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Visit VoteforHines.com! Every once in a while, a player comes along who embodies the personality and character of the organization he represents. Hines Ward is one such player. The Pittsburgh Steelers have long been known as a blue-collar team. They win games by grinding it out the old-fashioned way, and they don’t put up with [...]

I’ll be joining Tony Mazur and Daniel Dorko today at 1:00pm EST to talk about Maurkice Pouncey, Ben Roethlisberger, Aaron Rodgers, the defensive battle, etc. Click here to listen live and chat with other listeners. //
Published on February 4th, 2011 | In category:
Featured,
NFL

Guest Post by Bryan Confer, Co-Written by Susan Shan The Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers have a combined 18 NFL championships between them (dating back to the pre-Super Bowl era); yet, they’ve somehow never met in a championship game. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, this will be the fourth instance in which [...]

If you missed Wednesday night’s #SSsports Twitter chat, here are some highlights below: On Albert Pujols’s contract negotiations with the St. Louis Cardinals… @katetscott: I miss the days when stars took as much as their teams could offer without hurting their clubs. #SSSports @Wild_Stryker: Cardinals should have been prepared for this upcoming Pujols deal a [...]

Welcome to Super Bowl XLV edition of the #SSsports chat. Please follow the chat from the Twitter account @SusanShanChat. There is only one requirement: please hashtag all tweets with #SSsports. To find out more about the chat, click here. Also, be sure to check back tomorrow to see if you’ve made the highlights! For tonight’s [...]
Published on February 2nd, 2011 | In category:
Featured,
NFL

Guest Post by D’Bickataw Purgaton *Editor’s Note: The following piece has been slightly edited from its original content. Ever since the untimely demise of firejoemorgan.com, there has been a void in the world of sports journalism criticism that occasional #FJM marathons on Deadspin are unable to fill. I’m sure other Doritos-eating, mother’s-basement-dwelling mole people like [...]
Published on January 24th, 2011 | In category:
Featured,
NFL

I tweeted this out last night in reference to Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin’s playcalling on 3rd and 6 at the New York Jets 40-yard line with two minutes remaining in the game and a five-point lead: “This is why I like Tomlin: instead of the safe running play on 3rd down, he passes [...]
Published on January 21st, 2011 | In category:
NFL,
OTHER

Yeah, uh-huh, you know what it is. It’s time to get pumped about Sunday’s showdown with the official Wiz Khalifa Steelers tribute. Because, you know, it’s all about the black and yellow. //
Published on January 20th, 2011 | In category:
NCAA BB,
NFL

If you missed Wednesday night’s #SSsports Twitter chat, here are some highlights below: On Kentucky coach John Calipari’s public tirade toward Terrence Jones… @TheNational: #SSsports Coach Cal didn’t hit a player or act like Coach Martin at K State. He apologized it’s time to move on! There are different ways.. @MarkyMarcelus: If that’s the worst [...]