Tim Benz

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May 5—The Pittsburgh Pirates' 4-0 shutout loss at home Sunday to the San Diego Padres was notable for a lot of reasons. —It plunged the Pirates to 12-23 (.343). That's the third-worst record in Major League Baseball. —It's the Bucs' fourth loss in a row and their eighth in 10 tries. They've lost nine in a row to the San Diego franchise. —San Diego completed a three-game sweep of the beleaguered Buccos by yielding just one run over the last 21 innings of competition.

1 week ago | dailyitem.com | Tim Benz

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1 week ago | dailyitem.com | Tim Benz

May 5—When Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Kyle Dubas discussed Mike Sullivan's exit as head coach last week, he said, "Sometimes the class needs a new professor, and sometimes the professor needs a new class."During this week's "Madden Monday" podcast, Mark Madden of 105.9 The X and TribLive said that's the only appropriate way to look at the situation. kAmQx E9:?< E92E zJ=6VD 56D4C:AE:@? @7 E96 $F==:G2? D:EF2E:@? H2D C:89E @?[Q |2556? D2:5] Qx7 2?JE9:?8[ :E C6:?7@C465 >J :562 E92E $F==:G2?

1 week ago | lancasteronline.com | Tim Benz

May 2—A number of college hockey head coaches have been floated out as potential successors to Mike Sullivan as the bench boss of the Pittsburgh Penguins. One would assume that the money and prestige of coaching in the NHL would make such a move a no-brainer. But during a "Breakfast with Benz" podcast on Thursday, U.S. College Hockey Online executive editor Jim Connelly told me that assumption may be a little too easy.

1 week ago | lancasteronline.com | Tim Benz

May 2—At least one outlet is suggesting that the Pittsburgh Steelers and Aaron Rodgers should wait even longer before announcing their much-anticipated union. Since it has already taken this long, ProFootballTalk.com 's Mike Florio thinks it might be wise for Rodgers to hold off signing until after the NFL schedule is released on May 14. It's his belief that if Rodgers isn't officially a Steeler, the league's schedule makers might be reluctant to give the Steelers the maximum six prime-time games.