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As if Pittsburgh didn't already have enough to be proud of in sports, Hines Ward just went and added another accomplishment to the city's stellar sports career.  After Sunday's game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Ward had accumulated over 10,000 career receiving yards.  A milestone that has been reached by only 31 other receivers in NFL history. 

Ward is the first Steelers receiver to ever receive this honor.  Unfortunately, the team was unable to pull out a win against the Bengals to make the whole evening a joyous occasion. 

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Despite having a great start, the Pittsburgh Steelers faltered towards the end and gave up a close game to the Cincinnati Bengals. So far, this hasn't been the same team of Super Bowl Champs we saw last season, but hopefully it's just a rough start. At least Pittsburgh has been able to hold each loss to a three-point difference. Even last year, the team put up four losses during the season, all more than a three-point loss.

Jeff Reed started off the scoring for Pittsburgh with a 19 yard Field Goal. After getting the ball back, Ben Roethlisberger completed a 27 yard pass to Willie Parker to add a Touchdown to the score in the final minutes of the first quarter. The second quarter went pretty well with Reed adding another three points to the Steeler's score, giving them a 13-0 lead over the Bengals. The Bengals managed to put up a Field Goal before half time.

Early in the third quarter, Roethlisberger attempted a pass to Santonio Holmes which was intercepted and ran back for a Bengals Touchdown. The Bengals went for two points, but were unsuccessful. However, in the final minutes of the third quarter, the Steelers made another Touchdown off a one yard run by Roethlisberger, making the score 20-9. It all looked good for the Steelers until the fourth quarter when the Bengals really stepped up their game and put up two Touchdowns, one being in the final seconds of play, giving them the ending lead over Pittsburgh.

At least 10 New Owners will be joining the Pittsburgh Steelers in the next day or two.  According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, some of the New Minority Owners will include "the Paul family of Pittsburgh, James Haslam III of Knoxville, Tenn., Hollywood producer Thomas Tull, Steelers Hall of Fame receiver John Stallworth, Bruce V. Rauner of Chicago and the Varischetti family of Brockway, Pa." 

The Pittsburgh Steelers were previously owned by the five sons of Art Rooney, Sr., who founded the fifth oldest franchise in the NFL, and the McGinley family of Pittsburgh.  In this new restructuring, the following changes are expected to occur:

-Pat Rooney will sell all but 3% of his shares

-Tim Rooney is expected to sell his entire 16% of shares

-John and Art Rooney, Jr. will each keep about half of their 16% ownership

-The McGinley family will sell about half of their 20% ownership

-Art Rooney Sr.'s son Dan, and his son Art Rooney II, will continue to run the franchise

-The rest of the ownership will be distributed amongst the new minority owners

This new change to the Steelers should not really affect the team itself, so expect to see the same winning team from last year!

The Super Bowl Champs almost walked away victorious against the Chicago Bears, but the absence of Troy Polamalu and the crummy weather conditions aided in a loss for the Pittsburgh Steelers.  Ben Roethlisberger and the rest of the Steelers offense had some great drives down the field, but were held to two Touchdowns.  This, along with two missed Field Goal attempts, left the Steelers to return back to Pittsburgh with a 1-1 record. 

The Steelers started off the scoring in the first period with a 1 yard pass from Roethlisberger to Matt Spaeth.  In the second quarter, Roethlisberger threw an interception, but the Bears were unable to do anything with the drive.  In the final moments of the first half, the Bears scored a Touchdown to tie up the game at 7.

The Steelers were able to put up another Touchdown in the third quarter, taking the lead again.  Roethlisberger made a two yard run into the End Zone.  Early in the fourth quarter, Jeff Reed attempted a 38 yard Field Goal, but was unsuccessful.  At this point, the cold rain was coming down pretty hard and the ball and field were getting pretty slick.  The Bears made a drive down the field and scored another Touchdown to tie up the game at 14.  With over six minutes left in the game, there was plenty of time for Big Ben to take the team down the field and score the winning Touchdown.  They made it down to Chicago's 25 yard line before they had to put the game in Reed's hands.  Another unsuccessful kick gave the Bears control of the ball, and after a quick drive down the field, the Bears kicked in the winning Field Goal. 

Overall, Roethlisberger only had a mediocre day.  He did have the Touchdown pass and the run in for a Touchdown, but he only passed for 221 yards, completed 23 of his 35 passes, and had that interception.  Hopefully, he will have a better game against the Bengals in Cincinnati next week.  

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