aaaand there it is

I know Sean will be great in charge of Shady Ave magazine, but man it stinks to lose one of the few columnists left who genuinely loves Pittsburgh and wants others to enjoy living here as much as he does.

In case you need more proof that drivers are NOT ok, see this person deciding it’s reasonable to use their car mirror as a weapon bc they refuse to legally park their car. This should get you in actual legal trouble and probably court mandated counseling.

Requested a correction from @princetonupress.bsky.social. Let's see what happens.

To pay off stadium bonds, Chiefs-related new spending would need to be $2.7B a year — for a team whose total revenue is less than a quarter of that. Each and every Chiefs fan would need to spend an extra $4,000 per game for Kansas to break even.

tapping the sign

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Week 18 schedule, hot off the press. Ravens Steelers SNF as expected.

There it is — Ravens at Steelers will indeed be the Week 18 Sunday Night

Finally getting to play that true outside hitter role she always wanted — and absolutely smoking those fools 🔥

Think you can make a case for kicking or going for two there. Bills got a receiver WAO and the MVP missed the throw. Think you don't feel like that's an obviously wrong call.

unreal

Have a day, Brandin Cooks!

Whoever wins Eagles-Bills should get to throw their offensive coordinator into an active volcano as a reward

I must ride the Apple Skyliner

If you’re looking for this WSJ article to make any mention of the $4 billion in public resources Kansas is offering up… well, keep looking!

Yeesh. Dumbassery.

Next year, save your time, money and PTO, and meet me in San Antonio for the Volleyball Final Four instead. Sure, Pitt will find ways to make us sad there too — but it’ll be warmer.

Raycom knew that we didn’t want to see the proceedings of this game clearly anyway, and I appreciate that

Rasheem Biles Tha God (shame about everything else)

The refs are going to have to leave Annapolis under military escort, which is convenient

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Pitt’s still going to win by double digits imo, but what a terrible journey

sure. sure sure sure.

Goodness gracious, Poppi

Bre Kelley’s still got eligibility; send her in to block

The Military Bowl is only further reinforcing the need for Pitt to hit the portal hard again for some offensive linemen. It's one thing for Miami and Notre Dame to pressure Heintschel and stop the run, it's quite another for ECU to do so. ECU has a good defense, but still.

Just let Boosie cook, I guess

The Greased-Up Football No Blocking Go Bowling Military Bowl

Pitt honoring reckless bowl vibes by blitzing the shit out of ECU

An exceedingly worthy winner for this season's Best Wrong Answer in Learned League.

Oh hell yes. She was great once Dagmar went out and she's gonna get even better.

The Christmas Tree Recycling Program is returning to the Allegheny County Parks. Starting December 26 until January 18, residents can drop off their Christmas trees to be mulched and used throughout the county parks. View the drop-off locations online at www.alleghenycounty.us/Parks-and-Ev....

Jim Carrey should’ve received the Best Actor Oscar for The Grinch. Truly doing generational work in this one.

Merry Christmas to your family, but mostly to Oneil Cruz and his family.

ITS OFFICIAL. ONE MORE RUN.

Pitt middle blocker Ryla Jones is off to Penn State. Fair play for Pitt getting Serena Gray from the portal four years ago, I'd say.

people like Rick Steves need to truly be celebrated more. What a gem to do what he does in his position

The Hazelwood Greenway was established in the early 1980s by Mayor Caligiuri and City Council as part of the “Greenways for Pittsburgh” program. At this time in history, Pittsburgh’s population was in a chronic state of decline, and vacant land was rapidly expanding. 🧵

I was out and about this afternoon, and some shops were playing Christmas music (?) Ummm Christmas isn’t until TOMORROW, dummies.

Pennsylvania could address the gaps in our intercity bus system for a mere $14.8 million per year, a third of what PennDOT is spending to improve a single interchange in Wexford. via: @alexdavistransit.bsky.social

Last year, the KENNEDY CENTER HONORS scored its smallest audience ever, with 4.1M viewers. In 2022, it averaged 5.2M viewers. Still too early for a final number, but based on early data, the so-called "Trump" KenCenter Honors will be the least-watched ever and may lose to HIGH POTENTIAL reruns.

I went back and looked at my story from September on this and saw I'd written "if trends hold Allegheny County will record fewer than 75 homicides this year" and holy fuckin' shit we did way better than that

A beautiful Christmas Eve morning in #pittsburgh today with buildings downtown lit up red and green for the holidays. Sunrise was incredible as well from the West End Overlook, capping off what was a great start to the day.

Allegheny County is on track to end 2025 with BY FAR the fewest number of homicides in more than a decade. It tracks with the nationwide decline in violent crime, but still remarkable. via Nicholas Cotter on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...

I love football, but I resent the notion that it’s the government’s job to “keep” billionaire football teams with billions of dollars in subsidies. Unfortunate to see Democrats making this argument. There are far better ways to spend public dollars.

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well, the other shoe just dropped: Pine-Richland phenom Isabelle Hoppe drops Pitt after they brought in Izzy Starck and heads to Wisconsin