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Ben Roethlisberger will start at quarterback tonight for the Steelers in their final preseason game against Carolina at Heinz Field.

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is meeting with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Friday and will ask that his six-game suspension be reduced to three games, ESPN reports. Sources tell the network that team president Arthur J. Rooney II will accompany Roethlisberger to the meetings in New York to support the quarterback's case. Roethlisberger was suspended for six games for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy after prosecutors decided not to charge him in a case involving a 20-year-old college student who accused him of...

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is scheduled to sit down with NL Commissioner Roger Goodell...

Under normal circumstances, tonight's final preseason game for the Steelers against the Carolina Panthers would mean little more than keeping the starters healthy and allowing one last chance for a young player to make his case for a spot on the team.

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is going to request that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell...

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is going to request that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell...

While the Green Bay Packers try to do their best New Orleans Saints impersonation, here are six more potential doppelgangers to watch: ... Miles Austin? Mike Wallace, Pittsburgh Steelers. Now a starter, he has the hands, speed and big-play ability to have a Pro Bowl breakthrough in his second year. "With Hines Ward working the other side, he steps into the role that Santonio Holmes had, stretching the field as a deep threat," former Steelers coach Bill Cowher said.

The Pittsburgh Steelers will get one last glimpse of Ben Roethlisberger playing quarterback before he begins his NFL-mandated suspension. They can only wonder what kind of shape they'll be in when Roethlisberger returns to the field in October. While the starters usually play only a couple of series in the final exhibition game, Roethlisberger is lobbying to take snaps in the no-huddle offense...

Plaxico Burress will need to put his plans of a return to the NFL on hold. The former Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Giants wide receiver learned Tuesday that his request for work release from a New York prison had been denied. Burress, 33, is serving a two-year sentence after pleading guilty in 2009 to attempted criminal possession of a weapon. In November 2008, Burress accidentally shot himself in his right leg with his unlicensed .40-caliber handgun in a New York City nightclub.

Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will finally get some resolution on his suspension for violating the league's personal conduct policy on Friday when he meets with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell in New York, a day after the Steelers' final preseason game against the Carolina Panthers.