roethlisberger has time. finds ward wide open. >> cris: this four-man pass rush is just not working. they just can't do it. when you have zone defense, it gets stretched. the launch you hold the ball as a quarterbac instead of conferring 40 yards of field, you're covering exiting yards of field. those holes are gaping in there. when you talk about a ay that we may look back on the season between these two great football teams could be monumental. now, they have to get this clock run out. >> al: griffin went to the pro bowl last year. first and ten. now, the ball is at the 4 yard line. and this is johnson. tennessee will take -- pittsburgh wants to use their time-outs they have to. and they will spend the first of ose right here. >> cris: i think they're going to get the clock to run out here. i think they can do that. remember, just in case, if the titans had to punt it. remember that weird rule, that they can fair catch the kick and then get the free kick for a game-winning field goal. that i thinkhe way thi

roethlisberger has time. finds ward wide open. >> cris: this four-man pass rush is just not working. they just can't do it. when you have a zone defense, it gets stretched. the launch you hold the ball as a quarterback, instead of conferring 40 yards of field, you're covering exiting yards of field. those holes are gaping in there. when you talk about a play that we may look back on the season between these two great football teams could be monumental. now, they have to get this clock run out. >> al: griffin went to the pro bowl last year. first and ten. now, the ball is at the 4 yard line. and this is johnson. tennessee will take -- pittsburgh wants to use their time-outs they have to. and they will spend the first of those right here. >> cris: i think they're going to get the clock to run out here. i think they can do that. remember, just in case, if the titans had to punt it. remember that weird rule, that they can fair catch the kick and then get the free kick for a game-winning field goal. that i think t

in the fourth quarter, roethlisberger connected on a 30-yard passion to hines ward, but the ball wasing the game tied 10-10. in overtime, roethlisberger moved the ball to the 15 yard line and a field goal ended it 13-10 steelers. >>> at the u.s. open, serena and venus williams beat a russian pair to make the women's doubles final for the first time in ten years. if they win it, it would be their 10th career grand slam doubles title. >>> in baseball, the colorado rockies beat cincinnati for their seventh straight win. a garrett atkins homer highlighted colorado's five run third inning. the final rockies 5, reds 1, leaving colorado just two games behind the dodgers in the nl west. >>> and in the american league, angels right hander john lackey threw a five-hit complete game and torii hunter contributed a two run homer as l.a. blanked seattle 3-037. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories and sorting out the rhetoric, a closer look at health insurance company profits. achoo! (announcer) what are you going to miss when you have an allergy attack? achoo! (announcer)

>>> and super bowl winning quarterback ben roethlisberger has a deal on the table. we'll tell you how the steelers star can get out of legal trouble. those stories coming up. in the meantime, thank you for joining us on september 9, 2009. >>> we just got all this information about 9-9-09. the number nine holds a special rank, associated with forgiveness, compassion and success. that is on the positive side. on the negative side it means arrogance and self righteousness. the japanese think nine is bad luck, like similar to 13 where we they avoid the ninth floor. this is thanks to our producer dan carpenter. >> hopefully you'll exercise that compassion and forgiveness because we have a bad forecast. don't blame it on the messenger, right? this morning, cool, breezy, wet for some of you. 64 degrees in oakland mills middle school in columbia. light wind from the north. we'll take you to columbia on maryland's most powerful doppler radar. looks like back towards the west is where we have the rain from mount airy to frederick. we had the shower pass out of westminster and

no drill charges were ever filed against roethlisberger.ave to wonder if that would change. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a south carolina man was buried in his car. he must have loved that thing. the 91-year-old's wish was to be buried in his 1973 pontiac. that's him in the front seat. they had to use a crane to put the car in the ground. >> this was mr. hollowway. he didn't do anything halfway. if he do it, he have to do it right or don't do it at all. >> they say you can't take it with you. >> you may not carry it all the way, but you can take it a little ways on the road. >> wow. local media reports say he also wanted his rifles and handguns buried with him so they wouldn't get into the wrong hands. >>> kind of ironic. he still has his seat belt on. kind of weird. >> i wonder if he thought, this will be really difficult for them. i'm going to say this, you know? you've got to get a crane. >> do you have to buy two plots? that's huge. good for him. propped him up there, put the seat belt on him. >> rest his soul. >> what's up, rob? >> s

