Pirates hit a pair of homers to salvage final game of series
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
May 15, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Matt Gorski and Jared Triolo each connected for a two-run homer off New York Mets starter Clay Holmes, and the Pittsburgh Pirates finally mustered some offense in a 4-0 victory Wednesd...
Reynolds navigating through offensive slump
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
May 15, 2025
Through parts of seven bigleague seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Bryan Reynolds has largely been a pillar of productivity for the club, offering consistent offense year in and year out. Aside fro...
Baty’s late homer lifts Mets
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
May 14, 2025
This year, opposing hitters haven’t had much of an answer for New York Mets starter Kodai Senga, who sported a 1.16 ERA through seven starts heading into Tuesday’s game at Citi Field. The Pittsburgh P...
Pirates’ Skenes will play for USA in WBC
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
May 14, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Skenes is ready to take on the world. The Pittsburgh Pirates ace announced Tuesday that he will join Team USA when the World Baseball Classic returns next March. “Being around the...
Skenes pitches well as Mets walk off Pirates
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
May 13, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Alonso hit a game-winning sacrifice fly in the ninth inning and the New York Mets took advantage of a costly error by shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4...
Bart offering invaluable presence in Pirates’ lineup
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
May 13, 2025
Roughly six weeks into the season, Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Joey Bart has proven to be among the team’s hardest players to remove from the lineup any given night. For a club that continues to rank t...
Bart’s walk-off leads Pirates over Braves
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
May 12, 2025
Carmen Mlodzinski turned in his best start in the 4-3 victory. Carmen Mlodzinski pounded his fist into his glove as he walked off the mound with two outs in the sixth inning, an auto-response to his b...
Sawyer: Steelers loaded up in draft on players from ‘best conference in football’
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
May 12, 2025
The team added Big Ten players with its first six picks in last month’s draft. When Pittsburgh Steelers management set out to make the defense more physical this season, it probably wasn’t a coinciden...
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
May 12, 2025
The Pirates’ GM also provided medical updates on a few injured players. Finding Derek Shelton’s replacement was an easy call for Ben Cherington, as Don Kelly made such a strong impression that the gen...
Still grieving his mother, Harmon making most of minicamp weekend
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
May 10, 2025
Derrick Harmon hasn’t gotten around to taking the customary tour of Pittsburgh that the Steelers’ first-round draft pick typically enjoys. He hasn’t eaten at Primanti Bros., taken the incline to the t...
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
STEELERS ROOKIE CAMP NOTES
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
May 10, 2025
Four years after entering the NFL as a high-profile college player, Trey Sermon was among those invited to the Pittsburgh Steelers rookie minicamp this weekend on a mere tryout basis. Sermon was a thi...
Pirates beat Braves in Kelly’s first game
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
May 10, 2025
To say the last 24-plus hours have been a whirlwind for Don Kelly is a massive understatement. Kelly, 45, was elevated to manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday afternoon after Derek Shelton’s ...
Kelly held in high esteem by former coaches
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
May 10, 2025
Leadership, commitment, dedication, concern for fellow teammates — those were among the several dozen categories Mark Jackson used to annually evaluate his baseball players at Point Park. It was a str...
Rust optimistic about the future of the Penguins
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
May 10, 2025
Bryan Rust was far from satisfied. But he could laugh. The season was over. Nothing was going to change the fact that the Pittsburgh Penguins missed the playoffs. So, the industrious winger was glib w...
Shelton heard the boos, now he’s out of a job
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
May 9, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Derek Shelton was booed loudly when he was introduced ahead of his sixth home opener as the Pittsburgh Pirates manager last month. He shook it off in the aftermath, attributing the r...
Despite Shelton’s firing, Cherington takes responsibility
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
May 9, 2025
Ben Cherington has delivered his share of double talk as general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, and his explanation for firing manager Derek Shelton on Thursday was no exception. While severing ti...
Steelers move on, trade Pickens to Cowboys
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
May 8, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers have run out patience with wide receiver George Pickens, agreeing Wednesday on a trade that sends the talented but mercurial 24-year-old to the Dallas Cowboys...
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
May 8, 2025
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Sonny Gray pitched seven innings of two-hit ball, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the slumping Pittsburgh Pirates 5-0 on Wednesday for their fifth straight victory. Gray (4-1) struck...
Steelers’ options at No. 2 after Pickens trade
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
May 8, 2025
In the wake of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ impending trade of George Pickens, does that leave them right back at Square One in regard to their wide receivers corps? The 2024 season, in part, was derailed...
Skenes, Pirates fall in pitchers’ duel with Cardinals
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
May 7, 2025
In less than a week, Paul Skenes will have spent exactly one calendar year as a big leaguer, having made his MLB debut May 11, 2024. Over that span, from a performance standpoint, there has appeared t...