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* Second, a word for the college kids in Oakland. It's about the team, and the city. It's not about you. Pittsburgh has become a college town, which means that for a lot of students, it's just a place to throw the beer cans. But you don't celebrate your connection to a place by crapping all over it. Get drunk, get happy, play "Here We Go Steelers" on the trombone. But if you're into carflipping and window-smashing, consider a transfer to WVU.
* There's been a lot of vaporing over at ESPN about whether Pittsburgh is "the greatest franchise in pro sports," or whether it deserves the title of "America's Team." But obvi- ously, one thing that makes the Steelers among the greatest sports franchises is that they'd never think to call themselves "America's Team." You need to own the Cowboys to come up with something that self-aggrandizing.Whenever the Steelers do something great, I think about him. I think about how even the phrase "Steelers Nation," doesn't do justice to the community this team has attracted - a community not even a nation's borders can contain. I hope he got Sunday night off, and instead of entertaining a bunch of norteamericanos with a Vegas version of his own cultural heritage, he got to watch James Harrison's 100-yard INT return just like I did.See the full content of this document
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Bowled Over
I FELL ASLEEP last night to the sound of police sirens, happy drunks, and a kid down the street playing "Here We Go Steelers, Here We Go," on a marchingband trombone. So this space may be even les...
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