Deshea Townsend

The Ravens should have been celebrating a trip to the playoffs at Heinz Field. But like most celebrations for the Ravens on Sunday - especially the ones in the end zone - they simply weren't meant to be. Mistakes negated three touchdowns in the second...

The Pittsburgh Steelers are poised to earn their second playoff appearance in as many seasons under coach Mike Tomlin. At 5-1, Pittsburgh leads the AFC North by two games - a cushion exceeded only by the unbeaten Tennessee Titans in the AFC South. The...

Ever since Debbie Lepley graduated from college she has been helping residents in the county make positive nutritional and dietary decisions. “Nutrition education and helping participants get healthier and make changes in their eating habits in...

Ben Roethlisberger is having no trouble with the two-a-day practices at the Pittsburgh Steelers' training camp. His throwing arm is. Roethlisberger missed some deep throws he felt he should have completed Monday, then said his head is ahead of his...

Look out, NFL. The defending AFC champion Colts finally have their dream defense -- fast, experienced, deep and getting better. For only the second time in Peyton Manning's career, the Colts are returning all 11 defensive starters. Add a healthy Bob...

For a few unworldly moments, the Ravens weren't a last-place team with pent-up frustrations and unfulfilled expectations. When Matt Stover's 44-yard field goal sailed through the uprights with 4:09 left in overtime, it sent the Ravens cartwheeling to a...

A week after clinching an NFL playoff berth, the Ravens gained something more valuable yesterday: the No. 2 seed in the AFC and a sense of destiny. On the day when the Indianapolis Colts lost as the game expired, the Ravens rode a hot quarterback and...

With the Steelers trailing the Cowboys by 10 in the fourth quarter Sunday and $1 million about to go poof, Sam Louis-Charles gave up in disgust and left for his job at a UPS warehouse. "I was planning on going......

PITTSBURGH - A season loaded with growing pains concluded with another gut-wrencher. One more time, the Ravens blinked with the game on the line. One more time, quarterback Jeff Blake had to explain a costly mistake. One more time, coach Brian Billick...

A season loaded with growing pains concluded with another gut-wrencher. One more time, the Ravens blinked with the game on the line. One more time, quarterback Jeff Blake had to explain a costly mistake. One more time, coach Brian Billick had to defend a...

A typically sloppy preseason game? Or a game typical of what will be a sloppy team? You make the call. Actually, the replay official did in reversing a safety after Pittsburgh's block of a Todd Sauerbrun punt and calling it a touchdown to give the...