In the wake of Dan Rooney’s death at 84 last week, among the avalanche of tributes, Taylor stood out. Read more >

Winning. That is what I think of first when I think of Dan Rooney. I think of a franchise that couldn’t walk straight for nearly 40 years until Art Rooney Sr., the Chief, finally turned over a coaching search to his eldest son. Read more >

The last time I saw Dan Rooney, Super Bowl LI was about to kick off in Houston. He invited the NFL Network’s Judy Battista and me into his box for a brief visit at NRG Stadium… Read more >

It doesn’t matter how the player was obtained, whether drafted, signed in free agency or acquired in a trade. Once they arrived with the Steelers, the feeling among each and every person in the locker room was universally shared. They felt like part of a family. Read more >

There’s a story Tunch Ilkin likes to tell whenever he thinks about Dan Rooney, something he has been doing almost constantly over the past five days. Read more >

Win or lose, home or away, Steelers players could always count on one thing after a game. Dan Rooney went to every stall in the locker room, shook hands with every player and had a few words of encouragement for them. Read more >

So Pittsburgh’s week began without Dan Rooney, a surreal vortex in its storied history where the inevitable and the unthinkable somehow become the same, and a lot of people turned up at Heinz Field doing their absolute best to pretend it was just another static Monday. Read more >

“The things Dan and Henry accomplished are beyond the imaginations of most of us,” Maxwell King said. Read more >

No matter how busy he was handling matters with the Steelers or the National Football League, Dan Rooney always managed to find time for his family. Together, Dan and Patricia had nine children. Read more >

As successful as he was in professional football, Dan Rooney always knew there was much more to think and care about, and his passion for the North Side was legendary. The Rooneys moved back to his boyhood home in 1993. Read more >

Though he would probably blanch a bit at the thought of it, a statue of Dan Rooney should stand outside Heinz Field, and it should go up as soon as possible. Read more >

There will be a moment of silence before the game against the Columbus Blue Jackets and the players will wear helmet decals to honor Rooney, a life-long Penguins fan. Read more >

“I can’t think of anyone I was closer to in the NFL … He was a friend, a mentor, almost a father-like figure for so many years, well before I became commissioner.” Read more >

Beyond the boundless impact he had on his own organization, Mr. Rooney will forever be synonymous with efforts in athletics to encourage opportunities for minority coaches. Read more >

“Tough as a boot, smart as a whip.” In an industry bursting with machismo and hemorrhaging testosterone, the toughest character around until his death Thursday was Daniel Milton Rooney. Read more >

Former President Barack Obama on Thursday remembered Dan Rooney as “a great friend of mine, but more importantly, he was a great friend to the people of Pittsburgh.” Read more >

Cowher, a Crafton native, is one of only three coaches the Steelers have had in the past 50 years, all hired by Dan Rooney. He credits Rooney for establishing the atmosphere that permeated the organization. Read more >

A funeral Mass for Steelers owner Dan Rooney will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Saint Paul Cathedral in Oakland, 108 North Dithridge St., the Steelers announced Thursday night. Read more >

The players loved the way Rooney treated them. They loved that he was at their facility every day, loved how approachable he was, loved that they saw him in that cafeteria lunch line. Read more >

The greatest Steelers player of them all weeped on the phone from Texas on Thursday as he slowly described his emotional, final visit with Dan Rooney on Saturday. Read more >

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette executive editor David Shribman, Steelers reporter Ray Fittipaldo and digital reporter Julian Routh remember the legacy of the Steelers icon. Read more >

“He personified everything that’s good about Pittsburgh.He was committed, humble, hard-working, loyal and never forgot where he came from. He’s an example for all of us.” Read more >

President Barack Obama, Bill Cowher, Ben Roethlisberger, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto and many more reflect on Dan Rooney’s passing. Read more >