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Veteran Saints WR Ted Ginn offers $10,000 to anyone who will race him
It was three years ago that Ryan Shazier beat four Steelers wide receivers in a prop race that followed an organized team activity session. During this year’s OTAs, one of the NFL’s oldest wide receivers is proposing his own sprinting exhibition. The New Orleans Saints’ Ted Ginn told Adam Lefkoe...
‘Big Pooh’ Isaiah Buggs hopes for big role as Steelers rookie
“Big Pooh” is hoping to make a big impact on the Pittsburgh Steelers defensive line this season. More formally known as Isaiah Buggs, the rookie sixth-round pick from Alabama can ideally add an infusion of youth and depth to a Steelers position unit that is arguably the best on the...
Marcus Gilbert: ‘I disappointed a lot of people in Steeler Nation’
Marcus Gilbert’s tenure with the Pittsburgh Steelers is over. But the Former longtime right tackle told ESPN he didn’t take it personally when the team traded him to the Arizona Cardinals in March. “You can never be surprised with NFL business,” said Gilbert, who started games for the Steelers from...
Upper St. Clair, Penn State product Sean Lee unfazed by Cowboys position change
Upper St. Clair and Penn State graduate Sean Lee was named an All Pro after the most recent full NFL season he played. Unfortunately, that was 2016 for the Dallas Cowboys linebacker. In between were injuries and the emergence of two young players on his team at his position. As...
Steelers’ T.J. Watt teams up with brothers in reality show ‘Ultimate Tag’
One of them already plays in Los Angeles, but all three Watt brothers are going Hollywood. Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt will co-host a Fox television reality show “Ultimate Tag” with his brothers J.J. Watt of the Houston Texans and Derek Watt of the Los Angeles Chargers. The program, according...
Steelers’ Cameron Heyward to host 30th birthday party with Boys & Girls Club
Cameron Heyward isn’t letting the Big 3-0 prevent him from celebrating like a kid. The Pittsburgh Steelers star defensive lineman is scheduled to host a party Tuesday at Dave & Busters. The third annual “Heyward House Birthday Bash” will benefit his namesake foundation that benefits children’s causes — and on...
Meet the new Steelers: QB, edge rusher, veteran WR and some linemenVideo
The Pittsburgh Steelers had a lengthy transaction list Monday, adding six players to their 90-man offseason roster while subtracting the requisite six names as well. While in all likelihood the moves long will be forgotten by the time the Steelers season kicks off — players signed off tryouts rarely make...
Steelers add WR Johnny Holton, 5 others; Keion Adams among 6 released
Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin likes to use the phrase, “We don’t care how you got here.” Every year, the organization backs it up by keeping one or more of its tryouts from rookie minicamp. The Steelers announced a flurry of roster moves Monday, swapping six players onto their offseason...
Steelers at No. 18 in NBC’s Peter King’s offseason NFL power rankings
During the Bill Cowher/Mike Tomlin eras for the Pittsburgh Steelers (since 1992), they have much more often than not been one of the NFL’s better teams. A perennial playoff contender – if not, at times, a legitimate Super Bowl contender – the Steelers have had just three losing records over...
Steelers rookie Benny Snell relishes role of workhorse running back
The last time Benny Snell was on a football field, he was given the ball on eight consecutive plays. Snell seemingly takes as much pride in that as he does in the 14 Kentucky records he set or tied. “That’s just Benny Snell football,” Snell said of that steady diet...
Mike Tomlin: Seeking more speed ‘a factor’ but not ‘the factor’ for Steelers
Judging by how they spent their picks on defensive players during the draft last month, it would be reasonable to assume the Pittsburgh Steelers have put a premium on adding speed to their defense. Coach Mike Tomlin wouldn’t go that far, at least not explicitly. “A factor, not the determining...
Steelers draftee, Ohio native Justin Layne clears house of Browns paraphernalia
Justin Layne was born and went to high school in Cleveland. It’s not surprising, then, that he was raised a Cleveland Browns fan. And a big one. Getting drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers? Yeah, that changed things. “Oh yeah, Browns everywhere,” Layne said of his house – before April 26....
Aliquippa’s Dravon Askew-Henry on signing with Steelers: ‘This is my home’
Undrafted players and their agents often talk about the frenzied minutes and hours after an NFL Draft’s completion when a quick decision with major life ramifications needs to be made in short order. Aliquippa’s Dravon Askew-Henry didn’t see it as having to make any decision at all after seven rounds...
