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NFL owners: Either bench those who sit or stop playing national anthem

The NFL has a problem.More and more players are showing their support for Colin Kaepernick by following his lead and sitting or kneeling during the playing of the National Anthem.Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett has sat in all three exhibition games and several Browns players ...

Art Sr. made sure Steelers stayed in Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH -- The Steelers are an organization with an abundance of history they've largely ignored.That is changing with the creation of a team Hall of Honor. The first inductees will be revealed on Aug. 29.These kinds of things are great for debate and can kill hours on sports talk radio.Some ...

Steelers can’t afford to run the wheels off of Bell

“We’ll run him until his wheels fall off.”ThatĢƵ what Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said he planned to do with Willie Parker 10 years ago. It wasn’t long after that that ParkerĢƵ wheels fell off.He had five 100-yard games through Game 7 of the 2007 season and also had a 93-yard game in ...

Crosby’s Game 5 performance ranks among the all-time best

I’ve been around a while.I was an adult and well aware of what I was witnessing in 1971, when Roberto Clemente showed the world what everybody in Western Pennsylvania had known for years — that he had always been a superstar worthy of being mentioned in the same breath with Mays, Mantle ...

Winning Stanley Cup a brutal test of endurance

PITTSBURGH — June arrives this week, and an NHL season that started with September training camps is still at least three games away from ending.To say itĢƵ a grind would be inadequate.This has become an endurance contest, as it often does. If Pittsburgh wins, this won’t be the best ...