PITTSBURGH — Art Rooney II sensed Mike Tomlin might be ready for a change. Nineteen years doing any job is a long time, let alone in the white-hot spotlight that comes with coaching the Pittsburgh Steelers. So when Tomlin walked into Rooney’s office on Tuesday and told his longtime boss ...
Only one of the eight remaining starting quarterbacks in the NFL playoffs has won a Super Bowl. All-Pro Matthew Stafford led the Los Angeles Rams to a Lombardi trophy four years ago. He rallied them to a victory at Carolina last week to set up a divisional round matchup at Chicago on ...
MELBOURNE, Australia — Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka were officially made the top-seeded players for the Australian Open which begins Sunday at Melbourne Park. The announcement on Wednesday comes a day ahead of the tournament draw. Two-time defending champion Jannik Sinner was seeded second, with Alexander Zverev third and 10-time champion Novak Djokovic fourth. Sabalenka, Iga Switek and Coco Gauff are the top three seeds in the women’s draw for the second consecutive year. Madison Keys returns as the defending champion and the ninth-seeded player, one of four American women ...
PITTSBURGH — For Pittsburgh Pirates fans, baseball is just around the corner, and that corner happens to be Monday, Feb. 9. That’s because that is the official opening of Major League Baseball’s spring training for the Pirates. Pitchers and catchers who are participating in the World Baseball Classic will report that day. The rest of the Pirates will report on Wednesday, Feb. 11. Other notable dates include: - Feb. 12, first workout for infielders and outfielders taking part in the WBC. - Feb. 16, first full-squad workout - Feb. 18, photo day The media will have access to the ...
PITTSBURGH — Mike Tomlin was an unknown when the Pittsburgh Steelers plucked him from obscurity in 2007 and handed the young and charismatic Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator one of the most stable jobs in sports. Over the next 19 seasons, Tomlin wrote his own chapter with one of the ...
PITTSBURGH — Mike Tomlin, as always, got right to the point. “When you don’t get it done, words are cheap,” a subdued Tomlin said Monday night after the Pittsburgh Steelers were quickly ushered out of the playoffs again, this time in a 30-6 loss to Houston. “It’s about what you do ...
