NFL Power Rankings Week 9: The Midseason Motown Edition – One Classic “Hitsville, U.S.A.” Track For All 32 Teams

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With the NFL season at its midway point, and the Detroit Lions clearly one of the biggest stories of the first half of the season, here are our Midseason NFL Power Rankings: Motown Edition, with each team presented alongside a Motown classic that sums up the first half of its season.

Fantasy Football Week 8 Start Em, Sit Em Lineup Advice, Projections, and Roster Q&A

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Jerod is back, filling in for Jon as the author of this week’s Start Em, Sit Em lineup advice post. Those of you wondering what to do with Tim Tebow, Chris Johnson, and Brandon Lloyd will want to pay extra special attention.

Fantasy Football Week 6 Start Em Sit Em Picks and Player Projections for Hillis, Hernandez, Dez, Stevie J, and more

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Is 2011 going to be the highest scoring fantasy season of all time? All signs indicate that it could be. That means that making the right start em, sit em decisions has never been more crucial. So let Jon and Jerod help you set your Week 6 lineups in this week’s Start/Sit column.

Pittsburgh Steelers at Indianapolis Colts: Sunday Night Football Preview and Prediction

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In a game that was far more compelling when originally scheduled than it is now, Pittsburgh travels to Indianapolis for this week’s Sunday Night Football showdown. Like the Steelers’ win over Seattle last week, this one likely won’t be pretty for Pittsburgh’s opposition.

Big Ben banged up

Update: Ben Roethlisberger limped off the field with a lower leg injury late in the second quarter of Sunday's game against the Seahawks. Big Ben missed two plays before returning to action.
 

Big Ben banged up

Update: Ben Roethlisberger limped off the field with a lower leg injury late in the second quarter of Sunday's game against the Seahawks. Big Ben missed two plays before returning to action.
 

Fantasy Football Defense/Special Teams Rankings for 2011: The Big Four and One Wild Card to Keep An Eye On

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If you don’t get one of the top four defenses in the league, #5 isn’t better enough than #12 to justify spending the additional money. So here are Jon Washburn’s Big Four defense/special teams units for fantasy football in 2011, plus one wild card to keep an eye on.

100 years ago TODAY!

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Ronald Wilson Reagan was born above the local bank in tiny Tampico, Illinois. I’ve been there twice in the past 18 months.

Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl History and Results

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This post breaks down the Super Bowl history of the Pittsburgh Steelers, including the opponent, score, mvp, and location for each of the Steelers’ Super Bowl appearances.

Pittsburgh Steelers Injury Report for Super Bowl XLV – Updates on Pouncey, Smith, Polamalu

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The most notable injury for the Pittsburgh Steelers has been that of starting center Maurkice Pouncey, but Aaron Smith and even Troy Polamalu have had injury concerns as well. In this post, I’ll briefly update you on all of the relevant Steelers injuries.

Super Bowl XLV Preview and Prediction

It’s going to be something special. The franchise with the most NFL titles in history against the franchise with the most Super Bowl victories in history. Two of the league’s best defenses vs. two of the best QBs in football. Green Bay versus Pittsburgh.

Super Bowl Preview and Analysis: Color Super Bowl 45 ‘Green and Yellow’

Super Bowl 45 between Green Bay and Pittsburgh is similar to other closely matched Super Bowls of the past, and you can make numerous cases for either team to win.

7 Bold Predictions and Tasty Prop Bets for Super Bowl XLV (Plus Aaron Rodgers’ Championship Belt Gets Tossed)

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Drew may or may not have actual real life money on the game that should probably be used to payhisy bills…but that’s not important. What IS important are these next seven predictions for Super Bowl XLV, including a few tasty prob bets to target.

Video: Pittsburgh Steeler Crezdon Butler is funny…and likes looking at pictures of pretty women

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Alana finds out who the Pittsburgh Steelers’ funniest player is: cornerback Crezdon Butler. And like most guys his age and (especially) in his profession, Crezdon enjoys perusing pictures of pretty, scantily-clad women.

Video: Entertaining Media Day Interviews with the Steelers

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Do you know how Steelers players deal with having to wizz during games? Do you know what Hines Ward’s teammates think he will do after he retires? And do you know what Rashard Mendenhall was doing? After you watch this video, you will.