MVP of Super Bowl 43? Santonio Holmes

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — From selling drugs on the street corner to Super Bowl MVP. Now that's a story Santonio Holmes will share forever.In a game that stunningly got better with every play, the Pittsburgh Steelers saved their very best for the end.

Somehow, Holmes managed to keep his feet planted in the end zone as he pulled in Ben Roethlisberger's pass for a 6-yard touchdown with 35 seconds left, and the Steelers shocked the Arizona Cardinals 27-23 Sunday for their record sixth Super Bowl championship.

The fourth quarter was filled with wild swings. The whole game, really, featuring heroes in step with today's economic times: first the Steelers' James Harrison, cut by so many teams that he thought of quitting football to be a bus driver, and then Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner, a former Super Bowl MVP since deemed over the hill by three different teams.The biggest story, though, belonged to Holmes.

Earlier this week, Holmes told the tale of his childhood in poverty-stricken Belle Glade, Fla. He admitted he didn't need the money he got selling drugs for food or to help his family. He mostly spent it on shoes and gifts for himself.

"I'm pretty sure some kids can get a feel for changing their lives and not doing those type of things, and can get an opportunity to get out of the ghetto, the 'hood, to be successful," he said a few days ago.

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