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Getty Images As Ben Roethlisberger comes back from elbow surgery, the reports have generally been positive through an offseason without the usual mileposts. But now that he’s seen his quarterback in person, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said he’s pleased with where Roethlisberger is as they...

Getty Images Penn State can put over 100,000 people in Beaver Stadium for football games. But unless circumstances change, they won’t put any in this fall. Penn State director of athletics Sandy Barbour wrote in a letter to season ticket holders that because of restrictions in place to limit...

Getty Images The same day Penn State announced its plans to go without fans this season, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf recommended that high school football shouldn’t be played in 2020. During a press conference Thursday regarding the state’s COVID-19 situation, Wolf was asked about guidance...

Getty Images Ben Roethlisberger has dealt with elbow pain “for years,” but this was different. The Steelers quarterback knew something was wrong with his right elbow on a deep ball to JuJu Smith-Schuster in Week Two against Seattle. Roethlisberger spoke Tuesday for the first time since his...

Getty Images The NFL finally has given receiver Antonio Brown an answer, sort of, regarding his status. The question now becomes whether a team will sign him. Monday’s PFT Live included a draft of the teams that should consider signing Brown, one of the NFL’s best receivers of the past decade...

Getty Images Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger met with the media on Tuesday and said that he never considered retirement after tearing three flexor tendons off the bone in his right elbow early last season. The injury kept Roethlisberger from playing in the final 14 games of the 2019...

Getty Images The Steelers put two more players on their reserve/COVID-19 list on Sunday. Running back Jaylen Samuels and wide receiver James Washington have been placed on the list, which is for players who have tested positive for the coronavirus or are quarantined after close contact with an...

Getty Images Free-agent receiver Antonio Brown already has served an unofficial 14-game suspension, thanks to the refusal of teams to sign him which the NFL conducted multiple investigations that, if he were employed, could have landed him on the league’s paid-leave list. Per multiple reports...

Getty Images Defensive end Cam Heyward wants to end his career in Pittsburgh. Yet, Heyward now wonders whether that will happen. Heyward’s agent, Michael Perrett of Element Sports Group, told Jeremy Fowler of ESPN that the sides have had broad discussions but no substantive contract terms on a...

Getty Images Free agent receiver Antonio Brown has accepted his eight-game suspension and isn’t expected to appeal, Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports. Earlier Friday, the NFL announced it has suspended Brown for eight games for multiple violations of the league’s personal conduct policy. His...

Getty Images Antonio Brown will not appeal his eight-game suspension. He will serve it and then plans (hopes?) to play the final eight games. With who? Who knows. The free agent receiver responded Friday night to news from the NFL earlier in the day. “I look forward to new beginnings,” Brown...

Getty Images With players rolling in for testing this week in advance fo training camp, coaches are preaching personal responsibility for the collective good. And Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is no exception. Via Brooke Pryor of ESPN.com, Tomlin emphasized the message he’d be preaching to...

Getty Images The Steelers have signed free agent safety Curtis Riley, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports. Riley took a physical in Pittsburgh on Thursday. Riley, 28, played all 16 games, including three starts, for the Raiders last year. He made 34 tackles, one pass breakup and a forced fumble...

Getty Images Abnormal has been one of the words used to describe this offseason in the NFL, but one offensive coordinator has found a bit of normalcy among the changed training camp protocols and cancelled preseason games. Steelers offensive coordinator Randy Fichtner spoke to reporters on...

Getty Images A second Steelers defensive back has landed on the reserve/COVID-19 list created for the 2020 season. The team announced that cornerback Justin Layne has been placed on the list. Defensive back Arrion Springs was placed on the list earlier this week. Layne was a 2019 third-round...

Getty Images When Steelers offensive coordinator Randy Fichtner spoke to reporters on Wednesday, he said that the plan was for quarterback Ben Roethlisberger to throw at Heinz Field later in the day. It was head coach Mike Tomlin’s turn to meet the media on Thursday and he said that the plan...

Getty Images The 101st season of the National Football League could end up being the strangest one since the 24th. In 1943, World War II caused the league to shrink from 10 to eight teams, and to institute out of necessity one specific rule change that revolutionized the game. The depleted...

Getty Images We’ve seen a number of NFL players opt out of playing the 2020 season in the last couple of days and asthma was cited as the reason for at least one of those decisions. Vikings defensive tackle Michael Pierce was deemed high risk as a result of what contracting COVID-19 could mean...

Getty Images Steelers running back James Conner is among the NFL players whose personal health histories raised questions about whether they would choose to opt out in 2020. But Conner is opting in. Conner, who had Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2015, has decided to play this season, according to Tom...