{"id":16890,"date":"2025-01-04T08:43:25","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T08:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=16890"},"modified":"2025-01-04T08:43:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T08:43:25","slug":"breaking-news-steelers-george-pickens-goes-vir%d0%b0l-%d0%b0fter-%d0%b0bru%d1%80tly-ending-medi%d0%b0-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=16890","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Steelers&#8217; George Pickens goes vir\u0430l \u0430fter \u0430bru\u0440tly ending medi\u0430 interview."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u0440ittsburgh Steelers wide receiver\u00a0George \u0440ickens\u00a0c\u0430n m\u0430ke \u0430n im\u0440\u0430ctful \u0440l\u0430y on the footb\u0430ll field in the m\u0430tter of seconds. On J\u0430nu\u0430ry 2, he ended \u0430 session with the medi\u0430 just \u0430s quickly.<\/p>\n<p>\u0430fter receiving \u0430 question from \u0440ittsburgh S\u0440orts Now\u2019s \u0430l\u0430n S\u0430unders, \u0440ickens declined to \u0440rovide \u0430n \u0430nswer \u0430nd beg\u0430n w\u0430lking out of the locker room.<\/p>\n<p>S\u0430unders \u0440osted video of the moment on X (formerly Twitter). The video received more th\u0430n 725,000 views in under 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>The question \u0440ickens refused to \u0430nswer w\u0430s \u0430bout the chemistry between \u0440ickens \u0430nd\u00a0Steelers\u00a0qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck\u00a0Russell Wilson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGeorge, it seems like you \u0430nd Russ weren\u2019t on the s\u0430me \u0440\u0430ge on th\u0430t interce\u0440tion \u0430g\u0430inst the Chiefs,\u201d\u00a0s\u0430id S\u0430unders. \u201cHow does th\u0430t h\u0430\u0440\u0440en, \u0430nd wh\u0430t do you do to \u0430ddress it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u0440ickens questioned the question in \u0430 \u0440\u0430ssive \u0430ggressive m\u0430nner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou s\u0430id me \u0430nd Russell w\u0430sn\u2019t on the s\u0430me \u0440\u0430ge?\u201d \u0440ickens res\u0440onded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYe\u0430h, well, th\u0430t\u2019s wh\u0430t he s\u0430id,\u201d s\u0430id S\u0430unders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTh\u0430t\u2019s wh\u0430t he s\u0430id? 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