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Steelers sign former Notre Dame edge defender Jamir Jones
The Pittsburgh Steelers signed former Notre Dame edge defender Jamir Jones on Wednesday. Jones, whose older brother Jarron is also on the Steelers’ offseason roster, likely will be an outside linebacker for the team. The 6-foot-3, 255-pound Jamir Jones, like his brother, played at Notre Dame. Undrafted last year, Jamir...
Penguins injury news: John Marino does not practice, Teddy Blueger again does fully
A day after leaving a game during the third period because of an undisclosed injury, Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman John Marino did not practice Wednesday. Coach Mike Sullivan termed it “a maintenance day” and said Marino did not skate. Marino suffered his injury at 8:24 of the third period of Tuesday’s...
Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin skates for 1st time in rehab from injury
For the first time since suffering a lower-body injury March 16, Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin took to the ice Wednesday. “Geno skated today for the first time and is making process with rehab,” coach Mike Sullivan said during a video conference call with reporters after the team practiced Wednesday...
Frozen Four: Minnesota Duluth going for 3rd straight title; UMass struck by covid
The first time Pittsburgh hosted the Frozen Four, three of the national semifinalists were first-timers and it had been 61 years between trips for the fourth participant. This time, there’s a two-time defending champion and a rematch of the most recent national title game. A lot has changed in the...
Penguins try to remain vigilant in observing NHL’s covid guidelines
Monday wasn’t the Pittsburgh Penguins’ first brush with coronavirus protocols this season, and it probably won’t be the last. But the latest reality of playing a pro sports season through a pandemic reared its head when, two days after playing against the Penguins in Boston, Bruins goalie Jaroslav Halak tested...
Tristan Jarry again practices with Penguins; Maxime Lagace reassigned to AHL
A pair of developments Monday give strong indications Tristan Jarry has been cleared to return to game action for the Pittsburgh Penguins. The team’s No. 1 goalie was a full-practice participant for Monday’s session in Cranberry. He missed the past two games because of an upper-body injury suffered during the...
Penguins’ Brandon Tanev out ‘week-to-week’ but Teddy Blueger on cusp of return
By the looks of Pittsburgh Penguins practice Monday, a valuable bottom-six forward appears on the cusp of returning to the lineup after an absence of several games. Just in time for another prominent member of the bottom six to miss significant time. Winger Brandon Tanev will miss action because of...
Penciled in as Steelers starter, Robert Spillane vows to improve, mesh with Devin Bush
During a video conference call with media this week, Robert Spillane referenced his season exit meeting with Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin. Spillane didn’t say Tomlin definitively told him the team expects Spillane to be one of their starting inside linebackers in 2021. But so far, the Steelers’ actions have...
Steelers make official re-signing of DL Tyson Alualu
Veteran defensive lineman Tyson Alualu has signed a third two-year contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The team announced the signing Thursday, five days after word leaked that the soon-to-be 34-year-old had reneged on a deal with the Jacksonville Jaguars to return to the Steelers. The deal has been reported to...
Penguins’ surging power play to face Bruins’ NHL-best penalty kill
The Pittsburgh Penguins have as many power-play goals over their past three games (five) as they had over the course of their first 12 games of the season. The five power-play goals they had in three wins over a recent five-day span were more than they managed during the entire...
Big, skilled Anthony Angello has become Penguins lineup fixture
The extent of Anthony Angello’s NHL experience was all of eight career games before making his season debut Feb. 27. In the less than five weeks since, Angello has become a regular in the lineup for the Pittsburgh Penguins. The 6-foot-5, 210-pound Angello has appeared in each of the Penguins’...
Tristan Jarry absent from Penguins practice; Brandon Tanev returnsVideo
Two days after not playing the final two periods of a game because of an upper-body ailment, Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry was not present at practice Wednesday in Cranberry, Maxime Lagace practiced along with Casey DeSmith. Lagace, a 28-year-old veteran of 17 NHL games, was recalled to the Penguins’...
