The Pittsburgh Penguins host the Boston Bruins tonight at PPG Paints Arena. Face-off is 7pm. WISR pre-game begins at 6:30pm.

The Penguins enter the game on a three-game losing streak. They have fallen to 5-8-2 overall, while the Bruins have the second-best record in the Eastern Conference. They are 11-4-1.

The Pens head to California for their next three games, including back-to-back games Saturday and Sunday.

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In the WPIAL girls volleyball semifinals last night:

Freeport lost their first set last night 25-27 to Seton LaSalle in the Class 3A semifinals, but then stormed back with set wins of 25-15, 25-16 and 25-15 to move into the WPIAL title game against Avonworth Saturday afternoon. Freeport improved to 21-0 this season. Avonworth defeated Waynesburg 3-1 in the other Class 3A semifinal. The match will be played at Peters Township high school Saturday at 1pm.

The North Catholic girls have also reached the WPIAL Class 5A championship game following a 3-1 semifinal win over Shaler. The Trojanettes, who are now 17-1 this season, will face Peters Township in the title game Saturday at 5:30pm, also at Peters Township.

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The Freeport and Burrell girls soccer teams meet tonight in the Class 2A WPIAL championship game. It will be played at Pittsburgh’s F.N.B. Stadium beginning at 6pm. The Yellow Jackets enter the game 16-2-1 overall. Burrell is 16-1-4.

The Karns City girls soccer team fell 2-0 last night to Elk County Catholic in the District 9 Class 1A championship game. The Gremlins had defeated Elk County Catholic 7-1 in last year’s title game.

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The Pitt men’s basketball team will host Buffalo tonight at the Petersen Events Center. Tip-off is 7pm.

The Panthers opened their season earlier this week with a 95-57 win over Rider Monday.

They will visit Butler Friday, November 13th in Indiana – a game that will be televised on the Peacock Network.

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The Savannah Bananas have added a third PNC Park date to their 2027 schedule. They were already slated to play the stadium August 6th and 7th, but will now add Sunday, August 8th to their schedule, and host the Indianapolis Clowns.

A ticket lottery for the first two games closed October 31st, but fans are encouraged to sign for a ticket waiting list at the bananball.com website.

Butler native Alex Ziegler has been a long-time Banana player.

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The Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 last night at PPG Paints Arena. It was another game the Penguins allowed a goal in the final minute of regulation. Vegas scored the game-winner with :32 second remaining.

Tomas Hertl opened the scoring with a power play goal in the first period. The Pens took a 2-1 lead mid-way through the third period following goals by Tommy Novak and Rickard Rakell, but the Golden Knights tied the game just over a minute later. Hertl then scored the game-winner on another power play with :35 seconds remaining.

The Penguins played without Evgeni Malkin in the game and went scoreless on six power plays in the game. They had 19 giveaways in the game, and were outhit 29-9.

The Pens have now lost two games in a row. They host Boston Thursday.

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In the WPIAL Soccer Playoffs Tuesday:

–The Mars girls reached the Class 3A championship game following a 1-0 win in overtime over Penn-Trafford. Penn-Trafford had not lost all season to a Triple-A team. Mars improved to 16-1-1 this season and will meet Shaler in the league title game Saturday at 3:30pm. All of the WPIAL championship games will be played at Pittsburgh’s F.N.B. Stadium – home of the Riverhounds.

–The Freeport-Burrell girls 2A title game has been set for Thursday at 6pm.

–The Seneca Valley boys defeated Fox Chapel 2-1 in the Class 4A semifinals. The Raiders improved to 16-1 this season and will get North Allegheny in the championship game Friday night at 8pm.

–N.A. defeated Norwin 1-0 last night in the other semifinal. The Tigers are now 12-3-3 this season.

Tonight in the WPIAL girls Volleyball Playoffs:

–Undefeated Freeport, who are 20-0 this season, will meet Seton LaSalle in the Class 3A semifinals at 7:30pm. The match is part of a WPIAL doubleheader at North Allegheny high school.

–The North Catholic girls, who are 16-1 this season, will face Shaler in a Class 5A semifinals. The match begins at 7:30pm at Fox Chapel high school.

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In a report from ESPN – Major League Baseball proposed delaying the start of a salary cap until 2028, saying teams have too many commitments for next season that wouldn’t allow them to reduce spending quickly enough. A day after the start of free agent negotiations for the 2026-27 offseason, owners on Tuesday proposed to players that the sport adopt a hard cap of $258.2 million for 2028 and a floor of $180.2 million, using luxury tax payrolls with average annual values.

(The Pittsburgh Pirates had an opening-day payroll of just over $104 million this year. (Their reported Total Tax Payroll/Luxury Tax information showed an ending payroll of $137 million.)

Baseball’s five-year labor contract, reached in March 2022 on the 99th day of a lockout, expires December 1st and management is expected to again lock out the union.

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Spire Motorsports has suspended NASCAR driver Carson Hocevar for Sunday’s season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, following an incident on-track in Martinsville last weekend. Hocevar was accused of intentionally brake-checking competitor Austin Cindric following a restart at Martinsville Speedway last Sunday. The move ended Cindric’s day at the short track. Hocevar denied doing it on purpose, but after his suspension, Nascar fined him $100,000 for the incident – which had in-car video proof.

Nascar also docked driver Josh Berry $50,000 for a similar brake-check incident involving Ryan Blaney.

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The Pittsburgh Steelers won their Sunday divisional matchup with the Cleveland Browns 27-6, winning their fourth game in a row.

The Steelers sacked Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson eight times in the game and forced two fumbles. Offensively the Steelers rushed for 200 yards in the game, led by Jaylen Warren who carried the ball 17 times for 143 yards and a score. Rico Dowdle added another 56 yards and a touchdown, as the Steelers improved to 6-2 and took sole possession of first place in the AFC North heading into their “bye” week. The Browns fell to 5-3.

The 6-2 Steelers return to play when they visit Cincinnati in the Sunday Night Football Game on November 15th.

The Bengals remained a half-game behind the Steelers in the division following a 43-36 win in overtime. They are 5-2.

Baltimore lost quarterback Lamar Jackson to another injury, then also lost back-up Tyler Huntley, and fell to Buffalo 36-10. Jackson suffered a potentially season-ending thumb injury in the game. The injury occurred on the first snap of the game. Huntley then suffered a toe injury in the second quarter. The Ravens were forced to turn to an undrafted free agent quarterback to finish the game. Baltimore fell to 4-4 and will host Jacksonville Thursday night.

In the Sunday Night Football Game – Washington defeated Philadelphia 27-10.

In the Monday Night Game tonight – Seattle will host Chicago at 8:15pm on ESPN and ABC.

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