The potential microwave bomb that was diffused by the bomb squad during yesterday’s Pittsburgh Marathon turns out not to have been a bomb after all…it was just an old microwave with ravioli in it. The police thought that there was a pipe bomb inside the microwave, which was suspicious because it wasn’t in the casing…
Yesterday’s Pittsburgh Marathon was a little different for some runners yesterday, after the race course got re-routed after the lead runners had finished. A small microwave oven was found near the course with what appeared to be explosives inside it. The race was stopped for 10 or 12 minutes while the bomb squad moved in,…
The Steelers won the Superbowl last night, and not surprisingly Jerome Bettis retired immiediately afterward.
Maybe it was just me, but the NFL playoffs this year just were not very exciting. Most of the games seemed like foregone conclusions fairly early into them, despite some of them being the opposite of what was expected. The Giants and Jacksonville may as well not even have been there. The Bengals went home…
Former Pittsburgh Steeler Steve Courson died last week after a tree fell on him while he was doing yard work. He played for Pittsburgh from 1978 until 1983, and he played for Tampa Bay for 1984 and 1985. He was an outspoken opponent of steroid use after coming down with a heart condition that he…