Word: pittsburgh
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Boston 7, Pittsburgh...
Vancouver 6, Pittsburgh...
...investment appears risky. Since 1971 the Pirates have lost perhaps $10 million because of poor attendance and escalating maintenance costs at Three Rivers Stadium. After winning the World Series in 1979, the club fell in 1982 to fourth place in the six-team National League East Division. Pittsburgh's total attendance last season of 1,030,830 ranked 25th out of 26 major league teams...
...Former Pittsburgh Pirate Willie Stargell, 41, last week went through the angst of being a rookie again. He had been recruited by the Eastman Philharmonia to read selected passages from the speeches of Martin Luther King to a new score written with Stargell in mind by Composer Joseph Schwantner, 39. "When you play Carnegie Hall, the knees tend to knock," said Stargell. But last week he gave a great performance in a career marked by great performances. For the old ballplayer, his debut was one from the heart. "Once, I remember we went to a drive-in movie...
...Dallas distaste for the Redskins seemed to have been diluted recently by greater dread of other teams, particularly the Pittsburgh Steelers, but also the Philadelphia Eagles. The sourest personal feuds had dried up and blown away. Diron Talbert, a singularly unruly Redskins tackle, especially had it in for Cowboys Quarterback Roger Staubach. Both are retired now. The Cowboys had won the last six Washington-Dallas games, including a 24-10 victory last month. But then this season bloomed for the Redskins into the most blessed of all their 46 years. During the eight-week strike, most of their tough games...