This was going to be a column in praise of leadership.Or how the Pittsburgh Steelers focused on drafting leadership, and character and work ethic and all of that good stuff.It was to be juxtaposed against the backdrop of two slappy receivers already on the team involved in a silly fight on ...
After all these years of setting draft odds, you would think I would know better than to make a mistake.But I did. And got swamped. Money began pouring in on one player immediately.I was careless with the odds, but not with the player I expected.If you recall, I thought Charles Harris at 7-1 ...
I went to the wake of a great man a couple of days ago, and I wasn鈥檛 sure what to wear.My best suit was reserved for the funeral, and my pants on the runner-up didn鈥檛 fit anymore.Hey, one of the best things about being a sportswriter is that I don鈥檛 need more than two suits, but the ...
Mike Tomlin opened his weekly press conference by addressing 鈥渢he elephant in the room,鈥� the live internet broadcast of his post-game locker room talk by the self-absorbed Antonio Brown.Tomlin delivered a scathing rebuke of Brown, but I鈥檝e only picked out the key comments, as well as the ...
From the notebook of a sportswriter who thinks the Steelers must play better in Kansas City than they did Sunday if they want to play for the NFL championship in New England:n Yes, I do believe the AFC is the far superior conference this season.n And, yes, I do believe the Steelers can go the ...
OK, it鈥檚 soul-baring time, but before you turn away I鈥檓 going to titillate you with the plot: It includes violence.So, I put this TV guy against the wall 鈥� gently, mind you. Well, not really gently, but I grabbed him by the lapels because he told me not to walk away from him after he got ...
