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AP National Writer based in Pittsburgh. I write a lot about a lot.

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2 years

This ... is pretty cool. LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Associated Press sports writer Will Graves coverage of Simone Biles won Story of the Year honors in the annual contest for AP staffers. Graves also won the Grimsley Award for body of work.

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Coverage of Simone Biles wins AP story of the year honors

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Associated Press sports writer Will Graves coverage of Simone Biles won Story of the Year honors in the annual contest for AP staffers judged by the Associated Press...

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3 years

Ben Roethlisberger says he took exception to Mike Tomlin taking a shot at the MAC yesterday. Said he'll clap back at Tomlin once he figures out "what conference William & Mary is in." #shotsfired

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Oakland coach Greg Kampe said the school sold $8,000 worth of T-shirts to people whose credit cards matched Louisville zip codes. “I don’t know if when Louisville and UK play next year the Louisville ppl are gonna show up in Oakland shirts or what.”

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Simone Biles has often said the bronze she won on beam in Rio is the one she's proudest of. Well ... now she's got two. And I imagine this one might even carry more weight than the first.

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Joey Bosa: 40 sacks in 4 seasons, $135M deal. Myles Garrett: 30.5 sacks in 3 years, $125M deal. TJ Watt: 34.5 sacks in 3 years ... Back up the truck ...

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Simone Biles leads by more than 2.5 points heading to final rotation. At this rate, she could sit on the beam for 90 seconds playing "Fortnite" w/Stacey before dismount and still be in front. The queen stay the queen.

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Few players have embraced the legacy of what it means to be a Steeler than Shazier. Highly respected inside and outside that room. Young father. Bright future. Hope it’s not as bad as it looked for reasons far outside football

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Najee Harris keeps saying "Stillers" ... there may be no more direct route to the heart of the fan base.

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Geno: "Sid score goal, I want goal. Sid score another goal, I want another. Sid get hat trick, (Sid) stop!!"

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Watching Jordan Chiles and Jade Carey compete makes it really hard not to think about all the great college careers by elites that COULD have been if not for the baffling amateurism rules they were forced to obey back in the day. And by in the day I mean before like last week.

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This feels more like a Matt Canada issue than a Trubisky issue.

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Simone said after vault she knew she wasn’t in the right head space. And she didn’t want to risk injuring herself.

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5 years

Eli Rogers is in the building

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Pouncey said Roethlisberger offered to pay for any fines the linemen might get for the scrum that ensued after the Reid hit.

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3 years

Simone Biles kicked everybody's tail in 2018 with a kidney stone. As great as she is, her toughness might be even better. To do what she's done at this level for 8 years is incredible. Appreciate that no matter where this goes. Full stop.

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Hodges said he talked to Roethlisberger today. Ben's advice: "He told me, 'hey, you can do this, just be yourself, and be Duck."

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Cam Heyward on TJ Watt: “TJ’s playing this week? He got hit in the nuts last week … my son watched it and said ‘TJ got hit on the hot dog!”

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. @CLcecile on what’s next for Simone. “Therapy. Probably some for me too. It’s been a hell of a week.” No lies told

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List of gymnasts in the history of the sport with 34 world/Olympic medals. 1. Simone Biles. That’s it. That’s the list.

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8 years

Current Team USA situation

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Antonio Brown has occasional issues w/a HOF QB throwing him passes. How's he gonna handle it w/some random dude back there chucking it to him. Good luck w/that.

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Newly acquired Pens Jared McCann and Nick Bjugstad joined new teammates at Sid’s house for Super Bowl party. McCann admitted peeking around corner and having OMG moment when he saw Hart Trophies in a side room.

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Chellsie Memmel could have bought a Peloton during the pandemic like everyone else. Instead she decided to invent a time machine. That's damned impressive.

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Jade said she tripped on Sunday. Said it had never happened before. Said her teammates - Simone especially- told her to put it behind her. Brian Carey said he told her just bc yesterday was maybe the worst day of her career, that didn’t mean today couldn’t be the best.

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Simone said she hadn’t done a double pike since she was 12

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I'm old enough to remember when the Ravens-Steelers was set to be played on Thanksgiving.

