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  Steelers: Hines Ward will be in the spotlight Monday night
Ward had to twist his entire body to the left while his momentum carried him to his right to make one of the finest 2-yard touchdown receptions anyone will see.
Ward's numbers might be outstanding, but to watch him play is to put perspective behind them.
Ward said he'd love to be the guy who goes deep all the time, but that's not the case.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/03317/239382.stm   (869 words)

  
  JockBio: Hines Ward Biography
Hines was the starting QB for the better part of three varsity seasons and amassed 3,581 passing yards and 2,500 rushing yards.
Hines was one of the team’s lone bright spots, catching 95 passes and scoring 10 touchdowns.
Hines snagged a beautiful 30-yard TD pass in the third quarter, but the game was already out of reach at that point.
www.jockbio.com /Bios/Ward/Ward_bio.html   (2964 words)

  
 JockBio: Facts about Hines Ward
Hines ruptured his ACL when he was nine in a bike riding accident.
Hines passed John Stallworth in 2005 to become the Steerers’ all-time leader in receptions.
Hines majored in Consumer Economics at Georgia and racked up enough credits to graduate in December of his senior year.
www.jockbio.com /Bios/Ward/Ward_facts.html   (215 words)

  
 Spotlight - WR Hines Ward, Pittsburgh Steelers
While fantasy owners who had Ward on their roster might be disappointed in his performance last season, after looking at the stats it’s possible that 2004 was one of Ward’s best years as a pro.
Ward’s YPC have steadily increased from 10.7 in 2001 to 12.6 in 2004.
Ward will be the direct beneficiary of that, having pulled in a large portion of the receptions last season.
www.footballguys.com /05spotlight-WardHi00.php   (1912 words)

  
 BV Sports Feature Programming- Ward Earns His Place in Steelers Lore - AOL Black Voices
Ward's two big catches earned him the MVP award and taught another lesson in value.
Yet there was little debate to Ward's claim to the keys he twirled subconsciously — keys to the sweet new ride awarded to the MVP — in his fingers long after the game.
During his holdout, Ward, already one of the leading receivers in Steelers history, received a telephone call from head coach Bill Cowher, who reached out to the wideout at the urging of veteran running back Jerome Bettis.
blackvoices.aol.com /black_sports/special/_a/ward-earns-his-place-in-steelers-lore/20060206143409990005   (685 words)

  
 Super Bowl MVP Hines Ward & Corean (Korean) Mother to Visit Homeland | Asian American Intelligence | GoldSea
The 29-year-old Ward, a four-time Pro Bowl receiver and the Steelers' career receiving leader, was born in Seoul but left with his mother and father at age 1 and settled in the United States, where Ward's mom hoped society would be more accepting of the multiracial family.
Ward's parents did not stay together long but, even after they split up, his mother remained in America to be with her son.
Ward and his mother planned the weeklong trip before the Super Bowl, where Ward made five catches for 123 yards and a touchdown in a 21-10 Steelers victory over Seattle.
goldsea.com /Asiagate/603/03ward.html   (918 words)

  
 NFLHS.COM - Players Spotlight: Hines Ward, Pittsburgh Steelers
Though Ward may not be a prototypical receiver in today's NFL -- he stands 6 feet and weighs 215 pounds -- the eighth-year pro from Georgia simply finds ways to make plays.
Ward is also a former quarterback, during his prep days at Forest Park High School in Georgia.
Ward's best year came in the 2002 season, when he caught 112 passes for 1,329 yards and 12 touchdowns.
www.nflhs.com /News/PlayersSpotlight/HinesWard_11092005_lcb.asp   (584 words)

  
 Hines Ward 2006 Fantasy Football Player Profile
Hines Ward is one of the most consistant fantasy wide receivers.
Ward has accumulated at least 975 yards in each of the last 5 seasons, and had 11 touchdowns in 15 games last season.
Ward's reception (69) and yardage totals (975) were down in 2005, but he did have 11 TDs last year.
www.fftoolbox.com /profiles/profile_display.cfm?player_id=3367   (294 words)

  
 Fantasy Football - Fanball.com
Hines Ward has gone over 100 yards in two of his last three games.
Hines started the season with a series of pedestrian yardage efforts, failing to top 60 yards in any of first five games.
Ward is clearly the best receiver on the team and a great target in the red zone, so he'll finish with his usual amount of touchdown.
www.fanball.com /fb/article.cfm/ID.8306/Hines-Ward/Steelers/Football   (470 words)

