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Steelers players spread holiday cheer this week at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.

Joey Galloway spent a couple of months in New England and played in only three games before ultimately getting released during the season for the first time in his long career.

Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger could break almost every major team passing record this season, yet the Steelers still might not make the playoffs.

Ben Roethlisberger throws to the corner of the end zone, the receiver barely gets his feet down inbounds for a remarkable touchdown.

Steelers second-year WR Limas Sweed, who did not practice all week because of illness, has been ruled out for this weekend's game against Green Bay at Heinz Field.

Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward: "I'm sick of losing. Losing's not fun. My day does not go right when we don't win.

Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward's injured hamstring was nowhere near 100 percent last week against Cleveland, but he said Wednesday that he wouldn't go back on his decision of playing.

With the playoffs all but out of reach for the Pittsburgh Steelers is it time to start sitting some veterans in favor of younger players eager to prove their worth? This is a tough one.A On one hand you've got to figure into the equation that there's some age in the Steelers lineup and on the other you've got to factor in that apparently ...

It was already suspected that the Steelers will be without All-Pro safety Troy Polamalu Sunday against Green Bay, but Coach Mike Tomlin said today that they will also be without left guard Chris Kemoeatu.

Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward, consoled by wide receivers coach Randy Fichtner, absorbs the reality of the Steelers' 13-6 loss in Cleveland Thursday.

In the tenuous and often cruel world of the National Football League, unbeaten teams who are on the verge of tying a league record for consecutive victories and teams who can't even win in Kansas City are separated by a thin line.

Here's my take on the Steelers' 27-24 defeat against the Oakland Raiders on Sunday afternoon: 1. So the Steelers embarrassed themselves once again.

If the Steelers realized what they had in second-year quarterback Dennis Dixon before last Sunday night's game at Baltimore, maybe wide receiver Hines Ward would have felt differently about Ben Roethlisberger sitting out with a concussion.

Hines Ward on the Steelers' remaining schedule: "The playoffs officially begin for us this week.

The Pittsburgh Steelers lost a game and found a quarterback. They already have a franchise quarterback who's won two Super Bowls in four seasons - a guy named .

Here is what Steelers' wide receiver Hines Ward said in an interview with NBC that aired Sunday night about quarterback Ben Roethlisberger not playing against the Ravens.

Last year three was the magic number for the Steelers as they beat the Ravens, not once but three times in the same season.

Ben Roethlisberger and Dennis Dixon couldn't be more opposite as quarterbacks. Their size alone suggests that: Roethlisberger is 6-foot-5, 241 pounds; Dixon is listed at 6-3, 209.

Call it a trap game. Call it a lack of focus. Whatever you call it, the Steelers 2009 season is now officially in a world of trouble.

Pittsburgh Steelers at Kansas City Chiefs Date: Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009 Kickoff: 1 p.m. Site: Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, Mo.