Rodgers: Williams will fit inside Steelers’ locker room
NFL, Sports
By By TIM BENZ Trib Total Media 
November 7, 2024
The Pittsburgh Steelers acquired New York Jets receiver Mike Williams on Tuesday afternoon. It’s believed that part of the reason Williams was made available — or that Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers p...
Steelers trade for Williams, edge rusher Preston Smith
NFL, Sports
November 6, 2024
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers might be in first place in the AFC North. They’re hardly coasting. Pittsburgh added wide receiver Mike Williams and outside linebacker Preston Smith at the tr...
Balance pays off for Commanders
NFL, Sports
By By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer 
November 6, 2024
Jayden Daniels threw the ball just three times in the second quarter during the Washington Commanders’ victory at the New York Giants that got them to 7-2 this season. The rookie quarterback was unbot...
Jackson-Henry has Ravens at new height
NFL, Sports
November 6, 2024
BALTIMORE (AP) — Already the owner of two MVPs, Lamar Jackson looks as good as ever. And his new sidekick in the Baltimore backfield has been outstanding, too. The partnership between Jackson and Derr...
WRs Steelers may target at deadline
NFL, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI Trib Total Media 
November 5, 2024
For decades, the NFL trade deadline was a virtual non-event for the Pittsburgh Steelers. From 1993 until 2019, the Steelers made no mid-season trades. The acquisition of inside linebacker Avery Willia...
Steelers’ Sutton returns from 8-game suspension
NFL, Sports
November 5, 2024
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Cam Sutton doesn’t believe he has to prove anything to anyone as the Pittsburgh Steelers veteran defensive back tries to hit the reset button on his career. Sitting at his locker on ...
Jackson, former teammates embrace Johnson’s move
NFL, Sports
By By TIM BENZ Trib Total Media 
November 5, 2024
Former Pittsburgh Steeler Diontae Johnson saw only 13 snaps in his Baltimore Ravens debut and wasn’t targeted on the day. That was the plan heading into Baltimore’s Week 9 game against the Denver Bron...
NFL, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
November 5, 2024
When Rodney Williams saw that Calvin Austin III had only one man to beat to get to the sideline, he used his left shoulder to nudge New York Giants long snapper Casey Kreiter and clear some space. The...
Barkley amazes with backward hurdle
NFL, Sports
November 5, 2024
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Saquon Barkley had little choice after a nasty spin move left him slightly sideways, forcing him to jump — make it, leapfrog backward. Barkley’s rear end sailed over Jaguars corner...
Raiders fire Luke Getsy, other offensive assistants
NFL, Sports
November 5, 2024
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The slumping Raiders fired offensive coordinator Luke Getsy as part of an offensive coaching staff shakeup Sunday night, less than a year after Las Vegas hired him. Quarterbacks...
Being good isn’t enough for Tomlin or Steelers
NFL, Sports
November 4, 2024
There’s no danger that the team will become complacent after a 6-2 start. PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin could have played it safe. Could have stuck with Justin Fields. Could have settled for the weekl...
NFL, Sports
November 4, 2024
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs general manager Brett Veach is not averse to making moves that he thinks will help his team win. Especially ones that are low risk, high reward. Even though the two-time...
Perfect passer rating for Jackson as Ravens win again
NFL, Sports
NFL ROUNDUP
November 4, 2024
The reigning MVP showed no ill effects from missing two practices this week. BALTIMORE (AP) — It takes more than a couple missed practices to slow down Lamar Jackson. And the much-anticipated matchup ...
NFL, Sports
November 4, 2024
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Saints wide receiver Chris Olave was discharged from Carolinas Medical Center and allowed to return to New Orleans on Sunday night with his teammates after taking a hard hit on ...
Herbig confident of return following bye week
NFL, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI Trib Total Media 
October 31, 2024
Nick Herbig insists it hasn’t been as difficult for him to watch the past three games — in lieu of playing in them for the Pittsburgh Steelers — as one might think. “I love watching my teammates play,...
Special teams coach Danny Smith a character all around
NFL, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
October 31, 2024
Smith’s special teams unit has been one of the top in the NFL so far this season. Danny Smith has become a social media darling, with telecasts capturing cutaway shots of him chomping on Dubble Bubble...
Lions-Packers battle for first in NFC North
NFL, Sports
AP PRO PICKS
By By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer 
October 31, 2024
A first-place showdown, five road favorites and an old Super Bowl rematch highlight the NFL’s Week 9 schedule. The NFC North will be on the line when the Detroit Lions (6-1) visit the Green Bay Packer...
Colts’ Steichen says switch was made to ‘win now’
NFL, Sports
October 31, 2024
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson was hurt when he was told he was being benched. His replacement, 39-yearold Joe Flacco, tried to keep everything in perspective. O...
5 things we learned in the Steelers’ win over NY
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI Trib Total Media 
October 30, 2024
Five things we learned from Steelers 26, Giants 18: 1. 400 reasons From the start of the 2021 season through the game two weeks ago in Las Vegas, the Steelers had gone through six starting quarterback...
Calvin Austin’s big night was ‘long overdue’
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI Trib Total Media 
October 30, 2024
As Calvin Austin III was prepping for a third-quarter punt return Monday night, Mike Tomlin told him that it was “his time.” To Austin, though, his time was long overdue. Austin has his first career p...