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PITTSBURGH (AP) - Steelers star Ben Roethlisberger, the youngest quarterback to lead a team to the Super Bowl championship, broke his jaw and nose in a motorcycle crash Monday in which he was not wearing a helmet. Four doctors operated on Roethlisberger for seven hours to treat multiple facial fractures and "all of the fractures were successfully repaired," Dr. Harry W. Sell, chairman of the surgery department at Mercy Hospital, told reporters late Monday night. Photo Gallery...Roethlisberger's accident Also... Bradshaw: 'I pray he's going to be OK' Athletes and motorcycle accidents Dr. Daniel Pituch, who led the team, said Roethlisberger...

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Construction work F. Dale Lolley Staff writer Sunday, January 29, 2006 PITTSBURGH -- Alan Faneca, Hines Ward and Deshea Townsend joined the Steelers as rookies in 1998, working their way through some lean years over the next three seasons. They were joined in 1999 by Joey Porter, Aaron Smith and Jerame Tuman. That those six players are still with the Steelers seven, eight years after they were drafted is no small feat. Over the years, the Steelers became known as a team that drafted well but were unwilling to give its homegrown talent big contracts once they reached free agency....

PITTSBURGH Jan 24, 2006 — To coach Bill Cowher, the Pittsburgh Steelers simply look right in white. The Steelers will buck years of tradition and wear their white away uniforms in the Super Bowl against Seattle, even though they are designated by the NFL as the home team and could wear their more imposing black jersey tops. The black jerseys and gold pants are the Steelers' traditional look, and numerous sports teams have switched to black uniforms in recent years because they believe it creates a more intimidating presence.