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It sure is a pessimistic playoff edition, everyone is picking the Ravens to win in the first round of the NFL playoffs, but like...maybe?We also look at the Penguins as the team's halfway point of their season has come and gone, expect trades, who goes and what to expect?

Now that we have cooled down from the national news cycle, we return to our regular sports talk. Don't look now, but are the Penguins getting hot? Steelers clinch a playoff berth, but the division is on the line this weekend in Baltimore, and the Pirates do nothing of significance.

10-3 Steelers at 11-2 Eagles, not much more needs to be said there. We touch base on some international headline grabbing news that's occurred in this southwestern corner of Pennsylvania, and are the Penguins back to their old ways?

We decided we've earned ourselves a Thanksgiving break and WOW do we come back with a jam packed episode and Nevin wastes no time putting some hot fire out there We have on tap for you this week:Steelers and the first episode reactions to Hard Knocks: AFC North In-SeasonPenguins trade for Tomasino, win four in a row (so far)Nevin previews December 31st game against Red Wings for some reasonLocal woman falls into sinkhole, search declared a recoveryThings more realistic than the Pirates pitching to big name free agentsSteelers history lesson: The Safety Positionand probably more! We try to be active on social media, but we do have other stuff we do too so like and subscribe wherever you can find YinzCenter!

Steelers are in first place in the AFC North, we give you a preview for the week 12 matchup against the Browns, the Penguins suck, Paul Skenes wins an award, and did Jay Leno get his ass kicked in Greensburg or fall down a hill?We discuss all of this and more this week on YinzCenter!

Nevin makes his return to the show bringing plenty of details from his sled hockey adventures from the past few weeks. Plenty to talk about as Nevin returns to the Burgh as the 7-2 Steelers take on the 7-3 Ravens for some midseason pole positioning in the AFC North, the biggest Pittsburgh v Baltimore matchup in the Steel City in at least five years in terms of the standings!The Penguins rebuild looks to be underway after Lars Eller is shipped off to Washington and we watch Tristan Jarry's (brief?) return to the crease in Columbus.We also break down Bob Nutting's Willy Wonka-esque giveaway in search of the 1/1 Paul Skenes rookie card from Topps. Would Bob Nutting's "everything" be enough to give up what could potentially be the most sought after baseball card since rookie Nolan Ryan?Plus we deliver an important public safety announcement to warn yinz to not drive into buildings, it's getting a bit too frequent.

Half of YInzCenter returns from a brief break, bringing a slightly new format for yinz listeners. Nev is currently in Dallas with his hockey team, so I figured its time for the listeners to get a formal introduction, and with a new format in place, we found an intern applicant who has listened since day one to help us possibly take YinzCenter to next levels. Does the intern pass the test to the listeners? Reach out and let us know!

Welcome to the roller coaster part of the Pittsburgh sports season! The Penguins are already playing chaotic and emotional hockey while the two-headed-monster hits some milestones against the Sabres, the Steelers QB bubble has officially popped and Antonio Brown is going to speak at a Donald Trump rally in Latrobe. Will he show up in a helicopter like his last arrival to Latrobe. We will laugh, we will cry, we will beg for it to be over, but we could be seeing some things we may never forget. Ain't it fun?

Now that Penguin hockey is fully underway, back to the Steelers: phew, sure seems like a lot of the heat has turned up on Tomlin following two straight losses, however the former "Twittersphere" isn't the Rooney office. We get into the manner of the consistent inconsistency of the Steelers and discuss the downfall of a once-elite NFL offense before looking at week six's suddenly pivotal matchup against the Las Vegas Raiders.

The NHL season is officially underway and we review the Penguins opening night lineup: Nevin gloats about his offseason prediction of Rutger McGroarty making the opening night lineup and we review the October slate for the Penguins. We give you both of our optimistic and maybe more reasonable Penguin takes for the years, trying to perhaps set an expectation bar for Yinzers who follow the Penguins this 2024-25 season for individual matchups, season long expectations against the Metro division, Dubas's plan to the season with expiring contracts to keep an eye on down the line and more!

We begin this week show by moving on quickly from the Steelers week 4 loss to the Colts to focus on our YinzCenter fantasy hockey league for listeners to compete with us. We draft with our "Original Six" while we break down what to expect in the upcoming NHL season.

