The Steel City’s origins are well known. Manufacturing was once pivotal to the Pittsburgh economy and synonymous with their attitude. The collapse of their manufacturing industry and the accompanying Steel Crisis also coincided with the football team’s 26-year Super Bowl drought beginning in 1979. Fiery, square-jawed disciplinarian Bill Cowher kickstarted the resurgence, but it wasn’t until the ‘Burgh met Roethlisberger

If Matt Barkley is fortunate enough to squash Notre Dame’s national championship aspirations in his home finale next Saturday, the senior quarterback should diverge slightly from the routine formula of snatching up Tommy Trojan’s sword and leading the marching band in their traditional victory song “Conquest.” Instead, the Trojans golden boy should pull a Devon Miles and ask them if

On Wednesday, Jay Cutler was feeling himself.  Fresh off of a 333 yard, three-touchdown performance against the Under-Construction Indianapolis Colts. In response to a question about the Packers secondary getting physical against his receivers, Cutler, who was 1-7 before Thursday night against the Packers, looked in the camera and ssmugly replied, ‘Good luck’. Good luck? Naw. Bad habits and stubbornness

One month after fracturing his hip during a bike ride, UConn head coach Jim Calhoun officially called it quits at a live press conference in Gampel Pavilion. “It’s time,” Calhoun said. “It’s time to move forward. There’s been a lot of things swirling around for some time. It’s time to move forward.” Moving forward, Kevin Ollie will be next looming

No matter what you expect the NFL team you ride with to accomplish throughout the course of a season, things never go according to script. Last season’s worse acting performance by the Giants defense came during their rash of false injuries against the Rams defense to stop the clock but it’s a whole new season. On Wednesday afternoon, SB Nation asked