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Bell getting stronger every day

PITTSBURGH — Le’Veon Bell opened OTAs three weeks ago by running and cutting for the trainer, and then he disappeared.Bell was back on the field for the start of minicamp Tuesday, and he expanded his practice session to include individual work before calling it a day.After practice, he ...

What a difference half a year can make for a receiver making the turn from NFL rookie to NFL veteran.Sammie Coates, for example, looked about as bad as a receiver could look midway through his rookie season with the Pittsburgh Steelers.“As a young receiver in the NFL,” offensive coordinator ...

Linebacker room stacked with talent

PITTSBURGH — The “Law Dawg” — Lawrence Timmons — returned to the practice field for the Pittsburgh Steelers on Wednesday, as did his sidekick, Ryan Shazier.That meant the defensive star of the previous day’s OTA workout, L.J. Fort, had to get back in the line — the long line — ...

Big Ben back on the practice field

PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger returned to the practice field Tuesday, following the birth of his third child last Thursday, and resumed his leadership role as the proud papa of the Pittsburgh Steelers.Roethlisberger’s leadership and value to the team had clearly grown over the last few ...

Brown returns to practice for Steelers

PITTSBURGH — Hall of Fame wide receiver Lynn Swann studied ballet, tap and jazz dancing from the age of two until his senior year in high school and said “it helped a great deal with body control, balance, a sense of rhythm, and timing.”Pittsburgh Steelers All-Pro wide receiver Antonio ...

Maybe it’s the historian in me that feels the need to label and file away.Because maybe I’ll write it like this one day:“One of the lieutenants of the 2002 championship team, Mike Tomlin learned the ‘Tampa 2’ and eventually brought it back to Pittsburgh, where Chuck Noll and Bud ...