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Pittsburgh Sports News and Rumors

Report: Browns will fire Shurmur, Heckert after Sunday’s game

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

Browns coach Pat Shurmur and General Manager Tom Heckert have been viewed as goners for months. It will soon become official. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that the decision has already been made to fire Shurmur and Heckert after Sunday’s finale ag…

Curtis Crabtree, profootballtalk.com

The Pittsburgh Steelers had already ruled out wide receiver Mike Wallace, tackle Mike Adams and cornerback Curtis Brown from being able to play in the team’s season finale against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday. On Saturday, the Steelers placed all thre…

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Former Pittsburgh Steelers center and coach Chuck Cherundolo has died in Florida at the age of 96.

David Brown, yahoo.com

Your browser does not support iframes. Hall of Fame slugger Roberto Clemente died 40 years ago on New Year's Eve, and MLB Network is running a video to help us remember his impact. You can watch it above. You probably already know a lot of the backgroun…

ESPN.com

In the video, Damien Woody and Eric Mangini make their predictions for the Browns at the Steelers. Here's what the other ESPN experts are predicting: Eric Allen: Steelers Mike Golic: Steelers Merril Hoge: Steelers Ron Jaworski: Steelers Chris Mortensen:…

ESPN.com

There won't be any celebrating for the Steelers after Sunday's season finale, but the defense is close to an impressive accomplishment. The Steelers can become the sixth defense in NFL history to finish the season as the top-ranked defense against the r…