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Pirates, Marte agree to six-year deal

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Worried about the reports from a couple of days ago saying that Starling Marte turned down the Pirates contract extensions during the offseason? Well, worry no more. This morning, Ken Rosenthal broke the story that the Pirates and Marte were "close" on a six-year extension.   Sources: #Pirates, Marte close on six-year extension. — Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) March 26, 2014   Less than a half an hour later, Jim Duquette reported that the two sides had in fact agreed to a ... Read More

Malkin out 2-3 weeks with a foot injury

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You can add to the Penguins league-leading man games lost, as the injuries continue to mount for the Pens. During his morning press conference, Pens' head coach Dan Bylsma announced that Evgeni Malkin will miss 2-3 weeks with a foot injury. Malkin sustained the injury on his first shift in Sunday's game. Earlier this morning, it was announced that Jayson Megna was recalled. Check back to Pittsburgh Sporting News for more as the story develops. ... Read More

Pirates cut Lambo, Decker, Hughes, eight more

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The Pirates made their next round of cuts to get the roster down to 31, including an injured Chris Stewart. - Andrew Lambo (Indianapolis) - Jaff Decker (Indianapolis) - Jared Hughes (Indianapolis) The final eight — Michael Martinez, Omir Santos, Robert Andino, Zack Thornton, Chris Dickerson, Jay Jackson, Daniel Schlereth and Adam Wilk — were all transferred to minor league camp. ... Read More

Pitt to play Colorado in NCAA Tournament

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On Selection Sunday, it was announced that Pitt earned a No. 9 seed, and they'll take on No. 9 seed Colorado in the South Region. The No. 1 seed of the bracket is Florida, who will take on either Albany or Mount Saint Marys. No. 5 VCU will play No. 12 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks, and No. 4 UCLA will play No. 13 Tulsa to complete the top half of the bracket. In the bottom half, No. 2 Kentucky will take on No. 15 Eastern Kentucky. No. 7 New Mexico will play No. 10 Stanford of the Pac-12. ... Read More

Letang to practice tomorrow

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After two straight losses to the Philadelphia Flyers, some shocking news hit the Twitter-sphere, as the Trib's Josh Yohe reporter Kris Letang is supposed to practice with the Penguins tomorrow. Kris Letang is practicing with the Penguins tomorrow. — Josh Yohe (@JoshYohe_Trib) March 16, 2014   So, it sounds like Letang fully intends on playing soon. Stunning news. — Josh Yohe (@JoshYohe_Trib) March 16, 2014   Letang isn't just practicing, but has been cleared for a full ... Read More

Pitt’s Cameron Wright honored with 2014 Skip Prosser Award

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GREENSBORO, N.C.—Pitt guard Cameron Wright (Cleveland, Ohio/Benedictine H.S.)has been named the recipient of the 2014 Skip Prosser Award, emblematic of the top scholar-athlete in men’s basketball, ACC Commissioner John Swofford announced today. Wright will be presented with the award prior to Pitt’s first-ever ACC Tournament game today at 2 p.m. against Wake Forest at Greensboro Coliseum. The junior business-marketing major from Cleveland, Ohio, gives Pitt a recipient of the prestigious award ... Read More

Making the case for Kendrys Morales

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Yes, I know. Just yesterday I wrote about Andrew Lambo (FOUND HERE) and why the fans shouldn't give up on him quite yet. While I meant that, let's also point out that in said article, I listed myself as a Kendrys Morales guy. Jon Heyman of CBS Sports said yesterday that the Mariners, Orioles and the Pirates are all possibilities to land Morales during Spring Training. I'm not going to give you the Wikipedia page on Morales and tell you about his freak injury that happened with the Angels, ... Read More

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