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Twenty-four hours ago Jade Carey quietly made her way through the mixed zone after vault final and that frightening stumble. She's about to get a gold medal put around her neck. It takes some serious mental toughness to do that.

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Jon Gruden: "I would pay for season tickets to watch Vontaze Burfict." "I hate seeing this type of football." ... Also Jon Gruden

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Le'Veon Bell 2017: 406 touches, 1,946 yards, 11 touchdowns, $12.1 million. James Conner/Jaylen Samuels 2018: 337 touches, 1,804 yards, 14 TDs. $1.2 million. Combined.

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It should be noted that Simone Biles didn't get serious about her training until after her wedding in late April. So this means what you're seeing is essentially after only three(ish) months of hard-core practice. Yikes. (Can I say Yikes gymternet? Or are nah?)

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Ramon Foster: the volatility at QB should give Steeler fans a renewed appreciation for Ben Roethlisberger

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Steelers QB Mason Rudolph says he should have done a better job of keeping his composure. Said behavior didn’t rise to standard set by NFL.

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JuJu said he's impressed w/rookie Diontae Johnson but added he needs to put on weight. JuJu -- trying to help -- took Johnson to Chipotle last night.

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3 years

A lotta people are gonna have a lot of thoughts about what you just watched. The idea that Simone Biles owes anybody other than herself anything is ridiculous. If you have 6 OLY and 25 world medals at home, feel free to judge. If not, just sit this one out.

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A standing ovation for Damar Hamlin during a timeout at Pitt-UVA hoops as messages of support flash across the Jumbotron

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Simone Biles wearing a teal leo tonight. Which also happens to be the color chosen to honor victims of sexual abuse. Hmmmm ...

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3 years

Simone Biles is here watching the men's AA final chatting with old buddy Alec Yoder.

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2 years

4th quarter comebacks, all-time. 1. Peyton Manning 43 2. Tom Brady 41 3. Ben Roethlisberger 39 That's a helluva list.

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6 years

While not dismissing the seriousness of the settled lawsuit against Shaun White, I find the timing of the media angst confusing. It was reported when it was filed in 2016. It was not a secret. He has been available. Where was this outrage at any point in last 18 months?

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3 years

TOKYO (AP) - Jade Carey traveled the world for a spot in the Olympics. A lot of long flights. A little bit of jet lag. One unrelenting vision of what could be possible. She wasn’t going to let a little thing like a sticky patch of carpet get in her way

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Simone: "We've done everything that they've asked us for, even when we didn't want to and they couldn't do one damn job.' You had one job. You literally had one job and you couldn't protect us."

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5 years

#Steelers are 8-1 in the Roethlisberger era in games following losses by 20+ points.

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#Steelers LB TJ Watt, S Minkah Fitzpatrick named First Team All-Pro. DT Cam Heyward named to second team.

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6 years

@BW_Jones Pretty shellfish move by the copy ed

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#Browns Sheldon Richardson said after he saw Hodges' first pass he knew kid could play. Credited Steelers for "running right through us." Said all the T-shirt stuff was "petty" and had 0 effect on anything good or bad.

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Jesse James: “I guess I don’t know a lot about football.” Said there was no doubt in the moment it was a TD. Said Grimble had similar play last year and TD stood on review.

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3 years

Andrade on what’s going on with Simone: “People need to understand we are not robots.”

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"We want this to be different ... something people haven't seen before." @Simone_Biles is headlining a post Olympic tour designed to inspire the next generation of gymnasts, and she plans to bring some friends along for the ride.

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An emotional Simone Biles in front of Congressional hearing looking into FBI misconduct of Nassar investigation. "To be clear ... I blame Larry Nassar and I also blame an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his abuse."

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. @Simone_Biles on if she would like @USAGym president Kerry Perry to become more vocal. “Yeah. It’s her job.”

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"It’s kind of scary sometimes having that power placed into my hands because I didn’t ask for it." Yet it found @Simone_Biles anyway. An influencer in the truest sense, the Olympic champion has her eyes set on #Tokyo2021 ... and so much more.

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Swan song? Biles gearing up for one more Olympic ride

Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles is gearing up for one more turn in the spotlight. Biles will compete for the first time in 18 months when she steps onto the floor at the US Classic in...

