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| Super Bowl officials announced |
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02/03/2011 |
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| Dallas, TX (MySportsbook) - Walt Anderson has been selected as the referee to head the seven-man crew that will officiate Super Bowl XLV between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers on Sunday. Anderson has 15 years experience as a National Football League game official and worked Super Bowl XXXV in 2001, serving as the line judge, before getting promoted to a referee for the 2003 season. He has been a part of 13 playoff contests, including one Super Bowl, three conference championships and two division |
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| Brett Keisel's beard a big, hairy Super star |
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02/03/2011 |
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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - The secret to the Pittsburgh Steelers' success is growing on Brett Keisel's furry face. No, really. The Pro Bowl defensive end believes there's something special going on with his phenomenal facial hair. ``The beard is why we're here,'' Keisel said, a smile peeking through some wayward whiskers. ``It's unleashed Super Bowl powers on our whole team and hopefully it can win us one more.'' Ungroomed and unmatched, Keisel's beard has taken on a life of its own. There are two Facebook |
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| Tragic ties aside, Ghana embraces Pack's Peprah |
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02/03/2011 |
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| oup. Peprah will always be associated with that tumultuous chapter in Ghana's history, but he's giving the people of his family's home nation another reason to know his name: He will be a starting safety for the Packers when Green Bay takes on the Pittsburgh Steelers at Cowboys Stadium. ``My dad said it's getting crazy over there, they're following the Super Bowl,'' Peprah said. ``You know how the Super Bowl goes, it's watched worldwide.'' Peprah recalled a trip Ghana a few years ago. Some people knew who he |
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| Steelers LB Harrison turns up criticism of NFL |
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02/03/2011 |
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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - James Harrison took a few more hard shots at the NFL. A day after sarcastically suggesting a pillow could be used to soften blows he delivers to opposing players, the Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker called the league's talk about wanting to protect players ``a show.'' Harrison said before Wednesday's practice leading up to Sunday's Super Bowl that the owners' push for an 18-game regular season and the possibility of a lockout prove the NFL is more interested in maximizing revenue tha |
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| Mike Who? Super Bowl coaches, that's who |
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02/02/2011 |
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| ve chapter in Packers lore he hopes has been blunted by Rodgers' development and the team's presence in Dallas. Tomlin's biggest challenge has been living up to the achievements of Noll and Cowher. ``I am very conscious of the legacy that is the Pittsburgh Steelers,'' Tomlin said. ``I simply want to add to it. That drives me on a daily basis. I have big respect for the men who have had this job before me. All I want to do is to do the job in terms of upholding the standard that is the Pittsburgh Steelers.'' |
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| AP Source: Usher, Slash slated for Super halftime |
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02/02/2011 |
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| tion of anonymity Wednesday, because the musicians' performances were not going to be announced before the game. Usher and Slash are supposed to join the Black Eyed Peas, who are the main halftime act for Sunday's NFL championship game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers at Cowboys Stadium. The NFL said in November that the Black Eyed Peas would be the featured Super Bowl halftime performer. Past halftime acts have included U2, the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Pa |
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| Pouncey sits out practice, still expects to play |
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02/02/2011 |
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DALLAS (AP) - Pittsburgh Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey sat out practice Wednesday but still expects to play in the Super Bowl. Pouncey sustained a high left ankle sprain in the AFC championship game. He hopes to practice Friday and reiterated that his chances of playing against the Green Bay Packers are 75 percent. The only teammate listed on the injury report is Aaron Smith, who was limited by a triceps problem. Green Bay outside linebacker Frank Zombo, who missed the last six games with an injured ri |
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| Woodson knows Super Bowl shots hard to come by |
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02/02/2011 |
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| od years left in him. And there's no reason to think the Green Bay Packers aren't built to contend for years to come. Still, Woodson's 13 seasons of NFL experience with one Super Bowl appearance - a loss - tell him that Sunday's matchup with the Pittsburgh Steelers might be his last shot at the championship he wants to complete his career. The Packers' cornerback lost the 2003 Super Bowl with the Oakland Raiders, a loss that still bothers him because he was playing hurt and wasn't at his best. He has matured |
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| Packers, Steelers fans among NFL's most rabid |
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02/02/2011 |
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - A Pittsburgh hospital swaddles its newborns in "Terrible Towels." A Wisconsin man dresses up like a bishop and calls himself ``St. Vince,'' as in Lombardi. Fans of the Super Bowl-bound Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers live and die with their teams, taking their passion for football from cradle to grave as two of the most rabid, far-reaching bases in pro sports. Forget Dallas and its self-proclaimed ``America's Team'' label. That franchise is a baby compared to the Packers (es |
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| Star power should heat up Dallas for Super Bowl |
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02/02/2011 |
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| Mercedes-Benz in which he, Serena Williams, New York Yankee Nick Swisher and Rev. Run are coaching two-person teams trying to generate the most tweets for a charity. Like many celebrities, he was not focused on Sunday's game (which is between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers, by the way). ``To me it's like everything around the game, because I don't know that much about sports,'' he laughed. --- AP Music Writer Nekesa Mumbi Moody contributed to this report.Copyright © 2005 The Associ |
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