Bettis, Martin May Hit Milestone Together
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Curtis Martin and Jerome Bettis have the opportunity to go over 13,000 career yards rushing in the same game when Bettis and the Pittsburgh Steelers play Martin and the New York Jets in a big AFC matchup Sunday.
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Eli Manning's best game as a pro wasn't enough to stop Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Roethlisberger threw for a career-best 316 yards and hit four straight passes to set up Jerome Bettis' game-winning 1-yard touchdown run with 4:57 to go, leading the Steelers to a 33-30 win over the New York Giants on Saturday.
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That&#39;s more than any other baseball player except Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron. Pretty good company there. It was an accomplishment to be celebrated, and in San Francisco, they did.
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Lleyton Hewitt and Marat Safin both record wins at the Masters Cup.
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The Atlanta Braves made another trade to bulk up their bullpen Friday night, acquiring reliever Danys Baez and infielder Willy Aybar from the struggling Los Angeles Dodgers for infielder Wilson Betemit.
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Franco Harris. Jerome Bettis. John Henry Johnson. They are among the top rushers in NFL history &#151; two are Hall of Famers, and Bettis may join them some day &#151; and each is high up on the Pittsburgh Steelers' single-game yardage list. Remarkably, none ever had a game like Willie Parker did. Make that two games.
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-- Curtis Martin will miss at least the first six weeks of the season. It could be the end of the 33-year-old running back's career.
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Craig Biggio got another milestone hit, even though he's still a few shy of 3,000. This one finally put the Houston Astros ahead to stay.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers wrapped up home field for the AFC playoffs Sunday by downing the Baltimore Ravens 20-to-7. Jerome Bettis went over the 100-yard mark for the sixth time this season, rushing for 117 while Duce Staley sat out with a hamstring injury.
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East Rutherford, NJ (Sports Network) - Curtis Martin ran for 111 yards and two touchdowns as the New York Jets rallied from behind for a 22-14 victory over the San Francisco 49ers at Giants Stadium.
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Bettis ran for 129 yards and the Steelers&#39; blitzing defence created havoc Sunday, setting up a 19-14 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals that kept the NFL&#39;s longest winning streak growing.
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Irving, TX (Sports Network) - Jerome Bettis&#39; two-yard touchdown run with 30 seconds left lifted Pittsburgh to a 24-20 come-from-behind victory over Dallas at Texas Stadium.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - He's never been one to wax nostalgic about anything. So don't expect Mark Martin to waste any time reflecting on the past. Although he is in the twilight of his racing career, the 49-year-old NASCAR Sprint Cup veteran has remained singularly focused on the future. So don't ask him about the finish of last year's Daytona ...
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While his return from a strained right rotator cuff was far from perfect, Curtis Martin was stellar yet again, and he and Chad Pennington helped the Jets rally for a 29-7 victory over the Houston Texans on Sunday.
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Jerome Bettis could have sulked when the Pittsburgh Steelers handed their starting tailback job to free-agent addition Duce Staley before the season.
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Andy Pettitte won his 200th career game to give the New York Yankees a 2-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday, closing the gap on American League East leaders Boston to a game and a half.
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The Braves&#39; magic number to clinch the NL East remained at 10, thanks to Florida&#39;s 4-3 victory over Montreal...Keppinger&#39;s error was the 130th this season for the Mets, tops in the majors...Betemit&#39;s RBI was the first of his career...Atlanta holds a 10-6