Pittsburgh Steelers News

Steelers 101 provides 24/7 obsessive sports coverage of the Pittsburgh Steelers as a part of Sports Media 101 .

ESPN's Adam Schefter reported via Twitter at 8:08 p.m. MDT that sources had told him that teams were told he would be retiring.

There was a common theme amongst many of the players who were released last week - guys like Steelers left tackle Levi Brown and linebacker Larry Foote , Vikings tight end John Carlson , Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey , Eagles receiver Jason Avant , Bears kick returner Devin Hester , Jaguars guard Uche Nwaneri , and Redskins defensive end Adam ... (more)

San Diego Chargers defensive back Darrell Stuckey on the field before playing the Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field.

Ben Volin of ESPN tweeted Friday the Steelers have interested in as-of-now not medically cleared free agent tight end Jermichael Finley.

Erric Pegram never became a household name, but he became an essential piece of a Steelers team that reached a Super Bowl.

The NFL not only publicly denied evidence that long-term brain damage could result from concussions suffered by its players, but worked to undercut it Excerpted with permission from League of Denial: The NFL, Concussions and the Battle for Truth , by Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru .

From the time Howie Roseman was first rewarded a desk in the Eagles office through his ascension in the football operations staff and even in his first three years as general manager, the pass rushers Roseman sought all would play in a similar defensive scheme.

Gerry Dulac: Good morning everyone. I'm ready to go when you are, so we can start this a little early... Larry From Lawrenceville: Gerry, did you see that Eddie Boo in his "Ask Ed" blog wrote: "I'm not a fan of drafting nose tackles in the first round, so nix Nix."

The Steelers made news this week as they began to work their way around the salary cap by placing the Transition Tag on Linebacker Jason Worilds, extending the contracts of Safety Troy Polamalu and Tight End Heath Miller, coming to a new agreement with Safety Will Allen and cutting Linebacker Larry Foote, Tackle Levi Brown and Cornerback Curtis ... (more)

Troy Polamalu may have lost a step, but it was a no-brainer for the Steelers to bring him back.

Hey, NFL free agents! You want to play for a contender in a fun and friendly atmosphere? Come to Indianapolis! Back in December of 2010, the Indianapolis Star reported a Harris Poll that said the Indianapolis Colts were "America's Team II," the second most popular team among adults after the Dallas Cowboys .

Copyright i 1 2 2014 Beacon Journal Publishing Co. Inc and Black Press. All Rights Reserved.

With all the hype that Sammy Watkins has been garnering this draft season, one prospect has flown a bit under the radar.

Antonio Brown has no shortage of great performances through his four-year career.

Perhaps more than any other team in the NFL , the NFL Draft is a vital weekend for the Pittsburgh Steelers .

As my colleague Andrew Brandt has often pointed out, the NFL's long offseason is when a team's players and even coaches step to the background and the front office takes center stage, attempting to distinguish itself in the business of football.

To Plaxico Burress, it was "humbling" for the Pittsburgh Steelers to bring him back to his original NFL home two years ago-after the New York Jets had released him, after his two-year jail stint stemming from infamously shooting himself in a nightclub, and with his career seemingly over.

When the news broke that the Pittsburgh Steelers placed the transition tag on OLB Jason Worilds , most believed it to be a ploy to keep the 26-year-old linebacker from truly testing free agent waters.

Sep 14, 2013; College Station, TX, USA; Texas A&M Aggies receiver Mike Evans runs after a catch against Alabama Crimson Tide cornerback Deion Belue at Kyle Field.