On Thursday afternoon, Michael Jackson passed away suddenly at the age of 50.  To say the King of Pop was a controversial figure in recent years is an understatement but nobody will argue the fact he is one of the most iconic people of the 20th century.  Whether you enjoyed his music or not, I doubt there’s anybody whose never heard of him or some of his songs.  Even though my musical tastes went in a different direction once I became a teenager and heard Nirvana for the first time, I am still a child of the 80’s so I’ll [...]

The Pittsburgh Steelers have finally signed starting tackle Max Starks to a four year, $26 million dollar contract.
Thus ends a long strange odyssey for both Starks and the Steelers. Max was the starting RT on the 2005 Super Bowl team. He came to camp fat and lazy the next two seasons, prompting new head coach Mike Tomlin to eventually give his starting job to then rookie Willie Colon.
However, fates intervened when LT Marvel Smith began experiencing issues with his back. Smith tried to gut it out in 2007 but his play was horrible. Max Starks assumed [...]

During the late 1980’s, one of the most unique athletes in sports history captured the American public’s imagination with one simple phrase:
Bo Knows…
Bo Jackson was a Heisman Trophy winning running back for Auburn University. He was the #1 overall pick in the NFL draft the following year. That’s when he decided he’d rather play baseball. While working his way through the Kansas City Royals farm system, the Oakland Raiders came to him with an intriguing proposal. Why not play both?
Other athletes have played both Major League Baseball and NFL football before and after Bo Jackson. [...]

It’s 1979 all over again.
On Friday night, the Pittsburgh Penguins won a heart-stopping Game 7 victory over the Detroit Red Wings to earn the prestigious Stanley Cup.
The route taken by the young Pens was somewhat reminiscent of the march the 2005 Pittsburgh Steelers made to a championship. Both teams suffered through disappointing regular seasons. Both had to put together spectacular late season runs to even make the playoffs (In the Pens case, they won 18 of their final 26 games). They then had to battle the best their conference had to offer to even make the finals. [...]

As Homer Simpson once so eloquently put it, “Mmmmm… Shiny.”
In a private ceremony held Tuesday evening, the Pittsburgh Steelers awarded their players, coaches, and front office personnel the latest in a long line of Super Bowl Championship rings. One for the other thumb, indeed.
Pictures are worth a thousand words but since you come here for my clever analysis, I suppose I should offer some commentary. I really like the middle portion, with the hypocycloids (the technical name for the little stars on the Steelers’ helmets) surrounding the six big ass diamonds representing the six Lombardi Trophies. [...]

Pittsburgh Steelers all-time great Jerome Bettis has been ousted from his deeply indented seat on NBC’s Football Night In America.
Because no NFL pregame show can possibly survive without at least a half-dozen talking heads spewing wildly inaccurate predictions, he will be replaced by part-time New England Patriot and full-time thug Rodney Harrison.
Guess Ray Lewis knows which network to call when he finally retires. If they like a dirty cheapshot artist like Harrison, they’ll love Ray Ray.  I wonder if Rodney has HGH on hand in case he suffers a case of laryngitis.
Also joining the team will be former Colts [...]