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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) On Sunday, November 16th, 2025, the Pittsburgh Steelers will host their rematch against the Cincinnati Bengals at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh at 1 p.m. The local coverage of the game will be on KDKA-TV (CBS). This is also the Steelers’ Salute to Service game where elements throughout it will honor, empower, and connect with the country’s service members, veterans, and their families in support of the NFL’s Salute to Service initiative. The Steelers will raise awareness to the nation’s veterans throughout the game and they will feature on-field and in-stadium Salute to Service elements, which includes paying tribute to our active military and veterans. A daughter of the late country music singer Toby Keith, Krystal Keith will perform the National Anthem on Sunday to pay tribute to her late father, who sang the National Anthem at the first regular season game held in the former Heinz Field back in 2001. Krystal Keith will also be the halftime show performer on Sunday, to perform two of her late father’s songs to honor our military and his Steelers fandom. According to a release from the Pittsburgh Steelers, here is more information that you should know before you go to this game:

KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

The game is expected to be very well attended. Fans attending the game are encouraged to
arrive 2 hours early to avoid the anticipated heavy traffic and last-minute crowds at the
gate, as well as enjoy in-stadium pregame activities. Parking lots will open at 8:00 a.m. and
all gates will open at 11:00 a.m.
For a seamless gameday experience, fans are encouraged to download the Steelers Mobile
App and make sure they’ve enabled location services and turned on game day alerts. The
toggle at the top of the screen allows fans to access the Acrisure Stadium mode where
they can sign up for push notifications and gameday alerts.

MOBILE-TICKETING

• Ensure your phone is fully charged on gameday.
• Before leaving for the game, fans are directed to save their tickets to their Apple
Wallet or Google Wallet. This ensures fans can access them without relying on
Wi-Fi or cell service.
• Additionally, fans should transfer tickets to guests, so everyone has their own
ticket on their mobile device.

• For ticket help, visit steelers.com/mobileticketing.

CLEAR BAG POLICY

• To provide a safer environment for the public and significantly expedite fan entry into
Acrisure Stadium, the Pittsburgh Steelers will continue to enforce the NFL CLEAR BAG
POLICY that limits the size and type of bags that may be brought into the stadium.
• Learn more at Clear Bag Policy – Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh, PA by clicking here.

CASHLESS VENUE

• Acrisure Stadium is a cashless venue. As a cashless venue, additional points of sale
have been created, increasing convenience. Credit cards, debit cards, Apple Pay
and Google Pay are accepted.

PARKING

• Pre-sold parking is available using JustPark. To reserve, visit the Acrisure
Stadium website by clicking here or utilize the Acrisure Stadium mode in the Steelers mobile app and click on “traffic and parking.”
• Reserved pre-sold parking lots around the stadium are open at 8:00 a.m. to
gameday parkers. Tailgating is permitted in the pre-sold lots surrounding the
stadium. Fans with pre-sold parking (from the East, South and West) should use the
West End Bridge to access parking facilities.
• Digital Pre-Sold Parking Passes: Pre-sold parking passes were distributed via
email this season and can be used digitally on a mobile device or printed and used
as a hard copy. Fans opting to use the digital version of their pre-sold parking pass
are encouraged to display the pass on their phone prior to reaching the North Shore
campus to reduce delays. Please ensure your phone’s brightness is turned up so
the pass can be scanned easily.
• Gold 1 Garage: To reduce entering delays at the intersection of General Robinson &
Chuck Noll Way, Gold 1 Garage patrons coming from I-279, Route 28, or any other
points east of the campus are encouraged to use the back entrance heading
westbound on Reedsdale Street.
• Gameday pay-parking / non-pre-sold parkers are strongly encouraged to utilize
alternative parking at:
Downtown Garages and ride the free Light Rail Transit to the North Shore.
Station Square and ride the Gateway Clipper Fleet.
South Hills Light Rail Lots (free) and ride the Light Rail Transit to the North Shore.
• Gameday parkers arriving on the North Shore from I-279 less than two hours before
game time are urged to take Exit 1C to park at Rivers Casino, Beaver Avenue or Western Avenue, or Exit 1D from I-279 Northbound or Exit 2B from I-279
Southbound to park at the Blue 10 Garage or the Nova Place Garage.
• For the regular season game, most parking lots and garages on the North Shore will
cost approximately $60.

