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Tim Benz, Mark Madden discuss Steelers’ momentum, Pirates’ moves
Mark Madden of 105.9 the X joins us from Las Vegas this week for “Madden Monday.” Since he is there, one of the topics we examine is if that city is truly ready for the Antonio Brown experience after the Raiders bolt from Oakland. Then again, if any place is...
Tim Benz: Steelers may lean on the offensive line more than ever
During Pittsburgh Steelers preseason, we have spent a lot of time looking at questions about how the defense can try to create more turnovers. How the inside linebackers will be deployed. Whether the running game can become more proficient. How the passing game will morph with Antonio Brown gone. What...
Penguins Predictions: Will Matt Murray break the bank with his next contract?
The Pittsburgh Penguins have had their fair share of trouble fitting under the salary cap the last few seasons. None of those woes can be pinned on the team’s goaltenders. Starter Matt Murray makes $3.75 million per season. Backup Casey DeSmith’s salary is $1.25 million. Add them up and that’s...
Penguins of the Decade: No. 10, Pascal Dupuis
Beat writer Jonathan Bombulie has compiled a countdown of the top Pittsburgh Penguins of the 2010s. At No. 10 is forward Pascal Dupuis. Follow the Pittsburgh Penguins all season long....
Le’Veon Bell won’t make Jets debut until regular season
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Le’Veon Bell will have to wait a little longer for his debut with the New York Jets. Coach Adam Gase announced Sunday night the star running back and former Pittsburgh Steeler will be held out of the team’s final two preseason games. “I was about 99%...
Will Power wins shortened Pocono race marred by wreck, weatherVideo
LONG POND, Pa. — The black clouds that enveloped Pocono and officially brought the IndyCar race to a premature end didn’t appear until the halfway point. But they’ve really been hanging over the track since the series returned to the mountains in 2013. A fatal crash. A promising career wrecked...
Mitch Keller hit hard as Pirates lose Little League Classic to Cubs
WILLIAMSPORT — Jose Quintana pitched seven crisp innings, Anthony Rizzo hit a two-run homer and the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 7-1, on Sunday night in the MLB Little League Classic. Nicholas Castellanos and Jason Heyward also connected as Chicago earned its second straight win since consecutive heartbreaking losses...
Justin Thomas holds on to win BMW ChampionshipVideo
MEDINAH, Ill. — Staked to a six-shot lead, Justin Thomas spent more time Sunday worrying about what could go wrong than ending 12 months without winning. And right when it started to go wrong, Thomas delivered his biggest shots in the BMW Championship. In a span of three holes around...
John Steigerwald: Misconceptions exist about running QBs in NFL
“Slide a little bit.” That was Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ advice for Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson after they played each other in a preseason game Thursday. Rodgers also said, “I love watching you play, man. That was spectacular.” He was talking about an 18-yard touchdown run by...
Raiders GM to absent Antonio Brown: Time to be ‘all in or all out’Video
Oakland Raiders general manager Mike Mayock told disgruntled receiver Antonio Brown it’s time to decide whether he’s “all in or all out” about playing this season after losing a fight with the NFL and NFLPA over his helmet. Mayock issued a statement to reporters that the Raiders released in a...
Pitt volleyball not changing goals despite loss of starting setter Kylee Levers
As players switched benches during the Pitt volleyball team’s annual blue-gold scrimmage Saturday, junior Kylee Levers lagged behind her blue teammates. She carried crutches and dragged her left leg, which was wrapped heavily and covered in a brace that stretched from her ankle to mid-thigh. Two days earlier, Levers, a...
Diontae Spencer hopes big plays for Steelers in preseason opens NFL eyes
Diontae Spencer didn’t play in the first half of Saturday’s preseason game against the Kansas City Chiefs, so he told himself to make the most of every touch. Spencer knew he would be handling the returns for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the second half, so he told himself to be...
Former Longhorns, NFL RB Cedric Benson dies in motorcycle accident
AUSTIN, Texas — Former NFL running back Cedric Benson, one of the most prolific rushers in NCAA and University of Texas history, has died in a motorcycle accident in Texas. He was 36. Benson’s attorney, Sam Bassett, said Austin law enforcement told him Benson was killed in the wreck Saturday...
