Moody wins 49ers’ job
NFL, Sports
August 6, 2025
SANTA CLARA, Calif (AP) — Jake Moody has won the San Francisco 49ers’ kicking competition — for now. The 49ers released veteran Greg Joseph on Monday, leaving Moody as the only kicker on the roster as...
Range of possibilities endless for Steelers’ Washington
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
August 5, 2025
It is not inherent in the personality of Darnell Washington to show arrogance. So when a reporter recently asked the massive Pittsburgh Steelers tight end if he had won every rep he took in the backs-...
Rudolph enjoying return to Saint Vincent
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
August 4, 2025
He’s happy to be back with the Steelers after spending last season with Tennessee. Whether he’s signing autographs after practice, engaging with training camp staffers before it or bonding with teamma...
Steelers’ QB of the future may already be on the roster
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
SPORTLIGHT
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
August 4, 2025
The 2025 NFL season is just getting ready to start, yet all we seem to want to talk about is the 2026 draft for the Steelers. And surprisingly it’s not because the made-for-TV event is in Pittsburgh f...
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
August 4, 2025
Mike Tomlin isn’t shy about asking players from other positions to take snaps at fullback in training camp. Two years ago, center/ guard Kendrick Green got a brief audition. On Sunday, it was Mark Rob...
Highsmith leaves practice because of groin injury
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
August 4, 2025
The outside linebacker suffered the injury during one-on-one drills. Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker Alex Highsmith left Sunday’s training camp practice after an apparent groin injury of unknow...
Raiders hopeful Chip Kelly can revive offense
NFL, Sports
August 4, 2025
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The fact so many Raiders offensive players have talked up Chip Kelly as their new coordinator is not surprising. It’s training camp, after all, and optimism abounds throughout NFL cam...
NFL, Sports
August 4, 2025
OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones does not intend to trade Micah Parsons after the star defensive end said he wants to leave the team amid a breakdown in negot...
49ers’ Pearsall finally feels caught up after setback
NFL, Sports
August 4, 2025
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Ricky Pearsall’s rookie season for the San Francisco 49ers never really got off the ground. Nagging injuries kept him out of almost all of training camp and then he was shot...
Sharpe brothers become first to both join Pro Football HOF
NFL, Sports
By By ROB MAADDI AP 
August 4, 2025
Sterling Sharpe stood at the podium a few feet from his bronze bust, took off his new gold jacket and gave it to his fellow Pro Football Hall of Fame brother. Shannon Sharpe had given Sterling his fir...
Indy’s Tyler Warren starting to grow into rookie role
NFL, Sports
August 4, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tyler Warren still appreciates the blue-and-white team colors. Everything else has changed — his number, the shade of blue he wears, even his new decals-laden helmet. This is what ...
Cowboys’ Parsons requests trade amid contract negotiations
NFL, Sports
TRAINING CAMP ROUNDUP
August 2, 2025
OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — Micah Parsons requested a trade from the Dallas Cowboys on Friday while suggesting the club has refused to negotiate a new contract for the star edge rusher. Parsons reported to ...
Running with the ball gives TE Smith a way to flash talent
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
August 2, 2025
Jonnu Smith turned a few heads Thursday when, as one of four tight ends on the field for the Pittsburgh Steelers, he took a pitch and rambled up the right side for a short gain. Smith’s head wasn’t on...
Kicker Boswell has no regard to his All-Pro season in 2024
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
August 2, 2025
Chris Boswell’s approach in answering questions from media mirrors the method that has made him the NFL’s best kicker. Not unlike the perfected muscle memory in the mechanics he takes in attempting ea...
Scharping stays sharp at center; Herbig salutes ex-Steeler brother
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
August 2, 2025
When Ryan McCollum was unable to practice early during Pittsburgh Steelers training camp, veteran guard Max Scharping was getting reps as the second-team center. All part of the job description for a ...
Howard embraces QB scrutiny and ‘yinzer’ accent
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By TIM BENZ TribLive 
August 2, 2025
Pittsburgh Steelers rookie quarterback Will Howard has heard it in casual conversation. He’s heard it from fans on the hill at Saint Vincent College. He has even come across it on social media. The pr...
NFL, Sports
August 2, 2025
CANTON, Ohio (AP) — On his third team in his fifth season, Trey Lance played like a No. 3 overall pick. Lance threw for 120 yards and two touchdowns, and the Los Angeles Chargers beat the Detroit Lion...
Levy turning 100 at Hall of Fame in Canton
NFL, Sports
By By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer 
August 2, 2025
Marv Levy is realizing among the advantages of turning 100 is no longer having to fudge his age. “Well, I’d prefer to be turning 25, to tell you the truth,” the Pro Football Hall of Fame coach said, w...
Three d-linemen go down; Friday Night Lights up next
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
STEELERS CAMP REPORT
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
August 1, 2025
Thursday’s Pittsburgh Steelers practice was conducted without three defensive linemen, two of whom entered training camp with a better-than-not chance of making the initial 53-man regular-season roste...
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
August 1, 2025
LATROBE, Pa. (AP) — This is not Aaron Rodgers’ first training camp. Or his 10th. Or his 20th, for that matter. Yet the NFL’s oldest player seems to be rejuvenated by camp life with the Pittsburgh Stee...