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Health will play vital role in Steelers using 2 tight ends more frequently this seasonVideo
Playing on separate teams in 2018, tight ends Vance McDonald and Eric Ebron combined for 116 catches, 1,360 yards and 17 touchdowns. With Ebron leaving Indianapolis and joining McDonald on the Pittsburgh Steelers this season, it gives the team one of the best tight end duos in the NFL. And...
‘Burgh’s Best to Wear It, No. 31: Donnie Shell went from undrafted player to Pro Football Hall of FameVideo
The Tribune-Review sports staff is conducting a daily countdown of the best players in Pittsburgh pro and college sports history to wear each jersey number. No. 31: Donnie Shell After waiting nearly three decades to be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, what’s another 12-month delay in officially...
Tim Benz: For JuJu Smith-Schuster and James Conner, it can’t just be ‘Ben is back!’
The impact of Ben Roethlisberger’s absence on the 2019 Steelers offense extended well beyond who was throwing the football. Sure, the Steelers’ starting quarterback does that better than his backups, Mason Rudolph and Devlin Hodges. That’s why the Steelers were only an eight-win team last season instead of one that...
Steelers’ Stephon Tuitt: ‘I stand for the flag because I am a proud American’
Saying he will “not let a couple unprofessional individuals… steer me from the fact on the opportunity this country gives for everyone,” Pittsburgh Steelers defensive end Stephon Tuitt explained his position for his intention to stand during the playing of the national anthem before games. In a message posted to...
Mike Tomlin ‘respectful’ of any Steelers player who decides to opt out of 2020 season
As NFL training camps entered the third day of covid-19 testing Thursday, 30 players across the league already have decided to opt out of the 2020 season because of medical concerns. That includes six members of the New England Patriots, two starters from the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs...
First Call: Ravens QB Lamar Jackson makes all-out pitch to sign Antonio Brown
For “First Call” Thursday, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson is applying a full-court press when it comes to former Steeler Antonio Brown. He wants him in purple and black. On three different occasions since Apr. 1, Jackson has either worked out with Brown, propped him up online, or spoken of...
‘Burgh’s Best to Wear It, No. 32: Franco Harris an ‘Immaculate’ Steelers Hall of FamerVideo
The Tribune-Review sports staff is conducting a daily countdown of the best players in Pittsburgh pro and college sports history to wear each jersey number. No. 32: Franco Harris It’s impossible to distill the totality of the superlatives of Franco Harris’ professional football career down to one moment. Even if...
Losing QB coaching duties doesn’t bother Steelers’ Randy FichtnerVideo
For his third season as Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator, Randy Fichtner gained an extra assistant coach and lost a job title — all with one transaction. In January, Fichtner relinquished his duties as the team’s quarterbacks coach — a position he had held since 2010 — when the Steelers hired...
Steelers place 2nd-year CB Justin Layne on reserve/covid-19 list
Second-year cornerback Justin Layne has become the second Pittsburgh Steelers player to be placed on the reserve/covid-19 list. Layne joins former XFL cornerback Arrion Springs on the list. Springs was placed on the list Monday. Layne, 22, was one of the team’s third-round picks in the 2019 NFL Draft, going...
Randy Fichtner awaits chance to watch Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger test injured elbow
As he prepares for a training camp unlike any in NFL history, Randy Fichtner can be forgiven for seeking a return to simpler times when covid-19 didn’t alter the landscape of how the Pittsburgh Steelers conduct practices. He takes comfort in knowing he sees a familiar face lined up behind...
First Call: Is Antonio Brown leveraging Patriots opt outs? Penguins problems. Canadiens lose.
Wednesday’s “First Call” checks on Antonio Brown’s latest plea to get back into the NFL. Is he appealing to a former team once again? We also talk about future plans for a Steelers draft choice and a former coach. Plus, a look at how the Montreal Canadiens did in their...
U mad, bro? Fans torn on Ben Roethlisberger, shred Pirates bullpen, defend Stephon Tuitt
Steelers and Pirates fans shouldn’t be mad about anything. Because this week’s “U mad, bro?” is coming a day early. I was looking at the rest of the week’s schedule and realized it was best if we just got our rage out a little earlier than normal. Because, apparently, a...
