John Steigerwald stories, Page 4
John Steigerwald: Enjoy Josh Bell before he leaves the Pirates
Enjoy the Josh Bell ride while it lasts. Going into Sunday’s game against the Dodgers, Bell had the second highest batting average in Major League Baseball at .339, he was second in RBIs with 47 and tied for fifth in home runs with 16. Bell is on pace to hit...
John Steigerwald: Time for NHL to rein in outdoor games
OK, enough with the outdoor games. Like so many other things, playing an NHL regular-season game in a football stadium was a good idea that has been beaten to death. Saturday in Philadelphia turned out to be an ugly night for the Penguins because of the final score and the...
John Steigerwald: Players need to shut up, grow up and play
The word is that Antonio Brown and Steelers president Art Rooney II will meet face-to-face in Florida this week, possibly at Brown’s home. If so, the conversation could/should go something like this. ROONEY: Antonio, nice place you got here. Great view. Not sure if it was a good idea to...
John Steigerwald: Alliance of American Football off to great start
You could say the Alliance of American Football kicked off its inaugural season Saturday night, but you’d be lying. They don’t kickoff. Former Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward, the league’s director of player development, got the season started at the San Antonio Commanders-San Diego Fleet game in San Antonio by...
John Steigerwald: Bill Belichick is Patriots’ true GOAT
Tom Brady did it again. He won another Super Bowl on Sunday. You’ll be hearing that a lot in the coming days if you haven’t already. People will be telling their grandchildren about the time the Greatest Team Athlete in North American history held one of the highest-scoring teams in...
John Steigerwald: Chuck Noll the reason Pittsburgh became football town
Pittsburgh always has been a football town. How many times have you heard that? It’s probably the consensus among the national media, but it’s only an accepted truth in Western Pennsylvania by people who are not old enough to remember when it clearly wasn’t. Granted, that group is getting smaller...
John Steigerwald: Business as usual won’t cut it for Steelers
Art Rooney II is right. Things could have been a lot different in the AFC North if not for the kicker. There was that blocked field goal in overtime in Week 1 that led to a tie, and then there was that loss by three points when the kicker missed...
John Steigerwald: Antonio Brown the Steelers’ greatest receiver? Not so fast
Antonio Brown, the greatest wide receiver in Steelers history … Hold on a minute. It seems to have become a requirement to include the declaration that Brown is the Steelers’ greatest receiver ever in any story about his most recent immature, narcissistic, selfish, stupid behavior. If you’d like to make...
John Steigerwald: Time for Mike Tomlin to walk away as Steelers coach
You’d have to be pretty old or dead to remember the last time the Steelers fired a head coach. Everybody knows the Steelers like to hold on to their head coaches, and they’ve only had three in the last 50 years, but what’s even more amazing is they haven’t fired...
