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Time to push panic button on Bucs

I’m typically not one for jumping off the bridge at the first sign of trouble when it comes to sports, but with how this season has started for the Pittsburgh Pirates, the water below is looking pretty inviting. And if there is one thing Pittsburgh is known for, it is its bridges.As April ...

Art Rooney II will have his own ways

PITTSBURGH — Art Rooney II has been running the Steelers for a while now, so thereĢƵ no official change in leadership with the team.The difference is he can no longer walk down the hall and tap into the knowledge his father accumulated over a lifetime in the game.Dan RooneyĢƵ passing ...

Pirates’ Nova beats old team, 2-1

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ivan Nova spent more than six years with the New York Yankees, fluctuating between good and not-so good as they waited for him to develop consistency to go with his occasionally top-end-of-the-rotation stuff.It never happened and the Yankees moved on last summer, sending ...

How healthy will Pens be after series?

PITTSBURGH — The Penguins can beat the Columbus Blue Jackets in their playoff series, even without Kris Letang.The real issue is how healthy the Penguins might be after a bruising opening series.The toll from games against the Blue Jackets might show up in subsequent rounds.The Penguins ...

Pirates solve Dickey’s knuckler in 6-4 victory

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Clint HurdleĢƵ advice to his players on how to handle R.A. DickeyĢƵ dancing, darting knuckleball was pretty simple: don’t overthink it and don’t try to be a hero.The Pittsburgh Pirates manager didn’t have to tell Gregory Polanco twice. Polanco picked up three of ...

Pirates notebook: Harrison enjoys game in the cold

PITTSBURGH — It was cold but Josh Harrison liked it.The Pirates second baseman enjoyed playing in what some may describe as not being “baseball weather.”“It is baseball weather because we had to play in it,” Harrison said. “If it wasn’t baseball weather the game would have been ...