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 Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 2:16 pm
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Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 2:18 pm
A sea of black, gold as Pittsburgh celebrates Super Bowl win
By DAN NEPHIN, Associated Press Writer
February 7, 2006
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Thousands of Steelers fans, some holding signs that simply said "Thanks!", crowded downtown streets Tuesday for a parade honoring the team's Super Bowl win.
Coach Bill Cowher and the players, dressed in gray Super Bowl champion sweat shirts, slowly rode along the route. Retiring running back Jerome Bettis, sitting in a convertible with the top down, carried the Vince Lombardi trophy.
"I was here with you in the '70s and all we kept hearing was how great it was," said Cowher, referring to the team's four Super Bowl wins. "All I can say to you now -- how great it is. We don't have to hear from anyone else anymore. We are living it, baby."
Many fans twirled Terrible Towels in the air as they stood in chilly temperatures and snow flurries. Several held signs with a photo of Steelers founder Art Rooney Sr. and the words "We remember." Others wore black-and-gold hard hats.
Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger echoed the feelings of many fans.
"This has been a dream come true for all of us," Roethlisberger said.
Team owner Dan Rooney held up a sign saying "Thanks."
"This sign says it all and it's for you. Thank you," Rooney told fans at the end of the parade route. "The press, they had their doubts, but you never did and we thank you."
Mayor Bob O'Connor rode along too, sporting a white Bettis jersey. Even Gov. Ed Rendell, a die-hard Philadelphia Eagles fan, came to cheer on the team.
Crowds lined the mile-long parade route, where police officers riding on horseback swirled the Terrible Towel above their heads. Sightseeing boats crowded with fans in Steelers gear ferried people from the city's South Side to downtown for the parade.
Jeff and Stacy Krieger traveled 3 1/2 hours from York County to Pittsburgh on Monday night to be at the parade with their 9-year-old son, Dylan, and 6-year-old daughter, Makensey.
"It's been 25 years or however long it's been," said Jeff Krieger, a construction foreman and lifelong Steelers fan. "It might be another 25 years. You never know."
Pete Paolello, 37, staked out a nice spot on a traffic island next to the parade route. That was the reward for making the 12-hour drive from Boston and getting into town at 5 a.m. Tuesday.
"I gave my bosses a heads up last week, 'If we win, I'll be out,"' Paolello said. His sister, Josie, 24, of Erie, carried a sign that read "We came from Beantown to Bus-town," referring to retiring running back Bettis.
But Paolello's 20-year-old son, Ryan Fernandez, didn't look happy to be in the crowd. He stood out in the sea of black and gold wearing a Red Sox jersey.
"He dragged me out," said Fernandez, who admitted he is a New England Patriots fan.
The plaza near Point State Park was packed with people standing shoulder to shoulder, at least nine rows deep. There was the usual assortment of popular Steelers jerseys in the crowd -- Bettis, Super Bowl MVP Hines Ward and Roethlisberger, to name a few -- along with office workers dressed in suits and overcoats wearing Steelers knit hats or black-and-gold scarves.
The plaza was rocking as an assortment of hip-hop music blared over the loud speakers, and it soon got louder when the unofficial Steelers anthem and the Pittsburgh Polka started playing.
By late morning, business in downtown Pittsburgh came to a standstill as workers gathered in front of high-rise windows in offices lining the parade route.
Luigi Piianni, 34, who works downtown, said he got an extended lunch hour to watch the parade.
"After all the AFC championship games, it's hard to believe it's all over," he said.
The parade was also a chance for people to show off their new Super Bowl T-shirts and hats.
Jim Disilverio, 53, a postman from Dillsburg, bought a hat, Steelers shirt and Super Bowl edition of the Terrible Towel.
To get to the parade, Disilverio left his house at 3 a.m. Tuesday in a black Volkswagen Beetle that he fashioned to look like a Steelers helmet. He said he was at the Steelers victory parade in the 1970s when they won their first Super Bowl.
