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Pirates manager Derek Shelton talks with umpire Mike Estabrook between innings against the Padres in Pittsburgh on May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Last-place Pittsburgh Pirates fire manager Derek Shelton and promote bench coach Don Kelly

May 8, 2025 at 12:30 p.m.

The Pittsburgh Pirates fired manager Derek Shelton following a rocky opening month to the season that saw Pittsburgh quickly slip into last place in the NL Central.

Youth ballplayer Grayson Cole, left, waits for his game to get underway with his Savannah Banana sliding mitt in his back pocket on April 27, 2025 in Monroeville, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Sliding mitts are baseball’s ‘must-have,’ even if at youth levels, they’re all fashion — no function

May 6, 2025 at 12:25 p.m.

Baseball players from major leaguers to Little Leaguers are using sliding mitts as a form of self-expression, even it at some levels, they're not needed at all.

A fan is carted off the field at PNC Park after falling out of the stands during the seventh inning of a Cubs-Pirates game on April 30, 2025, in Pittsburgh. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)

Fan critically injured in PNC Park fall during Cubs-Pirates game is awake and making ‘miraculous’ progress

May 3, 2025 at 7:45 p.m.

The man who fell from the top of a 21-foot-high wall onto the warning track at PNC Park during a Pittsburgh Pirates-Chicago Cubs game Wednesday night is awake and alert.

Oregon defensive lineman Derrick Harmon runs a drill at the NFL combine in Indianapolis on Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Derrick Harmon’s mother dies shortly after the first-round pick’s selection by Pittsburgh Steelers

April 26, 2025 at 8:35 a.m.

Pittsburgh Steelers first-round draft pick Derrick Harmon’s mother, Tiffany Saine, died shortly after Pittsburgh selected the defensive lineman from Oregon with the 21st overall pick.

President Donald Trump holds a football during the Commander-in-Chief trophy presentation to the Navy Midshipman football team in the East Room of the White House on April 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump kept his promise to order a ban on transgender female athletes. Now the court fights have arrived.

April 16, 2025 at 11:53 a.m.

President Donald Trump's executive order to ban transgender female athletes from competition delivered on a promise he made on the campaign trail.

Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers looks out over the line of scrimmage during a game against the Vikings on Oct. 6, 2024, at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. (Steve Luciano/AP)

Quarterback Aaron Rodgers, 41, meets with the Pittsburgh Steelers

March 22, 2025 at 7:07 a.m.

Quarterback Aaron Rodgers, a four-time NFL MVP, met with the Pittsburgh Steelers on Friday. Rodgers, 41, is a free agent after spending the last two seasons with the New York...

President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order barring transgender female athletes from competing in women's or girls' sporting events, in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump signs executive order to bar transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports

February 5, 2025 at 3:56 p.m.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday intended to ban transgender athletes from participating in girls' and women’s sports.

Penn State linebacker Dominic DeLuca returns an interception for a touchdown while being chased by SMU running back Brashard Smith during the first half in the first round of the NCAA College Football Playoff, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, in State College, Pa. (AP Photo/Barry Reeger)

Penn State steamrolls mistake-prone SMU 38-10 in the 1st round of the College Football Playoff

December 21, 2024 at 5:16 p.m.

Dominic DeLuca and Tony Rojas returned interceptions for touchdowns, and Penn State toyed with SMU in a 38-10 rout Saturday in the opening round of the College Football Playoff.

SMU quarterback Kevin Jennings reacts after throwing a touchdown pass to Derrick McFall against California on Nov. 30, 2024, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

SMU eyes validation while Penn State eyes a breakthrough in 1st round of College Football Playoff

December 20, 2024 at 6:00 a.m.

When 11th-seeded SMU walks into Beaver Stadium on Saturday to meet sixth-seeded Penn State in the first round of the expanded College Football Playoff, the Mustangs know that more than...

Two teens challenging New Hampshire’s new law banning transgender girls from girls’ sports teams pose with their families and attorneys in Concord, N.H., on Aug. 19, 2024, after a judge granted an emergency request to allow one of the girls to play soccer while their lawsuit continues. (AP Photo/Holly Ramer)

Donald Trump said he wants to ban transgender athletes from competing. The reality is more nuanced.

December 18, 2024 at 11:18 a.m.

One of President-elect Donald Trump ‘s most popular talking points during his campaign centered on the future of transgender athletes.

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