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		<title>OL Fraley inks with the Rams; Steelers had some interest</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Loede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We reported a few days back about the Steelers interest in former Browns center Hank Fraley.  Well, the hope of getting Fraley is gone as today his agent, Ralph Cindrich, announced his client is inking with the Rams:
Former Cleveland Browns offensive lineman Hank Fraley canceled his scheduled visit with the Kansas City Chiefs and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We reported a few days back about the Steelers interest in former Browns center Hank Fraley.  Well, the hope of getting Fraley is gone as today his agent, Ralph Cindrich, announced his client is inking with the Rams:</p>
<blockquote><p>Former Cleveland Browns offensive lineman Hank Fraley canceled his scheduled visit with the Kansas City Chiefs and has agreed to a deal with the St. Louis Rams, according to his agent. Fraley&#8217;s agent, Ralph Cindrich, announced the deal on his Twitter account. Fraley was drawing interest from the Chiefs and the Pittsburgh Steelers, but chose the Rams after what Cindrich terms an excellent visit. </p></blockquote>
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		<title>AFC North rival makes a change at QB</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Loede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Browns finally beat the Steelers last season, and this offseason have been busy making roster changes, and it appears their biggest change was made over the last 24 hours.  The team has given up on QB Brady Quinn, as today the team shipped him to the Denver Broncos for running back Peyton Hillis [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Browns finally beat the Steelers last season, and this offseason have been busy making roster changes, and it appears their biggest change was made over the last 24 hours.  The team has given up on QB Brady Quinn, as today the team shipped him to the Denver Broncos for running back Peyton Hillis and a couple of draft choices.  They also moved LB Kameron Wimbley to the Raiders for a pick as well.&#8217;</p>
<p>The team acquired QB Seneca Wallace this past week from the Seahawks, but he won&#8217;t be the starter in all likely hood, it&#8217;ll be former Panthers QB Jake Delhomme, who was let go on Friday March 5th by the Panthers.  The Browns are giving Delhomme a two-year deal that will pay him at least $7 mil, meaning that Delhomme will make a for sure $19.5 mil between the Browns and Panthers this year.  Gesh!</p>
<p>If your really bored and want to read more on the moves the Browns have made as of late, check out our Cleveland Browns site at <a href="http://www.brownsgab.com/">BrownsGab.com.</a> </p>
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		<title>Roethlisberger’s party known as “Ben-a-Palooza”</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:37:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Loede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TMZ has a funny story about Big Ben&#8217;s night out, stating that it even had a name &#8211; &#8220;Ben-a-Palooza&#8221;:
Most of Ben Roethlisberger&#8217;s ill-fated party weekend was thoroughly planned out weeks in advance &#8212; minus the whole alleged sexual assault part &#8212; and TMZ has learned the festivities even had a name &#8230; &#8220;Ben-a-Palooza.&#8221; The Palooza [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.tmz.com/2010/03/14/ben-roethlisberger-party-ben-a-palooza-milledgeville-georgia-party-bus-photos-pictures/">TMZ</a> has a funny story about Big Ben&#8217;s night out, stating that it even had a name &#8211; &#8220;Ben-a-Palooza&#8221;:</p>
<blockquote><p>Most of Ben Roethlisberger&#8217;s ill-fated party weekend was thoroughly planned out weeks in advance &#8212; minus the whole alleged sexual assault part &#8212; and TMZ has learned the festivities even had a name &#8230; &#8220;Ben-a-Palooza.&#8221; The Palooza is a tradition that Ben and his pals have put together for the past several years &#8212; in which the Steelers quarterback and a group of his friends celebrate Ben&#8217;s birthday together. This year, Ben-a-Palooza began at Roethlisberger&#8217;s home near Pittsburgh, where the group boarded a party bus bound for Ben&#8217;s lake house in Georgia and when they arrived, several members spent one of the nights on a bar crawl in Milledgeville &#8212; where Ben was later accused of sexually assaulting a 20-year-old woman in a nightclub bathroom.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Steelers to chat with Larry Foote on Monday</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Loede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Steelers and Larry Foote are going to have a sit down on Monday, and from there it&#8217;ll likely be up to him to see if he wants to come back to the team that he asked to leave just a season ago.  Once again, he&#8217;d add depth to a defense that seemed to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Steelers and Larry Foote are <a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10071/1042342-100.stm?cmpid=steelers.xml#ixzz0i0G1pC2H">going to have a sit down on Monday</a>, and from there it&#8217;ll likely be up to him to see if he wants to come back to the team that he asked to leave just a season ago.  Once again, he&#8217;d add depth to a defense that seemed to get beat up in the fourth quarter of games.</p>
<blockquote><p>Free Agent linebacker Larry Foote will visit the Steelers offices Monday and, if he passes a physical, could reach an agreement to rejoin his former team, the Post-Gazette has learned. Foote, who left the Steelers after the 2008 season to play with one year with the Detroit Lions, visited with the Arizona Cardinals yesterday and the Washington Redskins on Tuesday without agreeing to a contract. Foote would be a backup with the Steelers, but he would also give them more flexibility at the linebacker position in case of injury at outside linebacker.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>It’ll take 6 to 8 weeks for Ben’s DNA results to come back</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Loede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reports say it&#8217;ll take 6 to 8 weeks for Ben&#8217;s DNA to come back.  Doesn&#8217;t the season start about then?  
