Big Ben plays through pain, Steelers win (AP)
By Zaket on December 9, 2011
Ben Roethlisberger laid on the Heinz Field turf, convinced his left leg was broken. The Pittsburgh Steelers huddled around their franchise quarterback, concerned their promising season was in jeopardy. Not quite. Same old Big Ben. And same old Cleveland Browns. Roethlisberger added to his burgeoning reputation as one of the toughest players in the game by returning from a gruesome second-quarter sack…
Tags: pain, plays, Steelers, through
0 comments
Related Stories
- Eagles RB McCoy gets new deal through 2017 (Yahoo! Sports)
- Pittsburgh Steelers sign NT Alameda Ta’amu
- Sources: Offers for Steelers’ Wallace not likely
- Manning, Broncos open vs Steelers (Yahoo! Sports)
- Peyton’s Broncos open 2012 slate vs. Steelers
- Manning, Broncos open vs Steelers (Yahoo! Sports)
- Newton: Improvement as NFL QB “through the roof” (Yahoo! Sports)
- Newton: Improvement as QB ‘through the roof’
- Steelers safety Clark says ‘no one’ wants to play for Dolphins
- Rooney: Steelers ‘grateful’ to WR Ward, who’ll be released
- Steelers will release veteran wideout Ward
- Steelers GM determined to keep WR Wallace
- Steelers don’t plan to keep Ward, report says
- Steelers WR Ward takes to Facebook to dispel rumors
- Steelers’ Ward offers to rework contract (AP)
- Steelers introduce Haley as new O-coordinator
- Steelers interview Haley to run offense (AP)
- NFL extends Goodell through 2018 season (AP)
- Ravens’ McClain, Ayanbadejo to play through injuries vs. Texans
- Broncos stun Steelers on first OT play (AP)
- Tebow, Broncos shock Steelers in shortest OT game in league history
- Tebow sends Steelers home on first play of OT
- Steelers RB coach Wilson burned in house fire
- Steelers’ Tomlin: Clark won’t play in Denver
- Source: Steelers fear Mendenhall tore right ACL
- Steelers not ruling out Roethlisberger vs. Browns
- Steelers’ Batch to start at quarterback vs. Rams
- Steelers QB Roethlisberger to miss start vs. Rams
- Irsay: If Peyton plays in ’12, it will be with Colts
- Steelers’ loss to 49ers lands Ravens back in driver’s seat
- Steelers sources: Roethlisberger might sit rest of regular season
- 49ers knock Roethlisberger around, knock off Steelers to go to 11-3
- Steelers’ Harrison upset with no-call for Cowboys’ Elam
- Steelers QB Roethlisberger limited in practice
- NFL upholds suspension for Steelers’ Harrison
- Steelers’ Harrison banned 1 game for McCoy hit
- Steelers’ Roethlisberger in walking boot with high ankle sprain
- Big Ben returns from leg injury, lifts Steelers
- Steelers NT Hoke likely out for season (AP)
- Steelers’ Woodley ‘extremely doubtful’ to play vs. Bengals
- Steelers’ Woodley reportedly sidelined again by bum hamstring
- Steelers’ Roethlisberger doesn’t worry about ‘hater bandwagon’
- Steelers’ Roethlisberger has fractured thumb
- Mendenhall, Steelers pick off Dalton, Bengals
- Steelers’ Woodley out, Farrior probable (AP)
- Hurt Steelers LBs: Woodley out, Farrior likely in
- Steelers S Clark fined $40K, blasts NFL (AP)
- Patriots pull plug on DT Haynesworth midway through season
- Ravens finally sweep Steelers on late Smith TD
- Steelers’ Woodley out, Harrison probable (AP)
- Ravens’ Suggs talks a good game ahead of Steelers showdown
- Steelers’ Woodley says ‘don’t count me out yet’
- Big Ben, Steelers finally get best of Brady, Pats
- Big Ben picks apart Patriots as Steelers keep Brady in check
- Big Ben goes for 365, Steelers top Pats (AP)
- Steelers’ Ward ruled out vs. Pats with hurt ankle
- Another season ends with Steelers DE Smith on injured reserve
- Sources: Steelers RB Mendenhall out vs. Titans
- Big Ben to start for banged-up Steelers (AP)
- Veteran Ward calls for Steelers offense to lead way
- Texans lose Johnson early but hold off Steelers
- Jones: Romo’s pain key to deciding status
- Steelers tackle Colon put on IR, Meredith signed
- Steelers place starting RT Colon on IR (AP)
- Ravens force 7 TOs, flatten Steelers (AP)
- ESPN locks up Monday nights through 2021 (AP)
- New deal will keep MNF on ESPN through 2021
- Saints extend Payton’s pact through 2015 (AP)
- Steelers defense still needs some work (AP)
- Steelers give LB Timmons $50M for 6 yrs. (AP)
- Newton struggles, plays entire 1st half (AP)
- Cotchery says chance to ‘win right now’ led him to Steelers
- Grossman shines to lead Redskins past Steelers
- Steelers LB Woodley lands 6-year, $61.5M deal
- Goodell: Steelers LB Harrison won’t be punished for comments
- Quick turnaround: Burress meets with Steelers
- Sources: Burress likely to Giants or Steelers
- Steelers’ Roethlisberger married in local church
- Ex-Vikings QB Jackson plays waiting game (AP)
- Clark: Ravens must beat Steelers regularly to make it a rivalry
- Steelers’ Harrison levels harshest criticism yet at Goodell
- Steelers LB Harrison: Goodell a ‘devil’ (AP)
- Police: Steelers’ Ward failed field sobriety tests
- Steelers WR Ward arrested in Georgia, suspected of DUI
- Steelers WR Ward charged with DUI in Georgia
- Steelers WR Ward arrested on DUI charge (AP)
