I recommend reading this piece by my friend Slev, who outlines some of the amazing, and hard to believe, stories about how he became a Steelers fan. His mom beat up Jack Lambert -- seriously. That's hard core. My mom probably could have taken, maybe, Walter Abercrombie, or beat Eric Green in a 60-yard dash. That's about it. She's not in Lambert's league.
I came across this video on the YouTubes and started to sniffle, just a bit, especially at the second goal. I don't have any cool stories about how I became a Pens fan; it was more a gradual path to fandom, and I think because of that, I get a bit more emotional when I see these highlights.
In fact, the two times I can recall getting all sniffly over sporting events as they happened:
• Mario's return from retirement in 2000:
• Cowher giving the Lombardi Trophy to Mr. Rooney:
• And every time I see Cowher in that "America's Game" commercial on the NFL Network -- it's at 0:33 here and makes me choke up just thinking about what he says ... "I turned ahraaand ..." and his chin -- I mean, if you grew up within 200 miles of Pittsburgh and that doesn't make you misty, your heart is stone.
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