"I was surprised that they got this far, the way they played the beginning of the season," Disilverio said.
The Steelers won their fifth Super Bowl title Sunday, beating the Seattle Seahawks 21-10 in Detroit, in the team's first Super Bowl win since 1980.
"It's the beginning, we hope, of a new dynasty for the Pittsburgh Steelers," former Steeler star Lynn Swann, now a candidate for Pennsylvania governor, told the crowd.
Associated Press writer Genaro Armas contributed to this report.
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Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 2:21 pm
Nascar 2006 Nextel Cup Schedule
Date ~~ Race/Track~~ Winner/Pole
Cancled Due to Rain
02/11/06 Budweiser Shootout Daytona International Speedway TNT/8 p.m. MRN/--
Feb 12 Budweiser Shootout/Daytona International Speedway Denny Hamlin*/
Feb 16 Gatorade Duel 1/Daytona International Speedway Elliott Sadler/Jeff Burton
Feb 16 Gatorade Duel 2/Daytona International Speedway Jeff Gordon/Jeff Gordon
Feb 19 Daytona 500/ Daytona International Speedway Jimmie Johnson/Jeff Burton
Feb 26 Auto Club 500/ California Speedway Matt Kenseth/Kurt Busch
Mar 12 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400/ Las Vegas Motor Speedway Jimmie Johnson/Greg Biffle
Mar 20 Golden Corral 500/ Atlanta Motor Speedway Kasey Kahne/Kasey Kahne
Mar 26 Food City 500/ Bristol Motor Speedway Kurt Busch/Tony Stewart
Apr 2 DirecTV 500/ Martinsville Speedway Tony Stewart/Jimmie Johnson
Apr 9 Samsung/RadioShack 500/ Texas Motor Speedway Kasey Kahne/Kasey Kahne
04/22/06 Subway Fresh 500 Phoenix International Raceway FOX/8 p.m. MRN/--
04/30/06 Aaron's 499 Talladega Superspeedway FOX/1:30 p.m. MRN/--
05/06/06 TBA Richmond International Raceway FX/7 p.m. MRN/--
05/13/06 Dodge Charger 500 Darlington Raceway FOX/6:30 p.m. MRN/--
05/20/06 NASCAR Nextel All-Star Challenge Lowe's Motor Speedway FX/7 p.m. PRN/--
05/28/06 Coca-Cola 600 Lowe's Motor Speedway FOX/5 p.m. PRN/--
06/04/06 MBNA 400 Dover International Speedway FX/1:30 p.m. MRN/--
06/11/06 Pocono 500 Pocono Raceway FOX/1:30 p.m. MRN/--
06/18/06 Michigan 400 Michigan International Speedway FOX/1 p.m. MRN/--
06/25/06 Dodge/Save Mart 350 Infineon Raceway FOX/3 p.m. PRN/--
07/01/06 Pepsi 400 Daytona International Speedway FOX/7:30 p.m. MRN/--
07/09/06 USG Sheetrock 400 Chicagoland Speedway TNT/3 p.m. MRN/--
07/16/06 New England 300 New Hampshire International Speedway TNT/1:30 p.m. MRN/--
07/23/06 Pennsylvania 500 Pocono Raceway TNT/1:30 p.m. MRN/--
08/06/06 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard Indianapolis Motor Speedway NBC/2 p.m. IMS/--
08/13/06 TBA Watkins Glen International NBC/1 p.m. MRN/--
08/20/06 GFS Marketplace 400 Michigan International Speedway TNT/2 p.m. MRN/--
08/26/06 Sharpie 500 Bristol Motor Speedway TNT/7 p.m. PRN/--
09/03/06 Sony HD 500 California Speedway NBC/7 p.m. MRN/--
09/09/06 Chevy Rock & Roll 400 Richmond International Raceway TNT/7 p.m. MRN/--
