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Steelers must emphasize the run

By Bob Smizik | Saturday 1:30 p.m. There are no sure things in the National Football League. But the defending Super Bowl champion, coming off a defeat to a team it once owned, playing against a team that is 8-33 over the past three seasons is about as...

Published Sat, Nov 11 2009 1:30 PM by Bob Smizik

Filed under: Ben Roethlisberger, Willie Parker, Rashard Mendenhall, Bruce Arians

No excuses! The better team won

By Bob Smizik | Sunday 4:35 p.m. It’s a Pittsburgh tradition: When the Steelers lose, the finger pointing begins. Not today. I’m sure Steelers fans won’t see it this way but on this particular Sunday afternoon the Steelers were outplayed...

Published Sun, Nov 11 2009 4:25 PM by Bob Smizik

Filed under: Ben Roethlisberger, Hines Ward, Rashard Mendenhall, Jeff Reed, Mike Wallace

Is a seventh Lombardi in the works?

By Bob Smizik | Thursday, 12:20 a.m. With the Steelers sitting at 6-2 and the most recent Lombardi Trophy in their possession, here‘s a question worth pondering: Are we in the midst of another dynasty? Or if that’s too much for you to take...

Published Thu, Nov 11 2009 12:20 AM by Bob Smizik

Filed under: Ben Roethlisberger, Willie Parker, Mewelde Moore, Hines Ward, Santonio Holmes, Troy Polamalu, Heath Miller, Larry Foote, Rashard Mendenhall, Mike Wallace, Aaron Smith

Steelers simply Super vs. Denver

By Bob Smizik | Tuesday, 12;15 am. The look on the face of Denver quarterback Kyle Orton as he came off the field with about six minutes remaining said it all: He wasn’t just beaten. He was beaten and befuddled. What a performance by the Steelers...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2009 1:08 AM by Bob Smizik

Filed under: Ben Roethlisberger, Dick LeBeau, Hines Ward, Troy Polamalu, Ryan Clark, Rashard Mendenhall, Tyrone Carter, Aaron Smith, Travis Kirschke, Kyle Orton, Champ Bailey

Like old times at Heinz Field

By Bob Smizik | Monday, 12:30 am. The decades-old slogan that the NFL loves and which begins, ``On any given Sunday,’’ is losing some of its steam this season, what with there being so many dog teams in the league. But even if it’s true...

Published Mon, Oct 10 2009 12:15 AM by Bob Smizik

Filed under: Ben Roethlisberger, Lamarr Woodley, Keyaron Fox, Brett Favre, Adrian Peterson

Defense wins one for Steelers.

By Bob Smizik | Sunday 5:30 p.m. It was a return to yesteryear as well as last year. Like the old days, the defense bailed out the offense and the Steelers took a gigantic step in the right direction yesterday at Heinz Field with a 27-17 win over the...

Published Sun, Oct 10 2009 5:14 PM by Bob Smizik

Filed under: Ben Roethlisberger, Lamarr Woodley, Keyaron Fox, Brett Favre

Steelers-Vikings: It's still early

By Bob Smizik | Tuesday, 12:30 a.m. After a stretch of games against two of the many awful, awful teams in the NFL, the Steelers get back to reality Sunday when they play the undefeated Minnesota Vikings. Compared to the past two weeks, when victory was...

Published Tue, Oct 10 2009 12:30 AM by Bob Smizik

Filed under: Ben Roethlisberger, Brett Favre, Adrian Peterson

The Steelers need more than Ben

By Bob Smizik | Monday 12:15 a.m. The conventional wisdom of the day seems to be that the Steelers were merely playing down to the level of competition, which is why they did not beat the Detroit Lions and Cleveland Browns by, say, 50 points. Sorry, I’m...

Published Mon, Oct 10 2009 12:15 AM by Bob Smizik

Filed under: Ben Roethlisberger, Willie Parker, Mike Tomlin, Hines Ward, Santonio Holmes, Heath Miller, Rashard Mendenhall, Bruce Arians, Mike Wallace, Dan Marino

Umpires are embarrassing MLB

By Bob Smizik | Thursday 12:30 a.m. The state of officiating in major American sports is reaching alarmingly low levels. Just as athletes seem to get better and better, the people charged with judging competition get worse and worse. Just this past weekend...

Published Thu, Oct 10 2009 12:30 AM by Bob Smizik

Filed under: Ben Roethlisberger, Mike Wallace, Randy Marsh

Loss of Smith not fatal

By Bob Smizik | Wednesday, 8:15 a.m. The rotator cuff injury that will sideline defensive end Aaron Smith for the remainder of the season is a staggering but not fatal blow to the Steelers chances of repeating as Super Bowl champion. Smith will be keenly...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2009 8:08 AM by Bob Smizik

Filed under: Ben Roethlisberger, Willie Parker, Casey Hampton, Mike Tomlin, Rashard Mendenhall, Ziggy Hood, Chris Hoke, Mike Wallace, Aaron Smith, Travis Kirschke

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