Rodgers outduels Burrow as Steelers beat Bengals, 30-27
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
September 28, 2026
AP PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike McCarthy and Aaron Rodgers have been around each other a long time. So much so that when the Pittsburgh Steelers coach told Rodgers and the rest of the offense it was time to...
Jones shines, Griffin homers as Bucs clinch winning season
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
September 28, 2026
DETROIT – Over the final six weeks of the season, manager Don Kelly implored the Pittsburgh Pirates to focus on going 1-0 each game, even after being eliminated from playoff contention. Needing one wi...
Warren leads running game revival
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS HARLAN TribLive 
September 28, 2026
What bothers Jaylen Warren most is when a single defender tackles him, an annoyance the running back describes as his biggest pet peeve. In that regard, the Cincinnati Bengals rarely got under his ski...
STEELERS NOTEBOOK
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
September 28, 2026
Harmon the hero in final minute Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow suffered five sacks against Houston last week. Through 59 minutes of Sunday’s game, Pittsburgh’s high-profile pass rush had none. That wa...
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
September 26, 2026
Joey Porter Jr. has been upgraded in more ways than one this week, per the league-mandated status report. The Steelers listed their No. 1 cornerback as questionable to play in Sunday’s AFC North opene...
Iheanachor, Hoffman could step in to new-look Steelers offensive line vs. Bengals
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
September 26, 2026
Across the locker room and from the head coach’s office all the way through teammates and assistant coaches, the Pittsburgh Steelers collectively remained publicly mum on if there will be changes in t...
‘Mean’ Joe Greene is 80. Where have the years gone?
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE STARKEY TribLive 
September 26, 2026
Inarguably the greatest Steeler of them all recalls Super Bowl memories. “I thought when I was 50, time was going by really, really fast,” Joe Greene was saying Thursday. “But now? Heck, I think I wak...
Possible return of tailback Ja’Kyrian Turner comes as Pitt’s running game surges
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
September 26, 2026
Coach Pat Narduzzi: “We’re going to play those guys, keep them fresh and get them rolling.” Pitt put together its season- best rushing performance Sept. 17 vs. Syracuse minus the services of star tail...
No losing season this year for Bucs
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
September 25, 2026
A season for Paul Skenes that began by suffering through the worst start of his career in an Opening Day disaster at the New York Mets ended with the Pittsburgh Pirates ace reaching a milestone. Skene...
Pitt receiving strong early returns from most recent transfer portal class
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
September 25, 2026
Coach Pat Narduzzi: “We pretty much knocked it out in the transfer portal, I think, to this point.” Joe Bowen knew he’d have some heavy lifting to do in the transfer portal upon taking a job at Pitt. ...
Rodgers preaches for offense to stay the course
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
September 24, 2026
Coming off their most impotent production of points in almost four years, the Pittsburgh Steelers offense isn’t going to panic. “It’s two games in,” veteran quarterback Aaron Rodgers said after practi...
Steelers reveal no o-line changes, Brock Hoffman ready to go
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS HARLAN TribLive 
September 24, 2026
Brock Hoffman and Max Iheanachor took snaps together in a two-man blocking drill Wednesday, but so, too, did Spencer Anderson and Dylan Cook. If the Pittsburgh Steelers are planning to switch up the r...
Punchless Pirates see winning streak snapped by Cards
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
September 24, 2026
The Bucs wrap up their home schedule this afternoon with a 12:35 p.m. first pitch at PNC Park. The penultimate game of the season at PNC Park proved to be punchless. The Pittsburgh Pirates got another...
Pirates win 5th straight behind Jones’ outing
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
September 23, 2026
Jared Jones started the season as an observer, missing the first two months while building up his right arm a year after missing the 2025 season while recovering from InternalBrace surgery. When the P...
Steelers’ overall hot start on defense tainted by allowing too many big plays
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
September 23, 2026
T.J. Watt: “Those are devastating when you play good football and let up those three or four.” The Pittsburgh Steelers defense has allowed exactly 13 points in each of the season’s first two games. Ex...
Steelers already at a crossroads
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
September 23, 2026
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Rodgers hasn’t lasted 22 years in the NFL out of pure luck. The most sacked quarterback in history knows how to take a hit. So moments after getting drilled by all 231 pounds o...
Penguins forward Justin Brazeau is in another fight for his job
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
September 23, 2026
Veteran set career high with 34 points last season. There were few better representations of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2025-26 season than Justin Brazeau. Little was expected of the team or player ente...
McCarthy laments lack of reps for offensive line
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS HARLAN TribLive 
September 22, 2026
When Mike McCarthy looks at his offensive line nowadays, he doesn’t see a group that necessarily needs torn apart. Rather, he sees a unit that just hasn’t had enough time together. The first-year Pitt...
5 things we learned from Steelers’ dud of a defeat to the Patriots
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
September 22, 2026
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Five things we learned from Sunday’s 20-3 loss to the New England Patriots that dropped the Steelers to 1-1 in coach Mike McCarthy’s first season as coach: 1. Doing their job Lost ...