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Rain postpones Brewers-Pirates; set for split DH on Saturday
The opener of the three-game series between the Milwaukee Brewers and host Pittsburgh Pirates was postponed because of rain on Friday night.,The Brewers and Pirates, who didn't start their game on Friday after a delay of one hour and 27 minutes, will play a split doubleheader on Saturday. The makeup...
Joey Bart, Braves win after Pirates lift Jared Jones (6 perfect IP)
Joey Bart's eighth-inning two-run home run against his former team put the Atlanta Braves on course for a 3-0 victory over the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night.,Bart's blast to left-center field off Pirates reliever Dennis Santana (2-4) scored Mike Yastrzemski, who hit a two-out double to ...
Penguins sign F Egor Chinakhov, G Arturs Silovs
Forward Egor Chinakhov signed a three-year, $18.75 million contract to remain with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday.,Chinakhov, who was a restricted free agent, will earn an average annual salary of $6.25 million.,Pittsburgh also kept goaltender Arturs Silovs in the fold by signing the restricted f...
Reds turn to sizzling RHP Chase Burns against Jared Jones, Pirates
A day after the Cincinnati Reds won a game in which they faced reigning National League Cy Young winner Paul Skenes, they'll send their own Cy Young contender to the mound when Chase Burns takes on the Pirates in Pittsburgh on Saturday afternoon.,Burns (9-1, 2.00 ERA) enters the matchup against Pira...
Mariners, Pirates both looking to reverse recent struggles
The Mariners and the Pirates are both looking to build off wins on Sunday and reverse recent trends as they prepare to open a three-game series in Pittsburgh on Tuesday night.,Seattle will send right-hander George Kirby (5-7, 4.10 ERA) to the mound against Pirates right-hander Mitch Keller (5-4, 4.9...
Pirates' Paul Skenes aims to end winless stretch vs. Marlins
A tantalizing pitching matchup headlines the series finale between Miami and host Pittsburgh, as right-handers Max Meyer of the Marlins and Paul Skenes of the Pirates will face off on Sunday afternoon.,Both Meyer and Skenes have six wins for their squads, with Meyer sharing top honors on his club wi...
Tyler Callihan's first career homers deliver Pirates win over Dodgers
On a night Shohei Ohtani pitched, Tyler Callihan stole the show, hitting the first two home runs of his career, including one off Ohtani, to lead the host Pittsburgh Pirates to a 9-8 comeback win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night., ,Callihan's three-run home run in the bottom of the ei...
Tyler Callihan's first career homers get Pirates comeback win over Dodgers
On a night Shohei Ohtani pitched, Tyler Callihan stole the show, hitting the first two home runs of his career, including one off Ohtani to lead the host Pittsburgh Pirates to a 9-8 comeback win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night., ,Callihan's three-run home run in the bottom of the eig...
Reports: Steelers, TE Darnell Washington agree on 4-year extension
Coming off the best season of his young career, tight end Darnell Washington agreed to a four-year, $42 million contract extension with the Pittsburgh Steelers, multiple media outlets reported on Wednesday.,Washington, 24, will receive $21 million guaranteed, per the reports.,Last season, the 2023 t...
Pirates ace Paul Skenes sizes up Astros, Spencer Arrighetti
Following a brief stint on the restricted list, Pittsburgh right-hander Carmen Mlodzinski was available out of the bullpen on Tuesday for the opener of a three-game interleague series against the host Houston Astros.,Mlodzinski did not appear in the Pirates' 10-6 victory, as right-hander Wilber Dote...
Pitt adds Bryant transfer G Timofei Rudovskii
Bryant transfer wing Timofei Rudovskii has committed to Pitt.,ESPN reported the news Friday morning, and Rudovskii confirmed it in his Instagram bio.,Rudovskii averaged a team-best 12.9 points to go along with 4.7 rebounds in 31 games (all starts) last season en route to being named to the America E...
Mickey Moniak celebrates birthday with 5 RBIs as Rockies top Pirates
Mickey Moniak collected four hits and five RBIs while coming up a single short of a cycle on his 28th birthday, leading the Colorado Rockies to a 10-4 win over the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night.,Moniak socked a three-run homer off Pirates starter Mitch Keller (4-2) to break a 3-3 tie in...
Braxton Ashcraft leads Pirates over Reds in pitchers' duel
Oneil Cruz's two-out RBI single in the bottom of the eighth broke a scoreless tie and the host Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Cincinnati Reds 1-0 on Sunday.,The win gives the Pirates a sweep of the three-game series.,The Reds' Sal Stewart was 0-for-4; he is in the midst of a rough 0-19 stretch.,The...
Pirates reinstate INF Jared Triolo (knee) from injured list
The Pittsburgh Pirates reinstated infielder Jared Triolo from the 10-day injured list ahead of their Saturday game against the visiting Cincinnati Reds.,Triolo, 28, last played for the Pirates on April 3 due to an injury to the patellar tendon in his right knee. ,The former Gold Glove winner batted ...
DC sets 1M attendance goal for '27 NFL Draft
Washington, D.C., is coming for the draft attendance record set by Pittsburgh over the weekend. ,The D.C.-based NFL draft in 2027 already has a goal of having a combined three-day attendance figure of 1 million fans on the National Mall. ,The draft has been in D.C. before, but not since 1940 at the ...
Sidney Crosby, Penguins top Flyers, stay alive in playoff series
Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist Saturday as the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins stayed alive with a 4-2 victory over the host Philadelphia Flyers in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series.,Rickard Rakell also scored a goal and set up another for Pittsburgh, which had been ...
NFL Draft Rounds 2 & 3: Ohio State DT Kayden McDonald lands with Texans
Kayden McDonald was in Pittsburgh for the NFL draft on Thursday night, and the defensive tackle watched 15 of his peers make the walk from the backstage green room to the stage to be announced as first-round selections.,The only player left in that room when the 32-player round ended was McDonald.,M...
NFL Draft Round 2: Ohio State DT Kayden McDonald lands with Texans
Defensive tackle Kayden McDonald was in Pittsburgh for the NFL draft on Thursday night, and the defensive tackle watched 15 of his peers make the walk from the backstage green room to the stage to be announced as first-round selections.,The only player left in that room when the 32-player round ende...
Pittsburgh sets Day 1 NFL draft attendance mark at 320,000
Pittsburgh set an attendance record for the first round of the NFL draft on Thursday with 320,000 fans on hand.,The total announced by commissioner Roger Goodell smashed the previous mark of 275,000 in Detroit in 2024.,The number also dwarfed the 205,000 who attended Day 1 of the 2025 draft in Green...
Raiders back at No. 1, Jets comb best of Buckeyes
Time is shorter and the wait is longer when the 2026 NFL Draft takes the stage in Pittsburgh on Thursday night. ,The vagabond event marks a return to the home of the Steelers for the first time since 1948. Across three days, seven rounds and 257 total picks at Point State Park and Acrisure Stadium, ...