Chris Adamski stories, Page 105
Steelers training camp will be in Pittsburgh, not at Saint Vincent
Westmoreland County will have to wait another year to welcome back its favorite annual summer guests. As concerns related to the waning coronavirus pandemic linger, the Pittsburgh Steelers announced Thursday that they will stage their upcoming training camp at sites in Pittsburgh for the second consecutive year. Saint Vincent in...
Bill Cowher honored with Ireland Funds award named after late Steelers chairman Dan Rooney
Former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher was bestowed with an award Monday named in honor of the team’s former president and chairman, the late Dan Rooney. Cowher was presented with the Daniel M. Rooney Ambassador’s Award at the Ireland Funds Pittsburgh Dinner on Monday evening at Heinz Field. According to...
Trio of bases-loaded walks does in Pirates in road loss to Brewers
Pittsburgh Pirates starter Chase De Jong termed his four walks in five innings Friday as “definitely more than you’d ever want.” Imagine what he thought when Clay Holmes matched that — in only a third of an inning. The normally reliable Pirates bullpen imploded during a six-walk seventh inning in...
Pirates notes: Colin Moran returns to action, expected back in lineup soon
Two days after he had to leave game after being hit by a pitch on his right hand, Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Colin Moran returned to game action Friday. Though Moran was not in the lineup for the night’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Pirates manager Derek Shelton called on...
Pirates unmasked in dugout, bullpen after team reaches 85% vaccination threshold
With an outgoing personality leading a team short on proven star players, Derek Shelton, in part, was hired to serve as the public face of the Pittsburgh Pirates. On Friday, more than 18 months after he was named manager, Shelton’s face was finally on display during a game. At last,...
Steelers OT Chuks Okorafor takes both contract year, move across offensive line in strideVideo
A day after teammate JuJu Smith-Schuster spent a good portion of his 13-minute media session openly discussing free agency and maximizing his value for when he hits the market next spring, Chuks Okorafor laughed when asked for his thoughts about playing out a contract year for the Pittsburgh Steelers. “I...
ACL recovery wrapping up, Devin Bush assures he’ll be 100% by Steelers camp
While most of his teammates ran through football drills on the two fields behind him last week, Devin Bush was relegated to doing what could described charitably as labored sprints. Flanked by fellow rehabbing Pittsburgh Steelers teammate Zach Banner, Bush dragged a weighted plate that was tied to his waist...
‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’: Minkah Fitzpatrick anticipates same role with Steelers in 2021Video
With two starters departing via free agency and some youth injected into the position over the past 14 months, there is the potential for changes in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ secondary. Not, though, for its most decorated player. Minkah Fitzpatrick doesn’t foresee any tweaks to the role he’s filled for the...
Penguins’ Sidney Crosby passes Jaromir Jagr as NHL’s estimated career earnings leader
Sidney Crosby has positioned himself to his career subjectively judged against the top 10 or so players in NHL history. According to one respected outlet, there is one measure by which the Pittsburgh Penguins superstar is already at the top of the list for any player the NHL has ever...
Steelers’ Cameron Sutton quickly goes from young depth to veteran leader of secondaryVideo
Soon after he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers, defensive back Tre Norwood heard from new veteran teammate Cameron Sutton. “He kind of extended his arms as a big brother, as a guy who’s been here,” Norwood said last month. “I can’t wait to sit down and pick his brain...
Marcus Pettersson seeks ‘next step’ — will it be for Penguins?Video
An objective and educated observer could present a viable case that Marcus Pettersson acquitted himself quite well for a 24-year-old playing in his third full NHL season. One authority who could evaluate Pettersson’s game better than almost anyone disagrees. Pettersson himself. “I didn’t really take that step that I wanted...
With Maurkice Pouncey and others gone, Ben Roethlisberger adjusts to Steelers’ new O-line
It was almost three-quarters of the way through what was Ben Roethlisberger’s first media availability in almost five months before Maurkice Pouncey’s name was brought up. “You trying to make me cry?” Roethlisberger said to a reporter over video conference call. “Is that what we are doing here, talking about...
Ben Roethlisberger pushed for Steelers to re-sign JuJu Smith-Schuster
Ben Roethlisberger said Tuesday that earlier this year he approached the Pittsburgh Steelers about taking a pay cut. The rationale was for the team to use the $15 million in salary-cap savings on others. It might be safe to say that no player’s return to the Steelers made Roethlisberger happier...
