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Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Why isn’t Bucco Fever spreading faster?

The Pittsburgh Pirates returned from a 5-2 road trip that ended with a three-game sweep at Denver to play in front of a mere 14,051 at PNC Park this past Thursday. Bucco Fever isn’t spreading that quick. Perhaps people still are wearing masks. Or maybe the inevitable reality of 162...
‘The missing piece’: Pirates feeding off Andrew McCutchen for best start in three decades

That Andrew McCutchen is back with the Pittsburgh Pirates and they are within striking distance of first place in the NL Central is not lost on the 36-year-old right fielder/designated hitter, who has a point to prove. This isn’t the old Cutch, but rather a return to the Cutch of...
NFL Draft primer: Steelers thin at outside linebacker, but ‘zillion’ prospects await

One of the few position groups the Pittsburgh Steelers didn’t reinforce in the offseason was outside linebacker. They brought in or retained players on the offensive line, wide receiver, tight end, defensive line, inside linebacker, safety and cornerback. Heck, they even claimed a punter off waivers. Nary a pass rusher...
5 candidates for the Penguins’ front office

Not much is known — publicly, at least — about the Pittsburgh Penguins’ search for a new head of hockey operations, which entered its second week Saturday. On April 14, the day previous general manager Ron Hextall and president of hockey operations Brian Burke were fired, Fenway Sports Group executive...
NBA playoff favorites taking opposite approaches: Best Bets for April 22

BY ZACH EWING | Home Field Sports Each day, one of our experts will offer up a best bet (or two or three) that mobile sportsbooks are offering. It might be a traditional spread bet, a player prop or one of the various odds boosts that books offer. Here are...
Pirates farm report for April 21, 2023: Termarr Johnson makes season debut for Bradenton

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 7-12) was doubled up by Memphis (Cardinals), 8-4. RHP Quinn Priester (7.80) lasted only 1⅔ innings, giving up four runs on five hits and a walk with three strikeouts. LHP Cam Alldred came on and gave up three runs on four hits and three walks in 2⅓ innings....
Passion kicks off season at D.C. looking for 21st playoff berth

The Pittsburgh Passion have accomplished something the Steelers and Penguins have not: qualified for the playoffs for 20 consecutive seasons. Coach Teresa Conn, in her 12th season, hopes team will make it 21 after the team completes its six-game schedule in the Women’s Football Alliance. The Passion opens the season...
Wrexham and Ryan Reynolds looking for Hollywood ending

WREXHAM, Wales — Spoiler alert! Season 2 of “Welcome to Wrexham” is set to get the Hollywood ending the first one failed to deliver. This being Wrexham, however, a last-minute plot twist isn’t out of the question. It’s hard to imagine that even the Welsh soccer team’s A-list owners, Ryan...
Pirates beat Reds to stretch winning streak to season-best 5 games

Carlos Santana turned his right shoulder, shrugging off a brushback pitch by Cincinnati Reds reliever Ian Gibaut. Santana shrugged off another before taking a called strike on a changeup. “I knew he was going to try to pitch inside, but I never lost my focus,” Santana said. “I wanted to...
Bagent’s journey typifies NFL draft’s small school prospectsVideo

INDIANAPOLIS — Tyson Bagent played college football in relative obscurity. At Shepherd in West Virginia’s eastern panhandle, it would be easy to bypass this Division II school and its star quarterback. But when the New York Jets visited Shepherdstown in 2019, Bagent’s whole world changed. Suddenly, the son of an...
NCAA rules panel approves keeping clock running on 1st downsVideo

INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved rules changes that are expected to reduce the number of plays in football games, notably one that will keep the clock running when a team makes a first down except in the last two minutes of a half. The panel on...
A-K Valley campus clippings: Plum’s Nick Hubner earns PAC lacrosse honors

Plum graduate Nick Hubner, a senior attacker on the Westminster men’s lacrosse team, earned his second straight Presidents’ Athletic Conference men’s lacrosse Offensive Player of the Week on Monday. He scored nine goals and added two assists in a pair of games for the Titans. Hubner tallied a pair of...
Cubs’ Smyly loses bid for perfect game on Peralta’s dribbler

CHICAGO — Drew Smyly’s bid for a perfect game for the Chicago Cubs was stopped by David Peralta’s infield single for the Los Angeles Dodgers leading off the eighth inning on Friday. Peralta’s hit dribbled up the third base line. Smyly and Yan Gomes each went for the ball, and...
Casey Jo MacPherson ‘the perfect fit’ as Pitt’s next gymnastics coach

Casey Jo MacPherson, who has served since 2011 as an assistant coach at Missouri, Western Michigan and Arkansas, has been named the fourth head coach in Pitt gymnastics history. She replaces Samantha Snider, who was relieved of her duties April 3. Athletic director Heather Lyke said in a statement that...
How many big uglies in the first round? Odds say offensive line will be a popular choice

BY ZACH EWING | Home Field Sports Quarterbacks make up the headliners of the NFL draft, followed by the guys who go after them — the EDGE rushers who have gotten huge contracts. But some of the most valuable prospects in the 2023 draft are those who will protect the...
Forward Zack Austin signs with Pitt, makes transfer official

Zack Austin became the second of two transfers to sign with Pitt this offseason, leaving coach Jeff Capel with two scholarships available for the 2023-24 season. Capel announced the signing Friday after Austin had revealed his decision to transfer to Pitt on April 11. Austin, a 6-foot-7 wing forward with...

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