Archive for March, 2009

The eagerly anticipated 2009 NFL season will kick off with the traditional Thursday night match-up featuring the defending Super Bowl champions. This year, that game will be your six time Lombardi Trophy winning Pittsburgh Steelers against the newly Albert Haynesworth-less Tennessee Titans.  Not only will we get a chance to see old friend Chris Hope, we’ll also get a chance to present the Titans’ prized free agent pick up, WR Nate Washington, with the ring he barely kinda somewhat helped us win.  It’ll also be a chance to meet up with infamous Terrible Towel stomper Lendale White and ask him [...]

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I hope everybody’s wearing green, bought their corned beef and cabbage for dinner, and enjoying a nice cup of Irish Coffee (easy on the coffee, heavy on the Irish).  Or, if you’re like me and are currently employed at a place of business which frowns upon showing up half in the bag, my drink of preference this time of year:  Shamrock Shakes.  I’m not really a milkshake drinker since I’m somewhat intolerant of milk products, let’s call it lactose impatient.  However, I do have a weakness for those frothy green concoctions.  Maybe it goes back to [...]

The Arizona Cardinals continued their lame attempt to emulate the most successful franchise in the NFL  by signing free agent cornerback Bryant McFadden to a 2 year $10 million contract on Sunday.  This is yet another name added to the long list of players they have acquired who once played for the Pittsburgh Steelers or lived in our fair city.  No wonder everybody calls them Pittsburgh West.  And if the current mock drafts are correct, it’s only going to get worse when they draft Pitt’s star running back Shady McCoy come April. B-Mac will be the only member of the [...]