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Friday, April 19th, 2013
The Steelers are getting older. They are coming off a season where they missed the playoffs, and they had two key losses (Mike Wallace and James Harrison) this offseason. Many people are starting to wonder whether this is the year when it all catches up to Pittsburgh. Not as long ...
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Wednesday, April 17th, 2013
Last year the Pittsburgh Steelers went 8-8 and missed the playoffs. This offseason, Pittsburgh has suffered two key losses which could prevent a return to postseason play. James Harrison, who led the team in sacks with six, was released to help the salary-cap situation. And wide receiver Mike Wallace took ...
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Friday, November 9th, 2012
After getting off to a slow start this season, the Pittsburgh Steelers look like they are hitting their stride during this three game winning streak. It's no surprise but the common denominator in all three victories has been a strong running game. In two of three games, Jonathan Dwyer went ...
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Thursday, August 9th, 2012
It's taken nearly a decade, but Ben Roethlisberger appears to have turned the corner in terms of maturity and leadership. At age 30, he's a two-time Super Bowl winner who now can more comfortably be the leader of the Pittsburgh Steelers now that Hines Ward is retired. With a new ...
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Monday, August 6th, 2012
Another year, another training camp at St. Vincent's College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. It's fitting that the Pittsburgh Steelers would choose stability and continuity for their training camp logistics. That's been their modus operandi since forever from the top of the franchise on down. Speaking of the front office, Kevin Colbert ...
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Friday, August 3rd, 2012
It was just three years ago when Isaac Redman was an overlooked running back coming out of Division II Bowie State. Despite being the school's all-time leading rusher, the 6-foot bowling ball went undrafted. Redman didn't let that get to him. Instead, Ike has worked at his craft and has slowly worked ...
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Wednesday, July 25th, 2012
The NCAA handed down some harsh sanctions to Penn State this week in relation to the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal. On top of hurting the football team moving forward, the history of the program was affected as were former players as the NCAA decided to strip the Nittany Lions ...
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Thursday, January 5th, 2012
Steelers safety Ryan Clark has been one of the key ingredients to the number one pass defense in the NFL this year. Unfortunately, he won’t be able to play in the Steelers first round playoff game this weekend against the Denver Broncos. It was in 2007, when Pittsburgh traveled to ...
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Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
After losing in the Super Bowl last year, it was tough to predict which Steelers team was going to show up in 2011. Were they going to be hungry to get back to the Super Bowl and have the confetti drop on them this time, or were they going to ...
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Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
At this time last week, Steeler Nation was lamenting Pittsburgh's second loss of the year to the hated Baltimore Ravens. The 23-20 loss on Sunday Night Football in Week 9 bumped Pittsburgh out of the top spot in the AFC and all the way down to third in the AFC ...
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