TRAFFIC ALERTS & INFORMATION

• Fans are encouraged to download and utilize WAZE, a free navigation app that
provides the most efficient routes to and from the game. WAZE has partnered with
Acrisure Stadium to provide fans with navigation directly to their parking spot while
avoiding traffic delays. Acrisure Stadium provides WAZE with all the time-based
event day road closures that other GPS software may not include.
• Visit https://acrisurestadium.com/stadium/parking-directions/ for more
details and parking lot specific directions.
• For LIVE traffic and parking updates on game day, fans are encouraged to:
o Download the Official Steelers Mobile App and sign-up to receive game day
and stadium alert notifications on their smart phone and mobile devices.
o Call the Traffic & Parking Hotline at 412-697-7599.
o Listen to Steelers Radio 102.5 WDVE.
O Follow @AcrisureStadium on X.

CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES/DETOURS

I-279 HOV Lane Open
• The emergency repairs to the Veterans Bridge have been completed. While PennDOT
has not yet fully reopened the HOV Lanes on non-event days, they will still be
reopened for outbound traffic from the North Shore on event days. As there are no
minimum restrictions on event days, the HOV should be used by all I-279 North fans.
DOWNTOWN AND FREE LIGHT RAIL SERVICE
• Fans can park downtown and ride the free Light Rail to Acrisure Stadium. Fans can
park in the garages downtown for $30 or less. Check for space availability via
iPhone (ParkPGH); Mobile (m.parkpgh.org); SMS/Text and Voice (412-423-8980).
• Fans who park Downtown are encouraged to utilize the following routes:
o From the Parkway West, Exit 70B to Ft. Duquesne Blvd.
o From the Parkway East, Exit 71B to Second Ave.

STATION SQUARE BOAT SHUTTLES

• Park at Station Square ($20) and ride the Gateway Clipper Fleet Steelers shuttle
boats ($16 per person, round trip).
• Shuttles board two (2) hours before the game. Return shuttles begin in the third
quarter and continue until after the game.
ALTERNATE ROUTES TO THE GAME
• I-279 NB – When Exit 1B becomes heavily congested, use N. Shore Alternate Route
Exit 1D (Follow signage).
• I-279 SB – When Exit 1B becomes heavily congested, use N. Shore Alternate Route
Exit 2B (Follow signage).
EXITING ADVICE/POST-GAME TRAFFIC
• I-279 N ACCESS
o After the game, quick access to I-279 North is provided via the HOV
entrances at Reedsdale Street & Mazeroski Way, and Lacock Street &
Anderson Street.
o There are no minimum restrictions on HOV use on the weekend and after
7:00 p.m. on weekdays. The HOV should be used by all I-279 N fans.

WEST END BRIDGE

o Use 3 lanes to travel south across bridge.
o If you are in the right lane, stay in the lane across the bridge, do not merge. At the
traffic signal, keep moving and turn right on red, then proceed in all directions,
including returning to Route 19 South / Route 51 South / I-376 West.
o Use the left lane if you are crossing the bridge from the North Shore area to
Route 51 South and I-376 West to reduce travel time.

I-376 WEST (PARKWAY WEST), ALTERNATE ROUTES TO CONSIDER:

o To Beaver and Butler counties, Northwest Pennsylvania or Northeast Ohio
take:
▪ I-279 North via HOV, then North on I-79; OR Route 65 North, then North
on I-79
o To Southwest Allegheny County, Washington or Greene counties, West
Virginia or Southeast Ohio options are:
▪ Route 65 North, then South on I-79
▪ HOV to I-279 North; then South on Camp Horne Road (Exit 8) to Route 65
North at Emsworth and to I-79 South
▪ Route 51 North to I-79 South (via Route 65 North; McKees Rocks Bridge
South; Route 51 North; then Neville Road North to I-79 South)
▪ Steuben Street to Ingram, North on Route 60, then South on I-79 or West
on I-376

▪ Route 50 West to I-79 South (North on Route 60 [via Noblestown Road];
then West on Route 50 to I-79 South [Carnegie] or I-79 South
[Heidelberg/Kirwan Heights])

TRUCKS PROHIBITED FROM NORTH SHORE BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER GAME

• Trucks (except those approved by police for deliveries and those displaying North
Shore Pre-Sold Parking permits and traveling directly to their permitted lot or
garage) are prohibited from the North Shore Streets Area (Reedsdale Street,
Casino Drive, North Shore Drive and Mazeroski Way) from three hours before until
two hours after the game.

RIDESHARE ACCESS POST-GAME

• In order to expedite traffic leaving the North Shore, there are numerous road
closures restricting vehicle entry to the campus. As such, the only way to access
the campus is from I-279 NB Exit 1B North Shore.
• Rideshare operators should utilize the WAZE App which will have all applicable road
closures programmed and may not otherwise be available within their in-app
navigation.
• There are two (2) dedicated pick-up locations surrounding the North Shore after
Steelers games for rideshare services. One location is along Isabella Street directly
east of PNC Park and the other location is west of Rivers Casino along North Point
Drive. Please note that these are the only two (2) locations that are acceptable for
pick-up activities after Steelers games.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Pittsburgh Pirates pitching coach Oscar Marin walks back to the dugout during the fifth inning in the first game of a baseball doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers, May 29, 2024, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

CINCINNATI (AP) — Oscar Marin, who oversaw a Pittsburgh Pirates’ pitching staff that included NL Cy Young Award winner Paul Skenes, has been hired by the Cincinnati Reds as bullpen coach.

Marin fills the spot occupied the past three years by Matt Tracy, who has been promoted to assistant pitching coach after Simon Mathews left to become the Washington Nationals pitching coach.

Marin (pronounced “mah-REEN”) was Pittsburgh’s pitching coach for six seasons (2020 through 2025). The Pirates led the majors this past season with 19 shutouts.

Besides Skenes, the Pirates’ staff included former all-stars Mitch Keller and David Bednar.

Marin, who has also been with Texas and Seattle, will be part of a Reds staff that led the majors with four complete games.

(File Photo of Quaker Valley High School)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Leetsdale, PA) Quaker Valley High School senior basketball forward Mimi Thiero signed on Wednesday in Leetsdale to commit to playing women’s basketball at the University of Maryland, located in College Park, Maryland. Thiero is the highest ranked Pennsylvania prospect in the 2026 SportsCenter NEXT 100 rankings at 42nd overall and the second highest prospect in Pennsylvania according to 24/7 Sports. Thiero had more than fifty offers from NCAA Division I schools. Thiero continues the basketball legacy of her older brother, Adou, who was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers at #36 overall in the second round of the 2025 NBA Draft and played for Naismith Hall of Fame coach and Moon Township native John Calipari at both the University of Kentucky and the University of Arkansas. Thiero also continues the basketball legacy of her parents, Almamy and Mariam, as Almamy played under Calipari for most of his career in college basketball at Memphis University and Mariam was drafted by the Washington Mystics at #33 overall in the third round of the 2006 WNBA Draft after being an NAIA first-team all-American at Oklahoma City University.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Former NFL star wide receiver Antonio Brown, left, greets his attorney Mark Russell Eiglarsh, right, after being released from the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

MIAMI (AP) — Former NFL star wide receiver Antonio Brown walked out of a Miami jail on Thursday, released on $25,000 bail after pleading not guilty to a second-degree attempted murder charge.

Brown, 37, embraced attorney Mark Eiglarsh outside the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami. He held a bag of belongings as they walked to a nearby food truck, where Brown got a drink, and then they left in the lawyer’s vehicle.

Circuit Judge Mindy Glazer ordered Brown to wear a GPS ankle monitor as he awaits his trial. He faces a potential 15-year prison sentence and a fine up to $10,000 if convicted.

Prosecutors had sought pretrial detention, contending Brown is a high-paid former professional athlete with resources to flee. Eiglarsh told the judge Wednesday that Brown, who no longer has a passport, would return to his home in Broward County, Florida, while the case proceeds.

Brown is accused of grabbing a handgun from a security staffer after a celebrity boxing match in Miami on May 16 and firing two shots at a man he had gotten into a fistfight with earlier, according to an arrest warrant. Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu told investigators that one of the bullets grazed his neck.

Brown’s attorney said Wednesday that the affidavit is mistaken — Brown actually used his personal firearm, and the shots were not aimed at anyone.

