If you have read this blog for a while, then you know that I am a football fan ... Not NFL or college football; instead, I follow the world's sport ... Next Friday, the 2010 World Cup finals begin, and on Saturday (June 12) the US opens group play against England ... Kickoff is 2:30 pm Eastern ... If you are planning to watch and don't want to go solo at home, then there may be no more football-friendly venue in Pittsburgh than Piper's Pub on East Carson Street in the South Side ... Check out
Pittsburgh police arrest three men Sunday morning for breaking into Heinz Field, where they had attended a wedding at the Steelers' stadium the previous night ...
The moment the ball boomed off Ryan Doumit's bat, he had a problem. He knew it was going to clear the Clemente Wall to bring the Pirates a buoyant 3-2, 10-inning victory against the Atlanta Braves, which it did Sunday afternoon before 23,045 at PNC Park. He also knew he had no idea what to do next ...
Compared to other Pirates fans who have paid their way into PNC Park this season, the 23,045 there Sunday on a spectacular spring afternoon were treated to that rarest of treats ...
A $23.3 million project to rehabilitate the Fort Duquesne Bridge will resume this week after rain washed out much of the work planned for the weekend ...