Tim Benz

One great thing about this job is that it can still surprise me after 30 years. Every now and then, I’ll toss out an opinion that I think most people will back or write a column that I don’t think will generate a ton of pushback. Then I get nothing

I’ve heard it said that being a coroner is the only job where you can never get ahead on your work. I guess that’s true. I mean, you always need a body first. In the case of the 2026 Pirates, their season isn’t officially dead yet. However, at 58-62, it

Thursday’s “First Call” has some significant recognition for former Pitt standout and Pittsburgh Steelers Pro Bowler James Conner. The Pirates are preparing for their trip to Cleveland to open the post-All-Star break push. Pitching matchups are now set for that series. Rumors are that Bethel Park’s Mason Miller could wind

Pittsburgh Pirates manager Don Kelly had seen enough of starting pitcher Mitch Keller. Can you blame him? Coming into Game 3 of their home series against the Atlanta Braves, Keller was 1-4 with an ERA of 7.50 in his seven starts since May 30. So when Keller opened up Thursday

The way that Pittsburgh Pirates manager Don Kelly talked about it, the idea that Jared Jones was going to get a shot at attempting to complete a perfect game Wednesday night was simply never going to happen. “There’s just no way,” Kelly said after Jones was pulled following six spotless

On Tuesday night during the Pirates’ 12-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves, Ryan O’Hearn and the rest of the Pirates’ offense were great. That allowed starting pitcher Paul Skenes’ good to be good enough. Good enough to win for the first time since May 12. “Paul with a great start,”

The Pittsburgh Pirates’ All-Star snubs made the top storyline of Sunday’s 11-5 win in Washington pretty easy to determine. Bryan Reynolds homered in the third inning. Brandon Lowe hit a three-run shot in the eighth. Nick Gonzales collected three more hits and a walk. All three men stated their cases

The Pittsburgh Pirates’ offense was good enough that the team could’ve won three of the four games in Philadelphia this week. The fact that the club only won twice to gain a split is more about what happened on the mound and in the field. Sure, manager Don Kelly’s hitters

During their first day at development camp, Liam and Markus Ruck confirmed the story that had been floating around at last weekend’s NHL Draft that the twin brothers from British Columbia had never spent more than four days apart. “Three or four years ago Liam had a concussion from a

Penguins president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas has been in Pittsburgh since 2023. That’s plenty of time to build up a healthy frustration with perpetual bridge construction in this city. If Dubas didn’t understand how maddening those delays can be, my guess is he does now after this weekend’s NHL