When the Seattle Mariners opened the game with three consecutive hits, it gave no indication that Braxton Ashcraft would pitch one of his best performances for the Pittsburgh Pirates. After allowing a...

To say Marcell Ozuna has been a major disappointment as designated hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates is an understatement, as the threetime All-Star slugger has struggled mightily to find his swing th...

For all of the immense success Jim Rutherford guided the Pittsburgh Penguins to a decade ago as the club’s general manager, he didn’t exactly achieve it through sound drafting. And he made no secret a...

Jeff Capel has been a basketball coach for a quarter century. A former player and son of a head coach, Capel has been around the game for the vast majority of his life. So Capel knows his industry is ...

The current homestand is a crucial stretch for sputtering Bucs. Shortstop Konnor Griffin is only a rookie. So maybe we underrate what his absence from the lineup and the infield has truly meant to the...

Pittsburgh Pirates pitching phenom Paul Skenes turned pitchman on Tuesday morning at the Sheetz station in Shaler. Skenes made a surprise visit to the station to unveil Pirates jersey-patch sponsor Sh...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates rookie shortstop Konnor Griffin began a rehab assignment Tuesday night with Double-A Altoona, the club said. Griffin has been sidelined since May 31 with a right f...

Cole Young was 10 years old when the 2013 Pittsburgh Pirates ended two decades of futility and made the playoffs for the first time since 1992. He was also on hand at PNC Park when the Pirates generat...

Jared Jones taking a line-drive comebacker off his right elbow Sunday at Coors Field was a scary sight for the Pittsburgh Pirates, who already are playing without shortstop Konnor Griffin and center f...

Initial imaging came back negative, but the starting pitcher will be reexamined today in Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Pirates survived a scary moment when starting pitcher Jared Jones took a line drive ...

As the Pittsburgh Pirates flirt with slipping out of contention, the club is grappling with one of its major ongoing weak spots: the bullpen. To be sure, at times, the Pirates’ offense has been quiet ...

For the second night in a row, the Pittsburgh Pirates had no concerns about how they would replace the missing bats from their lineup. After rallying from a fourrun deficit 24 hours earlier, the Pirat...

Bryan Reynolds chips in two HRs to tie up score. By the end of the first inning Tuesday night at Sutter Health Park, the Pittsburgh Pirates looked to be on a fast track to losing their fourth straight...

Exit velocity and corresponding advanced statistics such as hard-hit percentages, launch angle and barrel rate are increasingly prominent elements of the discourse in baseball these days. Science also...

On Tuesday night, the Pirates won 6-5 over the Athletics in West Sacramento. They have still lost 8 of 11. They are 37-37. They are in fourth place in the National League Central division, nine games ...

Jared Jones allowed five runs in four innings in his fourth start since returning from injury. Sutter Health Park, the Athletics’ temporary home in West Sacramento, Calif., quickly has developed a rep...

Another name could be in the mix for the Pittsburgh Steelers at the quarterback position. The NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reported Monday that Brendan Sorsby is applying for the NFL’s supplemental dra...

It’s not just the defense & bullpen letting them down anymore. It’s one thing when the Pirates lose because of bad defense and a leaky bullpen. That’s like the Steelers losing a playoff game because t...

Jake Mangum: “He’s a much better defender than he gets credit for.” Bubba Chandler watched Heriberto Hernandez hit his full-count curveball hard but high — at a 105.4 mph exit velocity but 41-degree l...

Four issues could blow up a once-promising season. How low can they go? I wrote a month ago that the Pirates would not sink under .500 again. I also jumped the gun writing that GM Ben Cherington had r...