Steeler Iron Curtain Closes Cincinnatti River Dance

Steeler Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger return from a knee injury helped Pittsburgh set a Steeler record with a tenth straight road win. This happened despite his lightly used arm. Football fan Brian Jackson was fined $300 for signing a Steeler jersey pretending to be Roethlisberger in wake of Pittsburgh’s milestone victory.

Pittsburgh’s attack continues to depend on a grinding ground game. Steeler lore’s filled with ball control outings compared to up and down aerial displays that avail the opposition to more counter attacks and costly turnover opportunities.

Sunday’s battle to take the Ohio River for pigskin supremacy shrank the champion Steelers’ margin to a half game behind Northeast division leading Cincinnatti.

The sooner touchdown receiving scorers on these two squads drop the Michael Flatley impersonations, the sooner they will return to what fans here expect from entertainment. The "River Dance" after flamboyant flat runners pass through both teams’ secondaries seems so last century.

Penguins Descend To Unprecedented Depths

The Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 loss Tuesday to the Florida Panthers marked the worst start (0-4-5) in the team’s 39 year history. Mario Lemieux, the man if ever there could be called one behind the Penguins’ Stanley Cup banners, appeared out of character arguing with the referee who called him for a penalty that left Pittsburgh shorthanded when they surrendered an overtime goal.

Dating back to 2001-2002, Florida has beaten Pittsburgh ten straight times. Hopefully Pittsburgh won’t wind up winless after its tenth game Thursday hosting Atlanta.

Pittsburgh Pirates’s Bid Farewell to Pitching Phenom

Reliever Jose Mesa, waived by the Pittsburgh Pirates, holds the team record for most consecutive saves with eighteen, set in 2004. He will not turn forty next spring wearing gold and black Pittsburgh proud colors.

Mesa is one of six pitchers in the history of baseball to register forty saves four times, and only a year older since the last time he achieved this feat. Needing only thirty strikeouts to join the thousand club, it would be an unusual accomplishment for someone who’s spent an entire career in the bull pen. Let’s hope the ex-Pirate makes his mark…for an American League team.