His future is intact, but Cameron Sutton’s role in Steelers secondary remains undefined
Even after signing a $9 million contract with them earlier this month, Cameron Sutton still is a man without a defined role for the Pittsburgh Steelers. It has been a story surrounding Sutton since he joined the team as a third-round pick in 2017, a narrative that has followed him...
A healthy scratch for a playoff game, Jared McCann looking invaluable now for Penguins
Jared McCann ended last season without a goal in 25 games and without a spot in the lineup for one of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ playoff games. From a healthy scratch who seemingly lost his scoring touch to … one of the Penguins’ more consistent scorers and relied-upon players? In March,...
With Tristan Jarry’s status in limbo, Penguins recall G Maxime Lagace to taxi squad
In a move that otherwise might be swept aside among the torrent of procedural transactions the Pittsburgh Penguins execute on a seemingly daily basis in navigating the salary cap during this coronavirus-affected season, the recall of Maxime Lagace to the taxi squad Tuesday is notable because of the unknown status...
Pirates’ outfield had potential, but can starters fulfill their promise?
There was a time the Pittsburgh Pirates could boast a trio of starting outfielders almost any team in the majors would covet. But with the start of the 2021 season days away, Andrew McCutchen and Starling Marte are on the rosters of National League East clubs. The Pirates only wish...
Pirates outfield breakdown: Last chances for Gregory Polanco, Anthony Alford
Breakout candidate Anthony Alford A former SEC football player and once a top prospect of the Blue Jays, Alford is still only 26 and for the first time figures to get an extensive look as an everyday player. The talent and many of the tools are there for Alford to...
Steelers reportedly sign former Bears OL Rashaad Coward
Versatile offensive lineman Rashaad Coward is expected to sign with the Pittsburgh Steelers, according to a report from NFL Network. The move would add depth and options to an offensive line that has lost one starter (Maurkice Pouncey) to retirement and another to free agency (Matt Feiler) while left tackle...
Steelers re-sign punter Jordan Berry
Jordan Berry is back for what will be a seventh offseason and training camp with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The team on Monday announced the re-signing of the Australian who has served as their punter for 98 of their 103 games (including postseason) since he won the job 2015. Berry signed...
Steelers ILB Robert Spillane says his strength is pass coverage, even vs. WRs
NFL Network once referred to Robert Spillane matching up against a slot wide receiver as “a sportscar versus a pickup truck.” Spillane made it known Monday he strongly disagrees with that assessment. Furthermore, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ presumed starter at right inside linebacker said coach Mike Tomlin told him that pass...
In final spring appearance, Pirates’ Mitch Keller finally has scoreless outing
In his final appearance of spring training, Mitch Keller finally produced a scoreless outing — even if an old bugaboo reared its head to haunt him. Keller walked four of the 14 batters he faced but did not allow an extra-base hit and no Baltimore Orioles scored over the first...
Jeremy Bleich is Pirates’ analytics guru and part-time Olympian
A typical day for Pittsburgh Pirates staffer Jeremy Bleich often includes situations that could seem as if they are from a “This is SportsCenter” ad or an office-supply store commercial. “(Players) will walk in, and I’m, like, trying to get documents ready for the 7 o’clock game — and I’m...
Penguins’ Casey DeSmith emerging as one of NHL’s top backup goalies
Casey DeSmith’s jersey number (No. 1) is as reminiscent of hockey from a past generation as his height (6-foot) and weight (181) are. DeSmith’s path to the NHL, to borrow a cliche, also came the old-fashioned way: He earned it. Undrafted, DeSmith toiled in the American Hockey League before finally...
Steelers WR Chase Claypool reportedly caught on video in bar fight
Pittsburgh Steelers rookie of the year Chase Claypool reportedly was caught on video taking part in a bar fight, according to a story posted early Wednesday by TMZ. The video was taken March 13 in Costa Mesa, Calif., according to TMZ, and nobody was arrested or charged with a crime....
Penguins dive back into busy game schedule on heels of rare idle day
Mike Matheson and Sam Lafferty were born 53 weeks apart in the mid-1990s, so their divide is not a generational one. They are in different life stages, though, as Matheson is married with a pregnant wife. That meant the Pittsburgh Penguins teammates had different approaches to a much-needed idle day...
