Dodgers avoid Pirates sweep
The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4 Monday afternoon to avoid a four-game sweep by the Bucs. Pirates starter Franciso Liriano allowed four earned runs while pitching... Read more
Pirates top Kershaw for third consecutive win
The Pittsburgh Pirates won their third straight game over the Los Angeles Dodgers swith a 4-3 victory last night at PNC Park. Rookie Chad Kuhl outpitched Clayton Kershaw to earn his first ma... Read more
BlueSox post back-to-back shut-outs
The Butler BlueSox broke a five-game losing streak with back-to-back victories over the Chillicothe Paints over the weekend. The Sox defeated Chillicothe 3-0 to end a week-long road trip Sat... Read more
Tony Stewart breaks into victory lane
Tony Stewart snapped an 84-race winless streak by taking victory in the Nascar Sprint Cup race in Sonoma, California Sunday. Stewart made a last-turn pass on Denny Hamlin for the win. He wil... Read more
Pirates’ ship continues to sink
The San Francisco Giants defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-3 Thursday afternoon at PNC Park. Pirate starter Jon Niese allowed five runs on seven hits over his six innings of work. Most of th... Read more
Sox drop fourth in row
The Butler BlueSox fell to Kokomo 5-4 in 16-innings last night in the Prospect League. It was their fourth loss in a row. They are now 12-13 overall and visit Danville in Illinois tonight. T... Read more
The opening night of the Firecracker 100 at Lernerville Speedway was rained out last evening. The racing scheduled for Thursday will now be run Saturday afternoon. The big 100-lap main event... Read more
Pirates pitching allows big lead to escape in loss
The Pittsburgh Pirates fell to the San Francisco Giants 7-6 last night at PNC Park. The Pirates built a 6-1 lead through the first three innings thanks to home runs by Jon Jaso, Gregory Pola... Read more
Pens’ Rutherford named NHL GM of Year
Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford was named the general manager of the year last night at the annual NHL Awards held in Las Vegas. The 67-year old Rutherford has now led two... Read more