PITTSBURGH
—New season, sameclutch Steelers.Ben Roethlisberger did it again Thursday night, leading the Steelersdownfield on the first possession of overtime, as Pittsburgh outlasted the Titans, 13-10, to begin the 2009 NFLregular season. It was a game withmany twists, including an unfortu-nate twist of Troy Polamalu’s knee.Here are some key storylines comingout of a hard-hitting opener:
Polamalu will miss time.
The Steelers’ safety left late inthe second quarter with aleft knee injury. Coach Mike Tomlin called Polamalu’sinjury an MCL sprain, butfurther tests would be done.“Those things have a range of 3-6(weeks),” Tomlin said. “It is specula-tion at this point.”
The Titans were tenacious.
The Titans’ defense still looked fero-cious, sacking Roethlisberger fourtimes. Apparently they will be finewithout Albert Haynesworth.
Santonio Holmes was superagain.
He was the best receiver onthe field (nine catches, 131 yards, onetouchdown). That Super Bowl MVPtrophy has not gone to his head.
— Clifton Brown
Rockies climbing toward top
Colorado won its seventh straight Thursday, moving within two of N.L.West-leading L.A.
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Ben Roethlisberger went 33 of 43 for363 yards to overcome the Steelers’lack of a running game. Page 7
Right where they left off,
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Capsules on inductees,
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Ode to his Airness,
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Q&A with David Robinson,
Page 38With Michael Jordanentering the BasketballHall of Fame today, SeanDeveney ranks No. 23’stop moments:
1.
Jordan nails thegame-winning jumper in Game 6 of the 1998 Finals.
2.
The imageof Jordan cryingand holding his firstchampionship trophy.
3.
After knocking downsix first-half 3-pointersagainst the Blazers in Game 1 of the 1992 Finals, Jordan turns tothe scorer’s table and shrugs.
Five-star shootout
Young guns Pryor, Barkley will shapenational title picture in Columbus clash
Saturday’s Ohio State-USC showdown pits the No. 1 QB recruits from the pasttwo years—OSU sophomore Terrelle Pryor and Trojans freshman Matt Barkley.They might battle for All-American honors and Heismans down the road, but alleyes are on their first meeting. Here’s a comparison of the stars-in-the-making:
He can launch the ball, and hecontinues to work on harnessingthat power. His physical strengthmight put him an eyelash ahead.
ARM
Edge
A tough call, since he’s thrown 19passes as a collegian. But the tutorsfrom his high school days raveabout his ability to make throws.A year of experience helps hiscause. But he struggled in 2008’sbiggest spot (Penn State) and splittime at quarterback with ToddBoeckman in the Fiesta Bowl.
POISE
Edge
Both coaches compliment hismakeup and command of theUSC offense. “He has an excellentpresence about him,” OSU’s Jim Tressel said.Pryor’s 4.33 40-yard dash makeshim the fastest Buckeye. He thriveswith the ball in the open field. “Hehas a marvelous ability to take off and run when he has to,” USC coachPete Carroll said.
QUICKNESS
Edge
Again, limited body of work here, but it looks as thoughBarkley will leave the runningand cutting to his teammates. The Ohio State pass rush wantsto see him move a little, though.His quick ascendance last yearcaused a small schism in thelocker room. And that “Vick” eye-black display last week broughtOSU some bad PR.
INTANGIBLES
Edge
Listen to the coaches, and thiskid’s The Natural. “He had to haveeverything going for himself,”Carroll said. Otherwise, he’s stillbacking up Aaron Corp.Lots of speed around him, buthe misses last year’s experience inthe backfield (Beanie Wells) andout wide (Brian Hartline and BrianRobiskie).
SUPPORTING CAST
Edge
Tons of experience upfront, a Taylor Mays-led defense, and ahealthy Joe McKnight. Tough tobeat all that.
Steelers 13, Titans 10, OT
USC AT
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MJ’s magic moments
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NFL
Pittsburgh 13, Tennessee 10, OT
College Football
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No. 15 Georgia Tech 30, Clemson 27
Baseball
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Toronto 3, Minnesota 2Kansas City 7, Detroit 4L.A. Angels 3, Seattle 0
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Colorado 5, Cincinnati 1Washington 8, Philadelphia 7Florida 13, N.Y. Mets 4Atlanta 9, Houston 7
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— all times Eastern
PRO BASKETBALL
Hall of Fameenshrinement ceremony
6:30 p.m., ESPN, NBA TV
It’s been a long time since a group this dis-tinguished entered basketball’s Hall of Fame.Indeed, it could be argued that this class—ledby Michael Jordan, but also including JohnStockton, David Robinson and coaches JerrySloan and Vivian Stringer—is the greatestever to enter the hoops Hall. If you’ve got aticket, you’re lucky. The venue was movedfrom the Hall of Fame to the bigger SpringfieldSymphony Hall, but even still, fewer than 3,000will be in attendance.
