Live around 5 p,m., Post-Gazette sports columnist Paul Zeise gives his thoughts on the Steelers' NFL Week 8 loss to the Green Bay Packers at Acrisure Stadium, with a specific focus on the defensive backs. Are names like Jalen Ramsey, Joey Porter Jr., Darius Slay Jr., Juan Thornhill and Brandin Echols really as bad as they've looked in the last couple of weeks? Or can they find ways to rally in the coming games? How effective can T.J. Watt, Cam Heyward, Alex Highsmith, Nick Herbig and the pass ru

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Live around 5 p.m., Post-Gazette sports columnist Paul Zeise takes stock of the AFC North division race after the Steelers' NFL Week 7 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. Do Aaron Rodgers, DK Metcalf, T.J. Watt, Cam Heyward, coach Mike Tomlin and the team still deserve to be considered favorites with still a sizeable lead in the standings? Are the Ravens still the team to watch with Lamar Jackson getting healthy and Derrick Henry in the backfield? Or was the effectiveness Joe Flacco showed with rece

The iconic McDonald's Big Mac has a Pittsburgh history. The story goes that Uniontown native Jim Delligatti, an early McDonald’s franchisee, wanted to boost sales at his dozen restaurants. In 1967, he introduced the Big Mac at his Uniontown restaurant for 45 cents — more than twice the price of a regular hamburger at the time — and sales increased by 12% within a few months. In 1968, McDonald’s rolled out the new sandwich nationwide. Delligatti’s son, Mike, demonstrated how a Big Mac was made. R

Over the course of one summer day, the Post-Gazette sent reporters and photographers into the pockets of Downtown Pittsburgh that most people see only in fleeting glimpses. From restaurants to apartment buildings, from a historic park to a torn up Market Square, people had things to say about the city center. As the manager of the Warren bar said, “Downtown is not what you think it is, so just come on down.” For the 24 Hours Downtown report, our goal was to capture voices and scenes from one rec

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