Super Bowl Champion Pittsburgh Steelers Update.

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From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:

Bettis lands a job with NBC

Two weeks after retiring from the NFL, Steelers running back Jerome Bettis already has found gainful employment.

Bettis will serve as a studio analyst with Bob Costas (I hope Jerome will be able to stay awake. - F. G.) and Cris Collinsworth on NBC's telecasts of Sunday night football - and his first day on the job will feature the Steelers' season opener on a special Thursday night edition Sept. 7.

The show will be called "Football Night in America." (Don Cherry, call your office. - F.G.) The announcement was made Sunday night when Bettis, accompanied by his parents, paid a visit to Costas at NBC's studio in Turin, Italy, for the Winter Olympics.
NBC says the one-hour pregame show will begin at 7 p.m.

Known for his gregarious personality, Bettis won several awards during his career for his affable nature with the media, and he hosted his own local TV show.

Bettis, 34, follows a line of former Steelers players who work or have worked as network analysts, including Terry Bradshaw, Lynn Swann, Mark Malone and Merrill Hoge.

Bettis' move to television continued a whirlwind two weeks for him, which included helping the Steelers beat the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XL in his hometown of Detroit, visiting Disney World the next day and making stops at "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and "Live with Regis and Kelly," among others.

Ranked fifth all-time in rushing, Bettis has become a celebrity even away from the field. He had talked several times about potentially moving to the broadcasting side of the NFL.

He now gets that wish on NBC, which hasn't televised NFL games since 1997. NBC will handle Sunday night telecasts, which previously aired on ESPN, and ESPN will take over Monday Night Football, previously on its sister network ABC.

The NFL now considers Sunday night football its marquee television showcase and will employ a flexible scheduling model. NBC's multiyear rights deal with the NFL begins in September.


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Steelers sign three former Panthers
Quarterback Rod Rutherford, linebacker Malcolm Postell and running back Mike Jemison are among 19 free-agent additions for the Steelers.

Hmmm...We might be getting a little ahead of ourselves with this next one:

Super Bowl XLI logo unveiled
The official logo for Super Bowl XLI was unveiled at a news conference in Miami, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2006.

Steelers Super Bowl XL memorable moments
Starting Feb. 8, the Tribune-Review published a daily series of photographs depicting the most memorable moments from Super Bowl XL.

Staley changes story
The tailback now says he was not robbed outside a South Carolina gentlemen's club.

Steelers stuff sells better than Pats
Steelers fans go wild for anything emblazoned with the team's black and gold — and now anything that says Super Bowl on it.

Haslett happy to be back in NFL
One frustrating day as a television analyst convinced Jim Haslett he wanted another NFL coaching job, even as an assistant.

Staley robbed at club
Steelers running back Duce Staley told authorities that jewelry worth $100,000 was stolen from him during a scuffle at the entrance to a gentlemen's club near his home in South Carolina.

Steelers may open season on Sept. 7
To the Super Bowl victor goes the spoils of opening the ensuing season with a nationally televised game. Which means the Steelers are in line to kick off the NFL schedule in 2006.

Steelers took the scenic route
Loudly and proudly, they finally got to proclaim, after a 26-year wait, "We are the champions!"

Steelers game-by-game recaps
Game by game reviews of the Steelers 2005 season.

NFL likely to open season in Pittsburgh
The 2006 NFL season most likely will start in Pittsburgh on Sept. 7, keeping with a recent trend of beginning the schedule with the current Super Bowl champion.

Student in Broncos jersey furor enrolls in new school
A high school student who complained that a teacher forced him to sit on the floor during a midterm exam — for wearing a Denver Broncos jersey — has left the school district after what his father said was continued harassment and silence from students.

Steelers believed from Day 1
Books will be written about these Steelers. Photos will adorn the team offices for a lifetime. Things will never be the same for them.

Definitely getting ahead of ourselves, but let's let Joey be Joey:

Steelers sense a sixth
Linebacker Joey Porter's championship parade declaration -- "Get used to this; plan on doing this once a year, baby" -- wasn't the first suggestion from a Steelers player that perhaps a dynasty had been born during Super Bowl XL.

A dynasty in the making?
"The Bus" made his final stop in Detroit, but the Steelers' Super Bowl train could roll on for years.