09/17/06 Sylvania 300 New Hampshire International Speedway TNT/12:30 p.m. MRN/--
09/24/06 Dover 400 Dover International Speedway TNT/12:30 p.m. MRN/--
10/01/06 Banquet 400 presented by ConAgra Foods Kansas Speedway NBC/1:30 p.m. MRN/--
10/08/06 UAW-Ford 500 Talladega Superspeedway NBC/1:30 p.m. MRN/--
10/14/06 Bank of America 500 Lowe's Motor Speedway NBC/7 p.m. PRN/--
10/22/06 Subway 500 Martinsville Speedway NBC/12:30 p.m. MRN/--
10/29/06 Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 Atlanta Motor Speedway NBC/2:30 p.m. PRN/--
11/05/06 Dickies 500 Texas Motor Speedway NBC/2:30 p.m. PRN/--
11/12/06 Checker Auto Parts 500 Phoenix International Raceway NBC/3 p.m. MRN/--
11/19/06 Ford 400 Homestead-Miami Speedway NBC/2 p.m. MRN/--
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Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 7:13 am
2006 Official Driver Standings
After: Samsung/RadioShack 500
Texas Motor Speedway
Race 7 of 36
Rank +/- Driver Points Behind
1 -- Jimmie Johnson 1063 Leader
2 +1 Matt Kenseth 1048 -15
3 +1 Kasey Kahne 1017 -46
4 -2 Mark Martin 1017 -46
5 +3 Tony Stewart 966 -97
6 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. 951 -112
7 -2 Kyle Busch 950 -113
8 -1 Jeff Gordon 911 -152
9 +3 Kevin Harvick 859 -204
10 -- Casey Mears 845 -218
11 -- Dale Jarrett 828 -235
12 -3 Elliott Sadler 804 -259
13 +3 Clint Bowyer* 750 -313
14 +9 Denny Hamlin* 747 -316
15 +5 Martin Truex Jr.* 744 -319
16 +5 Jeff Burton 741 -322
17 -3 Kurt Busch 722 -341
18 -5 Ryan Newman 711 -352
19 +5 Reed Sorenson* 701 -362
20 -5 Brian Vickers 684 -379
21 -4 Jamie McMurray 675 -388
22 -3 Carl Edwards 662 -401
23 -5 Greg Biffle 657 -406
24 -2 J.J. Yeley* 652 -411
25 -- Joe Nemechek 649 -414
26 +2 Jeff Green 642 -421
27 -- Robby Gordon 637 -426
28 +2 Scott Riggs 635 -428
29 +6 Bobby Labonte 601 -462
30 +1 Ken Schrader 597 -466
31 -2 Dave Blaney 589 -474
32 -6 Kyle Petty 585 -478
33 +1 Michael Waltrip 558 -505
34 -2 Sterling Marlin 555 -508
35 -2 Jeremy Mayfield 550 -513
36 -- Terry Labonte 516 -547
37 -- David Stremme* 475 -588
38 -- Scott Wimmer 450 -613
39 -- Kevin Lepage 408 -655
40 +1 Travis Kvapil 319 -744
41 -1 Brent Sherman* 305 -758
42 +5 Tony Raines 191 -872
43 -1 Paul Menard 146 -917
44 -1 Stanton Barrett 135 -928
45 -1 Hermie Sadler 114 -949
46 -1 Bill Elliott 111 -952
47 -1 Kirk Shelmerdine 103
48 +2 Mike Garvey 98 -965
49 -1 Chad Chaffin 92 -971
50 -1 Mike Wallace 91 -972
51 -- Kenny Wallace 40 -1023
52 -- Chad Blount 37 -1026
53 -- Bill Lester 0 -1063
54 -- Derrike Cope 0 -1063
* Denotes Rookie
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Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 7:52 am
I watch fencing on ESPN ocasionally but that's about it.
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Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 11:25 pm
I am not really into watching sports
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