The Pittsburgh Steelers Blog

Normally, when the NFL schedule is released, fans don't need to consider whether the games will actually take place. This is supposed to be the time when vacation days are blocked out across Steeler Nation. Not in 2011. Just a lock-out, no block out. But, assuming the 2011 Pittsburgh Steelers football season does include actual, […]

Since last evening's Penguins 3-0 win over Tampa Bay in Game 1 of the NHL Playoffs, I've been wrestling in my mind over whether the outcome is a sign of a long or short series to follow. On one hand, the Pens certainly showed the recipe for how this version of the team can win […]

Spurred by a bar-room conversation, I have set about selecting a Pittsburgh Penguins all-time team. Not just 6 starters here, I'm talking a full four lines, six defensemen, and two goalies. Our good friend and native Pittsburgher Dave Dameshek of NFL.com and the Jimmy Kimmel Show joined me recently to aid in my selections, and […]

So who had the worst weekend in Pittsburgh sports, Nasir Robinson, Matt Cooke, Mario Lemieux, or the Big East Basketball Conference? I'm going to give it to Cooke by an elbow, for self inflicted loss of about $22,000 per-game checks coming up during his suspension. Not to mention a pretty awkward situation in his dressing […]

It's time for the 2011 edition of: "Pittsburgh Steelers Free Agent Signings That Never Ever Would Happen But Let's Speculate Anyway" Of course, with the NFL Lock-Mess monster soon to appear, there won't be any signings across the league for months. All the more reason to drum up fantasy sightings and signings for the Black […]

Bylsma Vs Dixon Tuesday February 15th, 2011 marked the two-year anniversary of the hiring of Penguins head coach Dan Bylsma. All "Disco" Dan did in two calendar years was direct his hockey team to wins in 100 of his first 163 games, the fifth fastest in NHL history, not to mention a Stanley Cup Title […]

Steelers WR Hines Ward has been quoted this week that he was disappointed he didn't get any opportunities on the final three passes of Super Bowl XLV. He's got every right to be ticked off. When the great Chicago Bulls teams needed a basket, did Michael Jordan ever not touch the ball? Wasn't John McClane […]

I just got back from a trip to Morgantown, WV where I watched the 4th-ranked Pitt hoops team knock off West Virginia 71-66 in the 181st hard-court edition of the Backyard Brawl. The same place a year ago where I witnessed WVU spark their season with a 70-51 shutdown of the Panthers. A year later […]