Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Plaxico Burress (80) at practice during NFL football training camp at the team training facility in Latrobe, Pa. on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 . (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) by Will Graves AP Sports Writer LATROBE, Pa. (AP) — Plaxico Burress turns 36 next Monday, an age the Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver jokes makes him "grandpa" in a locker room filled with kids who weren't even playing Pop Warner when Burress made his NFL debut nine months after the turn of the millennium. Look closely enough at Burress' still impossibly youthful face and you'll see a fleck or two of gray in his chin stubble. It's only when Burress talks that the years — and the perspective they provide — become evident. In the twilight of a career that remains enigmatic at best and erratic at worst, this is Burress' last stand. And he knows it. Even more, he's OK with it.
Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Cortez Allen (28) runs between drills during the NFL football practice on June 5 in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) by Mike Pelaia One of the big questions of the Steelers off season has been whether or not Cortez Allen can step in and replace Keenan Lewis as the number two cornerback. It’s something the Steelers desperately desire and need at the same time.
This Dec. 25, 2012 photo taken by a sister and provided by the Boston Bandits football team shows Odin Lloyd, 27, whose body was found Monday, June 17, 2013 in an industrial park in North Attleborough, Mass., about a mile from the house of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez. (AP Photo/Lloyd family via the Boston Bandits ) by Bridget Murphy BOSTON (AP) — A body was found, search warrants were issued, investigators conducted interviews — all the signs of an impending police action were in place by week's end. Still the family of semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd waited for answers. A jogger found Lloyd's body in an industrial park Monday, a mile from the home of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez. Family members said Friday the two men were friends who were together the night Lloyd died. They said Lloyd had been dating Hernandez's fiancee's sister for about two years. Police have searched in and around Hernandez's sprawling home in North Attleborough, not far from where the Patriots practice. Hernandez's attorney Michael Fee has acknowledged media reports about the state police search of Hernandez's home but said he wouldn't have any comment on it.
MIKE ADAMS (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File) PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman Mike Adams is expected to make a full recovery after being stabbed during an attempted carjacking early Sunday morning.
MIKE TOMLIN (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) by Will Graves PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers understand it's going to take more than nine college players to address the surging number of needs on a roster in the midst of an unusual amount of transition.
JAMES HARRISON (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File) by Will Graves AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — James Harrison's snarling tenacity made the Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker one of the NFL's most intimidating players for nearly a decade.
by Will GravesAP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Wallace heard the boos. And the Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver knew it didn't have as much to do with the pass that had just clanged off his hands as with the expectations — self-imposed or otherwise — he just can't seem to meet. BIG CATCH--Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Mike Wallace (17) makes a touchdown catch past San Diego Chargers cornerback Quentin Jammer (23) in the third quarter on Dec. 9, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Don Wright)
by Schuyler DixonAP Sports Writer IRVING, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Josh Brent was released Sunday on $500,000 bond, one day after being charged with intoxication manslaughter after what police said was a drunken-driving accident that killed close friend and teammate Jerry Brown. Brent's attorney George Milner had called the bond amount excessive and beyond what the team had authorized him to post. CHARGED--In this Dec. 2, 2012, photo, Dallas Cowboys nose tackle Josh Brent runs onto the field out of the team's tunnel after being introduced before a game against the Philadelphia Eagles in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
