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By Joe Smeltzer Bob Nutting is the boogeyman of Pittsburgh sports. People don’t like the guy. Bucco optimists see him as no more frugal than most of his billionaire brethren, but more people than not find him cheap more often than not. For the pessimists out there, well, Nutting makes it hard to get excited about the Pittsburgh Baseball club.
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By Joe Smeltzer With the 97th pick in the 2021 MLB Draft, the Oakland A’s selected Mason Miller of North Carolina’s Gardner-Webb Bulldogs.For Bay Area residents who have seen some of what the A’s third-round pick can do, the clips they’ve seen likely feature Miller pitching for the Bulldogs, either against a Big South Conference school or in a non-conference
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By Brennen McCall, Racing Contributor After two thrilling endings to the Pocono Doubleheader, NASCAR returns to road course racing and perhaps a new tradition on Independence Day. For what seemed like forever Daytona International Speedway hosted Cup races on the 4th of July. Teams would show up in American Flag paint schemes ready to conquer the high banks in a
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By Brennen McCall, Racing Contributor The exciting NASCAR season rumbles on after a successful return to the Music City. Now the stars of the Cup series travel north for a rare doubleheader weekend in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Drivers and teams will face one of their biggest challenges yet: The Tricky Triangle. For 50 years Pocono Raceway has been hosting motorsports
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By Joe Smeltzer 2021 would have marked the 50th anniversary of the 1971 World Series champions. Alas, it doesn’t look like there will be a celebratory reunion this summer. “Postponed” wouldn’t be a fair word to use since there never was a tentative date scheduled for the likes of Steve Blass, Manny Sanguillien and Richie Hebner to put on knockoff
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By Brennen McCall, Racing Contributor Ask anyone what the city of Nashville is known for. “Music” would probably be the first answer they give you. Folks who travel to the Music City go there for a party. The bars, food, music, and nightlife probably sum up a typical weekend trip. But, that music may want to play a little louder
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By Brennen McCall, Racing Contributor What if you took some of the world’s greatest racecar drivers, put them in equal equipment, and cut them loose on some of the best short tracks in the nation? You get America’s newest racing series: Superstar Racing Experience (SRX). SRX was the brain child of former championship crew chief and NASCAR Hall-of-Famer, Ray Evernham.
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By Joe Smeltzer For as bad as the Pirates have been since 1993– get your jokes out now– they’ve only lost 100 games twice. This year’s team might be No. 3. One day, I was looking through a Twitter account called “PGH Sports History,” which posts newspaper articles to coincide with the day’s date. I stumbled upon an article the
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By Brennen McCall, Racing Contributor Memorial Day weekend is one of our country’s most patriotic celebrations. It’s a time to reflect on those who gave their lives so that we may live in freedom. Families gather around the grille in fellowship with a beer in hand. If there’s a TV on at any point in the afternoon, it will probably
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Mitch Keller has a 7.41 ERA, and many Pirates fans are throwing in the towel. Is that a little premature? Our analytics guru @RyanSimpson20 dives in.
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