stillers4me
10-23-2011, 11:35 AM
Larry Fitzgerald, in addition to being star of the Arizona Cardinals and perhaps the NFL's finest wide receiver, preserves remarkably deep Pittsburgh ties for a guy who was born in Minnesota and still calls it home.
He intensely follows the Pitt football program for which he was a Heisman Trophy finalist in 2003, including showing up for the Blue-Gold Game in April. He sees enough Pitt basketball that he might as well be a member of the Oakland Zoo. He even checks in occasionally at PNC Park and can attest firsthand that the 2011 Pirates were "a real blast for the city there for a while."
Fitzgerald's Pittsburgh connection has continued into professional life, for better and worse...........
read more @ http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/steelers/s_763393.html
He intensely follows the Pitt football program for which he was a Heisman Trophy finalist in 2003, including showing up for the Blue-Gold Game in April. He sees enough Pitt basketball that he might as well be a member of the Oakland Zoo. He even checks in occasionally at PNC Park and can attest firsthand that the 2011 Pirates were "a real blast for the city there for a while."
Fitzgerald's Pittsburgh connection has continued into professional life, for better and worse...........
read more @ http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/steelers/s_763393.html