Author Archives: Ken Laird

23 Feb

Kevin Colbert Part 3 of 3

published in category: Pittsburgh Penguins, Pittsburgh Steelers
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 – 6:01 pm

Pittsburgh Steelers GM Kevin Colbert met the press for almost an hour on Wednesday at the NFL Scouting Combine. Here is the final transcript from his talk, concerning issues surrounding the NFL Combine and the upcoming NFL Draft: How difficult is drafting players? "It is guesswork. I always say you don't know a player until […]

 

23 Feb

Kevin Colbert Part 2 of 3

published in category: Pittsburgh Penguins, Pittsburgh Steelers
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 – 5:58 pm

Pittsburgh Steelers GM Kevin Colbert met the press for almost an hour on Wednesday at the NFL Scouting Combine. Here is part 2 of 3 transcripts on his talk, this second of which deals with issues surrounding the status of restricted free agent WR Mike Wallace: What kind of dilemma are you in with Mike […]

 

23 Feb

Kevin Colbert Part 1 of 3

published in category: Pittsburgh Penguins, Pittsburgh Steelers, Wrestling Reality
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 – 5:55 pm

Pittsburgh Steelers GM Kevin Colbert met the press for almost an hour on Wednesday at the NFL Scouting Combine. Here is part 1 of 3 transcripts on his talk, this first of which deals with issues surrounding the current rostered players of the team: What's the latest with Hines Ward? "Hines Ward is still on […]

 

05 Jan

Bruce Arians talks on Wild Card Playoff Week

published in category: Pittsburgh Penguins, Pittsburgh Steelers
Thursday, January 5th, 2012 – 4:31 pm

Steelers' Offensive Coordinator Bruce Arians spoke to the Pittsburgh media after Thursday practice. Here is that transcript: How'd Ben look today? "A little better. He got some of it [practice]. He's moving around… OK. Not as good as he was, but OK." If you see Ben struggling will Charlie go in? "We'll just see how […]

 

29 Dec

Steelers D Takeaways drop from 31 to 13

published in category: College Sports, Pittsburgh Penguins, Pittsburgh Steelers
Thursday, December 29th, 2011 – 3:12 pm

In 2010, the Pittsburgh Steelers defense (excluding special teams) came up with 31 takeaways of the football in the regular season. In 2011, through fifteen games, they have only 13. It looks even worse when you consider 4 of those 13 this year came from early Christmas gifts off the arm of former Pitt quarterback […]

 

28 Dec

Hines Ward talks about 1,000 catches in Cleveland

published in category: Pittsburgh Steelers
Wednesday, December 28th, 2011 – 3:55 pm

Steelers receiver Hines Ward needs five catches on Sunday in Cleveland to reach 1,000 grabs for his career. If he gets there, he'll become just the 8th WR in NFL history to hit that milestone joining Jerry Rice, Tony Gonzalez, Marvin Harrison, Cris Carter, Tim Brown, Terrell Owens, and Issac Bruce. Hines talked about what […]

 

17 Dec

Steelers Saturday Injury Updates

published in category: Pittsburgh Steelers, Sports Talk Radio
Saturday, December 17th, 2011 – 2:37 pm

The Pittsburgh Steelers wrapped up their first Saturday practice of the regular season at their South Side facility as they finished their work week in preparation for their Monday Night Football appearance in San Francisco. All eyes were on quarterback Ben Roethlisberger as he went through a "limited" practice on his sore left ankle (high […]

 

15 Dec

Bruce Arians talks on 49ers Week

published in category: Pittsburgh Steelers
Thursday, December 15th, 2011 – 4:18 pm

Steelers Offensive Coordinator Bruce Arians met the press again this week to discuss issues prior to the San Francisco game. Here is the transcript: How's Ben Roethlisberger? "Well, he's still in the boot. Making a little progress, slowly but surely. Wait and see. We hope, got our fingers crossed. Got a lot of time left. […]