  
 The Korea Times : Korean-American Hines Ward Becomes Super Bowl MVP   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Korean-born Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl MVP Hines Ward holds his son as he waves the Vince Lombardi Trophy after the Steelers beat the Seattle Seahawks 21-10 in the NFL's Super Bowl XL in Detroit, Mich., Sunday.
Ward, who was born in Seoul to a Korean woman and an African-American GI 29 years ago, is now recorded as the first person of Korean heritage to take the highest honor in America’s greatest sports gala.
Ward, who plans a first-ever visit to Korea, is expected to enjoy a hero’s welcome in the ``motherland’’ when he visits for two weeks in April with his mother.
times.hankooki.com /lpage/200602/kt2006020617135210440.htm   (338 words)

  
 Hines Ward, #86 WR for the Pittsburgh Steelers   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Hines was born on March 8, 1976 in Seoul, Korea.
Ward*s mother worked several jobs at a time to support her son, routinely putting in 12-hour days six times a week.
Hines Ward (I remember from the KBS program) is really happy that he can support his mom after she worked so hard to raise him.
www.halfkorean.com /hkarticles/wardh.htm   (353 words)

  
 Robot Lounge - Hines Ward Awarded Honorary Citizenship of Seoul
Ward was born in Seoul to a Korean mother, and his father was a fl soldier.
After his parents’ divorce, the court awarded custody to Hines’ father, concluding that his mother was not proficient enough in English and financially unable to raise a child.
But Hines could not forget his mother and ran away to live with her when he was in second grade.
www.giantrobot.com /forums/showthread.php3?s=f274c1e982db22649a4594ae0f22b227&threadid=35838   (995 words)

  
 Hines Ward - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 2005, Ward missed the first two weeks of training camp in a holdout for a contract extension that would increase his salary.
Ward scored a 43 yard touchdown in the 4th quarter, thrown by fellow wide receiver Antwaan Randle El.
Ward's mother (Kim Young-hee 김영희) is Korean and his father (Hines Ward, Sr.) is African-American.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hines_Ward   (1056 words)

  
 ABC News: Person of the Week: Hines Ward   (Site not responding. Last check: )
April 14, 2006 — Pittsburgh Steelers star receiver Hines Ward is grateful for the celebrity that being Super Bowl MVP has brought him, and how it's helping him champion a cause very near to his heart.
Ward, the son of a Korean mother and African-American father, is well aware of the prejudice biracial children suffer in his native Korea.
Ward said he was surprised by the reception because biracial children are shunned and treated like pariahs in Korea.
abcnews.go.com /WNT/PersonOfWeek/story?id=1843577&page=1   (427 words)

  
 Steelers Hines Ward Lunches with Corean (Korean) President | Asian American Daily | GoldSea
uper Bowl MVP Hines Ward was nervous for the first time in his life as he prepared for a trip to the land of his birth.
Ward was virtually unknown here before the Super Bowl, since American football isn't widely followed in Korea.
Ward was born in Seoul to a Korean mother, and his father was a fl soldier.
goldsea.com /Asiagate/604/04hines.html   (575 words)

  
 Hines Ward Photos - Hines Ward News - Hines Ward Information
Hines was born in Seoul, South Korea, and raised in Forest Park, Georgia.
Hines Ward: As a receiver, you just have to continue blocking to help the running backs out, and when called upon on third down and passing situations, you got to come up big like we did.
Hines Ward: It's really important for me. The vets aren't going to play much next week, so this is really my test before the season starts.
www.tv.com /hines-ward/person/314357/summary.html   (408 words)

  
 Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea
When Hines Ward was given one of the highest accolades in American football, the trials his Korean mother faced over the years and the bitterness she felt seemed to melt away in an instant.
From the time Hines was in elementary school I had to leave the house at 4 in the morning to go to work.
Eight months after he was picked up by a pro team, Ward bought a large house for his mother in the city of Smyrna, but she said it was too big for one person alone, so she moved to a smaller house in Henry County where she has been living ever since.
english.chosun.com /w21data/html/news/200602/200602080017.html   (721 words)

  
 Honor thy mother: Hines Ward wants to repay mom by making NFL
 Young Ward met her son's father, Hines Ward Sr., when he was stationed in Seoul during a stint in the U.S. Army.
 Ward admits he was "pretty cruel" to his mother growing up, a youngster struggling to understand their cultural and racial differences.
 Ward believes he may have been a first-round pick if only he could have settled on one position right from the start in college.
www.canoe.ca /FootballNFLDraft98/apr17_ward.html   (900 words)

