Pittsburgh Sports Rumors and News
Foote to visit with Steelers next week
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review — The Steelers are interested in bringing Larry Foote back to improve their depth at the linebacker position.
Pittsburgh Steelers 40 mins agoWhere will Pitt be seeded?
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — Where do you think Pitt will be seeded in the NCAA tournament? Will the loss to Notre Dame mean a slide down?
Pittsburgh Panthers 2 hours agoPirates, Braves canceled after three innings by rain
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The Pirates' game with the Atlanta Braves was called after three innings by heavy, steady rain Friday at Champion Stadium.
Pittsburgh Pirates 3 hours agoProfit from Winter Classic?
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — Pirates Q&A; with Dejan Kovacevic
Pittsburgh Pirates 3 hours agoOy vey ...
Blog 'n' Gold | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — Mondesi's House has a great find on Santonio Holmes's Twitter feed, putting out a casting call for 'sexy ladies' in the Miami area for a video shoot. <FOREHEAD SLAP!> 'Tone is doing nothing wrong here, and obviously one thing has nothing to do with the other, but in light of whatever may-or-may-not have happened in Milledgeville, Ga. last week, now would be the time for anyone wearing the hypocycloids to y'know, just lay low for awhile.
Pittsburgh Steelers 3 hours agoGeorgia police officers schmoozed with Big Ben hours before alleged assault
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review — The Milledgeville police officer who took the March 5 statement of the woman who accused Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger of sexually assaulting her mugged for photographs with the star hours earlier.
Pittsburgh Steelers 4 hours agoBig Bad
Blog 'n' Gold | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — Sports Illustrated's Don Banks lambastes Big Ben in his latest column: "... He doesn't seem to know what's good for him, and he clearly doesn't respect the notion that there are boundaries of where he should be, when he should be there, and who he should be with." Read the rest here.
Pittsburgh Steelers 5 hours agoPolice posed with Roethlisberger before incident
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. -- Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger posed for photos with some of the officers who conducted a sexual assault complaint investigation just an hour before the incident allegedly occurred.
Pittsburgh Steelers 6 hours agoEmpty Netter Assists - 03-12-10
Empty Netters | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — Penguins -Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game. Brent Johnson (above) didn't have his best game of the season. -The Raleigh News & Observer's recap. Johnson's counterpart, Justin Peters, did have one of his better games of the season. -The Associated Press' recap. "Honestly, it was just one of those nights. I’ve got to put it behind me." - Johnson. -NHL.com's recap. The Hurricanes are 13-3-1 in their past 17 games. -Mike Lange's goal calls. -Highlights: -Pascal Dupuis and Carolina's Chad LaRose battling for a puck: -Carolina's Eric Staal sneaking one by Johnson ...
Pittsburgh Penguins 7 hours agoSteelers, Passion play against Mt. Pleasant teams
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review — The Pittsburgh Steelers and the Pittsburgh Passion converged upon the gymnasium at the Mt. Pleasant Area High School on Thursday entertaining the crowds that numbered almost 600.
Pittsburgh Steelers 8 hours ago
- Pac-10 Update Inside USC | Los Angeles Daily News Cal defeated Arizona State, 60-50, and Stanford defeated Arizona, 72-52, at the Galen Center in the Pac-10 women's tournament. USC faces Oregon at 5 p.m....
- Terry signs with Colts Ravens Central | Baltimore Sun Free-agent offensive tackle Adam Terry, a disappointing second-round pick by the Ravens, has signed a one-year deal with the Indianapolis Colts. Terry wasn't tendered a contract by the Ravens last month, which made him a free agent. The second of two second-round picks by the Ravens in 2005 (linebacker Dan Cody was the other), Terry never lived up to expectations because of injuries and mild-manner attitude. He played in 48 games with the Ravens, starting 18. He was sidelined all of last season after injuring his knee in training camp.
- Chelios wanted a Blueshirt The Blueshirts Blog | New York Daily News Chris Chelios figured if anybody was going to talk trash about his age, tonight would be the night. “It’s coming - I’m sure Aves is gonna have something to say tonight,” the 48-year-old defenseman said, referring to Sean Avery, in the hallway outside his new home dressing room in Atlanta. “Oh he’s not playing? Okay, well, I’ll check my phone for text messages then.” More interesting is that Chelios admitted that what he really wanted out of this season was to be Avery’s teammate - specifically that he made contact with the Rangers before th...
- Avery scratched in Atlanta The Blueshirts Blog | New York Daily News It’s surprisingly frequent, and frequently bad, when life resembles a “Seinfeld” episode, but after this morning at LaGuardia Airport all I could think of is the rental-car counter scene in which Jerry finds they have given his car away and have nothing left for him. “I know how a reservation works, sir.” “I don’t think you do. If you did, I would have a car now.” Regardless, the news heading into tonight’s game against the Thrashers is that Sean Avery will be scratched, the result of his coaches’ belief that he hasn’t been suff...
- Random Thoughts From Rainy Florida Sweeney Murti Yankees Blog | WFAN *I don’t care how much anybody wants to make fun of Francisco Cervelli, or even David Wright. If those helmets are going to prevent head injuries then they should be made mandatory. This is about the safety of the players. Joe Girardi noted the other day that as technology has changed, baseball has kept up and this should be no different.
- Ian Kinsler rolls ankle; Rangers aren't concerned Dallas Morning News
- Backup closers: Finding save candidates Fox Sports Daniel Bard is Boston's future closer.
- Mound musings: Ranking top 100 relief pitchers Fox Sports Kansas City's Joakim Soria ranks No. 4 among the top 100 relief pitchers.
- Position Primer: Starting Pitcher Yahoo! Sports When it comes to drafting starting pitchers, owners should expect the unexpected.
- Forecaster: March Madness, NBA style ESPN Neil Tardy previews Week 21 in fantasy basketball, and wonders who will be the surprise player to emerge in March.
- Diamond Debate: Evan Longoria versus David Wright ESPN Eric Karabell and Christopher Harris argue the merits of Evan Longoria and David Wright as two of the elite third-base option in fantasy this season.
- Quentin healthy, productive again in spring games ESPN Chicago White Sox left fielder Carlos Quentin still hasn't put up a 500 at-bat season in the major leagues, but that's the only real negative at this ...