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| Changing look of college football coaches is complex business |
Division I College Football |
12/28/2007 |
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| the coaches are coaches of color and then you see football. It's just gross.'' Last year's Super Bowl winning coach, Tony Dungy, was disappointed when colleges showed no interest in two NFL assistants he recommended for jobs - Mike Tomlin, now the Pittsburgh Steelers head coach, and Leslie Frazier, the defensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings. Tomlin has the Steelers bound for the playoffs, and Frazier has the league's top-ranked run defense with three of his starters headed to the Pro Bowl. ``I recom |
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| Playoff-bound Steelers seek sweep of skidding, banged-up Ravens |
NFL Football |
12/27/2007 |
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BALTIMORE (AP) -The NFL playoff formula asserts that the Pittsburgh Steelers can earn a No. 3 seed in the AFC playoffs if they beat the Baltimore Ravens and the San Diego Chargers lose to Oakland. If that was the only thing at stake Sunday, Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and the majority of the starters would probably be sitting on the bench wearing baseball caps by the second quarter. Coming off a 10-day layoff and playing their first game without injured running back Willie Parker, the Steelers |
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| What a first: Rookie seasons for Cowher, Tomlin strikingly similar |
Headlines |
12/25/2007 |
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PITTSBURGH (AP) -Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin never publicly mentions Bill Cowher's name unless he is asked specifically about him, though it is certainly not for a lack of respect. Tomlin is trying to put his stamp on the NFL as a head coach, rather than attempting to imitate the very successful coach before him. That's almost exactly the same path Cowher followed after succeeding Chuck Noll in 1992. What's curious is, with Tomlin's first regular season as Steelers coach ending with Sunday's game |
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| Division clinched, but Steelers still face important game |
Headlines |
12/25/2007 |
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PITTSBURGH (AP) -The Pittsburgh Steelers' starters are taking Christmas off, as the holiday falls conveniently on the NFL players' weekly day off. The rest of the week, including Sunday in Baltimore? Forget it, although the Steelers are AFC North champions for the first time since 2004 and are guaranteed a home playoff game Jan. 5 or 6. With the playoffs less than two weeks away, Sunday's game at Baltimore is anything but unimportant for Pittsburgh. For two very good reasons. 1) Jacksonville. 2) New Engla |
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| Division, playoffs clinched, but Steelers still face important game |
NFL Football |
12/24/2007 |
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PITTSBURGH (AP) -The Pittsburgh Steelers' starters are taking Christmas off, as the holiday falls conveniently on the NFL players' weekly day off. The rest of the week, including Sunday in Baltimore? Forget it, despite the fact the Steelers are AFC North champions for the first time since 2004 and are guaranteed a home playoff game Jan. 5 or 6. That's because regardless of what happened during Monday night's Broncos-Chargers game, the Steelers won't know going into Sunday's late afternoon game what their fi |
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| Steelers place Parker on IR |
NFL Football |
12/24/2007 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (Best E Casino) - The Pittsburgh Steelers officially ended the season of running back Willie Parker Monday, placing him on injured reserve after he broke his right fibula in Thursday night's win in St. Louis. Parker suffered the injury on Pittsburgh's second offensive play. On 1st- and-10 at the St. Louis 13-yard-line, Parker took the carry and went right before being hit by Rams linebacker Will Witherspoon for a one-yard loss. Parker's leg buckled, and he had to be carted from the sideline into t |
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| Steelers place Parker on IR with broken leg |
NFL Football |
12/24/2007 |
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PITTSBURGH (AP) -Willie Parker, the NFL's leading rusher when he broke his right leg Thursday night in St. Louis, was officially lost for the season when the Pittsburgh Steelers placed him on the injured reserve list Monday. Parker underwent surgery on his broken fibula, but is expected to return next season, coach Mike Tomlin said. To replace Parker on their roster, the Steelers re-signed Verron Haynes, primarily a third down back for them from 2002-06. He missed the second half of the 2006 season with a k |
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| National Football League Game Capsules |
NFL Football |
12/24/2007 |
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| The Browns had one last chance to win, driving to the Cincinnati 29-yard-line, but Derek Anderson's throw into the end zone fell incomplete as time expired, and the Bengals survived. The loss by the Browns (9-6) clinched the AFC North title for the Pittsburgh Steelers, who beat the St. Louis Rams 41-24 on Thursday to go to 10-5. Cleveland controlled its own destiny entering play, but after Tennessee's 10-6 win over the Jets on Sunday, the Titans are now the team in the driver's seat for the last wild card in the |
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| NFL Playoff Scenarios |
NFL Football |
12/22/2007 |
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| L:AFC CLINCHED: New England, East Division and homefield advantage; Indianapolis, South Division and a first-round bye; San Diego, West Division. ELIMINATED: Miami, N.Y. Jets, Kansas City, Oakland, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Houston, Buffalo, Denver.PITTSBURGH STEELERS Pittsburgh can clinch the North Division with a win and a Cleveland loss. Pittsburgh can clinch playoff berth with: 1) A Tennessee loss. OR 2) A win or tie and a Tennessee tie.CLEVELAND BROWNS Cleveland can clinch playoff berth with: 1 |
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| Steelers almost in playoffs but won't have Parker |
NFL Football |
12/21/2007 |
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PITTSBURGH (AP) -Ben Roethlisberger says the Pittsburgh Steelers won't change. Mike Tomlin says the same thing. Recent history should tell the Steelers that change is inevitable and unavoidable. The Steelers had their worst victory of the season on Thursday - they beat the St. Louis Rams 41-24 in their first game in that city since 1979, but lost franchise running back Willie Parker for the season. The Steelers (10-5) were desperate to win after dropping two in a row, and they did - but at a potentially t |
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