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Dolphins legend Larry Little wanted to make sure to say one thing about younger brother David. ''I'm proud of the career he had,'' the NFL Hall of Famer said. ``A lot of times when you have an older brother who had a career like I had, people always would try to compare the younger to the older. He went on and did everything on his own. He had a great high school career, a great college career and a great NFL career. ``He didn't let that deter him. And, he had to live with it all his life.'' That life...

PITTSBURGH -- Former Pittsburgh Steelers Pro Bowler David Little, who led one of the NFL's most experienced linebacker corps in the 1980s, died while weightlifting at home in Miami. He was 46. Little was lifting weights Thursday when he had a heart arrhythmia, causing him to drop a 250-pound barbell on his chest, which rolled onto his neck and suffocated him, according to the coroner. Little was found by his sons, David Jr. and Darien. The University of Florida graduate played his entire 12-year career in Pittsburgh after being taken during the seventh round of the 1981 NFL draft. Little...

PITTSBURGH - David Little, a durable linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers (news) who was voted to the Pro Bowl in 1990, died while weightlifting at home in Miami. He was 46. Little had heart disease, and a cardiac fluttering Thursday caused him to drop on his chest 250 pounds of weights, which rolled onto his neck and suffocated him, the coroner said Tuesday. Little was found by his sons, David Jr. and Darien. Little played his entire 12-year career in Pittsburgh after he was drafted out of Florida in the seventh round in 1981. He started 125 of the 179...