Joe Rutter stories, Page 77

The Pittsburgh Steelers informed season-ticket holders Wednesday night the option for a full refund is available this season, and fans attending games amid the coronavirus pandemic will be required to wear masks inside Heinz Field. In an email sent to ticket holders, the Steelers revealed the seating capacity of 68,400...

Saying he had a sleepless “couple of hours” Wednesday morning, Pittsburgh Steelers tackle Zach Banner used his official Twitter account to post his reaction to the DeSean Jackson controversy. In his post, Banner wrote that his intentions were not to “harp on” Jackson, who has come under fire for anti-Semitic...

James Conner and JuJu Smith-Schuster keep taking care of the ones they love. A month after buying his father a new GMC black pickup truck, Conner surprised his mother, Kelly Bibbs, with a new house over the weekend. Smith-Schuster then revealed Monday that he also bought a house for his...

Seven really must be Ben Roethlisberger’s lucky number. For a quarterback who has carved a 16-year NFL career while wearing the No. 7, it’s fitting Roethlisberger added that many members to his household over the weekend. No, his wife did not have septuplets. But his dog, Dakota, did. The Roethlisbergers...

The Tribune-Review sports staff is conducting a daily countdown of the best players in Pittsburgh pro and college sports history to wear each jersey number. No. 60: Ben McGee When the nickname “Steel Curtain” was coined in the early 1970s, it publicized a defensive line that included the best player...

Editor’s note: Leading up to a unique Pittsburgh Steelers training camp staged at Heinz Field this year, the Tribune-Review will be running through the team’s 90-man roster, assessing each player’s outlook for the 2020 season. The breakdown will go through the roster, in mostly alphabetical order, two per day, between...

Ben Roethlisberger’s demons include a prior addiction to alcohol and pornography, the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback said at the ManUp Pittsburgh conference on Saturday. Roethlisberger was an invited speaker at the conference, which deals with faith and a man’s role as a husband and father. Roethlisberger used his 15-minute segment to...

If Pittsburgh Steelers players want to kneel during the national anthem this season as a protest against police brutality and social injustice, they have the blessing of coach Mike Tomlin. Speaking to the media Tuesday for the first time since the death of George Floyd at the hands of four...

Two Pittsburgh Steelers tested positive for covid-19, coach Mike Tomlin told reporters Tuesday morning on a Zoom conference call. “We’ve had two positive tests, but it’s been guys that obviously are not in our facility,” Tomlin said. “They have gone through the appropriate protocols and are back to work. I’m...

As he looks back at the 2019 season, Cameron Heyward doesn’t take comfort in the Pittsburgh Steelers having the most takeaways and sacks in the NFL. It’s no consolation to him that the defense carried the offense in the second half of the season and was the reason the Steelers...

Cameron Heyward didn’t expect to be waiting this long into the Pittsburgh Steelers offseason to get a contract extension. Then again, he didn’t expect a pandemic to throw a wrench into the organization’s financial planning. And so the nine-year veteran defensive tackle bides his time without a firm understanding about...

Aside from the fiasco in Chicago three years ago, the Pittsburgh Steelers have presented a united front in terms of standing for the national anthem since Colin Kaepernick began kneeling to protest police brutality and racial injustice. No Steelers player has followed Kaepernick’s lead during the anthem. That could change...