Did the gods give the Steelers a reprieve?
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports, ...
SPORTLIGHT
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
January 6, 2026
When the greatest missed kick against the Steelers since “the idiot kicker” from Indianapolis missed wide right in the playoffs a decade ago sailed wide, it sent Steelers fans everywhere into a wild d...
Rodgers: ‘It’s nice to be back in this position’
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
January 6, 2026
Aaron Rodgers is hoping the Pittsburgh Steelers can bottle up the good fortune they received in the final seconds Sunday night and take it into the playoffs. Rodgers is entering the postseason for the...
Steelers draw No. 5 Texans in AFC wild-card game
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
January 6, 2026
There was no booing of “Renegade” this time. Mike Tomlin, too, was spared from targeted derisive chants. It was far from pretty, but the Pittsburgh Steelers prevailed — somehow — in Sunday night’s thr...
2026 opponents set after Sunday’s finale
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
January 6, 2026
With the end of an NFL regular season comes the first steps toward the next. After the Pittsburgh Steelers won the 272nd — and final — game of the league’s 2025 season Sunday night with a 26-24 victor...
Metcalf returns, declines comment on interaction with fan
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
January 6, 2026
After a verbal volley featuring variations of “no comment” to four questions, a team employee made DK Metcalf smile early Monday afternoon. “Thank you, Miss Teresa,” Metcalf said when asked how excite...
Steelers capture North with wild win
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
January 5, 2026
No. 4 Pittsburgh will host No. 5 Houston next Monday in the wild-card round. Coming off one of the most disappointing losses in the Mike Tomlin era, the Pittsburgh Steelers responded with one of the m...
Penguins rally to beat Columbus in overtime
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
January 5, 2026
New Pittsburgh Penguins forward Yegor Chinakhov isn’t terribly eager to explain what went wrong for him in parts of five seasons as a member of the Columbus Blue Jackets. “It’s pretty hard times,” Chi...
Mangum ready to make impression on Pittsburgh
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
January 5, 2026
Jake Mangum blames his family’s football mentality for his aggressive approach at the plate, where he has a well-earned reputation for swinging at nearly every pitch within six inches of the strike zo...
Talking Steelers, Pitt and playoffs
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
SPORTLIGHT
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
January 3, 2026
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said on Tuesday he was hopeful that TJ Watt could play to some degree in Sunday’s all-or-nothing game against the Ravens for the AFC North title and a spot in the playoffs. ...
Gainwell named Steelers’ MVP
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
January 3, 2026
If Kenneth Gainwell is to be believed, he might have been the least-surprised individual to hear the news that he had been named the Pittsburgh Steelers’ MVP. The running back was announced Friday as ...
Ravens, Steelers meet with both coaches under fire
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
January 3, 2026
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin and John Harbaugh have spent nearly two decades staring across the sideline from each other. At some point, there’s going to be a last time. There’s a sense that the 40th...
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
January 3, 2026
Calling his ordeal “very scary” and repeatedly mentioning that he, at one point, was in “a significant amount of pain,” T.J. Watt on Friday expressed gratitude that he is now on the other side of his ...
NHL, Olympics, Pittsburgh, ...
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
January 3, 2026
Rickard Rakell was enthralled in 2006 Sweden’s entry into the Olympics that year was stocked with luminaries such as Nicklas Lidstrom, Mats Sundin and his personal favorite, Peter Forsberg. And a 12-y...
Tracking Panthers hitting the transfer portal
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
January 3, 2026
Beginning at midnight Friday, the transfer portal officially opened, with players across college football free to enter their names and formally begin the process of finding new homes. At Pitt, a tric...
Pitt sophomore Amadou Kante to miss rest of season
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
January 3, 2026
Pitt redshirt sophomore Papa Amadou Kante will undergo an arthroscopic right knee procedure and miss the remainder of the season, the Panthers announced Friday morning. Kante, a 6-foot-10 senior from ...
Pirates plan to tap into Montgomery’s potential
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
January 2, 2026
A move from the starting rotation to the bullpen reignited Mason Montgomery’s career, serving as a flip of the switch on a pitch that turned the 25-year-old left-hander into a dangerous pitcher. Montg...
Tomlin not ready to think about Rodgers playing final game
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
January 2, 2026
If he keeps his word and retires after the season, Aaron Rodgers will play in the final regular-season game of his 21-year career Sunday night when the Pittsburgh Steelers face the Baltimore Ravens at...
Penguins in 2025: Trades, new ownership among headlines
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
January 2, 2026
The year 2025 presented ample change for the Penguins on so many fronts, forcing them to move on from a proud past and further into an uncertain future. That was represented in a most doleful fashion ...
Reviewing the Pirates: Frustrations and fiascos
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
December 31, 2025
To suggest the Pittsburgh Pirates started the 2025 season on the wrong foot is putting it mildly. This one appeared doomed long before they ever played a game at PNC Park. Fans furious over the franch...
Rodgers arrived, but results similar for Steelers
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
December 31, 2025
Great hope remained for the 2024 Steelers as the calendar flipped to 2025. A playoff berth long clinched after a 10-3 start, hopes for a division title endured into the regular season’s final weekend....