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Pittsburgh Still Having Trouble With This No. 1 Thing
One week ago, Pittsburgh was an unstoppable juggernaut asserting their dominance by thrashing a previously unbeatable behemoth. Today, everyone is scratching their heads and saying, "What's wrong with those guys?"...
Oklahoma Goes Down With Griffin On Queer Street, UNC Falls to Maryland
Last night the Oklahoma Sooners traveled to Texas to renew the Red River Rivalry with a number one ranking on the line, only to be rebuffed once again by the Longhorns....
Pittsburgh Penguins Also Not Pleased With Head Coaching Performance
Penguins coach Michel Therrien has been dismissed. GM Ray Shero: "I didn't particularly like the direction the team was headed." You mean you wanted to lose the Stanley Cup Finals again? [CBC]...
Jeff Reed Likes His Nachos/Is Getting Fat
That's not eatin', that's dinin'. Steelers kicker enjoys the high life at the Pitt-West Virgina basketball game. [Busted Coverage]...
Heat Up Your Cold February Nights With Hockey Erotica
If you're looking for hot entertainment, I suggest finding your way North this month for "a new show that brings Canada's two favourite pastimes—hockey and sex—together at last on one rollicking theatre stage."...
Mike Tomlin's Younger Self Would Like To Share His Meal Plan With You
I'm not sure why this was sent to us or what it has to do with anything, but here it is—Mike Tomlin is a organ donor!...
TWO FEET DOWN
Steeler Nation sees your one toe and raises you another, Buzzsaw boy. [SteelersDepot]...
Troy Polamalu Once Again Stage Dives Into The Waiting Arms Of Sixburgh's Faithful
Yesterday's Super Bowl parade in Pittsburgh had the usual accoutrements: black and yellow wardrobes, Terrible Towel waving, and obnoxious yelling. But you don't often see a player give back as much as Troy Polamalu....
Take The Money And Run
Man in Steelers jacket robs Pittsburgh bank during Super Bowl victory parade. Is foiled when he and the money are sprayed with, appropriately, red dye. [Pittsburgh Post Gazette]...
Hey, Did You And I Just Buy Santonio Holmes A New Cadillac Escalade?
Whatever happened to the tradition of General Motors giving the Super Bowl MVP a new car? It happened; it's just that GM wanted to keep the presentation quiet this year. And for good reason....
Mickey Gets A Booth Review
Santonio Holmes visits Disney World. In exchange, Mickey Mouse will be cited and appear in a Pittsburgh court on possession of marijuana charges. [Orlando Sentinel]...
What Is Up With That Steelers Fight Song?
If you managed to catch any of the Pittsburgh Steelers victory parade today, you might have heard the haunting bass grooves of what might be the worst team fight song of all time....
Steeler Victory Parade Is Set ... No Guns, Knives, Nunchucks Please
Yeah, that Steelers victory parade that the city said it couldn't afford? It begins Tuesday at noon at Mellon Arena. [Business Times]...
Cranky Writer Says "Best Super Bowl Ever" Proclamations Are Silly
SI writer Andrew Perloff gives five reasons why Super Bowl XLIII shouldn't be considered epic. [For The Record]...
Your Morning After Super Bowl Cardinals-Were-Hosed Post
Not saying that the last play by Warner was or wasn't an incomplete pass, but did officials actually look at the replay? Couldn't God have thrown a red flag from the heavens? [YouTube]...
Tonight, We Are All Buzzsaw
All told, I'm not quite as sad as Sad Vader here. This seems like the only way it could have happened....
Super Bowl XLIII Live Blog: The Battle To Legitimize Already-Printed Merchandise
Whose team will reign supreme? The guys whose fans wave towels or the guys whose state has vowels? Which QB wins: the one who found Christ or whose appendix was sliced?...
The Hypnotic Tao Of Jeff Reed
Pittsburgh Steelers kicker Jeff Reed is one-man marketing machine and it all has to do with his goofy hair-do and his inability to turn down any camera phone. USA Today amusingly investigates....
That's No Buzzsaw
This is a level of dedication to the Pittsburgh Steelers that will forever be questioned by the men in her life. I don't think she cares....
Kris Letang Beats Off Two Guys, Interviewer Takes Notice
Fox Sports' Dan Potash asks an unfortunate question of Pittsburgh Penguin Kris Letang. It's funny because your mind is in the gutter. [YouTube, via The PensBlog]...