The Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium on Sunday announced the death of Sox, a 17-year-old female Masai giraffe. The giraffe had been euthanized on Friday after a long bout with a chronic condition, the zoo said in the announcement.

TSN: Boston Bruins president Cam Neeley said they really haven’t been happy with the teams play since training camp, and that they will explore all options ahead of the trade deadline. They could be buying or retooling.

I didn’t attend PiratesFest this weekend. I recently finished covering the Pittsburgh Steelers’ disastrous demise and the Penguins’ washout of a homestand. My Pittsburgh sports masochism knows at least some limitations.

The Pittsburgh Pirates today acquired pitcher Chase Shugart from the Boston Red Sox in exchange for minor league right-handed pitcher Matt McShane. The 28-year-old Shugart, who was designated for assignment on January 15,

Now, it looks like they may be adding another team to that list, as NBC Sports reported on Monday that Fenway Sports Group is expected to make a bid to buy the NBA's Boston Celtics. According to that report, the Grousbeck family has at least four bidders for the franchise and it's expected to sell for over $6 billion.

JetBlue (Nasdaq: JBLU) already connects Pittsburgh and Boston, and has served Florida cities from Pittsburgh as well in the past. And it's no stranger to the JFK-Pittsburgh route. It connected the two cities using Embraer 190 aircraft from June 2006 until February 2013.

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Stephen Pickard, an offensive lineman at high school football powerhouse IMG Academy, verbally committed to Syracuse on Saturday.

Following a trade that sent Mikko Rantanen from the Colorado Avalanche to the Carolina Hurricanes, who else might have an unexpected deal in the works?

RJ Davis scored seven points in overtime and Seth Trimble hit the go-ahead jumper, lifting North Carolina to a 102-96 victory over Boston College.

Evgenii Dadonov had a goal and an assist, Casey DeSmith stopped 33 shots in his second shutout of the season and Dallas beat St. Louis. Esa Lindell scored a power-play goal, Miro Heiskanen had an assist for the fourth straight game and Dallas won for the seventh time in its last nine road games.

The Griffins swept a two-game series against the Manitoba Moose, 2-1, on Saturday at the Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

The Penguins forward left Saturday's game against the Kraken with a lower-body injury after colliding with Chandler Stephenson.