CLEVELAND (AP) - Their horrendous start has long been forgotten, erased with an equally unexpected turnaround.
The Steelers are in contention, right back where they...
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The math is tantalizing.
The schedule is favorable.
The middle of the AFC is a mess.
Suddenly, things are looking up for the Pittsburgh...
by Bill Neal BILL NEAL * So that you're caught up, the Finish Line is about just that. The end. A conclusion. A final thought if you will. Some things for you to reconsider before it's over. Before you cross the finish line. * There are roughly a trillion or so TV and radio stations in the Pittsburgh and Allegheny County areas, but for some unknown reason there is no, none, zero conversation about the NBA finals. The Penguins have been dead for a month. The Pirates have "90" more games. The Power . . . well, they have no power. No Pitt or college anything and the Steelers are two months away. But there is no conversation about the NBA. And for the record, now the 2nd highest grossing sport in the U.S., behind the NFL . . . hockey is 4th. Why? I don't know. But if it looks like a duck and walks like a duck and quacks . . . then guess what?
FIRST ROUND PICK--Pittsburgh Steelers 2013 first-round draft pick, Jarvis Jones, left, is presented with a team jersey by team president Arthur J. Rooney II, April 26, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) by Smokin’ Jim Frazier Football often has been described a “collision” sport, rather than a contact sport, the implication being that the contact players engage in upon the football field is considerably more violent than what they might face in other sports.