Pittsburgh is home to many sports firsts: the Pittsburgh Pirates participated in the first Major League World Series, the city was the first to have a retractable dome stadium and the Steelers were ...

The Pittsburgh Steelers do not have cheerleaders. It is crazy to think about since the Pittsburgh Steelerettes were the first cheerleading squad in the National Football League, serving as the ...

PITTSBURGH -- They wore knee-length skirts, bobby sox and hard hats, and couldn't fraternize with the players. Their pay? One ticket per game. The Steelerettes were the first females of the gridiron, ...

PITTSBURGH -- They wore knee-length skirts, bobby sox and hard hats, and couldn't fraternize with the players. Their pay? One ticket per game. The Steelerettes were the first females of the gridiron, ...

PITTSBURGH -- They wore knee-length skirts, bobby sox and hard hats, and they couldn't fraternize with the players. Their pay? One ticket per game. The Steelerettes were the first females of the ...

A look back at the Steelerettes As football season gets underway, we're taking a look back at some of the very first Women of Steel. Did you know the Pittsburgh Steelers once had cheerleaders. We're ...

Catching Up With The Steelerettes Did you know the Steelers used to have cheerleaders? Not only did they have them, they were one of the first! We caught up with three of the originals and got the fun ...

Our final episode of the season is a bit of a mix. We’ll tell you about the highest and lowest points in Pittsburgh. Then we’ll head Downtown to learn how the district transformed its not-so-great ...

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- A woman who served on the Pittsburgh Steelers' defunct cheerleading squad in the 1960s said she doesn't expect cheerleaders to return to the team anytime soon. Dianne ...

Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson teamed up with the Steelerettes to lead the Terrible Towel Twirl before Sunday night's game against the Cincinnati Bengals at Heinz Field.(Click HERE for photos) ...

hard hats, and couldn't fraternize with the players. Their pay? One ticket per game. The Steelerettes were the first females of the gridiron, long before Seattle's Sea Gals, Oakland's Raiderettes and ...