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NFL Network’s coverage of the halftime ceremony for the late Pittsburgh Steelers legend Franco Harris was anything but immaculate. Just as the “Immaculate Reception” star’s video tribute was announced to the roaring Acrisure Stadium crowd, the cable net opted to cut away for an Intel…

Franco Harris, the Hall of Fame running back who made “the Immaculate Reception” — voted the NFL’s greatest play of all time — and won four Super Bowls with the Pittsburgh Steelers, died early Wednesday. He was 72. His son told the Associated Press that Harris died overnight but did not give other…

Dwayne Haskins, the former Ohio State quarterback who was seeking a second chance with the Pittsburgh Steelers after a rocky start to his NFL career, died Saturday morning after being struck by a vehicle. He was 24. Haskins was training in South Florida when the incident occurred, according to his agent, Cedric…

Ex-Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores, who is suing the National Football League for discrimination in its hiring practices, has landed another NFL job. The Pittsburgh Steelers have tabbed Flores to be a senior defensive assistant and linebackers coach. Flores was hired by Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin, who is…

Tunch Ilkin, a two-time Pro Bowl tackle, team captain, and longtime broadcaster for the Pittsburgh Steelers, died today at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital at 63. He had ALS and passed on Saturday morning, according to former teammate, Craig Wolfley. "He hit heaven's gate at full sprint with a lot of high-fives and…

Mike Henry, a USC and NFL linebacker and later an actor in Tarzan movies of the 1960s and the Smokey and the Bandit films, has died. Henry died at age 84 in Burbank, Calif. on January 8 from chronic traumatic encephalopathy and Parkinson's disease, according to social media posts.   Henry played football for the…

Cris Collinsworth has seen a lot in 30-plus years of covering the NFL, but apparently he hadn’t encountered fervent female fans until this week in western Pennsylvania. And today he has apologized for noting that on-air. During NBC’s telecast of a rare Wednesday afternoon NFL game, the veteran color commentator was…

In a rare live interview during an even more rare telecast — a Wednesday afternoon NFL football game — league commissioner Roger Goodell addressed the intensifying threat of Covid-19. Despite dozens of positive coronavirus tests and record waves of infection sweeping the country, a pause or shortening of the NFL…

The NFL’s decision to shift its Baltimore Ravens-Pittsburgh Steelers game from Tuesday to Wednesday has led NBC to revise its primetime lineups for Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Check out the new schedules below. The AFC North matchup originally was set for primetime on Thanksgiving but was moved to Sunday after…

2ND UPDATE. 4:10 PM: The NFL confirmed the Ravens-Steelers game has been moved to 3:40 PM ET Wednesday on NBC, and the league noted some other reschedulings as a result. The Steelers in Week 13 now will host the Washington Football Team at 5 p.m. ET Monday, with the network TBA. That replaces the teams’ contest that…

UPDATED with Sunday game details: After the Baltimore Ravens had at least 10 positive Covid-19 tests, the NFL postponed the team’s primetime Thanksgiving matchup against the unbeaten Pittsburgh Steelers to Sunday. NBC had been scheduled to carry the game and had been airing heavy promotions of its three notable…

UPDATE THURSDAY The NFL announced today that the already postponed Pittsburgh Steelers and Tennessee Titans game will be rescheduled again, now set to take place later this season after an additional Titans player and a personnel member tested positive for COVID-19. The new cases follow yesterday’s announcement of…