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Tony Gervino, nytimes.com Steelers wide receiver Plaxico Burress, who spent nearly two years in prison after accidentally shooting himself in a New York nightclub, is launching a men’s luxury hosiery line. |
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Cubs activate Garza from DL; starts vs. Bucs6 hours ago
Jesse Rogers, ESPN.com The Chicago Cubs activated pitcher Matt Garza from the disabled list, and he made his season debut Tuesday against the Pittsburgh Pirates. |
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AFC North links: Record motivates Steelers12 hours ago
Baltimore Ravens Deonte Thompson might have the early inside track to start at wide receiver opposite Torrey Smith. "[Thompson] could sneak in there, he looks different, is fast and catches everything," Ravens head coach John Harbaugh said. Ho… |
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Record a rallying point for Steelers22 hours ago
Ed Bouchette, post-gazette.com The 8-8 mark has players prepared to get back to work, starting with spring practices. |
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Steelers sign sixth-round pickMay 20 (yesterday)
The Pittsburgh Post, post-gazette.com Vince Williams, a linebacker from Florida State, is the second of their nine draft picks to sign a contract. |
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Pirates showing organization is on the riseMay 20 (yesterday)
Steven Petrella, MLB.com Slowly but surely, things have begun to turn around under the guidance of general manager Neal Huntington, and the Pirates' farm system is now ranked seventh in baseball. |
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Steelers will be breaking in lots of new parts this weekMay 20 (yesterday)
Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com If anything, the Steelers pride themselves on continuity. But when they line up for OTAs this week, they’ll put a different look on the field on both sides of the ball. As noted by Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, they’ll have at least thr… |
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Foote Says Steelers Are “Pissed Off” Team Didn’t Make PlayoffsMay 20 (yesterday)
Matt Loede, steelersgab.com Can anger push the Steelers back into the postseason in 2013? That’s a great question, and one that will have to be explored by a team that is coming off a year in which 8-8 was a setback. Linebacker Larry Foote is one player that isn’t taking not mak… |
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Locke shuts down Astros as Pirates stay hotMay 19 (2 days ago)
Associated Press, ESPN.com Jeff Locke allowed three hits over seven innings, Pedro Alvarez homered and the Pittsburgh Pirates won for the eighth time in 10 games, 1-0 over the Houston Astros on Sunday. |
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Crane, Luhnow attend Astros game after scouting tripMay 19 (2 days ago)
Brian McTaggart, MLB.com Astros owner Jim Crane and general manager Jeff Luhnow attended Saturday's and Sunday's games against the Pirates at PNC Park in a surprise trip that came about after both men scouted the University of North Carolina's game against Virginia in Chapel Hi… |
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Wide-open race for Steelers' returner jobMay 19 (2 days ago)
The Pittsburgh Steelers will have competition at running back and outside linebacker this year, although I believe rookies Le'Veon Bell and Jarvis Jones will win those jobs. The most wide-open battle in Pittsburgh is in the return game. The release of C… |
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Close call: Astros pull out victory vs. Bucs in the 11thMay 19 (3 days ago)
Brian McTaggart, MLB.com Catcher Jason Castro scored the game-winner when he slid past the tag attempt of Pirates catcher Russell Martin on a fielder's choice by Matt Dominguez to give the Astros a hard-fought 4-2 win at PNC Park. |
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Bouchette on the Steelers: Goal of the OTAsMay 19 (3 days ago)
The Pittsburgh Post, post-gazette.com The Steelers open their first spring practice Tuesday with one major goal in mind -- to make it through 10 permitted practices healthy. |
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Campbell’s ready to make a run at WeedenMay 18 (4 days ago)
Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com Brandon Weeden knows he can’t look over his shoulder. Jason Campbell apparently plans to force him to. Steve Doerschuk of the Canton Repository reports that Campbell displayed “Roethlisberger-like size” during offseason workouts this week. “He’s… |
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Pirates beneficiaries from error of Astros' waysMay 18 (4 days ago)
Tom Singer, MLB.com All the stars aligned in the proper order, and in the end there was Russell Martin clanging a second error off the Houston right fielder's glove for a 5-4 Pirates victory on Friday at PNC Park. |
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Don Banks: NFL is watching, but not expecting to strip Haslam of Browns ownershipMay 17 (4 days ago)
Don Banks, CNNSI.com In the relatively short but tortured history of the re-incarnated Cleveland Browns, every dark cloud appearing on the horizon has generally presaged a darker and more ominous one, leading the team's fans and even the organization itself to develop an al… |
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NFL is watching, but not expecting to strip Haslam of Browns ownershipMay 17 (4 days ago)
The NFL is watching the fraud investigation into Jimmy Haslam very closely. But for once in Cleveland, Don Banks found out, the worst-case scenario doesn't appear imminent. |
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Somebody took the time to make an infographic of every uniform and hat combination the Pirates woreMay 17 (4 days ago)
Dom Cosentino, deadspin.com Somebody took the time to make an infographic of every uniform and hat combination the Pirates wore in 1979, their last World Series championship season. It's black and yellow and yellow and black and black and yellow all over. [@AnthraxJones]Read more.… |
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Q&A: Russell Martin on the Art of Pitch FramingMay 17 (5 days ago)
After years of seeing poor receivers like Ryan Doumit cost them strikes, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed Russell Martin to the biggest free-agent contra... |
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Snider powers Pirates past reeling BrewersMay 16 (5 days ago)
Associated Press, ESPN.com Travis Snider homered for the first time in nine months and drove in three runs to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates past the reeling Milwaukee Brewers 7-1 on Thursday night. |
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Mean Joe Greene: Ndamukong Suh should keep playing his wayMay 16 (5 days ago)
Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh has been fined, suspended and roundly criticized as a dirty player. But one of the greatest players ever to play his position says Suh should keep doing what he’s doing. Mean Joe Greene, the Hall of Famer who played … |
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The Tale of Wrong-Way McKenryMay 16 (5 days ago)
The New York Times, nytimes.com We ask readers to write a caption for an amusing photograph. |
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New Bills G.M. Doug Whaley: Don’t accept losingMay 16 (5 days ago)
Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Doug Whaley was formally introduced as the Bills’ new General Manager on Thursday morning, and he said something he learned during his 11 years working for the Steelers will be his guiding principle. “They don’t accept losing,” Whaley said of the … |
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Steelers sign safety Shamarko ThomasMay 16 (5 days ago)
The Pittsburgh Post, post-gazette.com The Steelers have agreed to a four-year deal with their fourth-round draft pick. |
