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Steelers Review, Week 9: Canada’s Last Stand
Tighten up also works a s a title for this week, but I hope you’ll see why I opted to give Matt Canada a little credit this time around. This was the most classic win we’ve seen for the Steelers teams we’ve watched in the last few years. Middling offense, keep your opponents (mostly) in…
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The Key To Halting Tennessee’s Will Levis
Unfortunately, I did not have enough time to write a full preview column for the Steelers vs Titans game tonight. The short week threw me off and life gets in the way. You didn’t ask, but I figured I’d tell you anyways. However, in lieu of that, I wanted to zero in on a particular…
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Penguins To Mandate Neck And Wrist Guards For All AHL and ECHL Players
Per head coach Mike Sullivan, the Pittsburgh Penguins organization is going to require all athletes playing for their American Hockey League and East Coast Hockey League affiliates to wear neck guards and wrist guards in the wake of former Penguin Adam Johnson’s death while playing in Europe this weekend. While playing in the Elite Ice…
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Something Has To Change
Picture this scene… It’s tied 3-3, late in the third period between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Anaheim Ducks. There’s just about two minutes left in the game. Just 11 seconds after Anaheim’s Mason McTavish was called for tripping, Sam Carrick gets called for a delay of game. The Penguins are now standing with a…
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Steelers’ Upcoming Opponent Threw 4 TDs In First NFL Start
What do you mean we play again on Thursday?! After an ugly loss in every sense of the word on Sunday, the Pittsburgh Steelers need to have a short memory as they gear up for a short week. The Steelers will be featured on Thursday Night Football against the Tennessee Titans in just a few…
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Steelers Review, Week 8: Law And Disorder
This game sucked, man. Prior to the game, it was pretty clear that the Jacksonville Jaguars were going to give the Pittsburgh Steelers all they could handle. With Trevor Lawrence at quarterback and various weapons on both sides of the ball, the Jags were set to once again give the Steelers a hard time. But…
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Magnus Hellberg Shines, Then Fades, In Penguins Debut
It probably wasn’t how he envisioned making his Pittsburgh Penguins debut, but goaltender Magnus Hellberg came into NHL action for the first time since joining the Penguins organization this summer. Hellberg was called up due to the injury to Alex Nedeljkovic, who has since been placed on Long Term Injured Reserve. With Ned now being…
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Steelers Look To Wrangle A Historic Thorn In Their Side Sunday
After another surprising win last week in Los Angeles, your Pittsburgh Steelers are *somehow* 4-2 on the year. But this Sunday features one of the biggest tests of the year for this young team. The pesky Jacksonville Jaguars come to town this weekend, coming off three straight wins. Jacksonville leads their division, the AFC South,…
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It’s Hellburgh Season
Yes I know, I know, he spells it Hellberg, but can you just let me have this? It’s awesome wordplay, I need this. It’s been a week, man. And it’s been a week for the Pittsburgh Penguins too. After being thrashed again, this time by the Dallas Stars at home two nights ago, the Penguins…
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Steelers’ Containment of Cooper Kupp Crucial During Sunday’s Win
The Steelers defense had a lot to focus on coming into Sunday’s “road” game against the Los Angeles Rams in SoFi Stadium. Despite having little in the running game, the Rams boasted several high powered weapons on the offensive side of the ball. An extremely talented duo of wide receivers were going to give the…
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Kenny Pickett Already Has Ben Roethlisberger Beat In Unbelievable Stat
We’re gonna be talking a lot about Kenny Pickett for the rest of this week. Sunday was the latest edition of the patented Pickett game, a mediocre three quarters that get washed away by a Tom Brady-esque fourth quarter performance to swing the game for the Steelers. Pickett went 7/7 for 138 yards in the…
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Steelers Review, Week 7: Slingin’ It In SoFi
What’s a Sunday without some extra stress and anxiety for NO good reason? After a bliss filled week that was the bye for the Pittsburgh Steelers, the team returned to action this week in Los Angeles against the Rams. The Steelers were looking for their seventh straight win coming out of the bye week, while…
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Radim Zohorna Makes Instant Impact With Pens
After recently being called up from the AHL’s Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, forward Radim Zohorna is already making his presence known on the NHL stage again. Replacing the waived (and subsequently re-assigned) Jansen Harkins, Zohorna was the first man Pittsburgh called from within their organization as they tried to change things up in the bottom six. The…
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Trying To Find Highlights In Gunner Olszewski’s Steelers Career
