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Tim Simpson is known for being one of the all-time great ball strikers. He won 5 times on the PGA Tour, had 82 Top 10s, and the GOAT Jack Nicklaus even marveled at how frequently Tim would shoot low scores. Tim Gaestel is a former Sergeant with the 82nd Airborne Division of the US Army. As fate would have it, Tim was being sworn into the military on September 11th, 2001.

Don Rebel chats with the head coach of the WPIAL Baseball Team of the Week, Dan Petroff of Indiana.

Don Rebel chats with the HSSN Baseball Player of the Week, David Shields of Mt. Lebanon

Don Rebel chats with the HSSN Softball Player of the Week, Emma Paul of Armstrong.

Don Rebel chats with the head coach of the WPIAL Softball Team of the Week, Heidi Karcher of Thomas Jefferson.

News Editor Jon Silver talks about Pittsburgh's ties to the Atomic Age and J. Robert Oppenheimer, the creator of the atomic bomb. Oppenheimer's wife, Katherine “Kitty” Oppenheimer, was born in Aspinwall.

Silver wrote a story about the region's connections to the atomic age in the summer of 2023, when the blockbuster movie "Oppenheimer" was in theaters and renewing interest in the topic. His research lead him to several Pittsburgh connections to the atomic age.

Listen to Silver and producer Zac Gibson discuss the topic. And then Silver does an author reading of his story.