Max Starks named Steelers radio color commentator
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
July 23, 2025
He will take over the position after the death of former Steeler Craig Wolfley. Max Starks will take over as color commentator for Pittsburgh Steelers radio broadcasts. The team announced Tuesday that...
Pirates sign first wave of draft picks Monday
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
July 23, 2025
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed their first wave of draft picks Monday, adding three college players to their minor-league system. Third baseman Murf Gray and right-handed pitcher Jack Anker of Fresno S...
Plenty for Steelers to address as team reports to camp today
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
July 23, 2025
By losing nine starters and 16 players overall from the active roster for the January wild-card playoff loss at Baltimore, the Pittsburgh Steelers embraced the change that was expected after yet anoth...
Pirates give Skenes first win since May 28
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
July 22, 2025
It was the second-year pitcher’s first home win since April 14. The Pittsburgh Pirates stumbled out of the gate over the weekend in their first post-All-Star Break series, suffering a sweep at home to...
The Pirates are just unacceptable
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports, ...
I’M JUST SAYIN’
July 22, 2025
Iwrote in a column earlier this year about the curse that is being a Pittsburgh Pirates fan. For some, I’d even say most, of us we are just dying for a winner. Personally, I’ll take one game over .500...
Steelers unveil new 1933 throwback uniforms
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
July 22, 2025
With a nod to the franchise’s founding almost a century ago, the Pittsburgh Steelers revealed the design of a new throwback uniform the team will wear for an October game this coming season. The Steel...
Cleaning up leftovers of TJ Watt’s new deal
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By TIM BENZ TribLive 
July 22, 2025
After a weekend’s worth of discussion, analysis and social media chatter surrounding T.J. Watt’s new contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers, let’s address some of the bigger talking points. And let’s a...
Lost weekend: AL-worst White Sox sweep 3-game series from Pirates
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
July 21, 2025
Andrew Heaney was shelled Sunday as Bucs pitchers struggled in all three games. Before the Pittsburgh Pirates could put an end to their most embarrassing series, there were dark clouds hovering over P...
Pirates open second half with lopsided loss
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
July 19, 2025
Bailey Falter only lasted four innings in the 10-1 loss to the White Sox. If there was optimism for the Pittsburgh Pirates to put a disappointing first half behind them, it was because they opened the...
Pittsburgh, Sports
July 19, 2025
Pittsburgh is now unbeaten in its last five games. TribLive The Pittsburgh Riverhounds and Detroit FC entered Friday’s game with not much separating them in the Eastern Conference standings. They left...
Liover Peguero returns with versatility; starting rotation resets after break
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
PIRATES NOTEBOOK
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
July 19, 2025
The 24-year-old utility man provides plenty of options as he takes Adam Frazier’s roster spot. Liover Peguero has bounced back and forth between Triple-A Indianapolis and the Pittsburgh Pirates. Now t...
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By TALIA WISE CBN News 
July 19, 2025
“We saw that God was moving in a powerful way so we wanted to start really like a movement.” Senior tight end Jake Overman is the founder of the Pitt Purpose movement. The Spirit of God has sparked a ...
Watt, Steelers agree to record-setting contract extension
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
July 18, 2025
The new deal makes him the highest-paid nonquarterback in the NFL. There will be no hold out. No “hold in,” either, for T.J. Watt. The Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday agreed to make him the highest-pa...
Former Steelers wide receiver Mike Williams decides to retire from NFL at 30
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
July 18, 2025
He reached the decision shortly before the Chargers opened training camp on Thursday. EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Chargers wide receiver Mike Williams has retired from the NFL at age 30. His...
Pirates trade Frazier to K.C. for Triple-A infielder
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
July 17, 2025
Cam Devanney was optioned to Indianapolis, so another roster move will be made by Friday. The Pittsburgh Pirates made their first significant midseason trade with implications to the big-league roster...
Skenes strikes out 2, retires Aaron Judge in spotless All-Star start
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
July 16, 2025
He whiffed Tigers teammates Gleyber Torres and Riley Greene to start the game. Before a heavyweight showdown in last year’s All-Star Game, Paul Skenes dubbed his matchup with Aaron Judge “big on big.”...
Pirates’ Paul Skenes set to start All-Star Game again
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
July 15, 2025
He called it “a huge honor and huge opportunity” in his second MLB season. In part stemming from an aversion to receiving compliments, hyping up himself and publicity in general, Paul Skenes can be no...
Pirates’ Cruz wows with moonshots, but is eliminated in 2nd round of Home Run Derby
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
July 15, 2025
Seattle’s Cal Raleigh became the first catcher and switch-hitter to ever win the event. The Home Run Derby has been notoriously unkind to Pittsburgh Pirates participants over the years. While the form...
Pirates start 2nd day of MLB Draft by picking Puerto Rican shortstop, Arizona catcher
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
July 15, 2025
On the second day of the MLB Draft, the Pittsburgh Pirates loaded up on college hitters. The Pirates picked a pair of right-handed prep pitchers from southern California in Seth Hernandez (No. 6) and ...