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| Tue, Jan 06 2009 3:00 am Eastern Standard Time |
| NFL playoff schedule |
| The schedule for the upcoming NFL playoffs. |
| Tue, Jan 06 2009 3:00 am Eastern Standard Time |
| Tomlinson unsure if he'll play vs. Steelers |
| A groin injury has been dogging LaDainian Tomlinson to the point that he might have to sit out the San Diego Chargers' playoff game at Pittsburgh on Sunday. |
| Tue, Jan 06 2009 3:00 am Eastern Standard Time |
| Giants set standard for Super Bowl aspirants |
| With the second round of the NFL playoffs upon us, there are multiple aspirants to become last season's Giants, the team from nowhere that swept through the postseason. |
| Tue, Jan 06 2009 3:00 am Eastern Standard Time |
| Roethlisberger declares he's 'ready to go' |
| Ben Roethlisberger returned to practice Monday and said the concussion that knocked him out of the Steelers' regular-season finale won't be an issue in Sunday's AFC divisional playoff game against San Diego. |
| Tue, Jan 06 2009 3:00 am Eastern Standard Time |
| Harrison named AP Defensive Player of Year |
| >Steelers outside linebacker James Harrison joined elite company in the team's annals Monday when he was named The Associated Press Defensive Player of the Year. |
| Tue, Jan 06 2009 3:00 am Eastern Standard Time |
| Harrison affirms his value to Steelers |
| Time to pay up, Steelers. James Harrison has more than paid his dues. The NFL's newest defensive player of the year is a wedge-buster on kickoffs who also doubles as a two-time Pro Bowl outside linebacker. |
| Tue, Jan 06 2009 3:00 am Eastern Standard Time |
| Safety Clark back on field for Steelers |
| Free safety Ryan Clark, who missed the Steelers' regular-season finale with a separated right shoulder, practiced Monday. |
| Mon, Jan 05 2009 10:48 pm Eastern Standard Time |
| Steelers Team Report (Yahoo! Sports) |
| <p><p>Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger passed his final post-concussion test Monday morning, practiced Monday afternoon and said he will play on Sunday when the Pittsburgh Steelers open the playoffs against the San Diego Chargers at Heinz Field.</p>
<p>"I plan on being out there 100 percent ready to go," he said.</p>
<p>Roethlisberger left the Dec. 28 game against Cleveland just before the half on a stretcher with a concussion. Speaking publicly Monday for the first time since then, he called the hit "scary" and said both of his arms went numb.</p>
<p>"I mean, when you can't feel your arms you get kind of scared," Roethlisberger said. "They pricked me with a pin and I couldn't feel it. When you see the doctor look at the trainer with that look, it kind of scares you a little bit."</p> <p>He... |
| Mon, Jan 05 2009 6:36 pm Eastern Standard Time |
| Chargers' Bennett, former teammate sued in Fla. (AP) |

A Florida man is suing San Diego Chargers running back Michael Bennett and a former Tampa Bay teammate, saying they attacked him at an International House of Pancakes. Brian Gordon said in a lawsuit that Bennett, offensive lineman Anthony Davis and another man assaulted him in the restaurant parking lot in Tampa on Oct.
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| Mon, Jan 05 2009 5:47 pm Eastern Standard Time |
| Chargers, Steelers in rematch of bizarre game (AP) |
| The finish to the Chargers-Steelers game was strange enough, with the first 11-10 score in NFL history and Troy Polamalu stripped of a last-play defensive touchdown by an officiating error. This may be even stranger: The Chargers, 4-8 with a month left in the season, are returning to Pittsburgh for a rematch in an AFC divisional playoff game Sunday. |