Santonio Holmes is latest Steelers' Super bowl hero
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February 02, 2009

Santonio Holmes is latest Steelers' Super bowl hero

''The list of the Steelers' past Super Bowl heroes is as long as it is impressive.

Names such as Franco Harris, Terry Bradshaw and Lynn Swann, each enshrined in Canton, immediately come to mind.

And then you have the man who can be credited with saving Super Bowl XLIII for Pittsburgh: Santonio Holmes.

The third-year Steeler didn't even rank as the most feared receiver in the game. But it was Holmes — not Hines Ward, not Larry Fitzgerald, not Anquan Boldin — who made the winning reception in a breathtaking 27-23 Pittsburgh victory Sunday over Arizona, a catch that will go down as one of the most remarkable in Super Bowl history.''

Read the rest of Stephen F. Holder's story here.

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