Episode #66 is here, your Steelers are 3-0, we have your week 3 recap of the NFL, your week 4 preview and maybe Nevin is building a case for being YinzCenter's NFL Expert.The Penguins are officially back on the ice at PPG Paints Arena and Sully's lineup is starting to materialize. We have answers for the tough question: Is this a playoff team right now?Nutting is a cheapskate.

Your Pittsburgh Steelers are in 1st place in the AFC North at 2-0, the Penguins have a preseason game in less than two days, Sidney Crosby has a contract extension signed, and the Pirates are officially eliminated from postseason contention. We are officially fully back into Pittsburgh's favorite time of year!We recap a barn burner of a week 2 win over the Denver Broncos, we take a look at what's on tap as the Steelers go up against the not San Diego Chargers and the rest of the NFL, and we give you an idea of which 20 or so of the 69 players at Penguins training camp you can expect to see on the opening night roster.

A YinzCenter episode where we are fully back in the swing of football season, feels great to finally recap some football, especially when the Steelers are alone in first in the AFC North! It seemed like the "quarterback controversy" was nonexistent at one point, but is it real now? Can a Justin Fields led offense score a touchdown in week two in Denver? We also have a big local college football game as West Virginia comes to Pittsburgh this weekend to revive the Backyard Brawl for the 107th time, do we think this rivalry should be one that sticks around for good?The Pirates have pulled off four wins in a row, is there any hope? Also, some Pittsburgh Penguins players are making their way back to the team's practice facility, so if you aren't subscribed to YinzCenter yet, now is the time as hockey season is just around the corner!

On August 29, 2024, Columbus Blue Jackets forward/NHL Star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew were tragically killed by an intoxicated driver. Nevin shares his tale about his personal encounter with Johnny, the boys discuss growing up with hockey, and we deliver a PSA to Penguin fans looking for a scapegoat (do not complain about Hayes). We wish the best for the Gaudreau family, Flames and Jackets fans, and anyone who has been afflicted by this life being cut short.

It's just about that time for the 2024 NFL season to kick off, the fantasy football drafts have all settled and the YinzCenter boys lay out their prediction hands just before the season gets kicked off to get YOU ready for the end of the year. We laid out last year's Steeler trap games for you (Texans and Jets) and we give you the ones to keep an eye on for this seasonWe break down the Steelers ceiling and floor for the 2024 season and give yinz one potential surprise team from each the AFC and NFC team, and which teams could prove to be "spunky" and fun to watch this year no matter the record

DescriptionYou're still here? Cool, check it out I type here too sometimes lmao.The Pirates are out of playoff contention in even more glorious fashion than before, as is Pittsburgh's end of August tradition, just like kids going back to school and Pittsburgh football is just on the horizon, several college football games just hours away, fantasy football teams are being drafted across the country as disaster strikes drafted rosters from press conference rooms.The final episode of YinzCenter for August 2024, next week we will have our NFL picks for the 2024 season so subscribe wherever you are reading this at and make sure those notifications are on so you can make receipts on how wrong we will be again this year.

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10 straight losses to teams ahead of you in a playoff race will pretty much bury any competing team and that's where the Pittsburgh Pirates find themselves at the halfway point of August, tumbling down to last place in the NL Central, so begins the traditional Yinzer focus shift from baseball to football. Is it any rosier on the gridiron with the Steelers? Looks rough for now, but is there hope?The YinzCenter boys lay out their preparations to have a successful fantasy football season and the Penguins make a couple of trades, our instant analysis on those Dubas deals, this week on YInzCenter.

After a lovely dinner with their grandmother, the YinzCenter boys are back as the playoff race we least expected to see in Pittsburgh might very well already be over as the Pirates dropped a crucial series against the Diamondbacks and continue to not look like the inferior team against the San Diego Padres. Steeler football is right around the corner and Cody has EXCLUSIVE INSIDER INFORMATION FROM STEELERS TRAINING CAMP (No Brandon Aiyuk is not going to be a Steeler) and we celebrate Sidney Crosby's birthday before we realize there still has been no extension signed by Sid. Is it now panic time? Subscribe and find out on YinzCenter!