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PITTSBURGH — New Steelers senior defensive assistant Brian Flores didn't want to delve very deep into his ongoing class-action lawsuit against the NFL for alleged racial discrimination in their hiring practices during his first extended interview since being hired by the Steelers earlier this spring. Flores deflected three questions about…

Each time David Shiffman looks at a shark, he still gets that excited feeling he experienced when he visited the Pittsburgh zoo as a child.

PITTSBURGH — The "bullhorn lady" doesn't think she should have to be on electronic monitoring with an ankle bracelet pending trial on charges of breaching the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 in support of former President Donald Trump's election fraud claims.

The recent mass shootings have terrified the nation. It’s not just the ferocity of the attacks. It’s the randomness of the victims, whether elementary school children or elderly women shopping at the neighborhood supermarket. People doing normal things, the things all of us do, find themselves attacked by a heavily…

PITTSBURGH — Among the more unlikely pairings to emerge in the last decade is the meeting of a British power-pop icon with a masked American surf-rock band.

PITTSBURGH — Cal Mitchell rounded first base and pumped his fist, the emotion of the moment evident. The 23-year-old outfielder emphatically clapped his hands as he crossed home plate. In the dugout, good friend, former roommate and Saturday’s hero, Jack Suwinski, was there waiting for Mitchell after his first MLB…

PITTSBURGH — Some Steelers draft classes have been better than others. The 1974 class of future Hall of Famers Lynn Swann, Jack Lambert, John Stallworth and Mike Webster, along with future Hall of Fame free agent Donnie Shell, is regarded as the best in NFL history.

PITTSBURGH — There have been times when it’s been fair to wonder how long Jack Suwinski will last in the majors this season.

PITTSBURGH — On the first day of OTAs two weeks ago, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin pointed out that it's not just the first chance for him to evaluate fresh faces on the roster, but also to assess how new assistants do their jobs.