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Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

5-Minute Major: Sidney Crosby should be a Penguin for life

Annika Morris October 31, 2024
Sidney Crosby is a fixture of Pittsburgh sports. He was one of the most highly touted prospects coming into the 2005 NHL draft, not only in his class, but in the history of the NHL.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Helmet-to-Helmet: Suitors and likely landing spots for free-agent quarterbacks

Jason Asvestopoulos March 5, 2024
The NFL QB carousel is intriguing and unpredictable. Each year, after the Super Bowl ends the season, speculation begins on free agents in the most important position of football. This year is no different, with signal-callers such as Kirk Cousins and Baker Mayfield set to hit the market as free agency begins on March 13th.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Helmet-to Helmet: Where things went right, and who got robbed at the NFL Honors

Jason Asvestopoulos February 15, 2024
The NFL season has now fully wrapped up, and the Kansas City Chiefs have established their dynasty by winning their third championship in five years. The San Francisco 49ers are once again left with a bitter feeling after losing the Super Bowl, but at least one of their players was recognized for his outstanding season. 
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Off the Post: NHL’s biggest trades before the deadline

Belle Fraser March 1, 2023
With superstar players on the move, many NHL teams made big splashes in a wild 2023 NHL trade deadline.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

Heartland: Gary, Indiana — what happens when the tech boom goes bust?

Maxwell Pociask March 15, 2022
One of Gary’s many murals, on the corner of 6th avenue and Broadway, sends a message of joy and hope that things are turning around for the local community. In colorful block letters, it reads, “We are beautiful: Gary.” I, for one, agree.
Danny Murtaugh Baseball Hall of Fame

Reserve a seat for Danny: The Hall of Fame case for a two-time champ

Sean Hroncich December 3, 2021
Sean Hroncich makes the case for his great-grandfather, former Pittsburgh Pirates manager Danny Murtaugh, to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Puppeteer Tarish "Jeghetto" Pipkins performs in “Just Another Lynching: An American Horror Story” Friday night. ZIJING FU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Resident puppeteer’s production reflects on racist past of America

Mae Tonge November 13, 2018
Puppets take the stage and act out a white man’s eulogy regarding the death of his black friend, unfolding as a series of vignettes and memories about his life before it was brutally taken by the Ku Klux Klan. The small figures bring to life part of the United States’ dark, racist past.
Young Israel of Brookline. The Boston Police Department heightened security around synagogues in the area in the wake of the deadly shooting Saturday at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. SERENA YU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston synagogues increase security after Pittsburgh shooting

Chloe McKim Jepsen October 31, 2018

During Saturday morning Shabbat services at the Chabad House of Greater Boston, Rabbi Shmuel Posner heard a ring at the door. He answered it and found a police officer. Since many observant Jews do not...

Boston University students gathered in Marsh Plaza  for a vigil remembering the victims of the Oct. 27 shooting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. SOFIA KOYAMA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU community responds to Pittsburgh shooting

Alex LaSalvia October 30, 2018
Boston University administrators and religious groups are attempting to comfort affected community members in the wake of Saturday’s mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Temple Ohabei Shalom in Brookline. In the wake of the deadly shooting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Saturday, Jewish residents of Boston and Brookline have reported seeing rising levels of anti-Semitism in America. COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Jewish Bostonians see rising trend of anti-Semitism nationwide but not in Boston area

Clarissa Garza October 30, 2018
In light of the Saturday shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the Jewish community in Boston is focusing on furthering its messages of love and togetherness.
Bearing Witness: For Pittsburgh

Bearing Witness: For Pittsburgh

Ariel Stein October 30, 2018

My name is Ariel Stein, and I am a proud member of the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Today I have no words. I am in mourning along with the entire Pittsburgh community, both...

EDITORIAL: Trump’s call for armed guards is scapegoat to avoid talking about anti-semitism

EDITORIAL: Trump’s call for armed guards is scapegoat to avoid talking about anti-semitism

Editors October 28, 2018

Right on the heels of a series of bomb scares motivated by political ideology, a mass shooting at a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, synagogue has reminded the nation how easily hate crimes can be dismissed with...

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