- Ravens assistants receive contract extensions through 2012
- Name, intent of NFL’s ‘Steelers rule’ isn’t fine with Dan Rooney
- Be happy, Harrison: NFL crackdown backs Steelers’ ‘nasty’ rep
- Steelers’ Polamalu earns USC degree in history
- Steelers CB Taylor ‘definitely’ wants to remain in Pittsburgh
- Steelers’ Mendenhall loses apparel sponsor
- Steelers’ Ward detained at gunpoint in mix-up
- Steelers’ Mendenhall apologizes for, clarifies tweets on bin Laden
- Steelers react to Mendenhall’s bin Laden tweets
- Report: Titans GM Reinfeldt receives extension through 2014
- Pittsburgh Steelers LB James Harrison has second back surgery
- Steelers OLB Woodley signs tag in midst of CBA uncertainty
- LaMarr Woodley of Pittsburgh Steelers inks franchise tender
- Steelers put franchise tag on LB Woodley (AP)
- Source: LaMarr Woodley expected to receiver Pittsburgh Steelers’ franchise tag
- Steelers LB Harrison set for Monday surgery on right shoulder
- Woodley expects to be franchised by Steelers in coming weeks
- Steelers put Super Bowl loss behind them (AP)
- Steelers cope with loss; Keisel says beard ‘coming off soon’
- Packers outlast Steelers to win Super Bowl XLV
- Packers lead Steelers 21-10 at halftime (AP)
- Steelers C Pouncey out for Super Bowl (AP)
- Steelers’ Harrison criticizes NFL again (AP)
- Steelers’ Pouncey sheds boot, says he must practice by Friday
- Hines Ward of Pittsburgh Steelers says too much money in play to ruin NFL season
- Steelers’ Pouncey says there’s a 75 percent chance he’ll play
- Steelers’ Polamalu voted AP’s NFL Defensive Player of the Year
- Troy Polamalu of Pittsburgh Steelers wins AP Defensive Player of the Year
- Ankle likely to keep Steelers center Pouncey out of Super Bowl
- Super Bowl XLV ticket prices going through the roof
- Polamalu, McFadden among Steelers back at practice Friday
- LeBeau: ‘If I’m coaching, it will be the Pittsburgh Steelers’
- Ailing Steelers center Pouncey out of Super Bowl, linemen say
- Steelers outlast Jets rally, bound for Super Bowl
- Steelers win third AFC title in 6 years (AP)
- Underdog Jets try to beat Steelers again (AP)
- Jets CB Cromartie takes swipe at Steelers WR Ward
- NFL Playoffs: New York Jets defensive backs riled up over Pittsburgh Steelers’ Hines Ward
- Ryan: Steelers’ Super Bowl pedigree doesn’t faze Jets
- Rex Ryan: New York Jets set to play Pittsburgh Steelers, all their trophies
- NFL playoffs: Pittsburgh Steelers’ Ike Taylor will try to lay out friend Santonio Holmes
- Roethlisberger helps Steelers knock out Ravens
- Steelers rally past sloppy Ravens to advance to AFC Championship Game
- Ravens, Steelers set for 1 more big game (AP)
- Ravens stifle Chiefs, advance to face Steelers
- Steelers weigh adding seating capacity for Heinz Field
- Steelers’ Mendenhall loses 100-yard game (AP)
- Steelers move closer to AFC North title (AP)
- Steelers whip Panthers, close in on division title
- Polamalu won’t play for Steelers vs. Panthers on Thursday
- Steelers’ Polamalu likely out vs. Jets (AP)
- Jets get back on track by outlasting Steelers
- Polamalu’s late strip sack sets the stage for Steelers comeback victory
- Steelers rally by Ravens, into 1st place (AP)
- Pittsburgh Steelers list Ben Roethlisberger as questionable
- Rooney on Steelers as a target: ‘It certainly looks that way’
- League rejects Steelers’ claims about targeting team, Harrison
- Hines Ward of Pittsburgh Steelers calls out at NFL over safety
- Steelers LB Harrison: NFL targeting me (AP)
- Fed up: Steelers’ Ward says NFL is hypocritical on hits
- James Harrison of Pittsburgh Steelers fined for hit on Buffalo Bills QB Ryan Fitzpatrick
- Steelers’ Harrison draws another $25K fine from NFL
- Ben Roethlisberger of Pittsburgh Steelers suffered sprained foot in win over Buffalo Bills
- Report: Veteran LT Andrews taken to hospital with back pain
- Chargers TE Gates in pain after practice (AP)
- Polamalu returns to Steelers practice (AP)
- Pittsburgh Steelers cut erratic kicker Jeff Reed, sign Shaun Suisham
- Brady continues mastery of Steelers as Pats keep pace in AFC East
- Big plays push Garrett’s Cowboys past Giants
- Report: League tells Steelers two calls were blown on Monday night
- Three Pittsburgh Steelers get concussions vs. Cincinnati Bengals
- Steelers hold on to beat Bengals 27-21 (AP)
- James Harrison of Pittsburgh Steelers fined $20,000 for hit on Drew Brees
- James Harrison of Pittsburgh Steelers, Roger Goodell meet to discuss hits
- Saints defense shows the way in win over Steelers
- Vikings’ Bevell says he won’t be shocked if Favre plays Sunday
- Controversial goal-line call helps Steelers defeat Dolphins
- Late-game call helps Steelers slip past Dolphins
- Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison returns to practice facility
- Steelers excuse upset LB Harrison from practice
- Roethlisberger on target in first practice back with Steelers
- Baltimore Ravens’ Ray Rice questionable vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
- Young benched as Titans fall short vs. Steelers