PITTSBURGH 鈥� Admittedly, Rushel Shell鈥檚 last run under the Pittsburgh spotlight did not turn out as he would have liked. That was back in 2012, when the Hopewell native was 19 and looking to transfer out of the University of Pittsburgh after just one season.Five years later, the last three ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� The Pittsburgh Steelers didn鈥檛 draft Pitt superstar running back and cancer survivor James Conner in the third round yesterday for the story.Running backs coach James Saxon couldn鈥檛 make that clear enough.鈥淎ny of these kids getting the opportunity to get picked by an NFL ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� Worried about Martavis Bryant much?Perhaps they should be.The Pittsburgh Steelers, still reeling from a shredding at the hands of Tom Brady and looking at a talented crop of defensive backs in the 2017 draft, instead chose wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster of Southern Cal with ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� Don鈥檛 call Josh Dobbs an astronaut.The newest quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers is an aerospace engineer, and he鈥檒l tell you all about the F-135 engine.鈥淭he most technologically advanced engine ever created,鈥� he said with his voice rising in enthusiasm.But there鈥檚 ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� The Steelers hope to have found James Harrison鈥檚 heir apparent this time after drafting outside linebacker T.J. Watt in the first round last night.The Steelers tried to replace Harrison once before, in 2013, but Jarvis Jones didn鈥檛 work out and Harrison returned to the team, ...
Two days before the draft, the NFL finally got around to announcing the reinstatement of Martavis Bryant.The Steelers wide receiver had been suspended the past year for failing the league鈥檚 substance abuse policy. But after spending much of the year training and coaching kids in Nevada, ...