— Sean Deveney
BASEBALL
White Sox at Angels
10 p.m., WGN
Chicago has won four of the six gamesbetween these teams this season, includingtwo of three at Angel Stadium. However, itwas a former White Sox player who did muchof the offensive damage. Jim Thome, nowwith the Dodgers, homered three times anddrove in eight runs against the Angels thisseason. Chicago still has righthander GavinFloyd, who has a 2.25 ERA and 14 strikeouts intwo starts vs. L.A. this season. Floyd will starttonight.
—Chris Bahr
TENNIS
U.S. Open
12:30 p.m., CBS
Kim Clijsters already has knocked off oneWilliams sister (Venus), and now she has achance to knock off the other. The tourna-ment’s best remaining story after MelanieOudin was ousted, Clijsters is trying to becomethe first mom to reach a Grand Slam final in29 years. If Clijsters beats Serena Williamstoday, she will have earned it. Serena is theonly woman not to have lost a set in thistournament.
— Roger Kuznia
AUTO RACING
8 a.m.SPEED—
FormulaOne, practice forItalian Grand Prix,at Monza, Italy
10 a.m.ESPN2—
NASCAR,Nationwide Series,final practicefor Virginia 529College Savings250, at Richmond,Va.
NoonSPEED—
NASCAR,Sprint Cup,practice for ChevyRock & Roll 400, atRichmond, Va.
2 p.m.ESPN2—
NASCAR,Sprint Cup, “HappyHour Series,” finalpractice for ChevyRock & Roll 400, atRichmond, Va.
4 p.m.ESPN2—
NASCAR,Nationwide Series,pole qualifyingfor Virginia 529College Savings250, at Richmond,Va.
5:30 p.m.ESPN2—
NASCAR,Sprint Cup, polequalifying forChevy Rock & Roll400, at Richmond,Va.
7:30 p.m.ESPN2—
NASCAR,Nationwide Series,Virginia 529College Savings250, at Richmond,Va.
BASKETBALL
6:30 p.m.ESPN—
Hallof FameEnshrinementCeremony, atSpringfield, Mass.
COLLEGEFOOTBALL
9 p.m.ESPN—
Coloradoat Toledo
CYCLING
1 a.m.VERSUS—
Tourof Missouri, fifthstage, at Sedalia,Mo. (delayed tape)
GOLF
9 a.m.TGC—
EuropeanPGA Tour,Mercedes-BenzChampionship,second round, atCologne, Germany
12:30 p.m.TGC—
LPGA,NW ArkansasChampionship,first round, atRogers, Ark.
3 p.m.TGC—
PGA Tour, BMWChampionship,second round, atLemont, Ill.
6:30 p.m.TGC—
Nationwide Tour, UtahChampionship,second round,at Sandy, Utah(same-day tape)
MAJOR LEAGUEBASEBALL
2:10 p.m.WGN—
Cincinnatiat Chicago Cubs
10 p.m.WGN—
ChicagoWhite Sox at L.A.Angels
TENNIS
12:30 p.m.CBS—
U.S. Open,men’s doublesand women’ssemifinals, at NewYork
OFF THE FIELD
The Stanley Cup-champion Penguinsvisted the White House on Thursday,and
President Obama
congratulated theteam, jokingly pointing out that “
Sidney(Crosby
) must be pretty fast, cause thereare some big hockey players and he’snot one of them,” according to CNN.The Penguins brought the cup to theWhite House and Obama did not leaveempty-handed, either. After posing forphotos with the 44th president, theteam presented him with with a per-sonalized “Obama 44” Pittsburgh Pen-guins jersey.
Crimes and courts
The lawyer for a woman who is accus-ing
Ben Roethlisberger
of rape is prepared toask a Nevada court to compel the Pitts- burgh Steelers quarterback to name allthe women he has had sex with, courtdocuments show. Reno lawyer
Cal Dunlap
also said that if Roethlisberger’s requestto waive court rules and speed up the evi-dence-gathering process is granted, healso should be given immediate access tothe quarterback’s phone records andInternet communications.
