Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin threw a loaf of bread to the pond full of hissing geese in the fanbase and the media who wanted to see Kaleb Johnson punished for his ghastly kickoff miscue Sunday versus the Seattle Seahawks. Actually, it wasn’t really a loaf of bread. It was more like a handful of crackers. Tomlin said Johnson …
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Over roughly three decades of covering sports — almost 24 of them in this city — I’ve never seen a more copacetic relationship between local reporters and a big-time superstar than the one that exists between Sidney Crosby and the media contingent in Pittsburgh. Throughout the vast majority of his career, Crosby has always been friendly, accommodating and exceedingly professional. …
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After years of attempting to dismiss any suggestion that he may want to leave Pittsburgh someday, both Sidney Crosby and his agent fanned the flames of that conversation this week. As recently as June, Crosby’s agent, Pat Brisson, called rumors of Crosby being willing to accept a trade to Colorado “baseless.” He was singing a different tune while speaking with …
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For most of his career, Cameron Heyward has been viewed as the consummate Pittsburgh Steelers good guy. A team captain. A Walter Payton Man of the Year. A good teammate. A leader. An All-Pro. Mr. Consistent. He’s also the guy who once famously said of Aaron Rodgers’ protracted decision-making process, “Either you want to be a Pittsburgh Steeler or you …
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T.J. Watt won in his contract negotiation with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He also won in his battle to surpass at least some of Myles Garrett’s financial terms in Cleveland. Great. Now go win a playoff game. Yeah, yeah. I know. Playoff records are team results, not individual stats assigned to outside linebackers. At most, quarterbacks and coaches should carry those …
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