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Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (71-87) vs. Cincinnati Reds (76-82) Time: 1:35 p.m. Site: PNC Park TV, radio: Root Sports, News Talk 104.7 FM Weather: 73 degrees, mostly sunny Here is the official live box score, and here are lineups … Pirates: Alex Presley, LF Josh Harrison, 3B Andrew McCutchen, CF Derrek Lee, [...]

Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (70-87) vs. Cincinnati Reds (76-81) Time: 7:05 p.m. Site: PNC Park TV, radio: Root Sports, News Talk 104.7 FM Weather: 60 degrees, overcast Here is the official live box score, and here are lineups … Pirates: Alex Presley, LF Josh Harrison, 3B Andrew McCutchen, CF Derrek Lee, 1B [...]

Looking ahead to kickoff … Game: Pitt (2-1) vs. Notre Dame (1-2) Time: 12:05 p.m. Site: Heinz Field TV, radio: ABC, 93.7 The Fan Weather: 62 degrees, partly cloudy, chance of rain Here is the official live summary, and here are news updates on our Pitt page. Feel free, as always, to use this as [...]

Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (69-87) vs. Cincinnati Reds (76-80) Time: 7:05 p.m. Site: PNC Park TV, radio: Root Sports, News Talk 104.7 FM Weather: 60 degrees, rain Here is the official live box score, and here are lineups … Pirates: Alex Presley, LF Neil Walker, 2B Andrew McCutchen, CF Derrek Lee, 1B [...]

Some sporting thoughts before sunrise … >> My Friday column is built on one small bit of research that the Elias Sports Bureau did at my request. I wondered how the Pirates’ free fall after 100 games compared to other teams that were in first place at that point and … well, go click to [...]

Some sporting thoughts before sunrise … >> Anyone who saw Evgeni Malkin flying about the Consol ice last night knows two things: 1. The knee is fine. 2. He’s serious. There’s never been a reason why Malkin shouldn’t be one of the top three players in the NHL at any point, something Michel Therrien once [...]

Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (69-86) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks (89-66) Time: 3:40 p.m. Site: Chase Field, Phoenix TV, radio: Root Sports, News Talk 104.7 FM Weather: 98 degrees, but not exactly humid Here is the official live box score, and here are lineups … Pirates: Alex Presley, LF Pedro Ciriaco, SS Andrew McCutchen, [...]

Some sporting thoughts before sunrise … >> If a shark attacks someone off the coast of Florida, then another attacks someone else off the coast of North Carolina, our nightly news invariably carries reports of “an increase in shark attacks.” As if sharks just figured out, after a million years or so, that they enjoy [...]

Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (68-86) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks (89-65) Time: 9:40 p.m. Site: Chase Field, Phoenix TV, radio: Root Sports, News Talk 104.7 FM Weather: 85 degrees, always Here is the official live box score, and here are lineups … Pirates: Alex Presley, LF Neil Walker, 2B Andrew McCutchen, CF Derrek Lee, [...]

Some sporting thoughts before sunrise … >> I spent a good chunk of my Monday with the Penguins, and I can tell you unequivocally that Sidney Crosby wasn’t just skating out there. He was skating. I mean flying. I mean leaning forward after the drills and sucking wind. He first went really hard on Sunday, [...]