BREAKING NEWS: LOOKING TO END SLUMP, TROY POLAMALU SHAVES HEAD, IS BARELY RECOGNIZABLE

PITTSBURGH - Here is the first startling picture of popular Pittsburgh Steeler safety Troy Polamalu after he shaved his famous head of hair, taken at the annual Little Sisters of the Poor charity dinner Saturday night. Polamalu said the shave was prompted by his hope that it will end the Steeler's slump. The team has lost its last three games. Polamalu's appearance was so altered that he was barely recognizable. Some attendees at the dinner commented that he now resembles well-known Pittsburgh attorney Bill Moorhead.

"I think I'm going to grow it back," Polamalu told a reporter. "I'll bet you the next time anybody sees me, my old hair will be back and nobody will even realize I'd had a hair cut."