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PITTSBURGH -- LeVeon Bell stood at his locker, his face covered in sweat and his eagerness to kickstart his stalled NFL career palpable.His three-game suspension for a second violation of the leagues substance abuse policy over, the Pittsburgh Steelers running back is ready to get back to work, particularly after spending Sunday afternoon watching his teammates get clobbered across the state in Philadelphia.It sucked, Bell said.Pretty much. The team that looked borderline unstoppable at times during wins over Washington and Cincinnati was a mess against the Eagles. DeAngelo Williams, who filled in so brilliantly for Bell during the opening two weeks, slogged for just 21 yards. The offense posted its lowest point total in five years and the defense spent the afternoon futilely trying to make Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz look like a rookie.Enter Bell, limited to six of Pittsburghs last 22 games thanks to knee injuries and run-ins with the leagues drug policy. An All-Pro in 2014 when he emerged as one of the best all-around backs in the league, Bell believes hes a better player than the one last seen being carted off the field in a loss to the Bengals last November with a torn MCL in his right knee.Im a lot smarter, Bell said. So many things I did my (in 2014) were good things. But I look back at my film now and Im like, `What am I doing on this play? What am I doing on that play?Sunday nights visit from Kansas City (2-1) marks Bells first appearance in a game that matters in 11 months. He insists his surgically repaired right knee is fine. So, too, is the desire to prove that hes all the way back. The faster the better.Ive always felt like I had to prove something to somebody, Bell said. That is never going to go away. Im always going to have this personal chip on my shoulder.Even if one of Bells biggest enemies the last two years has been himself. He sat the first two games of the 2015 season as part of the fallout for his arrest on DUI and drug possession charges in August, 2014. Another four-game suspension (eventually reduced to three) came down in August after Bell says he overslept and missed a drug test.Im not a perfect person, I never will be, he said. I know there are some things I can get better (at).Probably a good idea as Bell enters the final year of the rookie contract he signed after the Steelers took him in the second round of the 2013 draft. He appeared on the verge of stardom in 2014 when he put up a combined 2,215 yards from scrimmage and proved just as dangerous catching passes as he was patiently setting up his blockers following a handoff.Over the last 330 days hes released his own hip-hop mixtape (under the pseudonym Juice) and collaborated with rap legend Snoop Dogg on another track. What he hasnt done, however, is score a touchdown or participated in a Pittsburgh victory. He made a token appearance in the first half of the Steelers third preseason game in August but otherwise hes been a bystander.For the majority of Bells absence, Pittsburghs offense hardly looked like it missed him. Williams was steady and occasionally spectacular over the second half of the 2015 season and led the NFL in rushing through the first two weeks of 2016 before the team-wide pratfall in Philly.Bell believes theres a chance for the Steelers to go to a two-back system, though Williams himself has said repeatedly he expects to go back to a secondary role once Bell is ready to go. Bell understands there may be some rust, which is why he wont shy away from contact during practice this week.For me not to be hit as much since last November, Im obviously going to want a little contact, blitz pickup, just to get ready for it, he said.Bells teammates are certainly ready for his familiar No. 26 to join them, particularly after a three-hour reality check at the hands of the Eagles.He brings a lot of energy to the huddle, left tackle Alejandro Villaneuva said. Were just happy he can recover from this incident and get his career back because thats what matters to him and matters to us as well.Game notes S Robert Golden underwent an MRI on Monday to have the hamstring he injured against Philadelphia examined but is uncertain if hell be ready by Sunday.---Online: AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL Tim Hardaway Jersey . 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Jamal Mashburn Jersey .Y. -- Canadas Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse have another World Cup gold medal after winning the two-women bobsled race on Saturday in Lake Placid, N. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Dusty Hannahs had 19 points as 10 players scored for Arkansas in a 90-65 win over Southern Illinois on Monday night.Southeastern Conference preseason Player of the Year Moses Kingsley added 15 points, 7 rebounds and 5 blocks for the Razorbacks (2-0), who improved to 48-2 in nonconference games under sixth-year coach Mike Anderson.Hannahs, Arkansas leading scorer last season, hit 5 of 6 3-point attempts -- helping the Razorbacks finish 13 of 23 overall from behind the arc. The senior also had five rebounds in 20 minutes of action.We made shots, Anderson said. I think were a good shooting team, and I thought we took rhythm shots ... Weve got multiple guys who can make shots, and thats what we saw tonight.Daryl Macon finished with 12 points for the Razorbacks, hitting 4 of 6 3-pointers, while C.J. Jones added 11 in his season debut. Arkansas shot 58.3 percent (21 of 36) in the first half and finished 30 of 61 (49.2 percent) for the game.Armon Fletcher led the Salukis (0-2) with 13 points, while Leo Vincent and Sean Lloyd added 10 each in the loss.Southern Illinois was 8-of-33 shooting (24.2 percent) in the first half and finished 22 of 60 (36.7 percent) from the field. Thik Bol added nine points and 12 rebounds, and the Salukis -- who were 22-10 last season -committed 17 turnovers.That could have been a lot worse than it was at times, Southern Illinois coach Barry Hinson said. ... You could tell that we wanted to make sure that they had to make 3s in order to beat us. That was a heck of a game plan, wasnt it, because they made 3s and beat us.Arkansas, which made almost 40 percent of its 3-pointers last season, struggled somewhat from behind the arc in its season-opening win over IPFW last week -- hittting 6 of 16 3-pointers.dddddddddddd Hannahs, one of the top 3-pointer shooters in the Southeastern Conference last season, was among those to struggle while hitting 1 of 6 from deep.The Razorbacks found their touch in the first half against Southern Illinois, hitting 9 of 13 3-pointers on their way to a 56-25 halftime lead. Hannahs and Macon each hit all three of their 3-point attempts in the half, in which Arkansas led by as many as 34 points on its way to the comfortable win.BIG PICTURETwo games into the addition of three of the top junior-college recruits in the country, Arkansas appears to be meshing just fine. The trio of Macon, Jaylen Barford and Arlando Cook combined for 30 points on Monday, providing the Razorbacks some much-needed offense a season after they finished a disappointing 16-16 and missed the postseason. Tonight, it was going, Macon said. We found open shots, knocked them down, found each other and just played as a team.CROWD WOESThe estimated actual attendance in the 19,200-seat Bud Walton Arena on Monday night was 4.270. Arkansas averaged 20,134 fans during its national championship season of 1994, and Hinson -- who coached in Fayetteville with both Oral Roberts and Missouri State -- was disappointed in the environment on Monday. Thats not an Arkansas crowd, Hinson said. Thats not a Razorbacks crowd.UP NEXTSouthern Illinois returns home to host Missouri Southern State on Wednesday night.The Razorbacks stay at home for their third straight game to open the season when they host Texas-Arlington on Friday night.---More AP college basketball: http://collegebasketball.ap.org ' ' '