Jason Mackey is a columnist at @PGSportsNow. He covers a range of topics within the sports realm, including individual and team sports, competitive sports, and the business of professional sports, while also exploring themes in food and beverages, arts, and entertainment. Jason's work has been featured in numerous publications, including The News & Observer Publishing Company and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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Jason Mackey's coverage largely focuses on local sports, particularly baseball and the Pittsburgh Pirates. His articles include expert commentary, event coverage, breaking news, and evolving stories related to the team.
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By: Jason Mackey
The hope was for the Pirates to head to Chicago next week at .500, which would’ve required a sweep of the Los Angeles Angels at PNC Park this weekend. Those plans were complicated on Saturday thanks to a 6-1 loss, one that featured more struggles against a left-handed starter and
By: Jason Mackey
Henry Davis, Paul Skenes help Pirates win another series
By: Jason Mackey
They’re separated by thousands of miles. They also feature climates on extreme ends of the weather spectrum. So, why in the world is Jared Jones, a Southern California kid who grew up going to Dodgers games, an ardent Buffalo Bills fan? Easy: fantasy football. Six years ago, Jones tried it
By: Jason Mackey
Offensive explosion helps Pirates start Chicago road trip in style
By: Jason Mackey
CHICAGO — While there’s been much discussed regarding Paul Skenes, Braxton Ashcraft, Jared Jones and Bubba Chandler, TBA doesn’t get nearly enough attention. To be announced, of course. It’s what the Pirates will sometimes use as a placeholder until the prior game is completed, allowing them to determine who’s available
By: Jason Mackey
CHICAGO — Bullpen games have been plenty successful for the Pirates this season. They employed that strategy to perfection Wednesday to beat the White Sox, 4-2, at Rate Field, securing yet another series victory. Eight relievers combined on the effort, starting with Lake Bachar, Brandon Eisert and Carmen Mlodzinski, who
By: Jason Mackey
CHICAGO — Billy Cook has seen cone earrings, peddled an orange ice cream cone and even spotted a balloon animal depicting the Pirates’ unique rallying cry this season at a recent fan event. On Thursday at Rate Field, Cook and his teammates enjoyed more evidence of the cone's reach when
By: Jason Mackey
CHICAGO — As Ryan O’Hearn pushed himself slowly on a pair of crutches to the visitors’ clubhouse at Great American Ball Park back on Aug. 1, hours after suffering a gruesome quad injury, his face lit up when discussing the prospect of what was then an eight-week return. If O’Hearn
By: Jason Mackey
CHICAGO — There are plenty of words to describe Brandon Lowe. Professional, productive and calm are a few of the first ones that come to mind. But Bubba Chandler went a different direction after Sunday’s 4-3 victory over the Cubs at Wrigley Field, essentially saying the Pirates second baseman is