With the news yesterday that the Pittsburgh Steelers released Gunner Olszewski, there are plenty of fans who are happy to see him gone. And they have every right to be. Constant fumbles, horrible gaffes, mental miscues, and a depressing stat line all culminated for a downright awful year and a half for Gunner in a…
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Steelers Reportedly Releasing Gunner Olszewski
NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero is reporting that the Pittsburgh Steelers are waiving kick/punt returner and wide receiver Gunner Olszewski. His release comes after a year and a half of constant scrutiny ever since joining Pittsburgh. The 26 year old has unfortunately made constant gaffes and mistakes that have harmed his team, and arguably cost them…
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Completely Opposing Trends Collide As Steelers Visit Rams
My friends, it is with a heavy heart I inform you that the Pittsburgh Steelers are back in action. Coming off their bye week, the Steelers will travel to Los Angeles to take on the Rams at Sofi Stadium. Sunday’s 4:25 matchup provides a very interesting collision of historical trends, pinning Pittsburgh’s post-bye success under…
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Penguins Place Jansen Harkins On Waivers
Just four games into his stint with the Pittsburgh Penguins, forward Jansen Harkins finds himself on the waiver wire. If he clears, Harkins will be re-assigned to the team’s AHL affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Harkins was acquired by Pittsburgh via the waiver wire just a few weeks ago. It’s not all that surprising of a…
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A Shoutout To Rodney Williams
A note before we begin: I know this game is almost two weeks old, but I don’t really care. Rodney Williams deserves praise for the game against the Ravens. Rodney Williams had yet to make a name for himself, whether it be as a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers, or the National Football League. A…
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Penguins Place Newly-Acquired Karel Plasek On Unconditional Waivers For Contract Termination
As mysteriously he appeared, he was gone. A mere 24 hours after acquiring him alongside Jack Rathbone in a trade from the Vancouver Canucks, forward Karel Plasek has been placed on unconditional waivers for the purposes of contract termination by the Pittsburgh Penguins. Assuming no one claims Plasek, he will officially be a free agent…
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Steelers Set To Replace Desmond King With Darius Rush
The Pittsburgh Steelers are gonna be a heck of a trivia question answer when we look back on Desmond King’s career. King broke his own news story late Tuesday night when he posted “welp on to the next” on Twitter/X, sending Steelers fans into a flurry of curiosity. Not long after, it was reported that…
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Penguins Acquire Jack Rathbone And Prospect In Trade With Vancouver
The Pittsburgh Penguins announced today that the team has acquired defenseman Jack Rathbone and forward prospect Karel Plasek from the Vancouver Canucks. In exchange, Pittsburgh has sent defenseman Mark Friedman and forward prospect Ty Glover. Rathbone is signed through the rest of the season on a one way deal paying him $850K. The 24 year…
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Revisiting Ron Hextall’s Lone Trade Win In Pittsburgh
Penguins fans have been rejoicing every since the organization removed Ron Hextall from the general manager position and replaced him with the savvy Kyle Dubas. Hextall was maligned by fans and media for the large majority of his tenure in Pittsburgh. Questionable signings, bad trades, and a fumbling of talent in regards to the Seattle…
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Worst Possible Scenario Plays Out For Steelers Yesterday
The Steelers didn’t play football this week, but it’s safe to say things did not go well for Pittsburgh yesterday. All three of their divisional opponents won, further tightening the standings in the AFC North heading into Week 7. With every team picking up a win, the Steelers no longer hold first place in the…
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Game Of His Life: Drew Sutton
“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, Drew Sutton. Drew Sutton is exactly the kind of player that this series is all about. A man who accurred just 128 major…
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Crosby, Malkin, Power Play Dominate Capitals In Shutout Win
The Pittsburgh Penguins looked like a totally different team from their season opener to last night in our nation’s capital. Pittsburgh jumped out to an early lead, and unlike Tuesday night, they held on, defeating the Washington Capitals 4-0 in their season opener. The Penguins power play, which had looked concerning to say the least…
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How Cleveland’s PJ Walker, Who Is Set To Start Sunday, Was Almost A Steeler
With starting quarterback DeShaun Watson likely out on Sunday, the Brows have said they are turning to newcomer PJ Walker to lead the offense if Watson cannot go. Watson has been dealing with a shoulder injury, a rotator cuff contusion, for a few weeks now. Despite being medically cleared to play, Watson was a surprise…
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Why Are We Overreacting To The “Fire Canada” Chants At The Penguins Game?
