DeCastro May Be Back
He may look like Private Pyle but he plays like the Terminator. And just like the T-1000, David DeCastro will be back. The only question… Read More »DeCastro May Be Back
Injury Report
DeCastro Down & Out (And Other Preseason Thought)
Rule number one of the preseason is don’t get injured. Rule number two is don’t get injured. Rule #3 is see rule number one. I… Read More »DeCastro Down & Out (And Other Preseason Thought)
Musings On Steelers Second Pre-Season Game
Which evidently some 8.9 million of you watched. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. The Pittsburgh Steelers are America’s Team and so many of you… Read More »Musings On Steelers Second Pre-Season Game
Harrison Has Surgery, Redman Goes Down
Another day, another injury. Yesterday I mentioned that Pittsburgh Steelers All-Pro linebacker James Harrison remained on the PUP list due to ongoing soreness and swelling… Read More »Harrison Has Surgery, Redman Goes Down
Steelers Injury Situation Getting Ridiculous
It’s only August 15 and I’ve used the “Injury Report” tag three times already. NOT a good sign. The Pittsburgh Steelers began training camp with… Read More »Steelers Injury Situation Getting Ridiculous
Steelers Shuffle Line-Up As Injuries Mount
The Pittsburgh Steelers played their first pre-season game last Thursday. During the course of the evening, the worst thing that can possibly happen in an… Read More »Steelers Shuffle Line-Up As Injuries Mount
Another Week, Another Injury For Big Ben
Last week, Ben Roethlisberger told anybody who’d listen he was suffering from a “a little torn” rotator cuff. How’d I first hear of it? Oh,… Read More »Another Week, Another Injury For Big Ben
Big Ben Injury Watch Starting Early This Year
The official record shows the Pittsburgh Steelers 2011 season ended with a Wild Card playoff loss to the Denver Broncos. In reality, their season ended… Read More »Big Ben Injury Watch Starting Early This Year
Steelers Report Limp To Latrobe Absent Wallace
And then some players rolled into St. Vincent’s driving a bright orange Kubota tractor. Although you can’t really see him in that shot, Pittsburgh Steelers… Read More »Steelers Report Limp To Latrobe Absent Wallace
Aftermath Of A Devastating Steelers Loss
The mood in Pittsburgh is not good. How seriously do we take our Steelers football? The day after each of our two Super Bowl losses, a figurative dark cloud hangs over the city. I currently live in the ‘burbs but I was still going to CMU when Neil O’Donnell threw we lost Super Bowl XXX. Taking a bus through town from my off-campus apartment, I had never seen more somber expressions in my life. It was positively funereal.
Now that we’ve had a few days to digest what has to be the most devastating non-Super Bowl loss in Black and Gold history, it’s time to focus on the off-season. Before closing the book on the 2011 campaign, though, here are a few quick tidbits that surfaced over the past couple days.
— Pittsburgh’s esteemed Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, made good on his bet with the mayor of Denver by Tebowing for the local news media. Everybody knows the Boy Wonder is a diehard fan so I’m not surprised he made a city-to-city bet on a Wild Card game. I am a bit surprised by the stakes. What if the Steelers had won? Would Denver’s mayor have to break his foot, then do body shots with a skanky coed?
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