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’ 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’ 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 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 ...
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
July 15, 2025
It won’t take long for the Pittsburgh Penguins to cross paths with former head coach Mike Sullivan. On Monday, the NHL announced the Penguins will face the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on...
Bucs take top prep pitcher with No. 6 pick in MLB Draft
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
July 14, 2025
Seth Hernandez is considered to have “frontof- the-rotation upside.” The Pittsburgh Pirates have two of baseball’s top young starting pitchers in Paul Skenes and Jared Jones, but that didn’t stop them...
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...