Tuesday night’s Pittsburgh Penguins home opener went from great, to ok, to bad. Starting out from a 2-0 lead and ending in 4-2 defeat, there was definitely lots to talk about from that night. You can check out some of those thoughts here, but there seems to be a particular sticking point, the “Fire Canada”…
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Whole New Roster, Same Old Pens: Thoughts From The Home Opener
The home opener is always exciting. And this year, there was even more to be excited about. After a summer of new management reshaping the entire Pittsburgh roster, vibes were high and expectations possibly higher as the home opener finally arrived. There was a definite buzz around the arena as puck drop inched closer. While…
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Say What You Will About Kenny Pickett, He’s Got That Clutch Ability
We may not fully know who the real Kenny Pickett is, but we certainly do know one thing: the kid is clutch. I’ll own it, after last week, I thought Pickett shouldn’t play. My justification was that with his knee injury and his mishaps on the field, two weeks of rest and reset (the Steelers…
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Last Minute Waiver Wire Addition Makes Opening Night Roster for Penguins
Kyle Dubas stayed active on the waiver wire all preseason, carefully navigating how and when to send players down and get them through waivers, but also snagging a few players as well to join the Penguins organization. Just hours before the 5pm deadline yesterday finalize rosters, Pittsburgh claimed scrappy defenseman John Ludvig off waivers from…
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Penguins New FNB Ads Are Gonna FNB Awful
Ads on jerseys are an absolute disgrace, and as if we didn’t have to suffer from seeing an obnoxiously big blue Highmark logo on the team’s home jerseys, the Penguins unveiled that First National Bank is now going to have an advertising patch on the team’s away jersey. The Highmark and FNB ad patches actually…
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Four Recently Ex-Penguins I’m Watching This Season
The Pittsburgh Penguins are very a different looking team coming into this season. The roster experienced a massive overhaul this summer, and many members of the 2022-23 Penguins have found themselves dispersed around the National Hockey League. It’s always interesting, particularly as a fan, to see how players perform in new locations after leaving Pittsburgh.…
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Steelers Review, Week 5: From The Claws Of Defeat
How do you even begin to describe what we saw today? How do you even begin to put into words the reckless rollercoaster of emotions? I guess I’ll have to give it a try. This game was honestly about what I expected, albeit more chaotic. A rock fight divisional battle that the Steelers somehow some…
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Penguins Waive Zohorna, Friedman, And Three Others
The Pittsburgh Penguins placed five additional players on waivers today, including forward Radim Zohorna, whose waiving may come as a surprise to many. Zohorna had a very solid preseason, which makes him being placed on waivers a puzzling move. With the addition of Jansen Harkins, who the Penguins claimed off waivers from the Winnipeg Jets…
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Former Penguin Matt Cooke Named A Minor League Head Coach
Former Pittsburgh Penguin Matt Cooke has been named the newest head coach of the East Coast Hockey League’s Newfoundland Growlers. Cooke is now the fourth head coach in the team’s history, and brings along fellow former NHLer Adam Pardy as a Development Coach. Cooke, a veteran of over 1,000 games, garnered a reputation as one…
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Steelers, Somehow, Find Themselves In Battle For Division Lead Against Ravens
Considering the shellacking the Steelers received at the hands of the Houston Texans last week, it’s insanely hard to believe that Pittsburgh is 2-2 entering Week 5 of the NFL. Equally, if not more so, it’s ridiculous that the Steelers can lead the AFC North with a win at home this Sunday against the Baltimore…
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Kenny Pickett Should Not Be The Starter On Sunday
After Kenny Pickett’s knee injury went from looking potentially season ending, to maybe a few weeks, to now nothing at all, it looks more and more like Kenny might actually play on Sunday. He was officially listed as a limited participant in practices this week, and sported a knee brace while on the practice field,…
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The Steelers And Pirates Have The Same Amount Of Playoff Wins In The Last Decade
Mike Tomlin is under the microscope. Even if his job security isn’t, his performance is. And after delivering an awful, confusing-on-purpose type of press conference yesterday, fans and media alike are livid about what Tomlin has in mind about righting the ship in Pittsburgh. After Sunday’s embarrassing blowout to the Houston Texans, Tomlin, now infamously…
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Tim Wakefield’s Legendary Rookie Campaign
Tim Wakefield was a legendary pitcher in the major leagues. Over the course of his astonishing 19 year Major League Baseball career, Wakefield pitched over 3,200 innings on the mound. He faced 13,939 batters over his career, racking up 2,156 strikeouts over that time. He was credited with exactly 200 major league wins, and finished…
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Penguins Claim Forward Jansen Harkins Off Waivers From Jets
The Pittsburgh Penguins have claimed forward Jansen Harkins off of waivers from the Winnipeg Jets today, as the Jets placed several players on waivers to try and carve out their opening night roster. Harkins, 26, has spent his entire National Hockey League career with the Winnipeg Jets to this point. He debuted during the 2019-20…
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Both Canada, Pickett To Blame For Disastrous 4th And 1 Play
It is going to be the most talked about play all week in Pittsburgh as the Steelers try and put an embarrassing day in Houston behind them. On 4th and 1 late in the third quarter, down by 10, Mike Tomlin and the Steelers decide to go for it. Pittsburgh had been slowly, and let…
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Steelers Review, Week 4: I Hate To Say I Told You So
After a Sunday night game in Las Vegas in which the Steelers offense had finally shown you what any NFL offense should look like, Steelers fans were hoping to see a continuation of that in Houston today as the Steelers returned to the 1pm time slot for an afternoon matchup against the Texans. At the…
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On This Date In 2013: Pirates Win Wild Card Game, Cueto Drops The Ball
A decade ago today, on October 1, 2013, Buctober was taking the city by storm, and the Pirates played one of their most memorable games in franchise history. After a 21 year drought, the Pirates had finally climbed back into the postseason, having clinched a spot in the 2013 playoffs in dramatic fashion. PNC Park…
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Punter Brad Wing Set To Appear In NFL For First Time Since 2017
On Friday, the Pittsburgh Steelers announced that punter Pressley Harvin has been ruled OUT for Sunday’s game in Houston against the Texans. Harvin had been on the injury report all week while he was dealing with a hamstring injury, stemming from his Week 3 efforts in Las Vegas against the Raiders. The absence of Harvin…
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The Steelers Cannot Afford To Take The Texans Lightly
Sunday’s matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Houston Texans appears to be a layup for the visiting team. Coming off back to back wins and most recently, a game in which the offense finally showed signs of life, the Steelers are presumed by many to be the victors at NRG Stadium in Houston. Houston’s…
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Penguins Place Five Players On Waivers
Per TSN and SDPN’s Chris Johnston, the Pittsburgh Penguins have placed five players on waivers today. The Penguins, just a few thousand dollars over the salary cap, have a lot of players to sift through to establish their opening night roster, but some of their moves today have been rather puzzling. Defensemen Ty Smith, Taylor…
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What Tuesday Night’s Pirates Loss Should Mean For 2024
On the surface, a late September loss for the Pittsburgh Pirates is nothing unusual. For countless years this late into the season, the Pirates have been well out of a playoff race and are fielding rosters lined with players who are hoping to make an impression for next year’s roster. But this loss was very…
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Steelers Add Punter Brad Wing To Practice Squad
The Steelers announced that they have added punter Brad Wing to the practice squad. The Australia native previously spent four years in the National Football League from 2014 to 2017, including a year with the Steelers in his first year. As a Steeler, Wing punted 61 times, averaging 43.7 yards per punt. He was able…
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How Much Sense Does A Carlos Santana Reunion Make For The Pirates?
