After his retirement, a famed Pittsburgh Steelers receiver became the first National Football League player to compete in the Kona Ironman Triathlon in Hawaii.The football team’s longtime neurosurgeon, Dr. Joseph Maroon, also completed 2.4-mile ocean swim, 112-mile bike ride and 26.2-mile ...
The Senator John Heinz History Center will host Mt. Lebanon resident Rocky Bleier for a special program at 7 p.m. July 8.Presented in conjunction with the History Center’s The Vietnam War: 1945-1975 exhibit and the new edition of Bleier’s autobiography, “Fighting Back,” the program will ...
Clint Helmick is on a mission. The Canonsburg resident and sports enthusiast seeks as many autographs as he can easily procure.“As a fan in general, I just like to collect them,” he said.Helmick gathered a bunch June 1 because the stars massed at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Green ...
During training camp for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the summer of 2014, Brett Keisel met the man whom he figured would be his replacement.“I thought for sure he’d be a defensive lineman: athletic guy, handsome, all those things I used to be,” the now-retired Keisel joked, drawing laughs ...
Former Pittsburgh Steelers tight end and South Fayette High School standout Jonathan Hayes has been named head coach of the St. Louis franchise in the XFL, the startup football league founded by World Wrestling Entertainment chairman Vincent McMahon.Hayes joins Kevin Gilbride (New York), Pep ...
Stories surrounding the Immaculate Reception are legion, which is appropriate considering that the main subject once had an “Italian Army” named after him.And what would a visit from Franco Harris be without him sharing at least one anecdote with regard to his Dec. 23, 1972, catch and ...
