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Rooney Brothers Met with Druckenmiller Before Goodell; Attempting…
Steel Curtain Rising | August 29th 2008 by Steel Curtain Rising
The Post-Gazette reported on Friday that the four Rooney brothers met with New York billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller on Monday, the day before meeting with their brother Dan and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.Druckenmiller is attempting to take cont read more
Stairway of a Water Tower
Phogulum: Blog Through the Camera Eye | August 18th 2008
This water tower is part of Raadi manor in the north of Tartu. Before the Second World War Raadi manor was one of the finest in southern Estonia. During soviet time it was military zone and in very bad condition. Today it belongs to Estonian National read more
The Third Oldest City in South Carolina
Sue's Daily Photos | August 8th 2008 by Susanne in Charleston, SC ( and Key West,FL)
Georgetown's main street and its pretty house facadesThe city watch tower of Georgetown, SCWhat an inviting porch to the County Museum of Georgetown!The third oldest city in South Carolina, following Charleston and Beaufort, Georgetown was founded in read more
Pieces of Steelers Ownership Restructuring Puzzle Falling into Pl…
Steel Curtain Rising | August 6th 2008 by Steel Curtain Rising
Bouchette’s article Sunday shed a lot of light on the Steelers ownership restructuring process, but also left many unanswered questions. Bouchette indicated that Dan Rooney had divested his shares of the race tracks and that his brother Art has div read more
Watch Tower: Excellent Reporting by Carl Prine on Steelers Restr…
Steel Curtain Rising | July 16th 2008 by Steel Curtain Rising
Kudos to the Tribune-Review's Carl Prine for digging deep to bring Steelers Nation relevant news on the Steelers restructuring.Not much new has surfaced in the last few days, save for Drunkenmiller's statement that he is only interested in holding al read more
Several Questions on Steelers Sale Answered by Post-Gazette Repor…
Steel Curtain Rising | July 9th 2008 by Steel Curtain Rising
Dogged reporting by Gary Dulac and Bob Smizik have answered many questions about the Steelers impending sale/ownership restructuring.Last night, Steel Curtain Rising pointed out two major inconsistencies in the national stories on Stanly Drunkenmille read more
Steelers for Sale? Ownership in “Transition” - Analysis
Steel Curtain Rising | July 7th 2008 by Steel Curtain Rising
While the news that the Steelers ownership is in transition might have caught Steelers Nation off guard, it shouldn’t have. Dan Rooney is 75, and while he’s in good health and his father lived to be 87 securing the Steelers future has to have bee read more
Watch Tower: Steelers Digest Enters Protection vs. Weapons Debat…
Steel Curtain Rising | May 31st 2008 by Steel Curtain Rising
An earlier post discussed the myths about the Steelers offensive line, namely that an upgrade in skill position players can compensate for deficiencies on the line. This idea has been expressed by Steeler coaches, and was endorsed by Ed Bouchette. Mo read more
Watch Tower: Colbert and Keep Their Word, Steel Curtain Rising W…
Steel Curtain Rising | April 29th 2008 by Steel Curtain Rising
This time it is not the Post-Gazette or Tribune Review that is under the microscope, it is Steel Curtain Rising itself! That’s right, keeping true to the spirit of the Watch Tower, it is time to eat my own dog food.Early in the 2008 off season, St read more
Donate for Watchtower Blood Lawsuit
VirusHead | April 27th 2008 by Doc Heidi
I’ve made a donation myself and I hope that you can send any amount via PayPal or postal service. It’s a reasonable fund-raising goal and I think it is very important to support this case. One man against the whole legal apparatus of the read more
Updates on Dallas Baker, Max Starks and of course Anthony McFarla…
Steel Curtain Rising | April 5th 2008 by Steel Curtain Rising
Both Mike Tomlin and Kevin Colbert met with the press during NFL’s recent owners meetings, but the slew of articles these meetings spawned led to little real news for Steelers fans.Tomlin stated that the Steelers can a good team but reaffirmed that read more
Watch Tower: Tribune Review Was Right on McFarland
Steel Curtain Rising | March 28th 2008 by Steel Curtain Rising
It turns out that the Tribune-Review got it right. McFarland is not a Steeler. The Post-Gazette mistakenly reported on Wednesday the 26th that McFarland had reached an agreement with the Steelers. The Tribune-Review article of the same day had explic read more
Watch Tower: Steelers Sign Warren, Eason… and McFarland?
Steel Curtain Rising | March 27th 2008 by Steel Curtain Rising
The Steelers continue to make moves in free agency, although a cloud of mist appears to shroud the exact nature of some of team’s latest personnel decisions.In resigning Greg Warren, the Steelers shore up the small, but highly significant position read more
Watch Tower: Errors in the Steelers Digest?
Steel Curtain Rising | March 18th 2008 by Steel Curtain Rising
Steelers Digest is an excellent publication. It provided Steelers Nation a vital lifeline in the pre-internet days, and today it continues to serve as the source of some of the best Steelers analysis available. It also serves as a pleasant counter-we read more
The Watch Tower: Score One Round for the Trib. Review
Steel Curtain Rising | February 23rd 2008 by Steel Curtain Rising
You’d think that having two competing papers would be great for Steelers fans, but too often the two dailies simply mimic each other.If you were to score coverage week-by-week, however, you’d have to score this past week for the Tribune Review.Th read more
The Watch Tower: Wouldn't Have Been The Greatest Playoff Comebac…
Steel Curtain Rising | January 12th 2008 by Steel Curtain Rising
Nothing sells a newspaper (or generates hits on the web) like a disaster. So it should come as no surprise that much of the season-ending coverage on the Steelers boils down to one form of gloom and doom or anotherDoubtlessly, there is real cause for read more
The Watch Tower: The Alan Fanaca Situation
Steel Curtain Rising | January 8th 2008 by Steel Curtain Rising
From time to time we will run "The Watch Tower" a series of posts that review the press coverage of the Steelers with a critical eye. Sometimes that will be negative, sometimes that will be positive, sometimes it will just be analytical.Today’s foc read more
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