Sports betting

Updated December 4, 2009 

Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin says QB Ben Roethlisberger will start in the team’s home game against the Oakland Raiders this Sunday — the Steelers are favored by 14.5-points with an Over/Under of 37.

Pittsburgh is 9-1 straight up and 7-3 against the spread in its last 10 games at Heinz Field but Oakland has been decent in its last 11 games when an underdog of more than 8-points, going 7-4 ATS.

Roethlisberger practiced with the first-team offense before last week’s game against the Baltimore Ravens but the team decided against letting him play.

Dennis Dixon started in Big Ben’s stead and the 7.5-point underdog Steelers lost in OT to the Ravens 20-17.

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