Joe Starkey

Imagine what they might have done to Easton Stick. That was one thought after the Steelers pounded the Los Angeles Chargers into submission Sunday. There...

I’m sorry for your losses. That should be the standard greeting for Pirates fans these days. I do not recall a stretch like this, featuring so many...

Welcome to Joe Starkey's mailbag, where the Post-Gazette columnist and 93.7 The Fan radio host answers your questions about sports, life, Larry David and...

Caitlin Clark could probably use a teammate or two to defend her, but she certainly doesn’t need Pat McAfee, Charles Barkley or an opportunist politician...

There’s a lot to like about the Steelers’ offseason, starting with the admission that their quarterback room just wasn’t going to cut...

When it comes to premium positions in professional sports, you’re either the guy or you’re not. If you are, there’s never a question...

I like the possibilities here. Not necessarily of having a high-powered Steelers offense, although I can’t dismiss the idea, but rather of seeing...

It was during last year’s fraudulent late-season run, against a bunch of bad quarterbacks, that coach/babysitter/enabler Mike Tomlin forcefully backed...

You’d think a two-touchdown home loss to the Arizona Cardinals would help cure the condition known as “Steelers Delusion,” not inflame...

Welcome to Joe Starkey’s mailbag, where the Post-Gazette columnist and 93.7 The Fan radio host answers your questions about sports, life, Lee Flowers...

No, I do not think this is sustainable, at least not to the point of winning a playoff game. This Steelers team reminds me of the 2020 club in this respect:...

Post-Gazette sports columnist Joe Starkey: Kenny Pickett’s performance and the Pittsburgh Steelers ‘reality show’ demand scrutiny.

What’s next? Maybe a blowout loss at 20-point favorite Notre Dame, yes, but anything else? I ask, because in this terrible, horrible, no good, very...

It has been a full season of Kenny Pickett. Seventeen starts, 18 games, and nobody in their right mind would say he has offered great hope for the future. It’s...

Welcome to Joe Starkey’s mailbag, where the Post-Gazette columnist and 93.7 The Fan radio host answers your questions about sports, life, Lee Flowers...

It was not a great football game. Nobody would call it that. It wasn’t a quarterback duel, either, unless you mean a match of anything-you-can-do-I-can-do-poorer. From...

Two quick questions: 1.) Do you think the idea of Matt Canada becoming a head coach took a hit Sunday? 2.) Is Patrick Peterson still talking? Last I saw...

Who is the biggest star in this Sunday’s Pittsburgh Steelers vs. San Francisco 49ers Week 1 opener? Sports columnist Joe Starkey weighs in and ranks his top 10.

I agree with everyone else: Penguins president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas deserves an A+++ for bringing Erik Karlsson to Pittsburgh while somehow...

Welcome to Joe Starkey’s mailbag, where the Post-Gazette columnist and 93.7 The Fan radio host answers your questions about sports, life, Lee Flowers...