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They came in jerseys, t-shirts, sweatshirts and anything else with Steelers on it.

Captured by the Voice of God, a stirring score and super-slow motion of NFL Films, Western Pennsylvania has long lived off its reputation as the Cradle of Quarterbacks.

After playing against Brett Favre in 2005, Charlie Batch had his picture snapped with the quarterback whose statistics, style and sheer longevity make him one of the game's immortals.

Ben Roethlisberger has the Super Bowl victories - two of them in his first five years, to be exact.

Steel Valley area business owners and government officials got a taste of future development via a breakfast meeting at the Bulgarian-Macedonial National Educational & Cultural Center in West Homestead.

The Pittsburgh Steelers learned today that their star defensive end, Aaron Smith, is out for the season with a torn rotator cuff in his right shoulder.

Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger directs wide receiver Hines Ward during Sunday's game in Detroit.

Super Bowl XL MVP Hines Ward holds up the Vince Lombardi Trophy after defaeting the Seattle Seahawks 21-10 in the Super Bowl XL at Ford Field in Detroit in 2006.

Steelers vs. Lions Pittsburgh Steelers at Detroit Lions Date : Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009 Kickoff : 1 p.m., ET Site : Ford Field Detroit, Mich.

" Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato and Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl today established six subcommittees and named 24 co-chairs as part of the 2010 Complete Count Committee .

The only thing I haven't heard is Start Charlie Batch ! Fire Tomlin? This is 2006? Come on guys.

Ever since the Super Bowl-winning drive from Ben Roethlisberger last February, the pump fake has been a big part of the quarterback's success.

Since the Steelers took Ben Roethlisberger in the first round of the 2004 NFL Draft, he has started 89 percent of their games in the regular season.

"That's a big deal," Ward told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . "Ten thousand yards? That speaks volumes.

They gathered at a place where they are used to cheering teams on, but on this day the roles were reversed.

Ninth-grader Mike Burse wants to play for the Steelers one day, so he was thrilled Tuesday afternoon when he won two Steelers tickets during the third annual Ninth Grade Nation Kick-off at Heinz Field.

Posted by ESPN.com's James Walker We're going to try something a little different on this Monday afternoon in the AFC North blog.

Jeff Reed's 33-yard field goal split the uprights in overtime -- allowing Hines Hard to exhale -- and giving the defending Super Bowl-champion Pittsburgh Steelers a 13-10 victory over Tennessee in the season opener for both teams.

How could the Pittsburgh Steelers and their fans forget. The Tennessee Titans were the last team to defeat the defending Super Bowl champion Steelers Dec.

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