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The Pittsburgh Pirates have a strong endorsement of their new general manager from someone who knows him well. “You got a great guy there to run things in Pittsburgh,” John Farrell said of Ben Cherington. “I can’t say enough good things about him.” Cherington will be introduced Monday at a...

Vera Clemente, the widow of former Pirates outfielder Roberto Clemente, died Saturday at age 78. “We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Vera Clemente, the widow of the great Roberto Clemente and a cherished member of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Major League Baseball family,” Pirates chairman of...

How Ben Cherington’s second tenure as a general manager turns out remains to be seen. He will be introduced Monday as the new Pittsburgh Pirates GM. However, Cherington left a mixed legacy in his first shot at running a baseball operation’s department. During his four-year stint as Boston’s GM from...

Andrew McCutchen no longer plays for the Pirates, but he still calls Pittsburgh home. He said that won’t change. Part of the reason McCutchen has continued to live in Pittsburgh during baseball’s offseason is because his wife, Maria, is from DuBois. “We decided before we got married that we would...

The Pittsburgh Pirates have found their next head of baseball operations, and it is Ben Cherington, a source confirmed to the Tribune-Review on Friday. Cherington replaces Neal Huntington, who was fired Oct. 28 after 12 years on the job. The new GM will be introduced at a news conference at...

The Pittsburgh Pirates have had one of the more curious manager searches in recent baseball memory. The Pirates fired Clint Hurdle on the last day of the season. General manager Neal Huntington then began interviews for Hurdle’s successor. Yet after he talked with six candidates, Huntington was fired Oct. 28....

Pete Putila grew up in Greene County rooting for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He might wind up in charge of their baseball operations or, possibly, at least playing a major role. Putila, a Houston Astros assistant general manager, has emerged as a candidate for the Pirates’ GM job. The Carmichaels graduate’s...

Misfortune has followed the Pittsburgh Pirates’ Erik Gonzalez to the Dominican Republic. The utility infielder fractured his left foot this past weekend while playing winter ball. It is his second bone break in the past seven months after he fractured his clavicle April 19 in a collision with Pirates center...

Former Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle is retiring from baseball, according to Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune. Hurdle, who coached the Pirates nine years, was fired this season after going 69-92. It was the worst season Pittsburgh had since 2010. Former Pirates manager Clint Hurdle retires from baseball,...

They’ve tied. They’ve needed overtime to win. They relied on Landry Jones. But the Pittsburgh Steelers haven’t lost to the Cleveland Browns since 2014. It was a 31-10 beat down by the Browns in Week 6 of that year. And it wasn’t even that close. That was also the last...

MLB’s annual general managers meetings began Monday in Scottsdale, Ariz., even though the Pirates don’t have a general manager at the moment. However, indications are the Pirates are getting close to filling the vacancy created when Neal Huntington was fired Oct. 28 after 12 years on the job. The New...

The Pittsburgh Pirates committed $20.5 million in salary Monday for center fielder Starling Marte and starting pitcher Chris Archer, picking up the contractual options on the team’s most expensive players. Marte will be paid $11.5 million and Archer $9 million in 2020, according to spotrac.com. The moves were not surprising,...

Dave Parker, who played 11 seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates and won consecutive National League batting titles in 1977 and 1978, was one of nine players named Monday to the Hall of Fame ballot for possible election to the class of 2020. Also included on the ballot, which will be...

SB Nation got this Halloween sports-related thread going on Twitter Thursday. What's the scariest sports story you can tell in 6 words? — SB Nation (@SBNation) October 31, 2019 It shouldn’t be hard for Pittsburgh sports fans to figure out this one. We’ve seen plenty of scary things. And they...

With assistant general manager Kevan Graves temporarily monitoring the roster, the Pittsburgh Pirates opened up a spot Thursday when they traded right-handed relief pitcher Parker Markel to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for cash considerations. Markel, 29, spent most of last season in the Seattle Mariners’ minor-league system, appearing...

Gerrit Cole might have enjoyed his two seasons as a member of the Houston Astros, getting to the World Series and all. But now the former Pittsburgh Pirates first-round draft choice and free-agent-to-be looks like he’s ready to try a third team. Gerrit Cole, an impending free agent, was resistant...

We’re all over the map in this week’s “U mad, bro?” Readers want Bob Nutting exposed, Joe Haden gone and Evgeni Malkin traded. Aside from that, no one has a strong opinion on much of anything, I guess. This week I posted a column featuring my questions and answers with...

The rebranding of the Pittsburgh Pirates sailed through calm waters when owner Bob Nutting met with the media Monday. The lure was cast. The media bit. Fished in, just like “Wayne’s World.” The changes made will prove cosmetic. Mere rebranding. Business will be conducted like always: Profit über alles. I’m...

The Pittsburgh Pirates made their first player move of the off-season Wednesday when they claimed left-handed relief pitcher Sam Howard off waivers from the Colorado Rockies. Howard 26, spent most of last season with the Rockies’ Triple-A team in Albuquerque. He was 4-1 with a 3.91 ERA and 62 strikeouts...

The Pittsburgh Steelers managed to put away the Miami Dolphins on Monday night. Eventually. Now they have a much tougher task looming as the AFC South-leading Indianapolis Colts come to Heinz Field Sunday afternoon. I talk about that matchup with fellow TribLive columnist Kevin Gorman in our weekly podcast following...

Overshadowed by their firing general manager Neal Huntington, the Pittsburgh Pirates formally announced the hiring of Travis Williams as team president on Monday morning. Williams replaces Frank Coonelly, who “parted ways” with the Pirates last week after 12 years. The hiring of Williams was confirmed by the Tribune-Review last week....