1. Review: The Ultimate Super Bowl Book

    (from the weblog Steeltown Sports ) If you're scrambling around, trying to find the perfect gift for the pro football nut on your list, I have a suggestion...

    Steeltown Mike Written by Steeltown Mike about 2 years ago 132 reads 0 comments

  2. Head-Hunting: Steeler Fans Calling For Changes at the Top

    (from the weblog Steeltown Sports ) Pittsburgh Steeler fans are at once the greatest backers in sports and the sorest of losers...

    Steeltown Mike Written by Steeltown Mike about 2 years ago 1,155 reads 28 comments

  3. Let Troy Polamalu Heal: Steelers Need to Look Toward 2010

    As seen on the weblog Steeltown Sports: One thing has become very apparent in the last four weeks: Safety Troy Polamalu is the Pittsburgh Steelers' most valuable player...

    Steeltown Mike Written by Steeltown Mike about 2 years ago 475 reads 15 comments

  4. Satan Hoists Cup, and the Fun That Comes with It

    The Eternal Forces have brought their Spiritual War to the sports world, and it's been going on for a while. In October 2002, the Righteous scored a victory when the Anaheim Angels won the World Series...

    Steeltown Mike Written by Steeltown Mike about over 2 years ago 93 reads 0 comments

  5. A Beautiful "D": The Man Behind the New Steel Curtain

    In English, "LeBeau" translates to "The Beautiful One." In Pittsburgh, nothing could be more beautiful than a defense that is at once smart and smash-mouth...

    Steeltown Mike Written by Steeltown Mike about over 2 years ago 37 reads 0 comments

  6. Steelers' 2009 Playbook Requires Singular Focus

    The Pittsburgh Steelers were able to overcome one of the most difficult regular season schedules in NFL history en route to their sixth Super Bowl title...

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  7. Twenty Questions With Pittsburgh Steelers Linebacker James Harrison

    Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker James Harrison, who celebrated his 31st birthday earlier this month, has had a tumultuous year...

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  8. Examining The Unstable AFC North

    Since the NFL's most recent realignment in 2002, the AFC North did not have a repeat champion until the Pittsburgh Steelers accomplished the feat in 2007 and 2008...

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  9. Muted Expectations: Steelers Not Primed For Repeat

    Just hours after the Pittsburgh Steelers won their NFL-record sixth Superbowl title, talk in the Steel City shifted from "the joy of six" to "seven would be heaven"...

    Steeltown Mike Written by Steeltown Mike about almost 3 years ago 441 reads 3 comments

  10. Key Statistic Points to Detroit Red Wings-Washington Capitals Cup Final

    It's the time of year again to test the Shots on Goal Differential (SOGD) Steeltown Sports has been watching and modifying for the past several years (refer to this article)...

    Steeltown Mike Written by Steeltown Mike about almost 3 years ago 33 reads 0 comments

  11. Preparing for the Aftermath: A Guide for Steeler Fans

    This post is to Steeler fans, from a Steeler fan. It is not a premature declaration of victory. After the lessons "learned" following Superbowl XL, the fans of Steeler Country need to prepare for the fallout of a possible Superbowl XLIII victory...

    Steeltown Mike Written by Steeltown Mike about 3 years ago 39 reads 0 comments

  12. History Against the Penguins

    (from the sports blog Steeltown Sports) The Penguins are in trouble.Those who have read any of my recent hockey-related posts, or heard me broadcast a word on the subject of the NHL, know that I am fixated on a particular hockey statistic...

    Steeltown Mike Written by Steeltown Mike about almost 4 years ago 907 reads 7 comments

  13. Littlefield's Legacy: Lynchburg Loses

    (this is the first of a possible series illustrating the mismanagement of the Pittsburgh Pirates under former General Manager David Littlefield) The Lynchburg Hillcats fell Friday night, 7-3, to the defending Carolina League Champion Frederick Keys...

    Steeltown Mike Written by Steeltown Mike about almost 4 years ago 497 reads 0 comments

  14. Nostradamus McClouth?

    -- from the Sportsblog Steeltown SportsThis is a silly thing to do, but everything that needs to be said about the Pirates near-collapse Monday night has been said by all the more popular Pittsburgh-based weblogs...

    Steeltown Mike Written by Steeltown Mike about almost 4 years ago 518 reads 0 comments

  15. Order of Operations: Bay and LaRoche

    -- from the sports blog Steeltown Sports-------------Remember how excited Pirate fans were when Adam LaRoche was acquired last season?It was thought that someone was finally going to provide ...

    Steeltown Mike Written by Steeltown Mike about almost 4 years ago 373 reads 0 comments

  16. Pittsburgh Pirates 2008: A Different Kind of Preview

    From the sports blog Steeltown Sports This preview has nothing to do with players, coaches, or statistics. There are plenty of those around from various sources, with varying levels of sarcasm and seriousness...

    Steeltown Mike Written by Steeltown Mike about almost 4 years ago 732 reads 3 comments

  17. T-Minus Two Weeks

    —Ready or Not...(Part 2)— With apologies to Don Long, he's pretty much doomed.The Pittsburgh Pirates' new hitting coach isn't going to fare any better than his last three predecessors...

    Steeltown Mike Written by Steeltown Mike about almost 4 years ago 258 reads 0 comments