Mark Belko

1 week ago | post-gazette.com | Mark Belko |Madaleine Rubin |Evan Robinson-Johnson |Tim Grant

Svietlana Zabetchuk has been stuffing, folding and pinching pierogi in Pierogies Plus’s production kitchen for more than 20 years. So, of course, you expect her to be good at it. What surprises is how fast she can turn a 3-inch circle of dough and ice cream scoop of creamy mashed potato into the perfect half-moon dumpling. It takes the Ambridge resident a mere six seconds, start to finish.

3 weeks ago | post-gazette.com | Madaleine Rubin |Mark Belko |Hallie Lauer

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4 weeks ago | post-gazette.com | Mark Belko |Joe Starkey |Gene Collier |Jason Mackey

Forbes has released its annual valuations for each MLB team, and it should come as no surprise the Pirates rank near the bottom. Bob Nutting’s team is slotted in at 26th, ahead of only the Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals, Tampa Bay Rays and Miami Marlins. Forbes has Pittsburgh’s franchise valued at $1.35 billion. The Nutting family purchased the team in 1992 for $92 million.

1 month ago | dailyitem.com | Mark Belko

Mar. 16—Over the past three years the Pittsburgh Pirates, under owner Bob Nutting, have made more money selling tickets, hot dogs, beer and other concessions at PNC Park than they've spent on the teams they've fielded. The Pirates collected $215.6 million in net ticket and concession revenues between 2022 and 2024. Over that same period, player salaries totaled $214 million — or about $1.6 million less, based on a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette analysis of the club's audited financial statements. kAmx?

1 month ago | post-gazette.com | Mark Belko

Over the past three years the Pittsburgh Pirates, under owner Bob Nutting, have made more money selling tickets, hot dogs, beer and other concessions at PNC Park than they’ve spent on the teams they’ve fielded. The Pirates collected $215.6 million in net ticket and concession revenues between 2022 and 2024. Over that same period, player salaries totaled $214 million — or about $1.6 million less, based on a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette analysis of the club’s audited financial statements.