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Pittsburgh Steelers fans: Would you rather your team play the Indianapolis Colts or the Houston Texans next season? Which road trip sounds more appealing — Philadelphia or Washington? The determinations will be made by how the Steelers fare on Sunday. The annual opponents for NFL team’s schedules are predetermined ahead...

NFL football analyst Matt Williamson will break down each of the Steelers games this season in the Trib’s Steelers Film Study. Here’s what he saw in the Steelers’ Week 17 win over the Browns. The Cleveland Browns found out Sunday their season would not include the playoffs before their game...

The top pick became the top rookie. Najee Harris was named the Pittsburgh Steelers’ rookie of the year for the 2021 season Wednesday in balloting announced by the local chapter of the Pro Football Writers of America. The running back from Alabama broke the franchise rookie rushing yards record and...

Make it 3 for 11 when it comes to T.J. Watt being honored as the AFC’s best defensive player for a given NFL weekend. Watt was named the conference’s player of the week in recognition of his four-sack game during Monday night’s win against the Cleveland Browns. Watt also won...

Tuesday’s “First Call” looks at Ben Roethlisberger’s life after the NFL. We get some bad news on Bud Dupree, an interesting opinion on NFL records in a 17-game season and a look at what may go down as the goal of the year in the NHL. Guess who was in...

As the Pittsburgh Steelers prepare for their regular-season finale in Baltimore on Sunday, we all know the likelihood of them making the playoffs is slim. Sure, they could beat the Ravens for a second time this year. Even though the game is on the road and the Steelers are a...

Five things we learned from Steelers 26, Browns 14: 1. By the numbers Some things to digest as Ben Roethlisberger prepares to exit the NFL after 18 seasons: • His 248 games in the regular season rank sixth on the all-time list among quarterbacks and are third with one franchise....

With the pomp and circumstance surrounding Ben Roethlisberger’s farewell game at Heinz Field in the books, Mike Tomlin is challenged by making sure his Pittsburgh Steelers players don’t have an emotional letdown in their regular-season finale. After Roethlisberger and the Steelers pulled out a 26-14 victory Monday night against the...

It was the best of times, it was … well, not quite the worst of times. But even as Ben Roethlisberger went out a winner in his last game at Heinz Field, his performance underscored that it is, indeed, time for the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback to retire. Roethlisberger was 24...

The preseason Super Bowl aspirations will not even amount to a playoff appearance for the Cleveland Browns. Still, the Browns had a chance to spoil Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger’s possible final home game at Heinz Field. The Browns have one of the NFL’s best running backs in Nick Chubb. They...

Tuesday’s “First Call” has some negative fallout for the Browns after their loss to the Steelers Monday night. A stunning turn from Antonio Brown regarding Ben Roethlisberger. And Aaron Rodgers is talking about Pittsburgh again. Miffed Mayfield Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield wasn’t happy with his team’s offensive approach as...

For as nice as it was to see Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger get a warm send off from the Heinz Field fans, I do have one significant regret after the team’s 26-14 win over the Cleveland Browns on “Monday Night Football.” With Cincinnati clinching the AFC North on Sunday,...

Seven days away from the one-year anniversary of what was perhaps one of the iconic postgame moments in the two-plus decades of Pittsburgh Steelers games at Heinz Field, Ben Roethlisberger was right back in just about the same spot. Roethlisberger, again in the aftermath of a game against the rival...

The 26-14 victory against the Cleveland Browns on Monday night not only kept the Pittsburgh Steelers alive for a playoff berth, it guaranteed coach Mike Tomlin another season without a losing record. The Steelers have finished .500 or better in each of Tomlin’s 15 years. They take an 8-7-1 record...

Ben Roethlisberger overcame an uneven performance to write a storybook finish to his likely final game at Heinz Field, and the Pittsburgh Steelers avoided elimination from the AFC playoffs Monday night with a 26-14 victory over the Cleveland Browns. Greeted by “Let’s Go Ben” chants throughout the game and a...

It would be unfair to term that the typical fan reaction to the announcement of the starting lineup before every Pittsburgh Steelers game as “indifference.” After all, fans unfailingly cheer, taking the cue from the enthusiasm with which public address announcer Larry Richert lists 11 or 12 names from either...

Ben Roethlisberger had a new center snapping the ball for his final game at Heinz Field. Rookie Kendrick Green did not start for the first time this season because of a calf injury, paving the way for J.C. Hassenauer to take his place at center for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ game...

Ben Roethlisberger had a new center snapping the ball for his final game at Heinz Field. Rookie Kendrick Green did not start for the first time this season because of a calf injury, paving the way for J.C. Hassenauer to take his place at center for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ game...

Corliss Waitman again is handling the punting duties for the Pittsburgh Steelers during Monday night’s game against the Cleveland Browns. Waitman was signed a day before last week’s game at the Kansas City Chiefs following the death of the father of rookie punter Pressley Harvin III. Harvin missed practices all...

In Monday’s “First Call,” we look at how far-fetched the Steelers’ playoff chances truly are. We also find out what the Cleveland Browns’ playoff elimination has done to the gambling line on their upcoming game against the Steelers Monday night. The Antonio Brown saga has plenty of twists and turns....

For as much as Monday night’s Steelers-Browns game at Heinz Field will be about honoring quarterback Ben Roethlisberger’s illustrious career, it also will be about remembering the two decades before he came to Pittsburgh. Those 20 seasons between the start of the 1984 season and the conclusion of the 2003...

Angela Birch of Kiski Township has a message for Ben Roethlisberger. “You’ll be missed,” said Birch, 48. “I hate to see you go. Enjoy the life with your kids and thank you so much for everything you’ve done.” Tonight’s game against the Cleveland Browns likely will be the final home...

A path to the playoffs for the Pittsburgh Steelers includes winning their season finale. And some prayers. The only way for the Steelers to qualify for the postseason for the second year in a row, after they beat the Cleveland Browns on Monday night, is to win in Baltimore in...

When examining a career that has spanned 18 seasons, 123 home games and 11 more in the postseason, coming up with a definitive list of Ben Roethlisberger’s top moments at Heinz Field is like picking the finalists in a Miss America pageant. There are plenty of worthy contenders, and it’s...