RON COOK JR. NEWS

Thank you for giving me the best seat in the house | Opinion Ron Cook: It has been an extraordinary ride. I have been to four Olympics, multiple Super Bowls, Stanley Cup Finals, the World Series and, m...

FEBRUARY 11 • PENNLIVE.COM

Ron Cook: Patrick Mahomes continues to transcend the game I immediately thought of Mike Tomlin on Sunday after Patrick Mahomes perfectly executed Andy Reid’s daring play call late in the win against...

JANUARY 30 • POST-GAZETTE.COM

Ron Cook: Fan involvement starting to become the main show PITTSBURGH - Jason Kelce was a bigger personality than Taylor Swift at the Chiefs-Bills game on Sunday. Think about that for a second. Chief...

JANUARY 24 • SUNHERALD.COM

Ron Cook: Mason Rudolph has everything to gain in Buffalo, while Bills have everything to lose PITTSBURGH - The player with the most to gain in Monday’s Steelers-Bills game is obvious: Mason Rudolph. It is one thing to play well agains...

JANUARY 14 • STAR-TELEGRAM.COM

Ron Cook: The Steelers need to 'run the damn ball' on Sunday — and there's no one better to do it than Najee Harris I covered the Steelers-Bills game in Buffalo on Dec. 12, 1982. The Bills won, 13-0, in horrible weather conditions, but that wasn’t the big...

JANUARY 9 • POST-GAZETTE.COM

Ron Cook: The Steelers have that look — one that no team wants to see in the playoffs BALTIMORE – The Steelers have that look, don’t they? You know what I’m talking about. The look of a team that no one wants to meet in...

JANUARY 7 • POST-GAZETTE.COM

Ron Cook: Steelers enter 'hell on Earth' in Seattle with their season on the line The good news for the Steelers? They will remain very much in the playoff chase if they beat the Seahawks on New Year’s Eve. The bad news fo...

DECEMBER 30, 2023 • POST-GAZETTE.COM

Ron Cook: Steelers' QB decision isn't as easy as it seems Pickett or Rudolph? This isn’t just a question that was unimaginable a week ago. It is a question that has Pittsburgh buzzing and was the ta...

DECEMBER 26, 2023 • POST-GAZETTE.COM

Ron Cook: One year after Franco Harris' death, Joe Greene echos Pittsburgh: 'I think about him all the time' PITTSBURGH — One was a defensive star, the unquestioned best player in Steelers history. He was the foundation on which the franchise's Supe...

DECEMBER 22, 2023 • CHARLOTTEOBSERVER.COM

Ron Cook: Steelers finally on other side of injury luck The Steelers keep getting breaks. Literally. First, they played Cleveland without Deshaun Watson. Then, they faced Cincinnati without Joe Bu...

DECEMBER 2, 2023 • POST-GAZETTE.COM

Ron Cook: Who would want to work for Pat Narduzzi now? PITTSBURGH — It was easy for Pat Narduzzi to fire his offensive coordinator on Sunday. For one thing, he's used to making that move. His new...

NOVEMBER 29, 2023 • CHARLOTTEOBSERVER.COM

Ron Cook: Who would want to work for Pat Narduzzi now? It was easy for Pat Narduzzi to fire his offensive coordinator on Sunday. For one thing, he’s used to making that move. His new coordinator...

NOVEMBER 28, 2023 • POST-GAZETTE.COM

Ron Cook: The Steelers' Kenny Pickett problem is reaching a boiling point CLEVELAND — It’s starting to become obvious, isn’t it? The Steelers don’t have a quarterback problem. They don’t have a quarterback. Kenny.....

NOVEMBER 19, 2023 • POST-GAZETTE.COM

Ron Cook: James Franklin's losing streak to Big Ten powerhouses continues — and this one was especially bad UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Not there yet. Still not elite. Still not even close, really. Penn State came up small in another big game on Saturda...

NOVEMBER 11, 2023 • POST-GAZETTE.COM

Ron Cook: Signs point to a rough afternoon for Penn State against Michigan There will be two fascinating storylines in the game Saturday in Happy Valley between No. 2 Michigan and No. 9 Penn State. One will be Penn...

NOVEMBER 7, 2023 • POST-GAZETTE.COM

Ron Cook: Steelers have an unsettling mix of bad luck and worse execution They lost the game. They lost their quarterback. They lost their All-Pro safety.

OCTOBER 30, 2023 • SUNHERALD.COM

Ron Cook: Kenny Pickett's 4th-quarter magic is hard to ignore INGLEWOOD, Calif. — It was just last week that Mike Tomlin had a witty answer when asked how much time he spends trying to figure out a way...

OCTOBER 23, 2023 • POST-GAZETTE.COM

Scores TD vs. Kent State Cook had nine carries for 42 yards and a touchdown, with one catch for six yards, on Saturday against Kent State.

Impact Cook has scored in two of the last three games (three total), though he still hasn't topped 62 yards on the ground in a game all season.

OCTOBER 21, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Ron Cook: Bob Nutting and Matt Canada in race for Pittsburgh's most hated sports figure Bob Nutting or Matt Canada? Who will go down as the most detested man in Pittsburgh sports history? It really is a two-man race. There have...

OCTOBER 14, 2023 • POST-GAZETTE.COM

Ron Cook: This might be the last chance for the Penguins to stop living off past Cup successes PITTSBURGH — We have been ripping the Steelers for quite a while because of their unsatisfying recent past. The criticism is well deserved....

OCTOBER 8, 2023 • CHARLOTTEOBSERVER.COM

Ron Cook: Another ugly loss for the Steelers brings trepidation — but this one felt different HOUSTON — So are you a glass half full person? You probably are thinking the Steelers will be tied for first place in the AFC North if they...

OCTOBER 1, 2023 • POST-GAZETTE.COM

Ron Cook: Do they stay or do they go? Heather Lyke and Pat Narduzzi offer fascinating cases The question came last week to the Post-Gazette’s Pitt mailbag: “Could Pat Narduzzi, Heather Lyke both be gone next year?” “I’d...

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 • POST-GAZETTE.COM

Ron Cook: Kenny Pickett, Steelers offense provide spark of hope A lot of really nice things happened to the Steelers offense Sunday night in the shadow of the famed Las Vegas Strip. Kenny Pickett played h...

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023 • POST-GAZETTE.COM

Ron Cook: T.J. Watt does it all in Steelers win, already on pace for NFL sack record Ron Cook: T.J. Watt does it all in Steelers’ Sunday Night Football road victory over the Las Vegas Raiders and is already on pace for the NF...

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023 • POST-GAZETTE.COM

Ron Cook: A baker's dozen's worth of the best moments from a slightly different losing season for the Pirates It will be another losing season for the Pirates. That makes 27 in the past 31 years. The losing gets old, doesn’t it? But at least this sea...

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023 • POST-GAZETTE.COM