Your daily regional sports update.
- Pitt has extended the contract of head coach Pat Narduzzi.
- — On Wednesday, the Pirates added a high-floor, low-ceiling pitcher in Jonathon Niese. On Thursday, the Pirates turned their attention to value arms with high-ceiling potential.
- Neal Huntington knows there will be backlash. He was braced for it even before he flew back to Pittsburgh on Thursday after MLB’s annual winter meetings.
- When the Steelers hung 45 points on the Indianapolis Colts Sunday night, they did something that had never been done before. It marked the first time any Steelers team had scored 30 points or more in four consecutive games.