We Are Everywhere

You know Obama was at a Wizards NBA game the other day, right? Did you notice the people sitting behind him?



Yep, more Steelers fans.

We Are Everywhere

We've seen Terrible Towels at the Olympics in Beijing, so why not at Obama's Inauguration?

Nash, get to the newsstand again!

At this point, I'm worried about the SI cover jinx coming into play. Especially after that headline of "Who Can Stop The Steelers?"

Nash, hit the newstand ASAP

Why didn't I find these shirts sooner!?!

https://www.compressmerch.com/merch/scripts/prodList.asp?idCategory=46

Steelers 20, Cowboys 13

Deshea Townsend scores the game-winning TD against the Cowboys ... sending Scott and Nash into delirium and making Brownie and Steve C. curse in disgust, realize the inferiority of their favorite NFL team and acknowledge the superiority of the Black & Gold.

Sunday's biggest hit

Wes Welker, meet Ryan Clark of the Pittsburgh Steelers ...

Further proof of the best fans in the NFL

"It was one of the pointers of the game, like, 'Damn, are we giving away free towels tonight or something?' " Thomas said. "It was something we discussed on the sidelines....For a [rival] team like that to be able to get a hold of tickets? I mean, how can you do that?"

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2008/11/redskins_on_the_fan_turnout_di.html

My last attempt at swaying Nash

Good enough for the Rooneys, good enough for all of us!

Sacked by the Market

OK, this left an empty feeling in my stomach ...

An adviser says Dan and Art Rooney are making progress. But even if they do manage to cobble together a deal, hurdles remain. Three-quarters of the league’s 32 teams would have to approve a transaction. While every owner admires the Rooneys, not every one is likely to back a highly leveraged sale of a Rust Belt franchise in the teeth of a recession in advance of an expected labor showdown in 2011.

So the Steelers and the league are left attempting, in the words of one lawyer involved, “a high-wire act in an alternative universe.” There are the N.F.L.’s rules. There’s the economy. There’s the powerful history. And there’s the family itself. The five Rooney brothers have 29 children to account for, not to mention an identity wrapped up in the franchise. For proof, try lifting “Ruanaidh” (Gaelic for Rooney), a family memoir that Art Jr. self-published earlier this year. The book runs 483 pages, or some 400,000 words.

“Your emotions are, You never want to get out of the Steelers,” Art Jr. told me a few weeks after the September conference call. “But you know the facts. The grim reaper is right down the street.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/sports/playmagazine/112colbiz.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&ref=sports&pagewanted=all

Ah, geez, don't get my hopes up

On Thursday, an ESPN.com writer who covers the AFC North has picked Pittsburgh to make the Super Bowl this season ...

Big Ben-led Steelers won't be stopped in weakened AFC

Don't they know I'll have a newborn in the house by then? I can't be yelling and screaming during a Super Bowl this year!

I heart Hines Ward

Once again, Steelers > Cowboys

Once again, the mighty Steelers have bested the dirty, loathsome Cowboys. This time, it's in Sports Illustrated's stadium rankings. Pittsburgh's Heinz Field was rated second-best in the NFL, behind Green Bay's Lambeau Field.

Oh, what's that Cowboys fans? You say the Cowboys will move to No. 1 when when that affront to good taste that Jerry Jones is building opens next season? Not so fast.

According to the survey, Cowboys fans themselves said Dallas fans aren't that smart when it comes to football. A whopping 6.8 percent said their fellow Dallas fans had "Poor" or "Below Average" football IQs. That's compared to just 3.9 percent of Steelers fans.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/specials/fansurvey/2008/index.html?bcnn=yes

We Are Everywhere II

No matter which party wins the November election, a Steelers fan will be VP.

That's right, Joe Biden and Sarah Palin both share a rooting interest in the mighty Pittsburgh Steelers.

Palin ...

She relishes moose burgers because "they taste better than beef with no chemicals, steroids or hormones." She adopted the Pittsburgh Steelers because of the team's success in the 1970s and because there are no major professional teams in her state.

