Deadspin brings us this awesome blog where Pixar animator Austin Madison sketched previews for certain NFL games all season. Our Steelers were featured twice, first for Steelers-Giants. In that game, the refs helped New York to an early lead, only for the Steelers to come back for a late 4-point win. The Giants had -9 […]

Last week we pondered just how terrifying light switch covers became when their background images turned the physical switch incredibly phallic. I figured the horror ended with the Pens, contained in some sort of team-specific repressed memory. Only Pops himself, the late Willie Stargell, is now dragged into this mess. Don't get me wrong, I […]

Now here's something I haven't seen in a minute, a 1991 ACE Novelty POWER SKATER Mario Lemieux doll. Yes, Mario Lemieux was once a doll, and could out-deke any other doll in your collection. Got 50 bucks? Go buy it. Le Magnifique's body is so out-of-proportion that if he had abs, he'd probably choke on […]

If you're gonna run a light switch cover business, you gotta make sure the phallic switch is in no crotch-al areas of the background picture. LIGHTS ON JAMES NEAL TOTALLY SCORED LIGHTS OUT AND THE GOALIE ROBBED HIM. I mean get real. Go Pens.

And no, it definitely isn't Hockey Time in Pittsburgh (9th piece of merch) When I lived in PA, it was south of the city, so I'd routinely use the Liberty Tubes or West End Bridge when gettin' home or to route 51. Used to love the last view of downtown from the West End. Only […]

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Well here's something we haven't poked our heads around in for quite some time. Great Moments in Unlicensed Pittsburgh Sports Merch, my love note to the crappy knockoff sports memorabilia we've all known and been gifted, sort of dried up as a regular feature as 2011 turned to 2012. We had only 1 or 2 […]

Pirates outfielder Andrew McCutchen unveiled his MLB 13 The Show video game cover today, pic above comes via the Freak Show. It has been quite some time since a Pittsburgh athlete has been on the cover of a video game. I mean, the City of Champions went through a stretch where 2 Super Bowls and […]

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We've got some bigtime news at PSAMP. A local favorite, and I mean "local" in the weirdest sense of the word, has returned to bless the Penguins with a few wishes of his own. You know, I was so close to accepting a lost NHL season that the recent end to the lockout and imminent […]

Tell me you wouldn't get all pumped if you walked into Heinz Field and instead of 65,000 Towels waving in unison, you encountered that many team-specific pilgrims. Roger Goodell wants to expand the NFL with a team in Plymouth Rock. Or Never Never Land. via

Baseball Hall of Fame votes rolled in today and Barry Bonds couldn't escape the drug taint of the Steroid Era, coming in with 36.2% of the votes when 75% gets you admission. If only he had reminded the BBWAA of the hat he wore on the back of 1992 Upper Deck card number 134. Bang, […]

Yesterday, word came out that Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis would be retiring following this postseason. How he made such an announcement without a pre-announcement dance party spazz-out is beyond me. I mean, I've seen this attention hog in my team's division  for all of Ray's 17 seasons. 34 regular season matchups and several playoff variety […]