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Simone just named Jordan to the Olympic Team so ... I guess we're set there.

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You know who else it's OK to blame? The FIG for clipping the team from 7 ... to 6 ... to 5 ... to 4.

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In the last 8 months MyKayla Skinner dealt with COVID & pneumonia and at 24 is maybe doing the best gymnastics of her life. Respect man.

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4 years

If you turn the volume up you may hear the QB say “great catch” to the rookie WR

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Suni less than thrilled with bronze. Bars is her jam and she said she wasn't at her best. Admitted getting "distracted" by all the attention, particularly on social media. Might delete IG from her phone for a bit before beam finals Tuesday.

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Simone, when asked to describe herself in one word (when prodded by Aly) "Happy." Then pauses and adds "hungry."

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Chris Archer says he switched from 22 to 24 for rest of this season out of respect to @TheCUTCH22 . “That’s his number.”

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. @Ebron85 "People asking me about what my role is here, my role is to win, point blank, period." #Steelers

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When you deal with a week of people who have no clue what they're talking when they're talking about you, water down your routine for safety, stick your dismount and win your 7th Olympic medal? That's #SimoneThings

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Mike Tomlin on if it's possible for a team to find middle ground on the anthem given the current climate. #steelers

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@BW_Jones well, with cutbacks at papers everywhere, copy editors are just prawns in the game

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Baker Mayfield will make his debut at Heinz Field Sunday for the #Browns , the 8th DIFFERENT QB the Browns have started vs the #Steelers in last 8 trips to PGH. 2017 - Kizer 2016 - RG3 2015 - Manziel 2014 - Hoyer 2013 - Campbell 2012 - Lewis 2011 - McCoy Yoi and Double Yoi

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Mason Rudolph on the pressures of replacing not just anybody, but a HOF QB. #Steelers

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Najee Harris on playing with Roethlisberger "It's dope as hell."

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Joe Maddon - with an empty glass of red wine on his desk - said Pirates tendency to go up and in has gotten out of hand. Said he “can’t wait” to face Pirates in Chicago next week.

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I asked Pouncey once how he thinks Munchak negotiates with the #Steelers "He just writes a number down, slides it over the table and they nod."

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Maurkice Pouncey appeal hearing over 3 game suspension to be held tomorrow.

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Suni described the night as “crazy” about 87 times. Said she was able to FaceTime with her family afterward. They got two words in and then everyone started bawling.

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This needs to be GIF'd: @Simone_Biles responding to @nrarmour ??? about if there's any timetable for a return to competition

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Simone literally going through almost all of Jordan's routine while standing on the sideline in white sweats. She's basically vibrating with nervous energy. Oh, and Jordan Chiles is now 3 for 3 tonight.

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PITTSBURGH (AP) _ Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Fame running back Franco Harris has died. He was 72. His son Dok tells The Associated Press Harris passed away over night.

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Devin Bush says he spent two months during the off-season doing things like running on the beach, which he couldn’t do a year ago. Said he understands team decision to not pick up 5th year option but says he has nothing to prove. Was already motivated enough by last year.

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The GOAT on how he felt watching the athletes who looked up to him soaring to first place without him: “I saw them sorting out their problems on their own and I felt I wasn’t needed anymore (in a good way).”

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MyKayla Skinner in second with ROC gymnasts to go. She's about 10 mins away from winning a medal. What a way to go out.

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8 years

"8 million routines" it took for @Aly_Raisman to get that comeback together. It ends with 1 very shiny silver medal

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Simone Biles is the 5th gymnast to win AP Female Athlete of the Year: Olga, Nadia, Mary Lou and Gabby first 4. That's pretty sweet company

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3 years

Simone said this afternoon things just felt off. It’s not the first time she wasn’t sure she could go. In the past she’s powered through. Today she said she was worried about jeopardizing the team.

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Simone said she woke up the day after qualifying and couldn’t even get her toes on beam. Said her wires are disconnected. They’re still disconnected. Watching others twist made her want to “puke.”

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. @Simone_Biles knew something was off. So rather than push through the doubts that popped up and the danger that comes along with it, she chose herself -- and her team -- over everyone else. On an unforgettable night for the GOAT ... and her sport.