roethlisberger, all the time in the world and throw for nor -- nearly 400 yards.icketing with wallace at the 1500-yard line, setting up jeff reid from 37 yards out, drills a game-winning field-goal. the steelers beat the titans 13- 10 in leavetime. >>> the terrapins have their home openetomorrow and will host that game at 6:00. the terps trying to get redemption after losing to cal last week. >>> there is a new acc season on football on my 20. wake forest hosting sanford. the kickoff is at noon. >>> and elsewhere, michael jordan heads the class of tape inducted into the basketball hall of fame. jordan was a five-time mvp who won six times with the bulls and played his last two seasons as you remember, with the wizards. david robinson, stockson and jerry sloan and rutgers women's coach vivien stringer. this game, of course, is getting set to kickoff. supposed to kickoff at 6:30 and highlights at 10. back to you. >> see you then. now you have the news edge. have a fantastic friday night and stay dry. hope you will see us 10.

here is what she would like ben roethlisberger to do.pologize, and to donate to an abused women's negotiatioorgani. >> it would be an admission of guilt. if she could still sue him because he will have admitted that this act. the admission is evidence against him. separately, the prosecutors have investigated the claims and have decided there was not evidence to prosecute. thirdly, there's something called his contract with the pittsburgh steelers, which has a morals clause. if he admits to committing a felony, he will never play in the nfl again. it is truly bizarre. this would give new life to the allegations. trace: is this a hint that she will go after him for a lot of money? >> no, i think it is a last- ditch effort on the part of her lawyers to end this with some saving face for her. the police who investigated this -- please do not hesitate to investigate just because they defended is a celebrity. they have said there is insufficient evidence. there is no case. you do not wait to this length of time. you do not have intimate conta

>> roethlisberger and brady are in the conversation.ut he is not going to make mistakes and he has the skill set. errors think his brother eli is in the conversation. if hi to do somebody today i am taking drew brees. nine touchdown passes in the first two games. wonderful receivers. it is important to have really good receivers. >> are we taking the quarterback or the receivers. the thing about peyton manning -- >> it doesn't matter who they put around him. dallas clark would not be this in any other system. tom brady, you see the way edelman does it. >> that is true about drew brees who had unknown receivers when he got to new orleans and suddenly you have heard of all of them. i don't think you can just pick one guy. the guy who is making a living on doing it lately is ben roethlisberger. he also has very good receivers. there are a lot of guys out there you would hand it to and not be afraid of handing them the ball. >> roethlisberger is so hard to tackle. peyton manning never gets sacked in those situations. >> plaxico burress sent

roethlisberger's lawyer says they don't accept the offer. it's designed to counter claims that the lawsuit was just about money. >>> in sports the redskins are getting ready for the season opener against the giants this weekend. >>> serena williams shines at the u.s. open. lindsay czarniak wraps it up in your sports minute. >>> good morning everybody. your sports minute on this wednesday morning begins with the redskins and preparations for sunday's game against the giants ramp up today. one guy looking and excited about helping out is offensive lineman mike williams who made it as one of the ten offensive linen the redskins kept. he lost more than 100 pounds during the off season. he provides the skins with depth along the o line. to baseball, nationals pitcher john lannan was doing well until the seventh inning, he gave up three solo home run ins the inning. the nationals gave up five in the game. the phillies get the win 5-3. in boston, the orioles got pounded. the red sox hit six home runs including two from dustin pedroia as the red sox

ben roethlisberger denies the allegations. this week his attorney released email and text messages that he says the accuser wrote that suggest she was a willing participant. she says the messages were taken out of context. big ben and the steelers kick off the nfl's regular season tonight in tennessee while green bay won't play until sunday. some diehard packer fans are already heading to the team's first game in style. it's our top story on a fox trip across america. shepard: wisconsin. the rats lives are hard core green bay packer fans. like they do every year they're making 160-mile trip to the field in their horse and buggy. no need for gasoline on this trip. >> he gets 30 to 40 miles on a bay of hay now. it's not like the gas in our vehicles. we get good mileage with him. shepard: good mileage but no word on how long it takes to make the journey. in marathon county, wisconsin, the sheriff's department releasing video of a high speed chase. at one point a guy throws a beer keg out the window. deputy arrested two men in the

ben roethlisberger threw for 313 yards. maryland looking to rebound after a lop-sided loss against cal last weekend. terps ten-point favorites over jmu saturday night. jmu hails from the caa, the colonial athletic association. it'she same conference that pulled off three major upsets over big-time schools last weekend. maryland hoping to pull off their own upset in berkeley last week. it was evident theff the bat that wasn't going to happen. cal running back torched the new-look maryland defense averaging ten yards per carry. i think this one helped out his average a bit. cal racked up over 500 yards in a 52-13 win. terps didn't help themselves in offense or special teams either. that is history. now fridge and friends are focused on beating jmu for their first win of the season. >> it's like life. you have to be able to respond to adversity. there is nothing we can do to dwell on this game other than to take what we learn from this game and go on. we start worried, cal's over. it's done. we need to worry about james madiso