Former Mars, Central Catholic, Duquesne players among invites to Steelers rookie minicamp
A handful of players with local ties are among the invites to this weekend’s Pittsburgh Steelers rookie minicamp. Among the names on the list a team spokesman released less than two hours before the first on-field practice was to begin Friday morning were Pittsburgh-area high school alumni Arnold Tarpley (Central...
Pirates DFA Tyler Lyons, promote Montana DuRapau, Clay Holmes
As they prepare for their longest road trip of the season, the Pittsburgh Pirates added a pair of right-handers to their roster Thursday. Montana DuRapau had his contract selected, and Clay Holmes was recalled. DuRapau, 27, was off to a dominating start as a reliever for Indianapolis, and he will...
Steelers sign 7th-round pick, Maryland offensive tackle Derwin Gray
The Pittsburgh Steelers – or, at least their PR department – capped a busy of announced signings of draft picks with word that seventh-rounder Derwin Gray inked his four-year rookie contract. Gray (6-4, 320 pounds) was taken 219th overall after he started 25 games over the past three seasons for...
Steelers sign another draft pick, 4th-round RB Benny Snell
The Pittsburgh Steelers announced the signing of a fourth draft pick in a 19-hour span with word Wednesday that fourth-round running back Benny Snell agreed to terms. Snell was one of college football’s best running backs over the past three years, last season earning second-team All-American and first-team All-SEC honors...
Steelers sign WR Diontae Johnson, acquired with pick in Antonio Brown trade
The Pittsburgh Steelers have signed the player taken with a pick acquired in the trade of Antonio Brown whose game has been compared to Brown and who will be tasked to help replace Brown. The Steelers announced Wednesday that it had signed third-round wide receiver Diontae Johnson to a four-year...
ESPN power-ranking formula tabs Steelers as exactly average among NFL’s 32 teams
The Worldwide Leader is predicting that the Pittsburgh Steelers will be very average this season. ESPN’s first Football Power Index of 2019 is out, and the network used it to rank the NFL teams 1-32. The Steelers came out right in the middle at No. 16. The ESPN calculation projects...
Steelers sign another late draft pick, LB Sutton Smith
The Pittsburgh Steelers continued to get their draft picks under contract Tuesday, as linebacker Sutton Smith became the second player to agree to terms. The first of three sixth-round picks the Steelers made last month, Smith was a two-time Mid-American Conference Defensive Player of the Year at Northern Illinois. He...
6th-rounder Isaiah Buggs becomes 1st Steelers draft pick to sign
The first of nine players the Pittsburgh Steelers drafted last month is under contract. Defensive tackle Isaiah Buggs agreed to a standard four-year rookie contract, the team announced Tuesday afternoon. The 6-3, 295-pound Buggs led national runner-up Alabama in sacks last season with 9½. The 192nd overall pick taken with...
Odell Beckham wears sleeveless, skirted tux; says he’ll turn Browns ‘into the new Patriots’
Wearing a sleeveless, skirted tuxedo to a black-tie event wasn’t even the most ridiculous thing associated with Odell Beckham on Monday. Beckham, the former All Pro wide receiver who was traded from the New York Giants to the Cleveland Browns earlier this spring, set some lofty expectations for his new...
Former Steelers WR Martavis Bryant to apply for NFL reinstatement, per ESPN
He’s still relatively young, and he remains a big-play threat. But will Martavis Bryant get the opportunity to continue his NFL career? The talented but mercurial former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver plans to apply for reinstatement into the NFL, according to ESPN’s Dan Graziano. Bryant is under an indefinite suspension...
Steelers’ Devin Bush has 4th-best betting odds to win NFL’s defensive rookie of year award
He was the 10th overall pick, and the seventh defensive player selected in last month’s NFL draft. But at least one sportsbook likes Devin Bush a little better than that. Caesars Palace listed the Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker at +700 (7-to-1) betting odds to win the NFL defensive rookie of the...
Steelers draft picks Justin Layne, Zach Gentry ‘still learning’ after college position switches
Heath Miller was given the Mackey Award 15 years ago as college football’s best tight end, and he became a two-time NFL Pro Bowler who set records as the Pittsburgh Steelers’ most productive career tight end. So, there Steelers tight end coach James Daniel was late last month dropping Miller’s...
