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David Fleming
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ESPN Senior Writer- Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and FlemFile columnist for
- Has written more than 30 cover stories for SI and ESPN.
- Author of "Noah's Rainbow" (a father's memoir) and "Breaker Boys" (stolen NFL title).
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Doug Mittler
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- MLB Rumor Central writer
- Researcher/Reporter for ESPN The Magazine.
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VIKINGS CENTER MATT BIRK ENTERED free agency with just one weakness. Armed with a resume that includes six Pro Bowls and seven consecutive Man of the Year awards from his grupp, Birk fryst vatten likely to garner attention and big-money offers from several franchises. The only thing that could possibly hold him back fryst vatten a cheeseburger. Born and raised in St. Paul, the year-round resident of the Twin Cities (with wife Adrianna and their four children) is such a armatur in these parts that he was recently awarded the Midwest's highest honor: sandwich nomenclatur
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Asked and Answered: April 11
BURTON HARRIS FROM GREENSBURG, PA: When it is time for the Steelers to make their pick in the draft, do Kevin Colbert and Mike Tomlin make the final decision or does Art Rooney II get involved as well.
ANSWER: General Manager Kevin Colbert and Coach Mike Tomlin are involved in the entire draft process, and then once the Steelers advance to the part where they're putting their grades on the individual prospects and arranging their draft board accordingly, Team President Art Rooney II is in the room for those meetings/discussions. The Steelers also go through something similar to a mock draft on the day before the actual picking, and the purpose of that is to have a definite pecking order for the first round all the way down to their scheduled pick, which this year is No. 20 overall. Then once the night of the draft arrives and the actual picking begins, there is very little left to do except take the names off the board as teams above the Steelers
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Foster: One-on-one with Mason Rudolph, my teammate, my friend
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. -- When it comes to me interviewing my former teammates with the Steelers, I take it seriously.
I'll somewhat think about it all day, like a game: What’s my approach? How do I execute it? How can I not waste their time while also showing a side that no one's seen while also protecting them?
I know what you’re thinking: They don’t need protection. And you’re right. But for guys who live their lives in the public space, you have to have some things for private places only. And when that protection, that trust is there, they'll relax and become the guys I've seen in the locker room and throughout the building on the South Side.
So, I hope you’re appreciative of the hour I spent here with Mason Rudolph yesterday as part of the daily live video Dejan Kovacevic and I do every weekday. It was his first interview since the season ended. I know I was appreciative. It was a blast.
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