. >> and for the pittsburgh steelers now, ben roethlisberger and the offense is going to have to start getting it going. so long now they have been able to rely on the defense but offensively, united kingdom make mistakes and can't have the big turnovers they had today and they have to start making plays on the offensive side. >> al: sunday night! it is sunday night! see you sunday night from steel town. final score here in the desert now is indianapolis 31 and arizona 10. "football night in america" next sunday night and until then, al michaels and cris collinsworth and andrea kremer and our entire crew saying good night from glendale, arizona. the colts go to 3-0. . -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com touchdown >>> depressed. >> something's got to give. >>> d.c. is in a state of disbelief tonight over the redskins loss to the losingest team in the nfl. good sunday. i'm craig melvin. >>> today's loss in detroit didn't just shock hard-core football followers or redskins nation. casual football fans are scratching their heads tonight, too. is it the quarterback? is it the ownership? i

you're asking the quarterback to go back that many times, roethlisberger, and we know he's a fantastic quarterback and takes all the hits time after time, that's going to wear him out. >> even a big guy like ben who probably has 30 pounds on most of the people trying to tackle him at this point. rushing the ball is a problem, mark, for the pittsburgh offense. is getting to the passer a problem for the pittsburgh defense which was so dominant last year? >> they were dominant last year. part of that is because you're not running the ball very well. >> don't have troy polamalu. >> the bottom line is, you don't control the clock and when you control the clock, it makes it so other teams feel like we're running out of possessions, we have to throw the ball. when the steelers get in that situation with guys off the edge, they're going to get after the quarterback. they have two sacks. they're not doing it very well. but i do agree with mike holmgren on this, curb your enthusiasm, one of the things you have to understand, they played the tennessee titans, pretty good run defense and the chica

roethlisberger, looking and finding hines ward. ward, though, fumbles the ball. titans recovered it. and ward is not pleased about it. we're headed to overtime. steelers' jeff reed, into attempt the 33-yard field goal attempt. it is up and it is good. hines ward and the steelers survive, 13-10. >>> college football, now. number 15, georgia tech, entertaining clemson. fourth quarter. tied up at 27-27. josh nesbitt, hooked up denarius thomas. puts them in field goal range. from 36 yards out, scott blair nails it. georgia tech up three. with 30 ticks on the clock, kyle parker, short over the middle on fourth and ten. it was spended for c.j. spiller. georgia tech hangs on to win it 30-27. >>> that will do it for this espn news update. now, back to jeremy and vinita and "america this morning." >> football is finally back. >>> it looked like a soaring success in the skies over enid, oklahoma. >> thousands of kites danced through the air, in an attempt to break a guinness world record. oklahoma isai w ting to see if they beat germany's record of 967 kites. >> if they ca

ben roethlisberger, these two, santonio holmes with a hero in the super bowl. oh, that sends jeff reed out who missed a makable field goal earlier fourth quarter. who? really? we stay tied. jeff reed normally pretty darn good but not on this day. just over 3:00 to go. bears driving, dumped to matt forte. this is a good-looking play. gene harris knocks it loose but greg olsen recovered, now on the ball. 20 seconds ago, we said gold at fort knox, robby is solid gold with a field goal. 44-yard field goal good. and the bears go on to beat the steelers 17-14. bears with a rough early schedule and they faced last week with jay cutler with the four picks and come back against the super bowl champion team that had 10 days off. beat them 17-14. a relieved quarterback. >> means a lot. it means a lot to this team which is a lot of pressure and expectations since i got here and orlando got here and the defense stepped it up. glad to get this one off our back and move on. >> while a chin strap game and a big way to go for chicago because it could have gotten bad. >> well, i

