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Byline: Karen Price Nov. 06--Duquesne women's basketball coach Dan Burt thinks it's fair his team was picked seventh in the Atlantic 10 preseason coaches' poll. It may even be generous, [...]

Byline: Karen Price Oct. 19--ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Tina Brest was among the first in line waiting to get into Michigan Stadium when the buses carrying the Slippery Rock football [...]

Byline: Karen Price Oct. 01--In Josh Harrison's childhood home in Cincinnati, the long hallway that led from the front door to the kitchen was much more than just a hallway. [...]

Byline: Karen Price Sept. 21--Vance Worley spent the week in a holding pattern after he was pulled from the rotation in favor of Charlie Morton, but with Morton's sports hernia [...]

Byline: Karen Price Sept. 19--Since the All-Star break, the Pirates lead all National League teams with 187 extra-base hits and rank fourth in the league overall this season with 430. [...]

Byline: Karen Price Sept. 19--Charlie Morton isn't ready to say his season is over, but the right-hander will not make his scheduled Sunday start after the hernia with which he's [...]

Byline: Karen Price Sept. 14--On Friday, Charlie Morton was convinced that it would take one of the Pirates' current starters getting injured or struggling in order to get back in [...]

Byline: Karen Price Aug. 30--Facing the possibility of having Travis Snider and Pedro Alvarez unable to play in the series against the Cincinnati Reds, the Pirates recalled outfielder/first baseman Andrew [...]

Byline: Karen Price Aug. 21--Simone Biles walked into the grocery store with her sister in their hometown of Spring, Texas, last week and heard someone call her name. Biles didn't [...]

Byline: Karen Price Aug. 12--Unable to keep hoping that Andrew McCutchen could be ready to play sooner rather than later, the Pirates placed the center fielder on the disabled list [...]

Byline: Karen Price Aug. 03--There are certain obstacles anyone competing on 'American Ninja Warrior' can expect to face, Joel Brady said, including the quintuple steps at the beginning of the [...]

Byline: Karen Price July 24--Gerrit Cole threw 70 pitches -- about 10 more than expected -- and mixed in all of his pitches Wednesday during a four-inning simulated game. 'I [...]

Byline: Karen Price July 23----In his last three starts -- all losses -- Dan Haren has an ERA of 11.57 and the recent slide has left his spot in the [...]

Byline: Karen Price July 20--With less than two weeks to go before the MLB non-waiver trade deadline, Pirates general manager Neal Huntington said 'asks' are still predictably high because teams [...]

Byline: Karen Price July 18--Pirates left-hander Francisco Liriano will open the second half starting against the Colorado Rockies on Friday, and he hopes the later months of the season go [...]

Byline: Karen Price July 07--Reigning MVP Andrew McCutchen will represent the Pirates at the All-Star Game for the fourth year in a row and will make his first start after [...]

Byline: Karen Price July 06--Pirates right-hander Gerritt Cole said that he's 'good to go' after leaving Friday's start with soreness in his right lat. He was reevaluated on Saturday after [...]

Byline: Karen Price July 03--Andrew McCutchen was named National League Player of the Month for June on Wednesday, the third time he's received the award. 'I'm definitely honored, grateful and [...]

Byline: Karen Price June 28----Manager Clint Hurdle wouldn't say Friday which pitcher would be leaving the rotation when Gerrit Cole comes off the disabled list Saturday, but he did lay [...]

Byline: Karen Price June 27--Gerrit Cole is ready to take the mound on Saturday for the first time since June 3, and the right-hander said the shoulder fatigue that took [...]

Byline: Karen Price June 19--Pirates catcher Russell Martin made the correct play at home plate during the third inning of Wednesday night's game, manager Clint Hurdle reiterated on Thursday. Joe [...]

Byline: Karen Price June 13--With Josh Harrison's ankle still hurting on Thursday, manager Clint Hurdle gave Gregory Polanco a shot at batting leadoff for the Pirates' series finale against the [...]

Byline: Karen Price June 11--Robert Galiszewsky is a Pirates season-ticket holder whose jersey collection includes such names as Roberto Clemente and Willie Stargell as well as Andrew McCutchen and some [...]

Byline: Karen Price June 11--Josh Harrison walked into the Pirates clubhouse and saw Gregory Polanco sitting facing forward in the stall directly to the right of his. He walked up [...]

Byline: Karen Price and Travis Sawchik June 11--The Pirates' inconsistent and injury-riddled starting rotation might be facing another challenge. Left-hander Francisco Liriano left his start Tuesday in the fourth inning [...]

