New Pirates 2B Lowe excited to hit at PNC Park
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
December 24, 2025
Brandon Lowe was still processing the idea of playing for a major-league team other than the Tampa Bay Rays after being traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates when it was suggested that PNC Park suits his p...
What Detroit is saying about the Steelers’ win
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By TAWNYA PANIZZI TribLive 
December 23, 2025
The Pittsburgh Steelers eked out a win Sunday against the Detroit Lions in a wild fashion that capped a chaotic game in the Motor City. The Steelers held the lead most of the game, but when it looked ...
Another coin toss flub, only this one didn’t hurt
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
December 23, 2025
DETROIT — Twenty-seven years after the most infamous coin-toss incident in NFL history, in the same city and against the same team, the Pittsburgh Steelers once again were involved in a miscommunicati...
Steelers closer to securing AFC North title
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
December 23, 2025
DETROIT — Thanks to a controversial and favorable conclusion Sunday, the Pittsburgh Steelers will take a 9-6 record and three-game winning streak into Christmas. Their 29-24 victory against the Detroi...
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
December 23, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The NFL is not designed to work like this. If anything, the league is designed to prevent what the Pittsburgh Steelers have done for the past 22 years and counting. In a league that ...
Tomlin’s streak hits 19
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
December 23, 2025
DETROIT — Sunday’s Pittsburgh Steelers victory was notable for reasons that go beyond beating a quality opponent on the road or keeping sole possession of first place. The 29-24 triumph against the De...
Santa Sportlight: Still spreading some holiday cheer
Pittsburgh, Sports, Sports Columns
SPORTLIGHT
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
December 22, 2025
‘Twas four days before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, except Santa Sportlight, that louse. As we anxiously await the big guy coming down the chimney later this week,...
Metcalf takes swipe at fan along Steelers’ sideline
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
December 22, 2025
DETROIT — Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf extended his arm harshly in a punch-like manner toward the face of a fan he was speaking to during the first half of Sunday’s game at the Detroit...
Cherington excited to add Lowe to lineup
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
December 22, 2025
Brandon Lowe fit the profile the Pittsburgh Pirates were seeking to add to their lineup, and the two-time All-Star second baseman became a target Ben Cherington identified early as a potential trade p...
Steelers outlast Lions after wild ending
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
December 22, 2025
DETROIT (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers pushed the Detroit Lions to the brink of elimination from the playoffs on Sunday, holding on for a 29-24 win when Jared Goff’s touchdown on the final play was ne...
Hoffmann group agrees to buy Pens
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
December 20, 2025
The long-speculated sale of the Pittsburgh Penguins has been formally agreed to. On Friday, incumbent owner Fenway Sports Group and prospective owner Hoffmann Family of Companies announced they had “e...
Bucs get slugging 2B Lowe in 3-team deal
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
December 20, 2025
The Pittsburgh Pirates entered the offseason seeking to add a hitter with pop to their anemic offense, with the expectation that it would address their needs for a corner infielder and outfielder. Aft...
Deployment of ‘Spartan’ working for Steelers
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
December 20, 2025
It started out in the NFL community as something between a joke and an appropriately whimsical moniker for what was a new, unconventional phenomenon being introduced by one of its highest-profile team...
Air-it-all-out meeting helps turn around Steelers defense
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
December 20, 2025
A few weeks ago, ranking much closer to the bottom of the league than the top in many relevant categories, the Pittsburgh Steelers defense decided it needed to talk. Collectively, and to each other. A...
Sawyer preparing for first start with other injuries
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
December 20, 2025
For the first time in his young NFL career, Jack Sawyer played more than half of the defensive snaps in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 28-15 victory Monday night against the Miami Dolphins. The rookie fourt...
Pitt volleyball swept out of Final 4 by A&M
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
December 20, 2025
The national semifinals have been both familiar territory and an insurmountable obstacle for Pitt volleyball every year dating to 2021. Over four consecutive seasons, the Panthers have advanced to and...
Lions haven’t beaten the Steelers this century
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
December 19, 2025
The two teams meet at Ford Field Sunday at 1 p.m. DETROIT (AP) — On paper, the Detroit Lions are strong favorites to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday in a showdown of 8-6 teams with playoff hope...
Kelly finalizes Pirates’ staff, adds new coaches
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
December 19, 2025
Pittsburgh Pirates manager Don Kelly rounded out the rest of his coaching staff by hiring Chris Truby as infield coach, Shawn Bowman as field coordinator and Thomas Whitsett as assistant pitching coac...
Penguins’ skid hits 7 games
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
December 19, 2025
Including Thursday, Evgeni Malkin has been sidelined for seven consecutive games by an undisclosed injury. And during that stretch, the Pittsburgh Penguins have been perfect in one sense. That is to s...
Rodgers’ left hand still not 100%
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
December 19, 2025
With Aaron Rodgers coming off what was, arguably, his best two-game stretch of the season, it’s been largely forgotten that Tuesday marked one month since the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback suffered ...