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| Steelers' Polamalu, Kirschke out for Chiefs (AP) |
20 Nov 2009 at 2:34pm
| Steelers safety Troy Polamalu did not practice all week because of a left knee injury and will not play Sunday in Kansas City. He may miss the Nov. 29 game at Baltimore as well. Polamalu sat out the Steelers' second through fifth games with a ligament tear, only to injure the same knee during an 18-12 loss to Cincinnati on Sunday. |
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| Feds seek $631K verdict against ex-Steeler Blount (AP) |
20 Nov 2009 at 10:27am
| Federal attorneys want a judge to declare that Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Famer Mel Blount owes more than $631,000 in back taxes, interest and penalties. The Internal Revenue Service filed a complaint in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh in September giving Blount 60 days to respond. Blount hasn't filed a response to the lawsuit, and the U.S. |
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| Steelers Team Report (Yahoo! Sports) |
19 Nov 2009 at 9:06pm
Pittsburgh continues not to strike the balance on offense it professes, and some believe it has cost them some in their passing game as well.
The Steelers' ratio is almost 60-40 pass-run after they ran only 18 times in an 18-12 loss to Cincinnati last Sunday. As a result, their play-action passing has been hurt and their big pass plays have plummeted.
"It's just the way things have been going," wide receiver Santonio Holmes said. "If we maybe run the ball a little more in the last game those big plays open up for us."
Of the Steelers' seven pass plays of 40 yards or more, none have come in the past two games. They tried several against Cincinnati but the only positive yardage they got out of it was one pass interference penalty. "Minnesota started it," wide... |
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| Obama to appear in PSA with 3 NFL players (AP) |
19 Nov 2009 at 5:12pm
| Dallas Cowboys linebacker DeMarcus Ware has played in dozens of important games and hung out with some of the biggest stars in sports. Still, he was nervous when he met President Barack Obama. "It's something like no other," Ware said Thursday. "Being able to meet the most important guy in the United States, the guy with the most power, it was unbelievable." Ware and fellow... |
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| Big Ben accepts blame, must move on (AP) |
19 Nov 2009 at 4:11pm
| He didn't blame the wide receivers for running incorrect pass routes, even if one of them seemed to be singling him out. He didn't blame the special teams for allowing a third costly kickoff return touchdown in four games. He didn't argue with offensive coordinator Bruce Arians' decision to take over the play-calling during a hurry-up situation late in the game, when Ben... |
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