for steelers quarterback ben roethlisberger. here's what the lawyer for the woman accusing him wants. says that his client is going to drop her civil lawsuit if ben acknowledges the rape and apologizes. now, his client would also like the quarterback to donate $100,000 to a group for abused woman. the woman filed a lawsuit in july accusing the super bowl winner of assaulting her in a hotel room last year. >>> it was october, 1997, armando benitez delivers a fastball to cleveland's tony fernandez who smacks it over the right field wall. i turned to a fan and said that is a franchise ruining home run wrecker. from that moment on the orioles haven't seen the light at the end of the tunnel. last night in boston the red sox flood six homers to beat the orioles 10-0. a shutout in september stings. with the loss the orioles clinked a 12th straight losing season. >>> the h1n1 virus caused concern for millions of us >> a florida couple is not taking any chances. the sign they came up with is now turning into a business. >>> plus, not res

. >> cris i'm thinking roethlisberger is not really throwing the in the super bowl, he is going to meweldeoore and hines ward and it turns out it's holmes and then rodgers is not going to go to jennings, he is going to go to donald lee and guess what happens? >> jennings is always a good choice, you know? i've got to go back and clean up a little bit. i gave a lot of credit to joe philbin for that call. obviously mike mccarthy calling the plays as he did throughout the course of the night and they had a time-out and time to discuss it over there but one of those calls if you don't make that and you end up fourth and one and don't convert, it takes a lot of nerve in this newspaper and internet age to roll the dice like that, but, boy, when it pays off, it sure is fun to watch. >> plenty of fodder in chicago tomorrow. we go to arlington, texas, that is going to be great. giants and cowboys great but especially in that environment. >> that stadium. it's like the eighth wonder of the world down there! they say the scoreboard is right in front of you. it goes 20 yard line to 20 yard line. can't

ben roethlisberger, these two, he and santonio holmes were the heroes much in the super bowl. oh!hat sends jeff reid out who missed a makable field goal earlier fourth quarter. two?! really? so we stay tied. jeff reid normally pretty darn good, but not on this day. just over three to go.

in the past two years roethlisberger has been able to move defenders away with his eyes.rickery by using the pump fake. it fooled the other side. flak flak -- during the offseason, flacco has become more comfortable releasing the ball quicker, and the opening victory is a sign he has confidence in the pass blocking of his massive offensive line. inside the huddle. john clayton, espn. >> a look at tuesday's notable home runs. adam linn, 30th of the season. first blue jay left-handed batter with at least 30 home runs since 2004. >> the royals second baseman with ten homers this season. ♪ coming up on "espnews." two raise for the price of -- races for the price of one. rockies and the dodgers. >> a wild scene in new york. tempers flair and benches clear and there's a rumble in the bronx. and michael vick is serving a two-game suspension. he rejoined this eagles on tuesday. this is "espnews." ♪ >> welcome to "espnews." along with robert foreigners, i'm j. w stewart. been a strange few days in new york. serena, federer, and now the blue jays. >> old yankee stadium was the site

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defensive players blaming the coaches for not having them prepared. 357 yards for schaub. 321 for roethlisberger. this is not the same team and they're apparently going down. >> i'm going with tennessee as well. this is a team that's not going to get an easier schedule coming up. and look what they've already done. they lost a defensive struggle to open the season and then they get blown out, giving up 34 by home. >> so two for the titans, with one for the jaguars and woody shocked to find out that the lions aren't that good this year. the redskins beat the rams 9-7 on sunday. it was brutal. home fans booed even though the home team won. and after the game, rookie robert henson tweeted that those fans were dimwits and said they work 9:00 to 5:00 at mcdonald's. henson has since apologized, in his words "not because i'm scared but because it was the right thing to do." buy or sell the apology, woody? >> well, when he's working in a drive-thru, he'll understand that he's the dim twitter of all time. what in the world is he talking about? play some games, first of all. those fans in washington have

to get its ground game going or turns early and often to the no-huddle passing attack that ben roethlisberger thrives in. in chicago, michael smith, espn. >> coming up a little later on "sportscenter" -- don't set your fantasy rosters until you hear what the professor, john clayton, has to say about some key injuries around the league. >> we have a whole lot of top 25 college football still to get to. see if penn state and l.s.u. could survive some in-state matchups. and with an assist from the cubs' outfield, brendan ryan delivering two moments chicago would like to forget. >> i'm rachel nichols at the meadowlands. coming up on "sportscenter," i'll tell you what would make jets linebacker bart sco (kara) when my dry contacts bother me, i just can't go on with my day. l the rubbing, the blinking, the drops. my doctor told me that only acuvue® oasys™ has hydraclear® plus. so the lens stays moist. wow. it feels like it disappeared on my eye. (announcer) don't wait. enjoy the all day comfort of acuvue® oasys™ today - even if you have astigmatism. just go to acuvuetrialpair.com for a free trial p

