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Former Steelers great Dick Hoak gets surprise birthday party in Hempfield
Turning 82 isn’t exactly a milestone birthday. But for the friends of former Steelers and Penn State great and Jeannette native Dick Hoak, any excuse to give him a party is a good one. Fans of Hoak know him as a former Pro Bowl running back and the longest tenured...
Diontae Johnson combines skillset, work ethic, maturity to emerge as Steelers’ No. 1 WR
Naturally more introverted and a self-proclaimed quiet type, Diontae Johnson is far from as potentially polarizing as the man he effectively was traded for, Antonio Brown. Johnson doesn’t carry the kind of divisive target on his back the way Brown does these days, but Johnson is frequently targeted — by...
Steelers’ Joe Haden to miss 4th straight game, but Vikings’ Dalvin Cook might play
Coach Mike Tomlin lauded Ahkello Witherspoon after his first Pittsburgh Steelers start Sunday. Witherspoon will make another start Thursday. Veteran cornerback Joe Haden will miss a fourth consecutive game because of a foot injury as the team listed him as out for Thursday’s game at the Minnesota Vikings. Witherspoon is...
Mark Madden: It will be interesting to see how seasons play out for Sidney Crosby, Ben Roethlisberger
Sidney Crosby has a six-game points streak, compiling three goals and eight assists over that span. He’s up to a point per game on the season, with 13 in 13. Crosby had wrist surgery and battled covid but now looks the part after struggling for the best part of a...
Steelers LB T.J. Watt named AFC Defensive Player of the Week after 3½-sack game
Practice makes perfect? Not for T.J. Watt, who followed a week in which he didn’t practice at all with NFL recognition as the AFC’s best defensive player Sunday. Watt was announced as AFC Defensive Player of the Week on Wednesday, the second time he has been honored as such this...
Tim Benz: Coaching will prove to be more important than ever for Steelers, rest of the AFC
Pittsburgh Steelers fans can take comfort in at least one thing during this maddeningly inconsistent 2021 season. They aren’t alone. Just about every fan base is asking the same question about their own favorite team: “Are these guys any good or not?” We always hear that the NFL is a...
First Call: John Harbaugh grumbles about officiating after loss to Steelers; Vikings star may try to play Thursday
Wednesday’s “First Call” has some agitation from Baltimore in the wake of the Ravens’ loss at Heinz Field Sunday. The Steelers are working out some special teams players. The Vikings might get a star player back before the Steelers visit Thursday night. There was a little ripple effect from the...
Massages, film study important part of gameplan for Steelers on short week
At 39 years old and a recipient of 18 seasons worth of bone-crushing hits, broken body parts and countless bumps and bruises, Ben Roethlisberger needs all the time he can get to recover from an NFL game. Usually six days provides enough rest and recovery, practice and preparation before the...
Joe Haden, B.J. Finney do not practice for Steelers
Cornerback Joe Haden and offensive lineman B.J. Finney were among those who did not take part in the lone practice of the week for the Pittsburgh Steelers, putting their availability for Thursday night’s game very much in doubt. The Steelers’ No. 1 cornerback, Haden would miss a fourth consecutive game...
His 39-year-old shoulder is sore, but Steelers’ Ben Roethlisberger moves up all-time NFL charts
Two-plus years removed from elbow surgery, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said that is no longer the part of his Hall of Fame right arm that he worries about. “My elbow feels great, thanks to the doctors,” Roethlisberger said Tuesday before the only practice of this condensed week. “It’s just...
Steelers brace for challenge of one of NFL’s top WRs, Vikings’ Justin Jefferson
Moments after stumping for teammate T.J. Watt to win the NFL’s defensive player of the year award this season, Pittsburgh Steelers safety Minkah Fitzpatrick was discussing a high-profile player on the upcoming opponent. “Like what we say about T.J.,” Fitzpatrick was saying of Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson, “he...
Steelers’ Cameron Heyward named team’s nominee for NFL Walter Payton Man of Year award
For a fourth time, Cameron Heyward has been named as the Pittsburgh Steelers’ nominee for the NFL’s prestigious Man of the Year award. Since 1970, the award has recognizes an NFL player for his excellence on and off the field. Each of the league’s 32 teams has a nominee, and...
First Call: 2 Vikings stars sit out practice before Steelers game; Rick Tocchet may fill open Flyers coaching job
The Minnesota Vikings are dealing with significant injury issues as the Steelers get set for a visit Thursday night. A former Penguins fan favorite may be in line to become the Philadelphia Flyers next head coach. Robert Morris is having basketball problems. And some stunning numbers from Monday night’s NFL...
