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Stick With The Man Who Brought You Here
It’s a talking point. It will always be a talking point. In theory, this should not even be a question. With the Pittsburgh Steelers set to play the Bills in Buffalo on Sunday, there should be no questions about the quarterback position for Pittsburgh. They need to stick with the man who brought them here.…
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The Towel Curse, Former Steelers, And The Road Ahead: Thoughts As Titans Push Pittsburgh To Playoffs
Your Pittsburgh Steelers are in the playoffs, baby. It’s official: Pittsburgh has the seventh seed in the AFC, and will play the second seed Buffalo Bills in the wild card round. This was the most contentious weekend in Pittsburgh in a long time, with the Steelers needing a win in Baltimore against the 1-seed Ravens,…
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Godwin Igwebuike Is The Anti-Gunner Olszewski
In the midst of the muck and the rain, the hopes and dreams, and the fight to live at least one more week, we witnessed one of the smartest plays by Danny Smith’s special teams unit. Godwin Igwebuike, serving as the team’s kick returner, was able to earn his team an extra 15 yards in…
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Steelers Review, Week 18: An Unknown Fate
This is a very hard review to write. Not because of the performance on the field, but because I don’t know if this is the finale for the Steelers Review this year. That will be determined tomorrow, when either the Jacksonville Jaguars or the Buffalo Bills lose. If either team loses, the Steelers are in.…
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Pens Make Cap Room By Shipping Out Rem Pitlick
The eyes of Pittsburgh are on the Steelers today as Saturday kicks off a weekend that will decide their playoff fate, but the Penguins are busy as well, making a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks. The Penguins traded forward Rem Pitlick, who has spent the year so far in the AHL, to the Blackhawks in…
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Remembering An Electrifying Penguins Debut
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Penguins Deploy Next Steps For Jesse Puljujärvi
Jesse Puljujärvi has been with the Penguins in Pittsburgh for weeks, and now we might be getting one step closer to seeing him on the ice for the team. Puljujärvi has been with the organization since December 10th, practicing with the team as he continues to recover from double hip resurfacing surgery in the offseason.…
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Pirates Catch Backlash Over Handling Of PiratesFest Questions
The Pittsburgh Pirates are catching some heat from their fans, after it spread online that the team is screening questions beforehand in preparation for fans to be able to interact with several prominent members of the Pirates’ front office and management team. PiratesFest, which is taking place on January 6th this year, is returning to…
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Steelers Review, Week 17: Rudolph Rides Again
Make no mistake, this was the biggest game of the season for the Pittsburgh Steelers. In Seattle facing a fellow 8-7 team with everything on the line, Mason Rudolph and the Steelers delivered a big time performance to boost the Steelers’ chances of a playoff berth. Heading into this game, all eyes were on the…
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Steelers Get Unexpected Christmas Gift From Old Foe
Merry Christmas, y’all! As Yinzers from around the Steel City tore open presents on Christmas morning, the Pittsburgh Steelers woke up to a holiday gift of their own. Last night, on a frigid Christmas Eve night in Foxborough, the New England Patriots defeated the Denver Broncos in a game that really helped out neither team.…
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How Mason Rudolph Went From Third String Punchline To Christmas Hero
To say that anyone expected the legendary game that Mason Rudolph put together last night would definitely be a stretch. You may have thought about it. You may have hoped for it. You might have even prayed on it. But no one legitimately saw this coming: a 34-11 thrashing of the Cincinnati Bengals, and a…
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Steelers Review, Week 16: Rudolph Saves Christmas
It’s the best Christmas story that one could have possibly wrote. On Christmas Eve Eve, Mason Rudolph comes in and leads the Pittsburgh Steelers to victory over their divisional rival, the Cincinnati Bengals. Rudolph thee red-nosed quarterback has the best performance of any Steelers quarterback since Ben Roethlisberger retired. He became the first Steelers QB…