Brown spent 12 years in the NFL and was an All-Pro wide receiver who last played in 2021 for Tampa Bay. He spent much of his career with Pittsburgh. For his career, Brown had 928 receptions for more than 12,000 yards and 88 total touchdowns, counting punt returns and one pass.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) Yesterday was when the signing period was for most of the sports in NCAA Division I and Division II as some Beaver County athletes committed to their respective colleges to play certain sports. On November 19th, 2025, the early period signing for NCAA Division I basketball players closes, while the regular period for those players opens on April 15th, 2026. On Decmber 3rd, 2025, the early period opens for Division I football players and closes on December 5th, 2025, with the resuming of this period occurring on February 4th, 2026. According to the Beaver County Times, here are some Beaver County athletes that have already signed the pen and paper to commit to college athletics and which colleges that they will be playing their respective sports, along with their repesctive sports that they will be playing during their college careers:

Blackhawk

Carter Davis, Pittsburgh, baseball

Aubree Hupp, Canisius, women’s basketball

Central Valley

Nathan Angelo, University of Charleston, WV, baseball

Aubrey Grater, women’s soccer, Slippery Rock University

Jacob Hunter, baseball, Seton Hill University

Ellwood City

Aaron Lake, Pittsburgh, baseball

Jordan Keller, Fairmont State, baseball

Amber McQuistion, Slippery Rock, softball

Lincoln Park

Josh Pratt, Columbia, men’s basketball

Moon Area

Lillian Barr, Penn West California, flag football

Quinn Arnold, Westminster College, women’s soccer

Andrew Cross, Penn State, baseball

Ainslie Romasco, SUNY Morrisville, women’s soccer

Thad Longwell, Penn West California, baseball

Reese Keslar, Kent State, women’s lacrosse

Jackson Bauman, University of Rio Grande, men’s basketball

Shiri Kudratullaev, Frostburg State, rugby

Quaker Valley

Mimi Thiero, Maryland, women’s basketball

Rochester

Kamryn Newman, Penn West Clarion

(File Photo: Source for Headline Photo: Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Will Howard (18) warms up prior to an NFL preseason football game against the Carolina Panthers, Aug. 21, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Brian Westerholt, File)

(File Photo: Source for Photo Below: FILE – Los Angeles Chargers cornerback Asante Samuel Jr. warms up before an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Sept. 22, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Asante Samuel Jr. spent the last few months recovering from spinal fusion surgery by doing some distance running in hopes of being ready whenever a team called looking for help in the secondary.

Now it’s time to sprint.

The Pittsburgh Steelers signed the veteran cornerback to their practice squad on Wednesday in hopes the 26-year-old can eventually give the NFL’s worst pass defense a boost.

Samuel hadn’t been on the field in a team situation in more than a year until he jogged out for practice shortly after his signing was announced.

“It meant the world to me,” Samuel said. “Just being out there, putting on a helmet, putting on cleats, going at it, competing with other guys that’s trying to accomplish the same goal as me.”

Well, maybe not the exact same goal.

Samuel spent his first four seasons with the Los Angeles Chargers, who selected him in the second round of the 2021 draft. He collected six interceptions in 50 games, plus three in a playoff loss to Jacksonville in 2022.

Yet his time in Los Angeles was cut short last fall, when Samuel was limited to just four games as the series of “stinger” injuries that had been a constant for years became too much. He ended the year on injured reserve, then entered free agency in March before undergoing surgery in April.

“I just wanted to take my time and weigh all the options,” he said. “I didn’t want to rush anything and just let my body heal on its own and then get the surgery and let it heal again.”

The idea of the surgery was initially daunting for a player who had never been under the knife before. He knew, however, that plenty of others had faced the same procedure and successfully returned. So he kept the faith and now considers himself as healthy as he’s ever been.

Samuel had the surgery done in Pittsburgh. He was cleared to return to football activities in October and now finds himself back in the Steel City trying to get up to speed as quickly as possible for an injury-riddled and inconsistent secondary that will face another stiff test when Ja’Marr Chase, Tee Higgins and the Cincinnati Bengals (3-6) visit Acrisure Stadium on Sunday.

While Samuel declined to say whether he could be available by this weekend, he doesn’t have to look far to find someone who worked their way onto the field in short order. Safety Kyle Dugger started for the Steelers against Indianapolis earlier this month just days after being acquired in a trade with New England.

“I’m trying to maximize every day and do whatever the coach is telling me,” Samuel said.

That might be getting in the game this weekend.

Veteran cornerback Darius Slay remains in the concussion protocol and did not practice on Wednesday, leaving the Steelers thin behind Joey Porter Jr., Brandin Echols and James Pierre.

