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PITTSBURGH — No team in any sport celebrates the return of its conquering heroes better than the Penguins. The night would-be pugilist Marc-Andre Fleury came back to PPG Paints Arena with the Vegas Golden Knights was one of the most fun nights in Pittsburgh sports history. So was the night…

PITTSBURGH — Monie Love grew up 3,500 miles from the center of hip-hop, but the message the South Bronx was putting out reached her as a 12-year-old kid in London.

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey, who's grappling with an increase in youth crime, and Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, who's pushing an expansive juvenile detention center, should talk to Antonio Howard. In truth, most adults could benefit from his insights on young people in trouble, and the myriad of mistakes grown…

Cameron Sutton says goodbye to the Steelers fans and ownership.

PITTSBURGH — Todd Haley guessed he was 13 or 14 when he answered the phone in his family's Upper St. Clair home. The caller identified himself as a Sports Illustrated writer and asked to talk to Haley's father about the Steelers' historic 1974 draft, which produced Hall of Famers Lynn…

PITTSBURGH — To HBO streamers, he’s the Bert, the out-of-touch, rascally grandfather on the comedy-drama murder mystery “White Lotus.” To Marvel’s followers, he’s the voice of the Egyptian god Khonshu in the Disney+ show “Moon Knight,” a massive, masked figure realized with CGI. To crime drama enthusiasts, he’s Omar in…

PITTSBURGH — Does Patrick Peterson know the Steelers haven't won a playoff game since the 2016 season, or a Super Bowl since 2008?

PITTSBURGH — It's not always easy to pinpoint the origin of a cliché, but many of them come from literary fiction. In particular, what we call "genre fiction" — mysteries, crime thrillers and whodunits — has contributed so many of the common phrases in our lexicon.

PITTSBURGH — Once the Penguins start providing reasons to believe there might still be a Stanley Cup contender in there somewhere, they always deliver a dud like this.

PITTSBURGH — Clinton Clegg is a man who likes to honor his influences. So in recent years the soulful singer for The Commonheart has paid tribute to Joe Cocker and Ray Charles, two legends who most certainly impacted his sound.

Noncompete agreements, which restrict who employees can work for after leaving a company, have become well-established in Pittsburgh. Some local hairstylists, for example, who are unhappy with their jobs must either stay with those jobs, move to another area, or change fields entirely, throwing away years of training and experience.