Improvement in run differential shows promise for the future. The Pittsburgh Pirates are having a September to remember. They have won 12 of 18 games this month and are riding a four-game win streak t...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots have yet to find much of the offensive rhythm that propelled their Super Bowl run last season. The defense was there to pick up the pieces against the...

Rafael Flores Jr. has long maintained that when Brandon Lowe hits a home run, it motivates the Pittsburgh Pirates catcher to smash one of his own. A day after Lowe hit a two-run homer in the eighth in...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — A year ago, Aaron Rodgers engineered a drive at Gillette Stadium that helped the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the team that went on to represent the AFC in the Super Bowl. That ve...

The tight end, who went to numerous Patriots games growing up, is bigger part of offense under Mike McCarthy. At 1 p.m. Sunday, Pat Freiermuth takes the field for a meaningful NFL game for the 84th ti...

Challenges ahead for AFC North; Steelers need to play from ahead vs. Pats. This Friday’s “Football Footnotes” examines the Pittsburgh Steelers’ attempt to correct some checkered history in New England...

Coach Pat Narduzzi isn’t worried about his quarterback Pitt’s first offensive snap Thursday night vs. Syracuse had the look of a play that could set the tone for the rest of the night. Quarterback Mas...

Pitt has had Syracuse’s number on the gridiron over the last quarter century. The Panthers were winners of 20 of the most recent 24 matchups versus their old Big East rival entering Thursday’s contest...

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...

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...

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...

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...