Chris Adamski stories, Page 161

Te’Shan Campbell’s college wrestling career began in Pittsburgh. It will end there, too — by way of a circuitous route. A Penn Hills alumnus who on a PIAA title, Campbell developed into an ACC champion over his freshman and sophomore years at Pitt before transferring to Ohio State two years...

Falling tantalizingly shy of qualifying for the NCAA wrestling championships last season pushed Drew Phipps to make sure it wasn’t going to happen again. A Norwin graduate, Phipps is having his best collegiate season as a junior for Bucknell. A 197-pounder, Phipps carried a 14-match winning streak into last weekend’s...

The Pittsburgh Steelers have signed up several of their unrestricted free agents. L.J. Fort, though, apparently has gotten away. The Philadelphia Eagles signed the inside linebacker and special teams standout, according to NBC Sports Philadelphia. Fort reportedly will sign a three-year, $3.9 million contract. Fort joined the Steelers in 2015...

In something of a dead period for media interaction with current members of the Pittsburgh Steelers, there’s been a vacuum of sorts for player reaction to the trade of Antonio Brown. A newly-former Steeler was able to chime in, though, on Thursday. Speaking to Detroit media at his introductory news...

Wrestlers with local ties who during their conference tournaments this weekend earned automatic berths for the NCAA wrestling championships that begin March 21 at Pittsburgh’s PPG Paints Arena: Wrestler, college (local high school), weight class, how qualified Noah Adams, West Virginia, 197, Big 12 fifth place Brady Berge, Penn State,...

It’s not that Ethan Smith lacks confidence in his abilities, or even that the Ohio State 174-pound wrestler intentionally is trying to keep a modest and unassuming mindset as a freshman. But when Smith, a former standout at Latrobe, demurs from making boastful goals for the NCAA championships in Pittsburgh...

In all likelihood, Saturday was 426th of 427 men’s basketball games Duquesne will play over 31 seasons at what has been called the A.J. Palumbo Center. With a comprehensive, two-year renovation rendering it almost unrecognizable set to begin next month, the Dukes are sending the facility out in style. Duquesne...

Duquesne starting point guard Tavian Dunn-Martin played big Saturday. Generously listed as 5-foot-8, Dunn-Martin had career highs with 30 points and six assists during the Dukes’ 80-73 win against Massachusetts at Palumbo Center. At one point while igniting the Dukes’ 10th second-half rally this season, Dunn-Martin made a pull-up jump...

Don’t look now, but the NFL draft is only nine weeks away. And now the Pittsburgh Steelers officially know exactly at which spots they will be selecting. With the league’s release of awarded compensatory picks Friday – the Steelers did not receive any picks – the final order of selection...

There was a time not too long ago that the thought of the general public watching the NFL combine would have been considered absurd. But for more than a decade, it’s been among the most-watched programming on NFL Network annually. But not only can the general public and football fans...

The first question Kevin Colbert faced during a 7-minute NFL Network interview on Friday afternoon wasn’t about Antonio Brown or his high-profile pending divorce from the Pittsburgh Steelers. Instead, of highest priority to the league-owned media outlet in asking the Steelers general manager concerned a passing comment Colbert had made...

The process of trading Antonio Brown is off and running in earnest. Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert said “let’s say three teams have touched base” with the Steelers regarding a trade for Brown, the disgruntled All Pro wide receiver who is seeking a new team. Colbert was speaking in...

The Pittsburgh Steelers have remained remarkably stable along the offensive and defensive lines in recent years, and that will continue to Friday’s announced re-signing of veteran defensive end Tyson Alualu. The 31-year-old Alualu inked a two-year deal. He had served as the top backup at all three starting defensive line...

It’s not difficult to track the trend of Jon Bostic’s role in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ defense last season. The veteran linebacker played a season-high 59 defensive snaps in the season opener. He played a season-low six snaps on defense in the finale. At least Bostic appeared in all 16 of...

On New Year’s Eve, less than 24 hours after the Pittsburgh Steelers season ended, Chuks Okorafor paused for a moment as he stood in the locker room at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. Looking back on 2018 caused the eyebrows of the Steelers’ young offensive tackle to rise. “Honestly it’s been...

Spring can’t get here fast enough for Jerald Hawkins. He is certain his torn quadriceps injury will be fully healed in time for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ organized team activities that take place between late April and early June. “Oh yeah, most definitely,” the affable offensive tackle said just after the...

It was only 12 pass attempts spread out over 30 snaps, mostly in six possessions, in five games. But to Josh Dobbs, the satisfaction of getting his first taste of NFL regular-season action outweighed its brevity. “It was great to get out there, and I am definitely fiending for some...

Clint Hurdle referenced the baseball axiom that arguably is the oldest in a sport that has no shortage of them. Good pitching will beat good hitting. “Over 140 years of baseball,” Hurdle said at PiratesFest late last month. The Pittsburgh Pirates are hoping that cliché proves true in 2019 because...

At age 29, seven seasons after a memorable NFL debut in 2012, L.J. Fort finally has achieved a level of workplace-choice freedom. “It’s wild,” the Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker said soon after this season ended. “Seven years in the league, and this is the first time I have been a free...

An optimist would point out the Pittsburgh Pirates are coming off a season in which just six National League teams had better records. But in a town in which the World Series drought reaches four decades this year, cynicism reigns — so it’s probably more appropriate to say just five...

Clint Hurdle smiled. After 16 seasons as a major league manager, he is at ease in addressing tough questions. Plus, he just faced a group of inquiring season-ticket holders, so Hurdle expected the gathered media at PiratesFest to ask him about the Pittsburgh Pirates’ lack of power. “It’s a great...

It wasn’t easy, Mason Rudolph acknowledges, serving as a No. 3 quarterback and not playing in meaningful football games for the first autumn of his competitive life. But as his rookie season with the Pittsburgh Steelers was ending, Rudolph was able to reflect on how far he came in 2018....