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PITTSBURGH — I will be headed to Acrisure Stadium on Sunday to cover the Bucs against the Steelers for the Post-Gazette, and here is what I plan to bring: A computer, a tablet, my credential ... and a big towel for Steelers fans and even some media members to cry…

From Atlanta to L.A., the sweet-swinging lefty heals and enchants and connects us to the past.

PITTSBURGH — No, that was not another preseason game for the Penguins. It just felt like it.

PITTSBURGH — South Side director and cinematographer Billy Jackson says his documentary, "The August Wilson Center — Building on a Legacy," is about much more than the Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright from Pittsburgh.

From Amor v. Conover, decided yesterday by Judge John Gallagher (E.D. Pa.): [Plaintiffs'] allegations arise following Defendant's participation in the Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival as a paying guest. Plaintiffs Dr. Amor and Ms. Amor are both performance directors at the Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival. In addition to his Renaissance Festival involvement, Plaintiff…

Pittsburgh needs to work some trades to save the season.

PITTSBURGH — It would be silly to suggest that Penn State's James Franklin needs a win Saturday afternoon at Michigan. He signed a 10-year, $75 million contract extension in November that runs through the 2031 season. He has plenty of job security. He doesn't need much of anything.

PITTSBURGH — A federal judge has rejected a request by a Uniontown welder accused of pepper-spraying police officers during the Capitol insurrection to have his case held elsewhere and separately from two co-defendants.

PITTSBURGH — Kenny Pickett was 6 years old when Tom Brady beat the Eagles in Super Bowl XXXIX. For a young and impressionable fan whose favorite player was Donovan McNabb, watching the Eagles lose was quite the gut punch.

For the first time in more than 100 years, the predominant aquatic alpha predator of North American rivers is swimming in waters off Pittsburgh. In an ambitious conservation-recreation program expected to continue for another 20 years, Pennsylvania is attempting to reintroduce the blue catfish to its historic range through most…

PITTSBURGH — It's one thing for Rocky Bleier to criticize a Mike Tomlin team. He might be a Steelers legend, but he didn't play for Tomlin and the two aren't close. That's why when Bleier made incendiary observations such as "the Steelers suck" and the team is "a disaster," you…