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
BlueSox drop third straight
The Butler BlueSox lost their third game in a row last night when they were defeated by Kokomo 8-3. The Sox have fallen from first place in the last week to a tie for third with Kokomo. Thei... Read more
Pirates pitching blows up Tuesday night
After breaking a five-game losing streak, the Pittsburgh Pirates pitching fell flat Tuesday in a 15-4 loss to the San Francisco Giants at PNC Park. Wilfredo Boscan made a “spot-start” for Ju... Read more
BlueSox drop one-run game to Chillicothe
The Butler BlueSox fell 3-2 to Chillicothe last night. The Paints scored twice in the eighth inning to take the victory. Combined with West Virginia’s 5-3 win over Champion City, the Sox hav... Read more
NHL Awards tonight/three Penguins finalists
The annual NHL awards ceremony will be held tonight in Las Vegas beginning at 7pm. Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford is one of three finalists, and could be the favorite, fo... Read more