"All four Super Bowl champions. All four Pro Bowlers. And all four again Steelers for a night and forever in retirement. Joey Porter, Willie Parker, Aaron Smith and Marvel Smith -- standout players from the past decade for the Steelers -- were honored Friday night in a ceremony before the team's annual night practice at Latrobe Memorial Stadium where they "retired" as Steelers. It's clear they have left their heart in Pittsburgh. "This is home. Even when I left -- it was OK to go and play for Miami and Arizona ... but there's nothing like home," Porter said. "Pittsburgh -- once you come through here -- it's a special piece in your heart here, in Pittsburgh. "That void wouldn't have been filled if I didn't come back and retire as a Steeler." A notoriously thin-skinned linebacker, Porter -- nicknamed J. Peezy -- was the emotional leader of the Super Bowl XL champion defense, leading the team's "Who Ride? We Ride!" postgame locker-room rallying cries." Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sports/steelers/farewell-party-647514/
