Good morning, Pittsburgh. Here's your day in sports for Monday, September 14, 2015. What's on tap for today: Pitt (2-0) head coach Pat Narduzzi will have his first press conference since the Panthers beat Akron on Saturday at 1 p.m. The Pirates (86-56) are off today. They start a four-game series with the Chicago Cubs (82-60) with a day/night doubleheader tomorrow. The Cubs are four games behind the Pirates for the first NL Wild Card spot. The Pirates trail the Cardinals by 2.5 games for the ... Read More
NFL Picks for Week 1
Four members of our Pittsburgh Sporting News staff will be making their NFL picks each week this season. Editors Michael Waterloo and Matt Shetler, Steelers writer Gar Bercury and Penguins writer Alan Saunders (what's he doing here?) will pick each Sunday and Monday game of the 2015 NFL season. At the end of the season... um... something will happen to the winner, and... something else (hopefully worse) will happen to the loser. Clearly we didn't really think this out very well. Do you agree ... Read More
2015 Fantasy Football Outlook: Heath Miller
Here is another in our fantasy football series looking at the Pittsburgh Steelers. Today we move on to tight end Heath Miller. While there is a lot to like about all of the other Steelers playmakers in terms of fantasy value, when it comes to Miller that is not really the case. When drafting a tight end, it’s pretty simple. There’s Rob Gronkowski and everyone else. If you’re not getting Gronk early, it makes very little sense to draft a tight end early on. Miller can be had very late ... Read More
2015 Fantasy Football Outlook: Markus Wheaton
This is another part in a series looking at the Pittsburgh Steelers and how they will fare in terms of fantasy football production in 2015. While the Steelers top two receivers- Antonio Brown and Martavis Bryant- have much hype around them, the hype is not there for Markus Wheaton. But should there be? Many are projecting Bryant for a huge breakout season, but realistically couldn’t the same be said for Wheaton? I believe it could be and am looking to get some shares of Wheaton ... Read More
2015 Fantasy Football Outlook: Martavis Bryant
Here is another in a series of looking at the Pittsburgh Steelers in terms of their potential 2015 fantasy football impact. Today I take a look at second-year wide receiver Martavis Bryant. After being inactive the first seven games of the year as a rookie, Bryant broke on the scene in a big way last year to close the year. While only catching 26 passes on the season, eight of those went for touchdowns. Bryant also had a whopping 21.1 yards per catch average. In the process Bryant ... Read More
2015 Fantasy Football Outlook: Antonio Brown
This is the fourth in a series of looking the Pittsburgh Steelers and how they will fare from a fantasy football perspective in 2015. I now move to the wide receiver position and perhaps the best wide receiver in the game in Antonio Brown. Brown has had a two-year run that should make him the top receiver going off the board. Two years ago he finished with 110 receptions, 1,503 total yards and nine touchdowns. Last season he even improved on those numbers by adding an additional 19 ... Read More
2015 Fantasy Football Outlook: DeAngelo Williams
This is the third part in a series looking at the fantasy value of current Pittsburgh Steelers. While earlier I looked at guys who can have an impact for your team week in and week out like Ben Roethlisberger and Le’Veon Bell, today I look at a trickier situation in the form of running back DeAngelo Williams. When Williams signed with the Steelers, it didn’t do much for his already plummeting fantasy value, but throw in Bell’s suspension and a guy like Williams has seen his value rise a ... Read More
2015 Fantasy Football Outlook: Le’Veon Bell
Yesterday I started my 2015 Pittsburgh Steelers Fantasy Football preview by looking at Steelers’ quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. Today I shift the focus to the backfield and look at running back Le’Veon Bell. Bell is an easy guy to analyze, especially after a 2014 season in which he was the Fantasy Football MVP. I for one rode Bell to more than one title a season ago. But there are some complications entering the 2015 campaign as Bell won’t be immediately available, serving a two-game ... Read More
2015 Fantasy Football Outlook: Ben Roethlisberger
This is the first in a series looking at the Pittsburgh Steelers and how they will fare not just on the field, but more importantly what type of fantasy football value they will offer during the 2015 season. I will start with Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. I usually play in 10-plus larger leagues a season along with having a lot of DFS action and Roethlisberger was one guy I targeted a season ago. I had a ninth-round value placed on him, but was willing to grab him in the eighth ... Read More
Steelers kick-off podcast
Finally, football is back! Join our Matt Shetler and Michael Waterloo, as well as guest John Buffone from GameTimePA as they breakdown the Steelers vs. Browns, talk NFL, fantasy football, Pitt's win and the Pirates two wins on Saturday. ... Read More