More Steeler links

More Steeler links as we wait for Benito to get physical.

Matt Cmar found this great article from the Beaver County Times on Ben Roethlisberger's Monday-night South Side routine. Funny, he didn't mention anything about dancing midgets when he spoke at halftime two days ago.

Ryan of Heels, Sox, and Steelers recommends this article on Mark Whipple (reg'n req'd), Ben's quarterbacks coach. Hopefully Whipple can explain to Ben that the Steelers really aren't winning only because Ben goes to see the dancing midget.

Today's USAToday looks at that most important topic, how athletes express themselves by styling their hair. Troy Polamalu is featured, much as he was earlier in the season in Sports Illustrated. What is it with the tendency of modern sports reporting to look more and more at the wardrobes and toys of the players? Sports Illustrated looks more and more like GQ these days.

That said, Troy Polamalu is far cooler than any kind of GQ model:

Adds Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu, also Samoan: "If you look at all the great warriors, starting biblically with Samson, he had long hair. The American Indians, the Samurais, the Greeks, the Chinese - everybody had long hair. I don't know of anything that says you have to have your hair short."

Let's keep Troy out of the military.

A Palm Springs, California paper copies this USA Today article on some of the lady doctors who care for the Steelers.

The Steelers-sponsored Halifax Midget Football team (not the dancing kind) went to Florida to play in a tournament.

The State College paper looks at the consistency of the Steelers offensive line and features quotes from Jeff Hartings.

The New York media continues to emphasize the negative as they look ahead to Saturday's game, as we see there in a piece from the Staten Island Advance. The Asbury Park Press has a similar tale to tell.

Jim Wexell of the Uniontown Herald Standard reports Plaxico might play this week.

Ed Bouchette discusses the Steelers' recent history with the bye.