Pens beat Blackhawks to up streak
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
January 30, 2026
Sidney Crosby is well educated on winning. He has a trio Stanley Cup rings stowed away in a sock drawer or a fireproof safe with a biometric lock to verify that postulate. So, he understands why the P...
Offensive McCarthy emphasizes defense for Steelers
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
January 30, 2026
For the better part of a quarter century, Mike McCarthy fostered a reputation as one of the NFL’s foremost offensive minds. The production speaks for itself. Over McCarthy’s 18 seasons as a head coach...
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
January 29, 2026
Allen Greene has opted to keep a lower profile throughout his 15-month tenure as Pitt’s athletic director. As the Panthers and athletic departments across the country grapple with the demands of reven...
Roethlisberger a fan of McCarthy hire for Steelers
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
January 29, 2026
Big Ben is a big fan of the Mike McCarthy hire. Longtime Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger on Wednesday weighed in on the choice of McCarthy to serve as the franchise’s 17th coach. “I...
Pitt reducing capacity at Acrisure for games
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
January 29, 2026
Pitt announced a strategy Wednesday that will significantly alter the atmosphere and capacity for Panthers’ football games at Acrisure Stadium. Starting this fall, the stadium’s upper east and west si...
McCarthy ‘excited’ about quarterback Will Howard
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS HARLAN TribLive 
January 29, 2026
The quarterback Mike Mc-Carthy probably praised most Tuesday wasn’t the four-time league MVP that won a Super Bowl with him in Green Bay. Instead, it was Will Howard, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ sixthrou...
Witherspoon’s jumper pushes Pitt past Wake Forest in OT
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
January 29, 2026
More often than not this season, Pitt has been a team adept at finding ways to lose basketball games. Falling behind early, missing free throws, sputtering offense — the list goes on as to how the Pan...
McCarthy’s staff could change the sentiment
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports, ...
SPORTLIGHT
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
January 28, 2026
Mike McCarthy might be “one of us” as a Pittsburgh guy. But even with the press conference that introduced him as the new coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, he is not exactly being greeted with open ar...
Horwitz glad to have more pop in Bucs’ lineup
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
January 28, 2026
The Pittsburgh Pirates’ returning players have shared their excitement regarding how the club has navigated the offseason, acquiring a multitude of proven big-leaguers. First baseman Ryan O’Hearn, sec...
‘It just seemed like it was meant to be’
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
Mike McCarthy formally introduced as Steelers head coach
January 28, 2026
The former Green Bay and Dallas coach said he’d love for Aaron Rodgers to return next season. PITTSBURGH (AP) — The tears started early for Mike McCarthy. Really early. Considering the setting, it was...
McCarthy reveals plans for offensive, defensive schemes
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS HARLAN TribLive 
January 28, 2026
The Steelers new head coach revealed he will call the offense on gamedays. Playcalling won’t be a job requirement for whomever Mike McCarthy hires as offensive coordinator. As the Pittsburgh Steelers’...
Rodgers, McCarthy share complex relationship
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS HARLAN TribLive 
January 27, 2026
Fifteen years after Aaron Rodgers and Mike McCarthy won a Super Bowl together, the quarterback and coach could reunite in Pittsburgh. Their reunion became an option once the Steelers decided Saturday ...
Pitt gets first schedule with nine ACC games
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
January 27, 2026
The ACC revealed its 2026 football schedule Monday evening, including Pitt’s full 12-game slate, which includes nine league contests. The Panthers begin the season Sept. 5 against Miami (Ohio) and hos...
QB-development skills led Steelers to McCarthy
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
January 27, 2026
As the Pittsburgh Steelers’ search for a worthy successor to Ben Roethlisberger approaches its second half-decade, Art Rooney II acknowledged that the team’s choice of its next head coach was highly i...
Pirates abuzz with top overall prospect Griffin
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
January 27, 2026
Some of the biggest buzz for the Pittsburgh Pirates surrounded a shortstop who was neither in attendance at PiratesFest nor has played a game yet in the major leagues but is being billed as a future s...
Rooney dropped hints that McCarthy would be chosen
Pittsburgh, Sports, Sports Columns
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
January 26, 2026
We should not be surprised that the next Steelers coach is Mike McCarthy. We really shouldn’t. In fact, team owner Art Rooney II all but told us who the next coach would be last week. At the press con...
Pens beat Canucks, sweep western road trip
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
January 26, 2026
Rookie Ben Kindel scores a pair of goals in the 3-2 victory. The Pittsburgh Penguins’ fourgame road trip through the western reaches of the continent over the past week wasn’t necessarily any more imp...
McCutchen lashes out at Pirates
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
January 26, 2026
Ben Cherington: “We’ll continue to communicate with him directly as the team comes together.” Pittsburgh Pirates icon Andrew McCutchen publicly lashed out at his treatment from the franchise Saturday ...
O’Neil Cruz focused on fulfilling potential with Pirates
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
January 24, 2026
Oneil Cruz had a black beanie pulled tight over his head, trying to conceal his biggest change of an ultra- important offseason for the Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder. The first thing Cruz did upon...
Baseball America ranks Griffin No. 1 prospect; 3 other Pirates make top 100
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
January 23, 2026
Bubba Chandler, Edward Florentino and Seth Hernandez are also among rising stars. When Baseball America released its top 100 prospects list Wednesday, Konnor Griffin had only strengthened his status a...