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PITTSBURGH STEELERS COMMUNICATIONS Burt Lauten - Director of Communications Dominick Rinelli - Public Relations/Media Manager PITTSBURGH STEELERS Angela Tegnelia - Public Relations Assistant 3400 South Water Street • Pittsburgh, PA 15203 412-432-7820 • Fax: 412-432-7878 www.steelers.com PITTSBURGH STEELERS (2-1) vs. CAROLINA PANTHERS (3-0) Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018 • 7:30 p.m. (ET) • Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, Pa. PRESEASON GAME #4 PITTSBURGH STEELERS Pittsburgh Steelers (2-1) 2018 SCHEDULE vs. PRESEASON (2-1) Tennessee Titans (3-0) Thursday, Aug. 9 @ Philadelphia W, 31-14 (KDKA) Thursday, Aug. 16 @ Green Bay L, 51-34 (KDKA) DATE: Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018 | KICKOFF: 7:30 p.m. ET Saturday, Aug. 25 TENNESSEE W, 16-6 (KDKA/NFL Network) SITE: Heinz Field (68,400) • Pittsburgh, Pa. Thursday, Aug. 30 CAROLINA 7:30 p.m. (KDKA) PLAYING SURFACE: Natural Grass TV COVERAGE: KDKA-TV, channel 2 REGULAR SEASON (0-0) ANNOUNCERS: Bob Pompeani (play-by-play) Sunday, Sept. 9 @ Cleveland 1 p.m. (CBS) Charlie Batch (analyst) | Missi Matthews (sideline) Sunday, Sept. 16 KANSAS CITY 1 p.m. (CBS) Monday, Sept. 24 @ Tampa Bay 8:15 p.m. (ESPN) LOCAL RADIO: Steelers Radio Network Sunday, Sept. 30 BALTIMORE 8:20 p.m. (NBC) WDVE-FM (102.5)/WBGG-AM (970) Sunday, Oct. 7 ATLANTA* 1 p.m. (FOX) ANNOUNCERS: Bill Hillgrove (play-by-play) Sunday, Oct. 14 @ Cincinnati* 1 p.m. (CBS) Tunch Ilkin (analyst) | Craig Wolfl ey (sideline) Sunday, Oct. 21 BYE WEEK Sunday, Oct. 28 CLEVELAND* 1 p.m. (CBS) A LOOK AT THE COACHES Sunday, Nov. 4 @ Baltimore* 1 p.m. (CBS) Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin Thursday, Nov. 8 CAROLINA 8:20 p.m. (FOX/NFL Overall regular-season record: 116-60 (.659)/12th season Network/Amazon Regular-season record with Pittsburgh: 116-60 (.659)/12th season Sunday, Nov. 18 @ Jacksonville* 8:20 p.m. (NBC) Playoff Record/Years: 8-7 (.533)/eight years Sunday, Nov. 25 @ Denver* 4:25 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Dec. 2 LOS ANGELES CHARGERS* 1 p.m. (CBS) Carolina Panthers Head Coach Ron Rivera Sunday, Dec. 9 @ Oakland* 8:20 p.m. (NBC) Overall regular-season record: 64-47-1 (.576)/ninth season Sunday, Dec. 16 NEW ENGLAND* 4:25 p.m. (CBS) Regular-season record with Carolina: 64-47-1 (.576)/ninth season Monday, Dec. 23 @ New Orleans* 4:25 p.m. (CBS) Playoff Record/Years: 3-4 (.429)/four years Sunday, Dec. 30 CINCINNATI* 1 p.m. (CBS) www.steelers.com * - Times may change due to fl exible scheduling For all of the most up-to-date information on the POSTSEASON Pittsburgh Steelers, visit the team’s offi cial web site Sat.-Sun., Jan. 5-6 Wild Card Weekend at www.steelers.com Updated daily, the web site has Sat.-Sun., Jan. 12-13 Divisional Playoff Games the most extensive information on upcoming games Sunday, Jan. 20 Conference Championships and the most comprehensive news on the Steelers. Sunday, Jan. 27 Pro Bowl (Orlando, Fla.) Sunday, Feb. 3 Super Bowl LIII (Atlanta, Ga.) NOTE: All times are Eastern | Home games in Bold CAPS STEELERS STEELERS RADIO COVERAGE COMMUNICATIONS STAFF For the 20th consecutive year, WDVE-FM (102.5) and WBGG-AM (970) Burt Lauten, Director of Communications .................... (412) 432-7821 are carrying all Steelers games. Lauten email: [email protected]fl .com Additionally, Steelers games can be heard on a 48-station network spanning Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Maryland, New York and Dominick Rinelli, Public Relations/Media Manager .... (412) 432-7822 South Carolina. All Steelers games will be broadcast in Spanish on Rinelli email: [email protected]fl .com steelers.com. Angela Tegnelia, Public Relations Assistant ............... (412) 432-7820 For the 25th straight season, Bill Hillgrove serves as the “Voice of the Tegnelia email: [email protected]fl .com Steelers” and handles play-by-play duties for the broadcast. Joining Hill- grove for his 21st season as an expert analyst is Tunch Ilkin, the former Joe Lofton, Media Relations Intern ............................. (412) 432-7800 Steelers All-Pro off ensive tackle. Joining the team for his 17th season is Lofton email: [email protected]fl .com .....................................x6019 former Steelers off ensive lineman Craig Wolfl ey, who provides sideline Offi ce Fax .................................................................... (412) 432-7878 analysis. Fans in Mexico can also listen to Steelers broadcasts on Grupo Im- MEDIA NOTES agen and games are heard on www.steelers.com/espanol. Stations on the Steelers Radio Network include: — WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE — Steelers’ Head Coach Mike Tomlin will conduct a press conference on FLAGSHIP STATIONS Tuesday, Aug. 28, at approximately Noon in the Steelers’ press conference WDVE-FM (102.5) room at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. WBGG-AM (970) PENNSYLVANIA OHIO — OFFICIAL STEELERS WEBSITE — Altoona-WVAM (1430) Fremont-WOHF (92.1) Media and fans can read about the latest Steelers news on the offi cial Altoona-WRKY (104.9) Marietta-WJAW (630) Steelers website. The site, www.steelers.com, features breaking news Beaver Falls-WBVP (1230) Youngstown-WNIO (1390) Beaver Falls-WMBA (1460) statistics, player biographies and much more. MARYLAND Bedford-WBVE (107.5) Cumberland-WRQE (106.1) Butler-WISR (680) Hagerstown-WHAG (1410) — MEDIA-ONLY SECTION OF www.steelers.com — Chambersburg-WCHA (800) The Steelers Media Relations Department off ers a “Media-Only” section Clarendon-WKNB (104.3) VIRGINIA on steelers.com. To sign up for this service, go to Clarion-WCCR (92.7) Vienna-WDMX (100.1) http://www.steelers.com/mediarelations/ and register as a new user Cooperstown-WUUZ (107.7) WEST VIRGINIA below the left hand navigation bar. Then follow the instructions on the DuBois-WIFT (102.1) DuBois-WKFT (101.3) Fairmont-WRLF (94.3) Media Relations page and once your registration is approved, you Erie-WRKT (104.9) Fairmont-WMMN (920) will receive an email and can access all information. If you have any Johnstown-WNTJ (1490) New Martinsville-WXCR (92.3) questions or problems, please email [email protected]. Johnstown-WRKW (99.1) — NFLCOMMUNICATIONS.COM — Latrobe-WCNS (1480) Milton-WVLY (100.9) Journalists worldwide have access to the dedicated media website Saegertown-WUZZ (94.3) featuring news from the NFL and its teams. Daily releases, statistics, Somerset-WNTI (990) domestic and international NFL updates and other information Starview-WONN (92.7) about the NFL are available. State College-WQWK (1450) Uniontown-WMBS (590) Washington-WJPA (1450) STEELERS NATION HD RADIO Williamsport-WCXR (99.3) Steelers Nation Radio is a 24-hour/day HD radio station Williamsport-WZXR (103.7) dedicated specifi cally to the Pittsburgh Steelers. It can be heard on www.steelers.com, the offi cial Steelers app or the iheart app on your smartphone, and at 102.5 WDVE HD2. A daily schedule of what is on Steelers Nation HD Radio is available at www.facebook.com/steelersnationradio. THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE (Subject to change) MONDAY, AUG. 27 TUESDAY, AUG. 28 WEDNESDAY, AUG. 29 THURSDAY, AUG. 30 FRIDAY, AUG. 31 SATURDAY, SEPT. 1 SUNDAY, SEPT. 2 • Player availability open locker • Player availability open locker • No media availability 7:30 p.m. • No media availability • No media availability • No media availability room 12:15 - 12:30 p.m. room 11:45 a.m. - Noon Home Game vs. Carolina Panthers • Practice 1:15 - 3:15 p.m. • Practice 1 - 3 p.m. (Heinz Field) KDKA-TV, • Coach Tomlin available • Coach Tomlin press confer- Channel 2 following afternoon practice ence: approx. Noon • Player availability open • Player availability open locker room 3:15 - 3:45 p.m. locker room 3:15 - 3:45 p.m. www.steelers.com 53RD YEAR AT SAINT VINCENT 2018 TRAINING CAMP HIGHLIGHTS COLLEGE The Steelers kicked off the 2018 season when the team re- The Steelers celebrated their 53rd Training Camp at Saint ported to training camp on July 25 at Saint Vincent College in Vincent College in Latrobe, Pa., Latrobe, Pa. this summer. The team’s 2018 training camp included 15 practices open to Pittsburgh has called Saint Vin- the public - including the annual night practice at Latrobe Memorial cent College its “summer home” Stadium (Aug. 3). since 1966. Through their first three de- STEELERS HALL OF HONOR cades in the NFL, the Steelers held their training camps at a The Steelers announced their 2018 Hall of Honor class on variety of locations, as far east as Saturday, July 28, at the Fred Rogers Center on the campus of New England and as far west as Saint Vincent College. Five members were announced in this Wisconsin. In 1966, for the third year’s class. straight summer, training camp for The 2018 class includes the following (in alphabetical order): the Steelers was at the University of Rhode Island. • Rocky Bleier: Running Back (1968, 1970-80) The team was there through the • Buddy Dial: Wide Receiver (1959-63) fi rst four weeks of a fi ve-game preseason schedule. Then, after • Alan Faneca: Guard (1998-2007) a loss in Green Bay to Vince Lombardi’s Packers, Coach Bill • Bill Nunn: Assistant Director Player Personnel, Senior Scout Austin wanted the team closer to Pittsburgh because the 1966 (1968-2014) regular season was due to open with a home game against the • Arthur J. Rooney Jr.: Personnel Director (1965-1986); New York Giants on Sept. 11. Vice President (1987-Current) With no practice fi elds of their own at the time, the Steelers turned to Saint Vincent College. The team arrived in Latrobe on The 2018 Steelers Hall of Honor Induction ceremony will be Aug. 29 and spent a couple of weeks on campus going through held on Friday, Sept. 28, at Heinz Field, the weekend the Steel- fi nal preparations for the 1966 regular season. ers host the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday Night Football (Sept.