Introducing a new daily feature!
We'd been running 'Let's Talk Cup' every morning to offer readers a guide to that day's NHL action beyond the Penguins, as well as a forum to discuss that in comments. And after a bit of a slow start, it eventually took off to the extent that we thought about making it something more.
So, what we'll do is put together a schedule on all the major sports we cover, with some basic accompanying info. That's how it'll start. And from there, as the day goes along, we'll add headlines and links to other news around the sports world, albeit from a Pittsburgh perspective.
The onus is on you here! Keep it lively! Contribute your own links to stuff you find around the web!
Oh, and if you're looking for yesterday's Let's Talk file for any comments you might have missed, it's right here.
THE LATEST
• Horse racing: Justify won the Preakness Stakes at foggy, muddy Pimlico, becoming the first horse to head to the Belmont Stakes with a chance to win the Triple Crown since American Pharoah sealed the deal in 2015. - 7:15 p.m.
• IIHF: Patric Hornqvist and Sweden destroyed the U.S., 6-0, at the World Championships in Denmark. "We didn't play our best," Hornqvist told reporters. The Swedes will face Switzerland for gold tomorrow, as the Swiss upset Canada in the other semi. - 5:45 p.m.
• CFL: Johnny Manziel is heading to Canada. Who didn't see that coming? - 4:28 p.m.
• MLB: The Mets lost outfielder Juan Lagares for the season to toe surgery. - 3:36 p.m.
• NHL: Marian Hossa is retiring because of a skin disorder. To this day, Sidney Crosby describes him as the most talented winger he's ever had. - 1:22 p.m.
• NFL: J.J. Watt has offered to pay for all 10 funerals for the victims of the Santa Fe school shooting. - 1:44 p.m.
• NHL: Fleury's brilliance in Game 4 buries the Jets and puts the Golden Knights a W away from the Stanley Cup Final -- 12:09 a.m.
SATURDAY'S SCHEDULE
All times Eastern
NHL
Game 5, Eastern Conference final
7:15 p.m., Tampa, Fla.
MLB
7:05 p.m., Pittsburgh
1:07 p.m., Toronto
Game 1, day-night doubleheader
1:10 p.m., Cincinnati
Game 1, day-night doubleheader
2:05 p.m., Washington
2:15 p.m., St. Louis
4:05 p.m., San Francisco
4:10 p.m., Houston
7:10 p.m., New York
Game 2, day-night doubleheader
1:10 p.m., Cincinnati
7:10 p.m., Boston
7:10 p.m., Atlanta
7:10 p.m., Minneapolis
7:10 p.m., Chicago
7:15 p.m., Kansas City, Mo.
Game 2, day-night doubleheader
8:05 p.m., Washington
9:07 p.m., Anaheim, Calif.
9:10 p.m., Seattle
USL
7:01 p.m., St. Petersburg, Fla.