roethlisberger. ward, polamalu, cleats from drew brees. that's the 7 to 10 event.f you want even better but more money, there's a 6 to 7 event signing autographs for ravens. lewis, flacco, suggs, ed reed, lenny moore, tom. that is going to be a terrific party. next tuesday. put up the graphic up there -- you put up the graphic up there earlier. tickets are on sale for the weekend on-line. then you can buy them at the stadium beginning at 5:00 at m & t bank stadium. again, the first portion of the event starts at 6:00. the other, 7:00 to 10:00. >> how has he changed your life? >> you saw the package with shanda. they are just strong people. >> let me tell you, here's another thing he's here for. the maryland million. mike of course works there at the track. and maryland million this year is named after another honoree. >> mckay, he founded it, his idea for the maryland million, a program for horses that are sired by maryland stallions, not necessarily born here but conceived here. this is the 24th year of the event, 12:15 on saturday. 12 races. we drew yesterday for

ben roethlisberger, these two, santonio holmes with a hero in the super bowl. oh, that sends jeff reed out who missed a makable field goal earlier fourth quarter. who? really? we stay tied. jeff reed normally pretty darn good but not on this day. just over 3:00 to go. bears driving, dumped to matt forte. this is a good-looking play. gene harris knocks it loose but greg olsen recovered, now on the ball. 20 seconds ago, we said gold at fort knox, robby is solid gold with a field goal. 44-yard field goal good. and the bears go on to beat the steelers 17-14. bears with a rough early schedule and they faced last week with jay cutler with the four picks and come back against the super bowl champion team that had 10 days off. beat them 17-14. a relieved quarterback. >> means a lot. it means a lot to this team which is a lot of pressure and expectations since i got here and orlando got here and the defense stepped it up. glad to get this one off our back and move on. >> while a chin strap game and a big way to go for chicago because it could have gotten bad. >> well, i

winding up heaving it as far as he can, roethlisberger and it's complete the bengals have upset the super bowl champions! the steelers now lost both games without polamalu. they fall two games behind the ravens in addition bengals are one back of baltimore. team that came together at the end of last year, he told us they won their last three, depleted bunch that fought hard. >> phil: veteran players, four veteran players i think they finally just had enough and decided to do something about it. >> jim: a big come back by the bengals down 13-0. they come back to win it with 14 seconds to go. closed captioning provided by cbs sports division captioning by captionmax www.captionmax.com ♪ ♪ tell me who's watching. (announcer) it's right here. it's easy. ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ it's the money you could be saving with geico. we understand. you want faster ground shipping. but put a ring of cheese in the crust and...jackpot! (announcer) introducing pizza hut's new stuffed crust pan pizza. your favorite pan pizza with a jackpot of melted cheese in the crust. a large one top

ben roethlisberger. brees, romo, peyton manning.bly what you thought you might see on this list right here coming into the season. and big name players playing to their potential. >>> coming up next here on espnews, warming up in the bull pen, couple right-handers. mike hill and qadry ismail. they'll take you through to 10:00 eastern time. much more on the late games. great one in the nfc east. redskins and giants. we encourage you to log on to sportsnation.com. send the guys your comments on the games today. you can do it every sunday during the season here on espnews. peyton manning joining elite company in yet another category. we will explain it to y (announcer) don't go unnoticed don't blend in don't be ordinary, boring or bland in other words don't be so mayo we are our unique one of a kind flavor we are miracle whip and we will not tone it down - i won! - we won a trip! - ( screams ) - we're going to the show! - i won! i won! - ( shouting ) ( shouting continues ) play the game millions have won -- scrabble at subway! you coul

