Don’t be duped, Nutting won’t pay
Pittsburgh, Sports, Sports Columns
THE SUPER GENIUS
By By MARK MADDEN Trib Total Media 
July 10, 2024
Pirates owner Bob Nutting said that GM Ben Cherington would have the flexibility to add players (and payroll) before the July 30 MLB trade deadline if the situation dictated. The situation dictates, h...
Musharov impresses in prospect tourney
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH Trib Total Media 
July 10, 2024
The Pittsburgh Penguins concluded their prospect development camp Wednesday in Cranberry with a fouron- four tournament of three different squads. The unimaginatively monikered Team 1 claimed glory wi...
Yager getting closer to NHL
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By GIUSTINO RACCHINI Trib Total Media 
July 10, 2024
Chosen 14th in the 2023 NHL Draft and with a junior hockey championship to his credit, Pittsburgh Penguins prospect Brayden Yager is ready to take his game to the next level. Last season in the Wester...
LeBeau dishes on legendary 2008 defense in new book
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By TIM BENZ Trib Total Media 
July 9, 2024
On Sunday, the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum is hosting a launch for a new book about the 2008 Super Bowl Champion Steelers defense. It’s entitled “Legendary: The 2008 Pittsburgh Steelers Defense...
Despite rocky outings, Pirates see Santana’s potential
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO Trib Total Media 
July 9, 2024
In a way, the July 6 outing of Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Dennis Santana summarized his identity through seven years as a big-league pitcher: promising but volatile. During an eventual 5-2 loss to th...
Keller goes 8, picks up 10th win as Bucs beat Mets
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
July 8, 2024
Oneil Cruz and Josh Palacios homered in the Pirates’ 8-2 win over New York at PNC Park. PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mitch Keller pitched eight innings for his 10th win of the season and Joshua Palacios’ home ru...
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
July 8, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL has suspended Pittsburgh Steelers safety Cam Sutton for the first eight games of the 2024 season for violating the league’s personal conduct policy. The league announced the de...
Musharov adapting to North American surroundings
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO Trib Total Media 
July 8, 2024
Pittsburgh Penguins goalie prospect Sergei Murashov has been in the United States for all of a few days after being added near the 11th hour as an attendee of the club’s annual development camp. But t...
Penguins’ Pickering gets chance to compete at camp
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By GIUSTINO RACCHINI Trib Total Media 
July 8, 2024
The Pittsburgh Penguins are hosting their prospect development camp at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry, and Owen Pickering is among the handful of first-round picks competing. It’s been two y...
Chapman unable to close out Mets
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
July 7, 2024
Wildness contributed to New York’s 9th-inning rally. A game that was scoreless through seven innings suddenly got interesting when the Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Mets turned to their closers with...
Bucs put Falter on 15-day IL
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
July 7, 2024
Brent Honeywell Jr. was called up to take his place. The Pittsburgh Pirates placed starting left-handed pitcher Bailey Falter on the 15-day injured list with left triceps tendinitis Sunday, then shook...
Pirates rookie pitcher Paul Skenes, outfielder Bryan Reynolds selected to All-Star Game
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
July 7, 2024
Skenes earned the honor after less than two months in the major leagues. Paul Skenes can add another accomplishment in his accelerated rise to superstardom, as the 22-year-old right-hander became the ...
Pittsburgh-born player hoping to his make NHL dreams come true
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By GIUSTINO RACCHINI Trib Total Media 
July 7, 2024
Penn State’s Matthew DiMarsico is getting his chance at the Penguins’ development camp. The Pittsburgh Penguins have plenty of players at their development camp, which opened Saturday in Cranberry, bu...
Pitt football pioneer Bobby Grier dies at 91
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA Trib Total Media 
July 7, 2024
He made history in 1956 as the first Black player in the Sugar Bowl. Robert “Bobby” Grier Sr., who was a fullback, linebacker and defensive back at Pitt but more significantly a civil rights pioneer i...
Bucs club 7 homers, two slams, to back up Skenes
Pittsburgh, Sports
July 5, 2024
Bryan Reynolds and Rowdy Tellez each homered twice with a grand slam to combine for 11 RBIs. PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes threw seven strong innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates tied a franchise record...
Jones’ injury could be setback to reduced workloads
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
July 5, 2024
The Pittsburgh Pirates’ starting rotation suffered a serious setback when rookie right-hander Jared Jones was placed on the 15-day injured list before Thursday’s game with a right lat strain. “I think...
Jones shut down from throwing for two weeks with lat strain
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
July 5, 2024
Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton said imaging showed pitcher Jared Jones has a Grade 2 right lat muscle strain, an injury that will force the rookie right-hander to be temporarily shut down fr...
Grand slam helps Cards beat Keller, Pirates
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
July 2, 2024
Before Mitch Keller’s start, Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton heaped praise on the All-Star right-hander for how he has handled peaks and valleys to become the headliner of the starting rotati...
How Nicolas returned with ‘closer stuff’
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
July 2, 2024
Not long after Kyle Nicolas lost his command against the Chicago Cubs and nearly spoiled Paul Skenes’ major league debut, Yasmani Grandal found the Pittsburgh Pirates rookie reliever during a rain del...