Our Igloo, Our Home ~~~>goosebumps!

The 2009-2010 season marks the final year of Pittsburgh Penguins hockey at Mellon Arena. In honor of the final season, this video pays tribute to the players, coaches, fans and memorable moments.

The FINAL home opener at Mellon Arena this Friday. Man, the memories.

Enjoy! ...

Pens Presented with Stanley Cup Rings

Ba-freaking-Nana's!

The Pens got their Stan Cup rings on Tuesday night at a special dinner in their honor. I thought you might want to check out their new bling.

That is one damn good looking ring!

Steelers Lose to Bears 17-14

This is about the only humor I got from yesterday's loss. (click link)

Ok, so that game sucked!



After sifting through the rubble of yesterday's debacle and some of the comments I've seen on various message boards, two very specific themes have emerged.

1) Lack of enthusiasm, no real juice, from players, coaches, etc. The team just had a very FLAT vibe to it from whistle to whistle.

Sure, some will want to blame Skippy Reed's 2 missed field goals, but there were other contributing factors going on. Not sure what to make of this or what the root cause may have been, but these cats better effing get it together and take it out on the Bungals next week.

Personally, I think Skippy needs his magic party hair back!

2) Lack of, or extremely confusing game plan by Bruce Arians. I mean, what was the game plan? Was it to establish the run? Was it to establish the pass? Was it to play conservative? Was it to exploit the Bears weaknesses?

I'll be perfectly honest, I have no effing clue! It seemed like there was a lack of committment to ANYTHING. It appeared to have a "Bingo" mentality to it; a random shuffing of the plays and whatever ball came to the top of the chute, Arians called the play that was written on it.

Congrats to da Bears on making fewer mistakes and pulling out the win! Their fans were gracious in victory, but I still can't stand emo Jay Cutler.

On a final note, somebody call U.S. Air and ask them if they forgot to load the "no huddle" with the equipment ... because it never arrived in Chicago!

Go ahead, I dare you ...

Remember this 1977 Everready commercial? (Christ I'm dating myself)



This attitude is EXACTLY why I think the Steelers open a can of "whoop ass" on da' Bears this week.

I think the Steelers knew they played sloppy and left a hell of a lot of plays on the field last week in thier nationally televised opener. If you re-watched the game, you can clearly see the mental errors and execution breakdowns. I feel both the O-line and our RB's feel like they have something to prove and people to silence. I also feel our vaunted defense feels slighted by the media for not getting pressure on Collins and registering only a single sack.

While some are predicting a close game, I'm not one of them.

Steelers - 30

Da Bears - 17

China Jack's Week #2 Predictions - Stillers vs.Da' Bears

China Jack weighing in on his week #2 predictions around the NFL.

Pardon the Interruption but ....

Big Ben, Big Bling . . .

Looks like Shaq made good on his promise to allow Ben to wear his NBA Championship Ring. I'm not sure how you feel about the whole "Shaq vs." TV show thing, but to me ... it screamed of the "cheese" factor! The whole production of it has this low grade "Pro's vs. Joe's" vibe to it that I just couldn't get beyond. I think the most entertaining part was watching Ben and Shaq shoot hoops in his driveway.