Pittsburgh was torched by Joe Flacco & Co. in Cincinnati a month ago. Chase set a Bengals single-game record with 16 receptions on a night Flacco lit up the Steelers for 342 yards and three scores, symbolic of a season in which Pittsburgh has allowed more yards passing than any other team in the league.

Pierre, in line to make the fourth start of his five-year career if Slay is unavailable, welcomes the help.

“Like Coach (Mike) T(omlin) says, just jump on a moving train, stick your hand in the pile,” Pierre said. “We know what he can do.”

NOTES: Pittsburgh activated rookie quarterback Will Howard from injured reserve on Wednesday. The sixth-round pick had been out with a hand injury. … The Steelers also released running back Trey Sermon from the active roster and cut defensive back Darrick Forest from the practice squad.

(File Photo: Source for Headline Photo and Photo Below: Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Will Howard (18) warms up prior to an NFL preseason football game against the Carolina Panthers, Aug. 21, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Brian Westerholt, File)

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes delivers during the second inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The individual trophy cases for Paul Skenes and Tarik Skubal are growing increasingly full.

The next step in the evolution of baseball’s two best pitchers is winning — preferably where they are.

The 23-year-old Skenes capped his blistering rise to stardom by capturing the National League Cy Young Award on Wednesday night. The Pittsburgh Pirates ace was a unanimous choice by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, the honor coming minutes after Skubal won baseball’s premier pitching prize in the American League for the second straight year as the anchor of the Detroit Tigers.

As gratified as they are by the recognition, both said they are eager for their respective teams to get in on the act in 2026.

That’s where things get tricky.

The 28-year-old Skubal is entering his final year of club control, and while he would like to stay in Detroit beyond next season, he’s also well aware the Tigers could trade him as a business decision, considering the hefty raise the left-hander figures to command should he hit the open market as a free agent.

It’s much the same for Skenes, who remains under team control for the rest of the decade but found himself pushing back against a report that he’s already told teammates he is eager to move on.

“I don’t know where that came from,” Skenes said. “The goal is to win and the goal is to win in Pittsburgh.”

The Pirates finished last in the NL Central in 2025, well off the pace of front-running Milwaukee. The first pitcher since Dwight Gooden with the New York Mets in the mid-1980s to win Rookie of the Year one season and a Cy Young Award the next remains optimistic Pittsburgh is closer to contending than most think.

“The way that fans see us outside of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh is not supposed to win,” Skenes said. “There are 29 fan bases that expect us to lose. I want to be a part of the 26 guys that change that.”

Skenes — selected first overall by the Pirates in the 2023 amateur draft after a standout career at Air Force and LSU — did his part in 2025, leading the majors in ERA (1.97) while striking out 216 batters in 187 1/3 innings during his first full season in the big leagues.

Yet even with his brilliance, Skenes needed a little late help from Pittsburgh’s woeful offense to avoid becoming the first Cy Young-winning starting pitcher to finish with a losing record. Skenes won three of his final four decisions to finish 10-10.

That so-so win/loss mark didn’t stop the towering 6-foot-6 right-hander from placing atop all 30 ballots. Philadelphia left-hander Cristopher Sánchez received every second-place vote, and World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Los Angeles Dodgers finished third.

Sánchez’s 2029 option price increased by $1 million to $15 million and his 2030 option price by $1 million to $16 million as a result of being a Cy Young Award finalist.

Skubal received 26 first-place votes in the AL from a separate BBWAA panel. The other four went to runner-up Garrett Crochet of the Boston Red Sox. Hunter Brown of the Houston Astros came in third.

Although disappointed to be out of contention, Skenes said playing out the string was “a blessing” individually in some ways.

“It allowed me to try some new things in August and September that I wouldn’t have gotten to try if we were playing for the playoffs,” he explained.

Skubal and the Tigers have gotten a taste of October baseball each of the last two seasons, thanks in large part to his ascendance.

A year after taking a massive step forward by winning the AL pitching Triple Crown on his way to being a unanimous Cy Young winner, Skubal backed it up by serving as the anchor for the Tigers during a volatile season in which they squandered a 15 1/2-game lead in the AL Central and were caught by Cleveland down the stretch.

Detroit got a bit of revenge in the wild-card round, beating the division-champion Guardians in three games following a 14-strikeout gem by Skubal in the series opener.

Yet as fun as the season was at times, the disappointment of falling short of the ultimate goal lingers.

