Tribune-Review

Center Dermontti Dawson and cornerback Jack Butler of the Steelers are headed for the hall of fame. Jerome Bettis? Not yet.

If Eli Manning and his Giants fall to Tom Brady and the Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI today, Brady would join some exclusive company.

Eight is enough. I mean, we could haggle over the Steelers' best 50 Super Bowl plays and still have room for 50 more.

The names of Timmy Smith, Larry Brown, Desmond Howard, David Tyree, Jack Squirek and others are etched in NFL lore.

The best quarterbacks bring fans out of their seats. Aaron Rodgers and Peyton Manning did exactly that Saturday night when the NFL Most Valuable Player accepted the trophy from the only four-time winner of the award.

The richly traveled route from Pittsburgh to Canton gained four more followers Sunday with the elections of Dermontti Dawson and senior choice Jack Butler of the Steelers, plus Curtis Martin of Allderdice High School and Pitt and defensive end Chris Doleman of Pitt, into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

The odds of one high school sending multiple players to the same Super Bowl are not as daunting as having eight NFL players that same season.

Jerome Bettis, a.k.a. The Bus, had just enough fuel in his tank to help carry the Steelers to their fifth Super Bowl victory six years ago.

The Patriots speak effusively of Bill O'Brien and his two-year body of work, with Bill Belichick calling him "an outstanding football mind."

The Denver Broncos quarterback made the media rounds at the Super Bowl, talking about everything from what he needs to work on to his admiration for Eli Manning and Tom Brady.

Glamour Boy is here and ready to play in Sunday's Super Bowl. Glamour wife is out of sight ? so far ? unless you count the front page of the New York Post.

The NFL season began on time largely because of Robert Kraft and John Mara. So there's no more fitting way to end it than the two of them facing off for the game's biggest prize.

The National Conference has won the last 14 Super Bowl coin flips, though that hasn't turned out so well in the end.

Hall of Fame RB Tony Dorsett traces several health problems to concussions during an NFL career that lasted from 1977-88.

Tribune-Review columnist Dejan Kovacevic is chatting live with readers about Pittsburgh sports.

Tony Dorsett traces several health problems to concussions during a career that lasted from 1977-88, and he has joined more than 300 former players ? including three other members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and at least 32 first- or second-team All-Pro selections ? in suing the NFL, its teams and, in some cases, helmet maker Riddell.

Eli Manning, the youngest of Archie Manning's three sons, can achieve something this weekend in Super Bowl XLVI that his brother Peyton hasn't.

For the third consecutive year, Dermontti Dawson has an opportunity to join Mike Webster in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.