New Steeler Van Dyke Eager For Week 3 Homecoming
The Steelers needed free agent defensive back DeMarcus Van Dyke last Sunday. But few realize it, including the Oakland Raiders, who cut the 2011 draftee in the off-season.
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The Steelers needed free agent defensive back DeMarcus Van Dyke last Sunday. But few realize it, including the Oakland Raiders, who cut the 2011 draftee in the off-season.
PITTSBURGH (AP) Ryan Clark does not stop talking. Not in the huddle. Not in meetings. Not on the sideline and certainly not on the field.
Flailing and running on fumes as they desperately try to stay in the wild-card race, the visiting Pirates' last stand could start Friday night against the Houston Astros.
To say Pirates fans are frustrated would be an understatement. It doesn't take a general manager's expertise to see that all phases of the Pirates game have taken a late summer vacation.
What will they do for an encore this weekend? Who knows? But until the final gun of Week 4 sounds, let's appreciate what they did in Week 3…
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The Milwaukee Brewers are playing their best baseball of the season. Now Aramis Ramirez is hoping they have enough time to secure a spot in the playoffs.
Steeler running back Rashard Mendenhall looks as if he is ready to get back in action, but James Harrison and Troy Polamalu look as if they are not going to hit the field.
CBSSports.com baseball writer Jon Heyman joined The Fan Morning Show on Thursday to talk his recent column, which discusses the job security of a number of managers and general managers, including the Pirates' Clint Hurdle and Neal Huntington.
Steelers linebacker Larry Foote joined The Fan Morning Show on Thursday to announce that he will be a weekly guest of the show, each Tuesday at 8 a.m.
Paul Bessire, known better by the the nickname of his program, "The Prediction Machine," checked in with The Fan Morning Show Thursday for his regular weekly spot, which can be heard Thursdays at 8:40 a.m.
Head coach Tom Nola said the key to victory in Week 4 was to establish an early presence. But Monessen head coach Andy Pacak, like the rest of the WPIAL, has been acutely aware of Clairton and its achievements for some time.
The Oakland Raiders have struggled out of the gates in the 2012 season, losing their first two games by a combined 30 points. The Raiders have held 1st half leads in both of the games they have played this year, but have been dominated in the second half.
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- John Axford looked to his left and the St. Louis Cardinals-Houston Astros game was on one clubhouse television. He looked to another TV on his right and saw the Los Angeles Dodgers playing the Washington Nationals.
PITTSBURGH (93-7 THE FAN) -- The Panthers are coming off their best defensive effort of the young season as they prepare for Gardner-Webb, the second of two FCS visitors this season, and new defensive coordinator Dave Huxtable believes the players are starting to buy what the coaches are selling.
