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NFLPA executive director sees Steelers making some progress in improving practice amenities
Slammed by players in an annual NFLPA survey that was released in February, the Pittsburgh Steelers have taken some steps toward upgrading the facilities at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex, the union’s executive director said Wednesday. Lloyd Howell Jr., who was hired in June 2023 to replace DeMaurice Smith, visited the...
NFL averaged 21 million viewers per game for opening week, its highest on record
LOS ANGELES — The NFL averaged 21.0 million viewers per game during the league’s opening week, making it the most-watched Week 1 on record. The league and Nielsen said Wednesday that the per-game average on TV and digital platforms was a 12% increase over last year. Nielsen began electronic measurement...
1st-round pick Troy Fautanu works with 1st team as he preps for possible 1st NFL start for Steelers
Troy Fautanu was disappointed he didn’t get a chance to get his uniform dirty in his first NFL game. The first-round draft pick dressed Sunday in Atlanta when the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Falcons, 18-10, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Fautanu, though, was one of two players on the active roster who...
Pitt QB Eli Holstein’s education will continue against West Virginia
Almost without exception, every time Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi and offensive coordinator Kade Bell step behind a podium, they are questioned by reporters curious about how and why the pressure of the moment hasn’t seemed to rattle quarterback Eli Holstein. After all, he’s a redshirt freshman who never picked up...
Bailey Falter takes no-hitter into 7th, as Pirates beat Marlins for series sweep
Derek Shelton made no secret of the need for left-hander Bailey Falter to follow a bullpen game against the Miami Marlins by providing a strong start for the Pittsburgh Pirates in the series finale. Falter went above and beyond, delivering the finest performance of his career by throwing six no-hit...
Mark Madden: Steelers can’t escape a quarterback controversy
Terry Bradshaw won four Super Bowls and is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Ben Roethlisberger won two Super Bowls and is a lock for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. After that, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ quarterback history gets a little murky. The Steelers cut Johnny Unitas, who might be...
Penn State handled adversity in win over Bowling Green, but bye week cleanup remains
Reflecting on Penn State’s 34-27 victory over Bowling Green, coach James Franklin didn’t quite say a win’s a win. However, despite the eighth-ranked Nittany Lions’ failure to pummel their Mid-American Conference foe at Beaver Stadium — instead falling behind 17-7 in the second quarter — Franklin did credit his team...
Terrell Edmunds, Steelers rekindle reciprocal ‘love’ in safety’s reunion with team
It’d been 18 months or so since Terrell Edmunds had been in UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. The more things stay the sane, the more they change? “Everybody thinks I’m going to be joking and laughing,” Edmunds said of his return to the Pittsburgh Steelers, “(but) I am still trying to...
Steelers’ Chris Boswell named AFC special teams player of the week
Accounting for all of his team’s points in a victory was enough to earn Chris Boswell an NFL weekly honor. Boswell was named AFC special teams player of the week Wednesday, three days after he went 6 for 6 on field-goal attempts for the Pittsburgh Steelers in a 18-10 season-opening...
Pirates GM Ben Cherington: ‘Fully expect’ Derek Shelton to return as manager in 2025
Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington gave a vote of confidence to Derek Shelton, saying he expects him to return next season despite the likelihood of missing the playoffs for a fifth consecutive season as the field manager. “I fully expect Shelty to be the manager in 2025,” Cherington told...
College football Week 3: Colorado needs a win to quell negative vibe in wake of loss to Huskers
Did Shedeur Sanders throw his offensive line under the figurative bus in his comments after Colorado got clobbered at Nebraska? Was it poor form for Deion Sanders to post pictures of himself on social media the next day? And did “Coach Prime” really instruct the CU band to hold off...
Passing in Week 1 reached its lowest level for any week in the NFL since 2007
From rookies struggling in their first career starts to high-paid quarterbacks not living up to their contracts to rusty veterans coming off injuries, the passing in Week 1 of the NFL season looked to be from a different era. More than half the starting quarterbacks in the NFL failed to...
Tim Benz: Mike Tomlin finally cracked the door on a Steelers’ QB debate — let’s have at it
After months of staying cool while the national media was inventing a quarterback controversy that didn’t exist, Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin has essentially just created one for everybody with a laptop or a microphone. During his weekly Tuesday press conference, Tomlin was directly asked if Russell Wilson would...
