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Steelers Beat Writer Expects TE Pat Freiermuth To Catch On As Team’s ‘De Facto’ No. 2 Receiver
It’s no secret that the Pittsburgh Steelers have a lot of question marks in their receiving room heading into the 2024 season. Can George Pickens become a reliable, every-week WR1? Will Calvin Austin III finally have his breakout season? What can the Steelers reasonably expect from rookie Roman Wilson in his first season? The biggest question might be who the team’s second option at receiver is, and Brian Batko believes it’s tight end Pat Freiermuth.
Pickleball courts become highlight of improved Renton Park in Plum
On a recent morning in Plum, the pop-pop-pop of pickleball paddles could be heard emanating from Renton Park. The 2.5-acre park tucked away in the borough’s Renton neighborhood has become a destination for residents since the borough invested about $750,000 in improvements, including three courts for the popular game.
Pieces of Kennywood's Thunderbolt mural hit the auction block
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Want to own a piece of Kennywood history? Parts of the iconic Thunderbolt mural are hitting the auction block.To celebrate the wooden roller coaster's 100th birthday, the park is creating a new mural. Six pieces of the old one are now available at an online auction running through Sunday, July 7. Proceeds of the auction will go to the nonprofit 412 Food Rescue, which prevents extra food from going to waste by giving it to other nonprofit partners that serve those in need.According to the auction site, the pieces are valued between $1,500 and $2,000. The mural is from 2002.Over...
Want to Name a New Pittsburgh Sports Team?
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds need your help to name Pittsburgh’s newest sports team. The city has a new women’s soccer team. In late April, the United Soccer League announced that the Pittsburgh Riverhounds would join the USL W League and start competing in 2025. The USL W League serves...
Being mindful of veterans while using fireworks
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- The Fourth of July is two days away, and while fireworks are widely considered patriotic, it causes feelings of panic in some military veterans.Its reaction is caused by post-traumatic stress disorder. Veterans Darryl Jackson and Aaron Brinkley understand PTSD after serving in the military for several years and going overseas."There are so many things that trigger PTSD. Certainly, fireworks can be one for me also," said Army veteran Brinkley."It's the whistling ones; it's the ones that sound like mortars and go up," said Jackson, a Marine Corps. veteran.What is PTSD?"One of the tell-tale symptoms in terms of any...
Bill Cowher on the athleticism of Steelers rookie Payton Wilson: ‘It’s off the charts’
Much like last season when the Pittsburgh Steelers were able to get defensive tackle Keenau Benton in the middle of the second round of the 2023 NFL draft, Pittsburgh might have scooped up another dynamic athletic defender outside of the first round with linebacker Payton Wilson this year. Unfounded injury concerns pushed Wilson to the end of the third round and the Steelers wasted no time bringing in the former North Carolina State star. Former Steelers head coach Bill Cowher gushed about Wilson and when you consider just how many great linebackers he coached, it’s hard to argue with his reasoning. “His athletic...
What’s It Like Playing for Dru Joyce III? Duquesne Player Answers
Duquesne head coach Dru Joyce III took over the job after Keith Dambrot’s retirement earlier this year. How has the transition gone?. “It’s been great,” Duquesne guard Kareem Rozier told Pittsburgh Sports Now. “I think he’s doing a great job. It’s a great sense of new-ness because he’s young, he’s still got that fire lit under him. Coach Dru is great. He came up under Coach D, so a lot of his teachings are the same, of which I am helping the new guys with.”
Boy trapped in burning Pittsburgh-area home rescued after calling mom's cellphone
INGRAM, Pa. (KDKA) -- An 11-year-old boy trapped inside a burning home in Ingram used his cell phone to call his mom and help firefighters find him. Pittsburgh firefighters said they were called to help with a fire on Leslie Street just before 10:45 p.m. When they got there, a woman said her son was trapped up on the third floor, where arriving crews had reported heavy smoke. The boy used his cell phone to call his mom, telling her he was in a low closet area up on the third floor, firefighters said. The chief in command asked if the child could yell so firefighters could hear him, but his mom said he couldn't. So the chief told the mom to tell her boy to bang on the wall instead.Crews made their way to the third floor and found the boy in a small storage closet. He was conscious and alert and was taken to medics for evaluation.In a post on social media, the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire thanked those involved in the rescue, writing, "Excellent work by all!" Officials didn't say how the fire might have started.
Pittsburgh Lit: Two Poetry Collections to Explore This July
“Transcript of the Disappearance, Exact and Diminishing”. Lynn Emanuel writes tightly coiled poems that writhe and click like a simmering swarm. There is rage and sadness in her work but also an undercurrent of desperate self-preservation. Her latest collection, “Transcript of the Disappearance, Exact and Diminishing,” revisits familiar territory for...
Lebo residents advocate for women’s health
A longtime Mt. Lebanon resident combines her love of music and the need to fund improvements in women’s healthcare by volunteering for Pittsburgh’s Women Who Rock board. “Two things I’m very passionate about are female health and music,” said Marianne Karlovich, MacArthur Drive. “We’ve had a lot of fun doing what we do, and I think that even makes it more special.”
Group Vows to Turn Downtown Rooftops into Vibrant Green Spaces
It has cut electricity costs by $80,000 a year. It can capture an inch of rain in 24 hours. It can cool a roof by 20 to 50 degrees compared to surrounding roofs. It serves as natural insulation — cooling the building in summer, retaining the heat in winter.
Rod Woodson Ranked Second-Best CB of All-Time, Mel Blount Snubbed From Top 10 List
In the continued best players at each position series by the 33rd Team, Marcus Mosher ranked former Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Rod Woodson as the second-best corner of all-time, behind just Deion Sanders. “Rod Woodson played 12 years at cornerback (1987-1998) before switching to safety. He played five years as a...
Steelers land elite CB in new 2025 NFL mock draft
As it stands now, the Pittsburgh Steelers only have starting cornerback Donte Jackson for one season. Pittsburgh traded wide receiver Diontae Johnson to the Carolina Panthers in exchange for Jackson but there’s been no word of a contract extension. This means a cornerback could be a top need for...
North Hills Regional Catholic Elementary Schools Announce Exciting Reorganization
North Hills Regional Catholic Elementary Schools Announce Exciting Reorganization. Pittsburgh, PA"The North Hills Regional Catholic Elementary Schools (NHRCES), part of the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, is undergoing an exciting reorganization, expanding its network from five to eight schools. This change aims to enhance the quality, accessibility, and sustainability of Catholic education in the region.
Collier’s Weekly: Why Can’t We Have a Convenient Concert Venue?
The story after this year’s Four Chord Music Festival should’ve been a tale of triumph: A locally made music festival celebrates its 10th anniversary with a weekend full of power chords and fun. Instead, the story was about venue woes. For the last few years, the festival was...
Duquesne’s Matchup, Schedule Announced for Cayman Islands Classic
On Tuesday, the Cayman Islands Classic revealed its bracket for the upcoming event. Duquesne, led by first-year head coach Dru Joyce III, will take part in the event. The Dukes will be joined by Hampton, South Dakota State, Missouri State, Old Dominion, Boise State, High Point, and Boston College on the Islands.
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