Willie Colon

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - New York Jets - INSIDE SLANT Much has been made about Rex Ryan and how the defensive-minded head coach appears to be a lame duck entering the penultimate year of his contact under new general manager John Idzik. But...

Now hear this, all you towel-waving, Tunch-loving football nuts: Your Pittsburgh Steelers - chins up, chests out! - are not a team in transition. Nor are they rebuilding, reloading, retooling, replenishing, restocking or, really, re-anything-ing. (OK,...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Pittsburgh Steelers - INSIDE SLANT By keeping Emmanuel Sanders, it may appear the Steelers took the pressure off itself to find receivers in this draft, but the reality is, the cupboard could be nearly bare in 2014...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - New York Jets - INSIDE SLANT The long-awaited trade of cornerback Darrell Revis was finally consummated Sunday when the Jets sent Revis to the Buccaneers for a first-round pick in Thursday's draft (13th overall)...

Don't look for a $3,000 suit or slicked-back hair. Don't expect to hear empty flattery or bragging about an extensive list of superstar clients. None of that is Joe Linta. "If you met him and he told you he was a sports agent, you wouldn't believe him,"...

The Bears have been running up a down escalator on offense for so long, they apparently can't help but feel they're on the verge of reaching the top. Maybe that explains the delusion of adequacy that prevented them from seriously upgrading the offensive...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer--Premier League, Manchester City at Newcastle, 6:30 p.m. (ESPN2); Women’s National Teams, Exhibition, United States vs. China, 6 p.m. (NBCSN) Men’s College Basketball--East Carolina at North Carolina, 11 a....

|TV SPORTS| NBA Basketball--Los Angeles Lakers at New York Knicks, 7 p.m. (TNT); San Antonio Spurs at Portland Trail Blazers, 9:30 p.m. (TNT) NFL Football--Cincinnati Bengals at Philadelphia Eagles, 7 p.m. (NFL Network) High School Basketball--Teams...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert and coach Mike Tomlin could barely contain themselves on draft day when David DeCastro fell to Pittsburgh at No. 24.    Eight months later, it appears they'll finally get a chance to see...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Casey Hampton believes greatness is still within reach for the Pittsburgh Steelers, even if at the moment the only thing Hampton's team has a firm grasp on is maddening inconsistency.   "Going forward I feel like we're going to...

|TV SPORTS|  |SUNDAY| Women’s College Basketball--Georgetown at Penn State, 11 a.m. (Big 10 Network); South Dakota at Kansas State, 2 p.m. (FXSP) NFL Football--Baltimore Ravens at Washington Redskins, Noon (CBS); Chicago Bears at Minnesota...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — When Shaun Suisham steps onto the field with the game on the line, the Pittsburgh Steelers kicker doesn’t think about the packed stadium or the millions watching at home on TV. He doesn’t worry about the way the wind is...