Of course it was!
“Pittsburgh Named One Of Best Cities In U.S. by National Geographic”
From CBS Pittsburgh:
Every Pittsburgher knows their hometown is one of the best, and National Geographic is backing up that claim.
This beautiful photograph was taken by Dave DiCello. Check out his website here.
National Geographic partnered with Resonance Consultancy to identify the best small cities in the United States. They specifically looked at cities with green spaces, galleries, coffee shops, breweries and music venues — things that writers George Stone and Amy Alipio believe contribute to happiness.
Resonance used information from Yelp, Instagram and other social media sources to pick which cities made their list.
National Geographic cited Pittsburgh’s craft breweries as one of the city’s biggest attractions, specifically mentioning Church Brew Works and 11th Hour Brewing Company.
The article doesn’t say if the list is ranked, but Pittsburgh is the first city mentioned…
Other cities on the list include New Orleans, Albuquerque, Ann Arbor and Honolulu.
The full list can be found here!
Off-season? No problem!
@steelers #FanFriday #HereWeGo
From way up high on the London Eye: Big Ben is under wraps, but you can’t stop Steeler Fans or @_BigBen7 !! Go Steelers!!
@_BigBen7 Happy New Year Steeler Nation from the Heart of Steeler Family Jackson, MS Chapter. Also sending get well wishes to Ryan Shazier.
We’re a Steelers family!
@_BigBen7 @steelers Hard to beat a day like today.
A new year and family.
The Ben Roethlisberger Show
Recap from Ben’s radio show earlier today, courtesy of 93.7 The Fan & CBS Pittsburgh:
On the report by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Ed Bouchette yesterday on Ben’s future –
“I’m just playing it one year at a time. I’m excited to come back next year. I know Ed said that he heard that some guys said something about me playing for another three years.
I’m not going to look past one year. I’m going to look forward to next year and give it everything I have.”
On whether he thinks Todd Haley will be with the team next year –
“I don’t have any control over the coaching staff…obviously that’s very apparent in a few years ago when B.A. was gone. You know everyone knows that we had a great relationship and he was still let go.
On his relationship with Todd Haley –
“There’s always issues in a competitive field like we have…you might butt heads at times, it doesn’t mean that you have any personal problems.”
On the team’s failure to convert on 4th and 1 and why they don’t have him run a quarterback sneak –
“I’d love to. I actually literally tuned in to you guys for two minutes and heard you guys and the fans bashing us for not quarterback sneaking and not believing me when I say that we don’t run it and I want to do it. Since it’s my show now, I can speak freely and tell you guys, my co-hosts, that I truly have never said ‘I don’t want to run it’ and I don’t have the freedom to check to a quarterback sneak because we don’t have that call if we’re not in the huddle.
“If you’re at the line of scrimmage, we don’t have a call to get to a quarterback sneak…am I supposed to whisper to everyone ‘quarterback sneak’?
“When we get to like the two-yard line, two point play, to spread the defense out and go empty and run quarterback draw. I’ve asked for that. He laughs at me and says ‘Ben, maybe in your younger days, not now.’ I still ask for those things. I would love the quarterback sneak. Hopefully we’ll get into more of it.”
One teammates trash-talking and looking past the game in front […]
Hearing from Steeler Nation
…as well as a few fans of other teams, and sharing many of their messages:
Karla White @kar_817
@_BigBen7 I WILL TAKE YOU ANY DAY!
(*Thank you to Karla for the image too!)
The Dude @DaPapa35
I still love my @steelers @_BigBen7 had one hell of a game, the whole team had a great year.
“Top shelf BEN!!!” — Jim Kirby.
PlayGround @ytPLAYGROUND
The jags secondary was easily the best all year, and @_BigBen7 threw for how many yards? At the end of the day proud of my team.
Jeanne @4JustJeanne
Thank you for another amazing 🖤💛🏈 season, @_BigBen7 you were absolutely incredible today!! @AB84 there are no words!!! As a Steelers fan I hold my head up high!!! Thank you!!! #BurghProud
“Stand proud Ben. You and the O have nothing to be ashamed of.” — Francie Coloutti.
James Walker @Jeem1227
Big Ben covers up a lot of bad coaching. And even his greatness wasn’t enough. Coaching on this team has been bad for a while
maura @mauras463
@_BigBen7 hope you don’t retire, but if you do i get it. thanks for everything!!!
Christopher Duffey @christophduffey
Win or loss, hell of a job @_BigBen7 carving up the “best” secondary in the league.
“We love u Ben!” — Precy Cadatal-Neatrour.
Andrew @SimplyAndrewC
@_BigBen7 you played a hell of a game couldn’t ask you for anything better
Christine Petroci @CPetroci
I said it before the game and win or lose I will forever love and chose @_BigBen7 as my quarterback!!! @steelers
“What a player Big Ben blames his self for the lost ,like he always does,never puts the blame on anyone else,has class ,God Bless you Ben,and keep the faith which I know you will.” — Lawrence Hare.
“Please let Ben know that he was amazing. We all really hope he comes back for at least another season, but we’ll understand if not. He’ll always be our guy (but please tell him he’s too young to retire!)” — Leigh Anne Claywell.
NINO @Glozzart
Nun but respect @_BigBen7
@DETGoBlue
Never retire @_BigBen7
“You played a really good game Ben! We all make mistakes, it is best to learn from them and face everything. You are a great quaterback, a great leader and you have very good and talented […]
Steelers 42, Jaguars 45
Ben completed 37 of 58 passes for 469 yards and threw for five touchdowns. He talks about the loss to the Jaguars and about his future here.
Stop by later, have a lot of great messages from Steeler Nation to share.
We Shalieve
Ben, Mike Mitchell and Vince Williams sat down with Andrea Kramer for NFL 360 this week to talk about just how important Ryan Shazier is to their team.