Steeler’s brother gets additional jail time

Decision to watch Super Bowl leads to 4 1/2 more years in stir

? Tyrone Carter pauses while pulling off his sweat-soaked jersey following a steamy afternoon practice and reflects where it went wrong for the big brother who steered the Pittsburgh Steelers’ safety through tough times.

“If you do the crime, you’ve got to turn the time,” Carter said.

But this much time? Four-and-a-half more years?

Tank Carter had 54 months added to what would have been a six-month sentence for driving with a revoked license in Broward County, Fla. The reason? He skipped out of going to jail in January to watch his brother play in three road playoff games and the Super Bowl.

The additional punishment could be viewed as overly harsh, yet Tyrone Carter knows why someone would risk such a severe penalty merely to watch a brother play in a few football games. Even if one game was the Super Bowl, where the two Carter brothers partied in Detroit with celebrities such as rapper Snoop Dogg.

“That’s that brotherly bond we have,” Tyrone Carter said. “I’m there for him and he’s there for me.”

After all, Tank Carter is more than just a brother to Tyrone. He’s also his best friend and confidante.

The two were raised by their grandparents in a rough section of Pompano Beach, Fla., that was infested by crimes and drugs, in a tiny house populated at times by as many as 10 children.

There was little money, and considerable temptation to go about all the wrong ways of acquiring it.

But even as Tank Carter was dropping out of high school and getting into trouble repeatedly – The Miami Herald reported he had five felonies and 11 misdemeanors on his record – he made certain his football-playing brother didn’t.