The Golden Triangle was packed yesterday with weekend crowds drawn to the Three Rivers Regatta and the city's traditional Independence Day fireworks spectacular -- and even the weather cooperated.

The stars of the bass pro fishing world will converge on Pittsburgh July 30-Aug. 2 to compete for a $1 million prize in a contest open to amateurs, too.

Americans have a global reputation for being too disinterested in food to develop a complex national cuisine, but that does not mean it doesn't exist.

Imagine this: A five-year plan in Pittsburgh that worked, and in just four years. A look at how the Penguins' long-term plan for a run at the NHL's top prize went magically awry.

The Pirates did exactly enough, it seemed, to lose to the Florida Marlins, 5-3, last night at Land Shark Stadium.