The Kickoff to the 2009 NFL Season Has Begun

The news on safety Troy Polamalu is not so good. It looks like the playmaker will be out anywhere from three to six weeks as he has a sprained MCL in his knee. Polamalu left Thursday’s 13-10 defeat of the Titans before halftime. After the game, Mike Tomlin said the diagnosis is preliminary [...]

Ben Roethlisberger will get a chance Thursday night to do what he does best: play an uneven football game, then pull it out in the fourth quarter. The Steelers trail 10-7 with eleven minutes to go, meaning the Titans have...

Ben Roethlisberger did it again. He rallied the Steelers in the fourth quarter, then set up Jeff Reed's 33-yard game-winning kick in OT for a 13-10 win over the Titans.

Ben Roethlisberger's accuser sought $2.8 million from her employer, Harrah's, just days before filing a lawsuit in Nevada accusing the Steelers quarterback of raping her, according to a document released today by the football player's lawyer

A lawyer for a Nevada casino worker accusing Ben Roethlisberger of sexually assaulting her last year at a Lake Tahoe resort wants a list of every...

Less than 24 hours after their season-opening victory against the Tennessee Titans, the Steelers have not issued any further news on the injury to...

Ben Roethlisberger and Kerry Collins threw touchdown passes 34 seconds apart during the final 1:22 of the first half and the Pittsburgh Steelers and Tennessee Titans were tied at 7 at halftime in the NFL's opening night Thursday.

Thursday Week 1 - TITANS VS STEELERS For an audio discussion of this game check out the second half of Wednesday's edition of the Thundering Blurb Football Show. STEELERS QB Ben Roethlisberger: Roethlisberger isn't a gunslinger by any means. In fact, if you just look at past history, you have to think he won't throw much - after all 'the Steelers are a run first...

QB passes for 363 yards; 33-yard FG wins opener Jeff Reed kicked a 33-yard field goal with 4:32 gone in overtime and the Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers again relied on Ben Roethlisberger's ability to lead clutch scoring drives to beat the Tennessee Titans, 13-10, in the NFL...

The NFL and its fans had to love the kickoff to the 2009 season. The Pittsburgh Steelers and Tennessee Titans created some violent ballet for five quarters that had most of the nation buzzing till the wee hours of the morning. There were so many storylines for writers to grab hold of and run with, but two things became clear after the game: Ben Roethlisberger is a big-game quarterback...

Much has been made in the days leading up to the 2009 NFL season about the Chicago Bears. Whether it's new quarterback Jay Cutler and the circus that surrounded his Denver departure, or the apparent lack of a big play receiver, or the health of the secondary, there has been no shortage of reasons to talk about this group of Bears before they even step on the field. Another story...