The Onion's sports section doesn't only mock the Pirates. Ahead of the piece cautioning against Pirates fandom for children, they also ran stories titled "Novelty Nachos Helmet Works Way Into Regular Dishes Rotation" and "Mavericks GM Trades Away All Of Team’s Basketballs".

Dansby Swanson hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 in the rubber game of the weekend series.

There’s a hot ticket next weekend at PNC Park. Nope, it isn’t Bob Nutting bobblehead night. Nor is it Beyoncé to make up for the canceled 2023 show that enraged many fans. The Pirates are in the basement of the NL Central,

Shortstop/outfielder Konnor Griffin, who the Pirates selected within the top 10 of the 2024 draft, will end his season at the Double-A level.

THIS DAY IN CUBS HISTORY: Shawon Dunston homered twice off John Smoltz and Mike Harkey threw a three-hit shutout as the Cubs defeated the Braves 7-0. It happened 35 years ago today, Friday, Aug. 17, 1990.

In and around Acrisure Stadium, 150 volunteers stepped up to help the students of Pittsburgh Public Schools receive more than 3,000 free backpacks, supplies, food, and more.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have a promising catcher prospect that they recently moved up in their farm system. The Pirates promoted catcher Axiel Plaz

Thursday and Friday were the 15th time this season that the Cubs followed a win with back-to-back losses. They have won their next game the last six times, most recently on Wednesday at Toronto. The Cubs’ only two three-game losing streaks were May 6-9 (two at home vs.