With the first overall pick in the 2011 Major League Baseball first-year player draft, the Pittsburgh Pirates select Anthony Rendon, third baseman, from Rice University.

For the third time in the past four seasons, the Pittsburgh Penguins will square off against the Ottawa Senators in the playoffs. Host Cory Humes is joined by Matt Rudzki, who shares his insights on the first-round series.

It would be fun to see Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle sitting behind home plate at PNC Park. But fame and money alone won’t turn the Pirates from losers to winners. Talent will.

There’s only one sure-fire way to sell papers in Titletahn and that’s stir up unneeded controversy in a locker room. That’s exactly what the PG’s Ron Cook and the Trib’s Rob Rossi have done recently.