As they entered the recreation center in the Hazelwood neighborhood of Pittsburgh, most thought they were there to get a turkey and the trimmings from community volunteers.

Maybe the Pittsburgh Steelers should have seen this one coming. Somehow, they didn't. They didn't believe they could lose to the rebuilding Chiefs , not a week after a loss to the Bengals seriously hurt their chances of repeating in the AFC North.

He stood at the podium, perhaps for the last time as a member of Michigan's football team, and came close toA letting his emotions show.

At home relaxing Sunday during what could be his final day off as a college football player, the University of Michigan's Brandon Graham turned on an NFL game between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati and began to reflect on the past four years.

He's watched game tapes, analyzed and criticized, and now coach Mike Tomlin is doing something about the Pittsburgh Steelers' miserable kickoff coverage.

Bengals running back Bernard Scott runs a kickoff back for a touchdown in the first quarter against the Steelers at Heinz Field yesterday.

Ben Roethlisberger had his worst outing of the season, completing only 50 percent of his passes and just one of his final nine.

LaMarr Woodley runs back a fumble for a touchdown against the Minnesota Vikings last month.

The Steelers led the Denver Broncos 14-10 after three quarters of their game tonight after trading touchdowns in the third quarter.

Opening up a sports page, or flipping on a sports television show this week it is easy to get the impression that there is only one NFL game going on this Sunday, and it is taking place in Indianapolis.

If you have ever been to Heinz Field for a Steelers game, you have experienced it.

One by one, LaMarr Woodley took note of the players selected ahead of him in the 2007 NFL Draft.

Mike Tomlin is expected to announce that safety Ryan Clark, bottom, will not play Monday against the Broncos in Denver.

The Steelers took veteran defensive end Nick Eason for granted so much at the beginning of the season that he was inactive for their first three games and released prior to the fourth.

Steelers defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau, "I think we have the potential to become a very, very good defense." Dick LeBeau, the man in charge of the Steelers' defense, wants to exercise the same sense of caution after a four-game winning streak that he urged after the Steelers lost consecutive road games in Chicago and Cincinnati by blowing ...

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The early season slide is over. Troy Polamalu is back from a four-week injury layoff.

The Steelers were given the day off following a 27-17 win over the previously unbeaten Minnesota Vikings on Sunday.

It's called situational football, or in better terms, closing out football games.

Percy Harvin tried to give his team another chance. His 88-yard kickoff return for a touchdown with 6:09 left in the fourth quarter kept the Vikings within striking distance, reducing the deficit to 20-17. "I figured we had it," Harvin said of a victory.