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Unbeaten Steelers reach top spot in AP Pro32 poll

By SIMMI BUTTAR sation with 15 TDs and just
AP Pro Football Writer one pick in his last five,"
NEW YORK (AP) — As the Newsday's Bob Glauber
league's only unbeaten said. "And it's not just Brady
team, the Pittsburgh Steel- doing the heavy lifting.
ers have climbed all the (Coordinator) Todd Bowles'
way to the top of the NFL. defense has emerged as
As well as the No. 1 spot in one of the league's most
the latest AP Pro32 poll. impactful."
But just barely. The New Orleans Saints
The Steelers received seven gained two spots to No. 8
of the 12 first-place votes after edging the Carolina
for 378 points in balloting Panthers on Sunday.
Tuesday by media mem- The Buffalo Bills remained
bers who regularly cover at No. 9 and will host the
the NFL. slumping New England Pa-
The Steelers held off the triots this week for a chance
Tennessee Titans 27-24 on to solidify their hold on the
Sunday in a matchup of 5-0 AFC East. The Patriots fell a
teams when Stephen Gos- spot to No. 18.
tkowski missed a 45-yard "We can't be certain if this
field goal with 14 seconds post-(Tom) Brady collapse
left. The loss dropped the would have occurred in a
Titans three spots to No. 7. Pittsburgh Steelers linebackers Alex Highsmith (56) and T.J. Watt (90) celebrate after a 45-yard field non-COVID season," said
The Steelers improved to goal attempt by Tennessee Titans kicker Stephen Gostkowski was no good in the final seconds of Alex Marvez of Sirius XM.
the fourth quarter in an NFL football game Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. The Steelers
6-0 for their best start since won 27-24. "We also know the Patriots
1978, when Pittsburgh won Associated Press have forced skeptics to eat
its first seven on the way to their words by rebounding
the Super Bowl. winless team, the New York on Sunday night for their spot. Green Bay moved up from other rough situations.
"The Steelers are the only Jets, to Arrowhead Stadium first loss of the season. to No. 5 after routing the That's why I'm not ready to
undefeated team, making this week. "The Seahawks yet again Houston Texans and Tam- bury New England just yet
them No. 1 in this week's The Baltimore Ravens, who played a chaotic thriller, pa Bay is now No. 6 after — unless Buffalo does that
poll," said Charean Williams were on a bye last week, but this time they couldn't dominating the Raiders in on the field Sunday."
of Pro Football Talk. "The got the remaining first- come up with a defen- Las Vegas. The Buccaneers And the Los Angeles Rams
margin, though, is small place vote and climbed sive stop to close out the will close Week 8 when they moved up a spot to No. 10
among the top five or six two spots to No. 3. The Ra- game," said Jenny Vren- head to the Meadowlands after handling the Chicago
teams." The Kansas City vens host the Steelers this tas of The Monday Morn- to face the New York Gi- Bears on Monday night.
Chiefs remained No. 2 af- week in the top matchup ing Quarterback. "They ants on Monday night. "Best part of this team is
ter getting four first-place of Week 8. have three more NFC West "After an uneven start in (Aaron) Donald & (Jalen)
votes and 376 points. The And the Seattle Seahawks games in the next month to which he had three touch- Ramsey, running game
Chiefs routed the Broncos dropped three places to help sort out the most com- downs and three inter- comes in a close second,"
43-16 on Sunday and will No. 4 after losing to the Ari- petitive division in the NFL." ceptions, Tom Brady has Fox Sports' John Czarnecki
welcome the league's only zona Cardinals in overtime The "Bays" each gained a entered the MVP conver- said.q
World champion Coleman banned 2 yrs; to miss Tokyo Olympics

Track and field's Athletics pended from competition However, even the panel
Integrity Unit said it banned since May. Weeks later, de- noted Coleman was in a
the American sprinter for tails of his three so-called pool of top-level athletes
two years, until May 13, "whereabouts failures" were targeted for no-notice test-
2022, because of three vio- revealed. ing since 2016 and "has re-
lations of doping control Athletes face a two-year ceived anti-doping educa-
rules. ban if they have three vio- tion for a number of years."
Coleman missed two vis- lations in a 12-month pe- "The evidence indicated a
its by sample collection riod. complete failure to (com-
officials and failed to file That cleared him to take ply with the rules) by the
correct information on an- gold in the individual 100 athlete," the judges said.
other occasion, all in 2019 and 4x100 relay and estab- Coleman previously wrote
— the year he won his first lish him as favorite to win in his blog that his third and
world title. titles at the Tokyo Olym- decisive whereabouts fail-
"We see this case as involv- pics which have been ure — on Dec. 9 last year —
ing behavior by the athlete postponed to next year occurred when drug testers
In this Sept. 28, 2019, file photo, Christian Coleman, of the United as very careless at best and because of the coronavi- showed up at his residence
States, celebrates winning the gold medal in the men's 100 reckless at worst," the three- rus pandemic. Jamaican while he was Christmas
meter final race at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, person judging panel said icon Bolt won the marquee shopping.
Qatar. in its published ruling. 100-meter dash at the past Elite athletes are required
Associated Press Coleman can appeal three Summer Games. to fill out a "whereabouts
MONACO (AP) — Men's on Tuesday and lost his against his ban at the Court The judges said there was form" to make it possible
100-meter world cham- chance to succeed Usain of Arbitration for Sport. no suggestion Coleman for anti-doping authorities
pion Christian Coleman Bolt as the fastest man at The 24-year-old Coleman ever took a banned sub- to carry out surprise testing
was banned for two years the Olympic Games. had been provisionally sus- stance. outside of competition.q