After remaining relatively silent on the issue, the Steelers addressed Martavis Bryant's pending four-game suspension for violating the league's substance abuse policy, as he reportedly tested positive for marijuana. Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert had the following to say in a team-issued release: "We are disappointed in Martavis’ actions that has led to his four-game suspension. It is a disappointment to our entire organization as well as our fans, but we will continue to support ... Read More
Archives for August 2015
Colonials promote Kody Van Rentergem to assistant coach
The Robert Morris Colonials men’s hockey team has announced that Kody Van Rentergem will be promoted to assistant coach for the 2015-16 season. He will replace departed associate head coach Matt Nicholson, who left to become the head coach of the NAHL’s Amarillo Bulls in July. Former assistant coach Mark Workman was promoted to associated head coach earlier this offseason. Van Rentergem, 28, has spent the past two seasons as the team’s hockey operations coordinator. In that span, the Colonials ... Read More
Pitt to return to script logo
There has been one common question asked among Pitt Panthers fans for a while now. “When will we go back to the script logo?” Finally Pitt fans have an answer. New athletic director Scott Barnes has been flooded with calls and letters about the script logo since taking over the job and he made the official announcement that the Panthers will indeed be returning to their old script logo. The plan is to have all of Pitt’s athletic teams in new script uniforms for the 2016-17 school ... Read More
Reports: Pirates to call up six players
According to reports by Tim Williams of PiratesProspects.com and the Toledo Blade, the Pittsburgh Pirates are planning on calling up six players as the team makes its final push towards playoff contention. The Pirates will call up pitchers Bobby LaFromboise and Radhames Liz, infielder Pedro Florimon, catcher Elias Diaz and outfielders Jaff Decker and Travis Snider from the Indianapolis Indians. Of the six, only Decker, Diaz and LaFromboise are already on the 40-man roster. Radhammes ... Read More
Steelers acquire veteran kicker Josh Scobee
You know it has been a bad training camp when you are on your third kicker already, but that is exactly the situation the Pittsburgh Steelers are in. After a season-ending injury to Shaun Suisham and an injury to his replacement Garrett Hartley, the Steelers are now turning to veteran Josh Scobee. Scobee was acquired from the Steelers on Monday from the Jacksonville Jaguars. The return the Jaguars are getting from the Steelers wasn’t immediately known. Scobee was the longest-tenured ... Read More
AM Joe: Pa. Little League team comes up just short
Good morning, Pittsburgh. Here's your day in sports for Monday, August 31, 2015. What's on tap for today: The Pirates (79-50) have a well-deserved day off today after playing 20 games in the last 20 days. Not all of the Pirates will have the day off, however, as general manager Neal Huntington will be working the phones up until the 11:59 p.m. waiver trade deadline. While the big deals usually take place in July, the waiver trade period is still a time when teams can acquire talented ... Read More
Joe Klimchak energizes Pirates fans at PNC Park
It was a normal day for Joe Klimchak. He was just out of college and living in Grove City, PA. He was married to his wife Jennifer and was working as the sports information director for his alma mater, Grove City College. It was normal, until his answering machine started to beep. On the other end of the line was his idol, Pittsburgh Pirates public address announcer Art McKennan. Some time earlier, Klimchak had written McKennan a letter, expressing his admiration for his work and desire to ... Read More
Morton suffers rare home loss; Bucs bats silent against Rockies
Fans quietly departed PNC Park after the Pittsburgh Pirates fell 5-0 to the Colorado Rockies Sunday afternoon missing a chance to earn a sweep. The Pirates totaled just four hits and five base runners in the game. Jorge De La Rosa [8-6] got the win, extending his lead as the all-time winningest pitcher in Rockies history. In a bizarre scene, however, he was ejected by home plate umpire Jeff Nelson as Rockies manager Walt Weiss was taking him out in the seventh inning. The first two batters of ... Read More
Pirates GM Huntington: Glasnow not on radar for September call up.
It is the time of the season in which the Pittsburgh Pirates start to make its September call-ups. With that in mind, general manager Neal Huntington spoke on that topic among others in his traditional Sunday home game press conference. On A.J. Burnett's outing: “The report from [pitching coach Ray Searage] was that he threw the ball really well and it was a positive step in his direction. He’ll throw a real sim game in St. Louis and they’ll get a feel for how A.J. is going and if we add ... Read More
Burnett pain-free after bullpen session
A.J. Burnett spoke with assembled media members and provided an update on his recovery from right elbow inflammation. Burnett was first placed on the disabled list on July 31, and threw at PNC Park before the Pirates Though it was originally reported that Burnett would throw a three-inning simulated game, he ended up throwing close to 70 pitches and about five innings. "The first inning was 16 pitches, sat, threw 12, sat, threw 20 sat, threw eight or nine sat, and then did it again," Burnett ... Read More