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Penguins release statement on coronavirus
As the world and the United States continue to grapple with the threat of coronavirus, the Pittsburgh Penguins publicly addressed the potential pandemic that has spread to Pennsylvania. The team released a statement Friday afternoon, hours after Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine held a...
Derek Holland, 4 others toss 2-hitter in Pirates loss
It’s only spring training, but the Pittsburgh Pirates keep finding new ways to lose. Derek Holland and four others combined for a two-hitter Thursday, but the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Pirates, 2-1, in Port Charlotte, Fla. A veteran lefty on a minor league contract and competing to be the...
Pirates allow 18 runs in 2 losses; Bell, 4 others homerVideo
Josh Bell, Cole Tucker, Bryan Reynolds and Adam Frazier homered, but Pittsburgh Pirates pitchers allowed 16 earned runs in 17 innings in losing two split-squad Grapefruit League games by 9-7 scores Wednesday. The Atlanta Braves scored the final seven runs to beat the Pirates at Bradenton’s LECOM Park in a...
U.S. pro sports leagues, NCAA begin to prep contingencies in wake of coronavirus
Even if COVID-19 has not yet spread throughout the U.S., concern about what is better known as coronavirus has. And it is beginning to have an effect on the sports world. The NFL, NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball to varying degrees all have announced they are monitoring the threatened...
Pitt, Georgia Tech trending in opposite directions
Even on the day Georgia Tech coach Josh Pastner’s program withdrew its appeal of NCAA penalties that assured it won’t be playing beyond this week, he was in a gregarious mood Monday. During the final weekly ACC coaches conference call of the season, Pastner cracked jokes, complimented inquiring reporters and...
Jeff Capel, other ACC coaches defend conference from detractors
Via the RPI or the NET, the ACC’s ranking among conferences is sixth. Only four of its teams are projected to earn NCAA Tournament berths. By most measures, it is a down year for the ACC, but several conference coaches are coming to the league’s defense in emphatic fashion. “It’s...
After rehabbing with Pirates the past 13 months, pitcher Tom Koehler retires
Veteran pitcher Tom Koehler announced his retirement Monday, 2 ½ years after throwing his final regular-season pitch and 13 months after joining the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. The 33-year-old right-hander pitched for six seasons for the Miami Marlins and Toronto Blue Jays before shoulder injuries struck during 2018 spring training while...
Mitch Keller’s spring ERA up to 7.50, Pirates shut out by Blue Jays
For the second consecutive outing, prized young pitcher Mitch Keller allowed a multiple-run inning during a Grapefruit League outing. Monday, Keller allowed two extra-base hits, including a Danny Jansen home run, during the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 4-0 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays in Dunedin, Fla. The 23-year-old expected to settle...
Pitt finds ‘winning is hard’ as it heads into regular-season finale on 6-game skid
Before he fielded a question Monday during the final weekly ACC men’s basketball coaches teleconference of the season, Georgia Tech coach Josh Pastner praised Pitt’s effort and energy level. “I’m a big fan of Pitt’s team,” said Pastner, whose Yellow Jackets host the Panthers on Wednesday for Pitt’s regular-season finale....
Pirates’ Steven Brault shut down from throwing because of shoulder strain
Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Steven Brault has been “shut down” for at least two weeks because of a left shoulder muscle strain, the team announced Monday. A left-hander who made 19 starts last season and was arguably the best member of the Pirates’ rotation from June through August, Brault has allowed...
Gregory Polanco homers, Pirates win 2nd consecutive Grapefruit League game
Gregory Polanco homered and reached base three times, and the Pittsburgh Pirates won for the second consecutive day in Grapefruit League play, 13-9 against the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday at LECOM Park. Limited to 64 games of any type — majors or minor league rehab, regular season or spring...
Little Leagues organizations weigh use of ‘Astros’ as team name
More than a decade ago, Little League Baseball Inc. introduced “I won’t cheat” patches to be worn during the Little League World Series. Some Western Pennsylvania Little League districts are asking themselves, then, if it sends the wrong message if some in-house teams still are named after a franchise sanctioned...
Pirates lose big to Orioles, remain winless in spring training
Another February day, another loss in Grapefruit League play for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Starter Trevor Williams allowed four runs and six baserunners while retiring only three in an 11-4 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Friday at LECOM Park. The Pirates fell to 0-7 this spring, losing on consecutive days...
