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Pirates
Cartoon Canon: Maz! ☕

By Rob Ullman

in Richmond, Va.

POSTED: 1:05 AM Tuesday

I wrote last week about the Pirates’ crazy victory in the 1925 World Series. Their next championship, 35 long years later, was every bit as extraordinary.
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Pirates
Cartoon Canon: Big Train derailed! ☕

By Rob Ullman

in Richmond, Va.

POSTED: 1:04 AM October 9, 2018

It dawned on my recently that, aside from a few members of the roster, I knew next to nothing about the Pirates’ 1925 World Series championship.
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Cartoon Canon: Mario’s first comeback! ☕

By Rob Ullman

in Richmond, Va.

POSTED: 12:30 AM October 2, 2018

Perhaps due to the disappointing way it ended, it’s easy to forget that Mario Lemieux’s 1995-96 season may also have been his best.
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Cartoon Canon: Big Ben’s soggy debut! ☕

By Rob Ullman

in Richmond, Va.

POSTED: 12:05 AM September 25, 2018

RICHMOND, Va. — You could argue, I suppose, that the Steelers second age of Super Bowl success didn’t begin on September 26, 2004 with Ben Roethlisberger’s first start under center, but...
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Cartoon Canon: Back in the playoffs! ☕

By Rob Ullman

in Richmond, Va.

POSTED: 12:05 AM September 19, 2018

Six years ago this week, the Pirates finally overcame the ghosts of 1992 and the brutal collapses of 2011 and 2012 to advance to the playoffs.
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Cartoon Canon: Le Cobra strikes! ☕

By Rob Ullman

in Richmond, Va.

POSTED: 12:30 AM September 11, 2018

I watched a good bit of the game referenced in this strip on YouTube and, boy, it really drove home how aesthetically hideous baseball was in the 1970s and '80s.
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Steelers
Cartoon Canon: Dropkick the punter! ☕

By Rob Ullman

in Richmond, Va.

POSTED: 12:07 AM September 4, 2018

In a few days, the Steelers will kick off another season in Cleveland, a frequent Week 1 opponent of late.
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Penguins
Cartoon Canon: Who are these Flyers? ☕

By Rob Ullman

in Richmond, Va.

POSTED: 12:00 AM August 28, 2018

You can’t deny the significance of the Penguins facing off against their destined, detested rivals in their very first game in uniform!
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Cartoon Canon: Roll out the stars! ☕

By Rob Ullman

in Richmond, Va.

POSTED: 1:29 AM August 22, 2018

I never watched a single minute of Pittsburgh Phantoms roller hockey live.
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Pirates
Cartoon Canon: Ott’s (real-life) slam! ☕️

By Rob Ullman

in Richmond, Va.

POSTED: 12:00 AM August 14, 2018

Finding strip-worthy events in the dog days of summer can be a tall order.
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Olympics
Cartoon Canon: Take that, Hitler! ☕️

By Rob Ullman

in Richmond, Va.

POSTED: 12:05 AM August 7, 2018

The Olympics tend to be out of sight, out of mind in off years, but when I came across John Woodruff’s name in a larger piece about Jesse Owens last...
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Pirates
Cartoon Canon: The first broadcast!

By Rob Ullman

in Richmond, Va.

POSTED: 12:00 AM July 31, 2018

If KDKA hadn’t broadcast a baseball game for the first time, someone else undoubtedly would have.
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Pirates
Cartoon Canon: Jerry Meals calls safe! ☕️

By Rob Ullman

in Richmond, Va.

POSTED: 1:00 AM July 24, 2018

The Atlanta Braves, another play at the plate, and another salty, stinging wound for Bucs fans.
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Live Qs at 5: Ullman’s answers on sports and art

By Rob Ullman

in Richmond, Va.

POSTED: 12:00 AM July 18, 2018

It's the staff cartoonist's turn ever at answering questions here, and no, I won't be able to do any live caricatures in the comments.
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Pirates
Cartoon Canon: Arky the All-Star! ☕️

By Rob Ullman

in Richmond, Va.

POSTED: 12:00 AM July 17, 2018

With the All-Star Game happening in D.C. tonight, I thought it’d be cool this week to focus on an impressive performance by a Pirates player in the event.
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Pirates
Cartoon Canon: Comebacks crush Cards! ☕️

By Rob Ullman

in Richmond, Va.

POSTED: 12:00 AM July 10, 2018

It’s amazing how difficult it is to imagine now … the Pirates, with the second-best record in the majors.
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Penguins
Cartoon Canon: Marian’s mistake! ☕️

By Rob Ullman

in Richmond, Va.

POSTED: 12:18 AM July 3, 2018

The first of July has seen quite a few surprises for the Penguins' fans, and a fair share of heartbreak.
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Pirates
Cartoon Canon: Dock stones the competition! ☕️

By Rob Ullman

in Richmond, Va.

POSTED: 11:50 PM June 25, 2018

It’s a shame that no video evidence of this game exists … and believe me, I’ve looked!
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Penguins
Cartoon Canon: It bloomed with a Flower!

By Rob Ullman

in Richmond, Va.

POSTED: 12:00 AM June 19, 2018

The days of the Penguins holding an early pick in the NHL Draft seems a thing of the distant past.
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Penguins
Cartoon Canon: The captain’s first!

By Rob Ullman

in Richmond, Va.

POSTED: 1:09 AM June 12, 2018

While it’s like trying to figure out which of your children you like the best, I must confess that, of all the Penguins’ Stanley Cups, 2009 might be my favorite.

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