The Grandstander

Funny that the news of the Penguins/Burkle/Lemieux group's bid to buy the Pirates hits the papers during the team's annual FanFest C...

Marilyn and I took a quick spin to opening night of the Pirates Annual FanFest tonight. We got an early entry - at 4:15 or so - and we cont...

Some of you may have noticed a new contributor to The Grandstander, signing himself in as "Big Poppy." I'll preserve his ano...

Today is the final work day of the month of January. I also received notice in the mail that my initial pension payments (January and Febru...

Duquesne University is in the news this week - and not positively - over its decision to eliminate four men's sports, baseball, golf, sw...

If you go to the Pirates website ( www.pirates.com ) you will see a feature inviting you to vote on the 2009 Play of the Year, and they give...

The recent death of famous traffic cop Vic Cianca prompted an interesting article in this morning's Post-Gazette about "iconic Pitt...