roethlisberger would later take it in on his own self. steelers up 14-7.cal times in the game. chance to go up by ten. jeff reed, who won the game in overtime week one. no. look at the athletic ability by anthony davis. or anthony adams, as he celebrates. later, 3:32 to go. no. no. >> kick the ball. that's all they do. >> they kick. that's all they do. >> 3:18 on the clock, bears driving. cup cutler to matt forte. ball comes out, but greg olson recovers this one, right place, right time. then perhaps the most important play in the game. third and four. jay cutler fires that one in to devin hester. he makes the catch. so jeff reed could not do it twice. robbie gould says one time is all i need. >> did his job. >> there is your ball game. bears win 17-14. cutler, two touchdown passes and no interceptions. jeff reed's had better days. ravens-chargers. couple of teams thought to be in the mix for afc supremacy. philip rivers had himself an afternoon against a very, very tough "d." darren sproles, this helps your average. just throw it in the flat. good-bye. di

ben roethlisberger to a wide-open hines ward in the 20. but ward fumbles.coin toss. steelers took the opener in overtime, 13-10. to the college ranks, number 15, georgia tech hosting clemson. the tigers came roaring back. kyle parker connected with jobi porter. clemson was down 24-21, they tie it with a field goal. under a minute to play, tied 27-27. scott blair from 36 yards out, it proved to be the gail-winner. georgia tech survived a wild one, 30-27. a couple of weeks ago, the governing body for track and field demanded that south african runner. cast roe samena, undergo some tests. tests showed that she had both female and male sexon organs. the 18-year-olds had no ovaries, but has internal male testes. how about those whackies in bail. a 38-year-old cut mid season brought in the winning runs against the reds. jason giambi, with warning track power, rockies win it 5-1. won seven straight, they trail los angeles by two games in the west. the football team is tackling a new type of opponent, swine flu. 26 players have missed practice this week with flu-li

roethlisberger is their quarterback, you have hines ward, one of the top notch defenses in the league with, but the steelers are the favorites to return back to the super bowl. >> and the president's speech last night, scale of 1 to 10, where do you score him? >> i give it an eight. he didn't commit to the public option the way you wanted him to, ed. if you remember, we talked before his speech. he didn't commit to that, but i do like the way in which he put the republicans in a hole, basically what he did was he made some concessions, willing to engage in tort reform, et cetera. and now they're backed into a corner, because if they come against him, it's really not about health care to the american people, it's about taking this presidency down. and i think that could ultimately hurt them. so it was skilled the way the president of the united states handled that. >> stephen a. smith, always welcome on "the ed show." >>> congressman joe wilson, what a story behind this guy. we're talking about it with our panel next right here on "the ed show." they with us. it's tough to reach that f

she wants an apology and wants roethlisberger to donate $100,000 to charity. >>> it's kickoff week for national kickoff league. there's one game tomorrow night and the rest of the teams including the ravens kick things off this weekend. the ravens will be here at home at m&t bank stadium and that is where we find joel d smith with a couple of ravens cheerleaders who are getting ready for the new year with the new calendar, good morning, joel. >> good morning. here is the new calendar. last time i was shown, i didn't show enough of the calendar. look at that, miss september, live and in person right here. here is what she is doing when she is not posing for pictures in the calendar. go ahead, guys. >> go, ravens go! go. >> reporter: this is michelle. we're going to have spencer hold on to that for a minute. michelle, beautiful picture. what was it like to take a picture like that, all glamorous. >> it was different. i'm a tom boy. to be glamorous and smile and beautiful, it was different, it was awesome. >> reporter: this is the second year with the ravens cheerleaders. what was the big

in the past two years, roethlisberger's been able to move defenders away from targets with his eyes andis year he's adding to the trickery by using strong pump fakes. the strategy that foolz chris hoke for two completions in the steelers week one victory. >> the ravens plan isn't for joe flacco to throw for 307 yards as he did against the chiefs. but they believe he can do that. michael averages 26.75 a game as a rookie in an offense that averaged 37 rushing attempts. in the off season, michael was more comfortable releasing the ball quicker. and the opening victory shows he has confidence in his massive offensive line. inside the huddle, john clayton, espn. >> nfl commissioner roger goodell said the four-game suspensions for a pair of saints defensive ends won't be enforced at the present time. charles grant and will smith both violated the nfl's steroid policy last year. it's unclear if they could face a suspension down the road. >> steven strauss berg will make his pro debut sometime in the near future. the nats had the number one overall pick will pitch at least florida instructiona

