After a great performance Sunday night against the Carolina Panthers, in which he rushed for 147 yards in a Pittsburgh Steelers victory, running back Le'Veon Bell started opening up some eyes nationally in the process. Three weeks into the 2014 season, Bell leads all NFL players with 461 yards from scrimmage and what made his Week 3 performance even better, was the fact that he had a big night against what could be one of the NFL's best front sevens. Through three games, he has 315 yards ... Read More
ACC Power Rankings: Week 4
Through four weeks of the 2014 college football season, the 14 Atlantic Coast Conference teams have left us all scratching our heads. Florida State beat Clemson, which is supposed to be the league's second-best team, despite not having Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston. All of the teams that opened up eyes during the season’s first three weeks- Pitt, Virginia and Virginia Tech -- all lost on Saturday to make the conference look fairly weak. It has been a weird start to the season in ... Read More
Steel City Yellow Jackets ready for inaugural season in the ABA
Pittsburgh has a new professional basketball team and the team is hoping to generate some buzz around this city. 2014 will mark the inaugural season for the Steel City Yellow Jackets as they are set to play in the American Basketball Association. The ABA is in its second incarnation after the first version played eight seasons before merging with the NBA. Pittsburgh has had an ABA presence before as the Pittsburgh Pipers were the first champions of the original league. The league reemerged in ... Read More
Pitt cornerbacks not passing early season test
Heading into the 2014 season, the secondary looked to be the Pitt Panthers biggest weakness. And despite starting the season 3-0, there were still many questions about whether or not the Panthers’ defensive backs could play good enough football to beat quality teams. We got that answer during Saturday’s tough loss to Iowa and going forward, Pitt’s secondary could be what prevents Paul Chryst’s team from having a big season. Everything went right against Delaware, but even during the ... Read More
Steelers Expected to Sign James Harrison
After suffering a number of significant injuries on the defense in Sunday night's victory at Carolina, the Pittsburgh Steelers are expected to sign former All-Pro and 2008 NFL Defensive Player of the Year James Harrison. Harrison, 36, was signed by the Steelers as an undrafted free agent in 2002 and he played ten seasons there from 2004 to 2013 before being released. He then spent one season on the Cincinnati Bengals before retiring. Now that second-year linebacker Jarvis Jones and rookie Ryan ... Read More
Steelers Storm Into Charlotte, Roll Over Panthers in Primetime
Consider for a moment everything that you thought you knew about the Pittsburgh Steelers (2-1) and the Carolina Panthers (2-1) prior to Sunday night's game in Charlotte and promptly throw it all out the window. In a 37-19 victory for the visiting Steelers, very little went as many expected, which is quite alright for the fans of the black and gold. Pittsburgh dominated in nearly all facets, taking advantage of a weakened Panthers offense, rare turnovers and miscues, and a powerful rushing ... Read More
Steelers, Panthers pre-game notes
Pittsburgh Steelers (1-1, 1-0 AFC North) @ Carolina Panthers (2-0, 1-0 NFC South) When/Where: 8:30 pm EST – Bank of America Stadium - Charlotte, NC Weather: 85 degrees, Partly Cloudy TV: NBC - Al Michaels & Cris Collinsworth Week Three Injury Report/Inactives: PIT: OUT – RB Dri Archer, WR Martavis Bryant, G Ramon Foster INACTIVE – QB Landry Jones, OL Wesley Johnson, DL Daniel McCullers, CB B.W. Webb CAR: OUT – RB DeAngelo Williams, RB Fozzy Whittaker, WR Jerricho Cotchery INACTIVE ... Read More
Robert Morris Stumbles, Falls to 0-4
Robert Morris (0-4) continued a difficult season Saturday, suffering a 31-7 pounding at the hands of the Dayton Flyers (2-1) at Welcome Stadium. The Colonials were down early and down big, shutout in the first half as they trailed by 24 at halftime. Four turnovers and a general inability to move the ball through their air or on the ground proved too costly in the team's third road loss. Flyers QB Will Bardo threw two touchdowns and ran for one in the first half, finishing the game 15-26 for ... Read More
Big Second Quarter Propels Dukes
A 17-point second quarter was the difference in a 30-21 home win for the Duquesne Dukes (2-2) over Monmouth of the Big South on Saturday at Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field. Tied 7-7 after one, the Dukes exploded out to a 24-7 halftime advantage, a lead they would not give up. The Hawks of Monmouth started the scoring with a 75-yard opening drive that ended with a touchdown pass from Brandon Hill to Neal Sterling. After trading three-and-outs, Duquesne went 77 yards on just two plays to tie the ... Read More
Big wins dot scoreboards for PSAC West
CAL 56, SHIPPENSBURG 34 Cal scored 48 points through three quarters to eventually push ahead and win, 56-34. Cal QB James Harris had about as good a game as one could have, throwing for 444 yards and two scores with no interceptions. Stat Leaders: Cal: PASSING: James Harris 24-33-0 444 yards and 2 TDs; RUSHING: Nick Grissom 19-139 and 3 TDs, Terrell Roberson 14-89 and 3 TDs; RECEIVING: Garry Brown 10-190, Kowan Scott 7-149 and 2 TDs; TACKLES: Spencer Lynn 8; SACKS: Kenny Wilkins 1.0; ... Read More