Chris Adamski stories, Page 165

What widely was expected to happen over this offseason reportedly is going to get done before March 13, according to ESPN. The Pittsburgh Steelers are “expected to restructure and extend” the contract of 36-year-old Ben Roethlisberger before the 2019 league year begins, Adam Schefter wrote Saturday afternoon. This season’s NFL...

The organization’s top hitting prospect and a former first-round pick are among those that the Pittsburgh Pirates announced Saturday will be invited to spring training. Third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes is rated as the Pirates’ No. 2 overall prospect by MLB Pipeline, and first baseman Will Craig was the No. 22...

One of the National League’s best left-handed set-up men just two seasons ago is among four nonroster invitees to spring training, the Pittsburgh Pirates announced Friday. Former St. Louis Cardinals reliever Tyler Lyons was invited to the Pirates’ major-league camp, which begins the week prior to Lyons’ 31st birthday. Lyons...

In a reflection of the team missing the playoffs, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ representation on the AP All-Pro first team plummeted. A year after leading the league with four first-team honorees after going 13-3, the Steelers were shut out on the team announced Friday. Center Maurkice Pouncey was named to the...

There wouldn’t figure to be a shortage of potential suitors for a perennial All Pro, future Hall of Fame receiver who’s on a run of the five best consecutive receiving seasons in NFL history. Of course, it’s a little more complicated than that when it comes to Antonio Brown. So,...

One of the Pittsburgh Steelers proverbial training-camp darlings from August has moved on to a division rival. Rookie inside linebacker Matthew Thomas was signed to a reserve/future contract by the Baltimore Ravens, according to the NFL’s transactions page. Thomas was considered an intriguing prospect when the Steelers signed him soon...

Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin used only vague terms Wednesday in addressing which players would require offseason surgeries. “We are just kind of scratching the surface in terms of (determining) potential or pending surgeries and an assessment from a medical standpoint,” Tomlin said during his season-ending news conference. “That will...

Mike Tomlin didn’t shut the door on Le’Veon Bell returning to the Pittsburgh Steelers. But he didn’t exactly go out of his way to embrace the idea, either. While the storyline that dominated the Steelers for much of 2018 had died down since Bell did not sign the team’s franchise...

Lost in a season-ending news conference dominated by the Antonio Brown situation was Mike Tomlin repeatedly hinted at personnel changes for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Under normal circumstances during the final meeting with media after a season, Tomlin would have been asked repeatedly about myriad of possible staffing changes and/or potential...

The Pittsburgh Steelers completed an entirety of a season without former All Pro running back Le’Veon Bell. That they missed out on the playoff by a half game, it’s appropriate to wonder how much Bell’s absence hurt their chances at contending for a Super Bowl. On his weekly KDKA-FM radio...

Ben Roethlisberger is lobbying hard to keep all of his offensive linemen – and the unit’s coach, too. Speaking on his weekly KDKA-FM radio segment Tuesday, the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback said he told pending free-agent left guard Ramon Foster that he was “going to go talk to Coach and see...

For the second time in four months, Twitter has been the forum for an Antonio Brown trade request. It was via CBS Sports NFL insider Jason La Canfora who posted as much to his verified Twitter account Tuesday. “Antonio Brown has requested a trade,” La Canfora wrote. “Im (sic) told...

Statistically, the Pittsburgh Steelers offense held relatively steady in 2018 under new coordinator Randy Fichtner from where it was under Todd Haley the previous season. The most important piece of that offense “absolutely” said he gives his endorsement of Fichtner moving forward. “There were growing pains for us in terms...

Frustration is quietly building among some Pittsburgh Steelers teammates toward Antonio Brown. A former teammate certainly didn’t hold back on a very public forum. Now an NFL analyst for ESPN, former longtime Steelers safety Ryan Clark relayed a anecdote from 2012 training camp during a segment on “SportsCenter” on Monday...

With the exception of saying that Antonio Brown is not returning his calls or texts, Ben Roethlisberger downplayed reports of a rift between himself and his longtime star receiver and insists he wants Brown back with the Steelers next season. Speaking on his final KDKA-FM radio segment of the season...