It's over three years old and is written after one of the worst days as a Steeler fan, yet DK at the PG's Pirate Q&A links to this article by Burgh native and Newsweek writer Howard Fineman:
Fineman: Lessons in unity from Pittsburgh
There is a lot of schmaltzy stuff written about everything and a lot written about Pittsburgh and some of it seeps into this article. It's also funny to read what fans thought at the time about their Coach and rookie QB. But Fineman gets a couple of things right: people from the Burgh are always from there no matter where they are and they are invariably as proud of it as anyone from anywhere else is; there is less class and racial division than elsewhere; and there is nothing like a Steeler game, either a big win or a devastating loss, to bring the citizens together. I doubt there is any other event in our country that galvanizes a city in such a way.
Fineman is a good writer, I'll be watching for him on MSNBC and Newsweek where he'll have lots of time and space as the elections get closer.
Fineman: Lessons in unity from Pittsburgh
There is a lot of schmaltzy stuff written about everything and a lot written about Pittsburgh and some of it seeps into this article. It's also funny to read what fans thought at the time about their Coach and rookie QB. But Fineman gets a couple of things right: people from the Burgh are always from there no matter where they are and they are invariably as proud of it as anyone from anywhere else is; there is less class and racial division than elsewhere; and there is nothing like a Steeler game, either a big win or a devastating loss, to bring the citizens together. I doubt there is any other event in our country that galvanizes a city in such a way.
Fineman is a good writer, I'll be watching for him on MSNBC and Newsweek where he'll have lots of time and space as the elections get closer.
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