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No matter how you look at Thursday night's preseason opener and the lapses the Philadelphia Eagles' first-team defense had at times, it's still impossible not to be impressed with the overall defensive product, albeit against a vanilla Pittsburgh Steelers...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Pittsburgh Steelers - INSIDE SLANT Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger showed up for the opening of minicamp Tuesday, and watched from the sideline, his right knee wrapped after "cleanup" surgery last Wednesday....

NFL Team Report - Pittsburgh Steelers - INSIDE SLANT Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger had arthroscopic surgery on his right knee Wednesday morning and the team can only hope it has the same results as the last time their quarterback had similar...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Pittsburgh Steelers - INSIDE SLANT The Steelers boast the oldest starting defense in the NFL, but they also have three new starters on that side of the ball entering the 2013 season. Cortez Allen, in his third...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Pittsburgh Steelers - INSIDE SLANT The Steelers aren't used to this. They've gathered in the spring more times to celebrate Super Bowl victories in the White House than they have talking about a chip on their...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| NFL Football--Denver Broncos at Cincinnati Bengals, Noon (CBS); Minnesota Vikings at Seattle Seahawks, 3 p.m. (FOX); Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Giants, 3:25 p.m. (CBS); Dallas Cowboys at Atlanta Falcons, 7:20 p.m. (NBC)...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Pittsburgh Steelers - INSIDE SLANT Linebacker LaMarr Woodley rejoined the Steelers at their OTAs this week, which may make an impression on teammates who reportedly knocked him for being out of shape last season. But...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer--Premier League, Arsenal at Manchester United, 7:30 a.m. (ESPN2); MLS Playoffs, 7 p.m. (NBCSN) College Football--Oklahoma at Iowa State, 11 a.m. (ABC); Texas A&M at Mississippi State, 11 a.m. (ESPN); Temple at Louisville,...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger looks at his passing statistics, and they're not all that bad. His passer rating is up from his career average, as well as his average passing yards per game. The completion rate is where...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — For the first time in his six-year head coaching career, Mike Tomlin will go into a game with his team already eliminated from playoff contention.   Tomlin insists he isn't going to treat the week of preparation any...

|TV SPORTS| Men’s College Basketball--Savannah State at Ohio State, 6 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Wisconsin-Green Bay at Wisconsin, 8 p.m. (Big 10 Network) NBA Basketball--Dallas Mavericks at Boston Celtics, 7 p.m. (ESPN); Denver Nuggets at Minnesota...

|TV SPORTS| |THURSDAY|  Men’s College Basketball -- Old Spice Classic, first round, West Virginia vs. Marist, 11 a.m.; Vanderbilt vs. Davidson, 1 p.m.; Texas-El Paso vs. Oklahoma, 6 p.m.; Clemson vs. Gonzaga, 8 p.m. (ESPN2); DirecTV Classic,...