Questions of credibility, consent and science likely are guiding Georgia authorities as they investigate a sex assault allegation against Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, lawyers and police say. Investigators requested a DNA sample from [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reports say it&#8217;ll take <a href="http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/steelers/s_671224.html">6 to 8 weeks</a> for Ben&#8217;s DNA to come back.  Doesn&#8217;t the season start about then?  </p>
<blockquote><p>Questions of credibility, consent and science likely are guiding Georgia authorities as they investigate a sex assault allegation against Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, lawyers and police say. Investigators requested a DNA sample from Roethlisberger, although they did not say what kind of evidence they collected to which it could be compared. In Pittsburgh, results of DNA testing can take six to eight weeks on average, said Downtown criminal defense attorney Bill Difenderfer. &#8220;DNA has been nothing short of a revolution in cases of sex assault allegations,&#8221; said University of Pittsburgh law professor David Harris. &#8220;They can prove that there was activity between two people, if there is any question of the person being accused not being the right one.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Roethlisberger hires a famous Private Investigator</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Loede</dc:creator>
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Ben Roethlisberger just added another elite member to his  defense team &#8212; a famous private investigator who&#8217;s handled several high profile  celebrity cases before.
TMZ has learned the P.I. is Charles Mittelstadt &#8211; who has  worked as a lead investigator on behalf of NFL stars like Ray  Lewis and Jamal Lewis. Mittelstadt [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2470" title="ben" src="http://www.steelersgab.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/ben1-300x168.jpg" alt="ben" width="300" height="168" /></p>
<p><strong>Ben Roethlisberger</strong> just added another elite member to his  defense team &#8212; a famous private investigator who&#8217;s handled several high profile  celebrity cases before.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tmz.com/2010/03/12/ben-roethlisberger-hires-high-profile-private-dick/">TMZ has learned</a> the P.I. is <strong>Charles Mittelstadt </strong>&#8211; who has  worked as a lead investigator on behalf of NFL stars like <strong>Ray  Lewis</strong> and<strong> Jamal Lewis</strong>. Mittelstadt has also worked for  rapper <strong>T.I.</strong> and convicted Olympic bomber <strong>Eric  Rudolph</strong>.</p>
<p>Hiring a private investigator is a sign that the  alleged victim is fair game. In this case, as we already reported, law  enforcement tells us alcohol was a factor.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a safe bet the P.I. will  go down that road &#8230; as well as others.</p>
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		<title>Steelers with interest in former Browns center Hank Fraley</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Loede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Steelers already have themselves a good center in Justin Hartwig, but reports say they have an interest in a player they have seen plenty of in Cleveland, that being center Hank Fraley.  Cleveland.com reports that the Steelers have talked to Fraley&#8217;s agent about coming back to Pittsburgh, where he spent a preseason with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Steelers already have themselves a good center in Justin Hartwig, but reports say they have an interest in a player they have seen plenty of in Cleveland, that being center Hank Fraley.  <a href="http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2010/03/could_former_browns_center_han.html">Cleveland.com reports</a> that the Steelers have talked to Fraley&#8217;s agent about coming back to Pittsburgh, where he spent a preseason with the Steelers before being released:</p>
<blockquote><p>Here&#8217;s a rarity &#8212; the Steelers expressing interest in a lineman released by the Browns.</p>
<p>Agent Ralph Cindrich wrote on his Twitter account that the Steelers have called about Hank Fraley, who was cut by the Browns last week. Cindrich said there is no visit planned as yet.</p>
<p>Fraley would love to end up in Pittsburgh, where his NFL career started. After playing left tackle at Robert Morris College, Fraley was groomed in one week as a center to increase his NFL marketability. The Steelers signed him as an undrafted free agent. He played all four exhibition games but was released at the final cut.</p></blockquote>
<p>He would add depth to the O-line.  He played with the Eagles and the Browns, but was released last week to open the door for the Browns first-round pick from last season, Alex Mack.  So what do you think, is Fraley worth it to add to this roster?</p>
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		<title>Cops posed with Ben before alleged incident</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Loede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another day, more news from the Big Ben case.  In today&#8217;s ongoing saga, PFT.com reports that Ben and the cops we told you about yesterday had a little picture session the night of the incident:
As it turns out, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was palling around in Milledgeville, Georgia not only with two off-duty cops [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Another day, more news from the Big Ben case.  In today&#8217;s ongoing saga, <a href="http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/03/12/cop-posed-for-photos-with-roethlisberger-before-investigating-complaint/">PFT.com reports</a> that Ben and the cops we told you about yesterday had a little picture session the night of the incident:</p>
<blockquote><p>As it turns out, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was palling around in Milledgeville, Georgia not only with two off-duty cops from Pennsylvania but also with an on-duty officer who would later investigating the charge of sexual assault.</p>
