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2-minute Drill: Shultz Scores in Overtime as Pens Put Out Flames


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(Photo courtesy of Pittsburgh Penguins)

  • Penguins coach Mike Sullivan admitted he gets a little nervous when games go to three-on-three overtime.
  • The Pittsburgh Steelers have informed Le’Veon Bell that they will apply the franchise tag to him for the second consecutive year in the absence of an unlikely deal by Tuesday’s deadline.
  • Tyler Glasnow and Austin Meadows shared the same spotlight for the Pirates two years apart, as the organization’s top prospect by Baseball America.
  • The NFL’s salary cap has been set at $177.2 million per team in 2018, up from $167 million last year, using a calculation based on the league’s revenue.
  • When he set up Sidney Crosby’s winning goal in overtime against the New York Islanders on Saturday night, Kris Letang wrote his name in a fairly prominent place in the Penguins record books.