JULY 8, 2023 • POST-GAZETTE.COM
Ron Cook: Can Mike Tomlin and Kenny Pickett get the job done? Depends who you ask Nationally, Mike Tomlin is considered one of the NFL’s best coaches. Locally, a lot of people would like to see the Steelers fire him. Local...
Ron Cook: Rich Donnelly's inspiring tale could be coming to the big screen Coming soon to a big screen near you ... “The Chicken Runs at Midnight.” This time, maybe for real. At least that’s the wish of former...
JUNE 24, 2023 • POST-GAZETTE.COM
Ron Cook: Sam Clancy, one of Pittsburgh's finest, more than deserving of his own day Of all the ways to define the athletic greatness of Sam Clancy, this might be the best: On Feb. 10, 1979, as a Pitt basketball player, Clanc...
JUNE 23, 2023 • POST-GAZETTE.COM
Ron Cook: The boobird chorus is finding its voice in a long slump It happened to a two-time Stanley Cup champion. Penguins fans serenaded Matt Murray with a Bronx cheer when he made an easy save after givin...
JUNE 21, 2023 • POST-GAZETTE.COM
Ron Cook: Sweetest because it was vs. Cardinals The Pirates have won 30 games in this surprisingly successful season. The past two wins might have been the best for one significant reason....
JUNE 4, 2023 • POST-GAZETTE.COM
Ron Cook: Don't let Le'Veon Bell's foibles define his outstanding Steelers career Late, great Hall of Famer Franco Harris was the best running back in Steelers history. As Art Rooney Sr. once said, “We never won before Fra...
MAY 29, 2023 • POST-GAZETTE.COM
Ron Cook: In popular Steelers debate of Bill Cowher vs. Mike Tomlin, one coach edges to victory Bill Cowher was a Hall of Fame coach. Mike Tomlin will be a Hall of Famer soon after he retires. Pittsburgh has been lucky with terrific foo...
MAY 27, 2023 • POST-GAZETTE.COM
Ron Cook: I'll remember Jim Brown as the true GOAT Tom Brady is misidentified as “The GOAT,” short for Greatest of All Time. He might be the greatest quarterback of all time; his seven Super....
MAY 20, 2023 • POST-GAZETTE.COM
Ron Cook: Steelers' schedule sets them up for another early offseason Former Steelers linebacker Vince Williams thinks the team’s 2023 schedule is brutal. Imagine how the men who have to play it out feel. “I wi...
MAY 15, 2023 • POST-GAZETTE.COM
Ron Cook: Keller pitches first complete-game shutout of his career So what was most impressive about Mitch Keller’s slump-busting 2-0 win Monday night against the Colorado Rockies? That it came against a tea...
MAY 9, 2023 • POST-GAZETTE.COM
Ron Cook: Steelers' biggest offseason storyline is development of Kenny Pickett When last seen publicly, Kenny Pickett was crushing a beer on stage at the Luke Combs concert last Saturday night at Acrisure Stadium. Inqui...
MAY 6, 2023 • POST-GAZETTE.COM
Ron Cook: Twitter war harkens back to better days of heated Pitt-Penn State rivalry The first shot in a heated Twitter war was fired by Pitt Panthers Fanatics soon after the Steelers drafted Penn State cornerback Joey Porter...
MAY 1, 2023 • POST-GAZETTE.COM
Ron Cook: Steelers once again thrilled with their draft picks — this time, they should be Breaking news ... For the 88th consecutive year, the Steelers liked their early picks in the NFL draft. That makes 88 out of 88 since the fi...
APRIL 29, 2023 • POST-GAZETTE.COM
Ron Cook: Remembering Dick Groat — an even better person than athlete High on my list of thrills was getting to know Dick Groat and calling him my friend. I always considered him the greatest athlete to come fr...
APRIL 28, 2023 • POST-GAZETTE.COM
Ron Cook: Rickey Jackson set to receive another top honor — a degree from Pitt The introduction Rickey Jackson received from New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson in Canton, Ohio, in the summer of 2010 was special. “It is...
APRIL 25, 2023 • POST-GAZETTE.COM
Ron Cook: Mel Blount's 'life's work' all about helping youths reach their goals Steelers Hall of Famer Mel Blount turned 75 on Monday. He celebrated the milestone by doing what he does every day on the 300-acre farm on 6...
APRIL 17, 2023 • CHARLOTTEOBSERVER.COM
Ron Cook: Monday performance brings back bad memories My daughter, in town for a rare visit last summer, said she really wanted to go to a Pirates game. I obliged, as I almost always do with her...
APRIL 11, 2023 • POST-GAZETTE.COM
Ron Cook: Pirates' home opener showed what one is supposed to look like Who could have guessed the game would be better than the pregame festivities? Honest, it was — and it wasn’t even close. Don’t get me...
APRIL 8, 2023 • POST-GAZETTE.COM
Ron Cook: Clutch performance, but can they repeat? Where was this much of the season? Strong goaltending. A conscientious defensive effort. Excellent special teams. A little secondary scoring...
APRIL 7, 2023 • POST-GAZETTE.COM
Ron Cook: Roger Goodell continues to be driving force behind NFL's success My first assignment at the late, great Pittsburgh Press was a feature story on fellow Beaver Falls man Joe Walton, then the first-year head...
MARCH 22, 2023 • POST-GAZETTE.COM
Ron Cook: Todd Haley remembers his father as more than a Super Steelers architect Todd Haley guessed he was 13 or 14 when he answered the phone in his family’s Upper St. Clair home. The caller identified himself as a Sport...
MARCH 15, 2023 • POST-GAZETTE.COM
Ron Cook: Sportsmanship seems to be fleeting on and off playing surfaces PITTSBURGH — Somehow, sportsmanship still is standing after taking a ferocious beating during the weekend.
MARCH 1, 2023 • CHARLOTTEOBSERVER.COM
Ron Cook: Penguins remind us of the cold nature of sports business We spent last football season criticizing Matt Canada. I know I did it as much as anyone. It was easy because his offense was a significant...
MARCH 1, 2023 • POST-GAZETTE.COM