Around the NFL
NFL fans whose local teams’ gamesare blacked out will be able to watchreplays online for free—though notuntil after midnight.The recession has left several teamsin danger of having games blacked outthis season. The league announcedThursday that home fans will be able toview the delayed broadcasts onNFL.comfor 72 hours, except during
Monday Night Football
.A game is not aired in the home marketif it does not sell out 72 hours in advance.NFL ticket prices climbed 3.9 per-cent to an average of $74.99 for the2009 season. According to Team Mar-keting Report’s survey releasedWednesday, 21 teams either kept pricesthe same or lowered them. The mainreason for the percentage increase wasthe new Dallas Cowboys’ stadium thatcost $1.2 billion to build.
Must-see TV: LeBron Channel?
The latest rumor involving Cavaliersforward and potential 2010 free agent
LeBron James
and the Knicks, as reported by the New York
Daily News
, is that Cable-vision, which owns the Knicks, will cir-cumvent the salary cap by giving Jameshis own channel. “I don’t know exactlyhow that will work,” reporter Frank Isolawrote, “but that’s what I’ve heard.”
— Compiled by Ken Bradley, with wire reports
Pens take Cup to the House
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Here are some facts about Ohio State’smarching band:— It has 225 pieces, including 64 cornets, 20flugelhorns, 28 mellophones, 33 trombones,28 baritone horns, 28 sousaphones, 14 snaredrums, five pairs of cymbals and five of those five-headed tom-toms.— There are 33 alternate musicians, ner-vously waiting for their chance to step in.—Usually, a fourth- or fifth-year sousaphoneplayer “dots the i” in the Script Ohio. Or, if you prefer, provides the “tribble.”
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Doug Collins
TNT NBA analystWinner of Basketball Hall of Fame’s 2009 Curt Gowdy Award
(What you won’t find on Facebook … even if you are approved as a friend)
Born:
July 28, 1951, in Christopher, Ill.
Status:
Married
Alma mater:
Illinois State
What’s on TV:
CSI, Cold Case, Forensic Files, Law & Order SVU, The Today Show, So You Think You Can Dance, Dateline NBC, Friday Night Lights, 48 Hours Mystery
What’s in my iPod:
Old Motown, Temptations, FourTops, Jeffrey Osborne, Teddy Pendergrass, LionelRichie, Brian McKnight, Anita Baker, GladysKnight & The Pips
What I drive:
Metallic silver Mercedes 500 SL
Favorite flicks:
The Wizard of Oz, Gladiator, Forrest Gump, Philadelphia, Big, Hoosiers, Remember theTitans
What I’m reading:
Excuses Begone! How to Change Lifelong, Self-Defeating Thinking Habits
, by Dr.Wayne Dyer;
The Gold Standard: Building a World-Class Team
, by Coach K;
The Shack
, by William P.Young
Magazine subscriptions:
Men’s Health, Blue Planet
(Duke basketball)
Bookmarks:
Don’t have a computer
Worst habit:
I’m very obsessive/compulsive.
On my office walls:
Picturesof grandkids/family;Michael Jordan’s signed jerseys with Bulls andWizards; my 4 All-Star jerseys—’76, ’77, ’78, ’79;Olympic uniform (#5);retired jerseys from Ben-ton H.S. and Illinois StateUniversity (#20)
Love to trade places for a daywith …
Wyatt Earp. Wouldhave loved to have lived inthe Wild West and been the fastest gun alive.
First job:
Bagging groceries at IGA Foodliner,14 years old, Benton, Ill. Stocked shelves andtook groceries to customers’ cars. Made mini-mum wage, about $1.27/hr. Made me proud tohelp people. I loved to work hard.
Talent I’d most like to have:
Would love to be anR&B singer
Favorite meal:
Bone-in ribeye/Southern friedchicken, Caesar salad, baked potato/Frenchfries, red wine
Favorite athlete to watch in another sport:
PeytonManning
Favorite city to visit:
Chicago
Favorite teams as a kid:
St. Louis Cardinals— baseball and football
Favorite values in others:
Being trustworthy,dependable and hard-working
Favorite physical attribute about myself:
My height
And least …
My weight
Dream date:
Other than my wife, NatalieWood
My greatest love:
Jesus Christ and my family—wife Kathy; children Chris (35) and Kelly (31);grandkids Ryan (6), Kate (3), Cooper (2+), Col-lin (9 months)
My bucket list:
1. Go to Wimbledon, 2. Go to theMasters, 3. Go to an LSU football game, 4. Seemy 4 grandkids graduate college, 5. See theirweddings
My mottos:
Proverbs 3:5-6, my favor-ite Bible verse; “Luck favors theprepared man.”
— Jeff D’Alessio
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