Call this another sign of the impending apocalypse.
The Rooney family, which has owned the Pittsburgh Steelers since the franchise’s inception in the early 1930s, seems on the verge of losing control of the team - specifically because the NFL has demanded that the Rooney’s comply with league guidelines prohibiting owners from having a financial stake […]

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If you’ve never lived in Pittsburgh this probably won’t mean anything to you. If you have spent time in the ‘burgh, however - it’s just a very sad thing.
Myron  Cope died of respiratory failure this morning at age 79.
Cope had several claims to fame over the course of his long career in sports, and in […]

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Got the Steelers jersey on, wearing the Steelers watch. Which pretty much guarantees they’ll lose, but…
Update: OK, down five, but … Steeler pick! Plenty of time…
Update 2: Ahhhhh, well. It was nice while it lasted.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jQdQu9-6cA

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So last night was the first chance I’ve had this football season to sit down and watch the Steelers uninterrupted - the children in bed, my wife going through the Sunday circulars, me with a cold one from my new favorite thing in the entire world.
And then Ben Roethlisberger looked like the proverbial deer in […]

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Well, see, I knew this. A survey by Scarborough (Joe?) Sports Marketing in New York names Pittsburgh as the city with the largest base of female fans.
I haven’t seen any research on this but I’d bet they also have the largest base of male fans. And child fans. And elderly fans. And blue-collar fans. White-collar […]

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Jerome Bettis, a.k.a. “The Bus,” writes a book in which he claims he faked a knee injury to avoid being released in 2000 and suggests the Steelers set former quarterback Kordell Stewart up to fail because they didn’t want to pay him.
And then there’s this:
The White House staff misspelled [then-coach Bill] Cowher’s name on the […]

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Um…. ah… urk.
Meet the Pittsburgh Steelers’ new mascot. I’m not exactly being filled with confidence in the coming season here.

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