Pittsburgh Steelers

Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger passed his final post-concussion test Monday morning, practiced Monday afternoon and said he will play on Sunday when the Pittsburgh Steelers open the playoffs against the San Diego Chargers at Heinz Field.

"I plan on being out there 100 percent ready to go," he said.

Roethlisberger left the Dec. 28 game against Cleveland just before the half on a stretcher with a concussion. Speaking publicly Monday for the first time since then, he called the hit "scary" and said both of his arms went numb.

"I mean, when you can't feel your arms you get kind of scared," Roethlisberger said. "They pricked me with a pin and I couldn't feel it. When you see the doctor look at the trainer with that look, it kind of scares you a little bit."

He...

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A Florida man is suing San Diego Chargers running back Michael Bennett and a former Tampa Bay teammate, saying they attacked him at an International House of Pancakes. Brian Gordon said in a lawsuit that Bennett, offensive lineman Anthony Davis and another man assaulted him in the restaurant parking lot in Tampa on Oct.

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The finish to the Chargers-Steelers game was strange enough, with the first 11-10 score in NFL history and Troy Polamalu stripped of a last-play defensive touchdown by an officiating error. This may be even stranger: The Chargers, 4-8 with a month left in the season, are returning to Pittsburgh for a rematch in an AFC divisional playoff game Sunday.

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Kent State once sent a linebacker to the Pittsburgh Steelers who epitomized everything the Steel Curtain was about. That was Jack Lambert. The current version of the hard-hitting, versatile and dynamic former Kent Stater in Steel City is James Harrison, The Associated Press 2008 Defensive Player of the Year.

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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, who suffered a concussion in the regular-season finale, returned to practice Monday and is expected to start this weekend's AFC divisional playoff game against San Diego.

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Of the four divisional playoff games this weekend, the Arizona-Carolina match-up is easily the least enticing.

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After a wild card weekend in which all the home teams were underdogs (and went 2-2), we'll head into divisional...

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The Cardinals and Chargers proved that regular-season marks and what we think we know can be irrelevant.

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Bill Cowher doesn't plan to coach in the NFL next year, and will stay with CBS Sports as a studio analyst. Cowher was recently wooed by the New York Jets, but said during "The NFL Today" on Sunday that he's taking it "year to year." "It's a privilege and an honor to be a head coach in the National Football League," Cowher said.

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NFL players make headlines for cursing a coach. Criticizing a coach. Calling out a coach. Demanding that a coach be fired. Loving a coach? Now that's a new one -- except in Pittsburgh, where Steelers players have long talked of their respect, admiration and, yes, love for defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau.

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