Mike Webster

Sports Legend Revealed: Was Jack Lambert ejected from a game for hitting a quarterback too hard?

2011-02-01 16:33:31

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Amid concern about mudslide risk, Glendale volunteers fill 1,000 sandbags

2009-10-03 16:33:36

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UK Football: Kentucky honoring Hall of Famer Dawson at Oct. 20 game

2012-10-10 06:47:00

LEXINGTON — The Kentucky football team will honor recent Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Dermontti Dawson on Oct. 20 with Dermontti Dawson Day at Commonwealth Stadium when the Wildcats face Georgia. Dawson, who played at Kentucky from 1984-87,...

Battered ex-Dolphins face life of pain when playing days are over

2012-09-24 00:00:00

Few players walk away physically unscathed after a career in professional football. From Greg Baty and his crooked pinky finger to Gene Atkins and his well-documented struggles with dementia, the 1994 Miami Dolphins are no different. Today, with most...

Steelers offensive line embraces 'nastiness'

2012-08-03 17:44:00

LATROBE (AP) — Ramon Foster gives a wide smile, looks to the ground sheepishly and laughs quietly. � Like most of the men he lines up next to on the Pittsburgh Steelers offensive line, Foster is affable, fun-loving and often flashes that smile...

Enshrinees take their place in NFL Hall of Fame

2012-08-04 19:50:00

CANTON, Ohio -- On a steamy summer evening in the birthplace of the National Football League, the ranks of the Pro Football Hall of Fame swelled to 273 Saturday night with the enshrinement of running back Curtis Martin, tackle Willie Roaf, center...

Football: America's dangerous game

2012-05-08 11:47:00

We may never know exactly why Junior Seau died, of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest, at his home in San Diego on May 2. Suicide is commonly the result of depression, and perhaps Mr. Seau had a mood disorder that had nothing to do...

Steelers All-Time Leading Wide Receiver Hines Ward Retires

2012-03-20 09:26:00

Steelers' all-time leading wide receiver, Hines Ward, has announced that he will retire after 14 seasons with Pittsburgh Ward was originally drafted by the Steelers in the third round (92nd overall) of the 1998 NFL Draft out of Georgia. The Forest Park...

A Former Local Star Makes Pro Football Hall of Fame

2012-02-04 15:27:00

INDIANAPOLIS -- York High grad and Pitt product, Chris Doleman has been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Doleman had 150 1/2 sacks in his 15 seasons, mostly with Minnesota, and was one of the prototype agile yet powerful pass rushers who dominate...

Former Seahawk Cortez Kennedy elected to Hall of Fame

2012-02-04 15:42:00

Former Seahawk defensive lineman Cortez Kennedy was one of five players elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday, along with one senior committee choice. Kennedy is joined by Curtis Marin, Chris Doleman, Willie Roaf, Dermontti Dawson, and...

Pouncey provides stability on Steelers' offensive line

2011-08-15 20:50:00

LATROBE (AP) — With all the injuries, position battles and chaos of shuffling players around the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offensive line, the team considers itself fortunate to have a stable Pro Bowl anchor in the middle. Even if this pillar of...

Football's concussion problem: What if the game is doing irrevocable harm?

2011-09-24 14:17:00

(First of two parts) They crash together with ferocity. Helmets collide. Teeth clench. Feet pound. It is practice day for the Granger Rocket Football league, and the gathered boys - ages 9, 10, 11, 12 - are going through the standard tackling and...

titles. Webster played in 177 consecutive games and made every snap for six straight seasons.

2011-05-04 16:51:21

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Bartender Mike Webster lifts Ruth Grant's mural at the redone Parrot Island at Bohager's.

2004-05-20 00:00:00

MIKE WEBSTER 1952-2002:The star center on the Steelers four championship teams of the 1970s died of heart failure. He admitted trying anabolic steroids as a player.

2002-09-24 00:00:00