Noah Hiles
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Sports enterprise reporter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Mike Tomlin’s departure means many things, including the end of his always interesting press conferences. I ranked the top 15 “Tomlinisms,” which you can read here:
Red paint, hot dogs and the standard: Ranking the top 15 Tomlinisms of all time
“People talk too much in our business. You either do or you don’t.”
That sentence, which concluded the second-to-last answer of his press...
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January 16, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Mike Tomlin’s departure means many things, including the end of his always interesting press conferences. I ranked the top 15 “Tomlinisms,” which you can read here:
On today's Bucco Territory we sat down with MLB's top prospect, Konnor Griffin. Lots of great stuff in his one, especially near the end when Konnor picks the brain of our Josh Harrison.
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Pirates' Konnor Griffin, MLB's Top Prospect, joins Bucco Territory
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On today's Bucco Territory we sat down with MLB's top prospect, Konnor Griffin. Lots of great stuff in his one, especially near the end when Konnor picks the brain of our Josh Harrison.
Check it out here:
Check it out here:
I spent the past month crafting this profile on Penn State head coach Matt Campbell. It aims to show who he is, both as a coach and a man. It's a privilege to write stories like these for the Post-Gazette.
You can read it here:
You can read it here:
Stories from Stark County: A look into the early makings of Penn State’s Matt Campbell
ALLIANCE, Ohio — Larry Kehres strolled into a conference room located across the hall from Mount Union’s basketball court, shot a quick smile...
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January 8, 2026 at 11:39 AM
I spent the past month crafting this profile on Penn State head coach Matt Campbell. It aims to show who he is, both as a coach and a man. It's a privilege to write stories like these for the Post-Gazette.
You can read it here:
You can read it here:
Last night’s win provided a reason to celebrate, along with reason to believe bigger celebrations could be just around the corner.
My column on the most thrilling Steelers win in years:
My column on the most thrilling Steelers win in years:
Noah Hiles’ weekend thoughts: Sunday’s win gives Steelers an opportunity to truly celebrate
Cigar smoke filled the air in Acrisure Stadium’s home team locker room late Sunday evening as players sang along to their victory playlist...
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January 5, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Last night’s win provided a reason to celebrate, along with reason to believe bigger celebrations could be just around the corner.
My column on the most thrilling Steelers win in years:
My column on the most thrilling Steelers win in years:
As we say goodbye to 2025, let’s take one final look back. Here are the top 25 Pittsburgh sports stories from our last trip around the sun:
The (eventful) year in Pittsburgh sports: Noah Hiles ranks the 25 biggest stories of 2025
Our local sports teams provide us with plenty of interesting stories each year, and 2025 was no different. From notable newcomers to head coach dismissals...
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December 31, 2025 at 2:44 PM
As we say goodbye to 2025, let’s take one final look back. Here are the top 25 Pittsburgh sports stories from our last trip around the sun:
There are many to blame for yesterday’s loss in Cleveland, but Steelers GM Omar Khan is at the top of my list. That, along with some Pitt, Penn State and Pirates thoughts in this week’s column.
Read it here:
Read it here:
Noah Hiles’ weekend thoughts: Omar Khan deserves his share of blame for Steelers' offensive downfall
If you go back and watch the replay of Sunday’s Steelers-Browns game, you’ll notice that Aaron Rodgers had a few extra words for Marquez Valdes-Scantling...
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December 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
There are many to blame for yesterday’s loss in Cleveland, but Steelers GM Omar Khan is at the top of my list. That, along with some Pitt, Penn State and Pirates thoughts in this week’s column.
Read it here:
Read it here:
With Christmas only a few days away, this week’s column is an open letter to Santa, one that serves as a collective wish list for Pittsburgh sports fans. Read it here:
Noah Hiles: The 2025 Christmas wish list for Pittsburgh sports fans
Dear Santa,
I hope this letter finds you well. It’s been quite some time since we last spoke — 22 years if my memory is correct. Thank...
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December 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
With Christmas only a few days away, this week’s column is an open letter to Santa, one that serves as a collective wish list for Pittsburgh sports fans. Read it here:
This isn’t just a rough stretch for the Penguins. The inability to hold a lead has become this team’s identity, one that's quickly ruining the season.