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/columnists/vassilaros/s_517252.html

Biden ...

On Friday night, when Obama and Biden met Steelers Coach Mike Tomlin in Pittsburgh, Biden recounted how "Old Mr. Rooney" -- Steelers owner Dan Rooney -- dispatched some players from his championship team to the hospital room in Wilmington where Biden's two toddler sons, Beau and Hunter, were recovering from the accident. They brought the boys an autographed football as a Christmas present.

"And I have been a Steelers fan since that day," Biden told Tomlin.

"Not much has changed," Tomlin responded.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/31/AR2008083101954_2.html?referrer=emailarticle

Who says there isn't common ground between the two parties!?!

We are everywhere

From Pittsburgh to Fort Smith to Beijing for the Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh gold medal ceremony ...



Here We Go Steelers, Here We Go.

I might be sick

The storied Pittsburgh Steelers football franchise has been secretly shopped to potential buyers amid continuing divisions among the five sons of the team's founder, Art Rooney Sr.

http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB121546397767833575-lMyQjAxMDI4MTA1NzQwNjczWj.html

I'll now curl up in the fetal position under my desk and cry.

Steelers again dominate the NFL

Dan Rooney is voted the owner with the best reputation in the league ...

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=williamson_bill&id=3424282

While Hines Ward was voted the smartest non-QB offensive player in the league ...

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=williamson_bill&id=3429516

The coolest helmets in pro football history

Don't blame me for which helmet is No. 1. It's science, baby. And you can't argue with that.




http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Review-The-11-Coolest-Helmets-in-Pro-Football-H?urn=nfl,86651

2008 Steelers schedule

(All times Eastern)

Sunday, Sept. 7 vs. Texans 1 p.m. (CBS)
Sunday, Sept 14 @ Browns 8:15 p.m. (NBC)
Sunday, Sept. 21 @ Eagles 4:15 p.m. (CBS)
Monday, Sept. 29 vs. Ravens 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Sunday, Oct. 5 @ Jaguars 8:15 p.m. (NBC)
Sunday, Oct. 12 Bye Week
Sunday, Oct. 19 @ Bengals 1 p.m. (CBS)
Sunday, Oct. 26 vs. Giants 4:15 p.m. (FOX)
Monday, Nov. 3 @ Redskins 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Sunday, Nov. 9 vs. Colts 4:15 p.m. (CBS)
Sunday, Nov. 16 vs. Chargers * 4:15 p.m. (CBS)
Thursday, Nov. 20 vs. Bengals 8:15 p.m. (NFL Network)
Sunday, Nov. 30 @ Patriots * 4:15 p.m. (CBS)
Sunday, Dec. 7 vs. Cowboys * 4:15 p.m. (FOX)
Sunday, Dec. 14 @ Ravens * 1 p.m .(CBS)
Sunday, Dec. 21 @ Titans * 1 p.m. (CBS)
Sunday, Dec. 28 vs. Browns * 1 p.m. (CBS)

(* Times and TV network may change due to flexible scheduling)

Oh, now they say it was holding

http://www.postgazette.com/pg/08093/869712-66.stm

Playoff flag that wasn't thrown

Mike Pereira, the NFL's head of officiating, admitted yesterday that his crew working the Steelers-Jaguars playoff game erred in not calling a holding penalty against Jacksonville on a crucial play that allowed the Jaguars to kick the winning field goal.

Quarterback David Garrard scrambled on fourth-and-2 from the Steelers 43 and made the first down. Three plays later, Josh Scobee kicked a field goal, giving the Jaguars a 31-29 victory. Several Steelers players complained there was blatant holding on Garrard's run. Nearly three months later, Pereira agreed with them.

Tomlin declined to comment on Pereira's admission.

Question: What good does it do to announce this? (Aside from letting Steelers fans around the world say "A-ha, I knew it was the refs!") And what took them so long to announce it? Why wait 87 days from missing the call to say "Oops, sorry Steelers, we blew that one!"