INDIANAPOLIS 鈥� Legendary linebacker Bill George was born in Waynesburg just two days before the stock market crashed to kickstart the Great Depression.Of course, there was nothing depressing about George鈥檚 football career, which took him from Waynesburg to Wake Forest to the Chicago Bears, ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� Unlike in 2014 when James Harrison briefly retired following a one-year stint in Cincinnati, no one, absolutely no one, can accuse the linebacker of having left the game too soon.On Wednesday, the Steelers re-signed Harrison to a two-year deal worth a reported $3.5 million that ...
The Steelers announced an agreement with Antonio Brown on a new five-year contract 鈥� essentially a four-year extension 鈥� that will keep the star receiver in Pittsburgh through the 2021 season.The team did not release the financial specifics of the extension, but ESPN reports it鈥檚 worth up ...
Le鈥橵eon Bell didn鈥檛 get that $15 million he rapped about last summer. At least not yet.To the surprise of no one, the Steelers placed the franchise tag on their star running back on Monday, easily beating the NFL鈥檚 Wednesday deadline to tag players.Bell will likely make $12.8 million for ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� Not every prospect dreads the thought of participating in the NFL Combine. Not every player backs out of an event for fear that it might hurt their draft stock.When you come from one of college football鈥檚 FCS programs, as Arthur Moats did, it鈥檚 a welcome chance to show the ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� One can glean a lot during the NFL Combine. From a player鈥檚 height and weight to medical and drug testing, the league鈥檚 next wave of stars reveal plenty 鈥� and, in spandex shirts and shorts 鈥� probably a little too much.But what the annual gathering, which gets under way ...
