All of a sudden, the national media is all in on the Pittsburgh Pirates. ESPN dropped their bold predictions article ahead of the 2026 season, and there were quite a few insiders who are extremely ...

Most pirates were probably not blind in one eye, and eye patches were likely far less common than popular culture suggests.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A team of archaeologists and filmmakers found six shipwrecks in and near Nassau, the capital of the island of New Providence.

The Pittsburgh Pirates began their 2026 MLB season on the road against the New York Mets, and while there is plenty of reason to be optimistic about this Pirates team, the first game of the year did ...

When people picture a pirate, the eye patch is usually part of the image. It's such a familiar detail that most of us accept it without questioning where it came from. In reality, the story behind the ...

Today, Nassau is a popular tourist destination in the Bahamas, with white-sand beaches and cerulean waters ideal for swimming, snorkeling and diving. But centuries ago, it wasn’t travelers who flocked ...

Pirates and rum go together like eye patches and treasure maps, except history says otherwise. Turns out wine and brandy were the real drinks of choice until one Caribbean boom changed everything.