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Pittsburgh police union raises alarms about staffing ahead of NFL Draft On Thursday, hundreds of thousands of people are expected to start flooding Pittsburgh for the 2026 NFL Draft. But even as the city’s police force prepares for what could be the largest public e...

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Report: Former Steelers coach Mike Tomlin to join NBC as studio analyst on ‘Football Night in America’ Mike Tomlin will remain involved with the NFL after all, just not on the sidelines. Tomlin, who stepped down as the Pittsburgh Steelers’ head coach in January, has been hired as a studio analyst...

Tomlin, who stepped down as the Pittsburgh Steelers’ head coach in January, has been hired as a studio analyst for NBC’s “Football Night in America” that airs as a pregame show to “Sunday Night Football."
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Chance of severe weather during NFL Draft is ‘quite low,’ meteorologist says Weather conditions over the past couple of days have seemed more reminiscent of late in the football season than late April, with low temperatures plunging into the 30s. But highs are expected to clim...

Should we talk about the weather?
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Many Pittsburghers take great pride in their neighborhoods.

They come in all shapes and sizes. Some, like Squirrel Hill, are fairly large. Others, like Esplen, are tiny slivers of land.
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Going responsibly at the NFL Draft: Porta-potty etiquette 101 As fans flood Downtown Pittsburgh and the North Shore during the NFL Draft, there’s one thing that hopefully won’t be flooding: all of the portable toilets. From trash to smell to even pot...

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How did Pittsburgh come to have 90 unique neighborhoods? When out-of-town football fans come to Pittsburgh for the 2026 NFL Draft this month, they’ll find a patchwork of 90 unique neighborhoods, each with its own history, character and atmosphere. The...

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From ‘Steel City’ to ‘eds and meds’: As Pittsburgh welcomes NFL Draft, it isn’t so easily defined anymore

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Visiting for the NFL Draft? Here's a Primanti primer
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FBI says a threatened flight landed safety in Pittsburgh A plane with a reported threat landed at Pittsburgh International Airport Saturday, according to FBI Pittsburgh. In a Facebook post just before 2 p.m., FBI Pittsburgh said it is aware of a “repo...

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Arts Landing highlights Downtown revitalization efforts ahead of NFL Draft triblive.com/aande/museum...

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As clock ticks down, NFL Draft site takes shape on North Shore With one week to go before the NFL Draft begins on Pittsburgh’s North Shore, construction crews remain busy on site. Steve Farago, the NFL’s director of event operations, said Thursday tha...

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Our draft tab is out @triblive.bsky.social

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O’Connor’s 1st 100 days as Pittsburgh mayor marked by crises, curves, coups During his first 100 days as Pittsburgh’s mayor, Corey O’Connor has grappled with crises and celebrated successes. He’s uncovered a roughly $30 million hole in the budget, declared a...

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Bud Light to offer free beer while fans’ teams are on the clock at NFL Draft Football fans will have a chance to get ahead of their favorite team’s cringe-inducingly bad draft decisions or celebrate team-building foresight at the 2026 NFL Draft in Pittsburgh — prov...

Free draft for the draft. Here's more
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Get your ponchos ready for NFL Draft in Pittsburgh

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World’s largest rubber duck arrives ahead of 2026 NFL Draft What is yellow, large — standing 61 feet tall and 64 feet wide — and will be taking over Green Tree ahead of the 2026 NFL Draft? The world’s largest rubber duck. From April 17–...

Duck it up, yinz!

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Holi celebrated at Carnegie Mellon

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Holi celebrating at Carnegie Mellon

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Scrap Iron. RIP

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Penguins playoff tickets set to go on sale The Pittsburgh Penguins locked up their first trip to the Stanley Cup playoffs since 2022 with a 5-2 victory in New Jersey on Thursday night. They will have home-ice advantage for the first round of the playoffs, which are set to begin April 18. The NHL won’t announce a full

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Whether it’s a judicious use of the word “yinz” or the flattening of vowels in words like “out” or “down,” Pitts­burghers have a distinctive way of speaking — but for us, it’s totally natural.


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Yinz can't fly here

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We are: the best?
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Penguins defeat Devils, clinch 1st postseason berth since 2022 When Bryan Rust speaks, he isn’t prone to ambiguity. He gets to the point. On the first day of Pittsburgh Penguins training camp Sept. 18 in Cranberry, the versatile top-six winger was asked wha...

Penguins defeat Devils, clinch 1st postseason berth since 2022
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Pittsburgh police respond to North Side for report of grenade Pittsburgh police briefly evacuated some buildings on the North Side Wednesday after a report of a grenade but said they soon determined there was “no risk to the public.” At approximately...

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Verizon enhances cellular network for NFL Draft surge Crowds of football fans are expected to flood the North Shore and Point State Park during the three-day NFL Draft — and many will be sharing the experience online. With attendance estimates near...

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Big crowds, mixed profits: NFL Draft may not deliver windfall for every business Kroll’s West restaurant expected to be bustling when Green Bay hosted the 2025 NFL Draft. Located across from iconic Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers, the Wisconsin eatery seemed to ...

Big crowds, mixed profits: NFL Draft may not deliver windfall for every business
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Primanti Bros. closes Monroeville, North Versailles locations Primanti Bros. has closed its Monroeville and North Versailles locations, the latest in a series of closures in recent years for the Pittsburgh-based sandwich restaurant. Primanti’s spokesperson...

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Want to attend the NFL Draft in Pittsburgh? There’s an app for that For football fanatics planning on attending the 2026 NFL Draft on Pittsburgh’s North Shore, the NFL OnePass app will be the one-stop shop for all crucial information and resources. The app can b...

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