It was bad enough for the Pittsburgh Pirates to endure the Milwaukee Brewers clinching the NL Central title on their home field, but they wanted to avoid a double dose of dread. Facing the possibility...

Pass game issues are easy to diagnose, but what about the run? By TIM BENZ TribLive The Pittsburgh Steelers’ pass game concerns against the Atlanta Falcons were easy to diagnose. Too many drops. Too m...

Carmen Mlodzinski had experienced success putting out fires with the bases loaded, so the Pittsburgh Pirates placed their trust in the right-handed reliever in the seventh inning. One night after the ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Minutes after Pittsburgh introduced Pat Narduzzi in the waning days of 2014, then interim athletic director Randy Juhl gave the school’s new football coach a pretty unique mandate. T...

Narduzzi: “Couldn’t be more impressed with how those guys are playing.” Cruce Brookins made his presence felt early in Pitt’s 12-7 Week 2 win over Central Florida. Just over a minute into the second q...

Both sides are out of cards to play in the dispute. Former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin liked to say, “If you have red paint, paint the barn red.” Well, the Steelers have painted themselves i...

The Pittsburgh Pirates had the benefit of a festive atmosphere in celebrating Roberto Clemente Day, but the Milwaukee Brewers had their ace on the mound and a chance to clinch the division title. Jaco...

Deep pass consistency and run game efficiency should be on head coach Mike McCarthy’s “to do’” list this week. The Pittsburgh Steelers walked away from Week 1 with a 20-13 win over the Atlanta Falcons...

A 37-year-old still playing at an NFL All-Pro level, is Cameron Heyward a modern-day Superman? No — try, Batman. As in, the batted-down-ball man. Heyward has become arguably the best in the world at b...

It might seem counterintuitive, but the Pittsburgh Steelers got more out of T.J. Watt by playing him less. The outside linebacker had two sacks, four tackles, three tackles for loss, two quarterback h...

Air Aaron was in effect in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ opener. After a debut season with the team in which his average time to throw was the quickest among the NFL’s starting quarterbacks, and his averag...

Getting to play for your hometown team is surely a dream come true for an NFL player, but Jaquan Brisker says he dreamed even bigger. In one of his actual dreams, the former Gateway standout saw himse...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike McCarthy is pretty much over talking about Joey Porter Jr.’s back and his contract situation. Until one or the other is resolved — having both go away seems unlikely in the shor...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — T.J. Watt began his 10th season by trying to move past the noise that followed his ninth. The noise that said the Pittsburgh Steelers star outside linebacker had lost a step, maybe t...

Five things we learned after the Pittsburgh Steelers opened their season with a 20-13 win against the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday: 1. Rookie review That 11 rookies made the Steelers’ season-opening rost...

If Pitt thought Saturday’s matchup against Central Florida would be a repeat of the season opener, which featured more than 600 yards of offense and seven touchdowns from Mason Heintschel, Mother Natu...

A day after second-guessing his bullpen decision in a loss that involved a blown save, Pittsburgh Pirates manager Don Kelly made a pair of moves that proved magical. With the bases loaded in the sixth...

Injury report lists the Steelers cornerback as “questionable” to play in Sunday’s opener. Time for negotiation is running out, warned Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Joey Porter Jr., who remained nonco...

Tua Tagovailoa will miss the game with an oblique injury. ATLANTA (AP) — Cooper Rush will be the Atlanta Falcons’ starting quarterback on Sunday at Pittsburgh after Tua Tagovailoa was ruled out on Fri...

Veteran wideout makes most of opportunity in strong start for Pitt. Pitt wide receiver Censere Lee produced a symbolic stat line in the Panthers’ season opener last weekend. Lee hauled in five passes ...