That, along with some Pitt, Penn State and and college football thoughts in this week's column:
That, along with some Pitt, Penn State and and college football thoughts in this week's column:
Noah Hiles’ weekend thoughts: Penguins’ early-season magic is officially gone
Remember the buzz that surrounded the Penguins at the end of October? Remember the excitement that was starting to build around this young team no one...
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December 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This isn’t just a rough stretch for the Penguins. The inability to hold a lead has become this team’s identity, one that's quickly ruining the season.
That, along with some Pitt, Penn State and and college football thoughts in this week's column:
That, along with some Pitt, Penn State and and college football thoughts in this week's column:
Tonight's Army-Navy game marked the final chapter in Eli Heidenreich and Alex Tecza's football journey. Trailing late in the second half, the Mt. Lebanon duo made sure their story had a happy ending.
Read our third and final part of the series, here:
Read our third and final part of the series, here:
Anchors away: Eli Heidenreich, Alex Tecza add exclamation point to Navy journey with thrilling comeback win over Army
BALTIMORE — David Heidenreich and Randy Tecza took a second Saturday to soak in the moment.
Fourteen years earlier, the two Mt. Lebanon fathers met...
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December 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Tonight's Army-Navy game marked the final chapter in Eli Heidenreich and Alex Tecza's football journey. Trailing late in the second half, the Mt. Lebanon duo made sure their story had a happy ending.
Read our third and final part of the series, here:
Read our third and final part of the series, here:
“From the boys to the moms to the dads, they all really did save me.”
Part 2 of our series on Navy's Eli Heidenreich and Alex Tecza tells the story of a unique support community built through their football journey. Read it here:
Part 2 of our series on Navy's Eli Heidenreich and Alex Tecza tells the story of a unique support community built through their football journey. Read it here:
Anchors up: How Eli Heidenreich and Alex Tecza lifted a grieving mother and created ‘a Navy family’
Part 2 of a three-part series chronicling the journey of Mt. Lebanon’s Eli Heidenreich and Alex Tecza to Navy and beyond.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. —...
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December 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
“From the boys to the moms to the dads, they all really did save me.”
Part 2 of our series on Navy's Eli Heidenreich and Alex Tecza tells the story of a unique support community built through their football journey. Read it here:
Part 2 of our series on Navy's Eli Heidenreich and Alex Tecza tells the story of a unique support community built through their football journey. Read it here:
This area has produced plenty of great football stories, but none quite like the journey Navy standouts Eli Heidenreich and Alex Tecza have traveled together.
Our first story of a three-part series on the Mt. Lebanon duo:
Our first story of a three-part series on the Mt. Lebanon duo:
Eli Heidenreich, Alex Tecza formed bond at Mt. Lebanon that has carried all the way to Navy
In just a few months, Eli Heidenreich and Alex Tecza will start a new mission. Both are slated to begin a career within the Marine corps upon graduation. But before that chapter begins, they must firs...
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November 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This area has produced plenty of great football stories, but none quite like the journey Navy standouts Eli Heidenreich and Alex Tecza have traveled together.
Our first story of a three-part series on the Mt. Lebanon duo:
Our first story of a three-part series on the Mt. Lebanon duo:
“It’s stuff like this that will keep him motivated to press on and never give up.”
Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry recently teamed up with "So Many Angels" to give a young fan an experience he'll never forget. My story:
Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry recently teamed up with "So Many Angels" to give a young fan an experience he'll never forget. My story:
As Penguins' Tristan Jarry has shown, 'So Many Angels' project provides hope and inspiration for children battling cancer
Tristan Mikelas didn’t have high expectations when his family arrived at the Dave & Buster’s North Hills location along McKnight road....
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November 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“It’s stuff like this that will keep him motivated to press on and never give up.”
Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry recently teamed up with "So Many Angels" to give a young fan an experience he'll never forget. My story:
Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry recently teamed up with "So Many Angels" to give a young fan an experience he'll never forget. My story:
This year’s Ohio State-Michigan game follows last year’s infamous postgame fight over a flag. I spoke with Steelers rookies Will Howard and Jack Sawyer about that day, and how it shaped their national championship team moving forward. My story:
How Steelers rookies Jack Sawyer and Will Howard used an ‘ugly’ Michigan-Ohio State scene to become champs
How Steelers rookies Jack Sawyer and Will Howard used an ‘ugly’ Michigan-Ohio State scene to become champs
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November 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This year’s Ohio State-Michigan game follows last year’s infamous postgame fight over a flag. I spoke with Steelers rookies Will Howard and Jack Sawyer about that day, and how it shaped their national championship team moving forward. My story:
This week’s column ledes with Riverhounds SC, our city’s newest champion. It also includes some lWPIAL finals, Pitt, Penguins, Steelers and Pirates thoughts. Read it all here:
Noah Hiles’ weekend thoughts: Make some noise for the Hounds
Every child has one toy that absolutely drives their parents crazy, the one thing they instantly regretted purchasing but learned to live through because...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This week’s column ledes with Riverhounds SC, our city’s newest champion. It also includes some lWPIAL finals, Pitt, Penguins, Steelers and Pirates thoughts. Read it all here:
Steelers radio broadcasts have long been a part of the franchise’s lore, but few understand the process behind each game's call. Last week, I spent extended time with the crew to gain an inside look at their preparation.
My story from the booth:
My story from the booth:
Inside the controlled chaos of the Steelers' new radio booth
The moment was one incredibly familiar to anyone who regularly frequents the North Shore on a fall Sunday afternoon.
Bengals kicker Evan McPherson stood...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Steelers radio broadcasts have long been a part of the franchise’s lore, but few understand the process behind each game's call. Last week, I spent extended time with the crew to gain an inside look at their preparation.
My story from the booth:
My story from the booth:
Pat Narduzzi got exactly what he deserved Saturday afternoon -- but Pitt can still prove him right. I discuss that, along with Aliquippa football, the Riverhounds, Paul Skenes and the Steelers in this week's "weekend thoughts."
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Read it all here:
Noah Hiles’ weekend thoughts: Pat Narduzzi got exactly what he deserved
Pat Narduzzi’s press conference Monday morning on the South Side should be a must-watch.
Unlike this past week, Saturday’s game against No....
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November 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Pat Narduzzi got exactly what he deserved Saturday afternoon -- but Pitt can still prove him right. I discuss that, along with Aliquippa football, the Riverhounds, Paul Skenes and the Steelers in this week's "weekend thoughts."
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Read it all here:
“I think about puck; they handle everything else.”
My story on how the Penguins go about making life off the ice as easy as possible for their new players:
My story on how the Penguins go about making life off the ice as easy as possible for their new players:
Penguins have plans in place to make players' transitions to new city, country easier
On a Friday afternoon in Cranberry, following the end of a practice at their team’s facility, Ben Kindel and Sergei Murashov quietly faded into the...
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November 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
“I think about puck; they handle everything else.”
My story on how the Penguins go about making life off the ice as easy as possible for their new players:
My story on how the Penguins go about making life off the ice as easy as possible for their new players:
On today’s @BuccoTerritory we discuss this year’s NL Cy Young winner; What he’s already done for the Pirates and how they can help him achieve more.
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Watch/listen here:
Does Skenes actually want to be a Yankee?
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November 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
On today’s @BuccoTerritory we discuss this year’s NL Cy Young winner; What he’s already done for the Pirates and how they can help him achieve more.
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Watch/listen here:
Pitt's Saturday showdown against Notre Dame marks the 50-year anniversary of perhaps the most significant individual performance in program history, one that took the Panthers to another level.
My story that looks back on Tony Dorsett's historic day:
My story that looks back on Tony Dorsett's historic day:
‘There was only one Tony Dorsett': A look back at the historic effort that took Pitt football to another level
Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi has done his best to downplay the hype surrounding his team’s next contest. But he, along with anyone else paying attention,...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Pitt's Saturday showdown against Notre Dame marks the 50-year anniversary of perhaps the most significant individual performance in program history, one that took the Panthers to another level.
My story that looks back on Tony Dorsett's historic day:
My story that looks back on Tony Dorsett's historic day:
Pittsburgh’s professional sports teams have failed to surprise us much over the last few years. Can the Penguins buck that trend?
