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Brief and to the Point … >> The Friday column is all about the NBA. Yeah, that’s right. The NBA. My sincere thanks to Bob Miller of Sidelines Bar and Grill in Millvale for serving as our guinea pigs in this basketball vs. hockey project. Neat place. >> So the Cubs hint that Starlin Castro [...]

. Brief and to the Point … >> If you didn’t stay up late enough to see the goal, take a look. It’s golden stuff. That’s the Kings’ Anze Kopitar, a tremendous talent who some of you know I’ve been practically singing about for several months now. He isn’t the NHL’s best player. He isn’t [...]

. Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (24-25) vs. Cincinnati Reds (28-21) Time: 7:05 p.m. Site: PNC Park TV, radio: Root Sports, 93.7 The Fan Here is the live box score. And here is the Pirates’ lineup vs. Cincinnati RHP Johnny Cueto … Jose Tabata, LF Jordy Mercer, SS Andrew McCutchen, CF Pedro Alvarez, [...]

Brief and to the Point … >> The Wednesday column puts the onus on Lawrence Timmons to boost the Steelers’ takeaway total next season. Judging from what he told me after practice, doesn’t sound like he’ll take issue with that. At the bottom of the column, you’ll find a video of our chat yesterday. >> [...]

. Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (24-24) vs. Cincinnati Reds (27-21) Time: 7:05 p.m. Site: PNC Park TV, radio: Root Sports, 93.7 The Fan Here is the live box score. And here is the Pirates’ lineup vs. Cincinnati RHP Homer Bailey … Jose Tabata, LF Josh Harrison, SS Andrew McCutchen, CF Pedro Alvarez, [...]

. Brief and to the Point … >> We’ll be a little briefer than usual, as I spent Memorial Day with the family. >> They don’t give out team MVP awards — or any awards — at the one-third point, but my choice for MVP and National League All-Star representative for the Pirates is James [...]

. Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (23-24) vs. Cincinnati Reds (27-20) Time: 1:35 p.m. Site: PNC Park TV, radio: Root Sports, 93.7 The Fan Here is the live box score. And here is the Pirates’ lineup vs. Cincinnati RHP Bronson Arroyo … Jose Tabata, LF Neil Walker, 2B Andrew McCutchen, CF Pedro Alvarez, [...]

Brief and to the Point … >> The Monday column measures the gap between the Pirates’ ability to evaluate and teach pitching and the same for the hitting. It took an extra-long stick. If you haven’t seen the mindboggling quote Neal Huntington gave to Fox Sports’ Ken Rosenthal yesterday, it’s in there, too. >> The [...]

. Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (22-24) vs. Chicago Cubs (15-31) Time: 1:35 p.m. Site: PNC Park TV, radio: Root Sports, 93.7 The Fan Here is the live box score. And here is the Pirates’ lineup vs. Chicago RHP Matt Garza … Jose Tabata, LF Josh Harrison, SS Andrew McCutchen, CF Pedro Alvarez, [...]

. Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (21-24) vs. Chicago Cubs (15-30) Time: 7:15 p.m. Site: PNC Park TV, radio: Root Sports, Fox (regionally$93.7 The Fan Here is the live box score. And here is the Pirates’ lineup vs. Chicago LHP Paul Maholm … Jose Tabata, LF Josh Harrison, RF Andrew McCutchen, CF Pedro Alvarez, [...]