?Twould be a shame if Hines Ward didn?t retire a Steeler ()

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Hines Ward, the hard-blocking anchor of the Pittsburgh Steelers wide receivers corps for much of the last decade, was in the news over the weekend. Not much of it was pleasant for Ward. A couple of reports surfaced indicating that Ward wasn't likely to return to the Steelers. Scott Brown of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review told ESPN that he didn't believe Ward would be back with the Steelers , and the NFL Network's Jason La Canfora said his sources believe that Ward won't be back . On Saturday, Hines took to Facebook to make his case for staying. I don't normally like to respond to rumors, but as I've said all along, I want to finish my career with the Pittsburgh Steelers. And as I've already told the organization, I am willing to work with them to restructure my contract to make sure this happens. - HINES Steelers sources told Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that no decision at all had been made on Ward, but of course, that's what they would say. At any rate, the best-case scenario for Ward right now is that his status with the Steelers is up in the air, which leaves open the possibility that Hines Ward could be in a different uniform in 2012. And that would be weird. Imagine Ward playing for, say ? the Baltimore Ravens.

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