Peterson hoping for reunion with Steelers
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By TIM BENZ Trib Total Media 
June 4, 2024
Pittsburgh Steelers free agent defensive back Patrick Peterson says he has always wanted to play at least 14 years in the NFL. Now, he has to wait to see which organization is going to give him a shot...
Hiatus over as Heyward returns to team, OTAs
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER Trib Total Media 
June 4, 2024
Ready to rejoin his teammates on the practice field but not ready to concede his desire for a new contract, Cameron Heyward ended his absence from the Pittsburgh Steelers on Tuesday. After skipping th...
Jones’ heat, Suwinski homer lead Bucs over L.A.
Pittsburgh, Sports
June 4, 2024
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Rookie Jared Jones pitched six shutout innings and Jack Suwinski homered after being called up from the minor leagues as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 1-0 on Tu...
Tellez snaps out of slump, but Bucs strand 13 in loss at Toronto
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
June 2, 2024
It was their first defeat of the season when getting at least 10 hits. Rowdy Tellez finally had the breakout game the Pittsburgh Pirates have been waiting for from the first baseman, with season highs...
Loudermilk feeling urgency to make impact on Steelers’ d-line
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI Trib Total Media 
June 2, 2024
He’s looking ahead to his fourth NFL season, but he’s not guaranteed a roster spot. It doesn’t seem very long ago that Isaiahh Loudermilk was considered potentially significant to the future of the Pi...
14th-inning homer sinks Pirates
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
May 31, 2024
Toronto’s Davis Schneider decided the marathon game with a two-run shot off Kyle Nicolas. By the time the longest game of the season ended, the starting pitcher’s duel was but a distant memory and it ...
Suspension taught Kazee to change tackling technique
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER Trib Total Media 
May 31, 2024
A three-game suspension at the end of the 2023 regular season convinced Damontae Kazee he must alter his approach to tackling. Kazee was suspended for his violent hit on Indianapolis’ Michael Pittman ...
Reliever Mlodzinski looks to get back to form
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO Trib Total Media 
May 31, 2024
Last week, as the Pittsburgh Pirates prepared to welcome the Atlanta Braves to PNC Park for three games, manager Derek Shelton offered some thoughts on the club’s bullpen. Shelton had much to reflect ...
Pitt’s Graham has core muscle surgery
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO Trib Total Media 
May 31, 2024
The junior forward is projected to need eight weeks to recover. Pitt soon-to-be junior Jorge Diaz Graham suffered more bad luck on the injury front, the Panthers announced Friday, as the 6-foot-11 for...
Steelers’ third-string QB ready if needed
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI Trib Total Media 
May 31, 2024
Pittsburgh is Kyle Allen’s fifth NFL stop after playing for Buffalo last season. With his fifth NFL franchise over a six-year span, Kyle Allen doesn’t flinch at joining a completely revamped Pittsburg...
Take 5: 1979 pitchers offer advice for Skenes
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
May 30, 2024
Speaking with a pair of star pitchers from the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 1979 World Series champions, it was only natural that the conversation turned toward their thoughts on rookie righthander Paul Skenes...
Forgotten option no more, Herbig stating case to be man in the middle
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER Trib Total Media 
May 29, 2024
He took most of the snaps with the first-team offense during voluntary practices. No fewer than four times this offseason, when confronted with the mammoth hole that existed in the middle of the offen...
Many Steelers players less than thrilled with union’s proposed schedule changes
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By TIM BENZ Trib Total Media 
May 29, 2024
The NFLPA wants to get rid of voluntary on-field work in the spring and extend training camp. Not all of the NFL’s players are wild about the reported changes that the Players Association are mulling ...
Pittsburgh, Sports
STEELERS NOTEBOOK
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI Trib Total Media 
May 29, 2024
If the old saying that the best way to a man’s heart is his stomach is true, consider the Pittsburgh Steelers offensive linemen smitten with their new quarterbacks. Russell Wilson and Justin Fields fo...
It’s been ‘a long enough time’ between World Series wins
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By TIM BENZ Trib Total Media 
May 28, 2024
On Saturday, the Pittsburgh Pirates honored the 1979 team. Those “We Are Family” Bucs were the last edition of the franchise to win a World Series. I suppose, technically, it’s more accurate to say th...
Tight ends look for bigger role in Arthur Smith’s offense
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER Trib Total Media 
May 28, 2024
The quest to replace Diontae Johnson’s production might extend beyond the players the Pittsburgh Steelers signed in free agency. It might not be confined to a third-round pick — as Johnson was in 2019...
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI Trib Total Media 
May 28, 2024
When Dean Lowry embarked on free agency this spring for what would be his ninth NFL season, he certainly wasn’t figuring he would end up on a team where he would be the third-oldest defensive lineman....
Johnston ready to step in as Steelers’ new punter
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI Trib Total Media 
May 27, 2024
Scott Township native Christian Kuntz is just getting to know the man who is the new colleague he’ll be working closest with on a daily basis over the ensuing months and maybe years. And while Kuntz s...
Wilson embraces newness of Steelers organization
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER Trib Total Media 
May 27, 2024
After spending 10 years with the Seattle Seahawks, Russell Wilson is getting accustomed to having a change of scenery. It happened in 2022 when he was traded to the Denver Broncos. It happened again t...