The Pirates lost a lead late in the game to the Miami Marlins last night. Click on the play button below. Greg Brown has a recap of all the action.
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WPIAL Coaches
The first high school football scrimages will be played this weekend. It has been a busy off season for coaches in the WPIAL. When camps opened on Monday there were seventeen new coaches. Five are in the Beaver County Radio area. Terry George is the new coach at Ambridge. He replaces Dan Bradley who is now the coach at OLSH. He replaces Bill Daniels . Ron Sciaro is the new coach at Riverside. He replaces Tom Liberty, who is the new coach at Freedom High School. At South Side, Luke Travelpiece replaces Glenn McDougal.
Starters Will Sit For Second Week.
The Steelers play their second preseason game tonight. They face their cross state rival Philadelphia Eagles at Heinz Field. For the second straight week, Coach Mike Tomlin will sit four offensive starters. Quarterback Ben Rothlisberger, running backs Le’veon Bell and DeAngelo Williams, and wide receiver Antonio Brown will have to wait for week three to see action. The pregame show on WBVP-WMBA is at 5-pm. Kickoff is at 7-pm.
Pirates Off Today
After a 5-1 west coast trip, the Pirates have a well deserved day off. Yesterdays 6-5 win completed a sweep of the San Francisco Giants. The Pirates are now one game ahead of the Miami Marlins and a game behind the St Louis for the second wild spot. The Marlins lost to Cincinnati Reds 3-2. The Cards beat the Houston Astros 8-2. The Pirates will begin a three game weekend series against the Miami Marlins It starts Friday night at PNC Park.
NASCAR Weekend Channel Changes for this weekend.
NASCAR has been switching around on the NBC family of networks due to the Olympics the last couple of weeks and this week is no different . Below is a listing on where you can get your racing fix for the weekend.
1-2:25 p.m.: NASCAR XFinity Series first practice, NBC Sports App
3:30-4:25 p.m.: NASCAR XFinity Series final practice, NBC Sports App
FRIDAY, AUG. 19:
10-11:25 a.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series first practice, NBC Sports App
12:30-1:55 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series final practice, NBC Sports App & USA Network
3:15 p.m.: NASCAR XFinity Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, NBC Sports App
5:45 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, USA Network
7:30 p.m.: NASCAR XFinity Series Food City 300 (300 laps, 159.9 miles), USA Network
SATURDAY, AUG. 20:
8 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race (500 laps, 266.5 miles), NBC Sports Network
Pens Sign Matt Cullen to One year deal.
The Pittsburgh Penguins re-signed forward Matt Cullen to a one-year, $1 million contract Wednesday for his 20th NHL season. The 39-year-old Cullen helped the Penguins win the Stanley Cup last season. Are all the pieces of the puzzle back together for another run at the Stanley Cup?? Tune into WBVP/WMBA Saturday morning from 8 am to 10 am to the Saturday Sports Slam as Frank and Greg will discuss the chance of a repeat and also take calls with your opinions.
Ben Kennedy gets first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Win in Bristol.
Ben Kennedy took the lead from William Byron with 20 laps to go in Wednesday night’s UNOH 200 and later withstood an intense six-lap shootout withBrett Moffitt to earn his first career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory at Bristol Motor Speedway last night.
With two laps to go, Moffitt, driving the No. 11 Toyota Tundra — the truck piloted earlier this season by Kennedy — gave the Daytona Beach, Florida, native a shot in the bumper, but Kennedy refused to be rattled and stretched his lead to 0.274 seconds at the checkered flag.
Moffitt, who earned a career-best second-place finish, didn’t have quite enough for Kennedy’s No. 33 Chevrolet Silverado when it counted most.
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Bucs sweep Giants!!! Keep pace with Cardinals
The Pittsburgh Pirates Finished off a three game sweep of the San Francisco Giants yesterday afternoon and completed their west coast road trip with a 5-1 record and are now one game back of the Cardinals for the second wild card spot and only three games behind the Giants to be the first wild card. The Bucs are off today and start a home stand at PNC Park on Friday night against the Miami Marlins who the Pirates have a one game lead over in the wild card race. Airtime is 6:40 on WBVP/WMBA and first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 pm. The Marlins will send Tom Koehler (9-8, 3.86 ERA) to the hill and the Pirates will start Gerrit Cole (7-8, 3.25 ERA).
Click on the play button below for Greg Brown’s recap of yesterdays victory.
Pitt’s Third Uniform
It is back to the future for the Pitt Panthers. The team revealed it’s throwback uniforms Tuesday morning. The throwback uniforms are royal blue with white numbers outlined in bright gold. It is the same uniform the worned by the 1976 Panthers who won the national championship. It was worn by Dan Marino and Tony Dorsett. The uniforms will debut October 8th at Homecoming.
Pirates Go For A Sweep
The Pirates go for sweep this afternoon in San Francisco. Jung Ho Kang’s eighth inning home run won Tuesday’s night game 4-3. The win put the Pirates one game behind the St Louis Cardinals and in a tie with the Miami Marlins for the second wild card spot. Miami lost to Cincinnati 6-3 while the Cardinals beat Houston 8-5. The Pirates open a three game series with the Marlins starting Friday night at PNC Park. Today’s starters are a dentist’s delight. Ivan Nova pitches for the Pirates. Matt Cain will start for the Giants. Airtime is 3:20 on WBVP-WMBA.