pittsburgh

Located in southwestern Pennsylvania, the city of Pittsburgh is an industrial town situated along the three rivers — the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio — that converge together to form “the Golden Triangle.” Like pieces of a pie, Pittsburgh is divided into four distinct regions that surround the downtown area: the South Side, North Side, East End, and West End.

Known as the "Steel City", Pittsburgh is comprised of over 90 neighborhoods. A cultural melting pot of sorts, the city of Pittsburgh is famous for ethnic foods, fanatical Steelers fans, and blue collar roots.

Historically an industrial steel town, the decline of the steel industry in the early 1970s forced Pittsburgh to evolve and reinvent itself into a premier provider of education, health care, technology and scientific research. Largest employers include the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center network of hospitals throughout the Pittsburgh region.

Pittsburgh is the home to several major league sports teams including the Pittsburgh Steelers football team, the Pittsburgh Penguins hockey league, the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team, and the Pittsburgh Passion women’s professional football team.

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• Injuries mounting for Penguins

  
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• First-and-10: Draft history on center stage in Meadowlands

  
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• Pittsburgh Steelers at Denver Broncos Injury Report

  
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• Steelers Sitting Clark Monday Night; Timmons and Kirschke Also Out

  
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• Edmonton – Home of the Hockey Heavyweights

  
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• CBS Previews the Monday Night Steelers-Broncos Matchup

  
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• Kirschke And Timmons Will Not Play Week 9

  
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• Steelers Safety Clark Will Not Play In Denver (SportingNews.com)

  
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• Following the lines

  
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• Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Minnesota Vikings Preview

  
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• Saturday Practice Report: Timmons, Kirschke out for Monday’s game

  
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• Ward, Polamalu among NFL’s dirtiest players? Really?

  
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  It’s ironic that Steelers WR Hines Ward was named the NFL’s dirtiest player in an anonymous poll of NFL players . After all, Ward is the most personable, fan-friendly player on the Steelers’ roster. Of course, Ward gets the nod in the poll because defensive players don’t like to be on the receiving end of ...
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• Penguins recall Deryk Engelland

  
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  The Pittsburgh Penguins have recalled defenseman Deryk Engelland from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League The 6-foot-2, 202-pound defenseman has two assists in 11 games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton this year. Engelland, 25, has posted 33 points (5G-28A), 302 penalty minutes and a plus-7 rating in 171 ...
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