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Troy Polamalu Is Cutting His Hair For Charity

The Post Game

When you think about the tough men who made the NFL what it is, and getting fired up for a huge game. The most famous locks in the NFL are getting a trim.

Troy Polamalu, whose long, luscious hair has made him one of the most recognizable athletes in the country, announced Thursday that he would be getting a haircut on Veteran’s Day in solidarity with the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ “Mane Event.” Held on Nov. 11, the “Mane Event” will raise money and awareness for veterans who are returning home from overseas.

This was surely no easy decision for Polamalu, who keeps his hair long as a tribute to his Samoan heritage. In the past he’s said he wouldn’t shave his head if it meant a Super Bowl win for the Steelers. The six-time Pro Bowler hasn’t gotten a haircut in more than a decade, and his mane is nearly three feet long.

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Frustrations starting to show in un-Steelers-like start

It’s a good thing they still have the iconic black and yellow uniforms, and all those trophies in the case. Because at the moment, the Steelers don’t look very much like, well, the Steelers. The frustrations are already beginning to build after their 20-10 loss to the Bengals last night and their…
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The NFL’s 10 best cheerleading squads 2013

Yahoo! Sports

When the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers faced off at Super Bowl XLV, an estimated 11 million U.S. television viewers tuned into the 2011 game. Despite those numbers, something was missing – cheerleaders.

Of the 32 teams in the NFL, six don’t have squads, and Super Bowl XLV happened to feature two of them. The 2012 Super Bowl champion New York Giants also doesn’t have a cheerleading squad, but the team they beat, the New England Patriots, does, providing a morale boost from the sideline.

CNBC.com listed the best cheerleading squads in 2011 and 2012. The 2013 rankings have been provided by Michele Crawford-Carnegie, a seven-year veteran of the Atlanta Falcons cheerleaders and the current owner of the Alumni Cheerleaders social networking site.

Read ahead to see the NFL’s 10 best cheerleading squads for 2013, as chosen by Crawford-Carnegie.

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Images: 10 best squads CNBC

Ravens WR Jacoby Jones gives Michele Tafoya a wink and a ‘Thank you, gorgeous’ during SNF interview

Yahoo! Sports

Baltimore Ravens receiver Jacoby Jones had another great game in his team’s 13-10 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. His 63-yard punt return was the only touchdown the Ravens could come up with against Pittsburgh’s typically impressive defense, and that was the follow-up to his 105-yard kick return against the Oakland Raiders in Week 10. There’s no doubt that in Baltimore’s injury-plagued (and now suspension-plagued) lineup, Jones has become one of his team’s most important players.

However, Jones laid a major fumble after the game, when he was interviewed by NBC’s Michele Tafoya. When Tafoya congratulated Jones on his performance, the receiver responded with a “Thank you, gorgeous” and a cheesy wink.

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