<p>According to the Milledgeville Union-Recorder, Sgt. Jerry Blash posed for photos with Roethlisberger earlier in the evening, both alone and with a group of other officers. &#8220;The photographs did not and have not affected the investigation at all,&#8221; Police Chief Woodrow Blue told the Union-Recorder.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Sweed dealing with depression?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Loede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s been plenty of speculation about what exactly is wrong with former second round pick WR Limas Sweed.  Today the Post-Gazette says that it looks like depression may be what&#8217;s ailing the wide out.  Insert joke here about why he&#8217;s depressed:
The Steelers drafted wide receiver Limas Sweed two picks ahead of Rutgers running [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s been plenty of speculation about what exactly is wrong with former second round pick WR Limas Sweed.  Today <a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041457-66.stm?cmpid=steelers.xml#ixzz0htPyBZDg">the Post-Gazette says</a> that it looks like depression may be what&#8217;s ailing the wide out.  Insert joke here about why he&#8217;s depressed:</p>
<blockquote><p>The Steelers drafted wide receiver Limas Sweed two picks ahead of Rutgers running back Ray Rice in 2008, who has become a star with the Baltimore Ravens and two years later, after the additions of Antwaan Randle El and Arnaz Battle, there doesn&#8217;t appear to be a roster spot for him. Sweed left the Steelers in December with what coach Mike Tomlin described as &#8220;personal issues.&#8221; Management still hasn&#8217;t elaborated, leading to much speculation that Sweed was battling severe depression.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>100 Things Every Steelers Fan Should Know Before They Die: #31 L.C. Greenwood</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Loede</dc:creator>
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In the summer of 2010, my first book will be coming out in stores entitled “100 Things Every Steelers Fan Should Know Before They Die.” The book, which is being published by Triumph Books, will be in stores next Summer and will retail for $14.95. We will have ordering info through Amazon as soon as [...]]]></description>
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In the summer of 2010, my first book will be coming out in stores entitled “100 Things Every Steelers Fan Should Know Before They Die.” The book, which is being published by Triumph Books, will be in stores next Summer and will retail for $14.95. We will have ordering info through Amazon as soon as it becomes available.</p>
<p>In the meantime, through the offseason, we’ll give Steelers Gab readers a sneak peek of some chapters of the book. Today is chapter 31, which talks about one of the famous members of the Steel Curtain &#8211; L.C. Greenwood. Enjoy!<br />
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L.C. Greenwood was maybe the quietest member of the Steelers famed &#8220;Steel Curtain,&#8221; but in a way &#8211; he was also the loudest.  He and John &#8220;Frenchy&#8221; Fuqua would show off their style on Friday&#8217;s in the locker room during the Steelers glory years of the 70&#8217;s, showing off their latest fashions.  Greenwood, who was known for wearing bell bottoms, funky hats, and even capes, would always win.  But his flamboyant style off the field said little about how good Greenwood was as a player on it.</p>
<p>L.C. Henderson Greewood was a 10th round draft pick of the Steelers back in 1971, this as the team was just starting to climb out of the depths of being a laughingstock in the NFL.  He quickly cemented himself on the team, becoming the starting left defensive end on the famed curtain.  He stayed on that line until he walked away from the game in 1981.  Known for his quickness, Greenwood put up some impressive career highlights, including being a 6 time Pro Bowl selection, a two-time All-Pro selection, four Super Bowl rings, 73.5 career sacks, and five sacks in four Super Bowls.</p>
<p>What made Greenwood stand out other than his play on the field, were the shoes he wore.  Wearing gold shoes became the staple of Greenwood, and something that followed him his whole career.  It was those gold shoes that could be seen every Sunday making tackles and sacking quarterbacks.<br />
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It began as Greenwood would make tackles, but the P.A. announcer would announce some other Steelers defenders name.  It made Greenwood feel slighted, so he took to coloring his shoes a yellow, or gold color, so he would always be seen making plays, and he made quite a few of them over his great career.   </p>
<p>He led the Steelers six times in sacks, putting up as many as 11 in one season.  He also led the NFL with five fumble recoveries in the 1971 season, 14 in his career.  He always seemed to be a force in the pass rush of the Steel Curtain.  His size, 6 feet 6 inches tall and weighed 245 pounds, made him tough to block, and he also had the speed to get around most offensive linemen.  His great play in the four Steelers Super Bowls earned him the honor of being named in 1991 as a member of the Super Bowl Silver Anniversary Team. </p>
<p>People still today talk about Greenwood for his shoes.  What many don&#8217;t know about L.C. was how much he felt that looking spiffy on the field would help you play better.  &#8220;If you look good, you play good,&#8221; Greenwood said in the Steelers 1979 NFL Films America&#8217;s Game.  &#8220;You gotta have everything in the perfect order.  Your shirt gotta be tucked in.  I felt if I was clean, I&#8217;d play that way.&#8221;                         </p>
<p>And just about every Sunday Greenwood played clean.  He likely won&#8217;t ever find his way to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, this despite being a finalist in 2006, but his fashion sense and gold shoes will forever go down in Steelers history. </em></p>
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