http://nicepickcowher.com A Pittsburgh Steelers Blog Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:06:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en How are you spending your Fourth of July? Former Steelers head coach Bill Cowher is visiting Iraq with three other current and former NFL head coaches. I have to give the Chin credit, he's a braver man than I. I'm sure the security surrounding guest celebrities is ultra-tight but it's ... http://nicepickcowher.com/2009/07/04/bill-cowher-goes-to-iraq-finds-inner-yinzer/ 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 ... http://nicepickcowher.com/2009/06/29/santonio-holmes-really-misses-michael-jackson/ 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 ... http://nicepickcowher.com/2009/06/24/max-starks-all-about-the-benjamins/ 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 ... http://nicepickcowher.com/2009/06/19/ben-roethlisberger-is-a-great-athlete/ 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 ... http://nicepickcowher.com/2009/06/15/pittsburgh-once-again-city-of-champions/ 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 ... http://nicepickcowher.com/2009/06/10/pittsburgh-steelers-hand-out-the-bling/ 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 ... http://nicepickcowher.com/2009/06/08/nbc-tows-away-the-bus/ Dear Bill Cowher: Well, you went ahead and did it. I didn't think you actually would but you did. At last night's Penguins-Hurricanes game, you stood there in your bright red shirt and flashed those pearly white Chiclets while proudly going about your organ grinder monkey routine. Good for you, ... http://nicepickcowher.com/2009/05/27/screw-you-cowher/ President Barack Obama met with our World Champion Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday. He immediately displayed his folksy charm by reading some lame prepared remarks, then continued to push his populist agenda by putting the Steelers to work preparing USO care packages. Not that I have anything but the ... http://nicepickcowher.com/2009/05/22/james-harrison-scoffs-at-your-traditions/ I can admit when I'm wrong. Three months ago, the Pittsburgh Penguins were floundering. They were in danger of missing the playoffs in a league where more than half the teams make the post season. They had terrible coaching, a terrible power play, and terrible goaltending. Things looked ... http://nicepickcowher.com/2009/05/15/cowhers-favorite-team-to-face-pens/