\n\t\t\t\t\t\tConnor Hennick, a 14-year-old Steelers fan, is heading to San Francisco to attend the Super Bowl.Dressed in black and gold to represent Steelers Nation, Hennick is excited for the event.”I just love football, and I’ve always wanted to go to the Super Bowl,” he said.Hennick, who was diagnosed with a neuromuscular disorder, has waited years for his chance to experience the intense crowd at the biggest sporting event in the country, and 2026 is his year.”I think it’s going to be wild. A lot of Patriots and Seahawks fans,” he said.Thanks to Make-A-Wish and Fanatics, Hennick will watch the Seahawks and Patriots in prime time.”What Make-A-Wish does to give these kids this ultimate experience, especially when they may have more difficulties in their lives. It’s just, it’s an amazing organization, and we’re so thankful. Connor’s been actually on the waiting list for a few years, working his way up the list to the Super Bowl trip. And so, we’re just really excited and so happy for him,” said Melanie Hennick, Connor’s mom.Connor Hennick will receive the red carpet treatment, attending the NFL Honors and surprise events and spending the next five days soaking in as much football fun as possible.”Connor has been sports-obsessed from a very early age. There’s always a game on in our house. He’s played in adaptive sports leagues. He has mock drafts. He’s a statistics whiz when it comes to sports. And so, this really made sense as his perfect wish,” she said. Born with black and gold in his veins, Connor Hennick remains a loyal Steelers fan. He will be cheering on the Seahawks over the Patriots like the loyal Steelers fan he is. “I can’t see the Patriots win another Super Bowl and have more Super Bowls than the Steelers,” Connor Hennick said.Connor Hennick says his next goal is to do something for the NFL draft in Pittsburgh this year.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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Connor Hennick, a 14-year-old Steelers fan, is heading to San Francisco to attend the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n
Dressed in black and gold to represent Steelers Nation, Hennick is excited for the event.<\/p>\n
“I just love football, and I’ve always wanted to go to the Super Bowl,” he said.<\/p>\n
Hennick, who was diagnosed with a neuromuscular disorder, has waited years for his chance to experience the intense crowd at the biggest sporting event in the country, and 2026 is his year.<\/p>\n
“I think it’s going to be wild. A lot of Patriots and Seahawks fans,” he said.<\/p>\n
Thanks to Make-A-Wish and Fanatics, Hennick will watch the Seahawks and Patriots in prime time.<\/p>\n
“What Make-A-Wish does to give these kids this ultimate experience, especially when they may have more difficulties in their lives. It’s just, it’s an amazing organization, and we’re so thankful. Connor’s been actually on the waiting list for a few years, working his way up the list to the Super Bowl trip. And so, we’re just really excited and so happy for him,” said Melanie Hennick, Connor’s mom.<\/p>\n
Connor Hennick will receive the red carpet treatment, attending the NFL Honors and surprise events and spending the next five days soaking in as much football fun as possible.<\/p>\n
“Connor has been sports-obsessed from a very early age. There’s always a game on in our house. He’s played in adaptive sports leagues. He has mock drafts. He’s a statistics whiz when it comes to sports. And so, this really made sense as his perfect wish,” she said. <\/p>\n
Born with black and gold in his veins, Connor Hennick remains a loyal Steelers fan. He will be cheering on the Seahawks over the Patriots like the loyal Steelers fan he is. <\/p>\n
“I can’t see the Patriots win another Super Bowl and have more Super Bowls than the Steelers,” Connor Hennick said.<\/p>\n
Connor Hennick says his next goal is to do something for the NFL draft in Pittsburgh this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Connor Hennick, a 14-year-old Steelers fan, is heading to San Francisco to attend the Super Bowl.Dressed in black…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105139,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[50811,50820,50823,50812,5609,50813,17139,25113,50816,50814,5005,73,50822,75,74,50817,8591,50819,29404,43223,50818,50815,25197,50821,78],"class_list":{"0":"post-105138","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh","8":"tag-14-year-old","9":"tag-14-year-old-steelers-fan","10":"tag-big-sporting-event","11":"tag-connor-hennick","12":"tag-event","13":"tag-fanatics","14":"tag-gold","15":"tag-make-a-wish","16":"tag-neuromuscular-disorder","17":"tag-nfl-honors","18":"tag-patriots","19":"tag-pittsburgh","20":"tag-pittsburgh-14-year-old","21":"tag-pittsburgh-headlines","22":"tag-pittsburgh-news","23":"tag-red-carpet","24":"tag-san-francisco","25":"tag-seahawks-fan","26":"tag-steelers-fan","27":"tag-steelers-nation","28":"tag-super-bowl-dream","29":"tag-super-bowl-trip","30":"tag-thank","31":"tag-waiting-list","32":"tag-year"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}