That, along with some Riverhounds, Steelers, ACC and WPIAL football thoughts in this week’s column. Read it all here:
That, along with some Riverhounds, Steelers, ACC and WPIAL football thoughts in this week’s column. Read it all here:
Noah Hiles’ weekend thoughts: Here’s hoping the Penguins continue to prove us wrong
The past few years have been ones to forget for our city’s professional sports teams. The words
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November 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Pittsburgh’s professional sports teams have failed to surprise us much over the last few years. Can the Penguins buck that trend?
That, along with some Riverhounds, Steelers, ACC and WPIAL football thoughts in this week’s column. Read it all here:
That, along with some Riverhounds, Steelers, ACC and WPIAL football thoughts in this week’s column. Read it all here:
“This made me into a soldier.”
For this week’s enterprise story, I spoke with Jay Timmons and Lincoln Hoke to get an inside look at what life is like for a WPIAL football star who is also the son of a Pittsburgh Steeler.
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For this week’s enterprise story, I spoke with Jay Timmons and Lincoln Hoke to get an inside look at what life is like for a WPIAL football star who is also the son of a Pittsburgh Steeler.
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Sons of Steelers shrug off added pressure as they write their own stories in WPIAL football
November can be a defining time for this area’s top high school football talents. The regular season is complete, with all the pageantry of homecoming...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
“This made me into a soldier.”
For this week’s enterprise story, I spoke with Jay Timmons and Lincoln Hoke to get an inside look at what life is like for a WPIAL football star who is also the son of a Pittsburgh Steeler.
Read it here:
For this week’s enterprise story, I spoke with Jay Timmons and Lincoln Hoke to get an inside look at what life is like for a WPIAL football star who is also the son of a Pittsburgh Steeler.
Read it here:
I had some strong opinions about the Dodgers over the weekend. I wrote about them in this week’s column, which also includes thoughts on Pitt, Penn State, Ben Kindel and the Steelers defense.
Read it all here:
Read it all here:
Noah Hiles’ weekend thoughts: Don’t hate the Dodgers for being great
Welcome to Noah Hiles’ weekend thoughts, a new weekly staple in the Post-Gazette where we empty the notebook to bring out new observations and analysis...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I had some strong opinions about the Dodgers over the weekend. I wrote about them in this week’s column, which also includes thoughts on Pitt, Penn State, Ben Kindel and the Steelers defense.
Read it all here:
Read it all here:
During the 2020 NFL season, TJ Hess was responsible for deciding how a sold out Acrisure Stadium would react on game day. For one year, he was the voice of a voiceless Steeler Nation.
His story remained private, until now. Read about it here:
His story remained private, until now. Read about it here:
How one man became the voice of a voiceless Steeler Nation during the pandemic
T.J. Hess received a call familiar to millions of others in March 2020. He actually received six of them, all in one day.
An established DJ in the Pittsburgh...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
During the 2020 NFL season, TJ Hess was responsible for deciding how a sold out Acrisure Stadium would react on game day. For one year, he was the voice of a voiceless Steeler Nation.
His story remained private, until now. Read about it here:
His story remained private, until now. Read about it here:
Every Monday I will be writing a "weekend thoughts" column that aims to hit on a multitude of Pittsburgh sports topics. Here is my first one, which ledes with what I believe to be the best route the Steelers can take to turn their 2025 season around:
Noah Hiles' weekend thoughts: Only one man can save the 2025 Steelers
It’s hard to not sound redundant when analyzing the Steelers’ 35-25 Sunday evening loss to the Packers. We’ve seen so much of this movie...
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October 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Every Monday I will be writing a "weekend thoughts" column that aims to hit on a multitude of Pittsburgh sports topics. Here is my first one, which ledes with what I believe to be the best route the Steelers can take to turn their 2025 season around:
Andrew Fillipponi is one of the premier names in Pittsburgh sports media. Some love him, others loathe him — and he wouldn’t have it any other way.
My profile on the man behind the microphone:
My profile on the man behind the microphone:
Poni's ride: Love him or loathe him, Andrew Fillipponi is here to stay
Sitting alone in his basement on a Thursday evening with his wife and daughter fast asleep, Andrew Fillipponi smiled while scrolling social media as...
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October 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Andrew Fillipponi is one of the premier names in Pittsburgh sports media. Some love him, others loathe him — and he wouldn’t have it any other way.
My profile on the man behind the microphone:
My profile on the man behind the microphone: