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Byline: Chris Adamski Oct. 14Two days after he was signed to the active roster and less than 24 hours after his debut for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Ade Ogundeji was released [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Oct. 13Trib HSSN football player of the week Kymon'e Brown School Jeannette Class Junior Height/weight 6-foot, 145 pounds Position Quarterback, wide receiver, defensive back What coach says [...]

Byline: JUDY OWEN; THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG -- The fire inside Brady Oliveira is burning a bit hotter this week, which could spell trouble for the Toronto Argonauts. The Blue [...]

Byline: Joe Rutter Oct. 10Teryl Austin will have at his disposal Sunday a former NFL Defensive Player of the Year and a collection of players at outside linebacker who might [...]

Byline: Safid Deen, USA TODAY Have the San Francisco 49ers missed their Super Bowl window? It's a valid remark after the NFC champions are 2-3, heading into a must-win game [...]

Byline: Safid Deen, USA TODAY Lamar Jackson delivered the MVP moment of the NFL season while leading the Baltimore Ravens' comeback in Week 5. Jackson stiff-armed a defender into the [...]

Byline: Tim Benz Oct. 10You'd think that after a blown lead on primetime to the Dallas Cowboys, angry Pittsburgh Steelers fans would overload my inbox and my social media mentions. [...]

Byline: Jerry DiPaola Oct. 8While climbing the status ladder among the best quarterbacks in college football, Pitt redshirt freshman Eli Holstein has learned to be an equal opportunity dispenser. Six [...]

Byline: Mark Maske It's Drake Maye time for the New England Patriots. The rookie quarterback is scheduled to make his first NFL start Sunday when the Patriots host the Houston [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Oct. 6Trib HSSN football player of the week: Tasso Whipple School: Penn-Trafford Class: Senior Height/weight: 6-foot-1, 190 pounds Position: Running back, linebacker What coach says: 'Tasso ran [...]

Byline: Gabe Lacques, Columnist, USA TODAY BALTIMORE - The cigar smoke and rivers of booze made their way through the protective covering enclosing the Kansas City Royals visiting clubhouse at [...]

Byline: Tim Benz Oct. 4One area in which the Pittsburgh Steelers struggled with Matt Canada as the offensive coordinator and Kenny Pickett or Mitch Trubisky as the quarterback was finding [...]

Byline: Tim Benz Oct. 4For as much as the Pittsburgh Steelers and Dallas Cowboys are known commodities across the NFL, the injuries both teams have endured early in 2024 are [...]

Byline: Jerry DiPaola Oct. 3Pitt senior running back Rodney Hammond, who was expected to carry a significant workload before he was declared ineligible for the season the day before the [...]

Byline: Chris Adamski Oct. 3Slowly but surely, Rusell Wilson's participation level is increasing at Pittsburgh Steelers practice. The man who maintains the 'QB1' designation on the team's official depth chart [...]

Byline: Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, USA TODAY NETWORK DETROIT - Jared Goff set an NFL record by completing all 18 of his passes in the Detroit Lions' 42-29 win [...]

Byline: Nate Davis, USA TODAY The 32 things we learned from Week 4 of the NFL season: 1. Are the Minnesota Vikings the No. 1 team in the NFC? Their [...]

Byline: Chuck Curti Sep. 30Ask Saint Vincent senior linebacker Wiley Purry what he misses most about his native California, and the expected answers are given: his family and the beach. [...]

Byline: Chris Adamski Sep. 30Aaron Shampklin seemed too preoccupied with his team's loss and with any aspect of his play during it that could use improvement to be able to [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Sep. 29Trib HSSN football player of the week Julian Dahlem School Upper St. Clair Class Senior Height/weight 5-foot-10, 175 pounds Position Running back, receiver, cornerback What coach [...]

Byline: Chris Adamski Sep. 281. Fields' freedom That Justin Fields has improved his completion percentage from 60.3% over three years with the Chicago Bears to 73.3% over three games with [...]

Byline: Chris Adamski Sep. 28SCOUTING THE COLTS Last meeting Colts beat Steelers, 31-13, on Dec. 16, 2023 in Indianapolis Key matchup Bernhard Raimann vs. Nick Herbig Herbig will be making [...]

Byline: Patrick Stevens What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Unless, of course, it is the latest chapter in the unnecessary absurdity that the NCAA and its component parts foster. [...]

Byline: Joe Rutter Sep. 25Two years ago, then-rookie defensive end DeMarvin Leal was thrust into an unintended position switch when T.J. Watt was injured in the Pittsburgh Steelers' season opener [...]

Byline: Barry Svrluga CINCINNATI - Whatever happens Sunday in Arizona or the following week against Cleveland or all the weeks that remain in Jayden Daniels's rookie season and the rest [...]

Byline: Chris Adamski Sep. 23As is his nature, Nick Herbig is reluctant to talk about himself. Even after his first career two-sack game Sunday. 'Not too worried about that,' Herbig [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Sep. 22Trib HSSN football player of the week Matt Sieg School Fort Cherry Class Junior Height/weight 6-foot, 180 pounds Position Quarterback, safety What coach says 'I thought [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier When Jayden Daniels is asked about the pressures and expectations of being an NFL franchise quarterback, he usually starts his answer by grinning knowingly. These people, he [...]

Byline: Jesse Dougherty On Monday, at the start of his son's first week as a (fill-in) college starter, Cooper Manning could hold his phone without it buzzing nonstop. Yeah, this [...]

Byline: Neil Greenberg We had a couple of tough losses last week. The New York Giants became the first team in NFL history to score three touchdowns, not allow a [...]

Byline: ROB MAADDI; THE ASSOCIATED PRESS It's already desperate times for a few NFL teams who entered the season with Super Bowl aspirations. The Ravens, Bengals and Jaguars are among [...]

Byline: Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY PHILADELPHIA - Smooth, confident, controlled. That's how Atlanta Falcons left tackle Jake Matthews described quarterback Kirk Cousins during the team's game-winning drive within the last [...]

Byline: Chris Adamski Sep. 18Rodney Williams is back on the Pittsburgh Steelers' active roster, part of a handful of minor roster moves announced before Wednesday's practice. Williams becomes the fifth [...]

Byline: Joe Rutter Sep. 17The clock has been turned back on Broderick Jones' NFL career. Three games into his second season, Jones is in the same spot he occupied when [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Sep. 15Trib HSSN football player of the week Trey Hopper School Montour Class Senior Height/weight 6-foot-4, 175 pounds Position Quarterback What coach says '(Trey) got better as [...]

Byline: Jerry Brewer We'll always worry about Tua Tagovailoa. His football career, iridescent when he's healthy, carries an unshakable burden because his brain seems especially vulnerable to a game that [...]

Byline: Jason La Canfora What appeared in real time to be one of the more desperate (and repugnant) trade pursuits and contract extensions of the salary cap era has quickly [...]

Byline: Jason La Canfora What appeared in real time to be one of the more desperate (and repugnant) trade pursuits and contract extensions of the salary cap era has quickly [...]

Byline: Joe Rutter Sep. 11Troy Fautanu was disappointed he didn't get a chance to get his uniform dirty in his first NFL game. The first-round draft pick dressed Sunday in [...]

Byline: Jerry DiPaola Sep. 11Almost without exception, every time Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi and offensive coordinator Kade Bell step behind a podium, they are questioned by reporters curious about how [...]

Byline: Safid Deen, USA TODAY Week 1 of the NFL season has come and gone. Now, it's time to overreact. Are Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets going to [...]

Byline: Jerry DiPaola Sep. 10The play started with the Cincinnati defensive back trying to hold hands with Konata Mumpfield. Or, at least, that's the way it seemed to Mumpfield, the [...]

Byline: Thomas Boswell On Sunday, in the first game of his NFL career, Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels ran the ball 16 times. Just how reckless is Washington Coach Dan Quinn? [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier The fans behind the rope had wide eyes and high-pitched voices. 'The future is here, baby!' a man with a gray beard shouted. 'You're going to save [...]

Byline: Jerry Brewer SANTA CLARA, Calif. - One year, one janky four-play cameo and one torn Achilles' tendon later, Aaron Rodgers finally made it through a Monday night game in [...]

Byline: Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY CLEVELAND - Unsolicited, members of the Dallas Cowboys called out to quarterback Dak Prescott with their wrist sizes. Now that Prescott is the NFL's first-ever [...]

Byline: Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY INGLEWOOD, Calif. - J.K. Dobbins heard all the naysayers after an injury-plagued start to his career. However, the 25-year-old running back was smiling at his [...]

Byline: Nancy Armour, Columnist, USA TODAY CHICAGO - Caleb Williams did something Eli Manning, Matthew Stafford, Andrew Luck and Joe Burrow could not. He won his NFL debut. Not since [...]

Byline: Nicki Jhabvala TAMPA - Emmanuel Forbes Jr. pulled off his helmet, then shook his head and rolled his eyes as the official announced the penalty to the crowd. He [...]

Byline: Jason La Canfora Russell Wilson didn't exactly inspire confidence about any career revival during the preseason, but he did enough to edge out Justin Fields as the Pittsburgh Steelers' [...]