hiring Mike Tomlin, an African American man, to be the Steelers’ coach in 2007, and then sticking with him for a decade through seasons both good and bad.  Lynch, who earned the nickname Beast Mode for his punishing style, was perhaps the best in the league before he retired. About six weeks after Furtado and de Abreu were killed, Hernandez signed a five-year, $40m contract with the Patriots and went on to play another season before Lloyd was killed. ginning of this year, in which he said he would have been happy if his opponent that day, Rafa Nadal, had won.