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World Series opponents Miguel Cabrera and Buster Posey take home MVP awards

Kevin Kaduk, yahoo.com

BREAKING: Baseball's MVP awards have been announced and the world is still spinning. After months of debate and name-calling from supporters on both sides, Detroit Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera won his first American League MVP award on Thursday, …

Matt Loede, steelersgab.com

This week we are hosting a contest on Steelers Gab for a copy of the new book from Gary Myers — Coaching Confidential : Inside the Fraternity of NFL Coaches Here’s what the book is all about: Coaching Confidential chronicles a year in the life of an N…

Matt Loede, steelersgab.com

Getting set for the Ravens Sunday night, the Steelers made a couple roster moves today. The first was to put linebacker Chris Carter on injured reserve due to an abdominal injury. The black and gold inked linebacker Marshall McFadden to replace him on t…

Matt Loede, steelersgab.com

Rashard Mendenhall appears on his way back to the Steelers starting lineup for Sunday night’s huge division game vs the Ravens. The back suffered an ACL tear during the final regular season game of the 2011 season, missed the first three games of the se…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

For the first time this year, the Steelers won’t have their starting quarterback.  For the third time, they’ll have their starting running back. Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that Steelers running back Isaac Redman said it “loo…

ESPN.com

In terms of matchups, it doesn't get any closer than the Ravens' and Steelers' offenses. Through nine games, both offenses have produced exactly the same amount of yards -- 3,187. Of course, the Steelers offense will be different with Byron Leftwich sta…

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

Byron Leftwich knows no one is giving him much of a chance. The Steelers are 0-4 against the Ravens without the injured Ben Roethlisberger, who is not going to play Sunday night because of a dislocated rib and sprained shoulder. But the Steelers backup …

AFC North chat alert

Nov 15, 2012

ESPN.com

The AFC North weekly chat will kick off today at 4 p.m. ET. It got pushed back from its normal time slot because of a scheduling conflict. If you want to talk Ravens-Steelers, the Bengals' playoff chances or the Browns' quarterback situation, all you ha…

ESPN.com

Every blog is making a case today for one team from the division to make the Super Bowl. The choice in the AFC North is the Baltimore Ravens. Here's why: Ben Roethlisberger's injuries make the Ravens the clear-cut favorite to win the division. The Steel…

ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com

The Washington Redskins say coach Mike Shanahan had money and a passport stolen from the locker room during the road game against the Pittsburgh Steelers last month.

ESPN.com

Yes, I'm still writing about Ben Roethlisberger. That's what happens when a two-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback gets hurt. It's what we refer to in the biz as Big News. If you want to talk about other things not related to Big Ben, you can stop by t…

Brian Burke, nytimes.com

The injury that may have the biggest effect on any team this season is probably Ben Roethlisberger's shoulder and rib injury.