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Game Of His Life: Nick Kingham
“Game Of His Life” tells the story of Pittsburgh athletes who may not have had the most illustrious, Hall of Fame level careers, but had one absolutely amazing game. In today’s edition, Nick Kingham. Baseball might be the best sport for articles like these to create themselves. With so many games over the course of…
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Analysis: It’s Put Up Or Shut Up Time For George Pickens, But He’ll Need The Steelers’ Help
George Pickens and his work, or rather lack of work on the football field, have dominated the sports new cycle in Pittsburgh this week. He’s far and ahead the biggest story in Pittsburgh this week, which is really saying something over on the North Shore, the Pirates officially re-signed Andrew McCutchen. The crux of the…
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For Mitch Trubisky, History Repeats Itself
History is such a funny thing, ain’t it? Ok, well, maybe football history is, anyways. It’s rare that you can pinpoint exactly one single play where a quarterback lost his job. One single play that determined a quarterback’s fate with his team. And yet, this exact moment has happened twice for Mitch Trubisky. On Monday,…
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“We Want Fleury” Chants Rain Down In Pens Win
For maybe the final time in his National Hockey League career, Marc-Andre Fleury was in town as his Minnesota Wild took on the Pittsburgh Penguins. However, he spent his last trip to his draft city on the bench. In the afternoon before the game, Wild head coach John Hynes announced that Fleury would not be…
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Mike Tomlin Changes Tune On Mason Rudolph, Names Him Starter
In his weekly press conference earlier today, Steelers head coach changed his tune on quarterback Mason Rudolph, saying that he will get the start on Saturday at home against the Cincinnati Bengals. After their 21-18 loss to the New England Patriots, Tomlin staunchly denied any chance that Rudolph could get the nod, saying he would…
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We Live In Our Fears
“We don’t live in our fears.” It’s one of the most famous, or infamous, Tomlin-isms over the course of his time as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. It’s a nice prophecy, but one that has rarely seen the light of day in recent years, and in the domed Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, it…
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Steelers Suffer Three Game Losing Streak For Sixth Consecutive Season
With their soul crushing, likely season ending loss to the Indianapolis Colts, the Steelers lost their third straight game this season. An ugly, horrifying, unacceptable mark for any team that is supposedly in a position to try and win now. But sadly, this is nothing new. In fact, for the sixth year in a row,…
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Steelers Review, Week 15: Indy .500
It’s over. It’s so over. It’s never been more over than it is right now. With their season on the line and their rapidly evaporating playoff spot in jeopardy, the Pittsburgh Steelers put together one of the worst efforts all year long. Alex, are you forgetting about the last two weeks? First off, how could…
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Mitch Trubisky Is Here For A Long Time, Not A Good Time
With Kenny Pickett still out for the foreseeable future, there’s an unquestioned man in charge of the quarterback position in his absence. Unquestioned in the eyes of the coaching staff, at least. In his weekly press conference, which was a day earlier than usual due to the Steelers playing on Saturday this week, head coach…
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Jansen Harkins The Unlikely Hero In Pens’ Historic Shootout Win
Standing at center ice in the 12th round of a shootout between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre, Jansen Harkins was the latest Penguin with a chance to win the game. It had been a while since either team put the puck in the net; the teams exchanged goals in the first…
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THE STREAK IS OVER
They said it could never be done. They said it would never be done. It had been over an entire month. My friends, the power play goal-less drought is OVER. On Tuesday night at PPG Paints Arena, the Penguins hosted the Arizona Coyotes, badly in need of a win. Pittsburgh had dropped five straight games,…
