--SUPER BOWL GOLD IS A WINNER-- "To win this game, I'd let you stick a knife in me and draw all my blood." - Washington Redskins head coach George Allen, prior to their 14-7 loss to the perfect...
http://steeltownsports.blogspot.com/2015/12/259-super-bowl-gold-50-years-of-big-game.html
---SO LONG, FAREWELL, AUF WIEDERSEHEN, GOODBYE--- This post probably only comes as a surprise only in that it exists. I have not posted here in about 9 months, and there are several reasons f...
http://steeltownsports.blogspot.com/2013/03/258-official-farewell-to-this-blog.html
---NOT A COMPLETE SURPRISE--- This has been the worst season for predicting winners on this blog. Through three rounds, SOGD (Shots on Goal Differential) + SV% (Save Percentage) remains dead...
http://steeltownsports.blogspot.com/2012/05/257-stanley-cup-final-2012.html
---NOT ACCORDING TO PLAN--- I'm taking a beating here at "Steeltown Sports." That statistical "edge" that I thought I had discovered in picking series winners is either having an off year, o...
http://steeltownsports.blogspot.com/2012/05/256-nhl-playoffs-2012-round-3.html
---SSL BROADCAST #92--- In the banner at the top of this blog, there is the tagline "Pittsburgh-based Sports talk & analysis that leaves the conflict on the field." I have tried to carry that...
http://steeltownsports.blogspot.com/2012/05/255-end-for-now.html
---SSL BROADCAST #91--- See the article below (the write-up for NHL Round 2) for this week's "blurb". On the penultimate episode of Steeltown Sports Live: - Overjoyed at the Steelers pickin...
http://steeltownsports.blogspot.com/2012/04/254-refer-to-post-253.html
---SURPRISING FIRST ROUND--- SOGD, we have a problem. Incidentally, we also have a problem with SOGD + SV%. For those who have no earthly clue what I'm talking about, I suggest reading thi...
http://steeltownsports.blogspot.com/2012/04/253-2012-nhl-playoffs-round-2.html
---SSL BROADCAST #90--- The Pittsburgh Steelers are widely expected to choose a linebacker with their first pick (24th overall) in the NFL Draft on Thursday. For some time, I've been advocati...
http://steeltownsports.blogspot.com/2012/04/252-attack-or-protect.html
---SSL BROADCAST #89--- Eleven runs in seven games. I don't think that this kind of output even qualifies as "anemia," as that would be an insult to anemia. The Pittsburgh Pirates, in this y...
http://steeltownsports.blogspot.com/2012/04/251-very-small-ball.html
---STARRING OUR FAVORITE STATISTIC--- It's that time of year again when I post a lengthy, statistically-based preview of each round of the Stanley Cup playoffs and try to determine winners ser...
http://steeltownsports.blogspot.com/2012/04/250-2012-nhl-playoff-preview.html
---SSL BROADCAST #88--- In the NHL, it's all over but the whining. I'm not talking about the fact that both the Eastern and Western Conference playoff seedings could break a number of differe...
http://steeltownsports.blogspot.com/2012/04/249-pots-and-kettles.html
---SSL BROADCAST #87--- "Finish." Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle has made that word the unofficial motto for the upcoming 2012 Major League Baseball season. On the surface, of cours...
http://steeltownsports.blogspot.com/2012/03/248-dont-forget-to-start.html
---SSL BROADCAST #86--- What happens when an unstoppable force is the immovable object? The Pittsburgh Penguins are finally healthy, and they have not lost a game in regulation in over a mont...
http://steeltownsports.blogspot.com/2012/03/247-another-gear.html
---SSL BROADCAST #85--- The Steelers have a bit of a conundrum at wide receiver. Deep threat Mike Wallace was tendered an offer by the team earlier this week. It wasn't disclosed what the off...
http://steeltownsports.blogspot.com/2012/03/246-feast-to-famine-at-wideout.html
---SSL BROADCAST #84--- Some worry that the return of Sidney Crosby would actually disrupt the Pittsburgh Penguins' mojo. Others contend that nothing bad at all could come from the face of th...
http://steeltownsports.blogspot.com/2012/03/245-shuffling-deck.html
---SSL BROADCAST #82 & #83--- I didn't have time for an update last week, but I did archive last week's show. I had to head out to a high school basketball playoff doubleheader. The show was n...
http://steeltownsports.blogspot.com/2012/03/244-leap-week.html
---SSL BROADCAST #81--- I don't have a lot of time to write this, but (for some reason) I wanted to get this episode up before I got busy. Just a little poem on the recent acquisition by the P...
http://steeltownsports.blogspot.com/2012/02/243-pirate-haiku.html
---SSL BROADCAST #80--- 14 seasons. 1000 receptions. 12,083 yards. 7 missed regular season games. Countless blocks. 1 rule nicknamed after him. A report has recently come out saying that Hine...
http://steeltownsports.blogspot.com/2012/02/242-wards-farewell.html
---SSL BROADCAST #79--- My elation at Plaxico Burress catching the game-winning touchdown pass from Eli Manning is surpassed only by Santonio Holmes' toe-tap the following year. Pittsburgh fo...
http://steeltownsports.blogspot.com/2012/02/241-giants-fan-for-another-day.html
---SSL BROADCAST #78--- The Point Guard is all-important in a Jamie Dixon-led team. Tray Woodall (formerly known as Travon) has played in 12 of the Pitt Panthers' 23 games. Their record: 9-3....
http://steeltownsports.blogspot.com/2012/02/240-woodall-missing-link.html
---SSL BROADCAST #77--- The Penguins have fought their way back into a playoff spot after briefly being on the outside looking in. Is it a coincidence that their recent string of wins is conn...
http://steeltownsports.blogspot.com/2012/01/239-fighting-opportunity.html
---SSL BROADCAST #76--- I'm a little late in uploading this show. Apoligies. However, it has allowed the NFL Divisional round of the playoffs to be completed, whereas if I would have uploaded...
http://steeltownsports.blogspot.com/2012/01/238-rivalry-aside.html
---SSL BROADCAST #75--- Coaching hindsight is generally 20/20. Sports fans inevitably believe they have this power in advance. Case in point, last Sunday in Cleveland, Steelers Head Coach M...
http://steeltownsports.blogspot.com/2012/01/237-rolling-dice.html
---SSL BROADCAST #74--- As one year dies and another is born, let's take a quick look at some of the stories in Pittsburgh-area sports. January: The Steelers march through the playoffs, ri...
http://steeltownsports.blogspot.com/2011/12/236-year-in-review.html
---SSL BROADCAST #73--- I'll admit, my list is a pretty tall order this year. For the Steelers: - 1 Healthy Franchise Quarterback for the playoff run - 2 More Regular season Wins - 1 Balti...
http://steeltownsports.blogspot.com/2011/12/235-all-i-want-for-christmas-2011.html