stillers4me
10-30-2010, 07:05 AM
Saturday, October 30, 2010
By Chuck Finder, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
This is home to them. Always will be, spiritually, structurally, emotionally.
See, this is more than the town of their upbringing, the location of their families, another abbreviation on an airline luggage tag. This is a way of life. This is a life ravaged by storm and, later, oil spill, turned right-side up and rebuilt anew. It's their life.
That makes New Orleans and a Halloween homecoming all the more special for this handful of Steelers.
"I've never started a game there as an NFL player," said Ryan Clark of nearby Marrero. His church will be featured in an NBC segment during Sunday night's game broadcast. He first played in the Superdome as a 10-year-old quarterback-safety with the Pard Hawks rec-league team, came back as a New York Giants special teamer in 2003 and returns home Sunday as a Steelers safety playing against the Saints, so ingrained in this community, his community. "So I'm excited.".................
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10303/1099279-66.stm#ixzz13qKJG4zp
By Chuck Finder, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
This is home to them. Always will be, spiritually, structurally, emotionally.
See, this is more than the town of their upbringing, the location of their families, another abbreviation on an airline luggage tag. This is a way of life. This is a life ravaged by storm and, later, oil spill, turned right-side up and rebuilt anew. It's their life.
That makes New Orleans and a Halloween homecoming all the more special for this handful of Steelers.
"I've never started a game there as an NFL player," said Ryan Clark of nearby Marrero. His church will be featured in an NBC segment during Sunday night's game broadcast. He first played in the Superdome as a 10-year-old quarterback-safety with the Pard Hawks rec-league team, came back as a New York Giants special teamer in 2003 and returns home Sunday as a Steelers safety playing against the Saints, so ingrained in this community, his community. "So I'm excited.".................
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10303/1099279-66.stm#ixzz13qKJG4zp