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The Pirates Can Never Have Anything Nice…Ever
The Pirates were just dealt a major blow to their 2024 plans. After already losing starting pitcher Johan Oviedo for the entire 2024 season, they have also now lost catcher and rising star Endy Rodriguez for the entire upcoming season. Yesterday night, the Pirates announced that Rodriguez injured himself while swinging on an at bat…
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The Tommy DeVito Story Is Depressing For The Steelers
As the NFL season marches on, we find ourselves rapidly approaching the end of the season. It’s crunch time for some teams, desperation time for others, and development time for the rest. The NFL aired two different Monday night games last night. In Miami, the fans were stunned as their team suffered a historical collapse…
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Jesse Puljujärvi Provides An Interesting Wrinkle In Struggling Lineup
It wasn’t the big time, franchise altering move that some fans hoped to see after the Penguins dropped back to back games in the state of Florida, but the team did make an addition to the roster in the hopes of kickstarting their depth. Jesse Puljujärvi was signed to a professional tryout with the team,…
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Looking At Steelers Teams That Almost Made The Playoffs
Let’s do something a little different today. With the Steelers constantly takings down to the wire, there’s been plenty of Steelers teams that just barely missed out on the postseason. In the Mike Tomlin era, Pittsburgh has historically always been in the running until the dying moments of the regular season. While that hasn’t often…
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Hornqvist, The Fourth Line, Sullivan, And More: Thoughts From Sunrise
SUNRISE, FL–After a joyous ceremony to honor the legendary career of former Penguin and Panther Patric Hornqvist, Pittsburgh got under way in a crucial game in Florida. Prior to the start of this mini road trip to Tampa Bay and Sunrise, President and General Manager Kyle Dubas said this stretch would be massive in determining…
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Florida Panthers Honor Former Penguin Patric Hornqvist
SUNRISE, FL–The Florida Panthers honored former Penguin and Panther Patric Hornqvist prior to Friday night’s game against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Amerant Arena in Sunrise, Florida. Hornqvist, who finished his career in Florida and just recently retired as a Panther, spent the last three seasons of his NHL career with the team. Injuries heavily limited…
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Penguins Shake Up Depth, Promote Three Players
SUNRISE, FL-In. the latest attempt to get a spark in their lower lines, the Pittsburgh Penguins have called up three players from their American Hockey League affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Forwards Marc Johnstone, Valterri Puustinen, and Jonathan Gruden have been promoted to the NHL roster. In corresponding moves, the team re-assigned forwards Alex Nylander and…
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Steelers Review, Week 14: The Patriot Act
I can’t believe we are here again. Things have to change. In back to back weeks, a team who had two wins coming into the year came into Pittsburgh in a must-win game for the Steelers, and in back to back weeks, Mike Tomlin’s team loses again. I have never been on the fire Tomlin…
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Mr. Biscuit’s Big Chance
Pittsburgh’s 24-10 loss to the Arizona Cardinals was absolutely brutal. An arrogant, undisciplined, and unprepared team got embarrassed at home to a team that had won 2 games all season prior to Sunday. In the midst of the battle, quarterback Kenny Pickett went down with an ankle injury, and did not return to the game.…
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Pirates Addition Of LHP A Low-Risk, High-Reward Scenario
In the first of (hopefully) several additions to their starting rotation, the Pittsburgh Pirates have added left handed pitcher Marco Gonzales from the Atlanta Braves. Per ESPN’s Jeff Passan, the Braves are also sending cash Pittsburgh’s way to help pay for his $12 million salary. Atlanta acquired Gonzales in a trade on Sunday, but the…
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Pirates Add Pitcher On Minor League Deal
