http://www.post-gazette.com/ Steelers coverage / NFL news en-us Copyright 2012, post-gazette.com. Sat, 4 Feb 2012 17:09:48 -0500 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12035/1208111-66.stm?cmpid=steelers.xml INDIANAPOLIS -- Three decades after his Coke commercial won advertising's version of the Oscar, Joe Greene and his No. 75 Steelers jersey make a comeback in another Super Bowl spot on television. The new commercial relies heavily on the old one, only the Coke bottle has been replaced by a container of Downy Unstopables laundry product. Sat, 4 Feb 2012 12:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12035/1208112-66-0.stm?cmpid=steelers.xml INDIANAPOLIS -- Count Joe Greene among those happy to see the Steelers move to change their approach on offense. "If it doesn't feel good, you have to change it and, basically, it wasn't feeling good," Greene said Friday. "It wasn't feeling good in '09, and it wasn't feeling good in 2011." Sat, 4 Feb 2012 11:54:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12035/1208113-66-0.stm?cmpid=steelers.xml INDIANAPOLIS -- Victor Cruz, Hakeem Nicks and other New York Giants receivers can't wait to go against the New Englands Patriots' Julian Edelman Sunday in Super Bowl XLVI at Lucas Oil Stadium. And why not? Edelman, wide receiver-return man, also plays in the secondary, a position he's still learning. Sat, 4 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12034/1207904-100.stm?cmpid=steelers.xml INDIANAPOLIS -- Three decades after his Coke commercial won advertising's version of the Oscar, Joe Greene and his No. 75 Steelers jersey make a comeback in another Super Bowl spot on television. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 14:59:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12034/1207805-66-0.stm?cmpid=steelers.xml Hines Ward talked to Mike Tomlin on Monday at the Steelers facility on the South Side and to team president Art Rooney II earlier, letting them know he wants to play in 2012 in Pittsburgh. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 07:25:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12034/1207802-66-0.stm?cmpid=steelers.xml The helmet-to-helmet shot knocked Tony Dorsett out cold in the second quarter of a 1984 Dallas Cowboys-Philadelphia Eagles game, the hardest hit he took in his Hall of Fame NFL career. "It was like a freight train hitting a Volkswagen," Dorsett says now. "Did they know it was a concussion?" he asks rhetorically in an interview with The Associated Press. "They thought I was half-dead." Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12034/1207806-66-0.stm?cmpid=steelers.xml One word from Giants special teams captain Zak DeOssie will begin Super Bowl XLVI at Lucas Oil Stadium. With more than 100 million people watching in the United States alone, the long snapper from New York, other Giants captains and their counterparts from New England will see referee John Parry display both sides of a special commemorative coin for the opening toss. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12034/1207807-66-0.stm?cmpid=steelers.xml Picked on as a youth by other kids in Georgia because he is biracial, Hines Ward stands tall as someone who was able to overcome prejudice and bullying to find success. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12033/1207748-213.stm?cmpid=steelers.xml The PG's gridiron guru makes his pick on who will hoist the Lombardi Trophy come Sunday night ... Thu, 2 Feb 2012 17:04:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12033/1207549-66-0.stm?cmpid=steelers.xml Jerry Olsavsky not only played nine seasons with the Steelers, he has spent the past two seasons as a defensive assistant on Mike Tomlin's staff. Had linebackers coach Keith Butler decided to go to Indianapolis as the Colts' defensive coordinator, Olsavsky, 43, would have been the likely candidate to replace him. Thu, 2 Feb 2012 14:53:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12033/1207557-66-0.stm?cmpid=steelers.xml As letters of intent poured into college football offices via fax across the country, Penn State's new head coach sat at a table on the campus of another university in Indianapolis and looked at his cell phone. Thu, 2 Feb 2012 06:03:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12033/1207550-66-0.stm?cmpid=steelers.xml Pittsburgh has found its way into playing an important part in the Super Bowl on Sunday even though the Steelers did not make it. Two of the seven-man crew of game officials, announced Wednesday, hail from the Pittsburgh area -- head linesman Tom Stabile and back judge Tony Steratore. Stabile and Steratore have each worked nine playoff games in their careers. Thu, 2 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12032/1207538-66.stm?cmpid=steelers.xml The Steelers are faced with the possibility of losing another young coach from Mike Tomlin's staff. Wed, 1 Feb 2012 19:30:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12032/1207503-100.stm?cmpid=steelers.xml The Steelers have issued a release on behalf of Kirby Wilson's family, updating the condition of the team's running backs coach. Wed, 1 Feb 2012 17:25:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12032/1207394-100.stm?cmpid=steelers.xml INDIANAPOLIS -- Pittsburgh has found its way into playing an important part in Sunday's Super Bowl game even though the Steelers did not make it. Wed, 1 Feb 2012 13:55:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12032/1207230-66.stm?cmpid=steelers.xml For all the things that are still up in the air, Peyton Manning is certain about this much: He isn't ready to retire yet. "I have no plans on doing that," he said. An iron man for 13 seasons, he's struggling to recover from three neck surgeries over the course of 19 months. "My plan hasn't changed. I'm on track with what the doctors have told me to do, and I'm doing that. I'm rehabbing hard." Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12032/1207231-66.stm?cmpid=steelers.xml Former Kansas City Chiefs coach Todd Haley, an Upper St. Clair native, is the latest candidate to interview for the Steelers' vacant offensive coordinator position. But the possibility of him being hired to replace Bruce Arians seems remote. Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12032/1207232-66.stm?cmpid=steelers.xml Plotting how to keep quarterback Tom Brady out of the clutches of the New York Giants' fearsome pass rushers will occupy most of Bill O'Brien's waking hours this week, and who knows how many of his dreams. But it's not his only worry. Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12032/1207233-66-0.stm?cmpid=steelers.xml It's Brady vs. Manning again, a pairing that evokes comparisons from the past such as ... Brady vs. Manning, the Peyton version. Or, on the historical stage that will be the Super Bowl, Staubach vs. Bradshaw and Kelly vs. Aikman. Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500