Black & Gold mettle: Pittsburgh is Best Sports City
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Black & Gold mettle: Pittsburgh is Best Sports City
Black & Gold mettle: Pittsburgh is Best Sports City
Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009 - 1:40 p.m. ET
Championships for the Penguins and Steelers helped make Pittsburgh SN's best sports city for 2009.
It was, as a famous Pittsburgher liked to say, a beautiful day in the neighborhood.
The world champion Steelers were kicking off their title defense against the Titans. The world champion Penguins were down in D.C., Stanley Cup in tow, to meet the president. Native son Dave Wannstedt
was at practice on the South Side, preparing his unbeaten Pitt football team for the weekend's win at Buffalo.
That was September 10, 2009, and here's how beautiful it was in this year's Best Sports City: Pittsburgh's Pirates did not—repeat, did not—lose that day. (So it was an off-day. Beauty is in the eye of the long-suffering beholder, OK?)
"It's been quite a year in Pittsburgh, with the Steelers winning the Super Bowl, the Penguins winning the Stanley Cup and our local college football and basketball teams having successful seasons as well," Mayor Luke Ravenstahl says. "Sports fans in Western Pennsylvania have had a lot to be proud of these last 12 months. Pittsburgh truly is the City of Champions once again."
In fact, it may always be sunny in that other city across the state, but citizens there can lay claim to only one title team during the past 12 months. Over here—where an elected official changed his name temporarily to "Steelerstahl," just so, y'know, there was no question of which team he supported when Baltimore came to town for an NFL playoff beatdown in January—you've got two titles, basketball tournament teams aplenty, and a bowl-bound and Backyard Brawl-winning football team.
Oh, and fans like no other.
"We thank them," Super Bowl 43 MVP Santonio Holmes says, "for being our 12th man."
It's been a great year, indeed. Twelve months like no other city experienced or could expect to experience. Unless one of Pittsburgh's adopted sons has his way.
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"You're born into the Steeler Nation. People get into hockey, and they love the Penguins," says Steelers receiver Hines Ward, who in his 12th season in Pittsburgh could count as a naturalized citizen. "The Pirates were great back in the day, and hopefully they can be again. If they can get back on track, they'll have the whole trifecta—football, hockey and baseball."
And wouldn't that be a beautiful day.
This story appears in the October 12 edition of Sporting News magazine. If you are not receiving the magazine, subscribe today, or pick up a copy, available at most Barnes & Noble, Borders and Hudson Retail outlets.
Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009 - 1:40 p.m. ET
Championships for the Penguins and Steelers helped make Pittsburgh SN's best sports city for 2009.
It was, as a famous Pittsburgher liked to say, a beautiful day in the neighborhood.
The world champion Steelers were kicking off their title defense against the Titans. The world champion Penguins were down in D.C., Stanley Cup in tow, to meet the president. Native son Dave Wannstedt
was at practice on the South Side, preparing his unbeaten Pitt football team for the weekend's win at Buffalo.That was September 10, 2009, and here's how beautiful it was in this year's Best Sports City: Pittsburgh's Pirates did not—repeat, did not—lose that day. (So it was an off-day. Beauty is in the eye of the long-suffering beholder, OK?)
"It's been quite a year in Pittsburgh, with the Steelers winning the Super Bowl, the Penguins winning the Stanley Cup and our local college football and basketball teams
having successful seasons as well," Mayor Luke Ravenstahl says. "Sports fans in Western Pennsylvania have had a lot to be proud of these last 12 months. Pittsburgh truly is the City of Champions once again."In fact, it may always be sunny in that other city across the state, but citizens there can lay claim to only one title team during the past 12 months. Over here—where an elected official changed his name temporarily to "Steelerstahl," just so, y'know, there was no question of which team he supported when Baltimore came to town for an NFL playoff beatdown in January—you've got two titles, basketball tournament teams aplenty, and a bowl-bound and Backyard Brawl-winning football team
.Oh, and fans like no other.
"We thank them," Super Bowl 43
MVP Santonio Holmes says, "for being our 12th man."It's been a great year, indeed. Twelve months like no other city experienced or could expect to experience. Unless one of Pittsburgh's adopted sons has his way.
Related Links
"You're born into the Steeler Nation. People get into hockey, and they love the Penguins," says Steelers receiver Hines Ward, who in his 12th season in Pittsburgh could count as a naturalized citizen. "The Pirates were great back in the day, and hopefully they can be again. If they can get back on track, they'll have the whole trifecta—football, hockey and baseball."
And wouldn't that be a beautiful day.
This story appears in the October 12 edition of Sporting News magazine. If you are not receiving the magazine, subscribe today, or pick up a copy, available at most Barnes & Noble, Borders and Hudson Retail outlets.
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