The Steelers will report to training camp in Latrobe Thursday, following the approval of a 10-year collective bargaining agreement by the players today.
Their first public practice will be held Friday, and their first practice in pads is scheduled for Sunday.
"There`s definitely a transition that I would say is a little unusual for all of us in terms of re-starting like this but our goal is the same," Steelers president Art Rooney II said today at the team`s practice facility, "to win a championship, and we`re looking forward to getting back to the business of being prepared for the 2011 season."
Preparations started shortly after a joint news conference by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and NFLPA DeMaurice Smith announcing the end of the four-month-old lockout. (continue)