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Pittsburgh Steelers Win
Super Bowl XLIII. Rally to Beat Cardinals By BARRY WILNER, AP Football Writer Their Steel Curtain shredded, Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh offense ended a Super Bowl of incredible swings with a final-minute touchdown for a historic victory. Santonio Holmes made a brilliant 6-yard catch deep in the right corner of the end zone with 35 seconds remaining Sunday night, lifting the Steelers to a record-setting sixth Super Bowl win, 27-23 over the Arizona Cardinals. Full Story |
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Pittsburgh Steelers Fans Swarm Tampa Without Tickets On a quiet street in a north Tampa neighborhood dotted with palm trees, where every now and then an alligator wanders from the lake into someone’s back yard, there’s a banner hanging on Chris and Beckie Veronesi’s house that says, “You’re in Steelers Country.” And they don’t mean just this week, when the Pittsburgh Steelers
are in town to play the Arizona Cardinals in the Super Bowl. The
Tampa Bay area is loaded with western Pennsylvania transplants, and
that means it’s loaded with Iron City beer, pierogi and Steelers
fans. Full Story |
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Faith Mixes With Football for the Super
Bowl By TIM DAHLBERG, AP Sports Columnist Arizona running back Tim Hightower had just finished a thoughtful explanation of his religious beliefs when one of the media types who found their way into the Super Bowl stadium Tuesday decided he needed more proof."Can you pray right now?” he asked. “I can pray that whatever is going on in your life right now that you find God,” Hightower said. Hightower handled the question with the same ease he handled would-be tacklers to score the winning touchdown that got his team into the Super Bowl, which by itself was somewhat surprising since he is a rookie on the biggest stage of his young life. Full Story |
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Storied Steelers Thirsting for Six Pack
of Super Bowls After the Pittsburgh Steelers won their fourth Super Bowl title in January 1980, the quest for another championship ring quickly was themed “One for the Thumb in ‘81.” That fifth Super Bowl title eventually came three years ago. What if Pittsburgh gets a record sixth? "I’ve heard they’ll call it a ‘Six-pack’ or ‘Six-burgh,’ ” defensive
end Brett Keisel said after the Steelers arrived Monday for Super
Bowl XLIII against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. Full Story |
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