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September 6, 2022

Time for Steelers Football

Steelers camp is over. The preseason is behind us. The Pirates are a laughingstock. So, it’s time for Steelers football. Here are my annual team predictions for the season. Quarterback Much to my chagrin, Mitch Trubisky will be the starter. My chagrin is that Kenny Pickett is already 24 years old, and I don’t want to lose a season with...

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January 19, 2022

Goodbye Big Ben!

Well it’s official that Ben Roethlisberger is retiring from the Pittsburgh Steelers football team. I’ll miss him dearly. It’s not often that a football team gets 18 years of stability at the quarterback position. When he replaced Tommy Maddox in 2004 and led the team to a 15-1 record, I knew he was special. Actually, I knew he was special...

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August 29, 2021

The Standard is the Standard

If you’re a Pittsburgh Steelers fan, you’re probably well aware of Coach Mike Tomlin’s quotes over the years. He has an interesting way of talking football. I think “the standard is the standard” is probably his most famous quote, and he still repeats it quite often. It means that he has a certain standard that is expected of the team,...

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August 6, 2021

Stop the Vax Shaming

I just looked at no less than five articles calling for discrimination against unvaccinated Americans. This, after a poll found that sixty percent of Americans oppose public figures criticizing the unvaccinated. Listen to me very carefully vax shamers. Putting something in MY body is MY choice. And, nobody else can force me to do it. Stop the vax shaming now....

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Time for Steelers Football

Goodbye Big Ben!

The Standard is the Standard

Stop the Vax Shaming