Steelers Bars               Listen Live to the Steelers Radio Network on Gameday

Category Archive: NFL News

Not all football writers created equal

Apparently it is already that time of year when writers who calls themselves experts with the mind-blowing powers of a Jedi-Knight on the National Football League comes out with their prediction of each team. It is with this in mind that I give you my take on the write up by SI.com’s Chris Burke. You …

Continue reading »

SteelDad’s Rant and Slants; The Premiere!

At steeleraddicts.com, it is our hope that we are always bringing something informative, thought-provoking and fun to you the reader when it comes to our Steelers. Keeping those same thoughts in mind, I’m really excited to bring a weekly look around the league to you. These are my thoughts and opinions of the National Football …

Continue reading »

What sells and what what doesn’t when writing about the NFL

Writing the Pittsburgh Steelers on a daily a basis can be grueling, fun, intense and mysterious. Anyone who just jumps in and thinks “I can write. This is a piece of cake!” doesn’t have the first clue about what good sports writing or writing in general is all about. I still don’t!! I have found …

Continue reading »

On the Steelers; Home games belong in Pittsburgh, not Ireland

Here we go Steelers! Here we go….. To Ireland. In what could only be viewed as a ‘what took so long’ announcement, Pittsburgh Steelers’ Chairman Emeritus Dan Rooney said yesterday that he would like the Steelers to play a regular season game in Ireland. As most of you know, Mr. Rooney was named the ambassador …

Continue reading »

Bradshaw unfortunately correct about direction of football

Former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw made another one of his routine appearances on the ‘Jay Leno Show’ earlier this week and while his appearances usually come in the way of his folksy humor, the topic suddenly got serious. Leno asked Bradshaw about the concussion issue and without really being prompted, Bradshaw said, “If I …

Continue reading »

Roger Goodell wants you to be more like European soccer crowds

Ever have one of those “I told you so” moments? Chances are we all have and you are about to get another one. It may be a bit premature, but in this fast-paced 24-hour news cycle I figure I better take my shot while I can and once again the target is National Football League …

Continue reading »

Warren Sapp ripping the Steelers again. (ho-hum)

In what is now becoming an annual rite of passage for him, former all-pro defensive tackle and current NFL Network analyst Warren Sapp is again taking shots at the Pittsburgh Steelers. I should probably stress the term ‘current’ is very loosely held these days with Sapp’s time at the NFL Network reportedly coming to an end …

Continue reading »

NBC hires Steelers’ Ward; Let the criticism begin

It was reported by several Pittsburgh-Area and many national outlets that recently retired Steelers’ wide receiver Hines Ward will be ‘taking his talents’ to NBC where he will serve as an analyst for Sunday Night Football among other duties for the peacock network. I’m not surprised at all that Ward will be a TV personality …

Continue reading »

The State of the NFL; Who helps when the cheering stops?

This is Part One of my article on where the NFL is headed following the death of Junior Seau and the fallout from ‘BountyGate.’  The death of Junior Seau is sad and disturbing on many levels and perhaps maybe in the end, it will cast a more specific light on what the former players of …

Continue reading »

Hines Ward to address Pittsburgh media today…Officially announces his retirement.

We originally posted up this info this morning as soon as the news broke that Hines was going to hold a press conference. As it turns out it was indeed what we all thought, he has officially announced his retirement from the NFL and will retire as a Pittsburgh Steeler. We wanted to do right …

Continue reading »

Older posts «

» Newer posts