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One last Sunday ride.
As the Steelers moved toward their locker room door to start Super Bowl 40, the most voluble linebacker Joey Porter said, "Let's bring the boys out after Jerome."
Meaning let Jerome Bettis go on stage first.
His hometown, Detroit.
The last game, most likely, of a most unlikely career.
They call him The Bus because he's a wide-body who carries people along, sometimes even when they'd rather not be carried.
He's 5-11 and closer to 300 pounds than the 255 he admits. The only players who ever have run for more yards than Bettis are the NFL's sleek Porsches--Emmitt Smith, Walter Payton, Barry Sanders, Curtis Martin.
And here came The Bus dancing from the darkness of Ford Field's catacombs into the bright lights of a Super Bowl, alone, not just dancing but prancing, his feet as happy as his heart, and when he did a dancer's turn at the 30-yard line to call out his bad boys in black and gold, the place belonged to him.
- Super Bowl XXXIX - Jerome Bettis Wins Levitra Play of the year Award - February...
- Picture from: Getty Images Al Messerschmidt February 2, 2005 700+ words
Al Messerschmidt Getty Images 02-02-2005 Super Bowl XXXIX - Jerome Bettis Wins Levitra Play of the year Award - February 2, 2005 Full Size JPG (958 KB) NFL Pro Football Hal of Famer Mike Ditka talks...
- Big man in Motown: Native son Jerome Bettis is the toast of Detroit as he tries...
- Newspaper article from: Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH) February 1, 2006 700+ words
...This is officially "Jerome Bettis Week" in the Motor...aptly disguised as Super Bowl media day, also was an unofficial "Jerome Bettis Day" in Ford Field...Sunday in his hometown. Super Bowl XL is perfectly named...
- Visa and Jerome Bettis Kick Off Super Bowl XLII Sweepstakes at Courtyard.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 11, 2007 700+ words
...the "Visa Road to the Super Bowl XLII Challenge at Courtyard...chance to win a trip to Super Bowl XLII. Other prizes include...by former running back Jerome Bettis that says, "For me, getting to the Super Bowl took years of hard work...
- Bettis in Disney World.(the week's best photos)(Jerome Bettis at post-Super...
- Magazine article from: Jet February 27, 2006 700+ words
Bettis in Disney World: Pittsburgh Steelers' Jerome Bettis parties with Minnie Mouse during the annual post-Super Bowl parade at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, FL. Bettis and teammate Hines Ward, Super Bowl XL's Most Valuable Player, were honored in the celebration.
- Jerome Bettis of Pittsburgh Steelers Caps Super Bowl XL Win and 13-Year Career...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 9, 2006 700+ words
...Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jerome Bettis will make a special appearance...long dream of becoming a Super Bowl champion during Sunday's...one-hour show featuring Super Bowl championship memorabilia created...an exclusive framed 16x20 Super Bowl team picture signed ...
- Detroit expects super things from Super Bowl: The troubled city is trying to...
- Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) Fox, Ashley January 31, 2006 700+ words
...been bulldozed, and Super Bowl banners now hang from...Sunday night. As far as Super Bowl cities go, this isn...Eagles arrived for their Super Bowl appearance needing warmer...going for it is that Jerome Bettis is playing. Pittsburgh...
- Detroit's hero, even before kickoff; The Super Bowl host city celebrates what...
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor February 3, 2006 700+ words
...Monitor DETROIT -- Every Super Bowl has its Big Story...and on the air - is Jerome Bettis. The Steelers running...hometown for his first Super Bowl, and what may well...with an XL hero for Super Bowl XL, and a nickname...
- Jerome Bettis stops the bus at home in Steelers' Super Bowl victory in...
- Magazine article from: Jet Hoffman, Melody K. February 20, 2006 700+ words
...unofficial American holiday known as the Super Bowl, the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Seattle...tying fifth championship title. Led by Super Bowl MVP Hines Ward's 5 catches and 123...Perhaps what fans will remember most about Super Bowl XL is that Bettis did what most athletes...