The Pittsburgh Steelers are losing their senior defensive assistant/linebackers coach after one season.
Brian Flores, who joined the Steelers staff last offseason after being fired as head coach of the Miami Dolphins, accepted a position with the Minnesota Vikings as defensive coordinator Monday.
The Steelers added Flores to their staff just weeks after Flores filed a racial discrimination suit against the NFL and all 32 of its teams. Working with defensive coordinator Teryl Austin, Flores helped oversee a defense that finished No. 13 in yards allowed, No. 9 against the run (an improvement from No. 32 the previous year) and tied for No. 10 in points allowed.
Flores is the second Steelers assistant coach to leave the organization since the end of the regular season. Assistant wide receivers coach Blaine Stewart joined the college staff at West Virginia.
The Pittsburgh Penguins start their season again tonight against the Colorado Avalanche at PPG Paints Arena,
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Hempfield defeats Butler 59-49. Justine Forbes led Butler with 23 points.
Mars falls to North Hills 51-45.
Knoch rolls over Valley 57-24.
Freeport’s Melaina DeZort scored her 1,000th career point in a 54-20 win over Derry.
Moniteau travels to Slippery Rock tonight for a 7:30 p.m. tip-off.
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Butler hosts Central Catholic tonight; game is for sole possession of 2nd place in the section. WBUT has all the action beginning around 7:20 p.m.
Seneca Valley and North Allegheny meet with a postseason berth on the line. The winner clinches a playoff spot. If the visiting Raiders win, the Tigers are eliminated. If NA wins, SV would need to beat New Castle on Friday and have North Allegheny lose to Central Catholic in the section finale on Friday.
Mars travels to Chartiers Valley.
Knoch visits section-leader Hampton. Hear the game on WISR beginning at 7:15 p.m.
North Catholic is on the road taking on Blackhawk.
Moniteau hosts Clarion-Limestone
Slippery Rock travels to Wilmington.
Slippery Rock University was swept by Cal U. Women fall 74-68. Men drop a 87-63 decision.
Pitt hosts the last-place Louisville Cardinals at the Peterson Event Center. Tip-off at 7 p.m.
Justin Rose won a delayed Pebble Beach Pro-Am yesterday by three strokes. He fired a 66 to finish the week at 18 under.
TOM BRADY SAYS HE’LL START WITH FOX SPORTS IN 2024:
Quarterback Tom Brady, who announced his retirement Feb. 1, said Monday that he won’t begin his work as a sports broadcaster at Fox Sports until the fall of 2024.
Fox did not disclose the terms of Brady’s deal, but the New York Post reported that it was a 10-year, $375 million contract; the most lucrative in sports broadcasting history.
A.J. GREEN ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT; PLAYED FOR CARDINALS AND BENGALS:
Arizona Cardinals wide receiver A.J. Green announced his retirement on Monday.
Green, played 11 seasons in the NFL after being picked by the Bengals with the fourth overall pick in the 2011 NFL draft.
