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At long last, Steeler Training Camp has arrived, and I can barely contain myself. I might even splurge and drink two Diet Pepsis on Friday night to celebrate the arrival of players to Latrobe.
I figured we should commemorate the occasion with some hardcore Steeler talk, which is exactly what I attempted to do in [...]

Chawan Cut asks me to pass along this comment by Don Weir over on the Warrior Beat blog:
Don Weir:
July 29th, 2010 at 12:58 pm
UH Letterwinners is in need of an original leather football helmet.
We have copies of all helmets going back to the leather period.
Once we have this helmet the collection is complete and [...]

Billionaire Ron Burkle was in talks to buy dead movie studio Miramax. It was just sold to a Burkle-less group of investors.
Guess he’ll have to be content with the Pens and Mario and Sid and a Cup and billions of dollars. Damn.

Thanks to Tall Cathy for this. It’s a half-zebra half-donkey baby zedonk. And close enough in size and relative cuteness to a mini pony.
Flozell Adams. [OFTOT]
Neal Huntington might’ve gotten something for Matt Capps. [WHYGAVS]
10 things that last longer than a night with Rick Pitino. [Guyism]
Bosh + Wade + James = Illuminati. [NESW Sports]
The Jonas Brothers [...]

As if you didn’t know that.

• There’s something broken in Lane Kiffin’s head.  Something that doesn’t allow him to filter what he says before it comes out.  We all know people like that, but luckily most of them don’t have the ability to become national news.  Watching Kiffin is like seeing a train wreck in [...]

LONDON (Reuters) — Arsenal has no intention of selling captain Cesc Fabregas manager Arsene Wenger said on Wednesday dismissing Barcelona’s repeated approaches for the Spain midfielder as “transfer noise.”
Barca have openly courted the 23-year-old and according to media reports in Britain and Spain made a $45.17 million bid last month to take the World Cup [...]

KEVIN COLBERT signed a five-year deal to remain as the Steelers’ Director of Football Operations, a job he’s held since 2000. The team is also close to signing second-round pick Jason Worilds, which would leave first-rounder Maurkice Pouncey as the only unsigned draft pick from the 2010 class. The last Steeler to sign a contract [...]

The Football Federation of Australia (FFA) on Thursday formally handed over its bid for the AFC Asian Cup 2015 finals at a ceremony in Kuala Lumpur in AFC House.
AFC President Mohammed Bin Hammam received the bid book from FFA Chairman Frank Lowy in the presence of AFC Vice President Zhang Jilong, AFC General Secretary Alex [...]

Marc Eckō’s Complex Magazine blog recently wrote about the professional sports hats with the biggest representation in the world of gangs. Dodgers and Reds hats were the most popular, primarily due to the Bloods and Crips. They listed the “Top 10,” but clearly left off the classic Black and Gold Pirates hat. The colors are [...]