Alex Highsmith looking for all the work he can get as he preps for rookie year with SteelersVideo
Whether at home in Wilmington, N.C., or at his college alma mater in Charlotte — a three-and-a-half hour commute — Alex Highsmith put in the work this summer as he prepares for his rookie season with the Pittsburgh Steelers. That carried over to his first week in his new city....
Steelers add former West Virginia running back Wendell Smallwood to rosterVideo
Running back Wendell Smallwood is getting another shot with an NFL team, this time the Pittsburgh Steelers. Smallwood, the former West Virginia runner who spent time with the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington, will get his first chance to play in the AFC North. The Steelers signed Smallwood to a one-year...
First Call: Steelers’ Stephon Tuitt defiantly tweets he won’t kneel during anthem
For the second day in a row, “First Call” takes a look at another sports figure with Pittsburgh ties sounding off about kneeling during the anthem. On Monday, it was Aliquippa and Pitt legend Mike Ditka. The former Chicago Bears coach told TMZ, “If you can’t respect our national anthem,...
Steelers have share of questions to answer heading into unusual training camp
A training camp unique in NFL history begins Tuesday. Like every other team, the Pittsburgh Steelers will deal with the challenges of preparing to play a 16-game season amid the coronavirus pandemic. This week will focus on covid-19 testing and physicals. Another week will be dedicated to strength and conditioning....
First Steelers player placed on NFL’s covid-19 list: former XFL CB Arrion Springs
Former XFL cornerback Arrion Springs became the first member of the Pittsburgh Steelers roster to be placed on the NFL’s new reserve/covid-19 list. Springs joined the Steelers in April after he’d played for the Los Angeles Wildcats until the XFL folded in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. A three-year...
Steelers camp cancellation hits Latrobe-area businesses in bottom lineVideo
Saint Vincent College’s Chuck Noll Field looks green and healthy, unlike many other grassy areas in a region still recovering from recent dry weather. One reason for such a prime condition is that no Bearcats athletes have been on the field since the college campus in Unity closed a few...
First Call: Antonio Brown’s new baby, former NBA coach rips Mike Ditka over anthem-kneeling quote
For “First Call” on Monday, former Steelers star Antonio Brown is a father again. A pro sports coaching peer is challenging Mike Ditka on his anthem-kneeling stance. Major League Baseball’s ghost runner rule has already ripped a hole in the space-time continuum. ‘Iron Mike’ is mad Pro Football Hall of...
Steelers 2020 training camp preview: Breaking down the defense
Defensive linemen (12) 97 Cameron Heyward, 6-5, 295: After not starting until his third season, is Heyward quietly carving one of the all-time best careers for a Steelers defensive lineman? He’s been first-team All Pro two of the past three seasons, totaling 29 sacks in that time. 91 Stephon Tuitt,...
Steelers 2020 training camp preview: Breaking down special teams
9 K Chris Boswell, 6-2, 185 If you take away his disastrous 2018, Boswell has been among the most accurate and consistent kickers in the NFL since the Steelers signed him in 2015. Whatever the issues that caused his 12 missed kicks two years ago seemed to disappear last year....
‘Burgh’s Best to Wear It, No. 36: Jerome Bettis went home to win a championshipVideo
The Tribune-Review sports staff is conducting a daily countdown of the best players in Pittsburgh pro and college sports history to wear each jersey number. No. 36: Jerome Bettis When it comes to storybook endings, nobody wrote a better sendoff than Jerome Bettis. The climax of a historic 13-year NFL...
Steelers 2020 training camp preview: Breaking down the offense
Quarterbacks (5) 7 Ben Roethlisberger, 6-5, 240: At age 38 in his 17th season and coming off elbow surgery, the future Hall of Famer faces legitimate questions as to whether this could be the end. Roethlisberger is running out of time for his stated goal of four Super Bowl wins....
Steelers’ Art Rooney II acknowledges players will report next week after NFL/NFLPA pact
Pittsburgh Steelers president Art Rooney II cited “what we believe will be an exciting season on the field” in acknowledging the agreement reached Friday between the NFL and its players union that will facilitate players reporting to begin workouts next week. “We are excited to come to an agreement with...
‘Burgh’s Best to Wear It, No. 37: Carnell Lake a stalwart of great 1990s Steelers defensesVideo
The Tribune-Review sports staff is conducting a daily countdown of the best players in Pittsburgh pro and college sports history to wear each jersey number. No. 37: Carnell Lake How many college linebackers can say they made an NFL Pro Bowl … during a season in which he was a...
