Wow. Where has the time gone? It seems like just yesterday that Mario Manningham made the sideline grab to help the Giants defeat the Patriots for the Super Bowl. Now, in just two days, the NFL season officially kicks off when the aforementioned Giants will take on the Cowboys to kick off the season. How will your favorite team do? How will your favorites teams offseason moves or draft moves help your team? Here are my NFL power rankings and predictions for the upcoming NFL season. 1. ... Read More
Spence Becomes Second Rookie to Serious Knee Injury
A mere week into my new job as Steeler’s beat writer for Pittsburgh Sporting News, and here I am, writing a second piece detailing an injury to a Steeler rookie. Steeler nation grimaced a familiar scowl Thursday night as rookie linebacker Sean Spence’s knee all but pulled a 360 degree spin toward the end of the third quarter. Spence immediately fell to the turf and remained there while play was stopped and a team of trainers and concerned teammates flocked to his side. Spence was carted off ... Read More
Petition to retire Hines Ward’s #86 – Retire86.com
Hines Ward, the greatest receiver in Pittsburgh Steelers history - PERIOD. Super Bowl XL MVP 2 time Super Bowl winner 4 time Pro Bowl selection 2 time All-NFL team selection 3 time Steelers team MVP 1st in Steelers history for receptions 1st in Steelers history for receiving yards 1st in Steelers history for receiving touchdowns 8th all-time in NFL career receptions 18th all-time in NFL career receiving yards Nobody in a Steelers uniform has ever done it better ... Read More
Steelers receive a blow with DeCastro knee injury
It’s every rookie professional athlete’s worst nightmare; suffering an injury during an insignificant preseason game. On Saturday night, the much-heralded Steelers rookie offensive lineman, David DeCastro, knows what it’s like to live that nightmare. Two possessions into the Steelers’ first offensive stand of Saturday’s game against the Buffalo Bills, DeCastro’s right leg buckled, leaving the Stanford grad writhing in pain on the field after the play. Post-game analysis shows that ... Read More
News of Mike Wallace reporting is big for the Steelers
The city of Pittsburgh released a collective sigh of relief today when numerous sources reported Steelers' star wide receiver Mike Wallace’s intention to end his hold out. Wallace spent the entirety of Steeler training camp refusing to accept the team’s contract extension offer, which totaled $2.7 million. Wallace, deeming the sum insufficient, has remained absent from organized team activity since the end of the 2011-2012 season. Now entering his fourth professional season, all spent with ... Read More
Steelers Announce the Return of 1st IN GOAL Promotion
The Pittsburgh Steelers have announced that after a successful first year with their game day promotion, 1st-IN-GOAL, which is sponsored by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the second year promises to be even better with the addition of more prizes for fans who enter Heinz Field early on game days. The 1st-IN-GOAL promotion, which began at the beginning of the 2011 regular season, will debut at the Steelers’ first home preseason game this upcoming Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts. Kickoff is ... Read More
Jack Butler Humbled in HOF Speech
Jack Butler began his Hall of Fame speech as only Jack Butler can – by telling the Steelers faithful on hand that were chanting, “Here We Go Steelers, Here We Go,” time and time again, “That’s enough.” After waiting for as long as he did to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, he had every right to say whatever he wanted. Butler, a Pittsburgh native, joined the Steelers in 1951 as a free agent out of St. Bonaventure. He played in 103 games at cornerback in his nine seasons, ... Read More
2012 Steelers Season Schedule
2012 Pittsburgh Steelers Schedule Week 1 - September 9th (8:30p), @ Denver Broncos Week 2 - September 16th (4:15p), vs. New York Jets Week 3 - September 23rd (4:15p), @ Oakland Raiders Week 4 - Bye Week 5 - October 7th (1:00p), vs. Philadelphia Eagles Week 6 - October 11th (8:20p), @ Tennessee Titans Week 7 - October 21st (8:20p), @ Cincinnati Bengals Week 8 - October 28th (1:00p), vs. Washington Redskins Week 9 - November 4th (4:15p), @ New York Giants Week 10 - ... Read More
Toney Clemons: More than a football player
Who is Toney Clemons? To Steeler fans of course, he is the seventh round pick this year and the hometown kid from New Kensington, Pa. That is who Toney Clemons the football player is right now, but who is Toney Clemons the person? Throughout his five-year college career at Michigan and Colorado, Clemons put up solid enough numbers despite the national publicity. But it’s his hometown and family that molded him into the person that he is today. Hailing from a place just 20 minutes from ... Read More