PITTSBURGH — Bill Cowher will wait until the end of the season to decide whether he'll return to coach the Pittsburgh Steelers.

"There will be something at the end of the year," Cowher said Wednesday during a conference call with reporters in Charlotte, N.C. "I'll sit back and put a lot of thought into it and make a decision accordingly.

"Right now, my focus is purely on trying to find a way to win these last three games and see where that takes us."

The defending Super Bowl champions lost six of their first eight games and have rallied to 6-7.

Cowher, who has another year left on his contract, said several times during the offseason that he prefers to work on a year-to-year basis. He adopted that stance after the Steelers went 6-10 in 2003 after winning 23 games the previous two seasons.

Cowher is in his 15th season, the longest tenure with the same club by an active NFL head coach.

Cowher's decision to not sign an extension has fanned speculation he may retire at the end of the season.

Rumors intensified last year when he and his family purchased a $2.5 million luxury home in Raleigh, N.C., where he attended North Carolina State. Cowher's wife and youngest daughter live there.

WASHINGTON — Second baseman Jose Vidro would be sent to the Seattle Mariners by the Washington Nationals for two prospects in a tentative trade that is pending physicals for all players involved, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press Wednesday.It is believed the Nationals would receive outfielder Chris Snelling and right-hander Emiliano Fruto. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the trade had not been completed.Vidro — the longest-tenured current member of the Expos-Nationals franchise — is a three-time All-Star and a career .301 hitter with 115 homers, 304 doubles and 550 RBIs in 10 seasons the club.

LOS ANGELES — Coach Mike Dunleavy has agreed to terms of a four-year, $22 million contract extension with the Los Angeles Clippers Wednesday.Dunleavy, in the final year of a four-year, $10 million contract, led the Clippers to a 47-35 record last season — the second-best in franchise history. The NBA team went on to beat Denver for its first playoff series victory in 30 years before losing to Phoenix in the second round.The 52-year-old Dunleavy ranks second on the Clippers' career victory list with 122. He earned his 500th career win last March. Previously, he coached the Los Angeles Lakers, Milwaukee Bucks and Portland Trail Blazers following an 11-year playing career.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte Sting were turned over to the WNBA Wednesday after Charlotte Bobcats' officials said they would no longer operate the team.The league is now in negotiations to sell the team, one of the league's original franchises.Originally paired with the Charlotte Hornets, the Sting stayed behind when the Hornets moved to New Orleans in 2002. The women's team was inherited by Robert Johnson when he was awarded the expansion franchise that became the Bobcats in late 2002.