roethlisberger's lawyers says they will not accept that offer.nd michael vick speaking to a group of philadelphia high school students, warns against the dangers of peer pressure, offers up himself as a cautionary tale of what can happen when someone is a follower instead of a leader. listen. >> times when you got to go either left or right. and i didn't choose to got right way. which led to 18 months of being in prison, which was the tougherrest time of my life. toughest time of my life. >> served prison time for running a dogfighting ring. will be allowed to play again seember 27. he's over at the eagles. they're hopeful he can contribute this year. alisyn: meanwhile, birds is what we're talking about, a billion of them caught on camera making their way to africa. tell bus this. -- us about this. >> hi, guys. they come from europe and asia. all of them coming to israel for one reason to migrate to africa. there are one billion birds that come in and out of israel. last night these birds made a pitstop, if you will. that's what israel is for the

ben roethlisberger, these two, santonio holmes with a hero in the super bowl.missed a makable field goal earlier fourth quarter. who? really? we stay tied. jeff reed normally pretty darn good but not on this day. just over 3:00 to go. bears driving, dumped to matt forte. this is a good-looking play. gene harris knocks it loose but greg olsen recovered, now on the ball. 20 seconds ago, we said gold at fort knox, robby is solid gold with a field goal. 44-yard field goal good. and the bears go on to beat the steelers 17-14. bears with a rough early schedule and they faced last week with jay cutler with the four picks and come back against the super bowl champion team that had 10 days off. beat them 17-14. a relieved quarterback. >> means a lot. it means a lot to this team which is a lot of pressure and expectations since i got here and orlando got here and the defense stepped it up. glad to get this one off our back and move on. >> while a chin strap game and a big way to go for chicago because it could have gotten bad. >> well, i think they're so encouraged when

ben roethlisberger leading the champs to an o.t. victory. let's look at the first quarter.s outstanding safety polamalu. then the steelers block a field goal attempt. good turned bad because polamalu got an m.c.l. sprain. eeble out two to four weeks. meanwhile, big ben tossed the strike to santonio holmes. then collins returns the favor to justin gauge. fourth quart he ben to hines ward. ward though would cough it up. forcing overtime. who would think a veteran would do that. but in the overtime the steelers made it all good. here's the biggest story. "fox & friends" got a shoutout. listen to this play. listen to al michaels call it as he sees it. >> and here goes white. will get stood up by "fox & friends." [laughter] don't ask me how i came up with that. >> they better give us a promo is all i got to say. brian: jane skinner who married the commissioner of football. cris collinsworth goes ton say they should give us a plug, as you know, for the plug that they just gave us. so i know our ratings have quadrupled because of that play. so let's promote cris collinsworth. he d

. >> i'll be jerome bettis, you are roethlisberger. >> we got carl protection from rendell. >> what'srotections. >> just a couple of troopers. not for the protesters but for the groupies that follow him just about everywhere. >> no autographs. >> that is true, carl. i'll help you fend them off. >> i don't have the dance partner, that's harwood. talk to you soon. >> wow, you were white before the election. >> john, thank you. we'll see a lot of you this week, too. let's get a jump-start on the trading day. joining us from chronos futures management. kevin, the futures are looking better than yesterday. is it a bounceback or talking about just what's happening with the dollar affecting all trade? >> right. i think the latter, becky, yet a couple of days friday and monday where it's all began to shift and people began to weigh in the possibility that the fed meeting would be more about exit strategies, so the market took a little pause. now how quickly you can see it swings back, that the fear now or talk now is that slowing down and extending policies if not mortgage sector is the talk

wet again, i get ben roethlisberger, mike tomlin, they're tough, they're physicaln they're built likethe eagles and giants to win late in thent season. >> you know, the steelers were technically one last year, too. >> sometimes you get lucky. las >> that's it for sports nation for now. we'll be here monday through n, say at 4:00 and midnight on espn 2. >> i think the saints are fine. they're not just five. how about add a one to that, 15. >> what? 15? >> crazy talk. >> beaver stadium is one of the few parts of the penn state football program joe paterno did not build. paterno arrived as an assistant back in 1950, but by the time he became head coach in 1966, the stadium was six years into its existence. nonetheless, joe pa has coached all 295 games played there, 90% as the head coach. for all intents and purpose, it is his turf. even if it doesn't yet carry his name. paterno was asked about that possibility today. >> i know you hate these kind of questions, but there was a sign on the field last week about official petition for paterno field at beaver stadium. >> oh, geez. >> have you