“Ending the season on a loss is not a fun thing,” Skubal said. “You can be proud of what we accomplished, but you want to end the season with a win … the one in October or maybe deep in November you get to play in.”

Skubal is the 12th hurler to win baseball’s top pitching honor in consecutive years, joining a group that includes Hall of Famers Randy Johnson and Pedro Martínez, who was the last American League pitcher to go back-to-back, for Boston in 1999 and 2000.

“I think a lot of it is not being complacent with who I am today,” Skubal said. “I still think there’s more to tap into. I don’t think this is the finished version of myself.”

And he doesn’t think this is the finished version of the Tigers.

“You want to win this award as many times as you can in your career, but I’d gladly trade a Cy Young for a World Series,” Skubal said.

Skubal was 13-6 with an AL-leading 2.21 ERA and 240 strikeouts in 195 1/3 innings during the regular season. Then he went 1-0 with a 1.74 ERA in three playoff starts for Detroit, which was eliminated by Seattle in their Division Series.

Crochet led the American League in innings (205 1/3) and strikeouts (255).

Brown’s top-three finish earned Houston an extra pick after the first round of next July’s amateur draft under the prospect promotion incentive in the 2022 collective bargaining agreement.

Skubal’s historic run comes with a chance for him to cash in as potential free agency looms. Economics aside, Skubal would be just fine sticking in the Motor City.

“I’ve given everything I have to this organization. I want to be a Tiger for a very, very long time,” he said. “I’m just going to do what I do and not really focus on any of that stuff.”

Skenes and Skubal both started the All-Star Game this year. The only other time the two All-Star Game starters won the Cy Young Awards in the same season was 2001, when Johnson and Roger Clemens accomplished the feat.

MVP awards for both leagues will be handed out Thursday.

Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani is a heavy favorite to repeat in the NL and win for the fourth time overall, including twice in the AL.

New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge is seeking his third AL MVP in what could be a close vote with another top contender, Seattle catcher Cal Raleigh.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ Antonio Brown arrives for an NFL football game against the New York Jets, Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Corey Sipkin, File)

(AP) Former NFL star wide receiver Antonio Brown will be released on $25,000 bail and must wear a GPS ankle monitor on an attempted murder charge in Florida, a judge ordered Wednesday.

Brown, 37, has pleaded not guilty to the second-degree attempted murder charge, which carries a potential 15-year prison sentence and a fine up to $10,000 if he is convicted. His lawyer, Mark Eiglarsh, said Brown would return to his home in Broward County, Florida, while the case proceeds.

“He no longer has a passport. He’ll be living at his home. I look forward to working with him zealously on this case,” Eiglarsh told Circuit Judge Mindy Glazer at a bond hearing.

Brown appeared at the hearing via video wearing a red jail shirt and spoke only to answer questions from the judge. Prosecutors had sought pretrial detention, contending Brown is a high-paid former professional athlete with the resources to flee.

According to an arrest warrant, Brown is accused of grabbing a handgun from a security staffer after a celebrity boxing match in Miami on May 16 and firing two shots at a man he had gotten into a fistfight with earlier. The victim, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, told investigators that one of the bullets grazed his neck.

Brown’s attorney said Wednesday that the affidavit is mistaken and that Brown actually used his personal firearm, and that the shots were not aimed at anyone.

“It was my client’s own gun,” Eiglarsh said.

Based on his social media posts, Brown had been living in Dubai for several months. In a social media post after the altercation, Brown said he was defending himself because he was “jumped by multiple individuals who tried to steal my jewelry and cause physical harm to me.”

Eiglarsh said Brown has unspecified business interests in Dubai and always intended to turn himself in on the attempted murder charge.

“He didn’t flee to Dubai,” the lawyer said. “He always had a desire and intention to answer this case.”

Brown, who spent 12 years in the NFL, was an All-Pro wide receiver who last played in 2021 for Tampa Bay but spent most of his career with Pittsburgh. For his career, Brown had 928 receptions for more than 12,000 yards and accounted for 88 total touchdowns counting punt returns and one pass.

(Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of Pitt Race)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Wampum, PA) According to a release from Pitt Race, the gift card balances for Pittsburgh International Race Complex in Wampum are now being refunded because of the raceway closing. You can call (724) 535-1000 as soon as possible and provide the gift card number or a copy of the receipt. December 22nd, 2025 is the last day to claim a refund.