It was a home game for the Rams (3-4) on Sunday before the 73,471 football fans at SoFi, or at least it was advertised that way. One look at the hundreds of Steeler fans waving their terrible towels, and you wondered if you had fallen asleep and woke up in Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh.
JuJu Smith-Schuster, USC Trojan wide-receiver, former member of the Pittsburgh Steelers, and now a member of the AFC Champions Kansas City Chiefs; Smith-Schuster is enjoying his pre-game days in Glendale, Arizona while waiting to play in the biggest game of his life, Super Bowl LVII.
Dwayne Haskins was working on a second chapter for his young NFL career. The 24-year-old quarterback was spending time with some teammates with the Pittsburgh Steelers, getting ready to compete for a starting job.
The first four Black Super Bowl MVPs left an indelible mark on the NFL
Rookie Pittsburgh Steelers running back Najee Harris, who was born in Martinez and attended high school in the East Bay town of Antioch, came home last week to join Gov. Newsom in Santa Clara as he announced his efforts to address the state’s ongoing homelessness crisis and a new COVID-19-related rental relief program.
“When you look at mobility of Black men and Black women in professional sports, it’s poor,” said Troy Vincent, the league’s executive vice president of football operations. The only person in a higher post in the NFL is Commissioner Roger Goodell.
Aaron Donald slipped by Pittsburgh guard David DeCastro and crashed into Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph, slamming him into the Heinz Field turf for a safety early in the fourth quarter on Sunday, a play the Los Angeles defensive end thought would ultimately swing momentum to the Rams.
Pittsburgh Steelers fans felt as if they were at home Sunday night at Dignity Health Sports Park, as yellow terrible towels were waved all around through an energetic crowd of 25,425.
The National Football League unveiled the complete schedule for its 100th season today, and the Los Angeles Chargers will open the 2019 regular season Sunday, Sept. 8 at home against the Indianapolis Colts and close out the year on the road with a divisional tilt Sunday, Dec. 29 against the Kansas City Chiefs.
Notes, quotes and things picked up on the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond .
Notes, and things picked on the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond.
notes, quotes and things picked up on the run from coast-to-coast all the stops in between and beyond.
Notes, and things picked on the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond.
Notes, quotes and things picked up on the run, from coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond.
Notes, quotes and things picked on the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond.