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Steelers Cut Ties with Versatile Safety
In a corresponding transaction to the signing of inside linebacker Tyler Matakevich on Wednesday, the Pittsburgh Steelers released safety Jalen Elliott. The Notre Dame alum had three stints with the Steelers over the past calendar year, but did not appear in a game last season. Elliot was released at the...
Pittsburgher competing in Paris Paralympic Games
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A Pittsburgher is going to the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. Calahan Young is one of six athletes chosen to represent Team USA on the men's goalball team. He was also part of the Tokyo 2020 team.Goalball is one of two Paralympic sports that don't have an Olympic counterpart. The sport is designed for people who are blind or visually impaired. Described by the Olympics as an "intense sport," it's played in complete silence so players can hear the ball, which has bells inside.Calahan is on the roster along with Tre'Shaun Faison, Christian King, Tyler Merren, Matt Simpson...
ESPN Finalized Its Decision On Lee Corso For 2024
The 2024 college football regular season is less than two months away. ESPN's College GameDay, which will feature Nick Saban in 2024, will head to College Station, Texas for Week 1. Texas A&M is set to host Notre Dame in the biggest matchup of the opening weekend. With Saban arriving to the ...
Pitt All 105: WR Zion Fowler-El Working to Crack Wideout Rotation
All 105 is a Pittsburgh Sports Now series profiling each of the 105 members of the Pitt 2024 training camp roster. Zion Fowler-El, a redshirt freshman wide receiver from St. Peter’s Prep in Jersey City, N.J. 2023 season: Fowler-El played in just one game as a true freshman last...
Upper St. Clair’s Tyler Robbins Adds Notable Ivy League Offer
On Tuesday, the WPIAL’s top senior big man, Tyler Robbins, received an offer from Harvard. Robbins posted his offer on social media. Robbins, a 6-foot-10, 230-pound forward, has been playing for Team Durant on the Nike EYBL circuit this summer. He has had a huge spring and summer session for his recruitment, and now holds offers from Harvard, Miami (OH), Kent State, Duquesne, Robert Morris, Pepperdine, St. Francis (PA), and Loyola (MD).
This Week in Pittsburgh History: The Pirates Find a New Home
On July 16, 1970, the Pittsburgh Pirates played their first game at their new home: Three Rivers Stadium. The Pirates lost the game 3-2 to the Cincinnati Reds, the same team they’d lose to in the National League Championship Series. They ended the season with a 89-73 record, giving them their first National League East title.
ACC Basketball: 2024 offseason grades for all 18 programs
The Panthers knew they were losing star forward and leading scorer Blake Hinson since he had no eligibility. They also lost Bub Carrington, who went from barely being a top-100 prospect in the 2023 freshman class to an eventual “one and done” and NBA Draft lottery pick. His departure hurt the Panthers, along with also losing starting center, Federiko Federiko.
Peters Township wins Class 5A Trib Cup
North Allegheny (6A) has won 21 straight Sports Cups while Neshannock in 2A has a run of three Trib Cups in a row. Hampton (4A), Quaker Valley (3A) and Greensburg Central Catholic (A) all won cups this year after a one-year hiatus. However, the long wait for Cup No. 2...
Carroll grad Shirk weighs in on being picked by Pirates
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Four years ago as a senior at Carroll High School, Jake Shirk topped out a 84 miles per hour on the mound. This past year as a senior at Wright State the righty registered 96 MPH on the radar gun – a good reason he was selected in the 18th […]
Wilkinsburg Muralist Heads to Paris Olympics to Spread Message of Peace
Kyle Holbrook, a muralist from Wilkinsburg who has painted murals around the world, is set to paint four murals in Paris during the 2024 Summer Olympics, July 26-Aug. 11. The locations, as well as collaborating artists, will be revealed when the murals are painted, he says. These murals will feature...
Pirates Draft Tracker — Day 2 (Rounds 3-10)
The Pittsburgh Pirates opened their 2024 draft by selecting high school shortstop Konnor Griffin with the ninth pick in the first round on Sunday night. The Pirates then made two more picks on day one. Prep right-hander Levi Sterling was the 37th pick and Pittsburgh once again with a prep shortstop in the second round — No. 47 overall — by taking Wyatt Sanford.
Tracy Coyne Resigns from Saint Francis, Heads to Duquesne
Tracy Coyne, the 17th-winningest coach in NCAA history and the winningest coach in Saint Francis history, is leaving the program after five season to become the head coach at Duquesne. Duquesne announced the hire Tuesday afternoon after Saint Francis announced her resignation on Monday. Coyne spent five years in Loretto,...
WPIAL Profiles: Penn Hills 2027 DB Carter Bonner
WPIAL Profiles is a Pittsburgh Sports Now series profiling some of the up-and-coming talent out of the Pittsburgh area high schools. Other sports: I also play basketball, but I look forward to playing another sport this year. Favorite hobby outside of football? My favorite hobby outside of football is to...
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