Byline: Karen Price June 10--Pirates second baseman Neil Walker went on the 15-day disabled list Monday after undergoing an appendectomy earlier in the day. Walker was scratched from the Pirates' [...]

Byline: Karen Price June 10--Gerrit Cole threw 25 pitches from 60 feet Monday, the first time he had picked up a ball since Wednesday in San Diego. That was the [...]

Byline: Karen Price June 07--Another day, another Pirates starting lineup without Starling Marte in left field. Jose Tabata got the nod for the second consecutive game, and while his numbers [...]

Byline: Karen Price June 06--The Pirates drafted a trio of college position players with their first two picks on Day 2 of the MLB draft. They selected right fielder Jordan [...]

Byline: Karen Price June 04--The Pirates have perhaps had an easier time finding their guy in recent drafts than they will in 2014, but general manager Neal Huntington is fine [...]

Byline: Karen Price May 25--Neal Huntington confirmed that Brandon Cumpton will start against the Mets on Monday, and while the Pirates don't want the right-hander looking over his shoulder, the [...]

Byline: Karen Price May 24--Josh Harrison wasn't guaranteed a spot on the Pirates' roster let alone major league playing time in 2013, but he took to heart the saying that [...]

Byline: Karen Price May 14--Andrew McCutchen knows he's being pitched to differently this year compared to past seasons. For one thing, he's seeing more off-speed pitches. According to TruMedia, McCutchen [...]

Byline: Karen Price April 25--Catcher Russell Martin had a second day off in a row Thursday but promised he'd be back in the starting lineup Friday to face the Cardinals [...]

Byline: Karen Price April 20--It is inevitable to encounter inclement weather while preparing for a spring marathon in Western Pennsylvania, but the past winter made outdoor training for the Pittsburgh [...]

Byline: Karen Price April 03--Wandy Rodriguez needed a few innings to settle into a groove in his first major league start in nearly 10 months Thursday at PNC Park. Once [...]

Byline: Karen Price April 01--Cubs manager Rick Renteria lost the first regular-season instant replay challenge in Major League Baseball history when an out call at first base was upheld for [...]

Byline: Karen Price March 24--UNIVERSITY PARK -- The Wichita State women didn't have the depth or the size of No. 3 Penn State, but the No. 14-seed Shockers nearly dealt [...]

Byline: Karen Price March 13--Artemis Spanou had to wait until her senior year, but the Robert Morris standout forward finally is getting a shot at the ring she has longed [...]

Byline: Karen Price March 05--Duquesne coach Dan Burt sat down after his team's final home game of the season last week a frustrated man. The Dukes held an 11-point lead [...]

Byline: Karen Price March 02--Robert Morris women's basketball coach Sal Buscaglia knows his four years of turning to Artemis Spanou for scoring, rebounding or anything else the Colonials need are [...]

Byline: Karen Price Feb. 28--Any team in the midst of rebuilding has to take its lumps, and the Pitt women have taken plenty this season. Thursday night's 79-68 loss to [...]

Byline: Karen Price Feb. 25--The twisting, inverted figure of a skier rose into the air, then disappeared behind the hills. Seconds later he was up again, a silhouette rotating against [...]

Byline: Karen Price and Chris Adamski Feb. 22--Hockey fans packed the Blue Line Grille across from Consol Energy Center to watch the Olympic men's hockey semifinal game between the United [...]

Byline: Karen Price Feb. 16--The Pitt women avenged a loss to Clemson earlier this season with a 56-43 win Sunday in front of 3,305 at Petersen Events Center. Led by [...]

Byline: Karen Price Feb. 04--Hoping to win back-to-back conference games for the first time in three years, the Pitt women's basketball team instead lost 77-66 to Georgia Tech on Monday [...]

Byline: Karen Price Feb. 04--Devan Parise is known around Rochester as Lauryn Williams' best friend, so she's used to going to the local pizza shop or high school basketball game [...]

Byline: Karen Price Jan. 25--The Duquesne women's basketball team beat Rhode Island by 15 points last weekend, but that win alone wasn't enough to make first-year coach Dan Burt pleased [...]

Byline: Karen Price Jan. 20--Defense wasn't an issue for the Pitt women against Syracuse, but the first-half offense was, and it resulted in a 58-47 loss Sunday at Petersen Events [...]

Byline: Karen Price Jan. 17--Pitt women's basketball coach Suzie McConnell-Serio may be an optimist, but she's also a realist. She knew going into Thursday's game against No. 2 Notre Dame [...]