Barring a late-season win streak, the Pirates will surely clinch their 20th consecutive losing season. Just like last year, the season will end with an epic collapse to erase what was a competitive four months of baseball. And yet, there is one major difference between last year's collapse and this year. Andrew McCutchen is still […]

OAKLAND, Calif. – Sebastien Janikowski kicked a 43-yard field goal on the final play of game, and the Oakland Raiders, staring at an 0-3 start to the season, rallied from a 10-point deficit to stun the Steelers, 34-31, Sunday at O.co Coliseum. Three Steelers fumbles proved costly, two of which led to Raiders scores. The […]

Oakland boasts the fastest offense in the NFL. If each franchise formed a 4×100-meter dash team, the Raiders would smoke everyone. The average 40-time of its starting running backs and wide receivers-Darren McFadden, Darrius Heyward-Bey and Denarius Moore-is 4.33 seconds. That's insane. But while the Pittsburgh Steelers, who'll face off against the Silver and Black […]

Congratulations to Mars' Josh Shultheis who ran 22 times for 211 yards and 2 touchdowns to lead Mars to a 40-6 win over Indiana in the Greater Allegheny Conference. Mars is 3-0 on the season.

Two months ago, the Pittsburgh Pirates owned other teams in head-to-head matchups. Andrew McCutchen crushed the ball consistently night after night, and the Buccos sat 16 games over .500. Today, officially, the Pirates fell to 74-75. I know 13 games remain in the baseball season, but honestly, the thought of a losing season seems all […]

This week, I think I'd like to talk about a few of my favorite things. Let's start with fans. No, not the kind you use to keep cool in the heat or the kind of fan who cheers for the winning team. I'm talking super fans! The die-hard, take-no-mercy, live, breath and bleed football kind […]

When a team goes into a free-fall as the Pirates have done for the second straight season, it is wise to blame close to everyone in the organization from the ownership, to the water boy. In many cases, a total collapse usually leads to wholesale changes throughout the organization (hello, last year's Red Sox). But, […]

Dejan talks Pirates to start the show, then he's joined by special guest-Pitt Basketball Coach Jamie Dixon. Steelers Writer Mark Kaboly stops by the TribLIVE Radio studios to talk about his breakdown of the Steelers-Jets tape plus your e-mails every week- sportstalk@tribweb.com. http://sportstalk.triblive.com/podcast.xml