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In this week's Pittsburgh Pop, Rob Owen and Tim Benz discuss layoffs at CNN, Fox News, and ESPN. Plus there is a 90th birthday Carol Burnett celebration on NBC. Rob talks about Love & Death on HBO Max, a local chef on PBS's "Chasing Carbon Zero," and the Hollywood ending for "Welcome to Wrexham."

Tim Benz and Joe Rutter attended the Steelers annual pre-draft press conference. They discuss the comments from general manager Omar Khan and head coach Mike Tomlin, plus they offer some pre-draft analysis, opinions, and predictions.

In this week's "Madden Monday" podcast, Mark Madden thinks he has the Steelers draft pick narrowed down. He also has some thoughts on the NHL playoffs, the NFL's gambling controversy, and the Pirates' hot start.

Don Rebel chats with the Trib HSSN WPIAL Softball Player of the Week, Shelby Telegdy of Elizabeth Forward.

Don Rebel chats with the Trib HSSN WPIAL Baseball Player of the Week, Frank Kula of Laurel Highlands.

TribLIVE beat writer Kevin Gorman joins me to discuss the Pirates hot start, a favorable schedule, improved starting pitching, and life without Oneil Cruz.

Don Rebel chats with the head coach of the Trib HSSN WPIAL Baseball Team of the Week, Kurt Wolfe of Pine-Richland.

In this week's Fantasy Sports podcast, Jeff Erickson of RotoWire gets into Pirates who are off to a hot start, struggling Reds, Arizona Diamondbacks to watch, pitching call-ups, and some NFL Draft talk, too.

Brian Metzer and Tim Benz discuss the first playoff bracket without the Pittsburgh Penguins since 2006...and how the Penguins managed to miss out.

Former Robert Morris goalie Reid Cooper was the emergency backup goaltender for the Washington Capitals during their final NHL game of the season. He became the second RMU player to be part of an NHL team. Cooper joined me to talk about the story behind that the experience.