Steelers officially will not play outside U.S. in 2020
The Pittsburgh Steelers will be staying stateside in 2020. The Arizona Cardinals on Friday announced that they will shift one of their home games this season in order to be the “host team” in Mexico City. Steelers president Art Rooney II had previously said the Steelers would “raise their hand”...
Keone Kela hit hard as Pirates lose to Orioles, remain winless in spring trainingVideo
The Baltimore Orioles clubbed 19 hits for a 13-0 win Thursday in Sarasota, Fla., that kept the Pittsburgh Pirates winless during spring training. Among the eight pitchers for the Pirates (0-6) who were hit the hardest was closer Keone Kela. He allowed three extra-base hits, including a Pat Valaika two-run...
Retired Steelers star James Harrison the latest to come out against NFL CBA proposalVideo
Seeing as how he has been retired for two years, James Harrison doesn’t have a vote or formal say in the latest NFL collective bargaining agreement proposal. But as someone who was outspoken in his dislike for the previous terms between the league and its union, Harrison expressed a strong...
Steelers’ Maurkice Pouncey posts profanity-laced tirade against proposed NFL CBA
It’s fair to say that Maurkice Pouncey is against the proposed collective bargaining agreement between the NFL and its players. In a 43-second, not-safe-for-work video message posted to his verified Instagram account Wednesday, Pouncey blasted the proposal that was ratified by the league’s owners and has been sent to a...
With 3 Penguins set to debut, a look at Jim Rutherford’s prior trade-deadline acquisitionsVideo
Over the five NHL trade deadlines that Jim Rutherford has presided over as Pittsburgh Penguins general manager, he’s acquired eight players who played their first post-trade games with the team after the deadline. One remains. But that doesn’t mean by any means that none of the deals were beneficial to...
A look back at Penguins debuts for other Jim Rutherford trade-deadline acquisitionsVideo
Wednesday night some 2,500 miles west, and while many Pittsburgh Penguins fans are getting ready for bed, three players will play for the Penguins two days after they were acquired in the final hours prior to the NHL’s trade deadline. While Conor Sheary technically will not be making his Penguins’...
Penguins re-acquire Cup-winner Conor Sheary from Sabres
Hours after acquiring a 40-year-old veteran hungry to win the Stanley Cup for the first time, the Pittsburgh Penguins added a player Monday who already has lifted the Cup twice alongside them. Speedy wing Conor Sheary was acquired in a trade from the Buffalo Sabres, along with Evan Rodrigues, for...
Lonnie Chisenhall, former Pirates outfielder, announces retirement
The final game of Lonnie Chisenhall’s major-league career was for the Cleveland Indians. A year’s worth of his final paychecks, though, came from the Pittsburgh Pirates. During a ceremony to retire his number at the North Carolina middle school he attended, Chisenhall acknowledged his MLB career is over. “I’ve only...
Despite wins, Penguins preach need to develop ‘sound defensive game’Video
In prevalent hockey cliche parlance, Thursday’s dud of a loss at Toronto was just “one of those nights” for the Pittsburgh Penguins, right? After all, games such as the 4-0 defeat “happen sometimes,” especially after a magnificent 23-6-2 run. Remember, the Penguins had allowed only eight goals during a 4-0-1...
Penguins recognize improvement needed as 1 of NHL’s worst faceoff teamsVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins, by most accounts, are one of the NHL’s best teams. Heading into Friday’s games, they ranked tied for third in the NHL in points and wins, 10th in goals for, fourth in goals allowed, ninth in power-play rate and eighth while on the penalty kill. There is,...
Penguins’ Mike Sullivan unconcerned with Jared McCann’s scoring slumpVideo
In his first 76 games after being acquired by the Pittsburgh Penguins in a trade, Jared McCann had 25 goals. He has zero, though, in the 13 games since. McCann hasn’t scored in more than a month since the final of a three-game goal streak Jan. 14 against Minnesota. But...
Penguins’ Dominik Kahun sits out practice day after blocking shot, is ‘day to day’
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Dominik Kahun missed Friday’s practice a day after he left a loss at the Toronto Maple Leafs following blocking a shot. Coach Mike Sullivan declared Kahun will be “a game-decision” for Saturday afternoon’s home game against the Buffalo Sabres. “Right now, his status is just day-to-day,” coach...
