The 2014 MLB trade deadline came and went on Thursday and the Pittsburgh Pirates were once again shut out from the party. While big names like Jon Lester, David Price and John Lackey were moved, Pirates’ general manager Neal Huntington didn’t pull the trigger on any move that could help this team down the stretch run. And that’s just fine. While Pirates’ fans everywhere are disappointed and outraged about not landing a big star at the end of the day Huntington should have at least ... Read More
Pittsburgh Power Ready For Franchise Playoff Debut
There’s always a first time for everything and the first playoff appearance for the Pittsburgh Power is just around the corner. The Pittsburgh (15-3) will travel south to take on the Southern Division champion Orlando Predators (11-7) Sunday afternoon at 2 PM. Pittsburgh won an earlier meeting this season 62-61 in Orlando. Just one season removed from a 4-14 campaign, the Power turned things around on the arm of 2012 league MVP Tommy Grady. Grady finished a strong 2014 campaign with 4717 ... Read More
Pittsburgh Pirates trade deadline predictions
As I sit here writing, Pittsburgh Pirates’ general manager Neal Huntington has around eight hours remaining to figure out exactly what he wants to do in order to shape this team for the stretch run. Any trade deadline is a great day for sports fans, but especially baseball’s trade deadline. It’s easy to say just pull the trigger and add a guy like Jon Lester, but put yourself in Huntington’s shoes for a minute. Do you mortgage parts of your future for a guy you are going to only have for ... Read More
Ryan Shazier, other Steelers rookies off to good starts in camp
For the past couple of seasons, there has been the call for the Pittsburgh Steelers to get younger and more athletic on both sides of the ball. Even though the team only reported to camp on Friday and were in pads and hitting for the first time on Monday, some of the Steelers youth has already begun to open up some eyes. Granted it has only been a couple of days, but some of the players general manager Kevin Colbert drafted in May could make a strong case for a lot of playing time by turning ... Read More
Sanders Speaks, Steelers Nation (Over)Reacts
Stop! Before we all go crazy about a few unnecessary and probably ill-advised comments that a professional athlete has made publically and, likely, after provocation from a member of the media, let us first consider whether or not anyone really cares what Emmanuel Sanders has to say. Seriously! The number two wide receiver on last year's 8-8 Steelers squad, by default I might add, was probably the fourth most talented target quarterback Ben Roethlisberger had to throw to behind the ... Read More
Cortez Allen likely next Steeler due for an extension
The Pittsburgh Steelers made it clear before training camp began that they would not be extending the contract of quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. That doesn’t mean they aren’t done taking care of their own though. It looks like cornerback Cortez Allen may be the next in line for an extension as it looks like Allen has become priority No. 1 for the Steelers front office. Allen is in the final year of his rookie contract, and with next to no up and coming talent on the corners, it makes ... Read More
AFC North Training Camp Notes
While the Steelers work hard in Latrobe at the training camp that opened Friday at St. Vincent College, all three AFC North rivals are, of course, together as well. In what should be a very competitive division in 2014, the defending division champion Cincinnati Bengals began work on Wednesday, July 23 at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati, OH. Baltimore trains in Owings Mills, MD and also began last Wednesday. In Cleveland, there is an extra buzz around the Browns camp despite continued ... Read More
Steelers training camp podcast
Football is back! The Steelers hit the fields at Latrobe this week, and we will breakdown everything you need to know as Michael Waterloo, Jon Pennline and SteelerDepot's Alex Kozora talk about the camp battles, story lines and more. ... Read More
Pittsburgh Power Dominates Philadelphia Soul for 12th straight win
The Pittsburgh Power turned the third installment of the 2014 Keystone Collision into a horrific wreck for the Philadelphia Soul as they dominated their cross-state rivals 64-34. The win was the 12th in a row for the Power (15-3) who enter the playoffs riding a tidal wave of momentum with the league’s best current win streak. Pittsburgh jumped out to a 13-0 lead early by scoring on their first two drives while stopping the Soul (9-9) on their first offensive possession. Virgil Gray, the ... Read More
Top Developing Stories at Steelers Training Camp
Football never dies in western Pennsylvania, but after a Penguins playoff run and the current success of the Pirates here in the middle of summer, it may have been easy to put the Pittsburgh Steelers on the back burner. Go ahead and crank up the heat, because Mike Tomlin and the black and gold began training camp Friday at St. Vincent College in Latrobe, and there is plenty to discuss. Here is a smattering of what to expect, who to watch for, and what to hope to see develop leading up to the ... Read More