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Getty Images The Pro Football Writers of America have selected the Colts public relations staff as the 2020 Pete Rozelle Award winner. The team was lauded for access for local and national media especially in the wake of the sudden retirement of quarterback Andrew Luck before the start of last...

Getty Images The Pro Football Hall of Fame has announced that this year’s Hall of Fame Game and enshrinement ceremony have been postponed, with the Class of 2020 now being enshrined alongside the class of 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic has led the Hall of Fame to cancel this year’s event, and so...

Getty Images Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the NFL continues to say the regular season will start on time. The preseason, however, will not. The Hall of Fame Game, the league’s annual preseason kickoff in Canton, Ohio, has been canceled, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN. The...

Getty Images For those inclined to be pessimistic about pro football in 2020, plenty of evidence exists to support the suspicion that the season won’t happen. For those inclined to be optimistic, it’s getting harder to find lifelines on which to cling. That said, the fact that the NFL has...

Getty Images Antonio Brown has yet to receive clearance from the NFL, and when he does return, the receiver likely finds a limited market awaiting him. A report Tuesday indicated the Ravens and Seahawks have had internal discussions about signing Brown, but another report Wednesday downplays...

Getty Images With offseason programs wiped out, and the chance to look at multiple options taken away from them, it seems likely that NFL coaches are going to lean toward known commodities when making decisions. That appears to be the case in Pittsburgh, when the Steelers consider replacing...

Getty Images Antonio Brown is likely to have a long wait before he plays in the NFL again. He faces league discipline after pleading no contest to burglary and battery in connection with an altercation with a moving truck driver. And the league is continuing to investigate two other incidents...

Getty Images The Steelers will hold training camp at Heinz Field for the first time ever. Since 1966, they have had camp at St. Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Tomlin said in a video call with reporters Tuesday that he is comfortable with available space. His only concern is the wear...

Getty Images Steelers players who choose to kneel for the national anthem will have the support of Mike Tomlin and the organization, the coach said in a video conference call Tuesday. Tomlin spoke for the first time since George Floyd died May 25, saying he supports players’ statements and...

Getty Images Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy has become the example of the Rooney Rule gone wrong. He did not get a head coaching job in the offseason despite three interviews for such jobs in January. Of the four vacancies, two were filled by first-year head coaches and only one...

Getty Images With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing teams to train at home this summer, the Steelers are breaking a 54-year-old tradition of going away to Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pa. And Steelers coach Mike Tomlin’s already getting nostalgic. Via Brooke Pryor of ESPN.com, Tomlin said...

Getty Images The NFL and NFL Players Association are discussing the possibility of playing only two preseason games this year. Two would be the absolute minimum, for reasons unrelated to getting football teams ready to go. Apart from the larger-than-usual ratings the preseason games would...

Getty Images The Steelers haven’t been working in their own facility. But they’re not immune to communicable diseases. According to Brooke Pryor of ESPN.com, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said two players had tested positive for COVID-19. Those players were not at the team facility recently...

Getty Images The Steelers appear to be on track to get Ben Roethlisberger back as their starting quarterback. Roethlisberger was lost for the season with an elbow injury after Week Two last year, but Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said today that all signs are good. Although Tomlin hasn’t...

Getty Images Pitt running back Craig “Ironhead” Heyward was one of the biggest stars in college football in the 1980s. Heyward, who died of cancer in 2006 at the age of 39, will be inducted into Pitt’s Hall of Fame at halftime of a game this season, and his son, Steelers defensive lineman Cam...

Getty Images Officially, the NFL preseason begins when the Steelers face the Cowboys in Canton, Ohio, on August 6 in the Hall of Fame Game. But the Steelers’ representative on the NFL Players Association doubts it’s going to happen. Steelers defensive end Cameron Heyward said that although he...

Getty Images Bill Hillgrove, the long-time radio play-by-play announcer for the Steelers and the University of Pittsburgh, has been charged with DUI. Via the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Hillgrove was charged at his home in Murrysville after he crashed into a local supermarket, breaking two...

Getty Images Steelers captain Cameron Heyward has already heard many different viewpoints. And while finding any consensus is difficult in any situation right now, the Steelers have already seen what can happen when any one individual is singled out. “We’re living in a climate where guys need...

Getty Images Multiple NFL figures recently have been talking about Colin Kaepernick. The question now becomes whether the talk will lead to action. There’s still no reason to believe it will. Indeed, there’s no indication that anyone has actually reached out to Kaepernick or his...

Getty Images The Steelers are joining the large group of teams taking Friday off to honor Juneteenth. Via Ray Fittipaldo of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Steelers will close their facility Friday to honor the emancipation of slaves. The NFL and a growing number of teams are also closing to...