March 26, 2020 2:47 am
With the start of the 2020 Major League season postponed until at least mid-May, the Pirates Radio Network will re-broadcast a number of “classic” Pirates games, including Thursday’s presentation of Game 7 of the 1960 World Series. Other games on the schedule include the 2013 Wild Card game at PNC Park (the Cueto game) and four games of the 1979 World Series. The complete schedule, listed below, can be heard live on WJPA-AM (1450).
Thursday, March 26, 1 pm–1960 World Series Game 7
Monday, March 30, 8 pm–1990 NLCS Game 5
Thursday, April 2, 1 pm–2013 NL Wild Card Game
Wednesday, April 8, 8 pm–1991 NLCS Game 1
Monday, April 13, 8 pm–1991 NLCS Game 4
Wednesday, April 15, 8 pm–1979 World Series Game 2
Monday, April 20, 8 pm–1979 World Series Game 5
Wednesday, April 22, 8 pm–1979 World Series Game 6
Monday, April 27, 8 pm–1979 World Series Game 7
Wednesday, April 29, 8 pm–To Be Determined
March 25, 2020 3:37 am
TOKYO (AP) – The Tokyo Olympics have been postponed until 2021. The International Olympic Committee has decided that the Tokyo Games cannot go ahead as scheduled this year because of the coronavirus outbreak. The IOC says the games will be held “not later than summer 2021” but they will still be called the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The announcement was a nod to the reality that training and qualifying schedules have been ruptured beyond repair as the coronavirus spreads. Next up for the organizers is picking a date when it might be safe again to hold such a massive event. They’ll also have to rearrange the 2021 global sports calendar.
March 24, 2020 3:46 am
The PIAA has extended the postponement of the restart of the winter basketball and swimming championships and the start of the spring sports season. No date for resumed play has been determined. The PIAA halted its basketball and swimming championships in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. The earliest students could return to school is April 6, tentatively.
The spring sports season was scheduled to begin last week for most sports. The basketball championships would have been last weekend in Hershey. The swimming championships at Bucknell were halted before the two-day Class AA meet had begun.
March 22, 2020 7:57 am
PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Two former Steelers found new jobs on Saturday after becoming unrestricted free agents. Former 2016 first-round pick Artie Burns reportedly signed a one-year deal with the Chicago Bears. He was the final player to leave the Steelers from the draft class of 2016, joining Javon Hargrave, Sean Davis and Tyler Matakevich earlier in the week. Pittsburgh also saw tight end Nick Vannett join the Denver Broncos on a two-year deal. Vannett was acquired early in the 2019 season for a 5th-round pick from the Seattle Seahawks.
March 20, 2020 5:37 pm
PITTSBURGH (AP) – The Pittsburgh Steelers have agreed to terms with veteran tight end Eric Ebron, giving quarterback Ben Roethlisberger another proven red zone target. Ebron reached the Pro Bowl in 2018 while catching 13 touchdowns but was limited most of last season while battling an ankle injury. Pittsburgh hopes Ebron’s arrival can provide a welcome jolt to an offense that struggled in 2019 with Roethlisberger sidelined most of the year with a right elbow injury. They also signed free agents guard Stefen Wisniewski and added to their defensive line depth by trading a fifth-round draft choice for Ravens defensive end Chris Wormley and a seventh-round pick, a rare deal between two bitter rivals.
March 20, 2020 3:44 am
UNDATED (AP) – The number of known coronavirus cases within the NBA has doubled to 14. Marcus Smart of the Boston Celtics pleaded with people to take social distancing more seriously Thursday and the league ordered all teams to shutter their training facilities indefinitely. Smart revealed that he tested positive and the Los Angeles Lakers said two of their players tested positive as well, bringing the number of players who have acquired the virus to 10. The Philadelphia 76ers said three members of their organization tested positive and the Denver Nuggets said someone within their franchise was positive as well.
March 18, 2020 3:49 am
UNDATED (AP) – Kevin Durant is one of four Brooklyn Nets players to have tested positive for the new coronavirus, bringing the total to seven known players in the NBA. The Nets did not name the players Tuesday, but Durant confirmed he was one of them to The Athletic, saying: “Everyone be careful, take care of yourself and quarantine. We’re going to get through this.” The Nets announced that one player is exhibiting symptoms, while the other three are asymptomatic. Utah’s Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell and Detroit’s Christian Wood are the other players who have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus.
March 18, 2020 3:46 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – The Pittsburgh Steelers have placed the inside linebacker Ryan Shazier on the reserved/retired list. But the team says the move doesn’t rule out the possibility of Shazier playing again. Shazier spent the last two seasons on the Physically Unable to Perform list while recovering from a spinal injury suffered in December 2017. Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert called the move “a matter of protocol” that would ensure Shazier remains involved with the team. Shazier has made remarkable progress since the injury and has continued working out in hopes of one day being cleared to play again.
March 17, 2020 8:49 am
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – The Kentucky Derby is being postponed from May to September because of growing concern about the coronavirus pandemic, according to a published report. The Courier-Journal of Louisville cited unidentified sources close to the race saying Churchill Downs will postpone the Derby from May 2 to Sept. 5. That would mark the first time in 75 years that the race won’t be run on the first Saturday in May. A formal announcement by the racetrack will be made Tuesday. The last time the Derby wasn’t held on the first Saturday in May was in 1945, when the federal government issued a ban on horse racing because of World War II.
