The Latest Breaking News from Pittsburgh

Ahead of the first preseason matchup, coach Pete Carroll announced that QB Geno Smith will get the start for the Seahawks in Pittsburgh.

The bottom half of my white dress shirt was covered with black toner ink. Less than a month into my stint in the typing pool at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, I was earning my reputation as the paper’s worst clerk EVER!

PITTSBURGH — The idea for Sarah James' debut novel had been around in one form or another since she was 19. All it took was more than a decade to gestate into something tangible.

PITTSBURGH — I am going to write a sentence I never thought I would write:

PHOENIX — The more pessimistic Pirates fans in Pittsburgh might argue the team phoned it in a while ago this season. Even if one doesn’t subscribe to that theory, the evidence in Wednesday night’s 6-4 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks was a little on the nose.

PITTSBURGH — The next solo Coen brother outing is going to be setting up shop around western Pennsylvania next month.

PITTSBURGH — "We would love to have him be with the Steelers for the rest of his career."

WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania's U.S. lawmakers are urging the State Department to recognize the plight of a Pittsburgh-area resident who has been sentenced to hard labor in Russia, and they are asking why the administration has not highlighted his case among other detained citizens, including WNBA player Brittney Griner and former…

PITTSBURGH — I still have no idea what retired federal judge Sue L. Robinson was thinking when she recommended such a shamefully short suspension of Deshaun Watson.

PITTSBURGH — Diontae Johnson has his flaws.

PITTSBURGH — The Pirates’ messaging over this season has been consistent. They’re certain they’ve improved throughout the year, and they have a stat to tell you why.