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Russell's tall tales match Nutting's

By Bob Smizik | Monday, 9:30 a.m. In all the furor last week about the Penguins offer to buy the Pirates, a comment by manager John Russell was almost totally overlooked. Russell comes across as a quiet, conservative guy. But he’s wild and crazy...

Published Mon, Feb 02 2010 9:30 AM by Bob Smizik

Filed under: Adam LaRoche, Freddy Sanchez, Jack Wilson, Neal Huntington, Jason Bay, Xavier Nady, Nate McLouth, Ian Snell, Tom Gorzelanny, John Russell, Bob Nutting, Frank Coonelly, Nyjer Morgan, Sean Burnett

Who does Nutting think he's kidding?

By Bob Smizik | Wednesday, 12:15 a.m. Bob Nutting is not a man easily embarrassed. The owner of the Pirates make no apologies for operating what is one of the worst -- if not the worst -- professional sports franchise in this country. You’d never...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2010 12:15 AM by Bob Smizik

Filed under: Neal Huntington, Pedro Alvarez, Nate McLouth, Bob Nutting, Frank Coonelly, Nyjer Morgan, Sean Burnett, Jeff Clement

Steelers need to keep Hampton

By Bob Smizik | Wednesday, 12:30 a.m. Nobody asked me, but . . . * Casey Hampton is going to the Pro Bowl. Who knew? I hadn’t heard anyone speculating that Hampton might be one of the Steelers selected. If the fat man, who will be a free agent at...

Published Tue, Dec 12 2009 11:44 PM by Bob Smizik

Filed under: Larry Fitzgerald, Jamie Dixon, Casey Hampton, Mike Tomlin, John Russell, Walt Harris, Bob Nutting, Frank Coonelly, Darrelle Revis, Gary Patterson, Jim Caldwell, Al Golden

Open your books, Mr. Nutting!

By Bob Smizik | Wednesday, 1 a.m. In a startling bit of reporting, the widely respected Jason Stark of ESPN.com wrote last week that many small-market MLB teams are far wealthier than anyone ever expected. According to Stark, teams like the Pirates receive...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2009 1:00 AM by Bob Smizik

Filed under: Bob Nutting, Frank Coonelly

Letters: What to do with boo birds?

Saturday, 1:00 a.m. Q: I'm baffled by Pitt's boo birds . This is a good college team representing a great university and the Pitt crowd is guilty at least twice this season. It booed starting quarterback Bill Stull on the first series of the season...

Published Sat, Oct 10 2009 1:00 AM by Bob Smizik

Filed under: Neal Huntington, Bill Stull, Bob Nutting, Frank Coonelly, Roberto Clemente, Stan Belinda, Randy Marsh

Huntington's 2010 plan is awful

By Bob Smizik | Tuesday, 1 a.m. The 2010 season looks like another year of baseball on the cheap for the Pirates and another year of big-time losing. What else can be taken from the astonishing words of general manager Neal Huntington on the day the Pirates...

Published Tue, Oct 10 2009 1:00 AM by Bob Smizik

Filed under: Andy LaRoche, Neal Huntington, Brandon Moss, Frank Coonelly, Steve Pearce, Matt Morris, Delwyn Young, Jimmy Barthmaier, Ronny Cedeno

Letters: Faneca no Woodson

Saturday, 1 a.m. Q: One thing I don't think too many pundits have brought up is any correlation between the departure of perennial Pro Bowler Alan Faneca after the 2007 season and the perceived or real demise of the Steelers offensive line? Faneca...

Published Sat, Sep 09 2009 1:00 AM by Bob Smizik

Filed under: Rod Woodson, John Russell, Frank Coonelly, Bill Hillgrove, Ross Ohlendorf, Myron Cope, Bob Walk, Kevin Hart, Lou Piniella, Jack Buck, Tunch Ilkin, Vin Scully

Bay praises Pirates rebuilding plan

By Bob Smizik | Sunday 8:30 a.m. The Pirates much-maligned rebuilding program got unexpected support last week from outfielder Jason Bay, one of the earliest and the best players dealt by general manager Neal Huntington in a series of trades that have...

Published Sun, Aug 08 2009 8:30 AM by Bob Smizik

Filed under: Freddy Sanchez, Jack Wilson, Neal Huntington, Eric Hinske, Jason Bay, Xavier Nady, Nate McLouth, Frank Coonelly, John Grabow, Damaso Marte, Adam LaRoche

Coonelly should not be surprised

By Bob Smizik | Saturday 11:40 a.m. Pirates president Frank Coonelly wasn’t happy after the team’s hugely embarrassing 17-2 loss to the Chicago Cubs Friday, which followed losses by the scores of 10-1 and 8-0. "I am extremely disappointed...

Published Sat, Aug 08 2009 11:36 AM by Bob Smizik

Filed under: Freddy Sanchez, Andy LaRoche, Jack Wilson, Brandon Moss, Nyjer Morgan, Jason Bay, Xavier Nady, Nate McLouth, Ryan Doumit, Frank Coonelly, Steve Pearce, Delwyn Young, Adam LaRoche, Garrett Jones, Lastings Milledge, Ronny Cedeno

Letters: Lots to cheer about!

Saturday, 1 a.m. Q: After reading all the whining and gashing of teeth concerning the Pirates, I am compelled to remind people of what we have in Pittsburgh. As fans. we have nothing to complain about when reflecting on our sports teams over the last...

Published Sat, Aug 08 2009 1:00 AM by Bob Smizik

Filed under: Andy LaRoche, Andrew McCutchen, Jose Tabata, Brandon Moss, Pedro Alvarez, Bill Cowher, Pat Bostick, Dave Wannstedt, Bob Nutting, Frank Coonelly, Greg Brown, Lanny Frattare, Steve Blass, Delwyn Young, Tim Neverett, Bob Walk, Tino Sunseri

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