The slow offseason for Major League Baseball continues to drag on, but now with the Winter Meetings taking place, perhaps things will start to pick up a little more. The Pirates were one of the first teams to make a signing at the meetings. Pittsburgh has signed former Atlanta Braves reliever Ben Heller to a…
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Steelers Sign Former Penn State Quarterback
With Kenny Picket out for considerable time, the Pittsburgh Steelers were down to two quarterbacks in the organization. To remedy that, the Steelers have signed former Penn State quarterback Trace McSorley to the team’s practice squad. McSorley is a former sixth round pick by the Baltimore Ravens in 2019. The 28 year old has appeared…
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The Steelers Need To Draft A Quarterback
Amidst all the ugliness of Pittsburgh’s 24-10 loss to the Arizona Cardinals, quarterback Kenny Pickett left the game late in the second quarter and did not return. The injury forced veteran backup Mitch Trubisky to finish the game, which went from bad to worse. Early in the third quarter, Trubisky fumbled off a bad snap…
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Steelers Review, Week 13: Free Bird
I stared at my computer for ten straight minutes before I began typing. I didn’t know how to properly express my disappointment in what I saw today. But then I realized, that I shouldn’t have been disappointed. Because this is exactly what I expected. Truth be told, I didn’t even need to wait for the…
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Penguins’ Power Play Is More Than Bad, It’s Detrimental To The Team
Picture this: it’s a 2-1 game at PPG Paints Arena. In the heat of the battle of Pennsylvania, the Penguins have a power play to get the insurance marker in the third period. For 1 minute and 59 seconds, the Penguins pass the puck around the perimeter. With skaters moving around the Flyers’ zone, the…
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Steelers Face Classic Trap Game Sunday Against Arizona
Earlier this year, when the Steelers were getting ready to travel down to Houston to face the Texans, I warned that game could be a trap game. Of course, that was Week 4. Lots has changed since then. We now have a better understanding of how good CJ Stroud is in his rookie year, and…
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Pirates RHP Thomas Hatch Headed To Japan
The Pittsburgh Pirates are losing a relief pitcher off of their 40-man roster. Right hander Thomas Hatch is reportedly set to play in the Nippon Professional Baseball league in Japan. Korean news publication IS Plus is reporting that several teams in the Korean Baseball Organization were pursuing Hatch as well, but the 29 year old…
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Tristan Jarry Scores First Goalie Goal In Franchise History
Clinging to a one goal lead late in the third period in Tampa Bay, Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry had the puck come right to his stick. Without hesitating, Jarry took a chance, firing the puck all the way down the ice, as so many other Pittsburgh goaltenders have done before him. But, unlike anyone who…
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Rookie Defenseman John Ludvig Endearing Himself To Pittsburgh
John Ludvig began training camp for the 2023-24 season in the warm sunny climate of South Florida. After a successful season down in the American Hockey League for the Charlotte Checkers, in which he played 54 games for the team and chipped in 17 points from the blue line, Ludvig was gearing up to try…
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It’s OK To Be Cautiously Optimistic About Kenny Pickett
Kenny Pickett looked like a new man on Sunday in Cincinnati. In his first game after the firing of offensive coordinator Matt Canada, Pickett threw for 278 yards, the second highest total of his NFL career to date, and threw seemingly without fear all over the field. The Steelers used the middle of the field…
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Penguins Bring Back Former PTO Player In AHL Trade
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ American Hockey League affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, made a trade with the AHL Chicago Wolves earlier today. The WBS Penguins acquired forward Peter Abbandonato and defenseman Owen Headrick from Chicago in exchange for the ultra coveted future considerations. Abbandonato signed a professional try out with Pittsburgh in the offseason. He survived training…
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When Was The Last Time The Steelers Had That Many Yards?
