Have you had enough of Colin Kaepernick?In case you missed it, he’s the San Francisco 49ers backup quarterback who has gotten way too much attention for his posture during the playing of the Star Spangled Banner during the last couple of preseason games.First he sat. Then he kneeled.The world ...
How about just shutting up?Martavis Bryant, the Steelers wide receiver who is serving a one-year suspension for smoking weed, was all over Twitter this week. He thought it would be a good idea to get into a Twitter battle with Stephen A. Smith of ESPN and Mad Dog Radio and his 2.8. million ...
Just remember Bryn Renner never heard of you, either.In case you missed it, the Steelers signed Renner on Saturday.He’ a quarterback.And it’s hard to believe he could be any worse than Landry Jones, who, at least before Thursday night, was Ben Roethlisberger’s backup.Jones went 12 for 20 ...
Where was everybody?The Steelers played the Detroit Lions in an exhibition game Friday night and hardly anybody showed up. Oh, the box score said 44,000 and change, but somebody made that number up. When the Lions kicked off at 7:05 p.m., there were at least twice as many empty seats as ...
Think the Pirates can play .654 ball from now until October?That’s what was needed going into Saturday night’s game with the Reds for them to win 90 games. They were a game over .500 after 107 games and needed to go 36-19.I’m not betting on it. Not when Andrew McCutchen and Jung Ho Kang ...
Mark Melancon’s not overrated but his job is.Melancon is doing spectacularly well for the Pirates as a 21st century closer. Going into Saturday night’s game in Milwaukee, he had converted on 27 out of 28 save opportunities and had a 1.51 ERA in 41 2/3 innings.Can’t ask for much better ...
