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Pittsburgh Babies Born Into Life Of Indentured Pirates Fandom
There is every possibility that this playoff appearance isn't a fluke, that a Pirates dynasty could be in the making. Perhaps one day you will resent these children with the vitriol reserved for Yankees, Heat, and United fans. Or perhaps, like a generation of Yinzers before them, they have emerged f...

Penguins Remove Jagr's Image From Their Locker Room, For Some Reason
So says Pittsburgh Tribune-Review columnist Dejan Kovacevic, who broke the news last night:...

Why The NFL's New Concussion Protocols Aren't Working
In January, the NFL announced that, starting with the 2013 season, all games would be played with an independent neurologist on the sidelines to assist with the evaluation and treatment of head injuries. It looked like the league had done a good thing. It was establishing a new, unbiased procedure t...

Johnny Cueto Gets Jeered, Drops Ball, Gives Up Home Run
PNC Park finally got to host playoff baseball, and the fans in Pittsburgh made it a party, screaming and chanting and jeering from the moment they passed through the turnstiles. And while there's no way to know for certain, it sure looked like the standing-room-only crowd got to Reds starter Johnny ...

Cops Say Dallas Latos Case Is Closed; Dallas Latos Is Not Happy
Pittsburgh police just held a press conference to address last night's alleged assault of Dallas Latos, wife of Cincinnati Reds pitcher Mat Latos, at last night's Reds-Pirates game. @CBSPittsburgh live-tweeted the presser, and received a few responses from Dallas Latos, who isn't too happy about how...

Some Jagoff Celebrated The Pirates' Win By Jumping Off A Bridge
The Pirates did a lot of shit in the last 21 years to make their fans want to take a flying leap and end it all. But that's all in the past. Tonight, the Buccos won the NL wild-card game, and this dumb Yinzer—not to be confused with this dumb Yinzer, or these dumb Yinzers—decided it was just the rig...

Dallas Latos Attacked By Pirates Fan At PNC Park
Dallas Latos, wife of Cincinnati Reds pitcher Mat Latos, was at PNC Park for tonight's Reds-Pirates game. Around 10:45 p.m., Latos tweeted that she had been attacked by a Pirates fan and punched in the head multiple times. Judging from Latos's account, the police at PNC Park handled the case of the...

Dumb Pirates Fans Interfere With Two Balls In One Inning
A couple of dumb yinzers did their best to sabotage their own team's playoff hopes....

Marlon Byrd Socks A Home Run In His First Postseason At-Bat
In 11 MLB seasons, Marlon Byrd never had a chance to hit in the postseason. The 36-year-old Byrd finally got his opportunity with the Pirates tonight, hitting a home run in his first at-bat against Johnny Cueto....

Here's The Most Famous Play From The Last Reds-Pirates Playoff Game
The Reds play the Pirates in the NL wild-card game tonight, and while it's been forever-and-a-half since the Pirates last made the postseason, the two teams actually have quite a history with one another. And because I'm a Yinzer dork who can barely sit still in anticipation—hurry up, eight o'clock...

L.C. Greenwood: The Smiling Badass Of The NFL's Baddest Front Four
The Steelers of the 1970s had the scowl of Mean Joe Greene and the gap where Jack Lambert's four front teeth should've been. But there was nothing quite like the menace presented by the smiling L.C. Greenwood, who died Sunday of kidney failure at the age of 67. A smile on that front line was like a ...

Andrew McCutchen Is Tougher Than A Screaming Line Drive
It's the day before the Pirates' first playoff game in 21 years. What could possibly go wrong? How about National League MVP candidate Andrew McCutchen getting hurt during today's batting practice? Yeah, that would pretty much be the worst. And, yeah, that almost happened:...

Routine Line Drive Avoids Starlin Castro's Glove
Just your garden-variety three-base error for Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro in this afternoon's fourth inning. He would later boot a grounder in the ninth, too, but the Cubs did manage to win. ...

The Moment The Pirates Reached The Playoffs
This photo, by the AP's Charles Rex Arbogast, shows Russell Martin just after applying the tag to Nate Schierholtz for the final out of Pittsburgh's 2-1 victory of Chicago. With Mike DiMuro's punchout*, the Pirates are in the postseason for the first time since 1992....

Shadowboxing Steelers Fan Is The Weirdest Steelers Fan
I...I don't get this. ...

Pittsburgh Stinkers: Week 3 Sunday Night GIF Roundup
Bears 40, Steelers 23: Ben Roethlisberger threw for 406 yards, but the Bears still demolished the Steelers. Even though Chicago allowed Pittburgh to cut down a 24-3 lead, the team stymied a full comeback by Mike Tomlin's crew. The Bears are 3-0, and although this team was talented before Marc Trest...

Which TV Market's Getting Screwed Today? Your Week 3 NFL Viewing Maps
A guide to the best and worst of the NFL slate (and to which fans are stuck with the most of worst). Maps via 506sports.com. ...

Pirates Catcher Tony Sanchez Cartwheels Into Dugout To Make Catch
Chris Denorfia's foul pop was hit just far enough into the Padres dugout for Tony Sanchez to lunge over the railing to grab it. But there was no stopping Sanchez from going heels up, power tumbling off a ledge, and landing on his ass on the concrete floor several feet below....

Only Veterans May Play Ping Pong In The Steelers Locker Room
The Steelers are sort of a wreck—"total panic mode," as one player says. In response, a reported players-only meeting that produced a new rule: no one with less than four years of NFL experience is allowed to play table tennis and billiards at the team's training facility. This will solve everything...