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Area coaches opine on Steelers’ draft

The grades are out from the national media if you're a Steelers fan wondering what the rest of the football world thought of their 2026 draft. If wanted an overall feel for how Pittsburgh did with the actual selections in addition to the outstanding job it did hosting the event, well you ...

Pittsburgh a winner with NFL Draft production

How well the host team Steelers did in the 2026 NFL Draft, like any draft, won't be determined until years down the road. One grade you can give right now, though, is on the production itself. The NFL Draft in Pittsburgh gets a rousing "A" for that. As for the picks themselves, here's a ...

Glorious night in Pittsburgh, until the pick

It was a glorious night for the Pittsburgh Steelers as Acrisure Stadium hosted the 2026 NFL Draft on Thursday. For the most part anyway. Then the Steelers' made their first round pick. And the festive mood suddenly took a downward spiral. That was thanks to Philadelphia, which not only is ...

With the 21st pick the Steelers select …

The anticipation, excitement and maybe even some apprehension of Steelers football fans is about to peak when Roger Goodell steps to the podium at Acrisure Stadium on Thursday and sets the NFL Draft into motion with the first pick by Las Vegas Raiders some time after 8 p.m. The logistics ...

Opt for green instead of screen

An interesting story in the spring issue of National Wildlife magazine begins with the writerĢƵ favorite slang expression, “touch grass,” which refers to kids who use it to refer to friends who are spending too much time online and have lost touch with reality. With those two words they ...

EarthĢƵ climate out of balance

Warning lights are flashing according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization “WMO.” Mother Earth is being pushed beyond its limits and every key climate indicator is flashing red. EarthĢƵ energy imbalance, the gap between heat absorbed and heat released, is the ...