Steelers' Polamalu gets lucrative deal
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NFL Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu signed a four-year contract extension yesterday worth $30.19 million that makes him the highest-paid player in team history and one of the NFL's top-paid defensive backs. The deal guarantees the Steelers will keep their most versatile defensive player through the 2011 season, when he will be 30. Polamalu was a first-team All-Pro when Pittsburgh ...
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This year, he had his salary dramatically reduced -- a sign of disrespect in the NFL that is second only to getting released -- and he watched as the Steelers brought in Duce Staley to take his job.
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Atlanta Falcons' Michael Vick is set to become the highest-paid NFL player with a 10-year deal worth over $100m.
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Michael Vick agreed to a 10-year contract worth more than $100 million with the Atlanta Falcons that also guarantees the star quarterback an NFL-record $37 million in bonuses, an official close to the negotiations said Thursday.
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The Atlanta Falcons agreed yesterday to a nine-year contract extension with quarterback Michael Vick that&#39;s worth more than $100 million, according to a source close to the situation.
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Before the Patriots put the finishing touches on Adalius Thomas's blockbuster contract last weekend, team chairman and CEO Robert Kraft figured it would be a good idea to meet the player in whom he was investing such riches.
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The Patriots have built a dynasty in this era of free agency and the salary cap by proving that it's not how much you spend on players, it's how well you spend.
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Louisville football coach Bobby Petrino received a $1 million-per-year contract after leading the Cardinals to their highest ranking ever.
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PITTSBURGH -- Finally, Evgeni Malkin wasn't worried about hiding his emotions or himself. He signed the contract he wanted to sign, with the team he wants to play for.
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He is perhaps the hottest young player in the NFL right now, but Ben Roethlisberger has a chance to be a star for one reason above all others: his cool.
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While all the focus has been on the Patriots' new high-priced man in the middle, linebacker Adalius Thomas , the Chargers also have a new player manning their middle, and he has local ties.
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PITTSBURGH -- As Ben Roethlisberger rolled right, the frenzy unfolding before his eyes, Rodney Harrison flashed to film he studied last week of the Steelers rookie quarterback.
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Pittsburgh Penguins co-owner Mario Lemieux will get $21 million as part of the team's settlement of its 1998 bankruptcy.
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PITTSBURGH - One of Mark Milanak's students scored a touchdown when he got him a Christmas gift.  Russell Malloy, 10, honored his favorite teacher - a die-hard Pittsburgh Steelers fan - by getting Hall of Fame running back Franco Harris to autograph a ball for the reading tutor.
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They have dispatched the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles to stake a claim as the NFL&#39;s top team. Now the Pittsburgh Steelers could become the team everybody wants to beat.
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Ben Roethlisberger may be the headliner of the Steelers, but he&#39;s not the total story in Pittsburgh. That became clear when pain in Roethlisberger&#39;s ribs and maybe even his sternum
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Hockey Sidney Crosby has a new contract before his 20th birthday and his eye on the Stanley Cup for the Pittsburgh Penguins. The NHL MVP and scoring champion yesterday signed a five-year extension through the 2012-13 season worth $43.5 million. The deal leaves room for the team to re-sign other young stars, such as Evgeni Malkin and Jordan Staal , ...