Just a few voters shared their interactions with Erie media via social networks when we asked the question. The most common use indicated that people are willing to post a link to an Erie online story on their personal Facebook wall, as well as “Like” local Erie media Facebook pages. It time for our annual [...]

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I watched just about every minute of the Super Bowl and what a game! The halftime show, featuring Madonna, was a big show, as Ed Sullivan would say. And it did not go off without controversy. Too bad, too. It was a good one. If you haven’t heard by now, M.I.A., a British singer, apparently [...]

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When a local reporter gets tapped to cover a professional sports championship, its a plum of an assignment that makes up for all those miserable quarters of high school football in the sleet, or the mind-numbing innings of a pitching dual. What makes covering the championship of the National Football League unique, is that depending [...]

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After 11 seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers, defensive tackle Chris Hoke is hanging up his cleats for good. Hoke signed with the Steelers in 2001 as an undrafted free agent out of Brigham Young University. Though mainly playing the role of backup to defensive tackle Casey Hampton throughout his career, Hoke did manage to make [...]

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For 14 seasons, Hines Ward has put up Hall of Fame numbers as a receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers. This past season, Ward became the eighth player in NFL history to record 1,000 receptions, to go along with 12,083 career receiving yards and 85 touchdowns. This stellar career has put the former University of Georgia [...]

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Sometimes a win isn’t really a win in the NFL, in the case of the (2-1) Pittsburgh Steelers 23-20 win against the (0-3) Indianapolis Colts Sunday, you have to wonder if the defending AFC champions may be showing signs of rust. While the scoreboard in Lucas Oil Stadium may have shown more points in the [...]

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There are dynamic game-changers in football on offense and defense, and then there is two-time Super Bowl champion, strong safety Troy Polamalu of the Pittsburgh Steelers.    The soft-spoken and quiet Polamalu is widely considered the most dynamic X-factor in the NFL due to his ability to anticipate and cover all parts of the football field. [...]

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A football team can never have too much talent on defense, in the case of the Pittsburgh Steelers and linebacker Lawrence Timmons, it a real luxury that other teams can only envy. The six-time Super Bowl champion Steelers—and current AFC defending champions—are loaded on defense, which features 2008 and 2010 NFL Defensive Players Of the [...]

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Don’t worry about hazardous waste traversing the great lakes. Accidents never happen.

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We’re two days away from Super Bowl XLIII pitting the Arizona Cardinals against the Pittsburgh Steelers. We can practically taste the wings and beer. The game starts Sunday at 6 p.m. from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, Florida. WICU will broadcast the game locally. Bruce Springsteen will perform at halftime. Expect “Born in the [...]

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