Less than a month after undergoing a heart transplant, former Pirates closer Kent Tekulve got the crowd rocking at PNC Park Wednesday night when he threw out the ceremonial first pitch before ...

Jan. 25—When Kent Tekulve was in the Eastern League in the early 1970s, the sidearm pitcher was looking for a way to create more movement on his pitches. The Cincinnati native had thrown sidearm since ...

Selected to speak for the Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Fame’s second class of inductees, Kent Tekulve naturally relied on an unorthodox delivery by turning the attention away from the four men being ...

1979 Pirates pitcher Kent Tekulve is recovering from heart transplant surgery while returning to baseball as part of the Pirates broadcast team. Former Pirates pitcher Kent Tekulve was known as a ...

Pirates analyst and former pitcher Kent Tekulve is expected to recover fully from a heart transplant earlier this month, doctors at Allegheny General Hospital said Tuesday. “He is in great shape,” Dr.

Kent Tekulve was sitting at home a couple of weeks ago in front of the TV. The Pirates game was on. He watched Giants reliever Tyler Rogers, a right-hander with a submarine delivery, take the mound.

PITTSBURGH — Former Pittsburgh Pirates World Series pitcher Kent Tekulve will retire from broadcasting at the end of the team’s 2017 season, he announced Wednesday. Tekulve began working with AT&T ...

PITTSBURGH — The family reunited on Saturday at PNC Park. The Pittsburgh Pirates celebrated the 45th anniversary of the 1979 World Series Championship team. Several players were on hand for the ...