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Antonio Brown filing for custody of his daughter after alleged domestic incident
Antonio Brown is filing for custody of his daughter in the wake of the mother of the child accusing the Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver of domestic misconduct, according to his family attorney. Jaclyn Soroka, who represents Brown, said in a statement provided to ESPN that Brown has taken legal action...
Steelers add linebacker, running back to offseason roster
The Steelers added depth to their 90-man roster Friday by signing linebacker Robert Spillane and running back Malik Williams to contracts. Williams, 22, spent the 2018 training camp with the Atlanta Falcons and was waived/injured with a shoulder injury on Sept. 1. Williams spent his final two college seasons at...
Curtis Martin, Jim Leyland to be honored by Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation
The 15th annual Aspire Gala in Baltimore will have a decided Pittsburgh flavor later when the noted charity event is held later this month. Hall of Fame running back Curtis Martin and former Pirates manager Jim Leyland are two of the three honorees by the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation’s gala...
Qadree Ollision gets only Pitt invite to NFL Combine
If one is the loneliest number, then former Pitt running back Qadree Ollison will feel like the ultimate outcast at the NFL Combine. Ollison is the only Pitt football player to receive an invitation to the annual college football testing showcase, which will be held from Feb. 26-March 4 at...
Steelers hire former NFL lineman Adrian Klemm as assistant line coach
Shaun Sarrett will get some help coaching the Pittsburgh Steelers offensive line. Sarrett, promoted from an offensive assistant when veteran offensive line coach Mike Munchak joined the Denver Broncos, will be aided by Adrian Klemm, who was hired Tuesday to serve as the team’s assistant offensive line coach. Klemm, a...
Steelers’ Antonio Brown involved in domestic dispute, not arrested
Antonio Brown is back in the news again for all of the wrong reasons. The star Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver, already the subject of trade rumors because of his behavior at the end of the season, was investigated for domestic misconduct against a woman in a January domestic dispute, according...
Steelers open as 22-1 odds to win Super Bowl next season; Patriots favored again
With the Super Bowl fresh in the history books, the New England Patriots have been installed as 6-1 favorites to win a seventh Lombardi Trophy after the 2019 season, according to the gambling site BetOnline.ag. The Pittsburgh Steelers, coming off a 9-6-1 season that did not include a playoff berth,...
Ex-Steeler Alan Faneca falls short of Hall of Fame; Ty Law makes cut
Alan Faneca didn’t get the knock on his hotel room door for the fourth year in a row, which signified he missed the cut for the Pro Football Hall of Fame again. Aliquippa native Ty Law was more fortunate. Law was among five modern-era candidates selected Saturday, making the Hall...
Will Hall of Fame come knocking on former Steelers lineman Alan Faneca’s door?
Sometime on Saturday afternoon or evening, Alan Faneca will learn whether he has been selected for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. As the late Tom Petty memorably sang, the waiting is the hardest part — at least for Faneca, a perennial Pro Bowl guard during his decade with the...
Ryan Shazier remains hopeful about resuming football career
It might not happen for another season, but Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Ryan Shazier remains set on resuming his NFL career despite his devastating spinal cord injury. “Yeah, definitely,” Shazier told New York station WFAN on Friday morning while visiting radio row at the Super Bowl in Atlanta. Shazier said he...
Jersey worn by Lynn Swann approaches $20K with auction deadline nearing
As time winds down on the latest chance to bid on Pittsburgh Steelers’ game-worn memorabilia, a 1980 Lynn Swann jersey has gotten a high bid of $19,488. The jersey worn by the Hall of Fame wide receiver is the top item in a collection of 32 Steelers-related memorabilia available for...
Hines on Ben criticizing Steelers teammates: ‘You should know better.’
Making the media rounds at the Super Bowl in Atlanta, Hall of Fame wide receiver Hines Ward has not shied away in his criticism of former teammate Antonio Brown. Ward also used his time on radio row Thursday to target quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. It was Roethlisberger’s reported altercation with Brown...
Is Art Rooney II softening his stance on Antonio Brown’s return to Steelers?
Art Rooney II isn’t closing the door on Antonio Brown returning to the Pittsburgh Steelers for a 10th season. In fact, the door may be open a little wider than in previous weeks. On a conference call with fans Wednesday, the Steelers president indicated the team can mend its fractured...
