Saturday, 12:30 a.m. The e-mails and comments came pouring in this week after the Pirates traded Nate McLouth, and most were from angry and disillusioned fans who could not understand the trading of the team's best player. Below is a sampling of those comments with my answer at the end. -- Bob Smizik...
By Bob Smizik | Friday, 12:30 a.m. A year after having the toughest schedule in the NFL, and still winning the Super Bowl, the Steelers face a considerably less daunting list of opponents this season. What's not to like about a schedule that has two games with Cleveland and Cincinnati and also includes...
By Bob Smizik | Posted at 10:51 p.m. The script was familiar but yet unfamiliar. It was familiar in that Ben Roethlisberger was leading another come-from-behind victory, and this one on the biggest stage of American sports -- the Super Bowl. What was unfamiliar was that instead of bailing out a sluggish...
By Bob Smizik | Posted 5:56 a.m. Who among us expected this? The Steelers playing on Feb. 1. In the Super Bowl! Not me. Back in July when they went to camp, I saw the Steelers as a team not ready to handle the toughest schedule in the NFL. I saw a defense that was getting old. I saw a team that had a...