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But Wasn't Willie Parker Born To Run?

DAULERIO — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:20:04 EST

On a recent episode of "The Best Damn Sports Show Podcast" Steelers running back Willie Parker admitted he had to do a little research before Super Bowl XLIII. You know, about the halftime entertainment.

It turns out that Parker wasn't that enthusiastic about Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's performance this year. It probably had something to do with the fact that he had no idea who the man was. In an interview with BDSSP's Jason Cahill, he confesses.

BDSSP: Are you a big Springsteen fan?

Willie: Um…I never heard of him. But after I heard he was doing the halftime show I kind of asked around and got more knowledge of him and what his group is about.

BDSSP: Hang on a second. You had never heard of Bruce Springsteen up until the game?

Willie: I haven't man. It's probably sad, but I haven't.

BDSSP: How about "Born In The USA"? Have you ever heard that song?

Willie: I heard that song, but I didn't know until recently he sang that. See, I had to do a little research.

Well we all have our blind spots. And to be fair, up until about a year ago I thought various songs by Warren Zevon, Todd Rundgren, and Nick Cave were actually sung by Bruce Springsteen.

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Najeh Davenport New Dump Truck For Steelers

Leitch — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:40:10 EST

The Steelers might have won last night — a loss would have been devastating to their hopes f staving off the Browns — but they lost running back Willie Parker for the rest of the year with a broken leg. (Good thing nobody plays fantasy football in Week 17.) And now only one man can save them: The Hamper Shitter.

Yes, at long last, Najeh Davenport, the hamper shitter, has a starting role for a contending NFL team. We've been waiting for this day for a while. Let the jokes reign free. Our personal favorite is that Davenport will "fill Parker's shoes." We are quite certain that he will.

Much Ado About Pigskin Poo [Wired]

It's Sleepy Football Night In America

Leitch — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 09:15:23 EST

We try to recap each weeknight game the morning after around here, because weekday games are rare and often are the talk of the "water cooler" around "the office" with one's "co-workers." Unfortunately, last night's Steelers-Browns tilt was, well, a completely shellacking that was over early and in a rather efficient, boring fashion.

How can we wrap this one up? Willie Parker went crazy, Kellen Winslow is still a jerk — while remaining A SOLDIER! — and neither one of these teams is gonna have much to do in January but car pooling with Roethlisberger. It seemed like the type of freezing night in which you could be excused for heading home in the third quarter; the whole game had a sleepy feel to it, like it was a formality that had to be finished up and packed away. (You know, like a regular season NBA game.) The Steelers are wrapping up a dead season, and the Browns seem like they'll never be relevant again. Thursday night NFL, it's the best. Screw you Time Warner!

Alan Faneca Makes His Case For The Pro Bowl [The Fanhouse]
Kellen Winslow, Soldier (In Pads, And With Free School And A Big Contract And Little Chance Of Actually, You Know, Being Killed) [Deadspin]

All Steelers Look Alike

Leitch — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:30:34 EST

We don't mean to pile on here — really — but you might remember last week, during the Super Bowl, when we talked about the Pittsburgh television station that took down a story about our Ben Roethlisberger photos and then pretended that they never ran it.

Well, the reporter we talked to for that story was a man named Gus Rosendale. (Who, it must be said, was polite on the phone and seemed like a nice enough fellow.) If you were wondering what he has been up to of late, check out this grueling video in which Gus, during the Steelers' victory parade, called Antwaan Randle El by the name "Willie Parker." He kept doing it, too, until Randle El informed our man Gus that, uh, no, wrong guy who scored a touchdown in the Super Bowl. It's a truly awesome spectacle to see. We highly suggest it.

(Big thanks to The Airing Of Grievances for the heads-up on this.)

Reporter's Big Boo Boo [The Denver Channel] (via The Airing Of Grievances)
Tracking The Roethlisberger Pictures [Deadspin]