Super Bowl but the frito pie was better
Super Bowl XLV was the event that everybody came to North Texas for, but I think the memory of the tailgate is what I’ll choose to remember. Four friends came to Austin Saturday night to join me en route […]
Halloween in NOLA
This Halloween the Steelers visited the Saints in New Orleans. So did I. The Saints are my other black and gold team and NFC favorite. I went to college in New Orleans in 1991 during the Saints best start, 7-0 […]
Super Bowl XLIII – Tampa
I never really made a journal entry for this event because I was away with my wife and daughter. I took a lot of photographs but only the digital ones ever really made it up online. I have family in […]
Stormy in Brownstown
The last breaths of Hurricane Ike whipped across the shores of Lake Erie tonight, adding a mysterious tone to the Steelers Sunday Night match up against AFC North Rivals the Cleveland Browns. The seagulls were squawking, flags were flapping, and […]
World Champion Pittsburgh Steelers!
Super Bowl Sunday. Detroit. February 5, 2006. The moment was right before kickoff. The moment I realized the significance of the event. It was when Franco Harris walked onto Ford Field with the previous Super Bowl MVP’s, waving a Terrible […]
Fan Presence Needed at Playoff Road Games
Over the last few years, NFL teams have started to catch on that Steelers fans travel to see their team play, and they’ll most likely pay to do it. When buying group seats in Houston and San Diego, we were […]
Blue Monday for Steelers
Looking back on my trip to Indianapolis, it wasn’t fun at all. My first bad feeling came in the Detroit airport. I was connecting on an early morning flight, the Monday after Thanksgiving. The airport was busy, but there were […]
Shanghai Sunday in San Francisco
Unless you’re a photographer working on a long-term documentary, the way you wind up in a Steelers bar is that you find yourself thousands of miles away from home on a Sunday. If football is important to you, you’ll find […]
Steelers visit Titletown
Want to know how important football is in Green Bay? Even the geese head North to Lambeau Field in November. One of the wonderful things about traveling to away games is the opportunity visit other great stadiums. I felt I […]
All Eyes on San Diego
Though not a “Sunday,” I couldn’t miss the Steelers first Monday Night Football appearance of the Roethlisberger era. So why would I travel two thousand miles for a game? Sun, sand, and black and gold fans. California provided a beautiful […]
Texas, It’s Like a whole other Steeler Country
Seventeen hours after Heinz Field narrowed in my rear view mirror through the Fort Pitt Tunnel, I was standing in a Lowe’s hardware store parking lot in Texas. At 4:45 A.M., under the full moon, the legendary jersey numbers started […]
Week XVII: 15-1 and it’s not done.
I never would have imagined that a January 2 game in Buffalo, NY would be mild and sunny. When I planned the trip months ago, I did so because I thought it would be a white-out that only die-hards would […]
Week X: Loud and Proud in Cleveland
A big step in the life of a fan is to leave the safety of the home tailgate and venture into hostile territory. The big decision for any fan in this situation is whether to don colors or not. For […]
Week XIII: Welcome to Jackson-Burgh
Drawn by a feeling of great importance, I decided to go to Jacksonville at the last minute. My instinct told me that this would be a tight game where the Steelers would need all the support they could get. I […]
Week III: Miami Hurricane Diverts Me To New York City
Hurricane Jeanne made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane just before midnight Saturday 35 miles north of West Palm Beach. Luckily I was looking for Steelers fans in New York City. The game was postponed from 1:00 PM to 8:30 […]
Week II: Gone to Baltimore
If you didn’t know, “Baltimore is Steeler Country.” Yet, I met more than one Steelers fan who chose not to wear black and gold because Baltimore can be hostile territory, but since the Ravens won, they seemed to be in […]