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Biles withdraws from gymnastics final to protect team, self

American star Simone Biles withdrew from the women’s gymnastics team final competition following one rotation on Tuesday night, opening the door for the team of Russian athletes to win gold for the...

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So … yeah. (Insert John Wick “I guess I’m saying I’m back” GIF)

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3 years

To take the nominative qualifier route, Jade Carey went to: Switzerland Qatar Germany Azerbaijan Australia That's not easy. It's not cheap. And I imagine now, it seems like a pittance (I stole your word there @JimVertuno )

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Tomlin: "Sometimes you've got to cut your eyelids off when you want to blink, when it gets thick." Ohhhkayyy ...

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Josh Dobbs says Randy Fichtner called him at 342 on Saturday to tell him he had made the team. Said Landry Jones called 5 minutes later and wished him luck. #Steelers

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Cam Heyward: “we should be the No. 1 defense.”

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There's a LOT of curling on TV when I'm not at the Extreme Park. My favorite athlete here may be Korean skip Kim Eunjung, who screams so damn loud as the stone does ... whatever it does ... you get the feeling if you disobey her, you will be beheaded instantly. #Olympics

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Friday news dump: 4 1/2 months & 6 cycles later I’m done (for now) with my latest bout with cancer. Other than a few long days & the 15 lbs I gained (thanks steroids) I’m damn lucky. Grateful to the staff (like Val) at UPMC for their hard work & compassion. The fight goes on ...

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Simone Biles went to Belgium 10 years ago and came back a world champion. She’s gonna go back in a little over a month. Wonder what the Italian Delegation thinks of that?

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Bill Cowher, in his media avail before his HOF enshrinement, says Ben Roethlisberger is "thriving" on the idea of proving those who think the Steelers won't be in the mix in 2021 wrong.

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DeCastro on Roethlisberger's talk: "He didn't call anyone out, he called all of us out. Linemen. Receivers. Himself. Running backs. Purely positive. It was a challenge. He challenged us. The guys responded." #Steelers

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James Conner: 2014 ACC Player of the Year. Cancer Survivor. Pittsburgh Steeler. That's a pretty epic run.

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. @Simone_Biles heard roller coasters might help kidney stones, so the Olympic champ delivered a thrill ride of her own during women's qualifying at #Doha2018

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The 2022 USAGym worlds team brought to you by grown woman gymnastiics and ... relaxed NIL rules that allowed Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles and Leann Wong to compete internationally and NCAA at the same time. That only took ... entirely too freaking long.

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The @pirates paying tribute to ⁦ @StanLoveTheShow ⁩ in the press box

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Yeah, she's famous now. But Olympic champ Sunisa Lee is ready for Auburn. Like "I'll just be some random freshman on Aug. 11" kinda ready. "I know that college is going to be way better.” #WarEagle

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Olympic champ Sunisa Lee still focused on college, not fame

Newly minted Olympic gymnastics champion Sunisa Lee says she's still committed to going to college at Auburn.

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Chickillo in a walking boot on right leg. Ramon walks past Cam’s locker, says bye and Cam responds “ya’ll ain’t the problem. It’s us (the defense).”

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Regardless of where you stand on Tomlin, the fact that in his 256 games (and counting) with the Steelers they played one - ONE - game in which they were eliminated from playoff contention is staggering.

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Primanti Brothers announces it is sending a shipment of sandwiches to Bills HQ tomorrow

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When you walk out on $14.5 million, take a year off in your prime, alienate the guys who blocked for you to ... jetski and then sign for what is (in NFL terms) a cost of living adjustment more than what you were offered by your old team ... oh & basically burn $14M in the process

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TOKYO (AP) — Simone Biles isn’t going home with a fistful of gold medals. Yet standing on the podium Tuesday, a bronze medal hanging around her neck, she may have claimed something far more valuable: a piece of herself back. #Tokyo2020

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Biles returns to Olympic competition, wins bronze on beam

Simone Biles stuck the landing and won a bronze medal. The American gymnastics superstar delivered during the women’s balance beam final.

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Last time for maybe a long time. Enjoy the break @Simone_Biles @Salto_Coach well done

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