I have a ton of books to review, ideally as many as possible before the end of the year. And my health has been extremely bad, so it's hard for me to find the time, energy or inspiration to write any. However, today I got a few knocked out, leaving me with just over 150 …
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The Ones Who Hit the Hardest: The Steelers, the Cowboys, the '70s, and the Fight for America's Soul by Chad Millman My rating: 1 of 5 stars What a dud! What a waste of time and money. What a bitter disappointment. And how about that subtitle -- "The Steelers, The Cowboys, The '70s, and the …
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Andy Russell: A Steeler Odyssey by Andy Russell My rating: 2 of 5 stars This much wanted book was a HUGE disappointment! I feel really upset about it. I've been wanting to get this book for two years, but it's been out of print. I saw I could get a used copy via Amazon and …
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Lost Sundays: A Season in the Life of Pittsburgh and the Steelers by Sam Toperoff My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is an interesting experiment of a book about the 1988 season of the Pittsburgh Steelers, a disaster of a season if there ever was one. The author, a New Yorker who is a …
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Here's another sports update. Well, the regular college football season is over. Tennessee finished strong to finish with a 6-6 record, good enough to make a bowl. This is big, because we haven't been to a bowl in four years. This year we're going to play in the TaxSlayer Bowl, formerly the Gator Bowl, against …
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I grew up a huge baseball fan. Specifically a fan of the Pittsburgh Pirates, as I lived there during the 1970s. I enjoyed seeing the team win two World Series during that decade. I followed the team religiously until the early 1990s, when they broke up a great team led by MVP Barry Bonds, Bobby …
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Legendary Piitsburgh Steelers coach Chuck Noll dies at 82 - ESPN. NOOOOOO!!! One of the greatest coaches who ever lived. This is so sad. RIP, Coach Noll.
Pittsburgh Steelers: Men of Steel by Jim Wexell My rating: 3 of 5 stars I was really excited when I got this book. It was supposed to have chapters that were stories about some of the more prominent Steelers and I was excited to read about Jack Lambert, Mean Joe Greene, Hines Ward, and others. …
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