Art Rooney II wants more consistency in protecting quarterbacks
On the heels of a controversial call in the AFC championship game, Art Rooney II said it’s time for the NFL to re-examine the standards of roughing-the-passer penalties. The Pittsburgh Steelers president said Wednesday that NFL officials need to be “very consistent” in calling penalties on hits against quarterbacks. Rooney...
Rooney: Steelers have started negotiations on extension with Roethlisberger
The Pittsburgh Steelers have started conversations about extending quarterback Ben Roethlisberger’s contract, team president Art Rooney II said Wednesday afternoon. In a 20-minute conference call with Steelers Nation Unite members, Rooney said negotiations have started with Roethlisberger and his agent, Ryan Tollner. Roethlisberger has one year left on his contract,...
Art Rooney ‘feels good’ about Steelers running backs heading into 2019
For the second year in a row, the Pittsburgh Steelers are facing the prospect of playing a season without one of their star playmakers. While it’s too early to know what life will be like without wide receiver Antonio Brown in 2019, team president Art Rooney II liked the way...
Art Rooney II: Steelers tried to extend Mike Munchak before 2018
A conversation Pittsburgh Steelers president Art Rooney II had with Mike Munchak in December may have been a clue into his offensive line coach’s future plans. Munchak left the Steelers last week after five seasons to accept the same job with the Denver Broncos. Munchak cited family reasons; his daughter...
Art Rooney II backs up belief that Steelers don’t have a ‘culture problem’
After telling reporters it was “nonsense” that the Pittsburgh Steelers are an organization in disarray, team president Art Rooney II doubled down on his beliefs Friday. Rooney made the morning talk-show rounds, appearing on 102.5 FM and 93.7 FM to discuss the state of the Steelers three weeks after they...
Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt added to Pro Bowl roster
Add outside linebacker T.J. Watt to the list of Pittsburgh Steelers players selected to participate in the Pro Bowl. Watt was added as an injury replacement Thursday. He will take the spot of Houston Texans linebacker Jadeveon Clowney, who withdrew from the game because of injury. In his second NFL...
Steelers to hire N.C. State’s Eddie Faulkner as RBs coach
The Pittsburgh Steelers are turning to the college ranks for their new running backs coach. Eddie Faulker, who was Steelers rookie Jaylen Samuels’ position coach at N.C. State, will be hired to coach the team’s running backs, the NFL Network reported Wednesday. The position became available when James Saxon’s contract...
Extending Ben Roethlisberger’s contract on Steelers’ offseason agenda
Ben Roethlisberger will celebrate his 37th birthday in March, right about the time he could receive a contract extension from the Pittsburgh Steelers. The 15-year veteran quarterback has one year left on his deal and historically has received an extension before the new NFL calendar begins. This year, the new...
Steelers ‘open to working’ with Ryan Shazier on return for 2019
Ryan Shazier still wants to resume his NFL career, and the Pittsburgh Steelers are trying to figure out how to keep him on their payroll. Shazier will be a free agent in March but isn’t ready to resume football activities after missing the 2018 season with a spinal cord injury....
Art Rooney II: No trade talks yet involving Antonio Brown
Antonio Brown will remain property of the Pittsburgh Steelers for at least the next two months — until the new NFL season begins. Beyond that? Steelers president Art Rooney isn’t optimistic that Brown’s nine-year career with the organization will extend past mid-March. “There aren’t many signs out there that that...
Steelers assistant could help Mike Tomlin with replays, clock management
Art Rooney II is open to the Pittsburgh Steelers delegating an assistant coach to handle replay challenges and clock management issues for coach Mike Tomlin. Tomlin has not won a replay challenge in two seasons and he has come under criticism for use of timeouts and clock strategy in the...
Game-worn Swann, Bettis jerseys among Steelers items in auction collection
A 1980 game-worn jersey sported by Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Fame wide receiver Lynn Swann is among the items up for auction at Lelands.com. A portion of the auction house’s Classic Auction Winter 2019 collection are 32 Steelers-related items, headed by the Swann jersey and a 2000 game-worn jersey by...
