New Dallas Cowboys wide receiver George Pickens blamed artificial intelligence for critical comments of his old team that surfaced on social media over the weekend.

A screenshot of the alleged comments from a post on Instagram spread over X on Sunday. The remarks took a shot at the Pittsburgh Steelers’ organization, calling them the “cheapest,” and pointing out the team has traded other wide receivers before they could negotiate a new deal with them.

But Pickens pushed back on the remarks in a post on his own Instagram Stories, which has since been deleted.

“Literally on a plane,” his message read. “No service. Just landed and seen straight lies from Pitt fans. Stop with AI trying to make a story. I’m happy for everything the Steel City did for me. Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there.”

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Steelers wide receiver George Pickens catches an 11-yard touchdown pass in front of New York Jets cornerback Brandin Echols at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh, Oct. 20, 2024. (Barry Reeger-Imagn Images)

He was a source of consternation for the Steelers toward the end of his run. He argued with fans, fought a Cleveland Browns player and was called out by Mike Tomlin for multiple infractions during a game. He also congratulated Kansas City Chiefs stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce in front of Netflix broadcast cameras in an odd moment following Pittsburgh’s Christmas Day loss.

He had 59 catches for 900 yards and three touchdowns in 14 games for the Steelers in 2024.

Steelers general manager Omar Khan talked about the move on Friday.

George Pickens of the Pittsburgh Steelers stands on the sidelines during the national anthem before the Buccaneers game at Raymond James Stadium on Aug. 11, 2023, in Tampa, Florida. (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)

“I wouldn’t use the word disappointment,” he said, via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “We had three years with George. We had some exciting times. It was just time. The fresh start for both sides was the right thing.”

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MaxPreps.com records date to the 2004-05 school year, documenting Reseda High’s baseball team posting one losing record after another. There was 1-18 in 2006, 3-11 in 2013, 3-13 last season.

With at least 20 years of losing records, the Regents have stunned the City Section this season, winning the Valley League with an 11-1 record and going 12-7 overall to earn a No. 13 seed in the City Section Division II playoffs that begin on Tuesday.

Moving from the Valley Mission League has given the Regents relief, but credit also goes to second-year coaches Daniel Swartz and Albert Silvera, former Beverly Hills High teammates from the 1980s who took over a losing program. Silvera was a chef, Swartz a sports producer and together, they’ve helped create a success story.

Teaching a baseball class in the fall got the team better prepared for the spring season, enabling 11 seniors to be part of a special year.

Senior Don Barajas leads the team in hitting with 33 hits, including 10 doubles. He also has struck out 59 in 31 innings.

Reseda used to be part of the West Valley League in the 1990s, having to face Chatsworth and El Camino Real.

…. Southern Section baseball and softball pairings will be announced on Monday.

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NBA reporters shared their blunt reactions to Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green’s plea to the media to stop painting him to be an “angry Black man” after Game 2 of the team’s NBA playoffs series against the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Green made his comments in the locker room. He picked up what was his fifth technical foul of the playoffs. He said there was an “agenda” to portray him as an “angry Black man.”

ESPN reporter Tim McMahon made pointed comments on an episode of “The Hoop Collective” after Game 2 was finished.

“Oh, God. You know what? Go away, Draymond. Shut up, dude. Do not play victim here. Don’t play the victim here. Stop doing flagrant stuff. We’re sick of it. We’re sick of you doing stupid, flagrant crap on a regular basis. It’s not an agenda, Draymond,” McMahon said. “You get break after break after break after break, and you keep on pushing the line.

“It was not an agenda to make you look angry when you punched your teammate in the face. It was not an agenda to make you look angry when you grabbed Rudy Gobert and put him in a sleeper hold. It was not an agenda to make you look angry when you punched or smacked, or whatever you want to call it, Jusuf Nurkic upside the head.”

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green reacts after missing a shot during the first half of Game 2 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

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McMahon also pushed back on the notion that Green had leaned into counseling off the floor.

“Draymond is full of crap. He’s just so full of crap that his breath stinks. Like what are we talking about here, dude? Please,” he added.

Green was hit with the technical foul in the second quarter of Game 2.

“I’m not an angry Black man. I am a very successful, educated Black man with a great family, and I am great at basketball and great at what I do,” he said after the game. “The agenda to try to keep making me look like an angry Black man is crazy. I’m sick of it. It’s ridiculous.”

He had two points, four assists, two rebounds and two steals in the Game 3 loss. He fouled out with 4:38 in the game.

Green has a long history of flagrant and technical fouls in the NBA. 

He put Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert in a chokehold during the 2023-24 season. In the same season, he swung and hit Phoenix Suns center Jusuf Nurkic in the face.

Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert, center, and Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) reach for a rebound during the first half of Game 1 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

He punched Jordan Poole in a Warriors practice in 2022. He was suspended for Game 5 of the 2016 NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers. LeBron James engineered a comeback to win the championship.

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