Dan Rooney

Jack Butler, driven from the NFL in his ninth season by a devastating knee injury while playing for the Steelers at Forbes Field, wanted to make one thing unabashedly clear. "I loved the game," he said last summer before his August induction into the...

The Sports Xchange EditorsNote: adds statements from Steelers Hall of Famer Butler dies Hall of Famer Jack Butler died Saturday morning after a battle with a staph infection. He was 85. Butler, a Pittsburgh Steelers great in the 1950s, was inducted...

TO CELEBRATE Mother's Day, Women's Way is feting an advocate for moms everywhere, and you'll definitely recognize her face. Former supermodel Christy Turlington Burns did everything right with her first pregnancy. She received prenatal care, ate...

Mount Aloysius College announced that Patricia Rooney is to serve as the commencement speaker for the class of 2013. Rooney is the wife of Pittsburgh Steeler owner Dan Rooney, former ambassador to Ireland. The 160th Commencement is to take place at 10...

Former Penn State offensive tackle Mike Farrell had little contact with the Steelers leading up to the NFL Draft. So imagine his surprise when he got a call from Steelers offensive line coach Jack Bicknell on Saturday near the end of the NFL Draft. That...

College seniors will soon sport their caps and gowns and receive the diplomas they've worked hard to achieve. But before they enter the working world, graduates will gather one last time at commencement ceremonies to hear speakers offer words of...

This NFL offseason represents the 10-year anniversary of the inception of the "Rooney Rule." The rule, named after Pittsburgh Steelers' Chairman Dan Rooney, requires teams to interview minority candidates for all head coaching and senior football...

There’s buzz that Anna Wintour, the powerful editor of Vogue magazine, is being considered by President Obama for the prestigious post of U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom-- correctly known as ambassador to the Court of St. James's. When White...

The temptation is to define the man, or at least his body of work, by 140 character messages. Yes, the Colts' owner is an active and wildly popular tweeter with more than 180,000 followers. But the owner of the Colts is Jim Irsay, not @JimIrsay. That...

Art Modell forever will be known as the man who took the Browns out of Cleveland, but his legacy as one of the NFL's most influential personalities extends far beyond state lines. As an old-guard owner, he helped pour the foundation for today's game and...

March 21, 1961: Modell bought the Browns for just under $4 million. Aug. 18, 1962: Modell proposed and staged pro football's first preseason doubleheader at Cleveland Stadium. The Browns played the Steelers in one game and the Lions faced the Cowboys...

Northern State football standout Lincoln Smith has a lot to be proud of, and NSU has a lot to be proud of in Smith. He has been one of the most sturdy crewmates on a ship that has sailed in some stormy seas during his time in Aberdeen. But Smith, his...