Michigan State football has extended a scholarship offer to a quarterback prospect in the 2026 class from Pittsburgh. Ashton Blatt of Pittsburgh announced on Wednesday that he’s received an offer from the Spartans. Blatt made the notable recruiting announcement via social media platform X. Blatt is currently an unranked...

WPIAL (PIAA District 7) soccer playoffs resume Monday with semifinal round contests that will decide who gets to play in the Finals at Highmark Stadium. Here’s our thread for BOYS CLASS 2A. The results of these matches will also further determine how spots for PIAA tournament are decided, as the winners will advance to PIAA tournament and the losers will have to face each other in a Play-In match either on Wednesday or Thursday.

Kante recently addressed the local media, including Pittsburgh Sports Now. “I’m getting better, stronger than I thought I would be,” Kante said ten days ago. “I’m glad that I went through this [injury] because this made me stronger… Now I’m trying to focus on the next thing, like, every day, trying to get better and get healthy. The most important thing for me right now is trying to be healthy. Not think about what happened last year, but just take it as motivation going into the season because I know I missed one year, but for one year for me, I learned so much during that one year and I’m so grateful that happened to me right now. There’s just no better people that I could go through this with than the coaching staff, the training, DA [Daniel Anthony] and all those people around. Everyone makes it so easy for me, so every day, nothing changed, I just got better and better and in my mind I’m the old Papa…”

The 2024 regular season came to a close this weekend with a handful of fantastic football games. On this week’s watch list, we look at a quartet of passers who got it done with their arms and legs.

The Pitt football program will travel to Texas this weekend for a huge ACC matchup against SMU, and Monday night, the Panthers extended an offer to an intriguing prospect from the Lone Star State. The Panthers staff extended an offer to 2026 three-star dual-threat quarterback Legend Bey from North Forney...

What's every team's bowl status going into Week 10? Who's bowl eligible, who's out, and who's on the bubble and has work to do?

With a pair of late goals by Rowan Carmichael and stellar goalkeeping by Alex Rowe, the Avonworth boys soccer team is heading to a WPIAL final for the first time since 2018. Carmichael scored twice in the final four minutes and the second-seeded Antelopes earned a 3-1 win over No. 3 Deer Lakes in the WPIAL Class 2A semifinals at North Allegheny’s Newman Stadium.

Roller Derby is a contact sport, which is why, in 2020, when people needed to stay apart, it came to a standstill. Between the heavy breathing that comes from players zipping across the skating rink and the hip checks, Pittsburgh Derby Brats President Michele Maloney tells Pittsburgh City Paper it wasn’t safe for the ages-9-to-18 junior team to play. As a result, many of the longtime players left and never returned after the lockdown, and the team’s leadership realized it needed to pivot to attract new players.

Penn State football 2027 commit Kemon Spell burst onto the national scene during his sophomore season. On Friday night, the future Nittany Lions and current McKeesport running back put an exclamation point on his statement year with a sensational performance in the Tigers’ regular-season finale. Averaging over 16 yards...

Brooke Taliani’s high school soccer career did not get off to the best of starts. As a freshman, she missed most of the season after having knee surgery. Then, after she recovered, she twisted both of her ankles. In her sophomore year, Taliani struggled to come back from those...

PITTSBURGH - Pitt's Mariana Osorio Mendoza and Noah Bernard were each named ACC Co-Divers of the Week. For Osorio Mendoza and Bernard, it is the first ACC weekly award for each of their careers. It is the first time Pitt has garnered men's and women's ACC Diver of the Week honors in the same week since November of 2022 when Dylan Reed and Jess Vega were each honored .

A pair of the nation's top offenses meet when the No. 20 SMU Mustangs (7-1) bring college football's 15th-ranked scoring offense into a matchup with the No. 18 Pittsburgh Panthers (7-0), who have the No. 6 scoring offense, on Saturday, November 2, 2024. The Mustangs are 7.5-point favorites. The game has an over/under of 58.5 points.

If you’re Very Online™ like me, you’ve probably seen one of Saxboybilly18’s viral videos by now. Many, including his dim review of the Atlanta Braves’ new stadium complex and his “old world” takedown of Little Italy Days, have racked up thousands of likes. It was “The Condo Song” (180,000 likes on Instagram) that did it for me. I frequently bike through the Strip District to get to work, and I often get “dorm room for adults!” stuck in my head as I pedal past The District apartments along Waterfront Place.

WPIAL (PIAA District 7) soccer playoffs resume Monday with semifinal round contests that will decide who gets to play in the Finals at Highmark Stadium. Here’s our thread for GIRLS CLASS 4A. Thanks so much for your support of our site and helping us grow the game in our...

The Pulse of Pittsburgh Soccer is back as we set the table for what is always one of the most exciting stretches of the year for soccer in our region. There’s already been plenty of postseason drama, mostly coming in the form of WPIAL Soccer playoffs, as we often see matches going into extra time with both golden goals and penalty kick shootouts.

The WPIAL Boys and Girls Soccer Championship games will played this Thursday, October 31 through Saturday, November 2, at Highmark Stadium. Following the results of the Semifinal Round matches played on Monday and Tuesday, we now know exactly who will be playing. In the meantime, WPIAL officials have set the dates/times for each of the classifications, as there’s been a little bit of shuffling from what we’ve seen in recent years.

In the morning, before the bell rings for first period, room 175 is abuzz with energy. Poms athletes are scattered around the room socializing, studying, doing homework or relaxing before a long day of school. At the same time, students who are part of the special education program settle into the classroom, preparing for the adventurous day ahead of them. This chaotic and lively scene is all a part of the community built by special education teacher and poms coach Mia Krawczel, or more commonly known as Coach K.

DORMONT—After trailing for most of its semifinal match against Bethel Park, Moon Area is heading back to the WPIAL Class 3A Championship on a ball off senior midfielder Zechariah Balbach’s boot in extra time. The Tigers defeated the Blackhawks 3-2 Monday night.  “The ball just hit right off of my foot and it...

PITTSBURGH — Monday Night Football is starting with comfortable temperatures as the Steelers take on the Giants at Acrisure Stadium. It'll be a dry night with temperatures in the upper 50s by the game's 8:15 p.m. kickoff. That warm front will lift through Tuesday morning with a temporary increase...