Entries Tagged as 'Steelers'

Super?

February 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

Ignore the inevitable claims that Sunday’s game was the best, or even one of the best, Super Bowls. XLIII was at best the third-best Supe involving the Steelers, considerably inferior to the two Dallas-Pittsburgh games, 1975 (21-17; the one where Lynn  Swann went nuts) and ‘78 (35-31, the one where Jackie Smith dropped a game-winner).
There was very […]

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Tags: Steelers · Super Bowl · NFL

RIP

February 28th, 2008 · No Comments

In 1976 I casually started in on a Sports Illustrated piece about the University of Pittsburgh football team (Tony Dorsett, et al) which ended up that year’s mythical national champion. Not far in, there was that moment when you recheck the byline because it dawns on your you’re reading great writing.
That was the first time […]

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Tags: Steelers · media