Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang (heart) will not participate in Thursday's season finale against the Washington Capitals following a medical procedure. On Wednesday, the team announced that ...

WITH THE EXPLANATION FROM THE PENGUINS. KRIS LETANG HAS BEEN PLAYING HOCKEY AT AN EXTREMELY HIGH LEVEL WITH A HOLE IN HIS HEART. IT WAS DISCOVERED AFTER HIS FIRST STROKE BACK IN 2014. ON TUESDAY.

Patrick Damp is a web producer for CBS Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV, Patrick studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in sports ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang’s season is over. The 19-year veteran will miss Pittsburgh’s finale against Washington on Thursday night after undergoing a procedure to ...

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang had successful surgery to repair a hole in his heart, the team’s president of hockey operations, Kyle Dubas, said in a news release Wednesday ...