Now that we have had a couple of days to let the dust settle on Troy Polamalu’s retirement, the Pittsburgh Steelers must turn their attention to third-year pro Shamarko Thomas. Whether the Steelers target a safety early on in this month’s draft remains to be seen, but one thing is crystal clear and that is the fact that Thomas will have the first crack at replacing Polamalu. The only question to ask is whether or not Thomas is ready? Sadly the answer is we just don’t know. Usually by ... Read More
Passion roll over Reign in season opener
The Pittsburgh Passion picked up where it it left off last year, as it won its first game of the season, 66-0, over the Toledo Reign. Wasting little time after winning the opening coin toss, Passion quarterback Lisa Horton hit Rachel Wojdowski for a 41-yard gain, which set up running back Tara Catone for a 10-yard score. Catone continued to impress in her first game, as she ran it in from 43 yards out on the next score. Catone's second score of the game — the first Passion player to ever ... Read More
Sutter saves playoff-bound Pens
Brandon Sutter scored twice and Marc-Andre Fleury recorded his league-leading tenth shutout in a regular season finale that clinched a playoff berth for the recently downtrodden Pittsburgh Penguins (43-27-12, 98 pts) by way of a 2-0 victory over the last-place Buffalo Sabres at First Niagara Center on Saturday. Sutter broke a scoreless tie at 14:23 of the second period, burying a backhand opportunity past Anders Lindback for a 1-0 lead. Eight minutes into the third period, it was Sutter again, ... Read More
Steelers re-sign safety Will Allen
One day after veteran safety Troy Polamalu’s retirement, the Steelers quickly started preparing for life after Polamalu. In order to add much needed depth at the safety position the Steelers re-signed veteran Will Allen on Friday. Allen, who turns 33 in June, has played 11 seasons in the league for three different teams. Of those 11 seasons Allen has spent five with the Steelers. Over his career Allen has played 163 games mainly as a backup and has recorded six interceptions and forced five ... Read More
Le’Veon Bell suspended three games
The Pittsburgh Steelers knew that they would have to be without Pro Bowl running back Le’Veon Bell to begin the 2015 season. Now they know for how long. Bell was handed a three-game suspension on Thursday by the NFL and fined one game check for violating the league’s substance abuse policy. He is appealing that decision. The suspension comes from a DUI arrest back in August 2014 during a traffic stop in Pittsburgh in which Bell and former Steelers running back LeGarrette Blount were ... Read More
Pittsburgh Thunderbirds ready to let it fly in inaugural season
I’m sure everyone out there has played a game of Frisbee toss at some point in their lives. The concept is pretty simple in that you throw the disc to someone else and they catch it. Usually it’s fairly straightforward and the only issues one usually runs into is having hands of stone or playing on a windy day. Somewhere along the way, the sport of Ultimate Frisbee evolved from this simple game of toss and catch and a lot of casual players on college campuses and rec fields have grown to love ... Read More
Justin Labar’s living out his dream as Pittsburgh’s voice of wrestling
How often do people who dream big as children make their dream become a reality? Well in the case of Justin LaBar, he did just that. LaBar is a professional wrestling fanatic who is the co-creator and executive producer of an Internet wrestling talk show entitled Chair Shot Reality on Wrestlezone.com. On top of that, he writes weekly columns for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and is the host of a radio show on TribLive Radio. Not only does he get to talk and write about wrestling on a ... Read More
Super Bowl XIV is underrated from a competitive standpoint
When it comes to the Pittsburgh Steelers, two things cannot be disputed. One is that they have the most Super Bowl wins in league history and secondly they won three of the most exciting Super Bowls ever. For whatever reason, many people don’t consider Super Bowl XIV to be one of them. Super Bowl XIV pitted the veteran ladened Steelers versus the up-and-coming Los Angeles Rams. Going into the game, the Steelers were 12-4 in the regular season and had already won three of the last five Super ... Read More
2017 Winter Classic: Penguins versus Flyers?
The rumor of a Winter Classic between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Philadelphia Flyers at Beaver Stadium has been circulating for years, but a few recent developments may bring fans one step closer to the long-fabled game. The obstacles are many: from the necessary liquor license that Penn State would need to obtain to the question of accommodation for fans; from the influence of the Pegula family (the donors and driving force behind the Pegula Ice Arena and the Division-I hockey teams at ... Read More
Steelers sign linebacker Shayon Greene
The Pittsburgh Steelers made another minor move in free agency this offseason on Thursday by signing linebacker Shayon Greene. Greene played both defensive end and middle linebacker at the University of Miami and should get a look at both linebacker spots in camp. It will be a tough road for Greene to make the team, but that is nothing new for the former Hurricane. Greene tore his ACL twice while in college, but turned in a productive college career nonetheless, recording 143 tackles ... Read More