Zach’s Stadium
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The March of the Penguins
Entering the year, the vast majority of hockey pundits—as well as fans—expected little success from the Pittsburgh Penguins. They had missed the playoffs in three-consecutive seasons, hired a first-time head coach in Dan Muse, and were in a very competitive division based on last season. The media pushed for Sidney Crosby to be traded time
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Immeasurable Disappointment
Pictured: Art Rooney II looking at all coaching candidates that have no Pittsburgh roots I am not 100% sure what I was expecting for the Steelers’ head coaching search, given that I was in kindergarten the last time they found themselves in a scenario where they needed to hire a new guy. Since then, ownership
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The Steelers Experience
Pictured: the annual crash and burn of the Pittsburgh Steelers when they enter the playoffs, where they proceed to get shellacked Without getting too political, how much of Barack Obama’s presidency do you remember? He has not been in office since January 20th, 2017, when he finished the last day of his second term. That
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Putting the “Special” in Special Teams
I may have gone through every emotion humanly possible during last night’s 26-24 victory by the Steelers over the Ravens, the win that would put Aaron Rodgers and company in the postseason. Agony, elation, frustration, sadness, denial, etc. all presented themselves as I watched the two long-time rivals vie for the fourteenth (and final) playoff
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Disappointment without Surprise: Part 1234567
Pictured: all of Steeler Nation yelling at Aaron Rodgers after he threw three consecutive passes to Marquez Valdes-Scantling with the game (and possibly season) on the line Well, this weekend sucked. There were two ways that the Steelers could wrap up the AFC North with a week left in the regular season: the Packers could
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Utter Chaos
Pictured: almost every NFL fan watching week 16 action It is not often that we see so many unbelievable games in one week in the National Football League. From Seattle’s miraculous 16-point comeback overtime win against the Rams on Thursday Night Football—which featured a very controversial two-point conversion—to Sunday Night Football’s victory by the Patriots
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A Good Ending to a Bad Week
POV: You watched the Steelers score touchdowns on four-straight drives for the first time since 2018 Leading into Monday night, it had not been a good week for Pittsburgh sports. The Pitt men’s basketball team got slaughtered by Villanova. The Penguins only got three points from four games, blowing incredulous third-period leads in three of
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A Tale of Two Halves
It is often said that football (among other sports) is a tale of two halves. Part of this saying relies on teams making adjustments at halftime to position themselves to take control of the game in the remaining thirty minutes. For some teams, attrition also plays a role, as they may rely on their big
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I Cannot Watch this Shit Anymore
Pictured: Me, watching the Steelers I was back in Pittsburgh for Thanksgiving. One thing I realized is that you get a very different picture of the city’s sports landscape from the local media than you do from the national media, as the former is wholly biased (something I can, in some respects, appreciate). As such,
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Making Adjustments: Not in the Playbook
Heading into yesterday’s game against the Bears, the Steelers had a particularly dismal record in the city of Chicago for the entire history of their franchise—one win and twelve losses. In sports, you often hear about “cursed” venues, where a team almost never seems to win. Think about the Penguins at the obsolete Spectrum in