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2-minute Drill: Pirates “Opener” Not So Good Second Time Around


Your daily sports update.

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  • After the opener concept failed Wednesday night at PNC Park in a 9-3 loss to the Colorado Rockies, the Pittsburgh Pirates might have few options in their quest to find starting pitchers.
  • FIFA has given up on its efforts to expand the 2022 World Cup to 48 teams, football’s world governing body announced on Wednesday.
  • Two Pittsburgh Steelers players are nominees for this year’s George Halas Award.
  • Miami Heat assistant and former Michigan star Juwan Howard has been named the new head coach of the Wolverines, the university announced Wednesday.
  • Before the NCAA softball season, Stevie Wisz was told she needed heart surgery — again. Instead, she’s running the bases and scoring runs as UCLA goes for a national title.