Contents

Foreword by Dermontti Dawson

Introduction

1. The Ultimate Game Day Experience

Watch a Game at Heinz Field

Get an Early Start

Visit a Pittsburgh Institution and Eat a RoethlisBurger

Take a Boat Ride to Heinz Field

Check out the Scene on the North Shore

Take a Picture with “The Chief”

Take Part in the Terrible Towel Wave

Experience the Rapture of “Renegade”

Pay Homage to the Greatest Player in Steelers History

2. Camping with the Steelers

A Unique Setting and Relationship

Don’t Just Show Up

Visit Autograph Alley…If Only to See the Spectacle of It

Watch Practices That Are the Most Spirited of the Year

Embrace the Legacy of Steelers’ Camp at St. Vincent

Learn the Story of the Steelers and St. Vincent

Go to the Annual Night Practice

What To Do When You Aren’t at St. Vincent

Tee It Up at One of a Number of Golf Courses

Visit the 9/11 Memorial in Shanksville

3. Going Deep on the Steelers’ Bucket List

Attend Steelers Fantasy Camp and This Isn’t Just For the Men

Something For the Ladies Too

Hoop It Up Against the Steelers Footballers—or At Least Watch

Check Out the Steelers’ Practice Facility and “Unite” With the Team

Take a Picture With Franco Harris’ “Immaculate Reception” Statue

Visit “Franco’s Italian Army” Headquarters For a Good Meal and Some History

Sailing the High Seas with the Steelers

Attend the Steelers’ NFL Draft Party

Go to a High School Game to Appreciate Why Football Is Such a Part of Western Pennsylvania’s Fabric

The Steelers’ Connection to High School Football

Watch a Game at a Steelers Bar

Make the Steelers a Part of Your Wedding

4. Learn How the Steelers Became the Steelers

Visit the Pro Football Hall of Fame

Plays and Events That Shaped the Steelers—and Explain Their Six Lombardi Trophies

Winning the Terry Bradshaw Sweepstakes

The Tackle That Saved the Steelers

James Harrison’s Remarkable Rise to Stardom

Going the Distance in Super Bowl XLIII

A Look at the Pre-1970s Steelers

The Greatness of Chuck Noll

Building a Dynasty

Hitting the Mother Lode

An Equation That Explains the Steelers’ History with Quarterbacks

Bill Cowher and the Steelers’ Return to the Top

Mike Tomlin and a Sixth Super Bowl Title

5. From Baltimore and the AFC North to Hollywood

A Steelers Haven in Baltimore

Steelers-Browns

Steelers-Bengals

A Steelers Haven in Cincinnati

Rivalries Outside the AFC North

Road Trippin’

The Steelers in Hollywood

“Mean Joe” Crushes It with Coca-Cola

Steelers and the Dark Knight

Hines Ward’s Other Championship Moves

Turning Art Rooney’s Story into a Movie

The Steelers and the Media

A Steelers Hub in…Florida

6. Appreciating What Isn’t Always So Apparent

Giving Back off the Field

Rallying Behind One of Their Own

Remembering Bill Nunn

Another Steelers Trailblazer

Dick Hoak’s Excellent Adventure

Saluting Heeeath Miller

A Hard Goodbye for a Franchise Great

Two More Reluctant Exits

Concussions and the Complicated Legacy of Mike Webster

Deaths of Former Teammates Hit Home for Webster Successor

7. Putting the Steelers’ Past into a Fun Perspective and Looking Ahead

Steelers Mount Rushmore(s)

How Well Do You Know Your Steelers?

Revisiting the Steelers’ Drafts One More Time

Don’t Forget About Free Agency

Steelers Takes from a Beat Writer

What the Future Holds for the Steelers

Acknowledgments