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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...
Steelers WR JuJu Smith-Schuster says ‘everyone just needs to stop being divas’
Exactly a month after Jesse James used a celebrity family known for its reality show to describe the Pittsburgh Steelers, JuJu Smith-Schuster went on ESPN to do the same. Making the rounds during Super Bowl week in Atlanta, Smith-Schuster was on “First Take” Thursday morning when he insisted the Steelers...
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...
10 years after iconic play, James Harrison joins fast-food promotion for Super Bowl ‘pick 6’
It’s been 10 years since James Harrison’s 100-yard interception return for a touchdown that some maintain is the greatest play in Super Bowl history. To celebrate, Harrison accepted an endorsement deal from a fast-food burger chain. If Sunday’s Super Bowl features an interception returned for a touchdown, Hardee’s will give...
Hines Ward on Steelers’ current situation: ‘It is embarrassing’
Another former Pittsburgh Steelers player is speaking out about the franchise’s current state of affairs during Super Bowl week. In an interview with Barstool Sports, Hines Ward was highly complimentary about “The Patriots Way” as New England prepares for its ninth Super Bowl appearance over the past 18 years –...
Former Steelers kicker Jeff Reed stars in ‘Funny or Die’ video poking fun at kickers
After a season in which the Pittsburgh Steelers and their fans learned just how important placekicking is, one of the franchise’s most remembered kickers poked some fun at the skill. Two-time Super Bowl-winning Steelers kicker Jeff Reed starred in a 3-minute comedy video released on YouTube and picked up by...
Kevin Gorman: These Steelers could learn lesson from James Harrison’s Super Bowl interception
As the Pittsburgh Steelers celebrated their sixth Super Bowl championship by smoking cigars while wearing white robes, James Harrison slumped onto the stool at his locker, so exhausted he needed help taking off his jersey and shoulder pads. Now known as a Steelers antagonist and a common critic of Mike...
Steelers ‘super fan’ from Beaver a finalist for Pro Football Hall of Fame honor
While finalist Alan Faneca awaits word as to whether he will gain induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this year, the former All Pro guard is not the only possible representative of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Rick Holman of Beaver is one of three finalist “super fans,” one of...
Steelers’ JuJu Smith-Schuster injures knee as AFC wins Pro Bowl
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Pro Bowl long has been considered a laughable representation of the NFL game. It reached a new level of comedy Sunday as several players swapped positions. Jacksonville Jaguars cornerback Jalen Ramsey caught a touchdown pass in the final minute, capping a dominate performance for the AFC...
Pirates’ Clint Hurdle on Antonio Brown/Steelers: ‘They’ll figure it out’
Clint Hurdle spoke publicly for more than 2½ hours Saturday. The gregarious Pittsburgh Pirates manager is never afraid to speak eloquently and offer his thoughts and opinions on a variety of topics, sometimes whether they have anything to do with his team or his sport or not. But even Hurdle...
Antonio Brown ‘wants to move on’ from Steelers, ‘mentor’ Terrell Owens says
Antonio Brown is confiding in another mercurial ex-NFL player. And this one is relaying the clearest evidence yet that Brown wants his time with the Pittsburgh Steelers to end. Speaking as a guest on Friday’s Pro Football Talk #PFTPM podcast, former star receiver Terrell Owens said he has been in...
Steelers’ Antonio Brown blatantly expresses desire to join 49ers
So much for subtlety. Antonio Brown has been seemingly tiptoeing around his desire to join the San Francisco 49ers for weeks. But late Friday morning, the Pittsburgh Steelers star receiver was less cryptic and as direct as he has been since his late-season drama with the Steelers. A message posted...
Mike Munchak on leaving Steelers: ‘Timing is such a big part’
Mike Munchak was formally introduced Thursday in Denver as the Broncos new offensive line coach. He spoke with media about his lateral move in taking the same job he had with the Pittsburgh Steelers. “It was kind of just the way things worked out,” Munchak said, according to a transcript...
Pro Bowl becomes family affair for Pouncey twins
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Mike and Maurkice Pouncey were among the first players off the AFC Pro Bowl practice field Thursday. They were trying to hustle to the locker room to shower, change and get on the road. They had people waiting. More than 50 of them, actually. “This...
Fans troll Steelers over tweet about arriving at Pro Bowl
Well, they made it … to the Pro Bowl. The Pittsburgh Steelers tweeted on Tuesday “We have arrived. #ProBowl #HereWeGo” with a video showing the flight path from Pittsburgh to Orlando, Fla. ending with an image of the six Steelers at the Pro Bowl. Six Steelers will represent the team:...
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,...
Steelers punter Jordan Berry faces free agency for 1st time
A proud Australian who grew up a 20-minute drive from the Melbourne, Jordan Berry can hardly believe he’s been in the United States now for a decade. “Started college (at Eastern Kentucky) 10 years go!” Berry said while an unbelieving smile earlier this month. “That’s pretty nuts, yeah.” Berry’s offseason...
NFL announces its 2019 international games; Steelers not on the list
No need for passports in 2019 for the Pittsburgh Steelers or their fans. The NFL on Monday announced its international schedule for the upcoming season, and the Steelers aren’t part of any of the five games to be played outside the United States. Although dates were not part of the...
‘Not a goodbye, just a thank u’ – Antonio Brown sends Instagram message to Steelers fans
During his feud with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Antonio Brown has taken to social media often. His post Saturday night, though, seemed to come from the heart. Brown, the star receiver whose Steelers tenure is in peril, posted a message on Instagram in which he thanked Steelers fans. Accompanying a short...
Safety Morgan Burnett tells NFL Network he wants Steelers to release him
Morgan Burnett was the Pittsburgh Steelers’ biggest free-agent signing last offseason. The union between them doesn’t appear as if it’s going to last too long. The NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported Burnett told him he “wants to be released from his deal before free agency.” A nine-year NFL veteran who...
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...
Mark Madden: Rooney should make Tomlin feel like he has to earn contract extension
When Steelers owner/president Art Rooney II made his media rounds this week, he seemed noncommittal to the notion of extending the contract of coach Mike Tomlin. “Those are things we’ll get to sort of later in the offseason,” Rooney said. Translation: Tomlin will get extended, but it’s not something Rooney...
