Pirates score winning run in 9th to snap 8-game skid
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
July 14, 2025
Spencer Horwitz drove in the game-winner with a bases-loaded groundout. Though their effort certainly was obscured by their overall performance on the year, the Pittsburgh Pirates managed to post a wi...
Penguins acquire goaltender Arturs Silovs from Canucks
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
July 14, 2025
They sent Chase Stillman and a fourth-round pick in 2027 to Vancouver. The Pittsburgh Penguins added to their goaltending depth Sunday by acquiring Arturs Silovs from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange...
Skenes sharp again, but Bucs drop 7th straight
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
July 12, 2025
His record fell to 4-8 despite throwing five strong innings. The past three starts by Paul Skenes have been five innings or fewer, with two of those three featuring only 78 pitches thrown. Skenes’ abb...
Pirates call up Ramirez, send Triolo to Triple-A, DFA Gorski
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
July 12, 2025
The right-handed reliever appeared in 21 games with the team in 2022 and 2023. The Pittsburgh Pirates selected the contract of righthander Yohan Ramirez from Triple-A Indianapolis ahead of Friday’s se...
Penguins pick up defenseman Dumba from Stars
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
July 11, 2025
The defenseman scored a goal and had nine assists last season for the Stars. The Pittsburgh Penguins have acquired defenseman Matt Dumba and a second- round selection in the 2028 NHL draft from the Da...
Steelers plan $3.5M to improve Acrisure concessions
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JULIA BURDELSKI TribLive 
July 11, 2025
Steelers fans can expect to see some concession stand upgrades at Acrisure Stadium on Pittsburgh’s North Shore. PSSI Stadium LLC, an affiliate of the Steelers, on Thursday got the green light from the...
Mattson’s tough outings belie a much stronger season
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
July 11, 2025
Isaac Mattson was the man on the mound when Kansas City won in walk-off fashion Tuesday night, with Nick Loftin delivering the game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning. But it wasn’t ...
Royals sweep Pirates thanks to pair of Perez homers
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
July 10, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Salvador Perez homered twice, Jac Caglianone hit the longest measured homer by a Royals rookie, and Kansas City beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Wednesday night to complete a...
Pitching decisions backfired for Pirates
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
July 10, 2025
Sticking with Mitch Keller in a tie game after the Royals put a man on first base in the seventh inning Tuesday in Kansas City made enough sense, and it’s the decision that Pittsburgh Pirates manager ...
Debate over Cruz’s HR Derby invite unnecessary
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By TIM BENZ TribLive 
July 10, 2025
Oneil Cruz has been named to the roster for the Major League Baseball All-Star Home Run Derby Monday night. That seems to have stirred a debate on sports talk radio and in social media circles as to w...
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By TIM BENZ TribLive 
July 10, 2025
The Pittsburgh Steelers and disgruntled outside linebacker T.J. Watt still have a lot of ground to cover on contract renegotiations, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. “They’re far apart right now, an...
Pirates lose 5th straight, waste another great Keller start
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
July 9, 2025
Mitch Keller took the mound in Kansas City on Tuesday having recently earned wins in two straight starts for the first time since backto- back victories June 1 and 7, 2024. The Pittsburgh Pirates fail...
Bucs’ Cruz to take record-breaking power to HR Derby
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
July 9, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Oneil Cruz, known more for delivering hard-hit homers than producing them in quantity, was added Tuesday to next week’s Home Run Derby in Atla...
Former Steelers scout Tim Rooney dies at 84
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
July 9, 2025
Tim Rooney, a former Pittsburgh Steelers scout and nephew of franchise founder Art Rooney, died Tuesday of cancer. He was 84. Rooney joined the franchise in 1972 as the team’s director of pro personne...
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
July 9, 2025
Former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jesse Puljujarvi signed a two-year contract with Geneve-Servette HC of Switzerland’s National League. That team announced the transaction Tuesday. Puljujarvi, 27, sp...
No history lesson needed for Penguins’ prospects
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By TIM BENZ TribLive 
July 9, 2025
For the expansive list of new Pittsburgh Penguins prospects at their recent development camp, there was a lot to be learned. They got to meet their coaches, the staff and each other. They were able to...
Scoreless streak over, losing streak goes on for Bucs
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
July 8, 2025
The Pittsburgh Pirates averaged more than seven runs during their recent streak of six consecutive victories, only to be swept in Seattle via three shutouts in a row. That marked an inauspicious begin...
Prospect Brunicke knocking on NHL’s door
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By MATTHEW PURUCKER TribLive 
July 8, 2025
Harrison Brunicke entered Pittsburgh Penguins development camp at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex coming off a breakthrough year. Among other accomplishments, Brunicke made his professional debut with the...
Pirates should hold on to productive players
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SPORTLIGHT
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
July 7, 2025
The last couple weeks have really had me scratching my head when it comes to what Pirates fans are thinking these days. To me, the biggest issues with this franchise continue to and always will be the...
Bucs blanked again in 1-0 loss at Seattle
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
July 7, 2025
Randy Arozarena’s homer provided the game’s only run. The Pittsburgh Pirates went scoreless in Seattle. In a sobering series for a red-hot team coming off three consecutive shutouts of the St. Louis C...