Word: steeler
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...point: in 2003 Millen used the second overall pick on Michigan State wideout Charles Rogers, who was recently sentenced to nine months of drug counseling following an assault-and-battery arrest involving his fiancée. Among the top players Millen passed over for wide receivers: Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, a Super Bowl winner; five-time Pro Bowl defensive back Troy Polamalu, also a Super Bowl-winning Steeler; and San Diego Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman, a three-time Pro Bowler. "If you can't evaluate talent, if you can't draft talent, nothing else matters," says Aikman. "Your team...
Back on the final day of the 1969 season, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, the Pittsburgh Steelers lost their 13th straight game for Rookie Coach Chuck Noll, who predicted a few of them "would soon be getting on with their life's work." Immediately Ray Mansfield, 44, a center and therefore a realist, started selling life insurance on the side. "We never have that one extreme moment of football glory," he says, "so offensive linemen are less afraid of living on." They receive on-the-job training in anonymity. A gathering of the heftiest Steelers watched the Super Bowl...
...Harvard Business School, Author Mark McCormack, a leading sports and leisure consultant, likens the fiercely competitive corporate world to an athletic playing field. Seated at his office desk, McCormack offers tips on how to "seize the initiative" to come out on top. In one film clip, former Pittsburgh Steeler Quarterback Terry Bradshaw is shown on the sidelines during a game bragging to a teammate about how well he "read" the opposing team's defense. Another tape, based on In Search of Excellence by Thomas Peters and Robert Waterman, shows Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse leading a march at Florida...