with the Arizona Diamondbacks. They took the opener on Friday night, 8-7. The Pirates dropped game 2, 7-1. Sunday's rubber game was a wild one. The Pirates edged the Diamondbacks in 13 innings 12-10.
The Pirates final series of the road trip, a 4-game set with the Colorado Rockies, got under way last night. The Bucs won the 1st game, routing the Rockies 6-1.
Right now the Pirates are 12-9, the same record at this time last year. They're in 2nd place in the NL Central behind the Chicago Cubs. Keep stacking Ws in the win column. Let's Go Bucs!!!!!
STEELERS
Our Steelers made a roster move last week. They cut ties with the oft-injured, oft-ineffective CB Cortez Allen.
Not much else to report for our favorite Black-N-Gold football team. That will change soon enough. The NFL Draft begins on Thursday night. Will the Steelers address their needs in the secondary early? Will they find Big Ben's heir apparent? How about drafting yet another linebacker? Mrs. Black-N-Gold will make sure she keeps you up-to-date with all the Steelers news from the draft.
Let's Go Steelers!!!!!!
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