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...Roethlisberger has fit Pittsburgh's passing game like an Armani, its resurgent rushing attack has been no less stunning. "Last year we probably got away from running the ball a little too much," Cowher concedes. So in the off-season, Pittsburgh signed Eagles running back Duce Staley to a five-year, $14 million contract. When injuries slowed Staley, Bettis, a 12-year veteran who was supposed to fade into the background, got his groove back. Bettis, known as the Bus for his ability to run over tacklers, rushed for 100 or more yards in each of his first six starts...
Mitchell, a Jude Law look-alike and an avid skier in the off-season, is still improving his technologies--and he's on a mission to spread the word on how it's done. This winter, he plans to zero in on high-speed farming--that is, making every operation much faster. "We're adding suspension to the machines and improving the algorithms for guidance," he says. "The benefit will be smaller, lighter machines that have less impact on the environment and that are more affordable to family farms...
...Major League Baseball's problem stay under the radar for so long? On ABC's 20/20 last week, Conte ridiculed baseball's drug-testing policy, which is just two years old and precludes off-season testing: "They're not in contact with reality. I mean, the program that they put together is a joke." Players are tested once during the season. First-time offenders are placed in treatment programs but not sanctioned. Former major league catcher Don Slaught, who played from 1982 to 1997 and with Bonds in Pittsburgh from 1990 through 1992, insists that even...
...OFF-SEASON TRAINING...
...team, which in the past was “perimeter-dominated,” according to Harvard coach Frank Sullivan, adjusted its offense during the off-season in preparation for Cusworth’s return to ensure that Harvard got the ball inside with greater frequency...