Tim Benz: Enjoy Steelers’ win over Ravens, but don’t make it into something it wasn’t
The Pittsburgh Steelers’ nail-biting 20-19 victory over the Baltimore Ravens Sunday was invigorating. In fact, it was season-saving. But let’s not assign more to it than that until the Steelers earn it. On social media, talk radio and in general conversation around Pittsburgh Monday, I kept hearing the rhetorical question...
Steelers vs. Ravens Week 13 film study: Smart 2nd-half possessions keyed Steelers victory
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 13 win over the Ravens. The first-place Ravens came to Pittsburgh Sunday afternoon for a crucial divisional meeting with great implications...
Steelers bring next, next man up to life with Leglue, Witherspoon, Adams in win vs. Ravens
John Leglue had to open his remarks with media Monday by giving a tutorial on how to pronounce his name. “Leg, glue,” the offensive lineman said. “just like Elmer’s Glue.” The evening prior, Cameron Heyward had to explain what name Montravius Adams went by. “We call him, ‘Mon,’ ” Heyward...
5 Things: Unlike 2020, dropped passes a rarity for Steelers WR Diontae Johnson this season
5 things we learned from Steelers 20, Ravens 19: 1. Diontae’s drop The touchdown pass that Diontae Johnson dropped on a 35-yard heave with 48 seconds left in the first half would have sent him into a tail spin had it occurred last year for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Johnson led...
Mike Tomlin: Decision to honor Ben Roethlisberger is teaching moment for young Steelers
Ben Roethlisberger saved his best for last against the Baltimore Ravens, and his play in the fourth quarter didn’t go unnoticed by coach Mike Tomlin. Roethlisberger completed 9 of 10 passes for 129 yards and two touchdowns, and he led the Pittsburgh Steelers to 17 points in the fourth quarter...
Minkah Fitzpatrick: Steelers’ T.J. Watt deserves defensive player of year, ‘robbed’ of it in past
T.J. Watt is on pace to break the NFL’s all-time season sacks record, despite missing two full games and more than a half of two others. A recent former NFL Defensive Player of the Year candidate believes Watt should win the AP-voted award for his efforts this season. “He’s definitely...
Mike Tomlin quickly turns attention to Steelers’ Week 14 game with VikingsVideo
Facing the media about 16 hours after his team held on for a pulsating 20-19 victory against the Baltimore Ravens, Mike Tomlin admitted Monday that he doesn’t have time to dwell on the victory. Not with the Minnesota Vikings looming on the schedule in three days when the Pittsburgh Steelers...
Steelers vs. Ravens: What they’re saying in Baltimore after loss
Going for two with all that momentum? Relying on analytics when your team has the best kicker in the league? The Ravens’ 20-19 loss to the Steelers cannot be going over well in Baltimore. Coach John Harbaugh shrugged off overtime and chose to go for two at the very end....
First Call: A story about Nick Saban, Mick Jagger and Jack Lambert; John Harbaugh’s reason for 2-point try vs. Steelers
In Monday’s “First Call,” Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh explains why his team went for two points at the end of their loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday. The Steelers next opponent may still be smarting from their loss by the time kickoff rolls around Thursday. Pitt is an early...
Madden Monday on the end of Steelers-Ravens: ‘I didn’t like (Baltimore) going for 2, and I didn’t like the call’
Every week during football season for our “Madden Monday” podcasts, we focus on the machinations of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ result from the previous day. Every now and then, though, the opposing team has to be at the center of the analysis, too. Such is the case this week. That’s because...
Steelers’ Chris Wormley has career game vs. former team in win over Ravens
Chris Wormley spent the first three seasons of his career with the Baltimore Ravens. But before preparations for a fourth got underway in earnest, he was traded — to of all teams, the AFC North rival Pittsburgh Steelers. “I told him when he got here,” Steelers coach Mike Tomlin recalled...
T.J. Watt, Chris Wormley, depth offensive players highlight Steelers ‘Feats of Strength’ during upset of Ravens
As we discussed at “Breakfast With Benz” leading up to Sunday’s latest chapter of Pittsburgh Steelers versus Baltimore Ravens, these two teams can’t help themselves. They don’t know any other way than to play each other close, even if what’s happening on paper suggests the game should be an easy...
