Friday Insider
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14.4KCourtesy of Point Park UniversityFriday Insider: Steelers consider flipping Watt, Dupree to opposite edges
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 12:01 AM March 9, 2018With the the Steelers applying the franchise tag to Le'Veon Bell earlier this week, they're tight against the salary cap.
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6.6KCourtesy of Point Park UniversityFriday Insider: Pirates’ clubhouse finally stabilizing
in Bradenton, Fla.POSTED: 12:39 AM March 2, 2018Sure, there's been a bunch of grumbling at the Pirates' spring training, from the moment the first of the pitchers and catchers reported.
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13.4KCourtesy of Point Park UniversityFriday Insider: Reduced buyout in mix toward removing Stallings at Pitt
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 11:00 PM February 22, 2018It might be a bitter end to the Kevin Stallings era.
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10.9KCourtesy of Point Park UniversityFriday Insider: One Pirates veteran aims to ‘shock a lot of front office people’
in St. Petersburg, Fla.POSTED: 2:00 AM February 16, 2018One major leaguer said this team also wants to send a message to the men who decided to trade McCutchen and Cole.
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Friday Insider: Rooney’s hands on Steelers’ latest moves
at Rooney Sports ComplexPOSTED: 12:04 AM February 9, 2018At Wednesday's sit down with Steelers president Art Rooney II, he was asked if any further coaching changes were coming after it had been announced Carnell Lake was stepping down...
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9.9KCourtesy of Point Park UniversityFriday Insider: Shazier gives us all hope
in MinneapolisPOSTED: 10:57 PM February 1, 2018As reporters, we don't typically allow ourselves to get sucked into a story and we try to keep our emotions in check.
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14.5KCourtesy of Point Park UniversityFriday Insider: Rutherford adamant ‘we’ll get our center’
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 2:04 AM January 26, 2018Remember Jim Rutherford's Las Vegas review? The one in which he proclaimed he wanted to see better performance or "we have to consider changing things up?"
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13.1KCourtesy of Point Park UniversityFriday Insider: The two real reasons for no QB sneak
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 1:23 AM January 19, 2018One of the big questions coming out of the Steelers’ 45-42 playoff loss last week was why the Steelers don’t run a quarterback sneak in short-yardage situations. There are two reasons,...
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Friday Insider: Bell’s remark harmless beyond words
at Rooney Sports ComplexPOSTED: 12:39 AM January 12, 2018Let me just tell you this now: The Steelers are completely focused on beating the Jaguars this week. Then, they'll worry about beating the Patriots.
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13.2KCourtesy of Point Park UniversityFriday Insider: Ugly breakup with Harrison could have been avoided
at Rooney Sports ComplexPOSTED: 12:01 AM December 29, 2017There are divorces, messy divorces and then there is what took place this week between the Steelers and James Harrison.
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6.2KCourtesy of Point Park UniversityFriday Insider: A long-term corner conundrum unmasked
at Rooney Sports ComplexPOSTED: 2:19 AM December 22, 2017The return of Joe Haden makes for a crowded cornerback situation for the Steelers, not that it's a bad thing.
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6.7KCourtesy of Point Park UniversityFriday Insider: A cool, quiet confidence that this will be different
at Rooney Sports ComplexPOSTED: 12:00 AM December 15, 2017The Steelers have been hearing it, really, since they trudged off that soggy turf in Foxborough nearly 11 months ago.
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11.5KCourtesy of Point Park UniversityFriday Insider: Steelers guarded about Shazier for a reason
at Rooney Sports ComplexPOSTED: 1:00 AM December 8, 2017There is some building frustration among some fans, some media and even some Steelers over Ryan Shazier’s injury situation. It’s only natural in such an emotional time, not only for...
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Friday Insider: For many reasons, Harrison drifting into background
at Rooney Sports ComplexPOSTED: 12:00 AM December 1, 2017It's looking less and less likely James Harrison will have any kind of role with the Steelers this season.
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9.0KPiratesFriday Insider: Gayo’s job, now lost, part of baseball’s wild west
at Heinz FieldPOSTED: 12:00 AM November 17, 2017I've known Rene Gayo for many years. He's a friend to both me and my family.
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7.8KSteelersFriday Insider: Where’s progress with Jesse?
at Rooney Sports ComplexPOSTED: 12:00 AM November 10, 2017The Steelers aren't too happy with the progress Jesse James has made at tight end in his third NFL season, from what I'm hearing.
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10.3KSteelersFriday Insider: T.J. Watt finds inspiration from brother J.J. after devastating injury
at Rooney Sports ComplexPOSTED: 12:56 AM October 20, 2017He's the baby brother of the American dream, and he's heartbroken.
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8.3KPenguinsFriday Insider: How McKegg was rescued from Florida
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 12:00 AM October 6, 2017Just as the puck followed Greg McKegg through the Penguins' camp, so did some of the setting's most compelling questions.
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14.1KPiratesFriday Insider: What’s Nutting thinking?
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 12:00 AM September 1, 2017Bob Nutting owns the Pirates now, and he's going to continue owning for the foreseeable future. I've had countless people in the know confirm that emphatically.
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14.0KzFridayInsiderFriday Insider: Pirates never had ‘appetite’ to be sellers at deadline
in DenverPOSTED: 12:00 AM July 21, 2017So, the Pirates are now bound to be buyers, right? Sure looks that way.
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8.2KCourtesy of Point Park UniversityFriday Insider: Searage monitors Gerrit’s boiling emotions ‘to the extreme’
in PhiladelphiaPOSTED: 12:00 AM July 7, 2017Gerrit Cole often looks like he has a subdued rage on the mound, and those emotions do pour out from time to time.
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7.5KPiratesFriday Insider: Cutch’s hitting coach says ‘it’s not going to happen overnight’
in AtlantaPOSTED: 12:00 AM May 26, 2017Andrew McCutchen spoke with complete confidence Wednesday at SunTrust Park that he knows the issue behind his latest slump.
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8.8KPiratesFriday Insider: Is Glasnow ready? He’s got the gifts, for sure, but …
in Bradenton, Fla.POSTED: 12:01 AM March 31, 2017For all the questions still swirling in the Pirates' camp, even now that they're up in Quebec, the one that continues to tower above all is that of Tyler Glasnow.
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12.0KPenguinsFriday Insider: The brilliantly diagrammed play
in Edmonton, AlbertaPOSTED: 1:32 AM March 10, 2017Ever since the Friday Insider was born, we've offered news, other inside information and various stuff behind the scenes.
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15.5KPiratesFriday Insider: Liriano trade angered people inside, outside Pirates’ walls
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 12:01 AM September 30, 2016Since being traded to the Blue Jays -- sorry, dumped to the Blue Jays -- Francisco Liriano has made 10 appearances, including eight starts, and he's posted a 2.92 ERA.
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15.3KPiratesFriday Insider: What’s future of Pirates’ front office, Hurdle?
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 12:01 AM September 16, 2016When any team goes through a collapse at the level of these Pirates, careening miles out of the contention they knew less than a month ago, it isn’t just about...