First Call: Falcons coach gives perfect assessment of Pittsburgh’s ‘ugly game’; Broncos prep for Steelers’ pass rush
Wednesday’s “First Call” spotlights some names the Pittsburgh Steelers are checking out on the free-agent market. The Denver Broncos are already prepping for the Steelers’ pass rush. Falcons coach Raheem Morris has a fitting assessment of his team’s loss to the Steelers. And the Robert Morris women’s ice hockey team...
Washington Wild Things take Game 1 in Frontier League Championship Series
The Washington Wild Things scored in five consecutive innings, including a homer by shortstop Ethan Wilder, to defeat the Quebec Capitales, 5-2, in Game 1 of the best-of-five Frontier League Championship series Tuesday night. Game 2 is scheduled for 6:05 p.m. Wednesday in Washington. Kobe Foster started and went six...
Pirates farm report for Sept. 10, 2024: Bubba Chandler strikes out 10 in 6 innings in Indy
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 70-66) routed Rochester (Nationals), 13-3. RHP Bubba Chandler (4-0, 1.59) started and struck out 10 in six innings, allowing no runs on one hit and two walks. He was perfect through five innings. Indianapolis pounded out 15 hits to support him. CF Ji Hwan Bae (.343) went 2...
Andrew McCutchen hits 3-run shot for 10th 20-homer season as Pirates top Marlins
There was no flair for the dramatic from Andrew McCutchen, except that he didn’t drop his bat until he saw the long fly ball that sailed 403 feet clear the left-center fence for a three-run home run. It was another milestone moment for McCutchen with the Pittsburgh Pirates, marking the...
Judge orders former NFL star Adrian Peterson to turn over assets to pay $12M debtVideo
HOUSTON — Former NFL running back Adrian Peterson was ordered by a Texas judge to turn over personal assets to help pay a debt that has ballooned to more than $12 million. A court-appointed receiver has been seeking to collect money from Peterson as part of a judgment from a...
Mauricio Pocchetino hired to succeed Gregg Berhalter as U.S. men’s national team coachVideo
Former Tottenham and Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino was hired Tuesday to succeed Gregg Berhalter as U.S. men’s national team coach, 21 months before the Americans host the 2026 World Cup. A 52-year-old Argentine, Pochettino became the 10th U.S. coach in 14 years and its first foreign-born leader since Jurgen Klinsmann...
Analysis: Solheim Cup and other golf ties count as loss for Americans without trophy to take homeVideo
U.S. captain Stacy Lewis at least got one thing right when her Solheim Cup team left Spain a year ago — without the crystal trophy — following a draw with Europe. “We only have to wait another year to get this thing back,” she said. This will be the second...
Pitt playmakers Desmond Reid, Konata Mumpfield understand benefits of treating their body right
The play started with the Cincinnati defensive back trying to hold hands with Konata Mumpfield. Or, at least, that’s the way it seemed to Mumpfield, the Pitt wide receiver who was just trying to get open for a big catch. It ended less glamorously for Mumpfield, who was blocking far...
Saint Vincent mourns the passing of longtime athletic director Rev. Myron Kirsch, O.S.B.
When Rev. Myron Kirsch, O.S.B., was a student at Saint Vincent, he was an outstanding baseball player in the Latrobe area. And before he became the school’s athletic director in 1983, he served as an assistant baseball coach from 1980-83. Kirsch oversaw numerous projects and changes at the school during...
Deion Sanders denies asking Colorado band not to play in favor of son’s musicVideo
BOULDER, Colo. — Instead of chatting about how the world saw Colorado get ” our butts kicked” by Nebraska, Deion Sanders opened his weekly news conference talking about the school’s fight song. It’s just the latest sign of how no topic is too remote in a program run by Sanders....
Mike Tomlin: Rookie Troy Fautanu ‘deserving’ of chance to compete for starting right tackle job
Among the injuries that weren’t identified in the aftermath of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 18-10 win at Atlanta in the season opener was one to left tackle Dan Moore Jr. Coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday that Moore experienced swelling in one of his ankles Monday, and it may limit the fourth-year...
Dolphins coaches, players react to ’emotional’ footage of Tyreek Hill traffic stopVideo
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Tyreek Hill’s teammates and coaches used words like “triggering” and a “shame” to describe body camera footage showing a police officer yanking the Miami Dolphins receiver out of his sports car and forcing him face-first onto the ground during a traffic stop. The incident outside the...
