A Blast from the Past: July 10, 2017
“If you watch a game, it’s fun. If you play at it, it’s recreation. If you work at it, it’s golf.” – Bob Hope.
Steelers announce training camp schedule
From Steelers.com:
The Steelers will hold training camp at Heinz Field for the second straight year and this year fans will have the opportunity to see the team practice in person.
The first open practice at Heinz Field will be on Wednesday, July 28, at 1:30 p.m. and it will be the first time the team practices in pads. The final practice open to fans will be on Wednesday, August 18 at 12 noon.
There is no charge to attend practice, but fans must have a mobile ticket to enter. Season ticket holders will have the opportunity to reserve tickets beginning on Friday, July 9 at 10 a.m. and the remainder of the tickets will be available beginning on Saturday, July 10 at 10 a.m. via Ticketmaster.
The complete training camp guide, which includes all of the dates, parking and stadium entry information, concessions and more is available at Steelers 2021 Training Camp Information.
Happy Independence Day!
“I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.” – Abraham Lincoln.
Throwback Thursday on a July 4th Weekend
“I would like it for him. That’s how much he means to me and I think everyone on our team would say that. Even if guys said they would never want to play in London, 100 percent of the guys on our team would say they would play in Dublin for Mr Rooney. I’d do it for him.” — Ben
The NFL in Dublin: it’s the tease that just won’t end.
For years Dan Rooney, chairman of the Pittsburgh Steelers and a former US Ambassador to Ireland, has been talking up the prospect of his beloved football club playing a regular season game in the Irish capital and the project got another airing yesterday when the 81-year old returned to these shores.
Accompanying him for the Fourth of July celebrations at his former residence in the Phoenix Park was Ben Roethlisberger, the Steelers’ quarterback and one of the most recognisable faces in gridiron this past decade. Naturally, he too was dragged into the debate.
Rooney’s role in the success of one of the US’s most successful sporting franchises was barely touched on during his official three-year stint on these shores, between 2009 and 2012, but the 6’ 5” superstar spoke volumes for the dynasty first established by his father, Art Rooney Snr.
“People are what makes Pittsburgh special. Why the tradition, why the history, why the most Lombardi’s (trophies)? To me it starts at the top. That’s him, Art his son and his family. When he was in Pittsburgh, […]