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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Nearby: New Dick's Sporting Goods Store Opens Wednesday

Steelers wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders, former Steeler Jerome Bettis and Penguins radio announcers Mike Lange and Phil Bourque will all appear at the store this weekend.

Dick's Sporting Goods will open its relocated store this week at the site of a former Boscov's at South Hills Village. The new store will open its doors on Wednesday at 9 a.m. and officially celebrate its launch with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday at 8 a.m. Special extended store hours will also be in effect for Friday (8 a.m. to 10 p.m.), Saturday (8 a.m. to 10 p.m.) and Sunday (9 a.m. to 8 p.m.). A variety of athletes are scheduled to appear at the new Dick's this week, and giveaways are also scheduled in order to celebrate the store relocation. On Friday, Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders will be at the new Dick's from 6 to 8 p.m. to meet and greet customers. Also on Friday, there will be a mystery gift card …

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

PatchCast: Fire Investigation, Jerome Bettis Advice & Movie Shoot

A roundup of the region's top local stories for Wednesday, Dec. 7.

Here are the week's top stories from Patch sites in your area: Car Fire Spreads to House in Upper St. Clair Bridgeville Pastor Leads Opening Prayer for Congress at U.S. Capitol WATCH: Jerome Bettis Honors Baldwin's Brown as Player of the Year Dormont Family Gets 'One Shot' to See House on the Big Screen A Simple Question Turns into a Merry Christmas for Local Kids  --- Follow the Baldwin-Whitehall Patch on Facebook and Twitter.

Saturday, December 3, 2011

WATCH: Jerome Bettis Honors Baldwin's Brown as Player of the Year

Brown, a junior, earned the annual WPXI high school football award.

High school football fans in western Pennsylvania have spoken, and the winner of the 2011 WPXI Wendy's Skylights Player of the Year award is Baldwin High School junior running back Dorian Brown. Each of this year's WPXI Player of the Week winners were invited to the news station's studio in Pittsburgh's Summer Hill neighborhood on Friday for a taping of the Jerome Bettis Show, which will air on WPXI at 7 p.m. on Saturday. The Baldwin-Whitehall Patch attended the taping and got an inside look at the filiming of the show, which included an award presentation for Brown, who earned the most fan votes. WPXI's veteran sports reporter John Fedko came to Baldwin High Stadium on Sept. 28 to honor Brown with his Player of the Week award after Brown …

Friday, November 11, 2011

Baldwin H.S. in Running for Football Player, Band of the Year

Voting starts on Friday at 4 p.m.

Click here to vote for the Player of the Year and here to vote for the Band of the Year. Voting starts on Friday, Nov. 11, at 4 p.m. Thanks to winning weekly awards during the 2011 high school football season, Baldwin High School has put itself in the running for WPXI's Player and Band of the Year awards. WPXI's veteran sports reporter John Fedko came to Baldwin High Stadium on Sept. 28 to honor Baldwin's junior running back Dorian Brown with its football Player of the Week award after Brown rushed for 278 yards and two touchdowns on 34 carries, including a game-winning 80-yard TD with less than two minutes to play, to lead the Highlanders to a 21-14 victory over Thomas Jefferson High School on Sept. 23. Brown emerged as one of the WPIAL's…

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