As the Major League Baseball season winds down, the Pittsburgh Pirates are concluding a season that is looked at by everyone just a little bit differently. Is 2023 a success? Is it a failure? Somewhere in the middle, perhaps? Regardless of how exactly it is viewed by fans and/or media, the Pirates front office has…
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A Glance At The Returning Radim Zohorna
In now his second stint with the Pittsburgh Penguins, forward Radim Zohorna is hoping to make a solid impression this preseason as he fights for an NHL job this season. Zohorna is returning to the organization where he first made his National Hockey League debut. Zohorna played 8 games for the Penguins during the 2020-21…
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Did The Raiders Field Goal Decision Cost Them The Game Against Pittsburgh?
The Pittsburgh Steelers can never win easy. Up comfortably with a 16 point lead heading deep into the fourth quarter, the Steelers defense made their only few gaffes of the night. They allowed the Raiders to march down the field to little resistance, and after a bad roughing the passer call against Minkah Fitzpatrick, Vegas…
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Steelers Review, Week 3: The Pickett Prophecy
This game was super interesting coming into it for several reasons. But the biggest by far was just how much of a mirror image these two teams were of one another. Both teams are1-1, looking for a big win. Both teams have suffered a blowout loss this season. Both teams have struggled mightily to get…
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Former Steeler Josh Dobbs Leads Arizona To Shocking Upset Over Dallas
Former backup quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers Josh Dobbs led the Arizona Cardinals to an amazing upset win over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, pushing the team to a 28-16 win at home. Dobbs went 17/21 with 189 yards and a touchdown to help the Cardinals pick up their first win of the season. Dobbs…
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Pirates Complete Largest Comeback In Franchise History, Beat Reds 13-12
In one of the most stunning events ever, the Pittsburgh Pirates completed the largest comeback in the franchise’s near 150 year history on Saturday night, capping off a 13-12 win against the Cincinnati Reds. The Pirates were down 9-0 after the third inning, after giving up 3 runs in the first, 5 in the second,…
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Five Under The Radar Penguins I’m Keeping An Eye On
The first drop of the puck in the NHL preseason is just a day away, and Pittsburgh Penguin hockey is so close, I can feel it. There’s no shortage of storylines to go around on this year’s team, from the remold of the defense, to the question marks surrounding the net, to the recurring theme…
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Sights, Sounds, And Notes From Day Two Of Penguins Training Camp
There’s nothin’ like the excitement of a new hockey season just getting underway. The Pittsburgh Penguins held day two of the team’s training camp at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry, PA today. In total, 58 players have been invited in Pittsburgh’s training camp sessions, including 33 forwards, 18 defensemen, and 7 goaltenders. A…
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Historical Hardships Loom Large As Steelers Face Raiders
It’s no secret that Sunday’s game against the Raiders is a rather important one. After a wacky, back and forth kind of game that saw the Steeler defense put up more points than the Steeler offense, Sunday’s visit to the Raiders is of crucial importance for both sides of the ball. But, there’s an extra…
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Pressley Harvin Deserves Major Props In Monday’s Win
Ideally, a group of players that you praise in a team’s win is the punting unit, but this is the unique situation that the Pittsburgh Steelers currently find themselves in. Punter Pressley Harvin has been under scrutiny ever since he became a Steeler starting in the 2021 season. He’s earned a lot of the criticism…
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