August Wilson, R.I.P.
…the Pittsburgh Steelers. Wilson grew up in Pittsburgh; like Franco Harris, he had one black parent and one white; and I’d seen enough of Wilson’s plays (“Fences” and “Ma Rainey’s…
…the Pittsburgh Steelers. Wilson grew up in Pittsburgh; like Franco Harris, he had one black parent and one white; and I’d seen enough of Wilson’s plays (“Fences” and “Ma Rainey’s…
…lot of otherwise very smart people know nothing about sports. And if you think I am blogging about this unfortunate error in order to distract myself from the Steelers’ very…
…account for, however, is playoff experience, of which Houston has zero.) The most remarkable number of course is Denver’s negative 19.67 PRD. As a Steelers fan, I am hardly comforted…
…its ways. In 2003, the league implemented the so-called Rooney Rule, named for Dan Rooney, the progressive Steelers owner who chaired the committee looking into the issue. The rule decreed…
…8, encounters one of sport’s greatest monuments. (Photo: Stephen J. Dubner) I had my own childhood obsession with the Steelers, and Harris, and the Immaculate Reception. Years later, I wrote…
…specifically about my childhood infatuation with a football player, Franco Harris of the Pittsburgh Steelers, and my attempt to get to know him personally many years later. I am happy…
What is the cost of admitting you’re wrong? How can intellectual humility make you more open minded? And will Stephen finally persuade Angela that rum-raisin is the best flavor of…
It’s fun to obsess over pop stars and racecar drivers — but is fandom making our politics even more toxic?…
In this episode of No Stupid Questions — a Freakonomics Radio Network show launched earlier this year — Stephen Dubner and Angela Duckworth debate why we watch, read and eat…
Stephen Dubner’s conversations with members of the San Francisco 49ers offense, recorded for Freakonomics Radio episode No. 350, part of the “Hidden Side of Sports” series….
Thanks to daily Covid testing and regimented protocols, the new football season is underway. Meanwhile, most teachers, students and parents are essentially waiting for the storm to pass. And school…
Is sobbing a survival tactic? What happened when Angela wept in front of her boss? And what do sauerkraut and sadness have in common?…
…some friends to watch a Steelers game on the N.F.L. Network, only to discover that the game would not be broadcast, despite all indications to the contrary by the network’s…
…Justin Wolfers‘s alumni magazine dubs him “The Seeker.” (Earlier) Who’s making the fat jokes? Stanley Druckenmiller is happy he didn’t buy the Steelers. Chicago’s schools have third-world math scores. (Earlier)…
…fresh enough to inspire enthusiasm in nearly every quadrant, and (sadly) a very active police blotter for Pittsburgh Steelers fans to follow. Addendum: Berri and Schmidt answer your questions here….
…Troy Polamalu. It is nice to see an unusual and remarkable athlete (and a non-quarterback!) take the No. 1 slot. And congrats to Tim Carey and his Steelers merchandising squad….
…that I’ve hung out with Atallah a bit in recent months, and, knowing that our household is fond of the Steelers, he gave a pair of Rod Woodson jerseys to…
…is hard enough. (In fact, A.S.U. had never won one in any sport.) And repeating is even harder. Just ask my poor Pittsburgh Steelers this year. But A.S.U. did it,…
…old). Also, we need someplace to watch an American football game, as the Steelers will be?trying to avoid Jets’ coaches’ knees playing the Jets while we are there. Muchas gracias!…
…long, even in the heat of summer, after the Dolphins beat my beloved Steelers and went on to win the Super Bowl. Other examples of rub-it-in-your-face behavior, corporate or otherwise?…
…the law of averages. And, especially when it comes to sports, regression to the mean. The best thing about Vinatieri’s miss is that his Colts and my Steelers are now…
Ben Roethlisberger (Photo: Doug Mills/The New York Times) I’ve made no secret of my Pittsburgh Steelers fandom — the most recent example is here — and so yes, Sunday was…
…to say Freakonomics?” This is a boy who can recite the roster of the 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers — but he had no idea there was such a word as “economics”…
…kid, I called myself Franco Dubner for a few years, since I was enamored with Pittsburgh Steelers running back Franco Harris. But it certainly didn’t help me make the NFL….
…#iacaucus. Only lasted seconds as there was unanimous agreement that Barack Obama is ‘very dreamy.’” The Steelers’ running-back corps this weekend consists of three undrafted players: Isaac Redman, John Clay,…
…rival whom his Steelers are playing in the A.F.C. Conference Championship this Sunday. So he has temporarily changed his name to Steelerstahl. (Since “stahl” is German for “steel,” he already…
…drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers, and have followed his career medium-closely ever since. I have concluded that my first impression was pretty much accurate: he is a Grade-A knucklehead. His…
…conventional wisdom. I think this interpretation is supported by the answer that Bill Cowher, the former Pittsburgh Steelers coach, once gave when asked what would happen if more coaches followed…
…old! I am also very fond of Roy Blount Jr.‘s About Three Bricks Shy of a Load , but that may be because I’m a Steelers fan. Am curious to…
