Payton Wilson bulks up for heavier role inside
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
May 30, 2025
Wanting to take on a bigger role in the Pittsburgh Steelers defense, inside linebacker Payton Wilson used his offseason time in the weight room to get bigger physically. Wilson said he reported to org...
Skenes, Pirates dominate D’backs to win series
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
May 29, 2025
TribLive Pulling off an epic comeback late Tuesday night set up the Pittsburgh Pirates for a series victory against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday afternoon. Paul Skenes was the man entrusted t...
Hitting reset not easy for Steelers’ Fautanu after injury
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
May 29, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The moment when Troy Fautanu’s rookie season came to a painful halt is seared into his brain. Asked to relive it on Wednesday after a rainy organized team activity, the Pittsburgh St...
Bucs stun D’backs with seven-run inning
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
TUESDAY’S LATE GAME
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
May 29, 2025
The Pirates scored 7 runs in the top of the eighth inning to stun the Diamondbacks in the desert. The Pittsburgh Pirates were shut out for the MLB-leading ninth time in 55 games (constituting 16% of t...
Austin, Wilson need to let actions do the talking
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By TIM BENZ TribLive 
May 29, 2025
After the first day of organized team activities at the Pittsburgh Steelers’ practice facility, quarterback Mason Rudolph was asked about “the noise” surrounding the prospect of Aaron Rodgers joining ...
Rodgers watch underway as OTAs begin
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
May 29, 2025
By all indications and like most of his Pittsburgh Steelers teammates, Patrick Queen likes Mason Rudolph. Surely, Queen likewise respects Skylar Thompson and rookie Will Howard. Queen believes the Ste...
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
May 28, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mason Rudolph has been in the NFL for more than half a decade now. And like any quarterback that has figured out a way to stick around, he’s gotten pretty good at guessing where the ...
Steelers gearing up for familiar issues at OTAs
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By TIM BENZ TribLive 
May 28, 2025
Since making another all-too-familiar early playoff exit, the Pittsburgh Steelers have waited for a chance to get back on the field and turn the page toward a new season. That wait ends on Tuesday wit...
Ashcraft shines in major-league debut
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
May 28, 2025
Braxton Ashcraft appeared as a reliever only twice in 71 career minor-league appearances. But upon being called up to the Pittsburgh Pirates from Triple-A Indianapolis on Monday, manager Don Kelly ind...
Pirates’ Heaney allows 5 runs in loss at Arizona
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
May 27, 2025
Reliever Braxton Ashcraft pitched three scoreless innings in his major league debut. Pittsburgh Pirates manager Don Kelly recently received a compliment from his Milwaukee Brewers counterpart, Pat Mur...
Cruz homers twice as Bucs win on wild pitch
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
May 24, 2025
Paul Skenes’ last start encapsulated how the Pittsburgh Pirates have, more often than not, underperformed behind him. Despite tossing a one-run complete game May 18 vs. Philadelphia, he was the game’s...
Horwitz adds hot bat, better defense to Pirates
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
May 24, 2025
Spencer Horwitz waited a long time to make his Pittsburgh Pirates debut, which was delayed by surgery on his right wrist in February that caused him to miss spring training and the first 45 games of t...
Being ‘Pittsburgh strong’ lured Dunning Jr. to Pitt
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By GIUSTINO RACCHINI TribLive 
May 24, 2025
After playing for three college basketball teams the past three seasons, Barry Dunning Jr. was drawn to being part of Jeff Capel’s rebuilt roster at Pitt and chasing success in the ACC. “Being Pittsbu...
Ben Waldrum named Pitt women’s soccer coach
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By BILL HARTLEP TribLive 
May 24, 2025
Pitt’s father-son tandem tasked with leading the Pitt women’s soccer program each will take on new roles. Randy Waldrum, who has been the Panthers’ head coach for the past seven seasons, will move int...
Trading Skenes not in the conversation
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
May 23, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates are reeling, and just about everything is on the table for a lastplace team that has already fired its manager and packed a half-decade’s worth of public- rela...
Bucs break streak with 5 runs, still lose to Brewers
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
May 23, 2025
Just when it appeared that neither Mother Nature nor the baseball gods could prevent the Pittsburgh Pirates from setting a major-league record of dubious distinction Thursday night, they caught a brea...
Pirates focused on finding a fix to offensive woes
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
May 23, 2025
The Pittsburgh Pirates are mired in an historic offensive slump, one that saw them match a major league record Wednesday for most games without scoring more than four runs. At 26 games and counting, t...
Heaney, bullpen in control as Pirates win series
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
May 22, 2025
An unfortunate streak for the Pittsburgh Pirates refuses to die. Not in 26 games, dating to April 22, has the team managed to score more than four runs, making it the longest such stretch in franchise...
Jones done for season after elbow surgery
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
May 22, 2025
Pittsburgh Pirates righthander Jared Jones underwent surgery on his right elbow and will miss the remainder of the season, costing the starting rotation one of its top young pitchers. Pirates senior d...
Keller latest to be victimized by Bucs’ shortcomings
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By TIM BENZ TribLive 
May 21, 2025
Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Mitch Keller gave up just one earned run in six innings against the surging Cincinnati Reds on Monday night. Obviously, that was one earned run too much for these f...