THE STREAK. IS. OVER. After 58 straight games of football for the Pittsburgh Steelers without cracking 400+ yards on offense, they finally did it yesterday against the Bengals in Cincinnati. It was Pittsburgh’s first game since firing offensive coordinator Matt Canada, and promoting Eddie Faulkner to the role of OC and Mike Sullivan to the…
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Steelers Review, Week 12: Fifty Eight
For the first time in 58…FIFTY EIGHT games, the Pittsburgh Steelers amassed 400+ yards on offense. That hasn’t happened since Week 2 of the 2020 NFL season. That never happened once during Matt Canada’s reign as offensive coordinator, which began at the start of the 2021 season and ended on Tuesday, when the Steelers did…
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Game Of His Life: Kameron Kelly
“Game Of His Life” tells the story of Pittsburgh athletes who may not have had the most illustrious, Hall of Fame level careers, but had one absolutely amazing game. In today’s edition, Kameron Kelly. Kameron Kelly had a very brief National Football League career. A survivor of the failed Alliance of American Football, Kelly used…
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Kenny Pickett Has The Chance To Do The Funniest Thing Ever
This is it. There are no more excuses for Kenny Pickett. His biggest hurdle to success in the NFL, offensive coordinator Matt Canada, is gone. Pittsburgh fired him on Tuesday to the jubilation of Steelers fans worldwide. In his place, the Steelers are employing a tag team strategy at the position; Running Backs Coach Eddie…
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This Is Alex Nylander’s Big Chance, And It Might Be His Last One
Alex Nylander was the common butt of the joke last year for many Penguins fans. It wasn’t because of his play. It wasn’t because of his actions. It wasn’t anything he even did. But Nylander was up and down between the National Hockey League and American Hockey League what must have felt like twice a…
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Comparing Zach Wilson, Kenny Pickett, and Mason Rudolph
The New York Jets made headlines when news broke that they were sitting quarterback Zach Wilson for Sunday’s upcoming game against the Miami Dolphins. In fact, they went one step further than simply benching him. With Tim Boyle taking over the starter’s job and veteran Trevor Siemian serving as backup, Wilson has plummeted to QB3…
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Penguins Sign A Defenseman, Recall Two Forwards As Injuries Plague Lineup
The Pittsburgh Penguins made several roster moves today, as the team has gotten bit by the injury bug. To start, the team signed defenseman Dmitry Samorukov to a one year deal. His contract is worth $775K at the NHL level, and he will be looked to solidify the depth on defense for the Penguins as…
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Penguins Sign Depth Defenseman
The Pittsburgh Penguins have added defenseman Dmitri Samorukov to the team, signing him to a one year contract worth $775K at the NHL level. This signing comes as Chad Ruhwedel is going to be out week to week with a lower body injury. Ruhwedel’s absence, along with the questionable status regarding P.O. Joseph put the…
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Steelers Fire Embattled Offensive Coordinator
The Matt Canada era in Pittsburgh, at long last, is over. The Steelers fired their offensive coordinator this morning, with head coach Mike Tomlin adding in a brief statement “I appreciate Matt’s hard work and dedication, and I wish him the best moving forward.” Canada, in his third year as the offensive coordinator for the…
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Pirates Finally Make A Move, Sign Outfielder Gilberto Celestino
The Major League Baseball free agency period is a painfully slow one. In almost every other league, as soon as the deadline hits, it’s off to the races for teams signing players. But perhaps its rather fitting that a slow-paced sport like baseball has a slow-paced offseason. In any sense, the Pittsburgh Pirates finally made…
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Anyone Up For Some Mason Rudolph?
Like many of you, I cannot believe this is a real thought I am having, but here we are. This was actually something I had first thought about during the short week before the Thursday night game against the Tennessee Titans. With Pickett’s status in doubt, and Mitch Trubisky coming off of a very uninspiring…
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Steelers Review, Week 11: Clueless In Cleveland
We all knew it was coming, right? I found it somewhat amusing when a lot of NFL pundits and the national media painted it as a massive positive for the Pittsburgh Steelers when news broke that the team would be facing backup rookie quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson. Of course, why would they think anything else? In…
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Alex Nedeljkovic Scores Goalie Goal In Conditioning Stint
Aiming to be back any day now for the Pittsburgh Penguins, goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic has embarked on a quick conditioning/rehab stint with Pittsburgh’s American Hockey League affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Nedeljkovic started Friday night’s game for the WBS Pens as he is expected to re-join the NHL squad from Long Term Injured Reserve this weekend.…
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