“Don’t you know in the offseason of 1978, they changed the rule,” Blount concluded. “They called it the 'Mel Blount rule.' That’s kind of a backdrop of that story. It changed the whole game.

NFL Hall of Famer and HBCU legend, Mel Blount, looks back on the impact he had on the game of football. Watch and listen as Jerry Rice, Marquette King and more talk about the start of athletes ...

Former Steelers Tight End Randy Grossman was honored at the 16th Annual Mel Blount Youth Home All-Star Celebrity Roast. On July 8, 1933, Art Rooney founded the Pittsburgh Pirates, also known as the ...

It was coined the Mel Blount Rule, and while it opened the game like never before, it only made the Steelers even more dominant as the decade of the 1970s drew to a close. Up until the start of ...

Mel Blount was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 1989. Blount was also an inaugural member of the Steelers Hall of Honor as a member of the Class of 2017. There aren ...

(EDITOR'S NOTE: To listen to the Mel Blount interview, click on the following link: https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/eyetestfortwo?selected=BRCM6962289261) When we ...

For two decades in organized athletics, Mel Blount made (and remade) himself with a simple formula: No one, he declared both publicly and privately, would outwork him. That work ethic began on his ...

Running back D'Andre Swift shares his reaction after being traded to Philadelphia Eagles. PFF NFL Analyst Sam Monson: Los Angeles Rams got 'one of the steals of the draft' in Rams cornerback Tre ...

Prior to the contest, Porter received the praise of Steelers Hall of Famer cornerback Mel Blount. He was on hand for the 50th-anniversary ceremony to honor the 1974 Super Bowl IX championship team.

Cam Heyward has further added to his legacy as one of the greatest Pittsburgh Steelers of all-time. Monday night's game ...