A storybook ending

February 5, 2006

Hall of Fame running back Jerome Bettis retired

Jerome Bettis accomplished what he set out to do when he started playing football, win a Super Bowl championship.

And just moments after the final gun sounded in Super Bowl XL, he walked away from the game he loved on top of the world.

Bettis stood on the stage in the middle of Ford Field with the Lombardi Trophy in his hand and br