MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
May 1, 2025
Doctors recommended that Endy Rodriguez immobilize his right index finger for another week, a setback for the Pittsburgh Pirates catcher/first baseman’s timeline to return to playing. Rodriguez suffer...
Skenes enjoying ‘cat-and-mouse game’ in Year 2
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By TIM BENZ TribLive 
May 1, 2025
For many successful Major League Baseball rookies, Year 2 can be a challenge. The league figures out what you do well and counters it. “There is definitely adjustand-adjust-back. Year 2 was definitely...
Jarry bracing for challenge from young goalies
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
May 1, 2025
Tristan Jarry is under no illusions as to what awaits him this fall when the Pittsburgh Penguins commence their 2025-26 preseason training camp: competition. Following a turbulent individual campaign ...
Cubs batter Pirates with four homers in 9-0 loss
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
April 30, 2025
The loss was the worst blowout of the season, so far, for Pittsburgh. What was expected to be a battle between left-handed pitchers Shota Imanaga and Andrew Heaney turned out to be a one-sided affair....
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
April 30, 2025
His 40 time was unimpressive. Profiles written about him in the lead-up to the draft were peppered with phrases such as “lacks sudden acceleration.” At times, “top-end speed” was regarded as his top w...
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
April 30, 2025
The end of an era is upon the Pittsburgh Penguins, as the team announced a mutual parting of ways with two-time Stanley Cup-winning coach Mike Sullivan on Monday afternoon. Behind the bench in Pittsbu...
How Borucki evolved into a reliable reliever for Pirates
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
April 30, 2025
If Ryan Borucki has learned anything in baseball, it’s that there are no guarantees. Maybe his greatest lesson came when he proved that he didn’t need one to make the Pittsburgh Pirates’ Opening Day r...
Penguins split with head coach Mike Sullivan
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
April 29, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Sullivan’s nearly decade-long tenure running the Pittsburgh Penguins is over. The team announced Monday that it was parting ways with the two-time Stanley Cup-winning coach just...
Horwitz singles in first rehab game at Altoona
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
April 29, 2025
Spencer Horwitz was one of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ prime acquisitions this offseason, but right wrist surgery has sidelined the 27-year-old first baseman since the week before the start of spring trai...
Pirates boast best batting average in last 2 series
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
April 29, 2025
Before the Pittsburgh Pirates left for a six-game swing in Los Angeles, Andrew Mc-Cutchen voiced to TribLive his concerns about how they needed to find consistency in their lineup instead of the const...
Steelers’ draft performance was better than predictions
Pittsburgh, Sports, Sports Columns
SPORTLIGHT
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
April 28, 2025
Maybe I’m just getting old. I dunno. But I can’t remember a time when I was so wrong all the way around on a Steelers draft. No matter what it was, over the three-day event I missed it. There were pla...
Time will tell if patient QB plan pays off for Steelers
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By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
April 28, 2025
They selected Ohio State signal caller Will Howard in the sixth round. For much of the NFL Draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ plan for adding a third quarterback was that they didn’t seem to have one. Th...
Steelers go with Iowa RB Johnson in third round
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
April 26, 2025
Getting their running back to replace Najee Harris — and passing on a quarterback for the second day in a row — the Pittsburgh Steelers selected Iowa’s Kaleb Johnson in the third round of the NFL Draf...
Pirates’ sweep effort falls short in loss to Angels
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
THURSDAY’S LATE GAME
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
April 26, 2025
It took just under a month into the season, but Thursday night in Anaheim, the Pittsburgh Pirates were presented with their first opportunity at a sweep in 2025. They couldn’t cash in, losing 4-3 to t...
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
April 26, 2025
In one respect, Ryan Graves’ second season with the Pittsburgh Penguins was far better than his first. He finished the second season. A concussion sidelined him for the final stretch of a messy 2023-2...
Papa Amadou Kante withdraws from transfer portal
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By BILL HARTLEP TribLive 
April 26, 2025
Papa Amadou Kante has decided to remain a part of the Pitt men’s basketball team. After entering the transfer portal earlier this month, the redshirt sophomore removed his name and will stay with the ...
Steelers take defensive tackle with first-round pick
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
April 25, 2025
Coach Mike Tomlin says Derrick Harmon of Oregon “has Steeler DNA.” The Pittsburgh Steelers had a chance to take a highly rated quarterback in the NFL Draft when their turn came up Thursday night. They...
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
April 25, 2025
He’ll be on the mound tonight as the Pirates open a three-game series. For fans of the Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees and baseball in general, Paul Skenes not pitching in a three-game series at ...
Heaney dazzles as Pirates beat Angels again
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
WEDNESDAY’S LATE GAME
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
April 25, 2025
Only Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington knows exactly what he was hoping to get out of left-hander Andrew Heaney when bringing the 33-yearold aboard this past February on a one-year dea...
Santana answering Pirates’ prayers from bullpen
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
April 25, 2025
There’s an argument to be made that Dennis Santana is enjoying the best extended stretch of his MLB career, now in its eighth season. The 29-year-old righty reliever, whom the Pittsburgh Pirates acqui...