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Tomlin breaks protocol, talk about Patriots

From the notebook of a sportswriter who hopes none of his readers tried to get rich Sunday night by betting on the obvious:n If thereÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ one thing over the years, don’t put money on teams with three-game leads. The Patriots win with 3-, 4- or 5-game leads. We can’t all be Patriots.n Mike ...

Steelers play their best on Thursday night

From the notebook of a sportswriter who can’t wait to get to this clubhouse everyone was talking about after beating the Titans:n Sounds like a great place to watch a state soccer championship, doesn’t it?n ThatÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ just my not-so-humble brag about my daughterÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ big game played 12 hours ...

Steelers’ mid-season lists

ESPN just announced its half-season MVP poll results and Carson Lentz finished on top of Tom Brady on a list that also includes Alex Smith, Todd Gurley, Drew Brees and Russell Wilson.It got me thinking about the Steelers’ MVP list. And their Rookie of the Year list. And, so why not also do a ...

Going into open week 6-2 feels real good

From the notebook of a sportswriter who’ll echo the quarterback in saying that going into the bye week 6-2 feels really good:n No, I’m not on the team, but the fact I don’t have to explain over the next two weeks why the coordinators, coach and general manager won’t be fired is always a ...

Steelers set 53-man roster

The Steelers cut down to 53 players not named Le’Veon Bell this weekend, and in the process picked up a conditional draft pick and got back the sixth-round pick they had traded to Cleveland last year for Justin Gilbert.The latter was the return on sending Sammie Coates and a seventh-round ...

Five standouts from Steelers’ win

There were more than five standout players in the Steelers’ 20-12 win at the New York Giants on Friday night, but we’ll start by counting backwards with:5. TERRELL WATSONWatson averaged a respectable 4.4 yards per carry in leading the Steelers with 44 rushing yards, and it was his 15-yard ...