Undrafted rookie Tuzar Skipper making most of opportunities with Steelers
Through two games, only three Pittsburgh Steelers defensive players have been on the field for more snaps than Tuzar Skipper. An undrafted rookie who made the team as a tryout at the rookie minicamp in May, Skipper is making the most of his opportunities. Skipper has a sack in each...
Kevin Gorman: Playing true or false with Steelers’ Mike Tomlin’s news conference
The NFL preseason should come with a warning label: Objects on your television aren’t as close as they appear. When it comes to watching the Pittsburgh Steelers, you can’t trust everything you see. You certainly can’t trust preseason statistics to tell the story of training camp. And, no matter what...
Kevin Gorman: Young Steelers receivers shut out noise, deliver for Darryl DrakeVideo
The Pittsburgh Steelers wide receivers warmed up at Heinz Field wearing black hoodies with “SHUT OUT THE NOISE” in gold, adopting the words of Darryl Drake as their motto. Drake’s death last Sunday became a dark cloud that hovered over the final week of Steelers training camp at Saint Vincent,...
Tim Benz: Steelers’ Mason Rudolph gets little support in 1st home start
Thanks for the support, fellas. In Mason Rudolph’s first start for the Steelers at Heinz Field — a 17-7 preseason victory Saturday against the Kansas City Chiefs — Xavier Grimble dropped what could’ve been a first down. Donte Moncrief fumbled after a completion on the first play of a drive....
Steelers’ Steve (not ‘Steven’) Nelson debuts vs. ex-team
Pittsburgh Steelers rosters distributed by the team in the Heinz Field press box Saturday referred to the starting cornerback the team signed in March as Steve Nelson. When the team signed him — and through Saturday on its official website — the former Kansas City Chiefs defensive back was and...
Mike Tomlin clarifies Steelers injuries, why Devin Bush didn’t play
For the most part, as Mike Tomlin likes to say, they were “minor bumps and bruises.” But Tomlin did at least begin to provide some clarity on some of the injuries affecting the Pittsburgh Steelers both before and during Saturday’s preseason game. Most notably, Tomlin gave the reason why Devin...
Greb, Knoch tennis ready to take next step
When Knoch tennis coach Nance Conlon first saw Laura Greb during a summer clinic a few years ago, she quickly noticed the player’s potential. “She showed up, and I immediately talked to her dad and told him she was too good for it,” Conlon said. “You could immediately see the...
Steelers pull out preseason win over ChiefsVideo
The day began with coach Mike Tomlin and general manager Kevin Colbert attending Darryl Drake’s funeral in Tennessee. It ended with the Pittsburgh Steelers, observing a moment of silence and wearing decals on their helmets Saturday night to honor their late wide receivers coach, carving out a 17-7 victory against...
Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: Nothing normal about Steelers’ second preseason game
The Pittsburgh Steelers started the week dealing with the death of Darryl Drake, and Mike Tomlin warned football wouldn’t necessarily provide a return to normalcy. The Steelers rescheduled their routine this week to grieve the passing of their wide receivers coach. Their initial return to the practice field was interrupted...
Denny Hamlin wins at Bristol to spoil Matt DiBenedetto’s upset bid
BRISTOL, Tenn. — Denny Hamlin spoiled Matt DiBenedetto’s shot at his first career victory — just days after DiBenedetto learned he had been fired — with a late pass Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway. Hamlin was the first Toyota and Joe Gibbs Racing driver to start from the pole...
Steelers notes: Donte Moncrief, Diontae Johnson, Steven Nelson make team in-uniform debuts
A trio of new players who figure to fill significant roles this season made their Pittsburgh Steelers in-uniform debuts Saturday night. Receivers Donte Moncrief and Diontae Johnson and cornerback Steven Nelson played in the preseason game against the Kansas City Chiefs at Heinz Field. Nelson and Moncrief were two of...
Antonio Brown moves closer to practice return for Raiders
NAPA, Calif. (AP) — Antonio Brown made it through a walkthrough practice for the Oakland Raiders with no issues with his frost-bitten feet and is expected to be a full participant in practice soon for the first time this summer. Coach Jon Gruden said Saturday he thinks Brown will be...