  
 RotoTimes.com - Hines Ward - Fantasy Football Profile
Hines Ward returned from his knee injury to catch four passes for 59 yards on Sunday.
Ward is expected to return from his knee surgery and start on Sunday.
Hines Ward said he is aiming to return to action for Week 15, according to the
www.rototimes.com /nfl/player/2519   (304 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Opinion: Hines Ward's tale of American transcendence
Capping it all was Ward's triumphant visit last month to his native South Korea, where he was feted by its president and hailed by the local media as a Korean hero and a symbol of new South Korean multiculturalism.
Ward's case is interesting for those who see beyond this simple construct, because he is a product of two nonwhite ethnic groups considered hostile to each other.
That is what I saw when Hines Ward won the MVP —; neither a fl nor a Korean story, but a tale of American transcendence.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/opinion/2002998654_na17.html   (786 words)

  
 Ward, Burress show confidence in Maddox - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Ward said he developed a "trust factor" with Stewart, catching 24 passes for 286 yards and three touchdowns in the first three games.
Ward said there will be a definite change in quarterbacking style with Maddox.
Ward appears confident that the Steelers can take advantage of the Saints' pass defense that is ranked 26th in the NFL and allowed 267 passing yards by Lions rookie quarterback Joey Harrington, who was not sacked.
www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/sports/s_94854.html   (627 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - MVP Ward produces crucial yards at opportune times   (Site not responding. Last check: )
DETROIT — Wide receiver Hines Ward, who shed tears of sadness when the Pittsburgh Steelers fell short last year in what he thought was Jerome Bettis' final season, experienced the great elation Sunday of emerging as Super Bowl XL's Most Valuable Player.
Ward pointed to the coaching staff and the handiwork of his teammates in accepting the honor.
Ward was in the right place at the right time to pull in a shovel pass for a gain of 12 yards.
usatoday.com /sports/football/nfl/steelers/2006-02-05-ward-mvp_x.htm   (533 words)

  
 Hines Ward : USAToday.com - Hines Ward Biography from USAToday.com
Ward was held to 33 yards last time he faced Baltimore, Pittsburgh's Week 16 opponent.
ET Steelers WR Hines Ward (knee) and FS Ryan Clark (groin) were upgraded to probable for Week 15 after fully practicing on Wednesday.
After running during Tuesday's workout, Hines Ward (questionable, knee) says he fully expects to be back at practice Wednesday.
fantasyfootball.usatoday.com /content/player.asp?sport=NFL&id=701   (221 words)

  
 Hines Ward - The Huffington Post
Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward and another co-owner of a South Side sports bar have been ordered to repay more than $170,000 to the business, which is being managed by a court-appointed receiver.
Hines Ward said he would like to throw a block on Porter "then pick him up and tap him on the butt and tell him how much I love him." "It's...
A rejuvenated Hines Ward was Roethlisberger's most notable target, scoring a pair of touchdowns and hauling in eight passes for 88 yards.
www.huffingtonpost.com /topics/Hines+Ward   (1238 words)

  
 Congresswoman Diane E. Watson - News Releases - Asian Pacific Heritage Month: Watson Highlights Super Bowl MVP Hines ...
The NFL hero, who is of mixed Korean and African-American ancestry, traveled to his native country to express pride in his Korean roots even though he shunned that side of his heritage after he faced prejudice as a child.
Hines Ward’s visit to Korea has made a positive difference.
Ward on his triumphal return to his homeland.
www.house.gov /list/press/ca33_watson/060510.html   (651 words)

  
 Hines Ward shows a lot of heart off the field, too - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Ward has a special spot in his heart for less fortunate children -- mostly, he said, because he was one.
These days, Ward understands who he is with complete clarity -- and, as the smiling face of the Super Bowl champions, he considers helping children that are going through situations similar to the ones he experienced a responsibility on the same level as raising his son.
Mintzer said that Koreans are impressed with Ward because of his success, not his fame -- although she admitted that such fame has helped Ward start the wheels of change spinning in his homeland.
www.pittsburghlive.com /x/pittsburghtrib/sports/steelers/s_483924.html   (1733 words)

  
 Hines Ward - What's so special?
Hines Ward has good statistics, but his value to the Steelers goes beyond mere receptions and touchdowns.
For example, in the Raiders game 2004, Ward had seven receptions for 99 yards (which was good stats to begin with)even though those stats got him to the pro bowl that isn't the only thing special about him.
When the Steelers offence set on the field Ward caught a catch and ran with it for 39 yards.
www.angelfire.com /hiphop/hinesward/hines_ward/?i=10   (339 words)

  
 kdka.com - Hines Ward Sits Out Practice
Ward missed the practice a day after returning to workouts for the first time in more than two weeks.
Ward had targeted Friday's preseason game in Philadelphia to make his return to game action, but he conceded that appears unlikely.
Ward says he isn't worried the injury is severe or will turn chronic.
kdka.com /steelers/local_story_234195441.html   (191 words)

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