Day 1 of Pitt Volleyball seat selection is over. I count ~940 seats still available for season ticket holders to purchase. They do let you view the current inventory, even before your time slot. I'm hoping for one of these spots in 102 -- the big center section opposite the benches.

another day, another Pirates starter potentially lost to the IL

One thing about Olivia Babcock? She'll win some damn awards. "She is the first volleyball player to earn the honor and joins Pitt legend Kenny Pickett as the only Panthers to receive the prestigious award."

I got to spend the day with @saxboybilly18.bsky.social when he came through Charleston a few years ago. A genuine, amazing guy who has overcome a lot to earn this and more. Couldn’t be happier for him and to see him getting this attention. Can’t wait to see where he goes next.

it’s unusual that a team with the 5th pick gets the same player in almost EVERY mock draft, but so it goes with Jackson Flora to the Pirates.

The galaxy brain sports gremlin conspiracy theorist inside my head (who is often wrong to be clear) is whispering that this is a very interesting way to give European countries a very clear reason to boycott LA28 without having to square up with the US directly.

You can watch Seth Hernandez pitch at Noon today, which I guarantee is just as thrilling as any World Cup knockout-round match would be.

The 2026 Pirates have hit as many homers as the 2025 Pirates. It is July 7th. #Pirates

Ryan O’Hearn today was the first player to have each of his team’s first 10+ RBI of a game (RBI official since 1920) h/t @EliasSports

And the Cooper and Van Tyne labs watched this in person! A 10 RBI game 🤯

Hannah Mears on the Pirates telecast says Ryan O’Hearn recorded only the 2nd game in MLB history with: - a grand slam - a 3-run homer - and another 3-run homer

Bucs smash the Barves 12-4 on a 10-RBI night from Ryan O’Hearn #RaiseIt 🏴‍☠️ #HoistTheCone

Ryan O’Hearn started the day tied for 23rd in the NL in RBI. He’s now tied for 7th.

Ryan O'Hearn has three home runs and has driven in all 10 runs for the Pirates. Unreal.

The Pirates franchise has been around for more than 130 years. No Pirate has collected 10 RBI in a game until tonight. Here’s your Ryan O’Hearn curtain call.

won’t go down in the history books, and 8 hits over 6 innings is too many but I’ll certainly take a quality start from Paul Skenes against this Braves lineup — and so will this PNC Park crowd

ah yes, my great uncle Dino

and he’s homered again!! have a night, O’Hearn!!!

oh no, a nightmare for the Pirates offense: Bases loaded, No outs

With Skenes unlikely to pitch in the ASG, this was the right move. Way to go, Ashcraft!

"In the five-state mid-Atlantic region, 2.1 percent of all ER visits were heat-related on July 3, CDC records show. That broke the previous record of 1.8 percent, set on June 24, 2025, for the region, which includes Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and [D.C.]"

Pirates have a 20-year-old wunderkind best prospect since Mike Trout and he's had two serious injuries this year. In both cases he 1) got hurt and 2) kept playing afterward, before 3) it turned out it was really bad. Franchise should be contracted and the medical staff should not work in sports

The IOC heard people talking about how unethical and corrupt FIFA is and had to remind everyone who the king is

Credit where it's due: Pennsylvania has also reduced per-capita vehicle travel since 1994 and is now 3rd-lowest in the country (only New York and Rhode Island are lower)

Louisville Volleyball is the first team I’ve seen announce rising seniors using the new ‘5 in 5’ eligibility to stay through 2027 — starting outside hitter Chloe Chicoine and starting libero Kamden Schrand

This might be over-stating a bit but the Pirates have to stay around .500 until Cruz and Horwitz get back around the deadline, and Skenes makes two starts before the break in these six games against good teams. If he lays two more turds in the punchbowl, he's putting the whole season at risk.

Im not above groveling on this public forum

Safer streets for kids = Sports opportunities for everyone

and if you tune in now, you can watch Babcock unleash hell on L’ville 😃

welp, back to focusing hopes on a team that could never suffer a humiliating defeat

sadly the soccer gods weren’t letting Flo score there — even if he kicked it 200 mph

They had Aramark employee with a box cutter slicing off all the non-FIFA approved branding off of the sodas lmao. I have the Water bottle formerly known as Aquafina

start playing defense any time you like, fellas

where is the Belgium that was ass for most of the World Cup, I want them

troubling ........ not content to simply get Folarin Balogun back from his red card suspension, the FOX desk is talking about how the USA playing in Seattle will provide them a "12th man" in tonight's game tonight. this of course would be a massive breach of FIFA rules and regulations

20,000+ attendees at Anthrocon! Thanks for stopping by, furries -- and sorry it was so hot this weekend.

the way some of you are talking about the USMNT/Balogun makes me wonder... Do you really want it? Do you REALLY WANT IT??

we're only 33 days away from the Blue-Gold Scrimmage at Victory Heights!

Just 10 more minutes of regular time and a brisk six years of extra time for England to survive here

Damn. Great season for the Riveters, but the Aurora Buzzsaw was too much — yet again.

Penguins have signed: -- Egor Chinakhov (three years, $6.25 million AAV) -- Joel Blomqvist (two years, $875,000 at NHL level) -- Arturs Silovs (one year, $2.8 million) -- David Gustafsson (one year, $850,000 at NHL level)

#RaiseIt 🏴‍☠️ to cap off a 4-3 road trip. Let’s keep those bats rolling back home.

every Pirate with a plate appearance has a hit today — except for Esmerlyn Valdez, whose 0-for-5 day drops his OPS to a pedestrian 1.021 on the season

B-LOWE!! SHOULD ALSO BE AN ALL-STAR!!!

KG!! hit the ball hard, good things happen!!

Endy’s checking out after apparently hurting his hip on a swing — oy vey

I’m preliminarily awarding Mason Montgomery today’s Reliever of Distinction honor Popout (with KG’s leather) Strikeout Flyout kept bases-loaded-no-outs from getting out of hand