Ben Roethlisberger: Dwayne Haskins’ throwing motion among ‘prettiest I’ve ever seen’
Ben Roethlisberger has spent a combined eight seasons with two of the other teammates with whom he shares the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterbacks room. But the newest addition to the group has caught his attention. Former first-round pick Dwayne Haskins was signed by the Steelers in January with hopes he can...
Penguins deadline acquisition Jeff Carter expected to be vital cog
Over the decade’s worth of NHL trade deadline-day deals between 2010-20, the Pittsburgh Penguins twice added former All-Stars, twice reunited with old friends and even twice added future Hall of Famers. But over that time span they never added a player who made an impact like Jeff Carter did after...
Penguins’ Tristan Jarry: confidence unshaken, vows ‘I will be better next year’
Neither Tristan Jarry nor Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan would say if Jarry has been assured he will be the team’s No. 1 goalie when next season begins. But Jarry did vow his much-criticized showing during the playoffs has been put behind him. “I think that will make me a...
‘He’s a No. 1 goalie’: Penguins teammates stand behind Tristan Jarry
It remains to be seen if Tristan Jarry will still be the Pittsburgh Penguins’ No. 1 goalie when next season begins. Or if upper management has maintained confidence in him after a playoff showing that rated somewhere on the spectrum between slightly-below-average and downright poor. But judging by what some...
Penguins the nation’s most-watched NHL or NBA team on local TV
The Pittsburgh Penguins fell well short of winning the Stanley Cup. But they can claim superiority over the rest of their NHL franchise brethren. Penguins games on AT&T SportsNet this season drew an average rating of 7.79, according to a Sports Business Journal report that was confirmed by a release...
Steelers’ T.J. Watt 3rd in betting odds for DPOY behind Aaron Donald, Myles Garrett
Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker T.J. Watt was the runner-up for NFL defensive player of the year in 2020, and he’s been a finalist two years running. The early odds by one sportsbook peg Watt to come up just short once again. Watt has the third-highest betting line to win the...
Sidney Crosby not in favor of breaking up Penguins’ core
When Jim Rutherford abruptly resigned four months ago, a bunch of names were reported and suggested and presumably considered to replace him as Pittsburgh Penguins general manager. One high-profile figure, apparently, never applied. “I’ve never been one to try to be the GM,” Sidney Crosby said Wednesday, “and I’m not...
Penguins notes: Mood upbeat and light at practice
For the 21st time in the Sidney Crosby-Evgeni Malkin-Kris Letang era, the Pittsburgh Penguins are facing an elimination game Wednesday when they play Game 6 of their first-round series against the New York Islanders. “In my experience with this team, we rally around adversity,” coach Mike Sullivan said after practice...
Penguins’ Tristan Jarry insists he’s turned page after OT gaffe
If Tristan Jarry spent a lot of time dwelling on his double-overtime gaffe Monday, he certainly didn’t act as if he’d done too deep of an analysis of what he could have done differently. “Umm, stop (the puck),” the Pittsburgh Penguins goalie said Tuesday when asked about Josh Bailey’s goal...
Bryan Rust, Jason Zucker absent from Penguins practice
On the heels of a devastating loss in an important game, two of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ top six forwards were absent from practice. Wings Bryan Rust and Jason Zucker were not present for practice Tuesday afternoon at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry. Each played the entirety of Monday night’s...
Ilya Sorokin the latest goalie to serve as Penguins’ playoff kryptonite
Pittsburgh Penguins fans of a certain age to this day detest Jaroslav Halak. Those of more recent vintage get a sour taste in their mouths when someone brings up Robin Lehner. And don’t dare mention Glenn Healy to Pittsburgh hockey fans from the early 90s. Penguins fans awash in misery,...
Penguins/Islanders notes: Brock Nelson a pest, series shifts back to Pittsburgh
All indications are that Brock Nelson is as polite and gregarious as his Minnesota background suggest he’d be. On the ice, though, it can be a different story — particularly when the stakes are highest during the Stanley Cup playoffs. The New York Islanders’ 6-foot-4 center, Nelson has seemingly found...
