Pittsburgh Maulers’ season opener postponed because of severe weather
Football fans hoping to watch the Pittsburgh Maulers for the first time in nearly 40 years will have to wait another day. The Maulers’ scheduled USFL season opener against the Tampa Bay Bandits on Sunday night was postponed due to the risk of severe weather in Alabama. The game is...
Former Steelers assistant Kirby Wilson putting the ‘Pittsburgh’ in Pittsburgh Maulers
Kirby Wilson grew up in Los Angeles and went to college at Illinois. Over a coaching career that’s spanned 37 years, he’s lived on the West Coast, in New England, the upper Midwest, the Southeast. But in no one place during his adult life did he work longer than he...
Pittsburgh Maulers season preview for 2022 USFL reboot
After waiting almost four decades, Pittsburgh on Sunday will have a professional football team to cheer on in the spring. The Maulers open play in a new incarnation of the USFL at 8 p.m. against the Tampa Bay Bandits on FS1. Like all USFL regular-season games in 2022, the game...
New USFL hoping to succeed where other spring leagues failed
NBC Sports president Jon Miller knows the perils of starting a spring football league. He was with NBC when the network teamed with Vince McMahon and World Wrestling Entertainment during the XFL’s first launch in 2001 and has seen other leagues crash and burn. Miller is optimistic a new version...
3-point conversions, double forward passes, modified OT among unique USFL rules
Get ready to “go for three.” And, maybe, more halfback passes? The USFL released its rules for its spring football season that begins next month — and as might be expected from a fledging minor league for America’s most popular sport, there are some unique rules intended to fuel fan-friendliness...
Maulers complete USFL roster; Former Pitt S Paris Ford drafted by New Jersey
The Pittsburgh Maulers rounded out their roster Thursday night by selecting 10 players in the USFL’s supplemental draft. Players with local ties selected in the 80-player supplemental portion included former Pitt safety Paris Ford of Steel Valley and former Penn State defensive end Shareef Miller. The Maulers selected five players...
Opener vs. Todd Haley’s Bandits highlight Pittsburgh Maulers’ 10-game schedule
A primetime opener against a team coached by former Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Todd Haley highlights the schedule for the Pittsburgh Maulers’ inaugural season in the re-launched USFL. The Maulers will play Haley’s Tampa Bay Bandits in an 8 p.m. kickoff April 17, the final game of the opening weekend...
U mad, bro?: Pittsburgh fans have early barbs for Penguins at trade deadline, the Pirates — even the Maulers
Two treats for this week’s “U mad, bro?” First, because of some scheduling quirks, it’s coming a day early. Second, Pittsburgh fans are so special, they have managed to work their way into complaining about a franchise that hasn’t even held its first practice, rules changes that haven’t even been...
Central Catholic’s Tre Tarpley hopes to plant roots after being drafted by USFL’s Maulers
Arnold “Tre” Tarpley III considers it more of a declaration than a promise, but it’s one he intended to keep. So he spoke his plan of playing professional football into existence, making a series of YouTube video diaries called “Trust the Seed.” Tarpley, a Jefferson Hills native and former Central...
Central Catholic grad Arnold Tarpley, Aliquippa alum Dravon Askew-Henry picked in USFL Draft
A pair of former WPIAL stars were selected in the second day of the USFL Draft on Wednesday, when the Pittsburgh Maulers picked safety Arnold “Tre” Tarpley III of Central Catholic and Vanderbilt in the 18th round Wednesday and the New Jersey Generals took safety Dravon Askew-Henry of Aliquippa and...
Pittsburgh Maulers select QB Kyle Lauletta with 1st-round pick in USFL Draft
The Pittsburgh Maulers turned to a Hall of Fame quarterback to announce their first-round draft pick, and Steelers great Terry Bradshaw attempted in vain to get the pronunciation of Kyle Lauletta’s last name right. It's hammer time in Pittsburgh ⚒ #DropTheHammerSee the moment Terry Bradshaw announced Kyle Lauletta is joining...
USFL reveals Pittsburgh Maulers uniforms
The rebooted Pittsburgh Maulers have their updated, modern-style fashion uniforms. One of eight teams in the United States Football League’s return this spring, the Maulers share a name and purple-and-orange color scheme with their forerunners who played one season as part of the original USFL in 1984. But the new...
Former Steelers assistant Kirby Wilson named head coach of USFL Pittsburgh Maulers
The new pro football team named after Pittsburgh has its head coach — and it’s a man who used to coach pro ball in the city. Former Pittsburgh Steelers running backs coach Kirby Wilson was named the first coach for the reboot of the Pittsburgh Maulers. The Maulers will play...
Pittsburgh Maulers franchise returning in 2022 USFL reboot
Go dust off that purple pennant buried in the attic, and ask your dad if you can borrow his old Mike Rozier jersey. The Pittsburgh Maulers are back. The Maulers were one of eight teams announced for the United States Football League’s re-boot scheduled for this coming April. They’ll play...
