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...
Steelers are (likely) in the market for yet another QB, but none of the options are ideal
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
January 23, 2026
Whether it’s through free agency or the draft, the Steelers have decisions to make at the NFL’s most important position. Stay the course Pat Freiermuth was speaking with media the day after the most r...
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORA-BAUGH TribLive 
January 23, 2026
Members of the Pittsburgh Penguins weren’t terribly jubilant when management decided to trade starting goaltender Tristan Jarry to the Edmonton Oilers on Dec. 12. Affectionately known as “Jars” by his...
Eagles’ late 3-pointer sinks Panthers in ACC play
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
January 22, 2026
A 41-point beatdown by Louisville last weekend has made Pitt well-acquainted with the feeling of intense dejection. Wednesday at Boston College provided the Panthers with major disappointment of a dif...
‘Everything has gone well’ for Mantha
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
January 22, 2026
Anthony Mantha doesn’t have a surplus of good memories of his time as a member of the Calgary Flames. To be clear, he doesn’t have many memories of any type in Calgary. At least on the ice. In Novembe...
Steelers host McCarthy for in-person interview
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS HARLAN TribLive 
January 22, 2026
As an NFL head coach, Mike McCarthy’s greatest achievement came at the expense of his hometown Steelers, but 15 years later, the Pittsburgh native might get a chance to make amends. McCarthy, 62, had ...
Steelers hold in-person interview with Flores
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS HARLAN TribLive 
January 21, 2026
Brian Flores was only weeks removed from filing a lawsuit against the NFL when the Pittsburgh Steelers hired him in 2022, providing the former Miami Dolphins head coach a pathway back into the league....
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
January 21, 2026
Smith is the first former Steelers coach to be hired somewhere else since Mike Tomlin resigned. Longtime special teams coordinator Danny Smith became the first member of former coach Mike Tomlin’s sta...
Penguins make trade for Avalanche defenseman
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
January 21, 2026
The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired defenseman Ilya Solovyov from the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for forward Valtteri Puustinen and a seventh-round draft pick in 2026 on Tuesday. Solovyov, 25, has sp...
Fast start pushes Penguins past Kraken
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
January 20, 2026
The Pittsburgh Penguins opened a four-game tour of the western reaches of North America on Monday with a 6-3 victory against the Seattle Kraken at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle. With nine of his tea...
Trusting the Steelers’ process
Pittsburgh, Sports, Sports Columns
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
January 19, 2026
So the search is on for a new Steelers coach for the first time in 19 years. In my opinion, it’s a search that should have taken place about five or six years ago when it became obvious to me that und...
Pittsburgh native McCarthy to interview with Steelers
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS HARLAN TribLive 
January 19, 2026
The Greenfield native is the latest candidate to meet with the team. The Pittsburgh Steelers coaching search is adding a candidate with Steel City roots. Greenfield native Mike McCarthy, a Super Bowl ...
Heintschel announces he’ll return to Pitt
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
January 17, 2026
Pitt’s most important player removed a major source of anxiety for coach Pat Narduzzi with an important announcement Thursday as quarterback Mason Heintschel intends to return to the Panthers for his ...
Norwin’s Shanahan on brink of national championship
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By BILL BECKNER JR. TribLive 
January 17, 2026
A former high school lacrosse coach turned millionaire playcaller for the No. 1 college football team in the country is a win away from a national championship. If Norwin alum Mike Shanahan tells you ...
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
January 16, 2026
There are immutable certainties in hockey. The ice will be cold, and the pucks will be rubber. And Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby will always be ready for the Philadelphia Flyers. Such was ...