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. Looking ahead to first pitch … Game 1, doubleheader: Pirates (7-9) vs. Colorado Rockies (8-8) Time: 12:35 p.m. Site: PNC Park TV, radio: Root Sports, 93.7 The Fan Here is the live box score. Rob Biertempfel has asked if we can play two. And here is the Pirates’ lineup … Alex Presley, LF Jose [...]

. Brief and to the Point … >> My Wednesday column questions the wisdom of Mike Wallace taking on the Steelers. >> There’s an accompanying video with the column over on the right. It is sooooooooo worth your click, if only to watch Mike Tomlin scanning the room while Kevin Colbert talks. It’s like he’s [...]

. Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (6-9) vs. Colorado Rockies (8-7) Time: 7:05 p.m. Site: PNC Park TV, radio: Root Sports, 93.7 The Fan Here is the live box score. Rob Biertempfel looks funny in earmuffs. And here is the Pirates’ lineup … Alex Presley, LF Jose Tabata, RF Andrew McCutchen, CF [...]

. Brief and to the Point … >> Been a few years since I covered pucks on a regular basis, and I could go on and on here about how much I enjoyed doing it again over the past season. But I’d hope that shows on a daily basis. Thank you to those of you [...]

. By DEJAN KOVACEVIC / Trib Total Media . PHILADELPHIA — The eyes of Kris Letang and Marc-Andre Fleury were still glazed, their expressions frozen like the Wells Fargo Center scoreboard that told the cold reality — Flyers 5, Penguins 1 — of another early Stanley Cup playoff exit. It was all over these close [...]

. PHILADELPHIA — Brief and to the Point … >> My Monday column points the finger squarely at the Penguins’ defense. Not the team defense. I’m talking the defensemen. http://triblive.com/mobile/1070444-81/penguins-core-team-kovacevic-staal-crosby-defense-dejan-letang-malkin >> I offer you, o voracious hockey readership, this simple question: Was this the worst collapse we’ve seen in the city’s history? If you think [...]

. PHILADELPHIA — Looking ahead to faceoff … Game: Penguins vs. Philadelphia Flyers, Game 6, Stanley Cup playoffs first round Series: Flyers, 3-2. Time: 12:08 p.m. Site: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia TV, radio: NBC, 105.9 The X Here is the official live summary. Updates are on our Penguins page. I’ll be column-izing off this game, and [...]

. Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (6-8) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (10-5) Time: 1:35 p.m. Site: PNC Park TV, radio: Root Sports, 93.7 The Fan Here is the live box score. Rob Biertempfel will run the bases afterward. And here is the Pirates’ lineup … Nate McLouth, LF Jose Tabata, RF Andrew [...]

. Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (6-8) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (10-5) Time: 7:05 p.m. Site: PNC Park TV, radio: Root Sports, 93.7 The Fan Here is the live box score. Rob Biertempfel types through the rain drops. And here is the Pirates’ lineup … Alex Presley, LF Jose Tabata, RF Andrew [...]

. Looking ahead to faceoff … Game: Penguins vs. Philadelphia Flyers, Game 5, Stanley Cup playoffs first round Series: Flyers, 3-1. Time: 7:38 p.m. Site: Consol Energy Center TV, radio: Root Sports, NBC Sports (nationally), 105.9 The X Here is the official live summary. Updates are on our Penguins page. I’ll be column-izing off this game, [...]